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Complementary Or Alternative Medicine Usage Of Mothers Seeking To Prevent Coronavirus Illness Or Manage Symptoms: Identifying Relationships Existing Between Mental Constructs And Concepts Of The Health Belief Model, Gabrielle Frachiseur

Health and Kinesiology Theses

Background: Mothers are the central supportive structure in most households. Mothers can become overwhelmed by informational overload when selecting the most appropriate modalities of care to provide for their families during the pandemic. The researcher sought to discover the prevalence of complementary or alternative medicine usage (CAM) for the prevention of coronavirus illness or symptoms management. Additionally, the researcher sought to identify the relationship between three additional mental constructs; knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, and constructs of the Health Belief Model, that could affect CAM adoption.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was dispersed to 5 private Facebook groups. The survey was targeted …

Focused Ethnography: Storytelling For Hispanics With Low Health Literacy And Diabetes, Virginia H. Cadenhead

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

Background: Storytelling is an intervention for health communication that has many forms, addresses varied health issues, and is suitable for low health-literate populations. Storytelling can impact knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and health outcomes. Population Focus: Fictional storytelling has not been researched as an educational adaption in diabetes self-management for Hispanics with low health literacy. Forty-one percent of Hispanics in the United States have low health literacy, a contributing factor to poor health outcomes in chronic disease management. The Hispanic population has disproportional rates of diabetes complications. Research Question: How can short, fictional, orally presented stories be developed as culturally-adapted educational tools …