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Promoting Adolescent Mental And Physical Health: Initiatives Focused On Connecting Public Health And Social Services To The Health Sector In Nebraska, Theresa Nguyen
Capstone Experience: Master of Public Health
This capstone focuses on the second recommendation of improving access to comprehensive, coordinated health services from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth (2019). This proposal uses secondary data from the research project, Moving Evidence-Based Recommendations to Practice to Strengthen the Health Care System in Nebraska. Key stakeholders (n=28) were interviewed from the health care, public health, social services, and policy sectors. Each subject was asked to participate in a semi-structured interview by a trained interviewer. The interview was 1 hour long and conducted via phone call or Zoom. …
Community College Women’S Perceptions Of Hpv And Cervical Cancer, Odella Dianne Hagan
Community College Women’S Perceptions Of Hpv And Cervical Cancer, Odella Dianne Hagan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Community college women do not obtain the HPV vaccine at the same rate as university women. The aim of this study was to discover the perceptions of community college women in relation to the human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated cancers, the perceived barriers and benefits of obtaining the HPV vaccination, and how health behavior decisions may be impacted by self-concept. A qualitative research design incorporating thematic analytic was used to analyze interviews whose questions were specifically guided by the health belief model. Student volunteers aged 18 to 45 years were recruited from a large urban community college. An inductive thematic …
Examining The Risks And Resilience Of Older Adults Living With Hiv/Aids: Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Studies In Southern Nevada, Brandon Ranuschio
Examining The Risks And Resilience Of Older Adults Living With Hiv/Aids: Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Studies In Southern Nevada, Brandon Ranuschio
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Since the height of the HIV pandemic in the 1980s, medical interventions have significantly increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) and made HIV/AIDS a livable, chronic health condition. Because of this, PLWH have been living longer lives and thriving with the help of HIV sector healthcare and service providers. However, with their longer life expectancy, older PLWH have been experiencing other health challenges. One such challenge is the risk of developing HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND), which is a condition that affects up to 50% of PLWH at some point in their lifetime, with middle-aged and older …
The Impacts Of Economic Incentives On The Healthcare Safety Net, Justin Markowski
The Impacts Of Economic Incentives On The Healthcare Safety Net, Justin Markowski
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations
The healthcare safety net is a foundational component of the broader US healthcare system. This collection of programs, organizations, and providers was created and structured by policy makers with the primary objective to expand access to high-quality healthcare in traditionally underserved communities. However, it is often unclear whether these policy efforts successfully counteract the systemic profit motives and baseline financial disincentives that are structured against certain patient groups and communities. This dissertation aims to explore the relationship between three sets of economic incentives and their respective policy environments, investigating the associated impacts on the performance and functioning of the safety …
Building Advocacy In The Younger Generation Through The Adopt A School Program Of The University Of South Florida College Of Public Health Activist Lab-A Commentary, Karen Liller, Madison Sanders, Erin Millsapps, Truc Ho, Kanika Chandra, Rolando Trejos
Building Advocacy In The Younger Generation Through The Adopt A School Program Of The University Of South Florida College Of Public Health Activist Lab-A Commentary, Karen Liller, Madison Sanders, Erin Millsapps, Truc Ho, Kanika Chandra, Rolando Trejos
Florida Public Health Review
No abstract required as this is a commentary.