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Effects Of A Low-Cost Evidence-Based Nutrition Program On Obesity In A Worksite Wellness Initiative, Loureen S. Downes, Amy M. Iannone

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The presentation will describe the impact of a low-cost, evidence-based nutrition education intervention used in a worksite wellness initiative to decrease body mass index, improve healthy eating habits and physical activity. Implications for practice and future research will be addressed.

The Implementation And Evaluation Of Interprofessional Education (Ipe) In The Graduate Nursing Program, Persephone Vargas, Kem Louie, Betty Kollia, Michael Figueroa, Toni Lasala, Racine Emmons Hindelong

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The World Health Organization regards IPE as one of the most promising strategies to achieve effective collaborative practice in healthcare settings. This presentation discusses the implementation and evaluation of IPE in the graduate nursing program. The results show improvement in the students' collaborative and teamwork competencies through IPE.

Improving Student Learning Outcomes Through A Collaborative, Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary, Nursing And Education International Partnership, Mureen Shaw, Courtney Berrien

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The collaborative Barry University/ Port-de-Paix, Haiti Nursing and Education International Learning Partnership (NEILP), provided opportunities for interdisciplinary learning-development among pre-professional and professional Haitian nurses and teachers during exploratory/immersive trips to Haiti in 2016 and 2017, leading to the development of faculty/student research opportunities, enhanced service-learning courses, academic engaged learning opportunities.

Contribution Of Short-Term Medical Mission (Stmms) To City Of Canaan, Haiti: Clinic Of Hope, Lydia Honorata Albuquerque, Accamma Kallel

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Participants will be able to understand the importance of short term medical mission on health and well being of the recipient country. The community needs assessment was completed by implementing a Community needs assessment survey.

Development Of A Community Health Nursing Course Grounded In Nightingale's Framework, Susan Calhoun

Dissertations

The lack of theory in Community Health Nursing (CHN) education is significant. Nightingale's theory, with its emphasis on environmental effects on health, could guide CHN, and teaching her theory's points in CHN courses could better prepare future nurses to provide care. The purpose of this scholarly practice project was to learn nursing students' perceptions of using the Nightingale Environmental Adaptation Theory of Nursing Practice (NEATNP) in their community health nursing education experience, and how this helped them to understand the importance of theory in practice. The objective of this scholarly practice project was to develop, implement, and evaluate a baccalaureate …

Road Deicing Salt Effects On The Function And Structure Of Forested Wetlands In Southern New England, Samantha Walker

Master's Theses

Forested wetlands are ubiquitous throughout New England providing critical ecosystem services however; road deicing salt use (NaCl) threaten their ecosystem structure and function. To investigate impacts, we employed a seed bank study and a multi-site field survey of forested wetlands. We collected soils and conducted a full factorial seed bank experiment to test how road salt concentration (0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8 ppt), frequency of salt exposure (pulse, constant) and water level (surface, 2 cm below surface) affected seedling responses. We identified a salinity threshold of 1-4 ppt that reduced seed bank responses. We surveyed nine road-adjacent red maple …

Unraveling The Neurogenin/Ngn-1 Gene Regulatory Network Of C. Elegans Using Classical Genetics And Comparative Transcriptomics, Elyse Christensen

Master of Science in Integrative Biology Theses

Proper nervous system development is required for an organism’s survival and function. Defects in neurogenesis have been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. Understanding the gene regulatory networks that orchestrate neural development, specifically cascades of proneural transcription factors, can better elucidate which genes are most essential in governing early neurogenesis. Neurogenins are a family of such factors that are both sufficient and necessary for the development of neural sub-types in mice, primarily through the regulation of other factors, particularly NeuroD. The objective of this study was to evaluate previously established regulatory targets of neurogenin(ngn-1 …

Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders: Findings From Focus Groups Of At-Risk Women, Lorraine Byrnes

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) have profound negative effects on women, infants and families. Little is known about awareness of PMAD among at risk women and their utilization of mental health services. Results from 2 focus groups (n=25) comprised of minority low-income women are presented.

Maternal Gut Microbiome Composition And Gestational Weight Gain In African American Women, Sara Mitchell Edwards

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nearly 80% of African American (AA) women of childbearing age report themselves to be overweight or obese. While the strongest predictor of excessive gestational weight gain is pre-pregnant weight, other contributors to racial differences in weight gain, such as gut microbiome composition, are now being examined.

Optimization Of Basic Formula Of Different Proportions Of Potato Powder Noodles Based On Entropy-Right Method, Zhang Xu, Chen Anjun, Jiang Cheng, Lu Xia

Food and Machinery

In order to provide a practical foundation for the production of potato noodles, comprehensive analyses of the quality indexes of potato noodles using the entropy-right method were conducted, and the basic formula of different proportions of potato noodles were optimized, based on orthogonal experiments. The results showed that the optimized basic formula of noodles was 0.6% salt, 0.4% dietary alkali, 55% water and mixed for 7 min, when the potato flour was 25%. However, when the potato powder ratio was 30%, the optimized formula was 1.2% salt, 0.4% dietary alkali, 60% water and mixed for 6 min. When the potato …

Mothers’ Thoughts, Beliefs, And Habits In Breastfeeding In Baghdad, Kholod Dhaher Habib, Basim Abdulkadhim Hussein, Malik Jamel Kanoon, Odai Yaseen Abbas

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Mothers should breastfeed their children exclusively for the first six months of their children's life, if they really want to protect their children from malnutrition, diseases, obesity and its complications OBJECTIVE: is to assess breastfeeding knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) among mothers attending outpatient clinic in Fatema Alzahra baby friendly hospital. METHODS: A cross-sectional study from 1st of January 2018 to 15th of November 2018, among mothers attending outpatient clinic in Fatema Alzahra hospital. Mothers who had one child aged two years or older at the time of the study was evaluated for their KAP in breastfeeding using …

Credible And Actionable Evidence In Extension Practice: Framing Issues, Contexts, And Principles, Benjamin Silliman, Scott R. Cummings

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Organizations that translate emerging science and provide community outreach, such as the Cooperative Extension Service and similar outreach engagement programs at universities, face ongoing challenges in establishing the credibility of program content and results as the pace of discovery of new knowledge, demand for effective applications, and diversity of audiences and other stakeholders continues to expand. This special edition of the Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (JHSE) explores the theme, “What is credible and actionable evidence in Extension programs?” Like a good evaluation, we begin this introductory article by framing the question, including academic, policy, and practical contexts; definitions …

Communicating With Data: Telling The Extension Story In Credible And Actionable Ways, Diane D. Craig, Ruth H. Borger

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Effective communication requires a good message delivered through an effective channel and received by a receptive individual. When that communication is successful, the result is enhanced credibility and trust between the sender and the receiver. Telling the Extension story effectively requires both relevant, credible data to compose a clear message and appropriate communication channels to deliver the message to various audiences. This article describes the approach taken by Florida Extension to gather better statewide data to improve communication about the impact of its Extension work, primarily through the use of infographics. With credible data, and working together, Extension data analysts …

How Evaluation Capacity Building Grows Credible And Actionable Evidence For Cooperative Extension Programs, Chelsea Hetherington, Cheryl Eschbach, Courtney Cuthbertson

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is an essential element for generating credible and actionable evidence on Extension programs. This paper offers a discussion of ECB efforts in Cooperative Extension and how such efforts enable Extension professionals to collect and use credible and actionable evidence on the quality and impacts of programs. Sufficient investments in ECB, both at the individual and organizational levels, can better equip Extension to advocate for and make changes to programs, advance as a learning organization, and have a more powerful impact on communities. Furthermore, as Extension program stakeholders often have varying perspectives on the credibility of evidence, …

Where Do We Go From Here?: Credible And Actionable Evidence In Extension, Scott R. Cummings, Benjamin Silliman

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The evolution of evaluation in the Cooperative Extension System (Extension) has gone through many changes over the years, from focusing on participation, to the measurement of outcomes, and then impacts. Now, the new evolution in Extension is the use of credible and actionable evidence. This special edition of the Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (JHSE) explored the theme, “What is credible and actionable evidence in Extension programs?” The authors of the articles in this issue wrote about the important concepts ahead of us as we begin on the road to more credible and actionable evidence. This article provides some …

Full Issue, Volume 7, Number 2, Benjamin Silliman, Scott Cummings, Donna J. Peterson, Rich Poling

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

No abstract provided.

Measuring And Understanding Food Accessibility In The Tampa Bay Area, Bailey I. Glover

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the Tampa Bay region, increasing population and changing demographics have begun to alter the characteristics of established neighborhoods. An increase in suburban growth has triggered a shift in the location and profitability of food establishments in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. Supermarket closures have garnered attention from public health officials who are concerned with the overall availability of fresh food throughout Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Unfortunately, there has been little research surrounding the quality of food sold at establishments in both the Tampa Bay region and abroad. Instead, many geographic studies have chosen to group both fresh and prepared food establishments …

Evaluation Of Clinical Outcomes In An Interdisciplinary Abdominal Pain Clinic: A Retrospective, Exploratory Review., Amanda D. Deacy, Craig A. Friesen, Vincent S. Staggs, Jennifer Verrill Schurman

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Background: Pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common and well-accepted to be etiologically complex in terms of the contribution of biological, psychological, and social factors to symptom presentations. Nonetheless, despite its documented benefits, interdisciplinary treatment, designed to address all of these factors, for pediatric FGIDs remains rare. The current study hypothesized that the majority of pediatric patients seen in an interdisciplinary abdominal pain clinic (APC) would demonstrate clinical resolution of symptoms during the study period and that specific psychosocial variables would be significantly predictive of GI symptom improvement.

Aim: To evaluate outcomes with interdisciplinary treatment in pediatric patients with pain-related …

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

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Andrews Recognized By Exercise Is Medicine, Exercise Is Medicine

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

No abstract provided.

Latent Profile Analysis Of Accelerometer-Measured Sleep, Physical Activity, And Sedentary Time And Differences In Health Characteristics In Adult Women., Kelsie M. Full, Kevin Moran, Jordan A. Carlson, Suneeta Godbole, Loki Natarajan, Aaron Hipp, Karen Glanz, Jonathan Mitchell, Francine Laden, Peter James, Jacqueline Kerr

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVES: Independently, physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep are related to the development and progression of chronic diseases. Less is known about how rest-activity behaviors cluster within individuals and how rest-activity behavior profiles relate to health. In this study we aimed to investigate if adult women cluster into profiles based on how they accumulate rest-activity behavior (including accelerometer-measured PA, SB, and sleep), and if participant characteristics and health outcomes differ by profile membership.

METHODS: A convenience sample of 372 women (mean age 55.38 + 10.16) were recruited from four US cities. Participants wore ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers on the …

The Distribution And Biogeochemistry Of Subtropical Intertidal Microbial Mats, Bert D. Anderson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Microbial mats have played an important role in the carbon (C) and nutrient cycles since the Archean Eon and modern mats are important contributors to the biogeochemistry of intertidal wetlands. Microbial mats are flat assemblages of microbes that are currently found in many unvegetated habitats globally. Intertidal salt pans are a common habitat for microbial mats, however little is known about the distribution of microbial mats within the intertidal landscape. Understanding the spatial distribution of microbial mats is critical to developing quantitative estimates of the impacts of microbial mats on their ecosystems. We photographically measured the presence and density of …

Habitat Suitability Index Model Of The Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus Canadensis Pratensis) In West-Central Florida, Courtney E. Buck

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) is a state threatened endemic subspecies of the Sandhill Crane (Nesbitt & Tacha, 1997). With a population that was estimated at a maximum of 5,000 individuals in 2003 (Nesbitt & Hatchitt, 2008), it is imperative to identify potentially viable habitats, as Florida is rapidly developing. This research develops a Habitat Suitability Index model to determine unsuitable to optimally suitable habitat locations throughout west-central Florida. To do so, six suitability variables based on the crane’s life history were evaluated: Potential nesting area, immediate nesting area, wetland coverage, foraging area, brooding area, and road proximity. …

Eating In America: Easing The Transition For Resettled Refugees Through An Applied Anthropological Intervention, Emily A. Holbrook

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Refugees resettled in the United States are expected to quickly become self-sufficient members of society despite the numerous challenges they face due to adaptation and integration into new systems and ways of life. Issues with dietary and nutritional adaptation persist for resettled refugee communities in the United States and are not prioritized by national, state, or local policy and practice. This research aimed to help mitigate problems with food assistance benefits and healthy eating issues faced by resettled refugees in Hillsborough County through an applied intervention in local English as a Second Language (ESOL) classes. ESOL materials designed to teach …

An Investigation Of The Effects Of The Parasitic Nematode Aplectana Hamatospicula On The Performance And Behavior Of Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus Septentrionalis), Kerri Surbaugh

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in nature, and host-parasite dynamics can have powerful effects on wildlife populations. Many species have evolved behavioral responses to infection that can help mitigate damage from parasites. Anorexia is a common response to infection observed throughout the animal kingdom. Reducing nutrient intake can help shift host resources from digestion to immunity, as well as limit resources available to parasites. Reduced feeding can weaken the host, but in some host-parasite interactions, this cost is less than that of maintaining an infection. Here, I describe an experiment aimed to explore the effects of the parasitic nematode Aplectana hamatospicula …

Promoting L2 Idiomatic Competence Among Chinese College Students Via Wechat, Zhengjie Li

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Many second language (L2) scholars acknowledge that L2 idioms play a critical role in reading development as well as in communicative competence for L2 learners (Arnaud & Savignon, 1997; Barfield & Gyllstad, 2009; Conklin & Schmitt, 2008; Howarth, 1998; Liontas, 2017; Littlemore, Chen, Koester, & Barnden, 2011). Echoing the current trends of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), much research has been done to underscore how L2 idiom learning can be infused with instructional technologies to promote L2 learners’ idiomatic competence (see Luk & Ng, 1998; Nakata, 2011; Yang & Xie, 2013). However, what remains underexplored is the ways that L2 …

Lectio Divina: A Call For Salah & Poetic Being, Momina A. Khan

Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal

I reflect back on the ARTS Pre-Conference 2017 of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education. It was a day full of non-linear knowledge exchanges, conversations, creations, contemplation and arts-based activities. Collaborators dwelled in, engaged, and emerged together spiritually, poetically, and musically to rekindle their learning, coexistence and mystical understandings. I was in my fasting state with dry mouth, hungry stomach, and thirsty soul combined with contemplative sessions, plus my scholarly and poetic inspirations in the flesh. It was purely an epoch of unbridled spirit tenderly wrapped in creative and contemplative ways of being present in the moment, with the …

Development Of A Recommender System For Dental Care Using Machine Learning, Man Hung, Julie Xu, Evelyn Lauren, Maren Wright Voss, Megan N. Rosales, Weicong Su, Bianca Ruiz-Negrón, Yao He, Wei Li, Frank W. Licari

Extension Research

Resource mismanagement along with the underutilization of dental care has led to serious health and economic consequences. Artificial intelligence was applied to a national health database to develop recommendations for dental care. The data were obtained from the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to perform machine learning. Feature selection was done using LASSO in R to determine the best regression model. Prediction models were developed using several supervised machine learning algorithms, including logistic regression, support vector machine, random forest, and classification and regression tree. Feature selection by LASSO along with the inclusion of additional clinically relevant variables identified …

Stacy Orloff Oral History.

Pediatric Palliative Care Oral History Project

Dr. Stacy Orloff begins the interview describing her experience after completing her MSW degree and one pivotal serendipitous event: she looked at the classified ads in the newspaper for the first time and found a job opening for a children's program in her local hospice. After she took that position, she found that all her training in life led up to being a children's advocate in the hospice setting. Dr. Orloff reflects on the beginning of the community-based hospice movement that now seems to provide fewer services than it was once able to due to the regulatory policies. She also …

How To Spot Signs Of, Report Elder Abuse, Alicia Rohan

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No abstract provided.