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The Utah Statesman, March 1, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Assessing Rural And Urban Community Assets And Needs To Inform Extension Program Planning, Lendel Narine, Amanda D. Ali, Paul A. Hill

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

A needs assessment is a useful tool for prioritizing community needs and allocating resources. Prioritizing community needs helps ensure Extension programs are relevant and targeted towards specific audiences. This study prioritized normative needs of urban and rural Utah residents using a needs assessment framework. Convenience data were gathered from 1,043 adult Utah residents, and the raking method was used to weigh the sample by selected population characteristics. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and nonparametric statistics) were used for data analysis. A calculated Point-Score represented the difference between residents’ perceived importance and satisfaction of various community assets. Results showed affordable housing, affordable medical …

First Things First: Assessing Needs, Comfort, And Role Clarity For Physical Activity Promotion, Laura E. Balis, Thomas E. Strayer Iii, Samantha M. Harden

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Extension has recently begun delivering physical activity programs, but delivering evidence-based interventions is a challenge. To increase adoption of evidence-based interventions, a better understanding of agents’ perceptions and needs is necessary. The purpose of this research was to conduct a readiness assessment to identify organizational factors and agent perceptions that speed or impede uptake of evidence-based physical activity programs. Data were gathered from agents through a sequential mixed-methods design informed by the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework. A survey assessed current work status, demographic variables, physical activity levels, and time spent on programming tasks. Semi-structured focus group questions …

Integrating Policies, Systems, And Environments (Pse) Work Into Fcs Extension Programming: Lessons Learned From A Multi-State Training, Lisa T. Washburn, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Karen L. Franck, Lauren E. Kennedy, Christopher Sneed

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Public health efforts have emphasized changes to policies, systems and environments (PSEs) to improve health behaviors for individuals and communities. Extension has increasingly emphasized these approaches, particularly for work of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) agents. In part, this emphasis on PSEs in Extension has been driven by SNAP-Ed and other federally funded initiatives, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) High Obesity Programs (HOP). However, broader adoption and implementation of PSEs at the local level has lagged in some states for various reasons. These include limited understanding about PSE interventions and how this work fits with …

Evaluation Of A Health Education Intervention For Rural Preschool And Kindergarten Children In The Southeastern United States: A Cluster Randomized Trial, Holli H. Seitz, Julie C. Parker, Heather L. Hanna, Ginger C. Hooge

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

This research employed a matched-pairs randomized field experiment design to evaluate a classroom-based health education intervention for pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten children in a rural region of the southeastern United States. Schools were matched on demographic characteristics, then one school from each pair was randomly assigned to the treatment group and one to the delayed treatment group. The intervention included a field trip experience and an integrated curriculum designed to increase knowledge about nutrition, physical activity, and sleep. Staff conducted individual assessments of changes in knowledge with a random sample of children from each classroom (252 children from treatment classrooms; 251 …

Full Issue, Volume 9, Number 1, Donna J. Peterson, Kathleen Kelsey

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Role Of Large Scale Standardised Assessment Practices In Sindh Pakistan, Razia Fakirmohammad, Anil Khamis

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

This paper reviews two large-scale assessments (LSAs) with reference to their purported con- tribution to improvement of education. Documentary analysis is used to review and analyse publicly ac- cessible documents, which describe and/or explain LSA practices in Sindh. Additionally, episodic data were collected through routine fieldwork with head teachers of primary and secondary schools who had participated in policy dialogue forums where LSAs were discussed. This provides rich contextual data with ground level perspectives. A fundamental question in the approach of LSAs that this paper considers is: does measurement of student performance, with no other supporting or triangulating data sources, …

Effectiveness Of Music Interventions To Reduce Test Anxiety In Pharmacy Students, Suzanne M. Galal, Deepti Vyas, Rachelle K. Hackett, Edward L. Rogan, Chloe U. Nguyen

School of Pharmacy Faculty Articles

Background: The main objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the impact of a classroom activity involving music on anxiety associated with preparing for and taking an assessment. Methods: Two hundred and two (202) pharmacy students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions of the experimental study: active music playing (n = 103) versus passive music listening (n = 99). All students completed a pre-test, a mid-test, and a post-test including: an “Attitudes and Perceptions” survey, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults (STAI Survey), and a knowledge assessment. Data were analyzed to determine the impact each of the music …

Does Covid-19 Contribute To Development Of Neurological Disease?, Arehally M. Mahalakshmi, Bipul Ray, Sunanda Tuladhar, Abid Bhat, Shasthara Paneyala, Duraisamy Patteswari, Meena Kishore Sakharkar, Hamdan Hamdan, David M. Ojcius, Srinivasa Rao Bolla, Musthafa Mohamed Essa, Saravana Babu Chidambaram, M. Walid Qoronfleh

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Background: Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated primarily with pneumonia, recent data show that the causative agent of COVID-19, the coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), can infect a large number of vital organs beyond the lungs, such as the heart, kidneys, and the brain. Thus, there is evidence showing possible retrograde transmission of the virus from the olfactory epithelium to regions of the brain stem. Methods: This is a literature review article. The research design method is an evidence-based rapid review. The present discourse aim is first to scrutinize and assess the available literature on …

Gynaecological Morbidities Among Married Women And Husband's Behaviour: Evidence From A Community-Based Study, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Neelofar Sami, Adil Ali Saeed, Parveen Ali

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Aim: To determine the association between gynaecological morbidities and IPV among married women specifically, with attention to the attitudes of the husband and the degree of satisfaction in a marital relationship.
Design: Cross-sectional study design.
Methods: Data were collected using face-to-face interviews with married women aged 15-49 years, living in selected communities. Information was collected on demographic characteristics, gynaecological morbidities and IPV using a self-developed tool. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data.
Results: Logistic Regression showed a significant association between physical violence and burning micturition, increased urinary frequency, constant dribbling of urine, genital ulcers, lower abdominal …

Hba1c Performance In African Descent Populations In The United States With Normal Glucose Tolerance, Prediabetes, Or Diabetes: A Scoping Review, Lakshay Khosla, Sonali Bhat, Lee Ann Fullington, Margrethe F. Horlyck-Romanovsky

Publications and Research

IntroductionAfrican descent populations in the United States have high rates of type 2 diabetes and are incorrectly represented as a single group. Current glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) cutoffs (5.7% to

Methods A PubMed, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) search (January 2020) yielded 3,238 articles published from January 2000 through January 2020. After review of titles, abstracts, and full texts, 12 met our criteria. HbA1c results were compared with other ethnic groups or validated against the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), or previous diagnosis. We classified study results by the …

Surveillance Systems For Monitoring Cervical Cancer Elimination Efforts: Focus On Hpv Infection, Cervical Dysplasia, Cervical Screening And Treatment., Julia M L Brotherton, Cosette Wheeler, Gary M. Clifford, Miriam Elfström, Marion Saville, John Kaldor, Dorothy A. Machalek

Pathology Research and Scholarship

In order to achieve the global elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, close surveillance of progress in public health and clinical activities and outcomes across the three pillars of vaccination, screening and treatment will be required. Surveillance should ideally occur within an integrated system that is planned, funded, and regularly evaluated to ensure it is providing timely, accurate and relevant feedback for action. In this paper, we conceptualise the main public health surveillance objectives as process and outcome measures in each of the three pillars. Process measures include coverage/participation measures for vaccination, screening and treatment alongside the …

Review Of Nature Experience In Learning, Donger Liu, Emily A. Fisher, Guy Trainin

Research and Evaluation in Education, Technology, Art, and Design

The current review examines the impact of nature experience on student academic performance. The findings suggest that the effect exists in two types of association: (1) green space and school-level academic performance; (2) outdoor educational programs and student school motivation and knowledge. Overall, the researchers predominantly found that students exposed to green space performed better academically in Grades K to 12. Meanwhile, students’ socio-economic status, the proximity of green space, types of vegetation, and subjects could also affect the association. Considering it is not unusual that researchers found SES contributing to the correlational model, future studies ought to control for …

Relationship Between Calcium Consumption From Dairy And Non-Dairy Sources On Bone Mineral Density Of College Students, Andrew M. Pescovitz

Master's Theses

Dairy product consumption has been on the decline for decades in the US and worldwide, and the increase in plant-based substitutes has grown substantially. Osteoporosis and the risk of bone fractures are serious public health issues. To date, little scientific-based studies have compared the relationship between calcium intake from dairy sources vs non-dairy sources and bone mineral density. The purpose of this study is to compare the relationships between calcium consumption from dairy vs. non-dairy sources and bone mineral density among college students. There was a total of 66 participants in the study including 15 (23%) males and 51 (77%) …

Kujdesi Infermieror Në Të Sëmurët Me Infeksion Urinar, Ermira Rexhepi

Theses and Dissertations

Infeksionet e traktit urinar janë nga infeksionet më të zakonshme që prekin njerëzit. Infeksionet e pakomplikuara ndodhin më së shpeshti në gratë ndryshe të shëndetshme kur bakteret uropatogjene, zakonisht Escherichia coli, ngjiten nga perineumi në fshikëz dhe kapërcejnë imunitetin e lindur të strehuesit. Infeksionet e komplikuara ndodhin tek pacientët me anomali anatomike ose funksionale të traktit urinar. Diagnoza vendoset në bazë të simptomave dhe saktësia diagnostike përmirësohet me anë të analizës së urinës. Kultura e urinës është e rëndësishme me infeksion të rëndë, të përsëritur ose të komplikuar dhe kur diagnoza është e paqartë, për shembull tek fëmijët dhe të …

Kanceri I Kolonit Dhe Kujdesi Infermieror, Nermina Halimi

Theses and Dissertations

Unë si infermiere e ardhshme, pretendoj të jem në shërbim të qytetarëve duke ju ndihmuar që të tejkalojnë sëmundjet dhe vështirësitë e tyre gjatë sëmundjeve, si nga aspekti profesional ashtu edhe nga aspekti i këshillimit dhe përkrahjes morale, duke i përdorur përvojat gjatë praktikave dhe gjatë dëgjimit të profesorëve dhe profesoreshave tona të nderuara që janë munduar maksimalisht që t`na japin njohuri profesionale dhe shkencore gjatë këtyre tri (3) viteve të studimeve. Ky punim është i fundit gjatë studimeve të mija, por besoj që nuk do të jetë i fundit nga ana ime profesionale gjatë viteve në vazhdim.

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Changes In Maximal Strength And Home Run Performance In Ncaa Division I Baseball Players Across 3 Competitive Seasons: A Descriptive Study, W. G. Hornsby, Abigail L. Tice, Jason D. Stone, Justin J. Merrigan, Joshua Hagen, John P. Wagle, Aaron J. Cunanan, Michael H. Stone

ETSU Faculty Works

The purpose of this longitudinal, descriptive study was to observe changes in maximal strength measured via isometric clean grip mid-thigh pull and home runs (total and home runs per game) across three years of training and three competitive seasons for four National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 baseball players. A one-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed, revealing significant univariate effects of time for peak force (PF) (p = 0.003) and peak force allometrically scaled (PFa) (p = 0.002). Increases in PF were noted from season 1 to season 2 (p = 0.031) and season 3 (p …

Ectopic Expression Of Pericentric Hsatii Rna Results In Nuclear Rna Accumulation, Mecp2 Recruitment, And Cell Division Defects, C. C. Landers, Christina Rabeler, E. K. Ferrari, Lia R. D'Alessandro , '21, D. D. Kang, J. Malisa, Safia M. Bashir , '20, Dawn M. Carone

Biology Faculty Works

Within the pericentric regions of human chromosomes reside large arrays of tandemly repeated satellite sequences. Expression of the human pericentric satellite HSATII is prevented by extensive heterochromatin silencing in normal cells, yet in many cancer cells, HSATII RNA is aberrantly expressed and accumulates in large nuclear foci in cis. Expression and aggregation of HSATII RNA in cancer cells is concomitant with recruitment of key chromatin regulatory proteins including methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2). While HSATII expression has been observed in a wide variety of cancer cell lines and tissues, the effect of its expression is unknown. We tested the effect …

Winter Dance Concert (March 12-13, 2021), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

Program for the Winter Dance Concert (March 12-13, 2021).

Impact Of Social Isolation On Mortality And Morbidity In 20 High-Income, Middle-Income And Low-Income Countries In Five Continents, Ryo Naito, Darryl P. Leong, Shrikant Ishve Bangdiwala, Martin Mckee, S V. Subramanian, Sumathy Rangarajan, Shofiqul Islam, Alvaro Avezum, Karen E. Yeates, Syed Iqbal Azam

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries.
Design: Population-based prospective observational study.
Setting: Urban and rural communities in 20 high income, middle income and low income.
Participants: 119 894 community-dwelling middle-aged adults.
Main outcome measures: Associations of social isolation with mortality, cardiovascular death, non-cardiovascular death and incident diseases.
Results: Social isolation was more common in middle-income and high-income countries compared with low-income countries, in urban areas than rural areas, in older individuals and among women, those with less education and …

20 Honored For Elevating Uab's Shared Values, Haley Herfurth

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Associations Between Parenting Stress, Feeding Practices, And Child Eating Behaviors During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Maria G. Gonzalez

Master's Theses

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an important opportunity to understand how parenting stress during social crisis may predict child feeding practices and perceptions of child mealtime behaviors. The objective of the present study was to explore whether parents’ perceived increases in and overall levels of parenting stress during the pandemic were associated with controlling feeding practices and perceptions of child eating behaviors. Parents (n = 284) of 4–6-year-old children completed a cross-sectional online survey between March and April 2020. The survey assessed parents’ perceived change in parenting stress during the onset of the pandemic and levels of parenting stress during …

Social Policy Responses To Covid-19 In Canada And The United States: Explaining Policy Variations Between Two Liberal Welfare State Regimes, Daniel Beland, Shannon Dinan, Philip Rocco, Alex Waddan

Political Science Faculty Research and Publications

Canada and the United States are often grouped together as liberal welfare-state regimes, with broadly similar levels of social spending. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic reveals, the two countries engage in highly divergent approaches to social policymaking during a massive public health emergency. Drawing on evidence from the first 5 months of the pandemic, this article compares social policy measures taken by the United States and Canadian governments in response to COVID-19. In general, we show that Canadian responses were both more rapid and comprehensive than those of the United States. This variation, we argue, can be explained by analysing …

Coronavirus Notes: Stitching A New Garment, Rick Ayers

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Writer and professor Rick Ayers, from the Teacher Education Department, invites us to embrace contingent and incomplete writing, to “write into the contradiction”, into what we don’t know rather than waiting for certainty. In his piece, Coronavirus Notes: Stitching a New Garment, he discusses how he uses writing to figure things out, to perhaps build from the rupture that we are living toward our hopes to live differently.

California V. Texas: The Role Of Congressional Procedure In Severability Doctrine, Mary Leto Pareja

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Associations Between Maternal Technology Use, Perceptions Of Infant Temperament, And Indicators Of Mother-To-Infant Attachment Quality, Shawnee Alvarez Guitierrez, Alison K. Ventura

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background: Previous research suggests parents' use of technological devices, such as TV and mobile devices, within family contexts may decrease the quality of parent-child interactions. During early infancy, mothers report engaging with technological devices during infant feeding and care interactions, however, few studies have explored potential associations between maternal technology use and the quality of mother-to-infant attachment.

Aim: To examine associations between maternal technology use during mother-infant interactions and indicators of mother-to-infant attachment during early infancy.

Study design: Cross-sectional survey.

Methods: Mothers (n = 332) of infants aged 2 to 6 months were recruited via MTurk, a crowdsourcing platform, …

Reviving The Presumption Of Youth Innocence Through A Presumption Of Release: A Legislative Framework For Abortion Of Juvenile Pretrial Detention, Sara Hildebrand

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

The Vexing Case Of Venue For Violent Crimes In Aid Of Racketeering, Melvin Otey

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Equality In Dual Enrollment: How Congress Cn Fix The Current Inequalities Created By Dual Enrollment Programs, Emily Laspina

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

Muhlenberg Magic, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN documents

No abstract provided.