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Health Outcomes For Low-Income Older Adults With Diabetes Who Receive Services From Meals On Wheels, Monyca Johnson

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

INTRODUCTION: As the population continues to age and healthcare costs steadily increase, identifying what factors possibly add to the risk of hospitalization will help find effective solutions targeting these issues. HYPOTHESIS: We hypothesized that Medicaid and Medicare dual eligibility, membership in a racial minority, and female gender would increase the risk of hospitalizations in the past year. We further hypothesized that receipt of food assistance would decrease the risk of hospitalization for older adults with diabetes. METHODS: For this study, we conducted a secondary analysis of data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHA TS) to test the …

Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2019, Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater Magazine

Contents include features about bear tales, students with disabilities, reentering classrooms, faculty of alumni, and a dedicated librarian. Also featured, a message from President, plus Bridgewater and alumni news.

At The Intersection Of Health And Justice: How The Health Of American Indians And Alaska Natives Is Disproportionately Affected By Disparities In The Criminal Justice System, Bette Jacobs, Mehgan Gallagher, Nicole Heydt

Belmont Law Review

American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are a neglected population in the United States. Their health and welfare needs are often swept aside and, because of historical treaty agreements with the United States government, they suffer disparities in the justice system and, consequently, poor health. A deep look into everyday life for an AI/AN tells a story of poverty and relatively low life expectancy, proportionately high incidences of disease, high rates of incarceration, and prolific alcohol and substance abuse. AI/ANs are incarcerated at a higher rate proportionately than their white counterparts. They experience harsher sentences, due in part to jurisdictional …

Cognitive And Functional Status Of Persons Newly Enrolled At Dementia-Specific Adult Day Centers And Burden Of Their Caregivers, David A. Chiriboga, Nan S. Park, Karen Gilbert, Victor A. Molinari, Mary Barnes

Child and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Background and Objectives: Recognizing the important role that dementia-specific adult day centers have in maintaining persons with a neurocognitive disorder in their home, this article examines three critical indicators at the time when people first enroll in such a center: cognitive and functional impairment of the enrollee, and burden reported by their family caregivers. We also considered variations in these 3 indicators by race/ethnicity and by the relationship of caregiver to the new enrollee.

Research Design and Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected by a nonprofit organization operating 11 dementia-specific adult day centers located on the east …

Psychological And Social Factors Associated With Sleep Health Across Adulthood, Soomi Lee, Orfeu M. Buxton

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Sleep is associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, as well as daily social interactions and productivity. Studies often have focused on sleep duration only, lacking the ability to comprehensively understand the importance of age-related changes in varied facets of sleep health. Moreover, psychological and social factors that may be associated with sleep health in adulthood are still poorly understood. This symposium showcases contemporary endeavors towards understanding how diverse indicators of sleep health relate to psychological and social factors across adulthood. Paper 1 uses perceived job discrimination as a social stressor to test associations between perceived job discrimination and …

U.S. Adolescent And Adult Women's Experiences Accessing And Using Toilets In Schools, Workplaces, And Public Spaces: A Multi-Site Focus Group Study To Inform Future Research In Bladder Health, Deepa R Camenga, Sonya S Brady, Cecilia T Hardacker, Beverly R Williams, Jeni Hebert-Beirne, Aimee S James, Kathryn Burgio, Jesse Nodora, Jean F Wyman, Amanda Berry, Lisa K Low, Prevention Of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (Plus) Research Consortium

Open Access Publications

The World Health Organization recognizes access to clean and safe toilets as crucial for public health. This study explored U.S. adolescent and adult cisgender women's lived experiences accessing toilets in schools, workplaces, and public spaces. As part of the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium, we conducted 44 focus groups with female participants (n = 360; ages 11-93). Focus groups were stratified by age (11-14, 15-17, 18-25, 26-44, 45-64, 65+) and conducted across 7 geographically diverse U.S. sites from July 2017-April 2018. Using a transdisciplinary approach, we conducted conventional qualitative coding informed by our PLUS conceptual framework …

Influence Of Environmental Factors On Social Participation Post-Stroke, Erin L. Foley, Marjorie L. Nicholas, Carolyn M. Baum, Lisa Tabor Connor

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Hyperadrenocorticism Of Calorie Restriction Contributes To Its Anti‐Inflammatory Action In Mice, Brian D. Allen, Chen-Yu Liao, Jianhua Shu, Louis J. Muglia, Joseph A. Majzoub, Vivian Diaz, James F. Nelson

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Instructing Students How To Use Evidence-Based Technology Interventions With Older Adults, Michele L. Tilstra, Michelle L. Webb, Sandra E. Groger

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Current evidence supports the use of technology with older adults and the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education standards for entry-level occupational therapy programs mandate instruction on the use of technology to support occupational performance. The literature does not clearly define specific strategies to teach entry-level occupational therapy students how to implement technology interventions with older adults. The purpose of this paper is to provide OT educators with recommendations for teaching entry-level students to use evidence-based technology with older adults. The authors reviewed current literature. The recent evidence helped the authors define practical curriculum recommendations for instructing entry-level occupational therapy …

Appendices: Failures, Errors And Mistakes: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Amber Simpson, Adam V. Maltese, Alice Anderson, Euisuk Sung

Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership Faculty Scholarship

Terms such as failure, mistakes, errors, obstacles, and struggle are used interchangeably, but each carry different connotations and discipline-specific meanings. Reactions to experiencing a failure can range as well, from being seen as having educative value to be debilitating. These reactions are based on criteria like environment, prior experiences and individual characteristics, to name a few. The purpose of this chapter is to synthesize and clarify how these terms are articulated and utilized in research studies and commentaries published between 1970 and 2017. Through a systematic literature review, we will discuss similarities and differences in how researchers defined these terms, …

The Lew.1wr1 Rat Model Is Glucose Intolerant, Genoah Collins

Theses

The susceptibility to the development of glucose intolerance in the young adult type 1 diabetes model LEW.1 WRl was investigated. The animals were given either a 10% fat 7% sucrose diet or a 45% high fat 21% sucrose diet for 10 weeks. Two glucose tolerance tests (GTT) and an insulin tolerance test (ITT) were performed at 0, 8, and 4 weeks, respectively. Terminal anesthetized blood glucose was measured before sacrifice . Serum obtained at harvest was used for a metabolic hormone and cytokine/chemokine multiplex array and ongoing metabolomics studies. Pancreata collected at harvest were used for histological examination of islets. …

Csbs Statements, V21, 2019, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Statements

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Lhuft Bibliography January 2019, Karyl Johnson, Jane Deighan

Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

ความสามารถในการทำงานและปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องของบุคลากรทางการแพทย์สูงอายุในโรงพยาบาลตติยภูมิแห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร, ศรวิทย์ โอสถศิลป์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงพรรณนา ณ จุดใดจุดหนึ่ง มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาถึงความสามารถในการทำงานและปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องของบุคลากรทางการแพทย์สูงอายุในโรงพยาบาลตติยภูมิแห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร กลุ่มตัวอย่างเป็นบุคลากรทางการแพทย์ที่มีอายุตั้งแต่ 45 ปีขึ้นไป จำนวน 285 คน คัดเลือกโดยการสุ่มตัวอย่างแบบชั้นภูมิตามสัดส่วนของแต่ละกลุ่มอาชีพ เครื่องมือที่ใช้คือแบบสอบถามดัชนีชี้วัดความสามารถในการทำงาน (Work ability index) ฉบับภาษาไทย และแบบสอบถามเกี่ยวกับปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความสามารถในการทำงาน ข้อมูลจะถูกวิเคราะห์ด้วยสถิติเชิงพรรณาและการวิเคราะห์การถดถอยโลจิสติกแบบเชิงชั้น ผลการวิจัย พบว่ากลุ่มตัวอย่างส่วนใหญ่มีระดับความสามารถในการทำงานอยู่ในระดับดี จำนวน 166 คน (ร้อยละ 58.2) และดัชนีชี้วัดความสามารถในการทำงานเฉลี่ยอยู่ที่ 38.8 คะแนน (SD = 4.50) และโดยปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์ ได้แก่ เคยมีประวัติการสูบบุหรี่ (ORadj = 11.43, 95% CI = 1.78 – 73.36) มีสิ่งแวดล้อมในการทำงานที่ไม่ดีในด้านการยศาสตร์ (ORadj = 4.22, 95% CI = 1.80 – 9.90) กลุ่มอาชีพแพทย์ (ORadj = 12.36, 95% CI = 2.15 – 71.00) มีความขัดแย้งกันกับบุคคลในครอบครัว (ORadj = 2.63, 95% CI = 1.14 – 6.06) เพศชาย (ORadj = 0.06, 95% CI = 0.01 - 0.32) ระดับการศึกษาสูงสุดสูงกว่าปริญญาตรี (ORadj = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.14 – 0.93) และรายได้ต่อเดือนมากกว่าทุก 1 พันบาท (ORadj = 0.95, 95% …

ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างการรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ และความซึมเศร้าในนิสิตนักศึกษา โดยมีการรับรู้ความรักของพ่อแม่ การรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการเรียนและด้านสังคมเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน, ณัฐธัญ ชวนชัยรัตน์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษากลุ่มนิสิตนักศึกษาในเรื่องความสัมพันธ์ของการรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ที่ส่งผลให้เกิดความซึมเศร้า โดยมีการรับรู้ความรักของพ่อแม่ การรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการเรียนและด้านสังคมเป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่าน โดยผู้เข้าร่วมงานวิจัย คือ นิสิตนักศึกษาทุกชั้นปีในระดับปริญญาตรี มีอายุระหว่าง 18-24 ปี การวิจัยครั้งนี้ผู้วิจัยใช้กลุ่มตัวอย่าง จำนวน 290 คน ผู้วิจัยตรวจสอบสมมติฐานด้วยการวิเคราะห์การทดสอบตัวแปรส่งผ่าน (Mediation analysis) ในการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1. การรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ มีความสัมพันธ์ทางบวกกับ ความซึมเศร้า เมื่อควบคุมอิทธิพลของตัวแปรส่งผ่านทั้ง 3 ตัวแปร พบว่ามีความสัมพันธ์ต่อกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (β = .22, p < .01) 2. การรับรู้ความรักของพ่อแม่ เป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่านระหว่าง การรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ และความซึมเศร้า (β = .09, p < .05) 3. การรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านการเรียน ไม่ได้เป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่านระหว่าง การรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ และความซึมเศร้า เนื่องจากช่วงของความเชื่อมั่นมีค่าคลุม 0 (β = .03, 95% ของช่วงชั้นความเชื่อมั่น [-.0019, .06]) 4. การรับรู้ความสามารถของตนเองด้านสังคม เป็นตัวแปรส่งผ่านระหว่าง การรับรู้การเลี้ยงดูแบบเฮลิคอปเตอร์ และความซึมเศร้า (β = .03, p < .01)

Access To Higher Education, Job Mismatch, And Wage Penalties In Thailand, Palita Saripan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study considers whether close proximity to higher education institutions increases the probability of earning a bachelor’s degree, overeducation, and horizontal mismatch between degree and occupation. Using data from the 2015 and 2016 Labor Force Survey of the National Statistical Office of Thailand, and jobs data from the Ministry of Labor, we find that individuals living in provinces with research or Rajabhat universities are more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree, but does not increase the probability of being overeducated for their job. In addition, we find larger overeducation penalties in provinces with universities. Finally, qualitative analysis shows that demand …

Assessing The Degree Of Access To Urban Public Parks For Older Adults In The Villages Metropolitan Area Of Florida, 2017, Yingsong Wang

Theses and Dissertations

With the rapid urbanization, the urban residents' demand for urban public parks is increasing. As a unique and representative age group, older adults put forward new requirements for the evaluation and rational planning of urban parks. Park accessibility is an important index reflecting the rationality of park layout, the accessibility of residents to the park and the social equity of park services. In this paper, buffer analysis and network analysis based on the ArcGIS platform were selected to analyze service accessibility and green transportation accessibility of The Villages metropolitan area of Florida respectively and then make a summary analysis. In …

Testing A Modified Model Of Stress Process For Understanding Quality Of Life Among Informal Caregivers And Assessing Their Formal Service Use, Nilesh V. Gangan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Informal caregivers provide timely care to family members who are disabled or have a chronic condition that requires close monitoring or constant assistance. To provide adequate support to informal caregivers there is a need to assess ways to improve their quality of life (QOL) and understand how formal services can be improved. This dissertation strives to extend the knowledge available for policy makers by examining the factors that can be targeted by policy makers to improve QOL of informal caregivers as well as the factors that enable the use of formal services provided to support informal caregivers. The psychometric properties …

Effects Of Increased Indoor Cycling Activity On Exercise Motivation, Body Image And Health Perception In The Adult Female Population, S. Latrice Totsch

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Purpose: The purpose of this scholarly project was to implement a program over an eight-week period that increased cardiovascular exercise, specifically indoor cycling, by at least 45 minutes a week to analyze the relationship between an increase in activity and exercise motivation, health perception, and body image within the female population. Background and Significance: Obesity is strongly linked to medical conditions such as heart disease, hypertension, cardiovascular accidents, and diabetes. Research has shown that regular cardiovascular exercise can help prevent these conditions from developing. However, barriers to exercise such as a lack of motivation, body image concerns, and a negative …

The Mileage Of The Weary Father: Harrison Ford As Aging Screen Action Icon, Bahnt G. Freiberger

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This thesis explores how fatherhood guides cinematic narratives of aging masculinity through a star study of the late-stage career of Harrison Ford. It bridges fundamental cultural studies of masculinity, such as those by Raewyn Connell and Michael Kimmel, with film studies to provide key insights into cultural narratives of maleness related to vulnerability, heroism, and most significantly, fatherhood. By focusing on Ford’s late-career reprisal of his iconic characters, I explore how the development of his image provides a postmillennial recontextualization of twentieth century masculine iconography. This study covers three cinematic texts: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull …

Growth And Survival Of Wild And Head-Started Blanding’S Turtles (Emydoidea Blandingii), Callie Klatt Golba

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Blanding’s Turtles (IUCN Endangered) are long-lived reptiles with delayed sexual maturity. Anthropogenic landscape changes have increased threats to juvenile turtles, resulting in unnaturally low recruitment. Head-starting has become a popular conservation strategy that aims to increase juvenile recruitment by avoiding the increased predation of the vulnerable nest and hatchling age-class. However, there is still debate about whether or not it is an effective management tool. Assessments of head-starting are becoming more prevalent, but long-term studies are needed to critically evaluate the success of such interventions. In particular, information is needed on how head-starts fare compared to wild-born turtles. The Lake …

The Mental And Emotional Impact Of Loneliness Through Advanced Age And "The Reach", Noah Virgile

Honors College Theses

No abstract provided.

Television Viewing And Markers Of Physical Fitness And Body Composition In College-Aged Students, James Peterson

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Television viewing is one of the most popular sedentary activities in America. Sedentary behavior has been linked to increased risk of obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortalities. While many studies have focused on associations in children and middle aged to older adults, there is a dearth of literature regarding young college aged students. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between daily television screen time viewing and markers of physical fitness and body composition in young college aged students. METHODS: The sample population consisted of 141 Northern Illinois University young college aged students. Subjects completed …

18th And 19th Tshl Legislative Sessions Supporting Documents 2019-2023, Texas Silver Haired Legislature Foundation

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature

Supporting documents from the 18th and 19th Texas Silver-Haired Legislature legislative sessions from 2019-2023.

Social Support And Self-Care Efficacy As Mediators Of Racial Disparities In Diabetes Health In Older Adults, Wesley Browning

All ETDs from UAB

Diabetes is a health problem that affects millions of Americans annually, and Black Americans have a higher prevalence with more complications than White Americans. A disparity exists between Black and White older adults living with diabetes in distress related to symptoms, treatment, and complications associated with the disease. Additionally, there are differences in levels of performing diabetes self-care behaviors between Blacks and Whites. One series of factors that may predict better diabetes self-care and diabetes distress in older adults are self-care efficacy and components of social support. This study used linear regression models to predict racial differences between Blacks and …

Vagal Mediated Heart Rate Variability And Cognitive Impairments In Hiv-Seropositive Women, William C. Nicholson

All ETDs from UAB

Regardless of sufficient viral suppression, HIV exerts an ongoing inflammatory process that promotes chronic autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction, accelerates physiological aging, and increases the risk of developing a spectrum of cognitive disorders (known as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders [HAND]). Given this, identifying pathological mediators of this inflammatory response could provide insight into the mechanisms driving HAND. The vagus nerve (indexed by vagal-mediated heart rate variability [vmHRV]) could provide such a mediator as it regulates ANS activity via reciprocal cardio-neural pathways, which regulate inflammation and homeostasis. Vagal dysfunction is associated with persistent inflammatory signaling (e.g., stress or inflammatory-based disorders [such as …

The Effects Of Elderspeak On The Mood Of Older Adults With Dementia: A Preliminary Report, Kenia Torres-Soto

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Barriers to effective and harmonious communication between caregivers and those affected with dementia are common and inevitable. An example of a common barrier is aphasia, which is a prevalent communication deficit associated with dementia. The social environment may further hinder harmonious communication through the use of well-intended, but ineffective speech patterns. Elderspeak (ES), which is infantilizing speech directed at older adults, is one such speech pattern that is commonly used in long-term care facilities (LTC) and is related to negative outcomes for older adults receiving it. Older adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment who were residents at a LTC …

Social And Cultural Concepts Module: Curricula To Foster Cultural Responsiveness, Elizabeth Ching, Elsa Contreras, Precious Dimalanta, Linda Duran, Robert Freeman, Ursula Hawe, Susannah Hong, Wilton Ramos

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

The lack of racial diversity in the occupational therapy profession as well as its educational programs are obstacles in providing culturally responsive care to serve all people, populations, and communities. Research has shown that student engagement in case studies, activities that emphasize exposure to diverse populations, reflective journaling, and interviewing someone from a different culture are effective in developing practitioners who are more culturally responsive. Students from one culturally diverse occupational therapy program took a nine-hour Social and Cultural Concepts Module (SCCM) that incorporated best practice pedagogy for teaching cultural responsiveness. A one group pretest-posttest design was utilized to explore …

A Pilot Investigation Of Individual Differences In Handedness In Subjective Experience Of Forgetfulness: The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire And Behavioral Inhibition, Ruth E. Propper, Alexis Grant, Ryan King, Stephen D. Christman

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Individual differences in handedness in episodic memory have been demonstrated across a wide variety of stimuli and protocols, with inconsistent-handers (ICH) having superior memory relative to consistent-right-handers (CRH). The current study looks at the question of whether ICH also report better subjective memory. Prior work shows that objective and subjective memory performance are generally unrelated, but the current study found that ICH indeed report better subjective memory, as measured by the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire. Given evidence for associations between personality factors and subjective memory, the current study also looked at the Behavioral Inhibition Scale (BIS) and found (i) no handedness …

The Association Of Reduced Bone Density With Paraspinal Muscle Atrophy And Adipose Tissue In Geriatric Patients: A Cross-Sectional Ct Study, Eli̇f Evri̇m Eki̇n, Muhi̇tti̇n Emre Altunrende

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The aim of the study is to examine the relationship among bone density, adipose tissue, and muscle mass with abdominal CT in geriatric patients.Materials and methods: The study is a retrospective cohort study of patients 65 years and over who underwent abdominal CT for any reason between October 2017 and July 2018. Third lumbar vertebra density, fatty degeneration of the paraspinal muscle, subcutaneous adipose tissue, and mesenteric adipose tissue ratio were evaluated. Results: A total of 312 patients, 144 females and 168 males, were included in the study. Reduced bone density was found in 237 (76%) patients. Reduced bone …