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Exploring Maternal Factors Linked To Weight Status In Salvadorian Infants, Carmen M. Kiraly, Melanie Turk, Melissa Kalarchian, Cheryl Shaffer
Exploring Maternal Factors Linked To Weight Status In Salvadorian Infants, Carmen M. Kiraly, Melanie Turk, Melissa Kalarchian, Cheryl Shaffer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Background: Obesity rates in the US have risen dramatically, especially among Hispanic adults and children. Because of the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Latino children by preschool age, it is prudent to examine maternal factors potentially linked to weight status during an infant’s first year of life. The literature on risk factors of child obesity has focused primarily on children of Mexican descent, and little research exists for other Latino populations, such as Salvadorans. Objective: To investigate maternal physiologic and infant feeding factors associated with infant overweight and/or obesity in a sample of Salvadoran mother-infant dyads. Methods: A …
The Effects Of Learning Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction On Psychosocial Variables And Hba1c In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Denise Van Sant - Smith
The Effects Of Learning Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction On Psychosocial Variables And Hba1c In Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Denise Van Sant - Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
ABSTRACT
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS OF AN ONLINE MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION INTERVENTION ON ADOLESCENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES
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Denise E. Van Sant – Smith
Date: 4-5-2019
Dissertation Supervised by Linda Goodfellow, PhD, RN, FAAN
Background: Stress has been shown to increase glucose levels through a sympathetic physiological response resulting in a release of chemicals such as adrenalin and cortisol, a response which results in an even greater need for insulin. Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes may not be able to change or decrease the amount of stress in their lives but they may be able to …
Shelby Powell's Portfolio, Shelby Powell
Shelby Powell's Portfolio, Shelby Powell
Honors College Portfolios
The field of pediatric nursing is one that has captured my heart since I was 16. When I thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, the only aspiration in my clearly uncertain plan was that I wanted to work with children. Soon after, I came to see the huge gratification that being a peds nurse could bring me. Through the work I have completed in my honors independent study, I have had the opportunity to focus on and learn more about this exceptional and rewarding field.
I began with comprising an educational blog focused on the …