Strategic Planning In Small Nonprofit Behavioral Health Organizations, Amanda Machamer Becker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Rural communities in the United States depend on small community-based nonprofits to provide access to food, nutrition, transportation, and other social determinants of health. Despite this essential role, some leaders of small nonprofits forgo participating in strategic planning because they believe that the process can be time consuming and expensive. Strategic planning may help organizations of any size to be organized, mission focused, outcome based, and successful. The strategic planning process helps to identify which outcomes demonstrate effectiveness and increase program sustainability. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways that strategic planning may assist small rural community-based …

Strategies For Catalyzing Clinicians’ Support Of Telemedicine Programs In Rural Communities, Jonathan Liwag

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Clinicians’ failure to accept contemporary technology has been a critical barrier to telemedicine program adoption. Staff technical challenges and resistance to change can affect technology return on investment, which concerns telemedicine program leaders. Grounded in Davis’s technology acceptance model, the purpose of this qualitative, descriptive single case study was to explore strategies used by program leaders in the Marianas Islands who successfully gained clinicians’ acceptance of contemporary technology. The participants were 5 program leaders recommended by their institution because of their leadership role and telemedicine technologies experience. Data were collected from 4 face-to-face and 1 audio teleconference interview with the …

Testing Cost Containment Of Future Healthcare With Maintained Or Improved Quality—The Costcares Project, Karl Swedberg, Desmond Cawley, Inger Ekman, Heather L. Rogers, Darijana Antonic, Daiga Behmane, Ida Björkman Ida Björkman, Nicky Britten, Sandra C. Buttigieg, Vivienne Byers, Mats Börjesson, Kirsten Corazzini, Andreas Fors, Bradi Granger, Boban Joksimoski, Boban Joksimoski, Roman Lewandowski, Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Einav Srulovici, Jan Törnell, Sara Wallström, Axel Wolf, Helen M. Lloyd

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Increasing healthcare costs need to be contained in order to maintain equality of access to care for all EU citizens. A cross-disciplinary consortium of experts was supported by the EU FP7 research programme, to produce a roadmap on cost containment, while maintaining or improving the quality of healthcare. The roadmap comprises two drivers: person-centred care and health promotion; five critical enablers also need to be addressed: information technology, quality measures, infrastructure, incentive systems, and contracting strategies.

Willingness-To-Pay For Halal And Branded Poultry In Northern Mozambique, Alison J. Creasey, L. Lanier Nalley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

While price typically drives consumers’ food-purchasing decisions in low-income countries, religious attributes associated with food production and corporate branding could influence buying patterns. In Mozambique, more than 46% of people were living below the poverty line of ($0.31 USD) per day in 2018. That being said, in the Nampula Province (the location of this study), which is the second poorest province in the country, over 25% of the population is Muslim and may be willing-to-pay (WTP) a premium for Halal meat products to uphold Islamic beliefs. Like many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, poultry is the fastest-growing source of protein. Since …

Letter From The Dean, Deacue Fields

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Discovery: The Student Journal Of Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food And Life Sciences - Volume 22 2021, Several Authors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Two Essays On Food Environment, Nutrition, And Food Insecurity, Suliman Abdulaziz Almojel

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

A healthy food environment is fundamental to good health. It contributes to the reduction of obesity and the development of healthy eating habits. In spite of this, many people in the United States (US) have been hypnotized to become obese due to the current food environment. Recently, the US has consistently ranked high in the world in terms of obesity. The rising rate is symptomatic of consuming unhealthy diets. Besides, the double-edged crisis of the US food environment and obesity poses a major threat to food security and public health. Therefore, studying the US food environment is important to sustain …

Measuring The Value Of Internal Corporate Events From Attendees’ Perspective: Multidimensional Scale Development, Inna Soifer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose – Business events is a trillion-dollar sector of the meetings and events industry that supports millions of jobs. Despite the social and economic impact of the meetings, expositions, events, and conventions, only a few studies have examined perceived value in the business events context. This study addresses this research gap by developing a multi-item, multidimensional scale assessing attendee perception of corporate event value.Design/methodology/approach – This study utilized a mixed-method approach and followed widely accepted psychometric scale development procedures. The scale was developed using a multistep process: item generation, expert review, development sample 1 of 506 respondents via Qualtrics Online …

Strategies Used To Retain United States Veterans, Lucy Rene Moore

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe United States has a 20% average overall turnover rate, requiring employers to absorb the additional costs related to employee turnover, which can exceed 300% of each departed employee’s annual salary. Human resource leaders who lack strategies to retain veterans as employees experience increased turnover and replacement costs. Grounded in person organization fit theory and human capital theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies leaders in human resource departments use to retain United States veterans. The participants included three human resources leaders in Washington who developed successful retention strategies for veterans. Data were …

Factory To Table: A Philosophic Analysis Of The Justice Or Lack Thereof Of Agricultural Markets, Will Carter

CMC Senior Theses

How food is produced has dramatic consequences on how we live, our world’s justice, and the future of our planet. In a world increasingly driven by neoliberalism, agricultural markets have been incentivized to industrialize, globalize, and consolidate. This has resulted in the global dominance of a new type of agriculture, industrial agriculture, driven by the market logic of lowering costs and raising profits. Industrial agriculture has undoubtedly generated the profound benefit of cheaper, more plentiful food in much of the world. These favorable innovations lead many scholars to argue that free markets produce the most just and efficient arrangements for …

The Relationship Between Bodyweight Status And Weight Perception Explains Differences In Calories Ordered In A Food Choice Exercise, Jean-Claude Mbarushimana, Christopher Gustafson, Henriette Gitungwa, Eliana Zeballos

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

Understanding food choice is critical to be able to address the rise in obesity rates around the globe. In this paper, we examine the relationship between measured (BMI, using self-reported height and weight) and perceived weight status with the number of calories ordered in a controlled online food choice exercise. A total of 1044 participants completed an online food choice exercise in which they selected ingredients for a sandwich from five categories: meat/protein, cheese, spread/dressing, bread, and vegetables. We examine the number of calories ordered by participants and use linear regression to study the relationship of BMI category relative to …

Adoption Factors Of The Internet Of Things In Quality Management Of The Thai Food Processing Supply Chain: Manufacturing Perspectives, Pakorn Opasvitayarux

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The introduction of quality management Internet of things (QM IoT) can help food supply chain members to enhance real-time visibility, quality, safety, and efficiency of products and processes. Current literature indicates three main research gaps, including lack of studies in QM IoT in food supply chain, vagueness of integrative adoption of new technology framework, and deficient research covered both adoption attitude and intention in the same model. This study proposed an analysis model based on the technological-organizational-environmental (TOE) framework, reinforced by the collaborative structure to capture the importance of supply chain network, and used the partial least square-structural equation modeling …

การศึกษาความเป็นไปได้ในเชิงพาณิชย์สำหรับวิตามินซีห่อหุ้มด้วยอนุภาคนาโนเพื่อใช้กับสัตว์น้ำสวยงาม, นรภัทร โตวณะบุตร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิตามินซี เป็นวิตามินที่สำคัญต่อการทำงานอันเป็นปกติของร่างกายของสิ่งมีชีวิตหลายชนิด รวมถึงปลาสวยงาม หากปลาไม่ได้รับการเสริมวิตามินซีจะส่งผลต่อสุขภาพของปลาอย่างหลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้ แต่การเสริมวิตามินซีให้กับปลาสวยงามมีข้อจำกัดคือการเสื่อมสลายของวิตามินในน้ำก่อนที่สัตว์น้ำจะบริโภคเข้าไป ผู้ทำสารนิพนธ์จึงนำหลักการเทคโนโลยีห่อหุ้มอนุภาคนาโนมาประยุกต์ใช้ในการเสริมวิตามินซีสำหรับปลาสวยงาม เพื่อให้ปลาสวยงามได้รับวิตามินซีได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ ไม่เกิดการสูญสลายระหว่างการให้ ทำให้เกิดการพัฒนาผลิตภัณฑ์ใหม่ โดยเน้นการศึกษาความเป็นไปได้ในเชิงพาณิชย์ในการยอมรับของกลุ่มเป้าหมาย ตั้งแต่การทบทวนวรรณที่เกี่ยวข้อง การศึกษาทางการตลาด การศึกษาวิจัยเชิงปริมาณต่อกลุ่มเป้าหมาย แผนธุรกิจ แผนการเงิน ตลอดจนการวิเคราะห์ความเสี่ยงในการดำเนินงานของกิจการบริษัท วีมาร์ค เว็นเจอร์ จำกัด ผลการศึกษาเชิงปริมาณพบว่า ราคาของผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ยอมรับได้จากกลุ่มเป้าหมายอยู่ที่ 269 บาท ค่าเฉลี่ยในการซื้อผลิตภัณฑ์อยู่ที่ 55.39 วัน การลงทุนในธุรกิจดังกล่าวมีมูลค่าปัจจุบันสุทธิ (NPV) เท่ากับ 8,887,602.20 มีค่าผลตอบแทนจากการลงทุน (IRR) ที่ 154% และมีระยะเวลาคืนทุน (Payback period) ที่ 3.73 เดือน โดยปัจจัยที่มีความอ่อนไหวในการดำเนินธุรกิจคือ ราคาขาย และจำนวนสินค้าขาย

การศึกษาความเป็นไปได้เชิงพาณิชย์และความเป็นไปได้ในการพัฒนาลูกอมเกลือแร่เพื่อทดแทนน้ำและเกลือแร่สำหรับผู้ที่ออกกำลังกายติดต่อกันเป็นระยะเวลานาน, ธารา ธาดาเดช

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

กีฬาที่จำเป็นต้องออกกำลังกายติดต่อกันเป็นระยะเวลานาน เช่น การแข่งขันวิ่งมาราธอน กำลังได้รับความนิยมเป็นอย่างมาก แม้ว่าอัตราผู้เสียชีวิตจะไม่สูงมากนัก หากแต่อาการบาดเจ็บอื่นๆ เกิดขึ้นบ่อยครั้ง แม้ว่าสามารถบรรเทาได้ด้วยการเตรียมตัวอย่างดี และการฝึกซ้อมที่ถูกต้อง แต่อาการบาดเจ็บก็สามารถเกิดขึ้นได้ทุกเมื่อทั้งระหว่างซ้อมวิ่งมาราธอน ระหว่างแข่งขันวิ่งมาราธอน และหลังจบการแข่งขันไปแล้ว โดยเกิดจากหลายปัจจัย เช่นการเตรียมตัวฝึกซ้อมก่อนแข่งขัน การพักผ่อน การได้รับน้ำและเกลือแร่ที่เพียงพอตลอดระยะเวลาที่แข่งขัน การวิจัยนี้จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อศึกษา คุณสมบัติ และข้อจำกัดของการพัฒนา ผลิต Business model ปัจจัยทางธุรกิจ และการตลาด พฤติกรรมผู้บริโภค และสำรวจทัศนคติในการยอมรับลูกอมเกลือแร่ เพื่อทดแทนน้ำและเกลือแร่สำหรับผู้ที่ออกกำลังกายติดต่อกันเป็นระยะเวลานาน ทำการศึกษาด้วยการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative Research) และการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ (Quantitative Research) โดยทำทั้ง 2 อย่างควบคู่กันไป ส่วนของการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ทำโดยการศึกษาข้อมูล งานวิจัย วรรณกรรมที่เกี่ยวข้อง และสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก ส่วนของการศึกษาวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ ทำโดยการจัดทำแบบสอบถาม ให้กลุ่มเป้าหมายเพื่อเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูล และความคิดเห็นของผู้ได้รับแบบสอบถาม จากอาสาสมัคร โดยเป็นกลุ่มคนที่ออกกำลังกาย อยู่ในกรุงเทพมหานคร และปริมณฑล จำนวน 100 คน ผลการศึกษาพบว่า การที่จะยอมรับเทคโนโลยีได้ จำเป็นต้องมีผลงานการวิจัยรองรับ และต้องมีความปลอดภัยการแนะนำบอกต่อจากผู้ชำนาญการ แนวทางการนำเทคโนโลยีไปใช้ประโยชน์ในเชิงพาณิชย์ เห็นคนให้นำลูกอมเกลือแร่เพื่อทดแทนน้ำและเกลือแร่สำหรับผู้ที่ออกกำลังกายติดต่อกันเป็นระยะเวลานานไปใช้ประโยชน์ในลักษณะของการจัดตั้งบริษัทใหม่ เนื่องจากลูกอมเกลือแร่เพื่อทดแทนน้ำและเกลือแร่สำหรับผู้ที่ออกกำลังกายติดต่อกันเป็นระยะเวลานานเป็นเทคโนโลยีที่ใช้ต้นทุนในการผลิตที่ต่ำ เนื่องจากว่าใช้เครื่องจักร และวัตถุดิบที่ หาได้ง่ายในท้องตลาด และมีต้นทุนต่ำ และการวิเคราะห์ความเป็นไปได้ในการดำเนินงาน และการลงทุนผลิต มีระยะเวลาคืนทุนประมาณ 10 เดือน มูลค่าปัจจุบันสิทธิ (NPV) จากการลุงทุนประมาณ 5,5579,747 บาท และมีอัตราผลตอบแทนที่แท้จริง (IRR) เท่ากับ 15.09 %

J Mich Dent Assoc January 2021

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists!

In this issue, the reader will find the following original content:

• A cover story on “The Dentist’s Role in Recognizing Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Children”.
• A feature article, “Dental Sleep Medicine Education: Do You Want a Nap or a Full Night’s Sleep?”.
• The feature article, “In-office Plans: Where Are We Now? What Have We Learned?”
• News you need, Editorial and regular department articles on MDA Foundation activities, …

Featured Faculty Mentor And Student Explore The Dynamics Of This Research Relationship, Alejandro Rojas, Evan Buckner

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Faculty Editor, Beth Kegley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Technology For Spas, Salons, And Wellness Centers, Su Gibson

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

OVERVIEW

Spas, salons and wellness centers have been slow to embrace new technologies, but guest expectations of personalization, access to information, and ease of transactions have recently spurred the creation and adoption of many technology tools within this specialized field. This chapter explores technology commonly used in this segment for managing operations, marketing, enhancing the guest experience and evaluating performance. The chapter begins with an introduction to the nature of spa, salon and wellness center operations and explains how technology is used, in general, to facilitate this high-touch arena of hospitality. Additional topics include technology for managing operations such as …

Understanding The Nature Of Non-Profit Incubators With Other Sector Incubators In The Founding Of Social Change Organisations By Social Entrepreneurs, Jesus N. Valero, Marina Saitgalina, Rachel A. Black

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

Incubators have been studied extensively in the private sector, such as those that engage in technological innovation or growing small businesses. The scholarship has not sufficiently explored the efforts of incubators in the nonprofit sector that help create programs supporting, mentoring, and cultivating social entrepreneurs. There are numerous documented cases of nonprofit organizations establishing initiatives that help motivated entrepreneurs achieve social change; but research is lagging in developing a systematic understanding of these effort’s impact, and the factors associated with the success of nonprofit initiatives that support social entrepreneurs. This paper seeks to understand the nature of nonprofit organizations that …

Fixing Esg: Are Mandatory Esg Disclosures The Solution To Misleading Ratings?, Javier El-Hage

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

This Note provides an overview of the debate around the current state of ESG disclosure practices, and the perceived need for the SEC to establish a system of mandatory ESG disclosures. Part I explores the inherent difficulty of defining ESG, the problematic nature of quantifying and measuring ESG factors, and the tools currently being used by market-leading ratings firms and investment vehicles. In particular, this part addresses the inconsistencies of ESG self-reporting, the influence of this practice on the ensuing ratings, and the potential for investors to be misled as a result.

Part II of the Note explores the possible …

High Performance: Exploratory Study Into The High Performance Model And Qualitative Secondary Analysis Of Elite Sport Management In The United States, Jon Gregory Hill

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

This dissertation examines the area of high performance in elite sport through high performance professionals’ perspectives in the United States Olympic and Paralympic National Governing Bodies. The study’s purpose was to establish a shared meaning of the high performance sport management model by its elements in the athletic arena. Interviews with 16 high performance directors and managers were conducted to establish definitions, backgrounds, and anatomy of high performance in sport: high performance, high performance sport, high performance management, high performance model.

A qualitative secondary analysis was conducted to examine the high performance model in the U.S. and explore the job …

Nonprofit Capacity To Manage Hurricane-Pandemic Threat: Local And National Perspectives On Resilience During Covid-19, Nicole S. Hutton, Steven W. Mumford, Marina Saitgalina, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Joshua G. Behr, Rafael Diaz, John J. Kiefer

Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications

This paper examines nonprofits' capacity for responding to simultaneous hurricane-pandemic threat, addressing: (1) strategies nonprofits use to deliver services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) how natural hazards may affect nonprofit roles in emergency service delivery during a pandemic. Data come from a survey of New Orleans-based nonprofits demonstrating effects of pandemic on local nonprofit service delivery, and workshops with U.S. coastal community stakeholders exploring expectations for nonprofit roles in emergency operations nationwide. Nonprofits have applied resilient strategies including virtual operations, staff reductions, and funding diversification, but vulnerabilities remain. Findings guide a research agenda for building nonprofit and community resilience.

Boosting And Lassoing New Prostate Cancer Snp Risk Factors And Their Connection To Selenium, David E. Booth, Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani, Matthew L. Cooper, Fiona R. Green, Margaret P. Rayman

Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

We begin by arguing that the often used algorithm for the discovery and use of disease risk factors, stepwise logistic regression, is unstable. We then argue that there are other algorithms available that are much more stable and reliable (e.g. the lasso and gradient boosting). We then propose a protocol for the discovery and use of risk factors using lasso or boosting variable selection. We then illustrate the use of the protocol with a set of prostate cancer data and show that it recovers known risk factors. Finally, we use the protocol to identify new and important SNP based risk …

Effects Of States’ Laws On Youth Physical Activity Participation And Obesity Prevalence, Chae Young Chang

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

The alarming prevalence of obesity and lack of physical activity among adolescents led to immediate policy action to address these concerns. Accordingly, many states introduced and enacted their own legislation to encourage physical activity in schools. Few studies have explored the effectiveness of the new legislation, however, especially at the state level. To answer the fundamental question of whether policy is effective and to describe the varying effects of state obesity policies, this study analyzed the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System from 2007 to 2017. Using the difference-in-differences method, this study found that legislative efforts to encourage physical activity had …

Foundations Of Publicly Subsidized Sport Stadiums: The Case Of U.S. Bank Stadium, Tanner P. Jerome

Health and Nutritional Sciences Graduate Students Plan B Capstone Projects

This study aims to address the common considerations concerning publicly subsidized sport stadiums. To provide an in-depth illustration into this process, a case study narrative of the Minnesota Vikings’ journey to receiving a public subsidization totaling $498 million for the construction of the U.S. Bank Stadium is presented. As sport stadiums seemingly incorporate more luxurious amenities each year, it is not uncommon to see the price tag for a professional stadium to surpass a billion dollars. Given this colossal cost, it has become difficult for private investments to finance an entire stadium alone. Therefore, combining the private financing of a …

Local Restaurants’ Marketing And Sponsorship Within Collegiate Athletics, Brianna M. Vig

Health and Nutritional Sciences Graduate Students Plan B Capstone Projects

Corporate sponsorships, trademark licensing, and broadcasting rights within college athletics have become a multibillion-dollar business over the past decade. However, a gap in research exists within local businesses sponsorship of college athletics. Many college towns heavily rely on local businesses, specifically restaurants, to attract and retain sports fans. The purpose of this study is to examine local restaurants’ marketing strategies, community relations, and other sponsorship donations impacting the involvement of its collegiate sport sponsorship at the mid-major conference level. Purposeful sampling was used to include two local restaurant owners who participate in sport sponsorship in a Midwest college team. Semi-structured …

The Missing Link Between Medical Science Knowledge And Public Awareness: Implications For Tourism And Hospitality Recovery After Covid-19, Jun Wen, Haifeng Hou, Metin Kozak, Fang Meng, Chung-En Yu, Wei Wang

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Purpose: As the world grapples with the pervasive effects of the coronavirus pandemic, a notable disconnect has emerged in the public's understanding of scientific and medical research. Particularly, the travel industry has become unquestionably vulnerable amid the COVID-19 outbreak; this pandemic has interrupted the industry's operations with devastating economic consequences. This paper aims to highlight the importance of deconstructing barriers between medical science and public awareness related to COVID-19, taking tourism as a case in point. It also discusses the role of interdisciplinary research in facilitating the tourism and hospitality industry's recovery and alleviating tourists' uncertainties in the wake of …

Strategies To Integrate Innovation Into Business Practices In The Nigerian Private Sector, John Nbanefo Chukwudifu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Business leaders not integrating innovation into their business practices exhibit lower financial performance. Business leaders integrating innovation into their business practices increase operational and financial performance. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies business leaders in the Nigerian private sector use to effectively integrate innovation into their business practices to increase financial performance. Study participants were three business leaders who developed successful strategies to effectively integrate innovation into their business practices to increase financial performance. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, organizational documents, and artifacts. Thematic analysis was …

How Communications That Portray Unhealthy Food Consumption Reduce Food Intake Among Dieters, Mia M. Birau, Diogo Hildebrand, Carolina O.C. Werle

Publications and Research

Both regulatory agencies and nonprofit organizations seek to understand how different tactics and appeals contained in food and public health advertisements might influence the food intake of an increasingly dieting-concerned population. This article addresses this important issue by examining how consumers who are concerned with their diets react to rich images of unhealthy food consumption. Results of two experiments show that exposure to food advertisements containing unhealthy food consumption imagery reduces food intake among consumers chronically concerned with dieting, whereas a third experiment shows a similar decrease in intended consumption when a public health advertisement portrays the consumption of unhealthy …

Covid-19 Impact On Produce Perks, Taylor Swindall, Anna Muntin

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Despite the benefits of diets containing fresh fruits and vegetables such as a lower risk of heart disease, very few Americans, especially low-income individuals, consume enough to meet the recommended amounts. For our Honor’s Project our team focused on the Ohio based SNAP-EBT food share program Produce Perks. To do so we studied two sets of data to our answer our research questions; ‘Has COVID-19 further impacted low-income individuals’ fruit and vegetable consumption’, How is the Produce Perks program impacted low-income consumers’, and “How can this program be better marketed to include more low-income individuals. Through our research we were …