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Assessment Of Coastal Governance For Climate Change Adaptation In Kenya, Lenice Ojwang, Sergio Rosendo, Louis Celliers, David Obura, Anastasia Muiti, James Kamula, Maina Mwangi Jan 2017

Assessment Of Coastal Governance For Climate Change Adaptation In Kenya, Lenice Ojwang, Sergio Rosendo, Louis Celliers, David Obura, Anastasia Muiti, James Kamula, Maina Mwangi

East Africa

The coastline of Kenya already experiences effects of climate change, adding to existing pressures such as urbanization. Integrated coastal management (ICM) is increasingly recognized as a key policy response to deal with the multiple challenges facing coastal zones, including climate change. It can create an enabling governance environment for effective local action on climate change by facilitating a structured approach to dealing with coastal issues. It encompasses the actions of a wide range of actors, including local governments close to people and their activities affected by climate change. Functioning ICM also offers opportunities for reducing risks and building resilience. This …

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Mapping Fashion In The 'City By The Sea': Shopping Districts In Newport, Rhode Island, Linda Welters, Jennifer Pisula, Megan Martinelli, Mary Elizabeth Corrigan, Sarah Lockrem, Sarah Templeton, Sarah Yang, Holly Paquette, Catherine Murphy, Hilary Baker Jan 2017

Mapping Fashion In The 'City By The Sea': Shopping Districts In Newport, Rhode Island, Linda Welters, Jennifer Pisula, Megan Martinelli, Mary Elizabeth Corrigan, Sarah Lockrem, Sarah Templeton, Sarah Yang, Holly Paquette, Catherine Murphy, Hilary Baker

Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design Faculty Publications

Newport, Rhode Island is internationally recognized for both its prime location on Narragansett Bay and its storied history. Nicknamed the ‘City by the Sea,’ it is famous for its world-class sailing, colonial New England architecture, Gilded Age mansions, trendy restaurants and bars, and nearby beaches. Cultural tourism is a multi-million dollar business for Rhode Island, especially for Newport, where shopping is fourth on the list of revenue generators. The relationship of an American resort city’s geographical setting, built environment, and cultural heritage to its fashion retail sector has not been explored. Acknowledging that fashion contributes to a city’s image, the …

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No Trademark, No Problem, Christine Haight Farley Jan 2017

No Trademark, No Problem, Christine Haight Farley

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Does the Lanham Act permit a foreign business that has neither used nor registered its trademark in the United States to sue the owner of a U.S. trademark for its use of the same mark in the U.S.? A recent case from the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit addressed this consequential question. In Belmora, LLC.v. Bayer Consumer Care A G, the Court of Appeals surprised the legal community and answered this question in the affirmative, reversing the district court's decision to reject the trademark claim because it was unsupported by a federally protected U.S. trademark.

The Belmora decision …

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“I Wonder What You Think Of Me”: A Qualitative Approach To Examining Stereotype Awareness In Appalachian Students, Chelsea G. Adams Jan 2017

“I Wonder What You Think Of Me”: A Qualitative Approach To Examining Stereotype Awareness In Appalachian Students, Chelsea G. Adams

Theses and Dissertations--Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

Historically, Appalachia has been stereotyped as being a culture bred in poverty and ignorance. Much research has shown that stereotyping reveals a pattern of behavioral change and an impact on psychological well-being for the stereotyped (e.g., Pinel, 1999; Woodcock, Jernandez, Estrada, & Schultz, 2012), and has largely been centered on race and gender (e.g., Byrnes, 2008; Tuckman & Monetti, 2011). Less is known about the development of culture-specific stereotypes such as those related to Appalachians – a highly stigmatized group (Daniels, 2014; Otto, 2002). The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how adolescents in rural Appalachia …

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The Institutional Case For Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, G. Michael Parsons Jan 2017

The Institutional Case For Partisan Gerrymandering Claims, G. Michael Parsons

Cardozo Law Review de•novo

For voters hoping the Supreme Court’s 2017 Term brings relief from partisan gerrymandering, the end of the 2016 Term was inauspicious. In Cooper v. Harris, the majority assumed the legitimacy of “partisan advantage” arguments while the dissent—including Justice Kennedy—warned about the “serious institutional and federalism implications” of judicial intervention in the redistricting process. If past is prologue, this concern for institutional and structural interests does not bode well.

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Closing The Use Tax Loophole: Why Consumer Self-Assessment Is A Viable Solution, Rubinder Bal Jan 2017

Closing The Use Tax Loophole: Why Consumer Self-Assessment Is A Viable Solution, Rubinder Bal

Emory Law Journal

With the surge in online shopping, use tax has become an increasingly elusive source of tax revenue for states. The constitutional constraints of due process and the Commerce Clause establish limits that often frustrate states¿ attempts to impose tax collection obligations on remote retailers. In Quill, the Court held that a state could only impose a collection obligation on a retailer that was physically present in the taxing state. This Comment analyzes post-Quill cases that exemplify the absurdity of treating local retailers differently from remote retailers that economically exploit the same market. The Comment then considers, and ultimately rejects, four …

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Effects Of Collaboration Between Speech-Language Pathologists And Third-Grade Teachers On Student Vocabulary Outcomes, Mary Mitchell Jan 2017

Effects Of Collaboration Between Speech-Language Pathologists And Third-Grade Teachers On Student Vocabulary Outcomes, Mary Mitchell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A persistent literacy crisis continues to be reflected in international (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2013), national (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2015), and local literacy outcome data. Educators, including speech-language pathologists (SLPs), are called upon to collaborate to support students who struggle with academic language/literacy. However, few studies have operationally defined collaboration and investigated the effects of collaboration on student achievement. As a result, there is insufficient guidance for educators about ways to design, implement, and assess the effectiveness of collaboration models, defined in terms of their effects on student outcomes. There were two main objectives …

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Moving From Fear Towards Unity Among Intergroup Dialogue Participants In Israel-Palestine: Findings From A Qualitative Meta-Data-Analysis, Jesse W. Treakle Jan 2017

Moving From Fear Towards Unity Among Intergroup Dialogue Participants In Israel-Palestine: Findings From A Qualitative Meta-Data-Analysis, Jesse W. Treakle

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative meta-data-analysis was designed to identify themes of experience of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Arab intergroup dialogue participants. A review of the literature indicated a scarcity of research that describes the ‘meaning-making’ processes that these participants undergo while engaged in structured intergroup dialogue, and this study was designed to address that shortage. The analyst conducted a targeted search of academic journal articles and Ph.D. dissertations published after 1999. The result of this search was a set of 17 primary reports, and the findings of this study are based on the verbatim quotations of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Arab intergroup …

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The Influence Of Innate Behavioral Predispositions On Conflict Stakeholder Interactions In Mediation: The Camp David Accords Of 1978, Stephen D. Merson Jan 2017

The Influence Of Innate Behavioral Predispositions On Conflict Stakeholder Interactions In Mediation: The Camp David Accords Of 1978, Stephen D. Merson

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

This constructivist grounded theory study will explore the possibility that early socio-cultural experience in concert with innate cognitive mechanisms are essential components of a dual process of decision-making. Each element may influence conflict actors toward predictable predispositional behaviors manifest as bias. Specifically, we are concerned that these biases will influence the perceived and actual neutrality of the principle mediator thus compromising a mediation success. The presence of these predispositions in both mediators and conflict stakeholder challenges the validity of the conclusions in other research that does not consider the true impact of cultural dissonance on more than a superficial insinuation …

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"Hakuna Matata” (No More Worries) - Integrating Indigenous Systems Of Conflict Resolution Into The Formal System Of Government Administration In Cameroon: Case Study Of The Ekpe Society Of Manyu Division, Stephen O. Agbor Jan 2017

"Hakuna Matata” (No More Worries) - Integrating Indigenous Systems Of Conflict Resolution Into The Formal System Of Government Administration In Cameroon: Case Study Of The Ekpe Society Of Manyu Division, Stephen O. Agbor

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

Colonialism had tremendous effects on the lives, geography, and institutions of the colonized peoples. The colonizers rejected indigenous institutions and practices and adopted or imposed Western and Eurocentric policies in the processes of administration and conflict resolution. Not surprisingly, the differences in cultures between the colonialists and the indigenous populations were bound to cause challenges both to the colonizers and the indigenes. Despite the challenges encountered by the respective colonial administrations, most post-colonial governments replicated their policies. The consequences have been poor governance, confusion, and conflicts in the post-colonial era. To address the situation, calls are being made for the …

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Transformations In United States Policy Toward Syria Under Bashar Al Assad A Unique Case Study Of Three Presidential Administrations And A Projection Of Future Policy Directions, Mohammad Alkahtani Jan 2017

Transformations In United States Policy Toward Syria Under Bashar Al Assad A Unique Case Study Of Three Presidential Administrations And A Projection Of Future Policy Directions, Mohammad Alkahtani

Department of Conflict Resolution Studies Theses and Dissertations

Foreign policy development in the United States is constitutionally granted to the Executive Office. The President has the responsibility for determining when, where, and how soft and/or hard power will be employed in the pursuit of national interests. In the case of U.S. policy regarding Syria, over the course of the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, some significant policy transformations have occurred. This qualitative research study examines the evolution of such policies over the course of three different presidential administrations, seeking an answer to the question of whether or not it was likely that U.S. Syrian policy would include a …

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Geo 3330 : Food And Agriculture, Geology/Geography Jan 2017

Geo 3330 : Food And Agriculture, Geology/Geography

Approved Course Proposals

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Incarceration As A Threat To Reproductive Justice In Massachusetts And The United States, Rachel Roth Jan 2017

Incarceration As A Threat To Reproductive Justice In Massachusetts And The United States, Rachel Roth

Western New England Law Review

This Article is an edited and expanded version of Rachel Roth’s presentation at the 2016 Western New England Law Review Symposium on Gender and Incarceration. It provides an overview of reproductive justice and describes (1) how prisons and jails undermine reproductive health, rights, and justice for the people they confine, and (2) how mass incarceration undermines the prospect for reproductive justice in the United States overall. It focuses on examples from women’s prisons and includes issues and advocacy work from Massachusetts and across the country.

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Theorizing The Immigrant Child: The Case Of Married Minors, Medha D. Makhlouf Jan 2017

Theorizing The Immigrant Child: The Case Of Married Minors, Medha D. Makhlouf

Brooklyn Law Review

U.S. immigration laws provide special protections, benefits, and forms of relief for children. They also provide certain marriage-based benefits and exclusions. However, the most common definitions of “child” in the Immigration and Nationality Act make the existence of a married child into a legal impossibility. In other words, married children are variously treated as either married adults or unmarried children. This article analyzes the treatment of married minors in the immigration system in three contexts: as beneficiaries of spousal petitions; as petitioners for spouses, parents, and siblings; and as beneficiaries of parent-sponsored petitions. The analysis reveals that married minors are …

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Embodying Our Future Through Collaboration: The Change Is In The Doing, M Palmer, P White, S Wooltorton Jan 2017

Embodying Our Future Through Collaboration: The Change Is In The Doing, M Palmer, P White, S Wooltorton

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Contributors to this special edition have agreed that we want a future of ecojustice and ecological sustainability. Our paper unpacks experiences of oppression within the context of middle class academic privilege, undertaking resistances and working, in relationship, learning to live more sustainably in the Year of Living Sustainably. In this writing we argue the case for activism in the academy and collaboratively build resilience towards more sustainable ways of being. By co-writing and analysing fictionalised stories we demonstrate how contemporary universities contribute to the unsustainability of social and ecological systems. This paper presents a love story grounded in poststructural ecofeminist …

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Students’ Opinions About Science And Technology In Turkey And The United States: A Cross-Cultural Study, Hunkar Korkmaz, Julie Thomas, Nilgun Tatar, Serpil Aktas Jan 2017

Students’ Opinions About Science And Technology In Turkey And The United States: A Cross-Cultural Study, Hunkar Korkmaz, Julie Thomas, Nilgun Tatar, Serpil Aktas

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

The aim of this study is to determine the thoughts of Turkish and American middle school students on science and technology. One intact school was assigned randomly for this study from both countries. The sampling of the study contains 479 students (363 Turkish students, 116 American students) from two countries aged between 11 and 13. The data for the study were obtained by using ROSE Survey. The results of the study revealed similarities and dissimilarities on science and technology between the students of the two countries. The findings of the study are thought to improve the education of universal science …

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The Sound Of Politics: An Examination Of Political Orientations And Musical Preferences Among College Aged Adults, Omari Stringer Jan 2017

The Sound Of Politics: An Examination Of Political Orientations And Musical Preferences Among College Aged Adults, Omari Stringer

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Music fits in a larger media culture that can influence the thoughts and beliefs of many people. Specifically, there is an interest in the relationship between music and any influences it may have on political views or orientations. Based on the existing literature, it is hypothesized that there will be a significant correlation between political orientations and involvement in music and political orientations with music genre preferences. It is also hypothesized that there will be a relationship between socioeconomic status and music preferences. Furthermore, it is expected that participants will report a high level of music involvement, considering how accessible …

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A Formal Study Of Applied Ancient Water Management Techniques In The Present Water Crisis, Jesann M. Gonzalez Cruz Jan 2017

A Formal Study Of Applied Ancient Water Management Techniques In The Present Water Crisis, Jesann M. Gonzalez Cruz

Honors Undergraduate Theses

Many areas of the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. The water crisis is a widespread phenomenon whereby many regions are experiencing a shortage of water, lacking access to clean potable water. This study uses existing literature to examine the ways in which the ecological knowledge of ancient civilizations can be applied to modern water management in attempt to address the current water crisis. The literature reviewed for this study, stemming from notable books and peer reviewed journals, were published between 1882 and the present year. As part of a purposive sample, the following civilizations were chosen: …

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The Colonial Legacies Of Trade Agreements With The European Union, Mia R. Warshofsky Jan 2017

The Colonial Legacies Of Trade Agreements With The European Union, Mia R. Warshofsky

Honors Undergraduate Theses

As European colonialism was the dominant system of long-distance governance and resource appropriation for centuries, its economic legacies are diverse albeit understated. The existing research looks mainly at the effects of colonialism on a former colony's internal development. This study broadens that scope, looking at which factors are correlated with the presence or absence of a trade agreement with the European Union as well as the number of restrictions to free trade within them. This was carried out through four large-n regressions. The first compared current former- and non-colony trading partners. The second narrowed the scope by comparing only former …

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A Contemporary Analysis And Comparison Of Kurdish National Movements: Syria, Iraq, And Turkey, Grayson Lanza Jan 2017

A Contemporary Analysis And Comparison Of Kurdish National Movements: Syria, Iraq, And Turkey, Grayson Lanza

Honors Undergraduate Theses

As commonly understood, and particularly espoused by Kurdish nationalists, the Kurds are by far the largest ethnic group in the world without their own nation-state. An estimated 2 to 2.5 million ethnically Kurdish people inhabit portions of Syria. There are approximately 6.5 million ethnically Kurdish people in Iraq, 7.6 million in Iran, and 16 million in Turkey. Overall, there are about 30 million Kurds in the world. In the broader context of the Kurdish nationalist struggle, this paper suggests that there is a growing bipolar hegemony for power over the control of Kurdish land and politics. Research was predicated around …

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Conflict Recurrence In Rwanda And Burundi, Kellan H. Ritter Jan 2017

Conflict Recurrence In Rwanda And Burundi, Kellan H. Ritter

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis argues that the different reactions of the population and rival elites to executive attempts to extend term limits in Rwanda and Burundi reflect the different ways civil wars ended in these two countries. In Rwanda, a military victory resulted in institutions that placed less constraint on the ruling party, while in Burundi, a negotiated settlement placed comparatively greater constraints on the ruling party. As a result, the major party in Rwanda was more powerful than the major power in Burundi, and thus more capable to co-opt or coerce the opposition. This paper uses a most-similar case design to …

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Do Sagebrush Rebels Have A Colorable Claim? The Space Between Parochialism And Exclusion In Federal Lands Management, Ann M. Eisenberg Jan 2017

Do Sagebrush Rebels Have A Colorable Claim? The Space Between Parochialism And Exclusion In Federal Lands Management, Ann M. Eisenberg

Faculty Publications

This Article asks whether the troubling nature of the Sagebrush Rebellion and similar movements (e.g., their violence, antienvironmentalism, and racist overtones) has made us overly dismissive of a kernel of truth in their complaints. Commentators often acknowledge that federal lands management may be “unfair” to local communities, but the ethical and legal characteristics of the unfairness concern remain under-explored. Although the Sagebrush Rebellion and federal lands communities are far from synonymous, substantial overlap between the complaints and demands of Sagebrush Rebels and the complaints and demands of many regional local (and state) governments suggests that to explore the one necessitates …

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Changing Measurements Or Changing Movements? Sampling Scale And Movement Model Identifiability Across Generations Of Biologging Technology, Leah R. Johnson, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Richard A. Phillips, Sadie J. Ryan Jan 2017

Changing Measurements Or Changing Movements? Sampling Scale And Movement Model Identifiability Across Generations Of Biologging Technology, Leah R. Johnson, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Richard A. Phillips, Sadie J. Ryan

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

Animal movement patterns contribute to our understanding of variation in breeding success and survival of individuals, and the implications for population dynamics. Over time, sensor technology for measuring movement patterns has improved. Although older technologies may be rendered obsolete, the existing data are still valuable, especially if new and old data can be compared to test whether a behavior has changed over time. We used simulated data to assess the ability to quantify and correctly identify patterns of seabird flight lengths under observational regimes used in successive generations of wet/dry logging technology. Care must be taken when comparing data collected …

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Microbe Biogeography Tracks Water Masses In A Dynamic Oceanic Frontal System, Anni Djurhuus, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Svein-Ole Mikalse, Alex D. Rogers Jan 2017

Microbe Biogeography Tracks Water Masses In A Dynamic Oceanic Frontal System, Anni Djurhuus, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Svein-Ole Mikalse, Alex D. Rogers

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

Dispersal limitation, not just environmental selection, plays an important role in microbial biogeography. The distance–decay relationship is thought to be weak in habitats where dispersal is high, such as in the pelagic environment, where ocean currents facilitate microbial dispersal. Most studies of microbial community composition to date have observed little geographical heterogeneity on a regional scale (100 km). We present a study of microbial communities across a dynamic frontal zone in the southwest Indian Ocean and investigate the spatial structure of the microbes with respect to the different water masses separated by these fronts. We collected 153 samples of free-living …

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Engagement In The Knowledge Economy: Regional Patterns Of Content Creation With A Focus On Sub-Saharan Africa, Sanna Ojanperä, Mark Graham, Ralph K. Straumann, Stefano De Sabbata, Matthew Zook Jan 2017

Engagement In The Knowledge Economy: Regional Patterns Of Content Creation With A Focus On Sub-Saharan Africa, Sanna Ojanperä, Mark Graham, Ralph K. Straumann, Stefano De Sabbata, Matthew Zook

Geography Faculty Publications

Increasing digital connectivity has sparked many hopes for the democratization of information and knowledge production in sub-Saharan Africa. To investigate the patterns of knowledge creation in the region compared to other world regions, we examine three key metrics: spatial distributions of academic articles (traditional knowledge production), collaborative software development, and Internet domain registrations (digitally mediated knowledge production). We find that, contrary to the expectation that digital content is more evenly geographically distributed than academic articles, the global and regional patterns of collaborative coding and domain registrations are more uneven than those of academic articles. Despite hopes for democratization afforded by …

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The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, January 17, 2017, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Jan 2017

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, January 17, 2017, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

January

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The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, September 5, 2017, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media Jan 2017

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, September 5, 2017, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

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Differences In Total Healthcare Costs And Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Non-Urgent Visits To Emergency Departments And Urgent Care Centers, J. Michael Mauldin Jan 2017

Differences In Total Healthcare Costs And Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Non-Urgent Visits To Emergency Departments And Urgent Care Centers, J. Michael Mauldin

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Objective: The 2014 Truven Health MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters Database was used to determine the existence and magnitude of differences in total healthcare costs and patient out-of-pocket costs between urgent care centers and hospital emergency departments for the treatment of adult patients presenting with non-urgent conditions. Methods: Propensity-score matching was used to eliminate, as much as possible, potential selection bias. Linear and logistic regression models were used to investigate relationships between the outcome variables and location of service, controlling for age, gender, geographic location, commercial insurance plan type, and clinical comorbidities. Results: Mean total adjusted episode costs of $1,240 …

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Evaluation Of Implementation Of A Patient Safety Agreement (Psa) Program On Fall Rates In An Acute Care Hospital, Mariellena Sudak Jan 2017

Evaluation Of Implementation Of A Patient Safety Agreement (Psa) Program On Fall Rates In An Acute Care Hospital, Mariellena Sudak

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the impact of implementing a Patient Safety Agreement (PSA) on hospital fall rates. Despite implementation of numerous interventions, patients continue to fall. The PSA program goal is to decrease patient falls in the acute care hospital by engaging patients in their plan of care. Implementing a Patient Safety Agreement program (PSA) can empower patients to become active participants in their own safety and fall prevention measures while in the hospital (Tzeng & Yin, 2014). Many of the current fall prevention intervention program elements employed to reduce patient falls require little active participation from the …

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Cultivating A Culture Of Food Justice: Impacts Of Community Based Economies On Farmers And Neighborhood Leaders In The Case Of Fresh Stop Markets In Kentucky, Heather Hyden Jan 2017

Cultivating A Culture Of Food Justice: Impacts Of Community Based Economies On Farmers And Neighborhood Leaders In The Case Of Fresh Stop Markets In Kentucky, Heather Hyden

Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development

In this thesis, I focus on two tensions within the alternative agro-food movement. First is a question of who/what community is allowed to define food systems problems and then implement solutions. For example, food desert metaphors rely discursively on defining communities as being “without”, which perpetuates needs-based narratives, in which only professional “experts” know how to solve problems of food access. These representations ignore the creativity, agency, and resiliency of everyday food justice mobilizations happening at the grassroots level. Second, what form can solutions take within hegemonic constructions of development? I build a theoretical model based on Black geographies (McKittrick, …

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