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Conceptions Of Latinos And Latinas About The Grieving Process And Associate Concepts Of Dying, Death, Bereavement, And Loss: A Covid-19-Post-Pandemic Case Study, Rosario Garcia Ortiz Nov 2024

Conceptions Of Latinos And Latinas About The Grieving Process And Associate Concepts Of Dying, Death, Bereavement, And Loss: A Covid-19-Post-Pandemic Case Study, Rosario Garcia Ortiz

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to recognize the grieving process and the related concepts of Latinos who lost a loved one to the COVID-19 pandemic. Death and dying have been studied in the United States, with limited studies focusing on the Latino culture. The COVID-19 pandemic was a devastating experience for the world and continues to be studied for understanding and lessons in the aftermath. This research included four participants from the Latino culture who lost a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic. An inductive approach and data analysis were used to form theoretical constructs. Three main categories were …


Effectiveness Of Original Monovalent And Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines Against Covid-19-Associated Hospitalization And Severe In-Hospital Outcomes Among Adults In The United States, September 2022-August 2023, Jennifer Decuir, Jennie H Kwon, Et Al. Nov 2024

Effectiveness Of Original Monovalent And Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines Against Covid-19-Associated Hospitalization And Severe In-Hospital Outcomes Among Adults In The United States, September 2022-August 2023, Jennifer Decuir, Jennie H Kwon, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Assessments of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness are needed to monitor the protection provided by updated vaccines against severe COVID-19. We evaluated the effectiveness of original monovalent and bivalent (ancestral strain and Omicron BA.4/5) COVID-19 vaccination against COVID-19-associated hospitalization and severe in-hospital outcomes.

METHODS: During September 8, 2022 to August 31, 2023, adults aged ≥ 18 years hospitalized with COVID-19-like illness were enrolled at 26 hospitals in 20 US states. Using a test-negative case-control design, we estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) with multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, admission date, and geographic region.

RESULTS: Among 7028 patients, 2924 (41.6%) were …


Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Clinical Manifestations And Therapeutic Outcomes In Acute Endophthalmitis, Ana Maria Dascalu, Sanda Jurja, Carmen Luminita Mocanu, Cristina Alexandrescu, Daniela Stana, Madalina Totir, Ece Ergin, Corneliu Tudor, Catalin Cicerone Grigorescu, Dragos Serban, Laurentiu Simion, Dan Dumitrescu, Andrei Marin, Catalin Teodor Constantinescu, Bogdan Mihai Cristea Oct 2024

Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Clinical Manifestations And Therapeutic Outcomes In Acute Endophthalmitis, Ana Maria Dascalu, Sanda Jurja, Carmen Luminita Mocanu, Cristina Alexandrescu, Daniela Stana, Madalina Totir, Ece Ergin, Corneliu Tudor, Catalin Cicerone Grigorescu, Dragos Serban, Laurentiu Simion, Dan Dumitrescu, Andrei Marin, Catalin Teodor Constantinescu, Bogdan Mihai Cristea

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences

Endophthalmitis incidence and clinical characteristics was reported to change during Covid-19 pandemic, due to multiple influencing factors, such as prolonged lockdown periods, persistent immune suppression following Sars-Cov-2 infection, and mask wearing. We conducted a retrospective eight-year study, during January 2016 and December 2023, that aims to investigates the differences in terms of etiology, clinical characteristics and outcomes in cases with acute endophthalmitis, admitted before (2016-2019) and during Covid-19 pandemic (2020-2023). The two study subgroups were homogenous in term of age, gender distribution, associated comorbidities, and addressability. During Covid-19 pandemic there were significant delays in presentation (p=0.02), more cases of endogenous …


The Courts, Congress, And The Bureau Of Prisons: Using The First Step Act As An Impetus For Accountability And Legal Reform Of The Federal Carceral System, Sarah E. Ryan Oct 2024

The Courts, Congress, And The Bureau Of Prisons: Using The First Step Act As An Impetus For Accountability And Legal Reform Of The Federal Carceral System, Sarah E. Ryan

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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On December 18, 2018, the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, or First Step Act, became law. The Act reflected decades of social, racial, and economic justice advocacy and years of legislative work. In the five years preceding the Act’s passage, lawmakers built a new case for criminal justice reform.

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From 2018 to today, the First Step Act has galvanized discussions about what comes next in criminal justice reform. Most observers have criticized the limited architecture and implementation of the Act, but some have hailed the Act’s utility during the COVID-19 pandemic and …


Equalizing Disproportionate Death And Punishment In Black And Brown Communities: An Emergency Shutdown On Death, Inequality, And Deliberate Indifference, Angela Dixon Oct 2024

Equalizing Disproportionate Death And Punishment In Black And Brown Communities: An Emergency Shutdown On Death, Inequality, And Deliberate Indifference, Angela Dixon

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

(Excerpt)

According to an old saying, “death is the great equalizer.” But is it? It may be in the sense that absent a contravening force, it is an appointment that all must keep. Yet data indicates that all do not die equally. Socioeconomic status (“SES”), which includes levels of occupation, education, income, and wealth, all delay or advance mortality. People of a higher SES outlive, generally, people of a lower SES; moreover, such disparities continue to widen as trends of income inequality intensify.

Perhaps predictably, race, just like class, exacerbates inequities. Black Americans in the United States remain the pivotal …


Covid-19 And Access To Healthcare At The Crossing Of Race, Poverty, And Rurality, Shavonnie R. Carthens Oct 2024

Covid-19 And Access To Healthcare At The Crossing Of Race, Poverty, And Rurality, Shavonnie R. Carthens

Journal of Law and Health

Black Americans make up 7.7 percent of the rural population in the United States. During the COVID-19 pandemic many in this population found themselves at a unique intersection of inequity - being Black, poor, and residing in a rural area. Poverty is a known contributor to negative health outcomes and is a risk factor for death from coronavirus infection. The association between race and poverty, when examining infectivity and mortality rates of COVID-19, have disproportionately devastated Black Americans and other minorities. Further, research indicates the presence of a general “rural mortality penalty” wherein rural Black communities have higher death rates …


Unshackled: Why Eliminating Health Disparities Requires That Our Criminal Justice System Set Incarcerated Mothers And Their Developing Children Free, Angela Dixon Oct 2024

Unshackled: Why Eliminating Health Disparities Requires That Our Criminal Justice System Set Incarcerated Mothers And Their Developing Children Free, Angela Dixon

Journal of Law and Health

Incarceration of pregnant nonviolent offenders takes not only the pregnant mother captive but also her unborn child. Kept in unnecessary captivity, these innocent children may experience adverse childhood experiences (“ACES”) or lifelong damage to their physical and mental health. The experiences may be the same for children born already to the mother, as they endure the suffering of parental separation during the mother’s absence. In terms of racial health disparities, such captivity presents at least a triple threat—harm to the health of the mother, harm to the health of the unborn fetus, and harm to the health of children born …


In And Out Of The Silence: Connecting Waiting Worship With Transformative Care, Neil E. Cantrall, Scot Headley, Catherine Parry, Jim Wilkins-Luton Oct 2024

In And Out Of The Silence: Connecting Waiting Worship With Transformative Care, Neil E. Cantrall, Scot Headley, Catherine Parry, Jim Wilkins-Luton

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

This essay offers an in-depth view into the transformative care experienced by four educators who found community and soul care through regular, online meetings framed around the Quaker tradition of silent, unprogrammed worship. The four colleagues were initially brought together through participation in a doctoral program, and began meeting online when the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the program’s traditional face-to-face summer residency to a virtual format. They formed solid bonds and found deep meaning through the soul care provided by the weekly meetings. As a result, the group found that the transformative care provided for each other began to naturally overflow …


Nurses Take The Lead: Creating Gender Responsive Global Health, Hoi Shan Fokeladeh, Annette Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Madigan, Wanda Montalvo, Bongi Cristabel Sibanda, Cecilia Sironi Oct 2024

Nurses Take The Lead: Creating Gender Responsive Global Health, Hoi Shan Fokeladeh, Annette Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Madigan, Wanda Montalvo, Bongi Cristabel Sibanda, Cecilia Sironi

Sigma Global Initiatives

90% of nurses and midwives are women. Gender bias has led to underinvestment in nursing and the full potential of nurses not being used. Nurses experience high rates of violence and abuse and during the COVID-19 pandemic have suffered psychological distress, a lack of protection, and burnout. The event will raise the visibility of the work of nurses in creating gender responsive global health by exploring the importance of nurse leadership and full and effective participation in global health decision-making; safe and decent work and fair pay for nurses; and the contribution of nurses in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Targeting A Chemo-Induced Adaptive Signaling Circuit Confers Therapeutic Vulnerabilities In Pancreatic Cancer, Yohei Saito, Yi Xiao, Jun Yao, Yunhai Li, Wendao Liu, Arseniy E Yuzhalin, Yueh-Ming Shyu, Hongzhong Li, Xiangliang Yuan, Ping Li, Qingling Zhang, Ziyi Li, Yongkun Wei, Xuedong Yin, Jun Zhao, Seyed M Kariminia, Yao-Chung Wu, Jinyang Wang, Jun Yang, Weiya Xia, Yutong Sun, Eek-Hoon Jho, Paul J Chiao, Rosa F Hwang, Haoqiang Ying, Huamin Wang, Zhongming Zhao, Anirban Maitra, Mien-Chie Hung, Ronald A Depinho, Dihua Yu Oct 2024

Targeting A Chemo-Induced Adaptive Signaling Circuit Confers Therapeutic Vulnerabilities In Pancreatic Cancer, Yohei Saito, Yi Xiao, Jun Yao, Yunhai Li, Wendao Liu, Arseniy E Yuzhalin, Yueh-Ming Shyu, Hongzhong Li, Xiangliang Yuan, Ping Li, Qingling Zhang, Ziyi Li, Yongkun Wei, Xuedong Yin, Jun Zhao, Seyed M Kariminia, Yao-Chung Wu, Jinyang Wang, Jun Yang, Weiya Xia, Yutong Sun, Eek-Hoon Jho, Paul J Chiao, Rosa F Hwang, Haoqiang Ying, Huamin Wang, Zhongming Zhao, Anirban Maitra, Mien-Chie Hung, Ronald A Depinho, Dihua Yu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDACs) respond poorly to all therapies, including the first-line treatment, chemotherapy, the latest immunotherapies, and KRAS-targeting therapies. Despite an enormous effort to improve therapeutic efficacy in late-stage PDAC patients, effective treatment modalities remain an unmet medical challenge. To change the status quo, we explored the key signaling networks underlying the universally poor response of PDAC to therapy. Here, we report a previously unknown chemo-induced symbiotic signaling circuit that adaptively confers chemoresistance in patients and mice with advanced PDAC. By integrating single-cell transcriptomic data from PDAC mouse models and clinical pathological information from PDAC patients, we identified …


Effects Of Prone Position, Audrey Hermann, Payton Hamilton, Chelsea Zahn Oct 2024

Effects Of Prone Position, Audrey Hermann, Payton Hamilton, Chelsea Zahn

Group: Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences

In COVID-19 patients, how does prone positioning compare to a posterior position affect oxygenation?

P: Patients that were diagnosed with COVID-19 or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

I: Mechanically ventilating patients and proning them within two days.

C: Comparing patients that were not being proned while being mechanically ventilated.

O: Prone positioning improved survival rates in patients with COVID-19.


The Contribution Of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps To Coagulopathy In Patients With Covid-19-Related Thrombosis, Carolyn Enochs, Gabriela Delevati Colpo, Lucy Couture, Lynae Baskin, Ana E Cahuiche, Eunyoung Angela Lee, Shahid Nimjee, Louise D Mccullough Oct 2024

The Contribution Of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps To Coagulopathy In Patients With Covid-19-Related Thrombosis, Carolyn Enochs, Gabriela Delevati Colpo, Lucy Couture, Lynae Baskin, Ana E Cahuiche, Eunyoung Angela Lee, Shahid Nimjee, Louise D Mccullough

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and is associated with hypercoagulability and increased incidence of thrombotic events. In this study, we investigated the levels of neutrophil extracellular trap biomarkers and von Willebrand factor to assess if these could predict the occurrence of a thrombotic event in COVID-19 patients. We enrolled 202 patients hospitalized with symptomatic COVID-19 infection. Of those, 104 patients did not experience any type of thrombotic events before or during their hospitalization. These patients were compared to the other cohort of 98, who experienced thrombotic events before or during their hospitalization. In total, …


Tracking Modifications To Implementation Strategies: A Case Study From Snap - A Hybrid Type Iii Randomized Controlled Trial To Scale Up Integrated Systems Navigation And Psychosocial Counseling For Pwid With Hiv In Vietnam, Minh X Nguyen, Sophia M Bartels, Christopher F Akiba, Teerada Sripaipan, Ha Tt Nong, Linh Th Dang, Ha V Tran, Van Th Hoang, Giang M Le, Vivian F Go, William C Miller, Byron J Powell Oct 2024

Tracking Modifications To Implementation Strategies: A Case Study From Snap - A Hybrid Type Iii Randomized Controlled Trial To Scale Up Integrated Systems Navigation And Psychosocial Counseling For Pwid With Hiv In Vietnam, Minh X Nguyen, Sophia M Bartels, Christopher F Akiba, Teerada Sripaipan, Ha Tt Nong, Linh Th Dang, Ha V Tran, Van Th Hoang, Giang M Le, Vivian F Go, William C Miller, Byron J Powell

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Evaluation of implementation strategies is core to implementation trials, but implementation strategies often deviate from the original plan to adjust to the real-world conditions. The optimal approach to track modifications to implementation strategies is unclear, especially in low-resource settings. Using data from an implementation trial for people who inject drugs (PWID) with HIV in Vietnam, we describe the tracking of implementation strategy modifications and present findings of this process.

METHODS: SNaP (Systems Navigation and Psychosocial Counseling) is a hybrid type-III effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial aiming to scale up the evidence-based intervention, integrated systems navigation and psychosocial counseling, for PWID …


Prescription Practices, Anti-Psychotics, And Covid-19: An Intersectional Examination Of The Long-Term Care Home Setting In Canada, Olivia Ramos Oct 2024

Prescription Practices, Anti-Psychotics, And Covid-19: An Intersectional Examination Of The Long-Term Care Home Setting In Canada, Olivia Ramos

Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies

Public discourse and concern over the state of long-term care homes in Canada has been ongoing over the last two decades. One of the main sources of these concerns is the off-label prescription of anti-psychotic medications to long-term care home residents. Off-label use of pharmaceuticals is common and can be beneficial in certain contexts, however, there is a risk of anti-psychotics being used as an inappropriate means of managing patients chemically in the long-term care home setting. This paper engages in three lines of inquiry: first, the regulatory landscape of on and off-label prescription in Canada; second, the off-label use …


Characterization Of Collaborative Cross Mouse Founder Strain Cast/Eij As A Novel Model For Lethal Covid-19., Candice N Baker, Debra Duso, Nagarama Kothapalli, Tricia Hart, Sean Casey, Tres Cookenham, Larry Kummer, Janine Hvizdos, Kathleen Lanzer, Purva Vats, Priya Shanbhag, Isaac Bell, Mike Tighe, Kelsey Travis, Frank Szaba, Jeffrey M. Harder, Olivia Bedard, Natalie Oberding, Jerrold M Ward, Mark D Adams, Cathleen Lutz, Shelton S Bradrick, William W Reiley, Nadia Rosenthal Oct 2024

Characterization Of Collaborative Cross Mouse Founder Strain Cast/Eij As A Novel Model For Lethal Covid-19., Candice N Baker, Debra Duso, Nagarama Kothapalli, Tricia Hart, Sean Casey, Tres Cookenham, Larry Kummer, Janine Hvizdos, Kathleen Lanzer, Purva Vats, Priya Shanbhag, Isaac Bell, Mike Tighe, Kelsey Travis, Frank Szaba, Jeffrey M. Harder, Olivia Bedard, Natalie Oberding, Jerrold M Ward, Mark D Adams, Cathleen Lutz, Shelton S Bradrick, William W Reiley, Nadia Rosenthal

Faculty Research 2024

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) have expanded the viral host range beyond primates, and a few other mammals, to mice, affording the opportunity to exploit genetically diverse mouse panels to model the broad spectrum of responses to infection in patient populations. Here we surveyed responses to VOC infection in genetically diverse Collaborative Cross (CC) founder strains. Infection of wild-derived CC founder strains produced a broad range of viral burden, disease susceptibility and survival, whereas most other strains were resistant to disease despite measurable lung viral titers. In particular, CAST/EiJ, a wild-derived strain, developed high lung viral burdens, more …


Aromatase, Testosterone, Tmprss2: Determinants Of Covid-19 Severity, Eric C Mohan, Jude P J Savarraj, Gabriela D Colpo, Diego Morales, Carson E Finger, Alexis Mcalister, Hilda Ahnstedt, Huimahn Choi, Louise D Mccullough, Bharti Manwani Oct 2024

Aromatase, Testosterone, Tmprss2: Determinants Of Covid-19 Severity, Eric C Mohan, Jude P J Savarraj, Gabriela D Colpo, Diego Morales, Carson E Finger, Alexis Mcalister, Hilda Ahnstedt, Huimahn Choi, Louise D Mccullough, Bharti Manwani

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Male sex has been identified as a risk factor for worse COVID-19 outcomes. This sex difference has been mostly attributed to the complex role of sex hormones. Cell surface entry of SARS-CoV-2 is mediated by the transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) which is under transcriptional regulation by androgens. P450 aromatase enzyme converts androgens to estrogens. This study measured concentrations of aromatase enzyme, testosterone, estradiol, and TMPRSS-2 in plasma of hospitalized COVID-19 patients to elucidate the dynamics of sex-linked disparity in COVID-19 and correlate them with disease severity and mortality.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, a total of 265 …


University Students Speak Out: Suggestions To Improve The Move To Emergency Remote Education, Pauline Howes, Justine E. Pettigrew Oct 2024

University Students Speak Out: Suggestions To Improve The Move To Emergency Remote Education, Pauline Howes, Justine E. Pettigrew

Faculty Articles

The 2020 COVID-19 crisis forced universities to make a dramatic shift to emergency remote education (ERE). While the urgency of the pandemic is gone, schools continue implementing ERE, but more often on a short-notice, short-term basis in response to various situations. This research examines students’ suggestions for improving university transitions to ERE and applies them to post-pandemic use of ERE. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to analyze responses to an open-ended survey question answered by 2,751 students at a large Southeastern U.S. university. Responses identified main concerns as Grades and Grading (38%), Better University and Instructor Preparation (23%), Improved Learning …


Exploring Determinants Of Transit Recovery After The Covid-19 Pandemic, Udit Khandelwal Oct 2024

Exploring Determinants Of Transit Recovery After The Covid-19 Pandemic, Udit Khandelwal

Dissertations and Theses

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted public transit systems across the US, resulting in substantial declines in ridership and revenue. At the same time, ridership has increased to different levels in cities. This thesis explores the determinants of transit recovery in American cities post-pandemic. It analyzes data from the National Transit Database (NTD) and employs a two-stage least squares (2SLS) regression model first laid out by Taylor et al. (2008) for data from 2000. Similar to the results of that paper, the thesis finds strong correlation between transit ridership and variables for transit supply and urban and demographic characteristics for 2019 …


Micrornas Are Enriched At Covid-19 Genomic Risk Regions, And Their Blood Levels Correlate With The Covid-19 Prognosis Of Cancer Patients Infected By Sars-Cov-2, Simone Anfossi, Faezeh Darbaniyan, Joseph Quinlan, Steliana Calin, Masayoshi Shimizu, Meng Chen, Paola Rausseo, Michael Winters, Elena Bogatenkova, Kim-Anh Do, Ivan Martinez, Ziyi Li, Loredana Antal, Tudor Rares Olariu, Ignacio Wistuba, George A Calin Oct 2024

Micrornas Are Enriched At Covid-19 Genomic Risk Regions, And Their Blood Levels Correlate With The Covid-19 Prognosis Of Cancer Patients Infected By Sars-Cov-2, Simone Anfossi, Faezeh Darbaniyan, Joseph Quinlan, Steliana Calin, Masayoshi Shimizu, Meng Chen, Paola Rausseo, Michael Winters, Elena Bogatenkova, Kim-Anh Do, Ivan Martinez, Ziyi Li, Loredana Antal, Tudor Rares Olariu, Ignacio Wistuba, George A Calin

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Cancer patients are more susceptible to an aggressive course of COVID-19. Developing biomarkers identifying cancer patients at high risk of COVID-19-related death could help determine who needs early clinical intervention. The miRNAs hosted in the genomic regions associated with the risk of aggressive COVID-19 could represent potential biomarkers for clinical outcomes.

Patients and methods: Plasma samples were collected at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from cancer patients (N = 128) affected by COVID-19. Serum samples were collected from vaccinated healthy individuals (n = 23) at the Municipal Clinical Emergency Teaching Hospital in Timisoara, Romania. An in …


Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Intimate Partner Violence And Child Maltreatment Services In Rural Northwest North Carolina, Elisabeth G. Galphin, Adam Hege, Amy Dellinger Page Oct 2024

Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Intimate Partner Violence And Child Maltreatment Services In Rural Northwest North Carolina, Elisabeth G. Galphin, Adam Hege, Amy Dellinger Page

Journal of Appalachian Health

The current study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on IPV and child maltreatment services in rural northwestern North Carolina. Qualitative interviews were conducted with eight professionals representing six service organizations across four counties. The findings highlighted challenges these agencies faced throughout the pandemic, new risks for the clients served, and positive outcomes. In addition, it has been a useful learning experience as public health and social service agencies learn to serve their communities more effectively moving forward. This is especially relevant for rural communities, as it has put public health preparedness at the forefront.


Using Public Funeral And Obituary Listings To Identify Spikes In Excess Mortality In One Appalachian County, Allen Archer, Melissa White, Megan Quinn, Randy Wykoff Oct 2024

Using Public Funeral And Obituary Listings To Identify Spikes In Excess Mortality In One Appalachian County, Allen Archer, Melissa White, Megan Quinn, Randy Wykoff

Journal of Appalachian Health

Introduction: Delays (10-22 months) in availability of official state and county-level mortality data could have significant public health consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need for health officials to access timely death data to identify unexpected increases in mortality in their communities.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if funeral home listings and/or newspaper obituaries could help identify excess mortality on the local level, prior to the availability of official death records.

Methods: To calculate excess mortality, four years (2017–2020) of data were collected from three sources: the state health department, online funeral home listings, and newspaper …


Refereed Research - Religiosity And Sociality As Sources Of Resilience For Women Subsistence Entrepreneurs During The Pandemic, Rozina Akther Oct 2024

Refereed Research - Religiosity And Sociality As Sources Of Resilience For Women Subsistence Entrepreneurs During The Pandemic, Rozina Akther

Subsistence Marketplaces

This study examines challenges faced by subsistence women entrepreneurs during COVID-19, the crisis of 2020, and their resilience in addressing the circumstances. The results of qualitative interviews with 13 subsistence marketplace women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh are presented in this article. In the current study, two themes are found to best capture the experiences and resilience of women business owners in the subsistence marketplaces. Furthermore, the study provides important insights from informant interviews, showing how women business owners navigate their operations during a pandemic. It highlights attributes such as relational strength and faith in a higher power that contribute to their …


Evaluation With Structural Equation Modeling Of Variables Affecting Health-Seeking Behaviors During The Covid-19 Pandemic In İstanbul, Türkiye, Pinar Atali, Seyhan Hidiroğlu, Ali̇can Sarisaltik, Melda Karavuş Oct 2024

Evaluation With Structural Equation Modeling Of Variables Affecting Health-Seeking Behaviors During The Covid-19 Pandemic In İstanbul, Türkiye, Pinar Atali, Seyhan Hidiroğlu, Ali̇can Sarisaltik, Melda Karavuş

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The relation between the demographic characteristics of individuals and their health-seeking behaviors was presented and the effects of health cognitions, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and coronavirus fear levels on health-seeking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic were examined.Materials and methods: This descriptive survey study was conducted in the Tuzla District of İstanbul, Türkiye, between March and June 2021. Results: From analysis of the 391 participants, 60.0% were females, 27.1% were between 31 and 40 years of age, 47.0% were healthcare professionals, and the perceived socioeconomic status of 50.9% was above average. According to the results, the women exhibited more health-seeking behavior …


Role Of Ct-Based Body Composition Parameters In The Course Of Covid-19, Elçi̇n Aydin, Begüm Ergi̇n, Ezgi̇ Güvel Verdi̇, Özge Coşkun, Şükrü Şahi̇n, Ali̇ Haydar Baykan, Hi̇lal Şahi̇n Oct 2024

Role Of Ct-Based Body Composition Parameters In The Course Of Covid-19, Elçi̇n Aydin, Begüm Ergi̇n, Ezgi̇ Güvel Verdi̇, Özge Coşkun, Şükrü Şahi̇n, Ali̇ Haydar Baykan, Hi̇lal Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: A significant correlation is observed between the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and body composition parameters including visceral fat quantification, muscle mass, and hepatic attenuation. The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between the extent of lung involvement and various computed tomography (CT) parameters, as well as laboratory findings in COVID-19 patients.Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 72 adult patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection who underwent two consecutive thorax CT scans at least 2 weeks apart. The patients were divided into two groups, as progressive and nonprogressive, …


“I Had No Idea”: At-Risk College Student Knowledge Of Financial Aid And Resources, Elizabeth A. Rainey, Zach W. Taylor Oct 2024

“I Had No Idea”: At-Risk College Student Knowledge Of Financial Aid And Resources, Elizabeth A. Rainey, Zach W. Taylor

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Although research has explored what college students struggle to understand about financial aid, no research has investigated how at-risk students on financial aid probation articulate their financial aid knowledge and the gaps in that knowledge. As a result, this content analysis investigates online discussion board posts from a credit-bearing student success course for at-risk students (GPA < 2.00 or below a 67% completed over attempted credit hours ratio) to learn how these students conceptualized their financial aid knowledge and how prior knowledge could have helped them before reaching probationary financial aid status. This study involved 110 students across three semesters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest students lacked financial aid knowledge to plan their college career, specifically with student loans. They relied on a range of familial resources, but were often unaware that their academic progress was tied to their financial aid. Implications for research, policy, and practice are addressed.


Modern Band Music Teachers' Adoption Of A Community Music Ethos In Online Teaching During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Bryan Powell, Gareth Dylan Smith, Warren Gramm, David Knapp Oct 2024

Modern Band Music Teachers' Adoption Of A Community Music Ethos In Online Teaching During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Bryan Powell, Gareth Dylan Smith, Warren Gramm, David Knapp

Visions of Research in Music Education

At intersections of popular music education, music technology, and community music practices, music teachers in the United States adapted to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically from March 2020 to March 2021. The purpose of this research was to better understand the perspectives of modern band teachers regarding the opportunities and challenges of teaching music during the pandemic. The researchers interviewed four teachers who taught modern band (popular music) in public schools in geographically and demographically distinct parts of the US and found that each educator adopted a community music ethos in the online environment. An analysis of …


Effect Of Covid-19 Vaccination On Covid-19 Mortality By Age In Georgia, Brennan Bogdanovich, Mckenzie E. Maloney, James Pollock, Lane Langston, Brittany Ange, Jack Yu Oct 2024

Effect Of Covid-19 Vaccination On Covid-19 Mortality By Age In Georgia, Brennan Bogdanovich, Mckenzie E. Maloney, James Pollock, Lane Langston, Brittany Ange, Jack Yu

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Purpose: The COVID-19 epidemic led to significant morbidity and mortality globally, especially among the elderly. Because SARS-CoV-2 is a novel viral pathogen, there was a lack of preventative and treatment options. Availability of effective vaccines has been an important factor in determining the epidemic trajectory. Analyzing the effects of the vaccines in reducing mortality across age groups is important for guiding future public health responses. The objective of this study was to determine the association between age and COVID-19 mortality pre- and post-vaccination periods amongst Georgians.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used COVID-19 case numbers, COVID-19 deaths, age at time of …


Stemming The Flow: Strategies To Address The Production Arts Skills Shortage Within Australian Theatre And Performance Practice, Tessa Rixon, Anthony Brumpton Oct 2024

Stemming The Flow: Strategies To Address The Production Arts Skills Shortage Within Australian Theatre And Performance Practice, Tessa Rixon, Anthony Brumpton

Behind the Scenes: Journal of Theatre Production Practice

The lockdown, cancellations, and uncertainties of COVID-19 triggered a large-scale exit of skilled professional technicians, managers, and designers from the Australian arts industry. A significant gap in the national workforce of production artists has since emerged, forcing arts organisations to work with smaller teams and employ younger people with little to no training or knowledge. These pressures are beginning to impact the industry’s ability to meet the post-COVID demand to stage live performances, yet little information has been collected to fully comprehend the issue or to suggest solutions.

Conducted throughout 2023, this research sought to understand the current situation of …


Racial Residential Segregation And Covid-19 Health Outcomes: Evidence From The State Of Georgia, Palak Patel, Simon Medcalfe, Catherine P. Slade Oct 2024

Racial Residential Segregation And Covid-19 Health Outcomes: Evidence From The State Of Georgia, Palak Patel, Simon Medcalfe, Catherine P. Slade

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

ABSTRACT

Background:

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH), the state of Georgia reported 563,658 cumulative COVID-19 cases and 9,845 total deaths in 2020. Decades of research on racial disparities in health outcomes suggest we should not be surprised with the disproportionate number of cases, hospital visits, and deaths of non-white and Black Georgia residents. Racial disparities in health are often defined by a Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) model. One understudied SDOH is racial residential segregation. In this study we explore the relationship between racial residential segregation and COVID-19 health outcomes. Our paper addresses critical challenges for …


Understanding The Role Of Perceived Racial Discrimination On Adolescent Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jill V. Klosky, Delia Lang, Briana Woods-Jaeger, Julie Gazmararian Oct 2024

Understanding The Role Of Perceived Racial Discrimination On Adolescent Mental Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jill V. Klosky, Delia Lang, Briana Woods-Jaeger, Julie Gazmararian

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association

Abstract

Background: Adolescent mental health declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. Racial discrimination, which may negatively affect adolescent mental health, has increased. This study sought to understand whether pre-pandemic reports of racial discrimination predicted changes in adolescent depression, anxiety, and self-esteem from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Two online surveys were administered at two public high schools in semi-rural, north-central Georgia; one in Spring 2020, just before the closing of public schools due to COVID-19; the other to the same students in Fall 2020.

Results: Most participants were White (62%) and the majority (88%), reported the same or better …