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Maternal Feeding Practices In The Border City: A Secondary Data Analysis, Juan Antonio Lira, Victor Ramos

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

Purpose: To examine the relationships among family income; Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) participation; and acculturation with infant feeding practices.

Methods: A secondary data analysis was conducted from an original cross sectional study data set. Using convenience sampling, data were collected from a sample of n = 116 subjects drawn from three study locations in South Texas. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data.

Findings: We found that mother's WIC participation was inversely associated with infant feeding practices. Family income and acculturation did not show any significant relationship with infant …

Promotion Recognition Advocacy In Stroke Education (Praise): A Faith-Based Asset Approach To Stroke Health Promoting Activities Within The African-American Community, Darling Richiez

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

The need to increase stroke awareness, advocacy, and stroke health promoting activities in the African American population is challenging, but it is a vital challenge that is essential to reduce mortality and morbidity related to stroke and eliminates inequalities. Stroke has a substantial burden on the individual and the community. Faith-based organizations as well as the African American churches have been instrumental in providing health-promoting activities within the African American community. The faith-based community can be use as a vehicle in promoting health activities and providing the necessary tools and skills in managing …

Living With Lung Cancer: Receptivity And Preferences For Risk-Reducing Behavior Change Among African-American Families, Karen Kane Mcdonnell, Deanne Karen Hilfinger Messias, Daniela B. Friedman, Sue Heiney, Otis L. Owens

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015:

Purpose: Evidence exists that the diagnosis of a serious disease such as cancer provides substantial motivation for some patients to stop smoking and embrace risk-reducing behavior changes. Yet, limited evidence exists about the cancer-related risk behaviors (tobacco use, poor nutrition, lack of exercise, and stress), receptivity, readiness to change, and preferences for change among African American survivors and their family members when one of them is diagnosed with lung cancer. A diagnosis of cancer is often a shared experience among family members and close friends and may serve to motivate individuals toward the …

Designing A Program Plan For Implementing Skin-To-Skin Contact (Ssc) In The Obstetrical Surgical Suite (Ob Or), Jeffrey S. Fouche-Camargo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

Breastfeeding is associated with numerous health benefits to newboRN There are multiple evidence-based interventions that improve rates of exclusive breastfeeding. One such intervention is providing skin-to-skin contact between the newboRNnd mother immediately following birth. One Maternaly hospital in northeast Georgia implemented this intervention following vaginal births and has decided to expand the intervention to cesarean births performed in their obstetrical surgical suite. In order to safeguard a successful implementation, a formal program plan was developed to include an education plan, small tests of change, and a rollout plan. An evaluation of the facility's …

An Investigation Into B Cells In Peripheral Blood And Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissues In The Red Eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys Scripta, Sarah Marie Marrochello

Theses and Dissertations

As in endotherms, immunity in ectotherms is vital to survival and contributes to the overall fitness of an organism. For reptilians, there are a number of environmental factors, such as temperature, season, and pathogen prevalence, which are known to influence both innate and adaptive immunity. Of particular interest, is the effect of these factors on B cells, a component of adaptive immunity. Reptilian B cells are reported to secrete antibodies, much like their mammalian counterparts, and undergo phagocytosis. The work reported here primarily focused on understanding the effect of environmental temperature, incubation temperature, and nesting season on B cells in …

Exploring Relationships Between School-Based Health Clinics And Academic Performance In Elementary School-Aged Children, Cynthia Elizabeth Sherwood-Samuel

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

School based health clinics provide medical services and healthcare to students within the school setting. Research suggests that students who use school based health clinic services perform better academically in school by improving their attendance, health status, and addressing their medical needs. This retrospective study explored the relationship between school based health clinics and academic performance in elementary school-aged children. Academic performance was measured using students’ final grades, New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK), and Language Arts Literacy (LAL) scores. Students were tracked longitudinally from grades 3-5 comparing students who used an onsite school based health clinic …

Modeling The Extent Of Virus Removal In Waste Stabilization Ponds To Support Reuse Of Wastewater, Kelly James Vannoy

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are one of the most prevalent types of domestic wastewater treatment technologies employed worldwide, and global stressors such as urbanization, population growth, climate change, and water scarcity have increased the demand for reusing treated wastewater. The safe reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture can ease water scarcity, aid in food production, and reduce environmental degradation from the discharge of wastewater effluent to surface waters. The ability to predict virus concentrations in wastewater effluent is an important criterion for determining whether wastewater is suitable for discharge to the environment or for reuse in agriculture. However, many uncertainties …

Investigating Alternative Subsistence Strategies Among The Homeless Near Tampa, Florida, Matthew Peter Rooney

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Modern homelessness is one of the most pressing social and political problems of our time. Several hundred thousand people experience homelessness in the United States each year, and the U.S. Department of Housing, which attempts to count those people, has admitted that their statistics are conservative estimates at best. A recent archaeological study (Zimmerman et al 2010) examining material culture associated with homeless communities in Indianapolis has suggested that those who are considered chronically homeless have generally abandoned wage labor and are instead pursuing urban foraging as a subsistence strategy. In order to better understand the structures of homeless communities, …

Heal-Healed-Healer, Victoria Stacey Thieme Do

Akesis

This work is inspired by my life as a doctor. Prior to being a doctor, I was an health educator, a journalist in college, and resident assistant. This background gave me perspective on being human. During osteopathic medical school, I was the editorial assistant for the Journal of Medical Humanities at UNECOM. From these perspectives, I have observed the human condition.

The Bates Student - Volume 146 Number 16 - March 16, 2016, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, March 16, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 146, Issue 20

Peã±A Nieto Government Touts Success Of Anti-Hunger Campaign, But Critics Question Results, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, March 16, 2016, The Murray Ledger An Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Fall 2016 Summer 2016 | Food Studies Courses, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Bringing Modernized, Dynamic Health Education And Literacy To Low-Income Areas, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Low-Intensity, Stocker-Based Channel Catfish Culture, Bartholomew W. Green, Carole R. Engle, Rebecca Lochmann, Harold Phillips

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Low-intensity production of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus is characterized by low stocking rates, low installed aeration capacity, and no automated dissolved oxygen monitoring. Two studies conducted in nine 0.25-acre ponds quantified production characteristics of stocker Channel Catfish stocked for low-intensity food-fish production in single- or multiple-batch culture. In the multiple-batch study, 0.5-lb stockers (carryover fish) were stocked at 4,500 fish/acre and 0.044-lb fingerlings at 6,000 fish/acre. Stockers were grown to mean individual weights of 1.25, 1.75, or 2.25 lb. In the single-batch study, 0.5-lb stockers were stocked at 3,500, 4,500, and 5,500 fish/acre. All fish were fed a feed containing …

Metabolic Therapy For Age-Dependent Impaired Wound Healing, Shannon Lynn Kesl

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Chronic wounds represent an under-acknowledged socioeconomic epidemic, affecting 1.8 million new patients per year and costing the US health care system upwards of $25 billion annually. This substantial cost is rapidly growing due to a disproportionate occurrence in the ever-aging population. Key features associated with age-related impairment of wound healing include limited energy and nutrient exchange, unremitting inflammations, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS), and diminished blood flow. Most chronic wound therapies target specific molecular mechanisms; however, there are often multiple mitigating factors that prevent normal wound closure. This is likely one reason most wound therapies are minimally effective. In the …

Ectopic Mineralization Of Cartilage And Collagen-Rich Tendons And Ligaments In Enpp1asj-2j Mice., Jieyu Zhang, Nathaniel A Dyment, David W Rowe, Sarah Y Siu, John P Sundberg, Jouni Uitto, Qiaoli Li

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI), an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the ENPP1 gene, manifests with extensive mineralization of the cardiovascular system. A spontaneous asj-2J mutant mouse has been characterized as a model for GACI. Previous studies focused on phenotypic characterization of skin and vascular tissues. This study further examined the ectopic mineralization phenotype of cartilage, collagen-rich tendons and ligaments in this mouse model. The mice were placed on either control diet or the "acceleration diet" for up to 12 weeks of age. Soft connective tissues, such as ear (elastic cartilage) and trachea (hyaline cartilage), were processed …

Proteome And Protein Network Analyses Of Memory T Cells Find Altered Translation And Cell Stress Signaling In Treated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients Exhibiting Poor Cd4 Recovery, Sausan Azzam, Daniela M. Schlatzer, Sean Maxwell, Xiaolin Li, Douglas Bazdar, Yanwen Chen, Robert Asaad, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Mark R. Chance, Scott F. Sieg

Faculty Scholarship

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients who experience poor CD4 T-cell recovery despite viral suppression during antiretroviral therapy (ART) are known as immunological nonresponders. The molecular mechanism(s) underlying incomplete immune restoration during ART is not fully understood. Methods. Label-free quantitative proteomics on single-cell type central memory T cells were used to reveal relative protein abundance changes between nonresponder, responder (good CD4 recovery during ART), and healthy individuals. Proteome changes were analyzed by protein pathway and network analyses and verified by selected reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Results. Proteomic analysis across groups detected 155 significant proteins from 1500 nonredundant proteins. Pathway and …

How The Liberati Sabotaged Child Welfare, David Stoesz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Project Prevention: Concept, Operation, Results And Controversies About Paying Drug Abusers To Obtain Long-Term Birth Control, Bruce A. Thyer

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article describes the origins and current operation of Project Prevention, a privately-funded program that provides a payment of $300 to substance abusers who obtain long-term birth control. This practice is intended as a means to prevent the conception of babies to mothers who are prone to expose their developing child to toxic levels of alcohol or other drugs during pregnancy, likely to be unable to care for their child once born, and at risk for having their child removed from their custody by the state and placed in foster care or an adoptive home. Children born to such mothers …

Re-Evaluating The Criminalization Of In Utero Alcohol Exposure: A Harm-Reduction Approach, Adam J. Duso, John Stogner

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

A Liberal Dilemma: Respecting Autonomy While Also Protecting Inchoate Children From Prenatal Substance Abuse, Andrew J. Weisberg, Frank E. Vandervort

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

The Current Volume 26 : Issue 23, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Independent - Mar. 15, 2016, Rut Ortiz

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Is Patient Acceptance Of The Diagnosis Of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Linked To Symptomatology?, Mark Thaller, Michael E. Hyland, Rohan Kandasamy, Martin Sadler

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Common Arguments For The Moral Acceptability Of Eating Meat: A Discussion For Students, Dan Lowe

Between the Species

This paper is a teaching tool which instructors of animal ethics may assign to students to help them evaluate those students’ most frequent arguments for the moral acceptability of eating meat. Specifically, the paper examines (and finds inadequate) the arguments that eating meat is morally acceptable because it is (1) historically widespread, (2) necessary, and (3) natural. The aim of discussing these arguments is to pave the way for a more fruitful and focused discussion of the canonical texts of the animal ethics literature.

The Perceived Impact Of A Short-Term Monolingual Karen Language Learning Experience On The Teaching Practices Of Low-Literacy Adult English Language Instructors, Loretta Dakin

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

A limited amount of research on low-educated low-literate adult English language learners exists. An even smaller body of literature addresses innovation and teacher change of the instructors of this demographic. Adult refugees need basic language competency to participate with dignity in a new culture. This study explores the impact of increasing teacher empathy for the monolingual language learning environment that most first-wave refugees encounter upon arrival in the United States and identifies the instructional innovations and modifications that result. Nine participants, all low-level adult ELL instructors from a number of community-based adult language schools, took part in a Karen language …

Hunger Doesn't Take A Spring Break, Jessica Isaacs

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

The rates of food insecurity amongst Hoosier children is slightly above the national average. For many of these children, school lunches are their primary source of nutrition. During school breaks, these children are at risk of going hungry. While Purdue Nutrition Society wishes that we could help all Hoosier children stay fed with nutritious meals, for now we are focusing on helping 20 local elementary students most at risk of going hungry over spring break. Working with Glen Acres Elementary in Lafayette, Indiana, a school where in 2014, over 71% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunches, we …

Universal Heath Record, Tyler D. Kronewitter, Sharon Lee, Andrew Espar

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.