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Who Cares For The Caregivers: How Being A Caregiver Impacts Cancer Survivorship, Cristy Romero
Who Cares For The Caregivers: How Being A Caregiver Impacts Cancer Survivorship, Cristy Romero
Sociology Student Scholarship
Cristy Romero ’23
Majors: Sociology and Biology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brandon C. Martinez, Sociology and Anthropology
With an aging population, informal caregiving is rising and is the predominant way for people with chronic illnesses to receive care. Providing care for someone with a chronic illness can take a toll on the caregiver. Caregivers often develop their own chronic illnesses such as cancer. Compared to Whites, Latinx cancer survivors and their families experience disproportionate adverse effects of cancer and cancer therapy as a result of physical, emotional, and financial challenges. This highlights racial/ethnic disparity in cancer survivorship. Due to the interwoven …
Examination Of Factors That Influence Adherence To Public Health Guidelines During Coronavirus Pandemic, Kathryn Mcloughlin
Examination Of Factors That Influence Adherence To Public Health Guidelines During Coronavirus Pandemic, Kathryn Mcloughlin
Sociology Student Scholarship
Kathryn McLoughlin ’22
Majors: Health Policy and Management, Sociology, and Women and Gender Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brandon Martinez, Sociology
My research examines factors that influence adherence to public health guidelines during the ongoing pandemic. I apply quantitative methodology to investigate how positions of social privilege, select news sources, and beliefs in political conspiracy theories impact adherence to public health instructions and vaccine trust. I used the Sixth Wave of the Baylor Religion Survey, a national random sample, and analyzed data using multivariate regressions. The findings of the research reveal that higher positions of social privilege and subscription to conspiracy …