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Enrollment Report - Summer 2019, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Enrollment Reports

This Enrollment Statistical Summary provides delivery and administrative-site information on enrollment headcount and student credit hours. Delivery site reporting counts all students, including those in UNL programs delivered at UNO, but excludes UNO programs only (including the CPACS program delivered in Lincoln).

The purpose of this summary is to provide the undergraduate and graduate enrollments and student credit hour information by college of equivalent academic unit, class, gender and ethnicity. A glossary at the end of the report provides a list of definitions for headings and categories found in the report.

A Content Analysis Of Ethnic Minorities In The Professional Discipline Of Clinical Psychology, Pedro L. Perez Aquino

Theses and Dissertations

A more diverse population in the United States calls for the inclusion of REC minority populations in research to improve treatment and clinician cultural awareness. A content analysis is proposed to analyze the inclusion level of REC minority groups in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Five questions are explored to organize and present the findings of the content analysis. Results demonstrate the low level of inclusion of REC minority groups as well as congruence between most studied topics and each REC minority group in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. These results should encourage researchers and clinicians to push for more …

Enrollment Report, Summer 2019, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Enrollment Reports (2004-2019)

Enrollment Report for Summer 2019 for Illinois State University

Decreasing Caregiver Stress, Dexter Ramos

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Stress is both critical and personal experience and has significant effects on caregivers’ physical, mental, and social well-being. The nature of caregiving and the responsibility to work and serve individuals at their illness conditions are very personal encounters that often result in adverse effects on the health and well-being of caregivers (Frederick, 2016). A decrease in stress experience can lead to the satisfaction of caregiver roles and improvement of patient’s quality of life (Choi, Jisun & Boyle, Diane, 2013; Yada, Nagata, & Inagaki, 2014). This scholarly project determined that evidence-based stress management interventions have decreased the perceived stress in caregivers. …

Comparative Study On The Catechin Content And Antioxidant Capacity Of Different Types Of Tea In Jiangxi, Wang Xueyuan, Liu Jingyi, Hong Yanping, Li Yuwei, Ke Fajun, Chen Xinzhu, Yang Wuying

Food and Machinery

The content of five kinds of catechins in eleven types of famous teas in Jiangxi, including Catechin, L-Epicatechin, (-)-epigallocatechin, Epigallocatechin gallate and (-)-Epicatechin gallate, was determined by high performance liquid chromatogra-phy. Moreover, the antioxidant capacities among the eleven types of tea were compared by measuring vitro antioxidant indexes, i.e. the free radical scavenging ability of DPPH, ABTS⁺, ferric reducing antioxidant power, and the total reduction ability. The results showed that the content of the five kinds of catechin in the tea was different, the content of total catechin did not differ significantly, and the contents of the total …

The Knowledge Of Elderly Clients Attending Geriatric Clinic At Baghdad Teaching Hospital Towards The Prevention Of Fall, Saba Abbas Fadhil, Rouaa Ahmed Abdulsaheb

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Falls among the geriatric population, cause frequent morbidity and mortality OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the Knowledge of elderly clients toward the prevention of fall. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was carried out on a total of 403 elderly ,aged≥60 years attending geriatric clinic at Baghdad teaching hospital during the period from 6th of February to 26th of June 2017,collection of data by direct interview. RESULTS: This study included 403 elderly with mean age (68.5±5.4SD) years, (95%)of them had chronic diseases and (94%) currently on medications,(73.2%) had fall attack previously and (39.3%) of them with ≥5 times attacks …

Examining The Relationship Of Socioeconomic Status And Intimate Partner Violence Among Middle-Aged Chinese Adults, Tingxuan Wang, Janet Yuen Ha Wong, Daniel Yee Tak Fong

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This study examined the prevalence of intimate partner violence and its relationship with socioeconomic status by a sample of 400 middle-aged participants in Hong Kong based on a cross-sectional study.

Leader Co-Mentorship: A Journey Toward Purpose And Excellence, Kimberly T. Hodges, Belinda Frazee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Co-mentoring in leader dyads institute mutually beneficial learning relationships. This leader dyad leveraged co-mentoring to increase first year nurse retention by 47% and reduce patient harm by 60% while enhancing purpose and excellence within their clinical team.

Identifying Contemporary Early Retirement Factors And Strategies To Enable Longer Working Lives, Donna M. Wilson, Shovana Shrestha, Rashmi Devkota

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Most people do not work to their country's statutory retirement age, as early retirement is a common practice. A review of published research was done to identify factors associated with or determined to cause early retirement, and strategies to encourage and enable people to work longer in life.

Evidence-Based Strategies To Promote Health Promotion/Wellness Competency And Self-Efficacy For Patients, Clinicians, And Students, Joyce I. Karl

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Participants will explore evidence-based strategies to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors for their patients, students, and themselves. Conceptual models of evidence-based teaching and health promotion will be presented. An exemplar and outcomes of an activity to help advanced practice nursing students gain competency and self-efficacy in health promotion will be shared.

Changes In Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions About Caring For Dying Patients, Helen M. Taggart, Pamela L. Mahan, Haresh Rochani

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purposes of this study were to determine the changes in attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students toward caring for the dying from the beginning to the end of a baccalaureate nursing program and identify factors that influence students' perceptions. A multi method study was utilized.

Medical Floor Cam Implementation And Assessment Of Risk Factors, Michaelynn R. Paul

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Delirium affects patient outcomes, nursing care, and costs an estimated $164 billion per year worldwide. Identification of delirium significantly increased after education and implementation of the Confusion Assessment Method screening tool. Delirium education combined with the use of the CAM is effective in identifying delirium accurately in medical floor patients.

The Grandma Reporter Issue Two: Intimacy, Salty Xi Jie Ng

The Grandma Reporter

A collaborative project by Betty Canham, Crystal Sasaki, Ellen Gee, Erika Dedini, Jacqui Jackson, Maureen Phillips, Mildred Winters, Pamela Sky Jeanne, Roshani Thakore, Salty Xi Jie Ng, Sharon Cooper, Susan Green, Tammy B, and Valerie Wrede

The Grandma Reporter is a collaborative publication project on senior women's culture across the Earth. We are a space for intimate exchange about: style, isolation, and adventure; aging bodies, wrinkles, bunions, caregiving, and death; considering the struggles of growing old in a young, technology-focused world; swimming as a magical way to keep fit in spite of on-land mobility challenges; food, genes, and other things …

Vol.46 N.49 June 27th 2019, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Boundaries Of The Construct Of Unemployment In The Pre-Retirement Years: Exploring An Expanded Measurement Of Lost-Work Opportunity, Maren Wright Voss, Soham Al Snih, Wei Li, Man Hung, Lorie Gage Richards

Extension Research

There is uncertainty related to whether retirement negatively affects health—possibly due to complexity around retirement decisions. Lost-work opportunity through unemployment or forced retirement has been shown to negatively affect health. Lost-work opportunity can be captured in two measurement fields, either a reported experience of being forced into retirement or reported unemployment. However, 17% of individuals retiring due to the loss of work opportunity identified in qualitative interviewing (i.e., unemployment, temporary lay-offs, company buy-outs, forced relocations, etc.) do not report this unemployment or involuntary retirement in quantitative survey responses. We propose broadening the conceptualization of late-career unemployment to incorporate other lost …

Schizotypy As A Predictor For Social Media Use And Internet Addiction Behaviors In Emerging Adults, Devin Massaro

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the unique domains/symptom clusters within schizotypy as they relate to Facebook use and internet addiction behaviors, while controlling for co-morbid disorders such as depression and anxiety. Using an online survey, this study measured electronic media use, internet addiction behavior, and schizotypy in 270 undergraduate students (aged 18-30). We expected mood symptoms of anxiety and depression to predict both internet addiction and Facebook use in this sample, and controlled for these variables accordingly. We hypothesized that schizotypy would contribute significantly to the prediction of internet addiction and Facebook use above and beyond anxiety, depression, and demographic variables and …

Training Needs Of Peer And Non-Peer Transition Service Providers: Results Of A National Survey, Pauline Jivanjee, Leigh Grover, Kristin Thorp, Brie Masselli, Johanna Bergan, Eileen Brennan

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

Participatory action research processes guided a national online survey of service providers working with transition age youth with mental health challenges. The survey investigated transition service providers’ ratings of the importance of competencies and skills, self-assessed need for training in these competencies and skills, their preferred training modalities, and obstacles to engaging in training. The 254 participants identified trauma-informed care, understanding youth culture, promoting natural supports, and using culturally responsive practices as most important training needs. Age, years in current job, years in transition work, and race/ethnicity predicted training needs regarding some competencies and skills. Peer providers expressed preferences for …

Fmri And Qeeg Imaging Of Auditory Function And Source Localization, David L. Mcpherson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The purpose of the MEG was to mentor students into an active research environment where new neuroimaging techniques were being developed and utilized to describe the auditory system. Approximately 18 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the project. In addition, approximately an additional 38 students were trained, by students from this MEG proposal, in this technique from Physiology and Developmental Biology and Psychology. Results helped define the role of the right hemisphere in language plasticity. Likewise, further protocol development and adjustments to the current protocol have been implemented.

2019 June 23 - Academic Council Minutes, Academic Council, East Tennessee State University

Academic Council Agenda and Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Spirituality, Moral Reasoning, And Personality Factors On Misogyny, Rachel Mcpherson

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

Sexism, prejudice or discrimination typically against women, is an attitude that causes emotional distress and can negatively affect women's psychological and physical health. Studies have shown that psychological distress heightens when women are subjected to sexist events (Szymanski, Gupta, Carr, & Stewart, 2009). Sexism exists in the classroom, workplace, and politics, and is virtually inescapable for women (Miner-Rubino, 2007). It is common for women who are in positions of power to be unjustly branded with cruel epithets (Manne, 2016). Despite the modernity of today's culture and progression of gender equality, sexism is still a prevalent issue. This study assesses underlying …

The Holistic Assessment And Care Planning In Partnership Intervention Study [Happi]: A Protocol For A Feasibility, Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial, Helen Lyndon, Jos M. Latour, Jonathan Marsden, Sarah Campbell, Kara Stevens, Bridie Kent

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Rational Approach To Standard Therapy, D.R. Adizova, N.G. Ashurova, F.A. Khalilova, N.O. Djuraeva

Central Asian Journal of Pediatrics

133 women with chronic heart failure were analyzed for pharmacotherapy of chronic heart failure. The study showed that all patients who received standard CHFdrug intake were unregulated in all patients, inadequate type and group of drugs and inadequate therapeutic doses, and complications were low.

Religiosity And Psychological Well-Being: A Correlational Meta-Analysis In North America, Niyeli Herrera, Yerenia Flores, Timothy Smith

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In recent years, the demographics of the United States has evolved at exponential rates and now includes an increasingly diverse population of people who are in need of a variety of services, including mental health interventions. Mental health interventions strive to promote well-being, but have historically focused on serving white populations, thus neglecting minority groups who are at an elevated risk of mental illness. Their unique cultural experiences and ethnic-specific needs are also often incompatible with theoretical frameworks, experiences and needs that must be addressed in order to provide effective mental health services (Remy, 1995).

The Weekly Challenger, June 20, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 20, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Vitamin Deficiencies Among Resettled Refugees In Buffalo, Ny, Tyler B. Evans, Myron Glick Md

Journal of Refugee & Global Health

Background

Vitamin deficiency in the developing world is a considerable public health issue that is often overlooked. Refugees are some of the most vulnerable populations, since they rely almost exclusively on the nutrition provided by refugee camps. Buffalo, NY resettles the fourth largest number of refugees per capita among cities in the United States (US).

Objective

We examined the prevalence of vitamin A, B2, B12, and D deficiencies among refugees who had been recently resettled to Buffalo, NY and referred to our practice for assessment. Our exploratory objective was to examine potential differences in the prevalence of vitamin deficiencies among …

Neverland: A Critical Autoethnography Of Aging With Cystic Fibrosis, Alexandra Ch Nowakowski

The Qualitative Report

In this autoethnography, I analyze stereotypes and misconceptions about people with cystic fibrosis (CF). I examine these illness representations and their social underpinnings through critical analysis of my journey to conclusive diagnosis with CF after first being tested for the disease in early life, and the events that have followed from that turning point. Using experiential data and prior research, I explore and refute harmful misconceptions about life with CF. I challenge the notion that people with CF never grow old. I also contest the idea that people who receive conclusive diagnoses during adulthood only then transition into patient identities. …

Commencement Ceremony Of 2019: Abraham S. Fischler College Of Education And School Of Criminal Justice, College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences, College Of Psychology, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Longest-Lasting Relationship: Patterns Of Contact And Well-Being Among Mid- To Later-Life Siblings, Alexander C. Jensen, Makayla K. Nielson, Jeremy B. Yorgason

Faculty Publications

Objectives: Adults in mid to later life experience shrinking social networks, which may hinder well-being. Siblings may be important sources of social contact. Yet, little is known about adults’ patterns of contact with siblings and how contact is linked to well-being.

Method: Participants included 491 adults from across the United States (M age = 58.96, SD = 6.25; 68% female) recruited online via Amazon Mechanical Turk; they reported on their contact with their sibling in person, over the phone, via email, texting, and social media.

Results: Latent class analysis found evidence for four patterns of contact (classes) among siblings: low, …

Examining Successful Aging And Resilience After Disasters, Katie Elizabeth Stanko

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Resilience, a psychological adaptive process and outcome, is the ability to return to normal functioning after a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster. Successful aging entails biological, psychological, and social factors. The Great Flood of 2016 in the greater Baton Rouge area caused catastrophic structural damage to thousands of homes and businesses. Some of these individuals had previously moved to the Baton Rouge area after receiving catastrophic damage during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In this study, I investigated the role that age group (younger, middle-aged, older) and disaster exposure group (control, single exposure, double exposure) had on post-disaster well-being. …

Assessment Of Public Sector Service Quality: Gauging Experiences And Perceptions Of Racial Profiling, Aaron C. Rollins Jr.

Journal of Public Management & Social Policy

The absence of a culturally competent public sector workforce has led to increased public scrutiny and heightened levels of distrust. In the field of public safety, this is particularly important due to the sensitive nature of the task performed and the historically strained relationships that exist between racial minorities and law enforcement. Using national survey data to gauge the prevalence of citizen’s experiences and perceptions of racial profiling, this research reveals significant discrepancies amongst minorities and their white counterparts. In response, this research encourages public officials and agencies to eliminate inconsistencies in their interactions with the citizenry as a whole. …