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Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes Jan 2025

Obstacles For Women In Policing Seeking Leadership Positions, Catina Dukes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Women’s representation in policing has grown throughout time, yet women continue to be underrepresented in policing as well as higher-ranking leadership positions. Despite efforts to increase their representation, many women in policing have yet to receive the proper promotion that they are due over their male counterparts. Further, when women are promoted, they are usually assigned to deal with crimes such as sexual assault, child abuse, human trafficking, and domestic violence against women. While prior research has addressed these gaps, there are a lack of data on the challenges women encounter while working toward leadership positions in the police workforce. …

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College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley Jan 2025

College Faculty Perceptions Of The Challenges Of Online And Virtual Instruction, Joyceline Resha Poole-Dudley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The problem addressed through this study is that faculty at a local college in the southern United States experienced challenges adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online following the pandemic. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of college faculty about the challenges they have experienced and recommendations for adjusting teaching modality from face-to-face to online at a local southern college. The conceptual framework was Dawis and Lofquist’s theory of work adjustment. Using a basic qualitative design, data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine faculty who were selected using purposeful sampling. Open and axial …

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The Role Of School-Based Law Enforcement Officers In Student Discipline, Marlaina Mahler Jan 2025

The Role Of School-Based Law Enforcement Officers In Student Discipline, Marlaina Mahler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An increase in police presence in schools has led to an increase in research covering school police. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the overall role of SBLE officers, specifically their role in student discipline. This narrative inquiry study answered two research questions about the narrative experiences of SBLE officers as law enforcers, educators, and mentors in Texas public schools and how might Texas SBLE officers’ lived experiences benefit their peers’ understanding of their role regarding student discipline. Role theory and role conflict theory were used as the theoretical foundation. Data were collected through interviews with ten …

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High School Administrative Staff Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Woodrow Goss Jan 2025

High School Administrative Staff Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Woodrow Goss

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted administrative staff members throughout the school system in Texas. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of high school administrative staff members who participated in the transition from a traditional high school education delivery environment to an online, distance-based education delivery environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-determination theory was the theoretical foundation for this study and guided the research question and data analysis. The research design was a basic qualitative design using a generic qualitative approach. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 10 participants from a pool of high school educators who worked …

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Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway Jan 2025

Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Services at the local disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) include counseling and behavioral services to referred secondary students, aiming to improve their behavior. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that a DAEP was in place in the local district since 2009, but there had been no formal assessment to determine whether differences in student discipline occurred in the semester before and the semester after students attended the DAEP. Guided by Bandura’s social cognitive theory, the purpose of this ex post facto, causal-comparative, quasi-experimental study was to investigate if there was a difference in student discipline as measured by …

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Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback Jan 2025

Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Underused employee retail training programs in the western U.S. fashion industry are a challenge for improving workplace performance and organizational sustainability. Executive management of retail organizations in the fashion industry is perceived as not maximizing available retail training to improve employee and manager performance for organizational sustainability in the western United States. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the relationship between retail training and employee performance and manager performance as perceived by executive management at retail organizations in the fashion industry for organizational sustainability in the western United States. Appelbaum et al.’s ability, motivation, and opportunity …

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Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway Jan 2025

Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway

Frank Dilley Award for Outstanding Doctoral Study

Services at the local disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) include counseling and behavioral services to referred secondary students, aiming to improve their behavior. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that a DAEP was in place in the local district since 2009, but there had been no formal assessment to determine whether differences in student discipline occurred in the semester before and the semester after students attended the DAEP. Guided by Bandura’s social cognitive theory, the purpose of this ex post facto, causal-comparative, quasi-experimental study was to investigate if there was a difference in student discipline as measured by …

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The Role Of School-Based Law Enforcement Officers In Student Discipline, Marlaina Mahler Jan 2025

The Role Of School-Based Law Enforcement Officers In Student Discipline, Marlaina Mahler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

An increase in police presence in schools has led to an increase in research covering school police. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the overall role of SBLE officers, specifically their role in student discipline. This narrative inquiry study answered two research questions about the narrative experiences of SBLE officers as law enforcers, educators, and mentors in Texas public schools and how might Texas SBLE officers’ lived experiences benefit their peers’ understanding of their role regarding student discipline. Role theory and role conflict theory were used as the theoretical foundation. Data were collected through interviews with ten …

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Lived Experience Of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration In California, Dan Ugochukwu Duru Jan 2025

Lived Experience Of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration In California, Dan Ugochukwu Duru

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lived Experience of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration in California by Dan Ugochukwu Duruobishiri MS, Walden University, 2021 MA, National University, La Jolla, California, 2004 BS, California State University, Long Beach, 1998 AS, El Camino College Torrance, California, 1995 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology Walden University October, 2024 The research on the experiences of African American Black males in the criminal justice system has been a focus of scholars since the early 20th century. Researchers have demonstrated that this population faces high rates of incarceration …

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Strategies To Manage Supply Chain Disruptions In The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Tanya V. Payne Jan 2025

Strategies To Manage Supply Chain Disruptions In The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Tanya V. Payne

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Supply chain disruptions result in reduced organizational productivity. Supply chain leaders in the aircraft manufacturing industry who cannot manage supply chain disruptions risk financial losses from reduced organizational productivity. Grounded in Lewin’s change management theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to explore strategies aircraft manufacturing industry supply chain leaders use to manage disruption in the supply chain process to maximize organizational productivity. The participants were six supply chain leaders from Fortune 500 aircraft manufacturing companies located in South Carolina and California who successfully managed disruption in the supply chain disruptions to enhance productivity. Data were collected …

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High School Administrative Staff Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Woodrow Goss Jan 2025

High School Administrative Staff Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Woodrow Goss

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted administrative staff members throughout the school system in Texas. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of high school administrative staff members who participated in the transition from a traditional high school education delivery environment to an online, distance-based education delivery environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-determination theory was the theoretical foundation for this study and guided the research question and data analysis. The research design was a basic qualitative design using a generic qualitative approach. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 10 participants from a pool of high school educators who worked …

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Neurological Assessment Skills For Acute Care Nursing Staff, Kathleen Libke Jan 2025

Neurological Assessment Skills For Acute Care Nursing Staff, Kathleen Libke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The ability to perform a rapid and comprehensive neurological assessment is an important tool for the nurse at the bedside when a patient has changes in their neurological state. According to the American Heart Association, it is essential for the bedside nurse to ensure they have the necessary skills to improve recovery, survival, and quality of life when experiencing changing neurological symptoms. The focus of this project was to answer the question of whether a self-learning staff education program on neurological assessment increases staff knowledge towards the ultimate goal of increasing competence when conducting a focused neurological assessment. The project …

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Southern Californian Clinicians’ Perspectives Of Online Treatment For Adolescents With Eating Disorders, Sandra Mcintyre Jan 2025

Southern Californian Clinicians’ Perspectives Of Online Treatment For Adolescents With Eating Disorders, Sandra Mcintyre

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Treatment for eating disorders in adolescents is constantly changing and improving. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a major transition to telehealth treatment. Studies on the efficacy and experience of telehealth have mainly focused on clients and families, leaving out clinician perspectives. Little research has also been done on how telehealth can be improved on now that it is more commonly used. Lewin’s field theory formed the framework for this qualitative study to explore clinicians’ suggestions to improve telehealth treatment for eating disorders. Ten specialized mental health clinicians provided data collected using two sequenced questionnaires. Analysis of the …

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Enhancing Patient Understanding And Engagement Through The Ask Me 3 Teach-Back Method, Ria Thomas Jan 2025

Enhancing Patient Understanding And Engagement Through The Ask Me 3 Teach-Back Method, Ria Thomas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effective nursing communication considers health literacy, which is the patient’s ability to understand and make health decisions based on the information given. Effective staff education is critical in how well the staff can educate patients. Nurses must help ensure that patients and their families understand and can apply health care information. In an adult psychiatric unit, there was low compliance for patients following up with the community resources to which they were referred. This staff education project aimed to teach the Ask Me 3 teach-back method to increase staff knowledge and improve how they teach and engage patients in understanding …

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Lived Experience Of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration In California, Dan Ugochukwu Duru Jan 2025

Lived Experience Of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration In California, Dan Ugochukwu Duru

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lived Experience of African American Males Upon Community Reentry Postincarceration in California by Dan Ugochukwu Duruobishiri MS, Walden University, 2021 MA, National University, La Jolla, California, 2004 BS, California State University, Long Beach, 1998 AS, El Camino College Torrance, California, 1995 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology Walden University October, 2024 The research on the experiences of African American Black males in the criminal justice system has been a focus of scholars since the early 20th century. Researchers have demonstrated that this population faces high rates of incarceration …

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Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway Jan 2025

Assessing The Influence Of An Eastern State's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program On Secondary Student Behavior, Alicia Michelle Gallaway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Services at the local disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) include counseling and behavioral services to referred secondary students, aiming to improve their behavior. The problem addressed in this quantitative study was that a DAEP was in place in the local district since 2009, but there had been no formal assessment to determine whether differences in student discipline occurred in the semester before and the semester after students attended the DAEP. Guided by Bandura’s social cognitive theory, the purpose of this ex post facto, causal-comparative, quasi-experimental study was to investigate if there was a difference in student discipline as measured by …

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Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback Jan 2025

Examining Workplace Performance And Training For Organizational Sustainability In The Fashion Industry, Stephanie Lynne Bilderback

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Underused employee retail training programs in the western U.S. fashion industry are a challenge for improving workplace performance and organizational sustainability. Executive management of retail organizations in the fashion industry is perceived as not maximizing available retail training to improve employee and manager performance for organizational sustainability in the western United States. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the relationship between retail training and employee performance and manager performance as perceived by executive management at retail organizations in the fashion industry for organizational sustainability in the western United States. Appelbaum et al.’s ability, motivation, and opportunity …

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Strategies To Manage Supply Chain Disruptions In The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Tanya V. Payne Jan 2025

Strategies To Manage Supply Chain Disruptions In The Aircraft Manufacturing Industry, Tanya V. Payne

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Supply chain disruptions result in reduced organizational productivity. Supply chain leaders in the aircraft manufacturing industry who cannot manage supply chain disruptions risk financial losses from reduced organizational productivity. Grounded in Lewin’s change management theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry study was to explore strategies aircraft manufacturing industry supply chain leaders use to manage disruption in the supply chain process to maximize organizational productivity. The participants were six supply chain leaders from Fortune 500 aircraft manufacturing companies located in South Carolina and California who successfully managed disruption in the supply chain disruptions to enhance productivity. Data were collected …

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Neurological Assessment Skills For Acute Care Nursing Staff, Kathleen Libke Jan 2025

Neurological Assessment Skills For Acute Care Nursing Staff, Kathleen Libke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The ability to perform a rapid and comprehensive neurological assessment is an important tool for the nurse at the bedside when a patient has changes in their neurological state. According to the American Heart Association, it is essential for the bedside nurse to ensure they have the necessary skills to improve recovery, survival, and quality of life when experiencing changing neurological symptoms. The focus of this project was to answer the question of whether a self-learning staff education program on neurological assessment increases staff knowledge towards the ultimate goal of increasing competence when conducting a focused neurological assessment. The project …

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Southern Californian Clinicians’ Perspectives Of Online Treatment For Adolescents With Eating Disorders, Sandra Mcintyre Jan 2025

Southern Californian Clinicians’ Perspectives Of Online Treatment For Adolescents With Eating Disorders, Sandra Mcintyre

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Treatment for eating disorders in adolescents is constantly changing and improving. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a major transition to telehealth treatment. Studies on the efficacy and experience of telehealth have mainly focused on clients and families, leaving out clinician perspectives. Little research has also been done on how telehealth can be improved on now that it is more commonly used. Lewin’s field theory formed the framework for this qualitative study to explore clinicians’ suggestions to improve telehealth treatment for eating disorders. Ten specialized mental health clinicians provided data collected using two sequenced questionnaires. Analysis of the …

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Depression Screening, Heather Apling Rowell Jan 2025

Depression Screening, Heather Apling Rowell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Depression is a common but serious mood disorder and healthcare professionals need to include depression screening during routine health visits. The gap in practice at a primary care clinic was the lack of routine screening and the lack of knowledge of the medical assistant staff in conducting and documenting depression screening. The purpose of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate an education program on depression screening and appropriate documentation in the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR). The practice-focused question centered on whether healthcare staff demonstrated increased knowledge of depression screening and how to appropriately document in the patient’s …

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Enhancing Patient Understanding And Engagement Through The Ask Me 3 Teach-Back Method, Ria Thomas Jan 2025

Enhancing Patient Understanding And Engagement Through The Ask Me 3 Teach-Back Method, Ria Thomas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Effective nursing communication considers health literacy, which is the patient’s ability to understand and make health decisions based on the information given. Effective staff education is critical in how well the staff can educate patients. Nurses must help ensure that patients and their families understand and can apply health care information. In an adult psychiatric unit, there was low compliance for patients following up with the community resources to which they were referred. This staff education project aimed to teach the Ask Me 3 teach-back method to increase staff knowledge and improve how they teach and engage patients in understanding …

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Pediatric Immunization Program To Lessen The Lack Of Services In Rural Communities, Shannon London Nowiski Jan 2025

Pediatric Immunization Program To Lessen The Lack Of Services In Rural Communities, Shannon London Nowiski

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The lack of resources in rural communities encourages new programs to improve outcomes in health and wellness. This project aimed to reduce the vaccination barriers of transportation and time by bringing vaccines to the children in the existing medical clinic. The purpose of this doctor of nursing practice project was the development of a sustainable vaccination program for rural communities. The practice-focused question was: Can a community team develop a sustainable plan to provide education and the provision of vaccines in a rural community? This included proposing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for providers regarding the education of patients, families, and …

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Depression Screening, Heather Apling Rowell Jan 2025

Depression Screening, Heather Apling Rowell

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Depression is a common but serious mood disorder and healthcare professionals need to include depression screening during routine health visits. The gap in practice at a primary care clinic was the lack of routine screening and the lack of knowledge of the medical assistant staff in conducting and documenting depression screening. The purpose of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate an education program on depression screening and appropriate documentation in the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR). The practice-focused question centered on whether healthcare staff demonstrated increased knowledge of depression screening and how to appropriately document in the patient’s …

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Pediatric Immunization Program To Lessen The Lack Of Services In Rural Communities, Shannon London Nowiski Jan 2025

Pediatric Immunization Program To Lessen The Lack Of Services In Rural Communities, Shannon London Nowiski

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The lack of resources in rural communities encourages new programs to improve outcomes in health and wellness. This project aimed to reduce the vaccination barriers of transportation and time by bringing vaccines to the children in the existing medical clinic. The purpose of this doctor of nursing practice project was the development of a sustainable vaccination program for rural communities. The practice-focused question was: Can a community team develop a sustainable plan to provide education and the provision of vaccines in a rural community? This included proposing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for providers regarding the education of patients, families, and …

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Evaluation Of Policies To Reduce Juvenile Recidivism In Montgomery County, Maryland, Amos S. Kulumba Jan 2025

Evaluation Of Policies To Reduce Juvenile Recidivism In Montgomery County, Maryland, Amos S. Kulumba

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Despite efforts to reduce juvenile justice recidivism through education programs, current literature does not demonstrate that these policies have been effective. The research problem was that despite various programs to minimize juvenile justice recidivism in Montgomery County, Maryland, data did not show a decrease in adolescent offenders in the county correctional system. The purpose of this general qualitative study was to explore what impact harsh penalties involving incarceration had on juvenile justice recidivism in Montgomery County, Maryland. The theoretical framework was the narrative policy framework. Virtual interviews were conducted with 15 participants currently or formerly employed in the Montgomery County, …

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Female Runners’ Perspectives Of Coping With Relative Energy Deficiency In Sports (Red-S) Symptoms Through Instructor-Led Yoga, April Rae Gunnoe Jan 2025

Female Runners’ Perspectives Of Coping With Relative Energy Deficiency In Sports (Red-S) Symptoms Through Instructor-Led Yoga, April Rae Gunnoe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S) impacts the physical, emotional, and psychological health of adult female runners. Previous RED-S inquiry has focused on identification and evaluation of symptoms, and although researchers have investigated ways in which yoga affects adult female runner’s physical and mental health, understanding about the potential impact of instructor-led yoga practice in the treatment and management of RED-S symptoms is limited. The purpose of this basic qualitative inquiry was to investigate the lived experiences of adult female runners practicing instructor-led yoga to cope with RED-S symptoms, using the health belief model as a framework. Eight volunteers shared …

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The Perspectives Of African American Parents’ Decisions To Homeschool Children With Autism In New Jersey, Shannalee Stephenson Jan 2025

The Perspectives Of African American Parents’ Decisions To Homeschool Children With Autism In New Jersey, Shannalee Stephenson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

New Jersey is an autism epicenter and may indicate future trends in the United States. The population of American families opting to homeschool is growing, especially among African-American families in New Jersey. The purpose of this narrative inquiry study was to examine the perspectives of African American parents’ decisions to homeschool their children with autism in New Jersey through storytelling. The conceptual framework used was the model of parental involvement developed by Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 homeschooling African-American parents using a basic qualitative approach. The results were organized into five themes. One theme was the …

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The Perspectives Of African American Parents’ Decisions To Homeschool Children With Autism In New Jersey, Shannalee Stephenson Jan 2025

The Perspectives Of African American Parents’ Decisions To Homeschool Children With Autism In New Jersey, Shannalee Stephenson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

New Jersey is an autism epicenter and may indicate future trends in the United States. The population of American families opting to homeschool is growing, especially among African-American families in New Jersey. The purpose of this narrative inquiry study was to examine the perspectives of African American parents’ decisions to homeschool their children with autism in New Jersey through storytelling. The conceptual framework used was the model of parental involvement developed by Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 homeschooling African-American parents using a basic qualitative approach. The results were organized into five themes. One theme was the …

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Female Runners’ Perspectives Of Coping With Relative Energy Deficiency In Sports (Red-S) Symptoms Through Instructor-Led Yoga, April Rae Gunnoe Jan 2025

Female Runners’ Perspectives Of Coping With Relative Energy Deficiency In Sports (Red-S) Symptoms Through Instructor-Led Yoga, April Rae Gunnoe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S) impacts the physical, emotional, and psychological health of adult female runners. Previous RED-S inquiry has focused on identification and evaluation of symptoms, and although researchers have investigated ways in which yoga affects adult female runner’s physical and mental health, understanding about the potential impact of instructor-led yoga practice in the treatment and management of RED-S symptoms is limited. The purpose of this basic qualitative inquiry was to investigate the lived experiences of adult female runners practicing instructor-led yoga to cope with RED-S symptoms, using the health belief model as a framework. Eight volunteers shared …

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