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Youth Media And Social Change: Using Digital Storytelling As A Tool That Engages Youth To Become Change Agents, Soufiane Khebbaz

Capstone Collection

Today the importance of digital technology has significantly increased worldwide, as cameras, laptops, and easy-to-use applications and software have become available to educators and activists, enabling them to join the digital world. Through a digital storytelling workshop, I examined the use of digital storytelling as a potential means of empowerment for teenagers participating in the Access Micro-scholarship Program. Using qualitative methods, I looked at the students’ interactions with each other as well as with technology in the process of digital storytelling. The main purpose of this project was to investigate the opportunities that digital storytelling practices hold for youth in …

Access And Barriers To Services For Dependent And Non-Dependent Commercially Sexually Exploited Children In Florida, Brianna O'Steen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

“Human trafficking” has become part of the everyday lexicon in the United States and globally over the last fifteen years. The issue has made its way into political platforms, scholarly work, church congregations, and international aid agendas. Florida is currently recognized as third in the nation for number of cases of human trafficking. This thesis employs ethnographic interviews and observations to understand one portion of Florida’s human trafficking problem referred to as domestic minor sex trafficking. This type of trafficking affects mostly teenage girls from marginalized populations, such as those that have experienced the child welfare system, homelessness, and impoverished …

Intersystem Implications Of The Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease: Advancing Health Promotion In The 21st Century, Michael D. Barnes, Thomas L. Heaton, Michael C. Goates, Justin M. Packer

Faculty Publications

The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) theory and life course theory (LCT) are emerging fields of research that have significant implications for the public health and health promotion professions. Using a DOHaD/LCT perspective, social determinants of health (SDH) take on new critical meaning by which health promotion professionals can implement DOHaD/LCT guided interventions, including recommended policies. Through these interventions, public health could further address the sources of worldwide chronic disease epidemics and reduce such disease rates substantially if related policy, programs, and interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration are emphasized. Additional characteristics of the most effective interventions involve context-specific adaptation …

Translating Research Into Action: A Framework For Research That Supports Advances In Population Health, Steven H. Woolf, Jason Q. Purnell, Sarah Simon, Emily B. Zimmerman, Amber Haley, Gabriela J. Camberos, Robert Fields

Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research

The research community faces a growing need to deliver useful data and actionable evidence to support health systems and policymakers on ways to optimize the health of populations. Translating science into policy has not been the traditional strong suit of investigators, who typically view a journal publication as the endpoint of their work. They are less accustomed to seeing their data as an input to the work of communities and policymakers to improve population health. This article offers four suggestions as potential solutions: (1) shaping a research portfolio around user needs, (2) understanding the decision-making environment, (3) engaging stakeholders, and …

Keeping Up With The Times: Improving The Modern Counselor Through Professional Identity Development, Technological Policy, And Positive Risk Taking, Patricia C. Weatherford, David Brooks, Lynne B. Allred

Journal of Counseling and Psychology

Awareness of ‘best practices’ and ‘critical issues’ assists counselors-in-training as they attempt to navigate the expectations of their programs and prepare for their future careers. This article identified the development of a professional identity as a significant goal for counselors-in-training and a curriculum responsibility for counselor educators. The authors also identified two critical issues that counselors-in-training and working professionals face currently. The first critical issue addressed is how technologies fit into counseling practices and their impact on the counseling process. The second critical issue is the potential impact of counselor-client willingness to take a risk with therapeutic options. New and …

Warren County, Kentucky - Guardian's Bond Books (Mss 587), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 587. Guardian’s bond books for Warren County, Kentucky, from 1882 to 1890. Each bond includes the name of the appointed guardian, the name of the minor ward(s), those providing surety for the guardian, the date of the bond, the signatures of the guardian, those providing surety, and the court clerk and/or the deputy clerk. The relationship of guardian to ward is not noted. A complete list of guardians and wards is included.

Roots And Constructs Of Incivility In Professional Nursing Education: A South African Perspective, Hildeguard Jo-Anne Vink, Julie Hester, Jose Frantz

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Uncivil behaviour in higher education has been highlighted as a concern. Ausbrooks, Jones, Tijerina, 2011). According to recent reports, such behaviour may be increasing, thus jeopardizing the welfare of faculty, students, and the overall educational process. Nursing education has not been excluded from this behaviour (Clark, Olender, Cardoni & Kenski, 2011). Incivility as a reality in nursing education (Galo, 2012) has invaded academia, both in the classroom as well as the clinical environment which is an extension of nursing (Clark, Olender, Cardoni & Kenski, 2011). Nursing is …

Improving The Quality Of Refugee Health: A Community Speaks, Maria Theresa P. Panizales

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Recent United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) data has shown an increase in the number of refugees worldwide, based on the latest 2013 report the number reached an unprecedented 50 million, by the end of 2014 the number reached to almost 60 million. In fiscal year 2015, the United States (US) State Department reported that US hosted 69,933 refugees. The increasing number of refugees, structural divergence, and a stagnant budget for 20 years makes it difficult to address and close the gap that impact resettlement - more so the health care needs …

Horizontal Integration Of Interprofessional Competencies Into Healthcare And Non-Healthcare Undergraduate Curricula: The Power Of Partnerships, J. Dwayne Jr. Hooks, Lynn M. Varagona, Mary Beth Maguire, Monica Nandan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Evidence exists that the provision of healthcare services in U.S. hospitals could be enhanced. The Institute of Medicine's (1999) report, 'To Err is Human', identified that preventable healthcare errors resulted in 44,000 to 98,000 patient deaths per year in U.S. hospitals. The Institute of Healthcare Improvement suggest that there are millions of occurrences of harm in hospitals that cause physical and emotional suffering for patients every year. To address this issue, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a program that enrolled hospitals across the country to work on 12 key strategies in an …

Collaboration Through Interdisciplinary Education And Its Impact On Future Health Care Practitioners, Lisa-Marie W. Griffiths, Christopher Yi, Petra Clark-Dufner, Bruce Gould

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

With our ever changing and increasingly complex healthcare system, there are indications that health care practice must adapt to provide safe, effective, precise, and cost effective care. This practice must start from the foundation: Interprofessional Practice made applicable through Interprofessional Education (IPE). The University of Connecticut's Urban Services Track (UST) provides the foundation upon which future healthcare professionals are able to provide interprofessional care by instilling collaborative values from a healthcare student's academic infancy. The Urban Service Track is designed to produce a cadre of well qualified health care professionals committed to serving …

Transformative Partnership: Creating An Inter-Professional Environment, Jessie M. Colin, John Mcfadden

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Novice and experienced nursing faculty often find it challenging to balance and fulfill the academic tripartite mission of teaching, service and scholarship while staying clinically relevant. Faculty members who excel at teaching and service may struggle to find the time to engage in scholarship. Additionally, the movement to the practice doctorate as the terminal degree for advanced practice nurses poses yet another challenge for faculty members who have not been educated as nurse scientists. Scholarly contributions, however, are essential to academic life, nursing practice, and the continuous evolution of the nursing profession. Boyers …

Teaching Interprofessional Practice Utilizing Video Conferencing And Virtual Environment, Jean Beatson, Mary Val Palumbo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore student experiences in utilizing the virtual environment and videoconferencing in interprofessional education and practice through qualitative analysis. The goal of this presentation is to present these findings, discuss interprofessional education, and lessons learned including issues of applicability.

Methods: A virtual environment and video conferencing was used for teaching interprofessional practice (IPP) when caring for the elderly with students from eight healthcare professions. Students from nursing, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, social work, nutrition, medicine, exercise science, and pharmacy collaboratively developed a plan of …

Advancing Advanced Practice Nurses In Illinois: Challenges In The Land Of The American Medical Association, Nancy M. Valentine

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: This presentation will utilize the case study of the Illinois House Bill 421 (2015) which introduced the legislated changes entailed in eliminating the requirement of nurses to have a legislated physician collaborative practice agreement. Alternatively, granting the ability for nurses to not have to have a legislated collaborative agreement with a physician would give more independent freedom for APNs to practice independently. Although this bill did not pass as fully written in the last legislative session, the steps utilized to push this concept further in incremental steps illustrates the key elements in the …

Optimizing Diabetes Self-Management Outcomes In Low-Income Ethnic Minority Patients In The United States, Diane C. Berry, Wanda M. Williams

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: In 2013, approximately 382 million people over the age of 20 years were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and it is estimated that by 2035 that number will increase to 592 million worldwide (1). The majority of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes do not receive consistent medical care and education about the disease process and do not maintain good glycemic control (2,3). Poor glycemic control leads to microvascular and macrovascular complications (2). The purpose of this randomized controlled pilot study was to develop and test an interdisciplinary approach to diabetes self-management …

Patient Safety: An Interprofessional Education Approach, Rita Ann Dello Stritto, Peggy A. Landrum

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: This presentation will discuss the use of Interprofessional Education learning activities as an excellent framework for teaching, learning and discussing teamwork and communication among professions, including its relevance to patient safety.

Methods: Students from three independent universities and disciplines (College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Medicine) were brought together to participate in a case study educational opportunity addressing patient safety. Prior to the presentation of the case study, students were divided into small groups; each consisted of at least three nursing students, three pharmacy students, and three medical students. …

Leadership Initiatives In Promoting Patient-Centered Transgender Care, Denise S. Rowe, Yeow Chye Ng

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Federal health care agencies consider the health and welfare of transgender persons to be a health priority despite the lack of available research based knowledge in this population (Institute of Medicine, 2011). This proposed presentation examines transgender population health status in the United States and discusses the nursing leadership initiatives that can be developed and pursued in order to provide culturally competent, patient-centered transgender care. The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (2013) defines the term transgender as persons who identify with the opposite sex or gender and express a gender identity that …

Can An Interprofessional 'Virtual Clinic' Teach Culturally Appropriate Interviewing Techniques?, Mary Val Palumbo, Jean Beatson, Jennie Chang De Gagne, Vicki Hart

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: Nurse educators must embrace opportunities to prepare students for future practice which will be interprofessional, evidence based, and highly technical. Use of online gaming for education purposes has been shown to be acceptable to students and there has been a call for research to demonstrate more robust outcomes assessment (Miller & Jensen, 2014). The purpose of this presentation is to discuss innovative ways of teaching interview skills and interprofessional care of a Korean-immigrant elderly with multiple chronic health issues and complex needs. This presentation will illustrate the use of a virtual clinic …

We Walked Their Walk: A Simulation Of Poverty, Dolores J. Wright, Jacqueline Paik

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Abstract Purpose: The goal of this experience was to evaluate the impact of a poverty simulation on undergraduate public health nursing (PHN) students' attitudes towards those living in poverty. Poverty is the most influential social determinant of health. Since nurses care for people from all socioeconomic groups, they will encounter people living in poverty who feel that health care providers are frequently insensitive to their needs and concerns. Therefore, it is incumbent upon nursing faculty to address poverty-related-to-health issues with their students. Description: Faculty designed a two cohort: simulation vs. control design to …

An Interprofessional End-Of-Life Simulation Using A Movie/Discussion Format, Mary Val Palumbo, Patricia A. Prelock, Nancy P. Lemieux, Deborah A. O'Rouke, Jean Beatson, Vicki Hart, Kelly A. Melekis, Christina S. Melvin, Mary Alice Favro

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The interprofessional team's role in end of life care provides a unique opportunity for an educational simulation. Novel ways to teach this content to a large number of students were needed. This research evaluated a palliative care interprofessional educational activity for healthcare students from six disciplines using an in-person movie/discussion format.

Methods: Healthcare provider assessment visits and a death scene were pilot tested in actual simulations using twenty four students with standardized patients portraying a patient with ALS and his husband. Scripts were written from recordings of …

2016-July-13-Dr. Everett Lilly, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee Stat University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Beliefs And Value Systems At A Collision Course: A Faculty Expedition Along A Client Pathway, Dora Maria Carbonu, Elissa Sakariassen, J. Rene Ritter, Anita Robertson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: Second-Year Students in the Nursing and Health Sciences Program at Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) are oriented to legal and ethical issues that they integrate into their own cultural framework as they provide healthcare services to their clients.

Methods: During a presentation on Traditional Inuit Law in February 2014, students and Faculty were challenged by shared experiences encountered by members of Inuit society as they sought health services within and outside their communities. Concepts evolving from these experiences included cultural issues impacting on client compliance, healthcare disparities, worldviews, and health education (Tilburt, 2010). …

The Effect Of Assessing Barriers And Self-Efficacy Enhancement Program On Medication Adherence, Rapin Polsook

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This study aimed to examine the effect of self-efficacy enhancement program on medication adherence in post- acute myocardial infarction patients.

Conceptual Model Of Health-Related Quality Of Life In Schizophrenia, Carlos M. Janela

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Background: People with schizophrenia experience devastating symptoms (including hallucinations, emotional withdrawal, and cognitive impairment) as well as comorbidities that lessen their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Compared to other people, they have a shorter life expectancy and are discriminated against. HRQoL, by focusing on well-being rather than symptoms is a particularly relevant outcome indicator for schizophrenia. Identifying and clarifying determinants of HRQoL in schizophrenia is vital to guide the focus of future research, to investigate alternative and complementary interventions, and to improve the quality of mental health services. …

Memory Book Interventions With Orphaned Children In South Africa, Kenya, And India: A Global Partnership, Barbara J. Braband, Tamara Lynn Faris, Kaye Wilson-Anderson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

The Memory Book intervention program, a psychosocial support program for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) (King et al., 2009), was initially developed and implemented in South Africa in 2005 by a nurse leader with a supportive volunteer base in the United States. The books were implemented to facilitate orphaned children in "telling their story" of loss and grief and to foster their sense of well-being, personal identity, and resilience (Masten, 2001). The Memory Book utilizes drawings and a story-telling format to help children retell their story to real or imagined audiences to support …

2016-July-13-Dr. Everett Lilly, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee Stat University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Fanm Vanyan: A Cultural Interpretation Of Resilience In Haitian Women, Castagna Lacet

Journal of International Women's Studies

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that promoted resilience in Haitian women earthquake survivors. The literature on mental health among Haitians is sparse. Furthermore, the concept of resilience is not easily translated across cultures. In the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, relocated victims struggled to adjust. This study looks at what factors helped women adjust to their new environment and cope with the traumas and losses suffered from the earthquake. A qualitative design was used to discover and describe resilience. Findings indicate that cultural values and strengths were key factors in the women’s perseverance.

Social Erotics: The Fluidity Of Love, Desire And Friendship For Same-Sex Loving Women In Trinidad, Krystal Ghisyawan

Journal of International Women's Studies

Love takes many forms and can serve different functions in a person’s life. Some forms, such as romantic love, familial love, and love within friendship, while sometimes distinct, at other times cannot be separated. This paper discusses love and friendship for same-sex loving women in Trinidad, exploring this mutability of love, the functions of love and intimacy in these women’s lives, the role of social media and social circles for finding love, all while considering the notion that love amongst same-sex loving women is an act of resistance. Forty same-sex loving women were individually interviewed, and this paper is written …

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 01, July 11, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Build It, But Will They Come? A Geoscience Cyberinfrastructure Baseline Analsys, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Karen S. Baker, Nicholas Berente, Dorothy R. Carter, Leslie A. Dechurch, Courtney G. Flint, Gabriel Gershenfeld, Michael Haberman, John Leslie King, Christine Kirkpatrick, Eric Knight, Barbara Lawrence, Spenser Lewis, W. Christopher Lenhardt, Pablo Lopez, Matthew S. Mayernik, Charles Mcelroy, Barbara Mittleman, Et Al.

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Understanding the earth as a system requires integrating many forms of data from multiple fields. Builders and funders of the cyberinfrastructure designed to enable open data sharing in the geosciences risk a key failure mode: What if geoscientists do not use the cyberinfrastructure to share, discover and reuse data? In this study, we report a baseline assessment of engagement with the NSF EarthCube initiative, an open cyberinfrastructure effort for the geosciences. We find scientists perceive the need for cross-disciplinary engagement and engage where there is organizational or institutional support. However, we also find a possibly imbalanced involvement between cyber and …

20160711: Sociology, 1945-1996, College Of Liberal Arts

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University from 1945-1996. Items were received in 2016 and include notable materials from Pamphlet on Elderhostel ’79, Sociology/ Anthropology staff spending patterns-survey from 1977-1978, and Department of Sociology-Anthropology Vitae (1975). This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.