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Food Handling Practices Among Independent-Living Elderly, Judith Dianne Mcdonough
Food Handling Practices Among Independent-Living Elderly, Judith Dianne Mcdonough
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Food has long been recognized as a vehicle of disease transmission; there are more reported illness associated with the consumption of food than all other environmental factors combined. The handling and storage of food are potentially dangerous and demanding chores for those who may have the sensory losses associated with advancing age, fragile health, and limited resources.
Group-administered questionnaires on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handling were given to 276 seniors, aged 55 to 90, from ten mobile home parks randomly selected from San Bernardino and Riverside counties. As an indicator of possible foodborne illness, the questionnaire asked …
Dysfunctional Attitudes, Life Stress And Coping Processes, Deborah Desalliers
Dysfunctional Attitudes, Life Stress And Coping Processes, Deborah Desalliers
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The findings of recent investigations earmarked chronic daily stressors as being highly related to stress levels. In addition, researchers are promoting a more integrative model of stress. The stress response is no longer thought of in strictly linear terms, i.e. an event causes stress. Rather, cognitive factors, existing within the human mind itself, strongly influence our coping processes and the chronic stress we experience.
Canonical correlation analysis was used to study how dysfunctional attitudes, a negative cognitive factor, were related to individuals' daily hassles and coping processes. An increase in dysfunctional attitudes was found to correspond to an increase in …
Identification And Ranking Of Stressors Specific To The Acute Head Care Nurse, Joan A. Breen
Identification And Ranking Of Stressors Specific To The Acute Head Care Nurse, Joan A. Breen
Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations
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Recreational Sports Interests Of Faculty, Staff And Administration At Eastern Illinois University, Tammy J. Rees
Recreational Sports Interests Of Faculty, Staff And Administration At Eastern Illinois University, Tammy J. Rees
Masters Theses
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An Investigation Into Physiological Responses And Ratings Of Perceived Exertion To Submaximal Cycle Ergometry When Using Aerodynamic And Drop Handlebars, Haydn Jarrett
Masters Theses
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