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Is Intimate Partner Violence A Risk Factor For Cardiovascular Disease In Women? A Review Of The Preponderance Of The Evidence, Rose Eva Constantino, Alona D. Angosta, Andrew Thomas Reyes, Brayden Kameg, Linden Wu, Jordan Cobb, Vivian Hui, Daisy Palompon, Reema Safadi, Mayada Daibes, Elizabeth Schlenk

Nursing Faculty Research

This paper examines the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) experience in women and cardiovascular disease (CVD), and determines if there is a preponderance of literature evidence. Research is reviewed dealing with the different biopsychosocial factors affecting the relationship between IPV and CVD. As a result of our review, we propose a framework on the biopsychosocial pathway of IPV as a risk factor of CVD of women. Our proposed framework portrays how IPV experiences contribute to long-term biopsychosocial changes that increase the risk of CVD among female victims of IPV. These biopsychosocial changes include chronic inflammation and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, …

Liver Cancer: A Leading Cause Of Cancer Death In The United States And The Role Of The 1945–1965 Birth Cohort By Ethnicity, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Karen E. Callahan, Patricia D. Jones, Cyllene Morris, Justine M. Ransdell, Deukwoo Kwon, Clyde Perry Brown, Erin N. Kobetz

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Single And Integrated Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, And Nutrition Interventions On Child Soil-Transmitted Helminth And Giardia Infections: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial In Rural Kenya, Amy J. Pickering, Sammy M. Njenga, Lauren Steinbaum, Jenna Swarthout, Audrie Lin, Benjamin F. Arnold, Christine P. Stewart, Holly N. Dentz, Maryanne Mureithi, Benard Chieng, Marlene Wolfe, Ryan Mahoney, Jimmy Kihara, Kendra Byrd, Gouthami Rao, Theodora Meerkerk, Priscah Cheruiyot, Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte, Steven A. Williams, John M. Colford Jr., Clair Null

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Helminth and protozoan infections affect more than 1 billion children globally. Improving water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition could be more sustainable control strategies for parasite infections than mass drug administration, while providing other quality of life benefits.

Towards Healthy Settings For People With Intellectual Disabilities, Kristel Vlot-Van Anrooij, J. Naaldenberg, T. I.M. Hilgenkamp, L. Vaandrager, K. Van Der Velden, G. L. Leusink

Physical Therapy Faculty Research

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) depend on their environment for support to live healthily. The characteristics of healthy settings for people with ID are unknown. This study aims to conceptualize healthy settings for people with ID by conducting an international and multidisciplinary concept mapping study. As theoretical framework the settings approach, an ecological model with a whole system focus toward health promotion, was used. The integrative mixed-methods approach of this study involved concept mapping with researchers specialized in healthcare for people with ID and researchers specialized in healthy settings. The 41 participants generated statements that were later sorted and rated. …

Association Of Early Interventions With Birth Outcomes And Child Linear Growth In Low-Income And Middle-Income Countries: Bayesian Network Meta-Analyses Of Randomized Clinical Trials, Jay J. Park H., Mei Lan Fang, Ofir Harari, Louis Dron, Ellie G. Siden, Reham Majzoub, Virginia Jeziorska, Kristian Thorlund, Edward J. Mills, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Importance:
The first 1000 days of life represent a critical window for child development. Pregnancy, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) period (0-6 months), and complementary feeding (CF) period (6-24 months) have different growth requirements, so separate considerations for intervention strategies are needed. No synthesis to date has attempted to quantify the associations of interventions under multiple domains of micronutrient and balanced energy protein and food supplements, deworming, maternal education, water sanitation, and hygiene across these 3 life periods with birth and growth outcomes.
Objective:
To determine the magnitude of association of interventions with birth and growth outcomes based on randomized clinical trials …

Play Behaviors In Latino Dual Language Learners: The Relationship Between Maternal Characteristics And Classroom Peer Play, Olivia Hernandez Gonzalez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In Head Start, 28.8% of the children enrolled are Dual Language Learners (DLLs), and 84.4% of those speak Spanish as their home language. However, there are limited studies involving DLLs. Using the Ecological Model of Human Development framework with current revisions with culture as part of the microsystem (Bronfenbrenner, 1994; Vélez-Agosto et al., 2017), the current study aimed to identify maternal level factors that may relate to Latinos' classroom peer play while controlling for classroom quality. Forty-five Latino DLL children attending Head Start, their mothers, and their teachers participated in the study. Head Start administrators provided their most recent vocabulary …

Co-Located Retail Clinics And Pharmacies: An Opportunity To Provide More Primary Care., Katherine K. Knapp, Keith Yoshizuka, Debra Sasaki-Hill, Rory Caygill-Walsh

Faculty Publications & Research of the TUC College of Pharmacy

This paper proposes that co-located retail clinics (RCs) and community pharmacies can increase opportunities to provide more accessible, affordable, and patient-friendly primary care services in the United States. RCs are small businesses of about 150-250 square feet with a clientele of about 10-30 patients each day and most frequently staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs). Community pharmacies in the U.S. at ~67,000 far outnumber RCs at ~2800, thereby opening substantial opportunity for growth. Community pharmacies and pharmacists have been working to increase on-site clinical services, but progress has been slowed by the relative isolation from other practitioners. An ideal merged facility …

Motivation And Confidence: More Than Cheerleading, Dr. Paul Olsen

Celebration of Learning

What empowers self-confidence in athletic performance? Most of us know the psychology and language of motivation in positive reinforcement: "way to go"; "good work"; "I believe in you" are some examples. It's a sort of "cheerleading." But confidence goes much deeper into the realm of how the athlete understands the "existential self" in the world. Is he more than a point getter? Is she more than "all-conference" or a "record holder"?

Literature (novels, poetry, essays) often demonstrates that the depth of confidence is found in demonstrative love. If one feels worthy of love, and the love is demonstrated, fear of …

Perceptions Of Health Practices And Interactions With The Us Healthcare System Among Bhutanese Refugees: A Qualitative Approach, Amy E. Szajna

Journal of Refugee & Global Health

Purpose

The aim of this pilot study was to explore health practices of Bhutanese refugees and their interactions with the US healthcare system and providers.

Methodology

Researchers conducted 12 in-depth interviews and 7 patient-provider observation units as part of this descriptive qualitative study.

Results

Participants identified individual definitions of health and behaviors they value to maintain health. They identified significant trust and faith in their healthcare provider and valued provider-directed suggestions. Participants cited concerns with patient-provider communication resulting from limited English proficiency and frequent changes in primary care providers.

Discussion

This study is useful to inform further research and potential …

Examining Early Maladaptive Schemas, Depression, And Health Behaviors, Juliana D'Onofrio

Theses and Dissertations

Chronic disease continues to predominate the leading causes of death and account for the majority of healthcare expenditures in the United States. Researchers have identified that engagement in negative health behaviors, such as eating a poor diet, physical inactivity, risky sexual activity, nicotine and illicit drug use, and excessive alcohol consumption is a key risk factor for developing chronic disease later in life. In order to help motivate individuals to adhere to a healthy lifestyle, understanding why an individual might engage in negative health behaviors is warranted. Young's schema theory is a social cognitive theory that explores early maladaptive schemas …

A Six Week Therapeutic Ballet Intervention Improved Gait And Inhibitory Control In Children With Cerebral Palsy—A Pilot Study, Kimberley D. Lakes, Kelli Sharp, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, Ross Neville, Fadia Haddad, Rachel Sunico, Daniel Ho, Melinda Schneider, Sofia Sawitz, Janine Paulsen, Kim Caputo, Kim D. Lu, Afshin Aminian, Citlali López-Ortiz, Shlomit Radom-Aizik

Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have motor impairments that make it challenging for them to participate in standard physical activity (PA) interventions. There is a need to evaluate adapted PA interventions for this population. Dance can promote coordination, posture, muscle strength, motor learning, and executive functioning. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and the effects of a new therapeutic ballet intervention specifically designed for children with CP.

Methods: Eight children with CP (9–14 y/o; 75% female) participated in a 6-week therapeutic ballet intervention. Outcomes were measured in multiple domains, including body composition (DXA), muscle strength (hand-grip dynamometer), habitual physical …

Heavy Metals In Mangrove Sediments Along The Selangor River, Malaysia, Laurna Nyangon, Ahmad Nur Syahmi Zainal, Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi, Seca Gandaseca

Forest and Society

Mangroves are woody plants that grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and subtropical latitudes where they exist in conditions of high salinity, extreme tides, strong winds, high temperature, and muddy anaerobic soils. The objectives of this study were to determine the selected heavy metals Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn) and Lead (Pb) contamination in mangrove sediments at the Selangor River, Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia; and to compare heavy metals content in mangrove sediments between different plots and different sediment depths. Physical properties (sediment texture and sediment moisture) and chemical properties (pH water, electrical conductivity, and …

Ethnobotanical Study On Medicinal Plants In Traditional Markets Of Son La Province, Vietnam, Thanh Son Nguyen, Nian He Xia, Tran Van Chu, Hoang Van Sam

Forest and Society

Traditional markets in Vietnam are considered as important places for trading medicinal plants and also play a social role of exchanging traditional use of herbal medicine among different cultural and social groups at the local level. This study aims to identify and document medicinal plants used in 32 traditional markets of Son La province. Data were obtained through interviews and field observation method. A total of 167 informants include 13 herbalists, 49 herbal sellers, and 105 local people were interviewed. The study collected a total of 99 plant species belonging to 88 genera and 57 families. Identified plant species are …

A Swine Model Of Soy Protein-Induced Food Allergy: Implications In Human And Swine Nutrition, John Scott Radcliffe, Luiz F. Brito, Lavanya Reddivari, Monica Schmidt, Eliont M. Herman, Allan P. Schinckel

Department of Food Science Faculty Publications

There is extensive literature on the development and management of food allergy, but some basic questions such as why some proteins are allergenic while closely related proteins from other species are not allergenic, remain to be answered. This paper is not a detailed review of food allergies, but rather an overview of current knowledge regarding soy food allergies, with a focus on the pig as a model for the study of soy allergies and with additional information on how soy allergies and use of soybean-sourced feed can affect production animal agriculture.

A Critical Walk Down Illinois Career Pathways, Michael Cermak

Theses and Dissertations

This study analyzes high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) enrollments in Illinois public high schools. Emphasis is placed on considering how enrollments of students of color differs from their white peers. Gender and racial imbalances prove pronounced in STEM-related career pathways and reveal a large proportion of students of color enrolled in courses leading to low-skill, service-sector occupations. Given future economic and social implications, I recommend future researchers consider how students of color select and how underrepresented students are placed by institutional members and practices into CTE courses.

Disseminating And Implementing A Lifestyle-Based Healthy Weight Program For Mothers In A National Organization: A Study Protocol For A Cluster Randomized Trial, Rachel G Tabak, Cynthia D Schwarz, Allison Kemner, Kenneth B Schechtman, Karen Steger-May, Veronda Byrth, Debra Haire-Joshu

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Excessive weight gain among young adult women age 18-45 years is an alarming and overlooked trend that must be addressed to reverse the epidemics of obesity and chronic disease. During this vulnerable period, women tend to gain disproportionally large amounts of weight compared to men and to other life periods. Healthy Eating and Active Living Taught at Home (HEALTH) is a lifestyle modification intervention developed in partnership with Parents as Teachers (PAT), a national home visiting, community-based organization with significant reach in this population. HEALTH prevented weight gain, promoted sustained weight loss, and reduced waist circumference. PAT provides parent-child …

A Systematic Review And Analysis Of Racial Differences In Treatment For Depression, Elli D. R. Parisi

DePaul Discoveries

Mental health affects a large proportion of the population across the world. Though many mental health studies exist, they are inconsistent in methodology, conceptualization of terms, and populations studied; as a result, many studies are incomparable with each other. Further, there is arguably too few studies that focus on marginalized or underrepresented populations. The current study aims to address some of this gap in knowledge. The differences in the way depression is diagnosed and treated in various racial and ethnic groups were identified, and the findings of previous studies were analyzed to help improve the way mental health, and specifically …

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education And Evaluation (Jcipe), Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2019

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

In this Issue

1 - From the Editors

2 - Advancing Senior Care and Aging in Place through Collaborative, In-Home Visits

3 - Meet an IPE Faculty Champion from Thomas Jefferson University

4 - Collaborative Learning of Diabetes with Graphic Design Communication Students and Student Pharmacists

5 -Letter to the Editors

6 - Effectiveness of the Sloppy Mountain Medical Center Computer-Based Escape Room Game

8 - Team Care Planning: Reflections of a Graduate Assistant

8 - 2019 James B. Erdmann, PhD Award Recipients

9 - Meet an IPE Student Champion from Thomas Jefferson University

Effectiveness Of The Sloppy Mountain Medical Center Computer-Based Escape Room Game For Teaching Interprofessional Teamwork Concepts, Dusti Annan, Edd, Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Phd, Kimberly Kascak, Med

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

This paper presents the use and evaluation of a computer-based escape room game for teaching teamwork skills to interprofessional health professions students.

Letter To The Editors, Hussein Kiliddar, Md

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

Letter to the Editors

Advancing Senior Care And Aging In Place Through Collaborative In-Home Visits: A Novel Community-University Partnership, Michael J. Oldani, Phd, Ms, Sharon Chappy, Phd, Rn, Cnor, Lois Harrison, Pt, Dpt, Ms, Stacey L. Kukor, Mot, Otr/L, Travis Suss, Pharmd, Bcgp, Nancy A. Stoehr, Pharmd, Faca, Fiacp

Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)

"Aging in place" (i.e., living independently in one's home) has become part of the national conversation as the U.S. demographically shifts towards an older population. What is interesting about aging in place is how seniors may end up in this particular situation. For some seniors, it may be their choice to age safely in their home with or without a partner and possibly other family members. For others, aging in place can occur out of necessity as a result of financial burden, lack of family support, or even isolation due to mental health or cognitive issues like dementia (see Brody, …

Microstructure And Fracture Properties Of Semi-Hard Cheese: Differentiating The Effects Of Primary Proteolysis And Calcium Solubilization, Prabin Lamichhane, Prateek Sharma, Deirdre Kennedy, Alan L. Kelly, Jeremiah J. Sheehan

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The individual roles of hydrolysis of αS1- and β-caseins, and calcium solubilization on the fracture properties of semi-hard cheeses, such as Maasdam and other eye-type cheeses, remain unclear. In this study, the hydrolysis patterns of casein were selectively altered by adding a chymosin inhibitor to the curd/whey mixture during cheese manufacture, by substituting fermentation-produced bovine chymosin (FPBC) with fermentation-produced camel chymosin (FPCC), or by modulating ripening temperature. Moreover, the level of insoluble calcium during ripening was quantified in all cheeses. Addition of a chymosin inhibitor, substitution of FPBC with FPCC, or ripening of cheeses at a consistent low temperature (8 …

The Cost Of Improving Nutritional Outcomes Through Food‐Assisted Maternal And Child Health And Nutrition Programmes In Burundi And Guatemala, Jessica Heckert, Jef L. Leroy, Deanna K. Olney, Susan Richter, Elyse Iruhiriye, Marie T. Ruel

Faculty Publications

Evidence on the cost‐effectiveness of multisectoral maternal and child health and nutrition programmes is scarce. We conducted a prospective costing study of two food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programmes targeted to pregnant women and children during the first 1,000 days (pregnancy to 2 years). Each was paired with a cluster‐randomized controlled trial to evaluate impact and compare the optimal quantity and composition of food rations (Guatemala, five treatment arms) and their optimal timing and duration (Burundi, three treatment arms). We calculated the total and per beneficiary cost, conducted cost consequence analyses, and estimated the cost savings from extending …

Colsa Faculty Honored With College Awards, Sarah Schaier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Cost Effectiveness Of School-Located Influenza Vaccination Programs For Elementary And Secondary School Children., Byung-Kwang Yoo, Stanley J. Schaffer, Sharon Humiston, Cynthia M. Rand, Nicolas P N Goldstein, Christina S. Albertin, Cathleen Concannon, Peter G. Szilagyi

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Studies have noted variations in the cost-effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination (SLIV), but little is known about how SLIV's cost-effectiveness may vary by targeted age group (e.g., elementary or secondary school students), or vaccine consent process (paper-based or web-based). Further, SLIV's cost-effectiveness may be impacted by its spillover effect on practice-based vaccination; prior studies have not addressed this issue.

METHODS: We performed a cost-effectiveness analysis on two SLIV programs in upstate New York in 2015-2016: (a) elementary school SLIV using a stepped wedge design with schools as clusters (24 suburban and 18 urban schools) and (b) secondary school SLIV …

Neuromuscular Factors Contributing To Reductions In Muscle Force After Repeated, High-Intensity Muscular Efforts, Benjamin J.C. Kirk, Gabriel S. Trajano, Timothy S. Pulverenti, Grant Rowe, Anthony J. Blazevich

Publications and Research

Multiple neuromuscular processes contribute to the loss of force production following repeated, high-intensity muscular efforts; however, the relative contribution of each process is unclear. In Experiment 1, 16 resistance trained men performed six sets of unilateral isometric plantar flexor contractions of the right leg (3 s contraction/2 s rest; 85% maximal voluntary contraction torque; 90-s inter-set rest) until failure with and without caffeine ingestion (3 mg kg-1) on two separate days. Corticospinal excitability and cortical silent period (cSP) were assessed before and immediately, 10 and 20 min after the exercise. In Experiment 2, electrically evoked tetanic force and persistent inward …

The Role Of Nr4a1 In Β-Cell Growth And Onset Of Type 2 Diabetes, Adam Wynn, Jeffery Tessem, Ph.D.

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Progression to type 2 diabetes (T2D) includes a loss of functional pancreatic beta cells (β-cells), which are responsible for secreting insulin and maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. Nr4a1 is a gene that has been shown to be involved in fuel utilization in the liver, muscles, and adipose tissues,1, 2, 3, 4 but not much is known about its role in the β-cell and T2D progression. We therefore set out to further define Nr4a1’s role in the β- cell during T2D progression. We hypothesized that the loss of Nr4a1 in the pancreata of mice would result in decreased β-cell maintenance and …

Low Vitamin D Status Is Associated With Impaired Bone Quality And Increased Risk Of Fracture-Related Hospitalization In Older Australian Women, Kun Zhu, Joshua R. Lewis, Marc Sim, Richard L. Prince

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

The vitamin D debate relates in part to ideal public health population levels of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) to maintain bone structure and reduce fracture. In a secondary analysis of 1,348 women aged 70-85 years at baseline (1998) from the Perth Longitudinal Study of Aging in Women (PLSAW, a five-year calcium supplementation trial followed by two five-year extensions), we examined the dose-response relations of baseline plasma 25OHD with hip DXA BMD at year 1, lumbar spine BMD and trabecular bone score (TBS) at year 5, and fracture-related hospitalizations over 14.5 years obtained by health record linkage. Mean baseline plasma 25OHD …

Armed Conflicts And National Trends In Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn And Child Health In Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can National Health Surveys Tell Us?, Ties Boerma, Hannah Tappis, Ghada Saad-Haddad, Jai K. Das, Dessalegn Y. Melesse, Jocelyn Dejong, Paul Spiegel, Robert Black, Cesar Victora, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Armed conflicts are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and considered to be an important factor in slowing down national progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). The measurement of the impact of conflicts on national levels and trends in RMNCH is difficult. National surveys conducted before and sometimes during and after conflicts are a major source of information on the national and local effects of conflicts on RMNCH. We examined data from national surveys in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with major conflicts during 1990–2016 to assess the levels and trends in RMNCH intervention coverage, nutritional status and mortality …

Tactics Of Surgical Treatment For Rectal Prolapse, A.E. Rustamov, B.S. Navruzov, E.X. Egamberdieva, A.B. Babajonov

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

Objective: To study the results of surgical treatment of the patients with rectal prolapse. Materials and methods. During the period from 2003 until 2018, at the Coloproctology department of 1 st Clinical hospital of the Ministry of health of the Republic of Uzbekistan 426 patients was operated with the diagnosis of rectal prolapse, the average age of the patients was 45,2± 3,8 y.o. Analysis of the results of treatment revealed the absence of postoperative mortality. Relapse was observed in 4 (0.94%) cases, however, the number of patients with constipation decreased from 28% who noted constipation prior to surgery, to 4% …