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Positive Interactions In Freshwater Systems, Samuel Clarence Silknetter Dec 2018

Positive Interactions In Freshwater Systems, Samuel Clarence Silknetter

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The goals of this thesis are twofold, 1) to review the existing literature on positive interactions, and 2) to experimentally test the role of biotic context in a freshwater reproductive interaction. First, my co-authors and I have conducted a review of positive interactions in freshwaters to establish a direction for future research. By outlining case studies and causal mechanisms, we illustrate the diversity of positive interactions, and set the stage for a comprehensive look at the role of context in shaping interaction outcomes. Our research directive focuses on the value of both basic life history and experimental research, then using …

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Effects Of Surface Morphology On Ink Wetting And Adhesion On Polyolefin Blends, Ting Chen Dec 2018

Effects Of Surface Morphology On Ink Wetting And Adhesion On Polyolefin Blends, Ting Chen

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Compared to the conventional Ziegler-Natta (Z-N) catalysts, metallocene (m) catalysts have recently drawn more attention in the production of polyolefins, due to its better stereo-selectivity toward the polymer structures. To use metallocene catalyzed polyolefins as the print layers on the multilayer biaxial oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films, the effects of their topography, surface morphology and chemical compositions after corona treatment on the wetting and adhesion of water-based flexo inks were studied in this work. Seven blends containing different metallocene and Ziegler-Natta polyolefins, including polypropylene (PP), linear low polyethylene (LLDPE), and propylene random copolymer (EP), were extruded as the surface print layers …

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Role Of The Physical Environment On Team-Based Primary Care In The Military Health System, William B. Lewis Dec 2018

Role Of The Physical Environment On Team-Based Primary Care In The Military Health System, William B. Lewis

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Primary care in the United States has shifted from a physician-centered care approach to a multidisciplinary, team-based care approach. This shift has resulted in many day-to-day changes in the care delivery process including how clinical staff collaborate; interact with patients; and use space, equipment, and various technologies. Team-based approaches, such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, are demonstrating improvements in patient health outcomes. The U.S. Military Health System, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the world, has adopted the PCMH model for primary care clinics. To support this new care model, a team-based clinical module is emerging as …

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Association Of Drd2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism And Fescue Toxicosis In Ruminants, Sarah Adams Wilbanks Dec 2018

Association Of Drd2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism And Fescue Toxicosis In Ruminants, Sarah Adams Wilbanks

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Fescue Toxicosis is a prevalent problem in the Southeastern, United States causing an estimated loss of one billion dollars per year to the livestock industry (Roberts & Andrae, 2010). There has been much research aimed at understanding the grass itself, the endophyte and the ergot alkaloids it produces, as well as its relationship and impacts on consuming animals. Many mitigation plans have been established and have been shown to control the amount of alkaloids subsequent animals are ingesting; however, research is at the tipping point of needing a genetic approach to fescue toxicosis. This research looked into the bovine genome …

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The Effect Of Retort Processing Factors On The Severity Of Film Surface Impression, Jirawich Panin Dec 2018

The Effect Of Retort Processing Factors On The Severity Of Film Surface Impression, Jirawich Panin

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Retort processing conditions of temperature, overpressure, and sterilization time were used to determine the impression depth on the pouch surface from contact with the retort rack during retort processing, also referred to as a waffling defect. Retortable flexible pouches were filled with 1,000 mL of water and processed in a horizontal water spray retort. A confocal laser scanning microscope was used to measure severity of the waffling defects. Data collected during this study showed that higher temperatures resulted in higher measured impression depth values (p<0.05) in all of the tested combinations. However, when the pouches were retorted at different temperatures, different effects of retort overpressure were observed. At a low temperature (111 deg. C), the higher overpressure resulted in higher severity of the waffling defects (p<0.05). In contrast, at a high temperature (131 deg. C), the higher overpressure resulted in lower severity of the waffling defects (p<0.05). When samples were retorted at different sterilization time settings, there was only one condition where a statistical difference in the impression depth values was observed (p<0.05). The longer sterilization time resulted in higher measured impression depth (p<0.05) only if the samples were retorted at a high temperature of 131 deg. C with a low overpressure of 26 psig. There was no statistical difference (p>0.05) in measured impression depth when samples were retorted at different sterilization time settings in …

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Combinatorial Therapy Of Doxorubicin And Mdr1 Sirna By Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles In Treatment Of Multidrug Resistance In Breast Cancer, David Lamar Oglesby Dec 2018

Combinatorial Therapy Of Doxorubicin And Mdr1 Sirna By Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles In Treatment Of Multidrug Resistance In Breast Cancer, David Lamar Oglesby

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Despite tremendous progress within the field of oncology, highly metastatic forms of breast cancer remain particularly challenging to effectively treat. Systemically delivered chemotherapy with cytotoxic agents typically requires some convalescence time between treatments – allowing rapidly growing cancer types to develop resistance. Multidrug resistance, also known as pump-dependent, is particularly difficult to treat as it functions through overexpression of P-glycoprotein, an efflux pump which can produce resistance to a range of chemotherapeutics. We have previously developed the cationic micellar copolymer poly(lactide-co-glycolide)-g-poly(ethylenimine) (PgP) and demonstrated its capacity as a vector for gene therapy. Here, we examine the capacity of PgP in …

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Evaluation Of Soybean Genotypes For Root Morphology, Hardpan Penetrability, Water Use Efficiency, And Yield, Harrison Gregory Fried Dec 2018

Evaluation Of Soybean Genotypes For Root Morphology, Hardpan Penetrability, Water Use Efficiency, And Yield, Harrison Gregory Fried

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Drought stress has been identified as the major environmental factor limiting soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) yield in the United States and other parts of the world. Water use efficiency (WUE) that results in greater yield per unit of rainfall is an important parameter in determining crop yields in rain-fed production systems, and is often related with crop drought tolerance. Even though roots are major plant organs that perceive and respond to drought stress, their utility in improving soybean yield and WUE under different environmental and management conditions are largely unclear. The objectives of this research were to evaluate …

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Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow (Tag)— A Strengths-Based Approach To Promoting Health In Youth, Emily R. Novick, Jamie Kim, Yasmin Mazloomdoost, Courtney Barthle Dec 2018

Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow (Tag)— A Strengths-Based Approach To Promoting Health In Youth, Emily R. Novick, Jamie Kim, Yasmin Mazloomdoost, Courtney Barthle

Journal of Youth Development

Adolescent Health: Think, Act, Grow® (TAG) is a national call to action to promote adolescent health and healthy development. Led by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health and developed with the input of national organizations, it builds on the collective wisdom of youth-serving professionals and seeks to raise the profile of adolescent health in the national discourse. Using TAG, the Office of Adolescent Health conducts outreach and delivers tools and information that support the integration of positive youth development precepts into the ongoing work of federal, state, and local public agencies; youth-serving health, public health, …

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Heart And Shield Family Violence Prevention Program, Jill Baker-Tingey, Pamela Powell, Crystal Powell Dec 2018

Heart And Shield Family Violence Prevention Program, Jill Baker-Tingey, Pamela Powell, Crystal Powell

Journal of Youth Development

Children exposed to domestic violence (DV) inadvertently learn behaviors that make them more likely to become victims and/or perpetrators later in life unless they learn skills to address childhood trauma. This article discusses how two rural community needs assessments identified that DV prevention was a high-priority issue, the effects of DV on youth mental and physical health, and the resulting Heart and Shield Family Violence Prevention Program, a Cooperative Extension program designed to strengthen family relationships and break the cycle of violence. Implications for practice include helping youth build healthy relationships, incorporating DV awareness training in staff/volunteer professional development, collaborating …

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On The Intersection Of Health, Well-Being, And Youth Development, Mary Elizabeth Arnold, Theresa Ferrari Dec 2018

On The Intersection Of Health, Well-Being, And Youth Development, Mary Elizabeth Arnold, Theresa Ferrari

Journal of Youth Development

This introduction sets forth forth the thinking that guided the journal’s special issue on youth health and well-being. Three main points provide the foundation: (a) that youth development is predicated on a strengths-based approach, (b) that an ecological approach to youth health is essential for real and lasting change, and (c) that the larger intent of youth development is encompassed in increasing youth well- being, of which youth health is a key component. The guest editors provide an overview of the articles included in the special issue. The articles highlight different settings, describe the processes involved in developing programs, and …

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A Patient Engaged: Examining The Benefits Of Formal Patient Engagement, Jeanne Marie Petrizzo Dec 2018

A Patient Engaged: Examining The Benefits Of Formal Patient Engagement, Jeanne Marie Petrizzo

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Patient engagement studio models exist to create a platform for patients to offer input on research projects at health systems and academic health centers. While these models are gaining popularity, little research exists that captures the benefits for participants. In this ethnographic study, I examined the benefits of patient engagement for participants at a large Southeastern academic health center. Through individual interviews and field observation, I sought to understand the experiences of patients and what they gained, and how those benefits could be applied to other health care settings. Patients’ responses in interviews and actions in each studio indicated that …

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Teens As Teachers: Positive Outcomes And Recommendations For Promoting Healthy Nutrition In Adolescents, Elizabeth Weybright, Anamaria Diaz Martinez, Gary Varrella, Mary Katherine Deen Dec 2018

Teens As Teachers: Positive Outcomes And Recommendations For Promoting Healthy Nutrition In Adolescents, Elizabeth Weybright, Anamaria Diaz Martinez, Gary Varrella, Mary Katherine Deen

Journal of Youth Development

The prevalence of overweight and obese status in adolescence points to a need to identify and broadly disseminate effective approaches promoting healthy eating. One promising approach engages teens as teachers to implement a nutrition education curriculum for younger youth. This article highlights qualitative evaluation results of a cross-age peer-teaching program on teen teachers. Results strengthen our knowledge base of cross-age peer teaching and inform policy and practice implications. Teens experienced greater internalization of curriculum content as evidenced by increased knowledge, improved behaviors, and overcoming barriers to healthy eating. These findings are grounded in social learning theory. To disseminate cross-age peer …

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Wave Project: Sport Nutrition Education Resources, Siew Wong, Melinda Manore, Kari Pilolla, Ingrid Skoog Dec 2018

Wave Project: Sport Nutrition Education Resources, Siew Wong, Melinda Manore, Kari Pilolla, Ingrid Skoog

Journal of Youth Development

The WAVE~Ripples for Change: Obesity Prevention in Active Youth (WAVE) project’s primary objective is to prevent unhealthy weight gain among high school athletes through healthy eating and reduced sedentary time. Educators are familiar with the myriad of challenges in presenting nutrition, diet, and physical activity information to high school students. WAVE uses adolescent athletes’ interest in sport to draw them into the topic of sport nutrition and healthy eating; helping them apply the knowledge and skills they learned in class, on the field, and in their lives. WAVE developed and field-tested an after school program for high school athletes that …

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Developing Youth Competencies: The Impact Of Program Quality, Tegan Smischney, Matthew Roberts, Kate Gliske, Lynne Borden Dec 2018

Developing Youth Competencies: The Impact Of Program Quality, Tegan Smischney, Matthew Roberts, Kate Gliske, Lynne Borden

Journal of Youth Development

As youth programs have continued to evolve over the last 100 years, the field of program evaluation has advanced significantly in an effort to differentiate which youth program components are necessary to promote positive youth development (e.g., Eccles & Gootman, 2002; Lerner et al., 2013). The Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) initiative funds a variety of sustainable community projects (SCPs) that aim to support at-risk youth and families and help them become healthy, positive, and contributing members of society (U.S. Department of Agriculture, n.d.). To ensure these programs are meeting CYFAR’s goals, a required collection of common measures …

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Changes In The Content, Composition And Localization Of Foliar Phenolic Compounds Of Strawberries As Influenced By Nitrogen Regimen, Ashwini Sushil Narvekar Dec 2018

Changes In The Content, Composition And Localization Of Foliar Phenolic Compounds Of Strawberries As Influenced By Nitrogen Regimen, Ashwini Sushil Narvekar

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To meet the increasing food demand, conventional agriculture practices emphasizes on quantitative yield and often involves intensification of nitrogen fertilizers. However, owing to the high mobility in the soil, nitrogen leaching imposes serious consequences on environment and subsequently on human health. Although the quantitative yield is predominantly determined by primary metabolism, the secondary metabolism in the plant not only function as response molecules against biotic and abiotic stress but also determines the qualitative composition of the crop. Nitrogen deficiency limits growth more than photosynthesis, leading to accumulation of the carbon based secondary precursors. Nitrogen deficiency or excess is also associated …

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Investigation Of Fungi Causing Twig Blight Diseases On Peach Trees In South Carolina, Martha Jennie Hudgins Froelich Dec 2018

Investigation Of Fungi Causing Twig Blight Diseases On Peach Trees In South Carolina, Martha Jennie Hudgins Froelich

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In 2016, fungal pathogens causing twig blight disease were isolated from symptomatic one-year-old shoots from peach orchards in 6 locations in South Carolina. Four twig blight pathogens, which included Phomopsis amygdali, Botryosphaeria obtusa, Leucostoma persoonii, and Cytospora sp., were isolated. L. persoonii was isolated in the highest frequency, followed by P. amygdali and B. obtusa. All pathogens were sensitive to thiophanate-methyl (FRAC 1), pyraclostrobin, and azoxystrobin (both FRAC 11). However, they were not sensitive to boscalid and fluopyram (both FRAC 7). L. persoonii exhibited less sensitivity to difenoconazole and propiconazole (both FRAC 3) while P. amygdali and B. obtusa were …

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Analysis Of Frozen Desserts Using Low-Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy (Lt-Sem), Kinsey Elizabeth Macdonald Dec 2018

Analysis Of Frozen Desserts Using Low-Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy (Lt-Sem), Kinsey Elizabeth Macdonald

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Commercial vanilla ice cream and other frozen desserts from the United States were analyzed for ice crystal length using low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (LT-SEM). Average ice crystal length was determined using multiple micrographs of each sample/product. Out of the products tested, 11 out of 15 samples had an average ice crystal length above the consumer sensory threshold limit of 55 µm. Products containing stabilizers tended to have smaller average ice crystal lengths than products without stabilizers. With a few exceptions, lower fat products tended to have larger ice crystals because there was less fat to stabilize the ice crystals. Four …

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Characterization Of Botrytis Cinerea From Commercial Cut Flower Roses And Evaluation Of Current Crop Management Practices, Melissa Muñoz Dec 2018

Characterization Of Botrytis Cinerea From Commercial Cut Flower Roses And Evaluation Of Current Crop Management Practices, Melissa Muñoz

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Botrytis cinerea Pers. is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that infects over 235 different plant species around the world. In cut flower roses, B. cinerea causes gray mold disease which leads to large economic losses during greenhouse production and in the post-harvest environment. Disease symptoms are often not visible during the production stage but are observed after storage and/or transportation. Fungicide applications are the primary strategy for gray mold management. However, fungicide resistance has been observed in several crops around the world, resulting in lack fungicide efficacy. Cultural practices such as plant nutrient management, cultivar selection, and crop sanitation are also …

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The Effects Of Late Gestation Supplementation Of Rumen Protected Fat On Cow And Calf Serum Fatty Acids, Passive Immunity Transfer And Growth In Beef Calves, Ralph Earl Ricks Dec 2018

The Effects Of Late Gestation Supplementation Of Rumen Protected Fat On Cow And Calf Serum Fatty Acids, Passive Immunity Transfer And Growth In Beef Calves, Ralph Earl Ricks

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The primary objective of the cow calf sector of the beef industry is to market live calves after weaning. One component to profitability in this sector is to wean healthy, productive calves with as low of an input a possible. This means not only efficiency of preweaning growth of the calf, but the dam needs to produce a more than adequate supply of milk as it is the primary nutrition of the calf. Production of an animal that can convert the milk supply offered and turn it into pounds of gain efficiently is ideal. The calf, ideally, should be born …

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The Effects Of Various Retort Motions On The Rate Of Heat Penetration Of A Food Simulant In Pouches, Mollye Macnaughton Dec 2018

The Effects Of Various Retort Motions On The Rate Of Heat Penetration Of A Food Simulant In Pouches, Mollye Macnaughton

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Processing foods in a retort is a reliable and established method of creating sterile and shelf stable products. The formula of the product and the package size dictates the processing time. Rotary retorts were invented to agitate cans to reduce the processing times and create uniform heating within the can. Recently, horizontal reciprocating agitation has become a feature of retorts referred to as Gentle Motion® and Shaka®. Oscillating agitation is an even newer possible retort motion. This research experiment was designed to (1) determine the effects of oscillating continuously and oscillating-dwell time on the rate of heat penetration in a …

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Taxonomic, Genetic And Functional Diversity Of Symbionts Associated With The Coastal Bivalve Family Lucinidae, Jean S. Lim Dec 2018

Taxonomic, Genetic And Functional Diversity Of Symbionts Associated With The Coastal Bivalve Family Lucinidae, Jean S. Lim

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Extant bivalve members from the family Lucinidae harbor chemosynthetic gammaproteobacterial gill endosymbionts capable of thioautotrophy. These endosymbionts are environmentally acquired and belong to a paraphyletic group distantly related to other marine chemosymbionts. In coastal habitats, lucinid chemosymbionts participate in facilitative interactions with their hosts and surrounding seagrass habitat that results in symbiotic sulfide detoxification, oxygen release from seagrass roots, carbon fixation, and/or symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Currently, the structural and functional complexity of whole lucinid gill microbiomes, as well as their interactions with lucinid bivalves and their surrounding environment, have not been comprehensively characterized. This dissertation focuses on the taxonomic, genetic, …

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The Balanced Energy Physical Activity (Bepa) Toolkit, Barbara Bromley Brody, Katherine Gunter Dec 2018

The Balanced Energy Physical Activity (Bepa) Toolkit, Barbara Bromley Brody, Katherine Gunter

Journal of Youth Development

The Balanced Energy Physical Activity Toolkit is an evidence-based, behaviorally focused physical activity resource. The BEPA-Toolkit is designed for applications in various educational settings to increase children’s physical activity time, with materials and activity ideas that are applicable for use in and outside of the classroom and before, during, or after school. It includes over 50 activity cards that convey integrated messages about healthy eating and physical activity through movement. This practical resource has been shown to increase children’s physical activity at school

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Using Contextual Information To Improve Hidden Markov Model Recognition Of Wrist Motions During Eating Activities, Yiru Shen Dec 2018

Using Contextual Information To Improve Hidden Markov Model Recognition Of Wrist Motions During Eating Activities, Yiru Shen

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This dissertation considers the problem of recognizing wrist motions during eating. The wrist motion is tracked using accelerometer and gyroscope sensors worn in a watch-like device. The goal is to recognize a set of gestures that commonly occur during eating, such as taking a bite of food or consuming a drink of liquid. The wrist motion during a bite may consist of picking up a morsel of food, moving it the mouth for intake, and returning the hand to a rest position. Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are used to recognize these motions. An HMM is a doubly stochastic process where …

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Camp And College Parallels: Crucibles For Transition-Linked Turning-Points, Lisa K.-P. Olsen, Gwynn Powell, Barry Garst, Robert Bixler Dec 2018

Camp And College Parallels: Crucibles For Transition-Linked Turning-Points, Lisa K.-P. Olsen, Gwynn Powell, Barry Garst, Robert Bixler

Journal of Youth Development

This conceptual paper explores how the system of experiences that children encounter in a traditional, residential summer camp setting parallel traditional, residential, college setting for first-year students. Camp is a complex system in the sphere of youth development programs (YDP) because of the expectation for rapid adjustment by the camper to a novel physical and social environment. Many YDPs have a moderate to high level of connection with the child’s normal life, defined as similar to school or home environments and the activities in which youth regularly participate. A traditional residential summer camp offers a different degree of novelty than …

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Building Healthy Communities: Creating Policy To Sustain Health-Related School Change, Erin Elizabeth Centeio, Jeanne Barcelona, Kristen Kaszeta, Nate Mccaughtry Dec 2018

Building Healthy Communities: Creating Policy To Sustain Health-Related School Change, Erin Elizabeth Centeio, Jeanne Barcelona, Kristen Kaszeta, Nate Mccaughtry

Journal of Youth Development

Many organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Academies of Science have called on schools to address childhood obesity and provide more opportunities for children to be active and eat healthier. This study discusses the impact that one comprehensive school program, Building Healthy Communities (BHC), had on school policy across 40 Midwest elementary schools. The study aim was to assess elementary schools that participated in the BHC whole-of-school intervention and examine the policy changes that took place during the year-long intervention, as well as proposed changes made as part of a sustainability plan. Findings indicated …

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Informing Youth Health And Well-Being Programs: A National 4-H Healthy Living Evaluation Study, Donna Peterson, Laura Downey, Joanne Leatherman Dec 2018

Informing Youth Health And Well-Being Programs: A National 4-H Healthy Living Evaluation Study, Donna Peterson, Laura Downey, Joanne Leatherman

Journal of Youth Development

4-H Healthy Living programs address healthy eating; physical activity; social-emotional health and well-being; alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention; and injury prevention. Using the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method, this paper identified 32 4-H Healthy Living programs across the nation ready for comprehensive outcome evaluation and/or national replication based on 6 criteria. Weaknesses in an additional 78 programs that did not meet the criteria were also identified. Programs that failed to meet the criteria did so primarily because they lacked a clearly delineated theory of change or appropriate evaluation. Implications for practice include ways to strengthen program planning and …

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Youth Workers’ Role In Engaging Youth In Health Advocacy For Community-Level Change, Maureen Toomey, Carol Smathers, Anne Iaccopucci, Karen Johnston Dec 2018

Youth Workers’ Role In Engaging Youth In Health Advocacy For Community-Level Change, Maureen Toomey, Carol Smathers, Anne Iaccopucci, Karen Johnston

Journal of Youth Development

Youth development professionals and volunteers, here referred to collectively as “youth workers,” need to be prepared to engage young people as health advocates. Youth workers need an understanding of public health principles; policy, systems, environment change approaches; and effective youth–adult strategies to move from viewing youth as participants to engaged leaders in community health issues. Embracing youth as partners will create effective partnerships and yield substantial positive health impacts for the youth, adults, and their communities.

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Closing Thoughts: On The Power Of Youth And System Chang, Michelle Skiles Rodgers, Monica Hobbs Vinluan Dec 2018

Closing Thoughts: On The Power Of Youth And System Chang, Michelle Skiles Rodgers, Monica Hobbs Vinluan

Journal of Youth Development

Change is happening in the Cooperative Extension System as the organization focuses its efforts on the overall goal of creating a culture of health in the United States. Well Connected Communities is a Cooperative Extension and National 4-H Council initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that involves modeling a systems-level approach to community efforts versus an individual prevention model. The initiative also engages the power of youth to catalyze progress for communities to achieve their best health and well-being.

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Agventure: Establishing The Link Between Stem And Agriculture, Becky Ridgeway, Virginia Brown Dec 2018

Agventure: Establishing The Link Between Stem And Agriculture, Becky Ridgeway, Virginia Brown

Journal of Youth Development

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is an integral part of primary school curriculum. AgVenture allows Extension to teach 4th graders about the connection between STEM and agriculture. Extension educators in Maryland developed hands-on activities around animals, plant sciences and nutrition, while linking station-specific activities back to STEM standards. Pretests and posttests show a statistically significant change in STEM-related knowledge by students, while feedback from teachers demonstrates the educational value of the program. Because of these results, AgVenture has grown and now has a waiting list of interested schools. The success of the AgVenture program can be replicated in …

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More Than Self-Management: Positive Youth Development At An Inclusive Type 1 Diabetic Camp, Theresa Beesley, Michael Riddell, Jessica Fraser-Thomas Dec 2018

More Than Self-Management: Positive Youth Development At An Inclusive Type 1 Diabetic Camp, Theresa Beesley, Michael Riddell, Jessica Fraser-Thomas

Journal of Youth Development

Diabetes-focused camps emerged as a way to provide ongoing diabetes self-management education to youth and their families in a physically active context. Past research suggests participation at camp can enhance youths’ glycemic control and glucose monitoring abilities; however, recent studies claim camps can also offer psychological and social benefits. Drawing upon a positive youth development (PYD) approach, the current study examined an inclusive diabetic-focused youth sport camp to (a) identify life skills developed, and (b) explain processes and factors involved in youths’ development of life skills. Focus groups were conducted with 54 youth living with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) …

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