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Perceptions Of Pediatric Overweight And Weight Management: A Comparison Of Parents And Physicians, Lisa K. Thomason

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Pediatric overweight is of paramount importance in Kentucky, as studies show prevalence rates are higher in the state than the national average. Research suggests that comprehensive treatments involving diet training, exercise training, and psychological counseling are most effective at reducing overweight in children. Little research has been done, however, to compare parents' and physicians' perceptions of obesity, its treatment, or barriers to weight management.

The purpose of this study is to examine differences in attitudes toward pediatric obesity and weight management among parents and physicians, specifically related to the importance of diet training, exercise training, and psychological counseling. Surveys were …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding academic complaint committee, plus/minus grading demonstration, Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Quality, Procard system, general education courses, curriculum committee and university fund for student assistance.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 79, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Reed, Lindsey. University Senate Expected to Vote on Plus/Minus Today
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Staff Seeks Sick Pay
• Clark, Ashlee. Native Song – Larry Yazzie, Native Americans
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Dorms Get New Prefix – Telephones
• Hoang, Mai. Log Cabin to House Cultural Program – Folk Studies & Anthropology
• Lamar, Mike. Editorial Cartoon re: Online Advising
• Fisher, Lee. Loss of Familiar Friends Makes Area Bare, Drab – Landscaping
• New Online System Will Aid Students – Online Advising
• Reed, Lindsey. Resolution Asks for Notification – Student Government Association, Class Cancellations
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Event …

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Volume 2, Issue 2, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

Bill #03-04-F - Organizational Aid, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Disbursement of funds to student organizations.

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

Young Childrens' Understanding Of Superstitions, Kara Yeckering

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The aim of this study was to examine young children's understanding of superstitions—specifically bad luck superstitions. Children between the ages of 4 and 9 received a set of interview questions concerning their experiences with superstitions, their beliefs about the efficacy of superstitions, and their knowledge of the mental and physical components of superstitions. Participants also completed a belief task designed to assess the relative importance of belief and action in superstitions. The findings indicate developmental patterns in children's awareness of superstitions and beliefs in efficacy of superstitions. With age, children demonstrated a significantly greater awareness of superstitions. In contrast, children …

Narratives Of Cancer Survivors In Religious Life, Andrea Kitta

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Narratives of Cancer Survivors in Religions Life is a careful consideration of the narratives of cancer survivors, specifically those in Catholic religious life. Through the use of interviews and secondary sources, the author addresses such issues as relationship with God, stigmatization, community life, Parson's Sick Role, and labeling theories. This thesis also considers the perceived audience during the performance of narratives, specifically, if cancer survivors in religious life perceive God to be a part of their audience and looks at the structure of narratives concerning cancer survivorship.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

The Western Scholar, Editors

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee appointments, Senate Bill 152, website, curriculum committee, general education courses, morale survey, budget and regents survey.

Reed, Sheryl Diane (Fa 190), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 190. Paper written by Reed entitled, "The War at Home" (17 p.), based on interviews with various Bowling Green, Kentucky individuals about the effects of World War II on them and the home front. Also includes cassette tapes (4) and transcriptions (3).

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding health insurance, enrollment growth committee, curriculum committee, general education courses, social security number elimination committee, tenure policies, emergency evacuations and budget.

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss COSFL meeting, deans and directors council, health insurance, curriculum committee, general education courses, enrollment and sustainable growth strategy.

Ua11/1 Echo, December, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Course Content Of Sociology Of Aging And Social Gerontology Syllabi: Interdisciplinary Relations, Paula Newby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The United States is undergoing a major increase in a segment of the population we socially define and understand as aged. By the year 2030 approximately one in every five Americans will be 65 years or older. Because the concept of age is encompassed in our everyday world of social reality, it is a subject matter for the discipline of sociology. Aging is also recognized as a subject matter for courses in social gerontology, which incorporates a multidisciplinary approach with material from social, psychological, and biological areas. This research endeavor constitutes a content analysis of course syllabi found in the …

At The Crossroads Commercial Music And Community Experience The Quonset Auditorium - A Roadhouse On The Dixie Highway, Amber Ridington

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study of the Quonset Auditorium, one roadhouse among many on the regular tour route of R&B, gospel and country musicians in the post-World War II era (1947- 1959), illustrates the important role of roadhouses during a time of growth and change in popular music. It situates memories and experiences from the Quonset Auditorium in relation to regional and national movements of the day such as highway development, commercial and popular music, and the civil rights movement. With hindsight, we can see that the Quonset Auditorium stood at a crossroads as regards these social and technological movements of the post-WW …

Bill 02-09-F Organizational Aid, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to distribute money to student organizations, includes list of clubs and amount received.

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

Ua11/1 Echo, September, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Ua11/1 Echo, Vol. 12, No. 2, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

The Influence Of Religiosity And Fundamentalism On White Protestants' Attitudes Toward Women's Issues, Ashley Foster

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study examines factors of religiosity and fundamentalism that lead to sexist attitudes toward various women's issues. Analysis of data from the 1996 General Social Survey was implemented to ascertain the dependent variables: the Attitude toward Abortion Scale, the Women in Politics Scale, the Familial Roles Scale, the Attitude toward the Women's Movement Scale, Biology as a Reason for Women Taking Care of Children, God's Will as a Reason for Women Taking Care of Children, Importance of Women's Issues and Self-report Being Feminist. The correlations and regressions between measures of religiosity (church attendance and strength of affiliation) and attitudes toward …

Lucky Pennies And Four Leaf Clovers: Young Children's Understanding Of Superstitions, Christy Bryce

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The development of organized, explanatory systems of knowledge is an integral part of human nature; it allows us to categorize objects and events and to make predictions based on our experiences. In our society, the quest for answers to the questions "How?" and "Why?" begins early in life. By the preschool years, children are actively seeking and providing explanations for an abundance of physical and social events, and they are developing knowledge of causal forces at work in the environment (Bullock, Gelman, & Baillargeon, 1982; Rosengren & Hickling, 1999). Paradoxically, at about the same age at which children demonstrate they …

The Western Scholar, Editors

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Ua11/1 Echo, Vol. 12, No. 1, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created for WKU faculty and staff.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss privacy policies, curriculum committee, faculty work life surveys and UC101.