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Teachers’ And Education Leaders’ Perspectives On Using Technology To Develop Vocabulary Among Kindergarten English Learners, Nelsy J. Jackson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractResearch has shown that technology-mediated interventions in education can increase students’ understanding of academic vocabulary. However, it is not known how teachers provide opportunities for kindergarten English learners (ELs) to learn vocabulary using technology, and school leaders support teachers in this endeavor. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to understand teachers' and school leaders’ perspectives on opportunities for kindergarten ELs to use technology to develop vocabulary in an urban school in the southwest United States. The theoretical framework for this study was based on Cummins’s theory of basic interpersonal communication skills and cognitive academic language proficiency. Using purposeful …

Fall Prevention On The In-Patient Neurological Stroke Unit, Syvol Letwan Middleton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractThe purpose of this quality improvement (QI) evaluation project was to decrease patient falls on a neurological stroke unit. This unit had the most falls throughout the hospital system. The unit averaged 50-60 falls per year with an average of 4.75 falls per month. Guided by Neumann’s system model, the project targeted those patients at the highest risk for falling related to deficits post-stroke and post-neurological disease process. Staff were informed about Last fall, Express needs, Awareness of safety, and Frequency of bowel and bladder (LEAF) to determine if this tool could decrease falls in the neurological stroke population patients. …

Gender-Based Hiv Epidemic, Care Retention, And Medication Adherence In South-South Nigeria, Iniobong U. Akai

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractWomen 15-24 years of age globally have a 60% higher rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection than men and account for over half of the population of people living with HIV worldwide. In Akwa Ibom State (AKS), Nigeria, more women than men are infected and living with HIV despite being the minority. The socioecological model and HIV treatment cascade framework formed the theoretical foundation for the study. The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of gender on the drivers of the HIV epidemic in AKS using data from the AKS AIDS Indicator Survey. I examined the …

African American Students’ Perceptions Of A Community College Mentoring Program, Julia Anderson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractA local community college was experiencing poor retention rates among African American students, an issue that has challenged community colleges across the United States. To improve this group’s retention, college administrators instituted a mentoring program; however, they later indicated a need to better understand which mentoring strategies were most effective. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how students in the program perceived the effects of mentoring, which mentoring strategies they found to be effective, and whether they perceived mentoring as positively impacting their retention. Tinto’s student integration theory provided the conceptual framework to show a connection between …

A Phenomenological Study On Protective Factors Preventing College-Aged Criminal Activity During Cameroon’S Anglophone Crisis, Melvis N. Asongwed

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The Anglophone crisis, in which marginalization of the English-speaking regions in Cameroon began in October 2016 and has become one of the most prominent social problems in the nation’s history. It has led to loss of lives, infrastructure damage, displacement of families, incidents of mass violence, unemployment, and a rise in criminal activity in the Anglophone regions. Grounded in the phenomenological approach and guided by the general strain theory (GST), this qualitative inquiry explored the protective factors that have reduced or prevented criminal activity for college students in the Anglophone regions during the crisis. Semi structure interviewing guided participant responses. …

Improving Nurse-Patient Communication Through Motivational Interviewing In A Step-Down Unit, Ana G. Becker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractPatient satisfaction is an essential component in assessing the quality of nursing care. Often monitored through patient satisfaction surveys, this doctorate in nursing practice project (DNP) was developed to improve the problem of low Press Ganey nurse-patient communication scores for a medical-surgical step-down unit. The aim of the project was to develop a staff education program for the purpose of introducing motivational interviewing as an intervention to improve nurse-patient satisfaction scores. Lewin’s change model, Knowles’ adult learning theory, and the analysis, design, develop, implement, and evaluate (ADDIE) model were used to guide the development of the DNP project. Conducted over …

The Relationship Between Counterproductive Work Behavior And Emotional Intelligence Among Leaders In Corrections, John Fitzgerald Caraway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The need for soft skills in corrections and law enforcement continues to be polarized in the media, and the courts, costing organizations billions in litigation and, in some cases, costing the lives for which the individuals have sworn to protect. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study aimed to examine the relationship between counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and emotional intelligence (EI). The research questions focused on the relationship between CWB and EI among leaders in corrections with age, gender, education, and veteran status as control variables. The relationship between a leader's CWB and their EI was not known. The theoretical …

First-Year Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Mentor Program In A Southeastern School District, Taylor L. Castaldo

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many educators are leaving their teaching positions, especially in the early years of their career. This has led many states and districts to mandate teacher mentor programs for new teachers with the hope of retaining these teachers. However, even with these mentor programs, new teachers are continuing to leave their positions, which affects the district, the school, its employees, and the students. A lack of knowledge about teachers’ experiences as mentees in mentoring programs limits a state’s ability to improve programs. This study was conducted to address this gap in knowledge. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore …

Educating Registered Nurses On Interventions To Alleviate Compassion Fatigue, Andre Sabrina Castor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Staff Education Program To Reduce Burnout Among Health Care Professionals On A Long-Term Care Unit, Emelda Mati Che

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractBurnout negatively impacts the performance of health care providers, decreasing the quality of care provided to patients and affecting patients’ experience. This problem is evident in health care staff on long-term care units (LTCUs) as they strive to meet their patients’ chronic and acute care needs. Health care professionals often lack adequate knowledge on how to manage work-related stress and reduce the issue of burnout in this work environment. The health care professionals working on the LTCU at the local continuing care retirement facility were identified as lacking knowledge to manage work-related stress and burnout. Addressing this problem is essential …

Impact Of Race And Socioeconomic Factors On Infant Mortality Between Non-Hispanic Black And White Women, Chukuma Clifton Chijioke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract This quantitative retrospective study with a correlational design examined the impact of race and socioeconomic factors on the high infant mortality (IM) among non-Hispanic Black women compared to non-Hispanic White women in one midwestern US state county. Though the IM in the U.S. has consistently decreased, a disparity exists between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White women. Non-Hispanic Black women are twice as likely to experience infant deaths as non-Hispanic White women. This study utilized secondary data derived from vital records maintained by the county public health department. The research was grounded in the ecological model. Logistic regression was used …

Predictive Factors Of Bullshit Receptivity Among Adults, Gregory Coffing

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Bullshit receptivity is a relatively new concept in the field of psychology and refers to people’s susceptibility to providing meaning to meaningless claims. Ascribing meaning to meaningless claims is a way to make inaccurate judgments regarding the behaviors, events, and interactions around each person. The research on bullshit receptivity is scant. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional survey design study was to investigate whether critical thinking, individualism–collectivism, political ideology, religiosity, right-wing authoritarianism, social–dominance orientation, and need for closure predict bullshit receptivity. These variables were selected to represent a greater conglomeration of daily internal and external factors that affect a person’s …

The Employees’ Perspective: Situational Leadership Style Flexibility And Effectiveness And Employee Performance In A Technological Organization, Merari Cortes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor employee performance can have adverse effects on business outcomes. Business leaders are concerned with poor performance, which can minimize profitability and negatively impact business sustainability. Grounded in the Situational Leadership II® model, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between situational leadership style flexibility, effectiveness, and employee performance as perceived by employees, controlling for employee gender, job location, and tenure. A random sample of 99 technology company employees completed the Leader Behavior Analysis II®– Other and the Employee Job Performance measurement tools. Using hierarchical multilinear regression, employee gender, job location, and tenure were entered …

Experiences And Perceptions Of Hospital Social Workers Regarding Discharge Planning And Readmission, Kenshara Cravens

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program in 2010 to decrease the problem of hospital readmissions. This program reduces hospital reimbursements from Medicare or Medicaid when patients with specific diagnoses are readmitted within 30 days of discharge. This generic qualitative study explored hospital social workers’ experiences and perceptions of the impact of discharge planning on hospital readmission. Meleis’s transitions theory provided the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 10 female medical social workers. Data analysis entailed categorizing and classifying the data into emerging themes to answer the research …

Small Beauty Salon Business Strategies For Sustaining Operations Beyond 5 Years, Yolanda Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractFifty percent of all small businesses fail within the first 5 years of operation, which includes some small salon business owners who lack effective strategies to sustain and maintain their businesses beyond 5 years. Using contingency theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies some small salon business owners use to sustain and maintain their business beyond 5 years. Five small beauty salon business owners in Georgia were selected based on their strategies to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and public documents from participants’ business websites and social …

Effect Of Gender On The Relationship Between Leadership Style And Employee Engagement, Shawana Denise Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This study examined the degree to which the views of transformational and transactional leadership style, based on gender, influence leader-follower employee engagement. The study was conducted using a non-experimental quantitative research design, resulting in a proposed theoretical model that defines gender as a moderating variable on leadership style that predicts leader-follower employee engagement. The sample frame was drawn from entry-level front-line employees located in the Southeastern US region. Employing multiple regression analysis, this quantitative investigation analyzed participants utilizing MLQ-5X leadership scores and employees’ ISA Engagement Scale scores. Participants (N = 102) completed both survey instruments. The research examined one research …

Assessing The Impact Of Domestic Violence Upon The Lives Of African American Women, Meleh Duarto

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Domestic violence is a public health problem in the United States. It can be associated with physical, mental, emotional, and psychological problems for the victims. African American (AA) women experience this type of violence more than any other ethnicity or race. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study is to identify and report AA women’s lived experiences of domestic violence. Even though research devoted to understanding domestic/intimate partner violence’s consequences is limited, this problem has devastating consequences for AA women. This problem needs immediate attention. Likewise, there is limited empirical research done on the topic: Why do African Americans experience …

Effect Of Family Engagement On The Behavioral Health Of Mentally Ill Offenders, Jessica Rae Horn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

In the United States, 40% of incarcerated individuals have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder, but they often lack the support system needed to navigate their incarceration. This study addressed ways to understand how family engagement opportunities can improve the behavioral health of mentally ill offenders. Specifically, five research questions were used to explore the degree to which the practice of family engagement was understood as a method for providing support to mentally ill incarcerated individuals. The study followed the Baldrige Framework of Excellence to identify current organizational leadership and management issues that can help reach its goals, improve …

Nonprofit Administrator Strategies To Procure And Retain Long-Term Donors, Dr. Maxine Rolle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract Nonprofit sector administrators inability to procure and retain long-term donors can result in reduced revenue and possible organization failure. Nonprofit administrators who lack strategies to procure and retain long-term donors can negatively impact organizational performance and success. Grounded in network theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies nonprofit administrators use to procure and retain long-term committed donors to remain operable. The participants comprised four administrators of four separate nonprofit organizations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida who procured and retained long-term committed donors to remain operable for at least 5 years. Data were collected through semistructured …

Informal Caregivers’ Experiences Of Caring For Older Adults Diagnosed With Urinary Tract Infections, Novelett M. Stennett-James

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Informal caregivers’ experiences of caring for older adults diagnosed with a urinary tract infection (UTI) is a prevalent issue that affects adults as they age. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to understand informal caregivers’ experiences observing and reporting to doctors observable changes of behavior in older adults that were later linked to unconventional symptoms of potential UTIs. Attribution theory was used as the theoretical framework for this study. This qualitative study addressed the research question of informal caregivers’ experiences observing and reporting to doctors observed changes in older adults associated with unconventional UTI symptoms. Data were collected …

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Issue 4.8 of the “Teen Appeal” published by the University of Memphis Journalism Department and Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, on May 8, 2001.

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Sleep Health Education To Promote Public Health: Attitudes And Desired Learning Goals Among Social Work Students, Christine Spadola, Danielle B. Groton, Kerry Littlewood, Cassie Hilditch, Shanna Burke, Suzanne M. Bertisch

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Social workers are often front line behavioral health providers for underserved populations, many of whom experience sleep disturbances. Inadequate sleep presents a public health challenge and is associated with many adverse physical health and mental health consequences. Social workers are uniquely positioned to promote sleep health among individuals experiencing health inequities. However, sleep is rarely included as part of the curricula in social work programs in the U.S. We conducted qualitative formative research to investigate social work students’ perceptions of sleep education and desired sleep learning objectives. Twenty-five social work students were recruited via a listserv e-mail to participate in …

The Oligarchic Courthouse: Jurisdiction, Corporate Power, And Democratic Decline, Luke Norris, Helen Hershkoff

Law Faculty Publications

Jurisdiction is foundational to the exercise of a court’s power. It is precisely for this reason that subject matter jurisdiction today has come to the center of a struggle over corporate power and the regulatory state. Corporations have sought to manipulate forum choice to wear out less-resourced parties and circumvent hearings on the merits, along the way insulating themselves from laws that seek to govern their behavior. Corporations have done so by making creative arguments to lock plaintiffs out of court and push them into arbitration, and failing that, to lock plaintiffs into federal court rather than state court or …