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Changemaker Coach Reflects On Leadership Role Of Mentoring First-Year Students, Cassie Hollasch

Sustainability Institute Blog

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Special Session Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xxvi – M13 Resolution Of Support For Ukraine And All Affected By Russia’S Invasion, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

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New Hampshire Baseline Needs Assessment Full Report, Center On Rural Addiction, University Of Vermont, Nh Citizens Health Initiative, Institute For Health Policy And Practice (Ihpp)

All Materials

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Breaking Barriers, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

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Former Nh Listens Program Manager Now Serving As Nh Public K-12 District Director Of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Justice, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Breaking Barriers: Carsey Alum Deqa Dhalac ‘13g Inaugurated As Nation’S First Somali-American Mayor, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Pimpare, Public Policy, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

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Fast Facts: Unh Library Fy22, University Of New Hampshire Library

Annual Reports and Statistics

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Unh Library Annual Report, 2022: Return To Campus, University Of New Hampshire Library

Annual Reports and Statistics

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Mason, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2021., Mason Town Representatives

Mason, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Facilitating A Quality Improvement Approach To Childhood Adversity Screening In Primary Care: A Handbook, Felicity Bernard, Corina Chao, Holly Tutko, Dee Watts

All Materials

Facilitating a Quality Improvement Approach to Childhood Adversity Screening in Primary Care: A Handbook, owned by the University of New Hampshire and authored by Felicity Bernard, Corina Chao, Holly Tutko, and Dee Watts, licensed under CC BY NC ND 2.0.

College Of Health And Human Service Faculty’S Confidence And Inclusion Of Lgbtq+ Health Content In Curriculum, Carley S. Kanter

Honors Theses and Capstones

In the health care system, those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, (LGBTQ+) face discrimination and health disparities. Students who are better prepared in higher education to provide care for this population have higher levels of confidence in LGBTQ+ health content than those who have less exposure. Therefore, faculty who teach curriculum related to health and wellness have an opportunity to prepare students to provide high quality, patient centered care by teaching culturally competent care that is inclusive of LGBTQ+ populations. The aim of the study is to determine whether the degree of confidence in teaching LGBTQ+ health …

The Association Between Knowledge And Confidence Related To Lgbtq+ Health Topics Among University Educators, Chloe Kilkelly

Honors Theses and Capstones

Introduction: Many healthcare professionals may have inadequate knowledge or training to care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) patients. Educational curriculum based on LGBTQ+ populations has been found to be inadequate in higher education. Little is known about how university educators' knowledge of LGBTQ+ topics or how that knowledge relates to their confidence in teaching this material. This study aims to explore how the healthcare educators' knowledge of LGBTQ+ topics impacts their confidence teaching this material.

Methods: Data was collected via an online survey sent to University of New Hampshire faculty. Respondents were asked to answer 12 knowledge …

Neighborhood Disorder And Adolescent Psychological Distress: Effects Of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Social Support, And Self Concept, Jean Bessette

Doctoral Dissertations

Sociological research on mental health is often guided by the stress process framework. A key tenet of this paradigm is the proposition that both exposure and vulnerability to social stressors arise from one’s placement in the social structure; those with lower social status face greater exposure and/or greater vulnerability to stressors that detrimentally impact their psychological wellbeing. A consequential social stressor is the neighborhood context in which one resides. Past research has suggested a disadvantageous effect of greater neighborhood physical and social disorder on youth mental health. This research employs the stress process framework to examine how the effects of …

Implementing A Health-Related Quality Of Life Assessment Tool In An Outpatient Hematology/Oncology Clinic: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project, Jennifer Holl

DNP Scholarly Projects

BACKGROUND: Although overall and disease-free survival remain the goals of cancer care, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during and after treatment is increasingly acknowledged as vital to the patient’s outcomes. The purpose of this project was to identify and implement a valid, reliable HRQOL assessment tool into daily clinical practice in an outpatient hematology/oncology clinic at a 25-bed critical access hospital in rural New Hampshire.

METHODS: This project used a methodological design. Descriptive and inferential statistics, plus qualitative analysis were used to determine results. Three nurses and seven patients participated in this quality improvement project.

INTERVENTIONS: The interventions …

Implementation Of Telehealth Clinical Nurse Leader Interventions To Reduce Rehospitalizations In Rural Home Health Patients, Briana White

DNP Scholarly Projects

Reimbursement for home-based care is moving towards a value-based purchasing (VBP) model. This change brings a renewed sense of urgency to focus efforts in care delivery to sustain positive outcomes such as reducing rehospitalizations. The Clinical Nurse Leader role has been instrumental in hospital settings in improving patient outcomes, and evidence points toward the potential success of implementation of this role in the rural microsystem setting. This quality improvement project implemented a remote telehealth intervention led by Clinical Nurse Leaders, to decrease rehospitalizations of Medicare patients assessed as at-risk for 30-day rehospitalization. The DMAIC QI model was used to ensure …

Perinatal Patient Education On Substance Use Risk Factors In The Age Of The Opioid Crisis, Rebecca Ane Leary, Alyssa O'Brien

Honors Theses and Capstones

From 2014 to 2016, NH ranked first for fentanyl and all opioid-related overdose deaths per capita in the United States (Moore et al., 2021). In 2016 the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) found that there are many repercussions of this opioid crisis including overdose deaths, child and elder abuse, and newborns experiencing withdrawal. In utero substance exposure places a child at a higher risk for developmental, behavioral, and physical health concerns. To address this gap, a secondary data analysis using NH Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data from 2013 to 2020 was conducted. PRAMS …

Building Awareness Around The New American Community In Concord N.H., Heather Mckinnon

M.S. in Leadership

The purpose of this Capstone is to create an opportunity to explore resettlement. The research seeks to understand the resettlement process in the context of exploring immigration in the United States Research will focus on Concord, N.H. This project was chosen as a result of my experiences working with the New American population as a home visitor and home-based manager for the Early Head Start program in Concord, N.H. Depending on demographic statistics, publications, and case studies, this data is both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The findings indicate that in order to advocate for new American populations, the community …

Strafford County 2021 Annual Report Of The Commissioners, Treasurer, Other County Officers, And The Strafford County Delegation For The Year Ending December 31, 2021., Strafford County Representatives

Strafford County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

2022 Nh Family Centered Early Supports And Services Needs Assessment Survey Instrument, Jess Carson, Sarah Boege

Preschool Development Grant

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2022 Nh Childhood Behavioral & Mental Health Needs Assessment Survey Instrument, Jess Carson, Sarah Boege

Preschool Development Grant

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Combating Burnout And Building Resilience Within Icu Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project Based On Mindfulness And Self Care, Emily Evans

Master's Theses and Capstones

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Politics For Social Workers, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Unh Receives Nearly $3 Million To Study Impact Of Youth Bystanders On Self-Directed Violence, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Helping Teens Do No Harm, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

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College Student Of The Year, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

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Convergence: Eos News And Updates, November 2021, Unh Institute For The Study Of Earth, Oceans And Space

Convergence: EOS News and Updates

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Promoting The Healthy Development Of Youth Through Sports, Paige O'Neil

Inquiry Journal Fall 2021

Inspired by her personal interests in action sports and mental health, Paige looked at how professional training as a social worker is beneficial to coaching.

The Role Of Leadership With Compassion Fatigue In Caregiving Professions, Ashley Kitchell

M.S. in Leadership

Compassion fatigue is an issue that has plagued caregiving fields for years. The burnout, stress and lack of support has been a topic of discussion that is ongoing due to constant research and interest on the ever-popular topic. Though there is much research, the problem still exists. This paper looks at how management and leadership play a role on compassion fatigue, coping strategies and skills needed to help mitigate the symptoms, and what more is needed. Through my research, I found that the most influential piece regarding compassion fatigue in caregiving professions relies heavily on the management styles and workplace …

Teaching With Quantitative Data In The Social Sciences At The University Of New Hampshire: An Ithaka S+R Local Report, Patricia Condon, Eleta Exline, Louise Buckley

Faculty Publications

This exploratory study investigated the teaching practices of social science instructors at the University of New Hampshire who engage with undergraduate students using quantitative data in the classroom. The participants interviewed teach both general and discipline-specific data concepts as academic, work, and life skills. Primary challenges discussed by the participants that students face in engaging with these topics are understanding math and statistical concepts, learning new software and computing skills, limited prior exposure to data, and lack of retention of content from earlier courses. Participants addressed challenges in several ways in order to lower barriers to learning, including finding, vetting, …