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Assessing Cultural Competence Before And After Online Teaching Modules On Social Determinants Of Health, Charlie Wright Pharmd, Bcps, Barrett Carter Pharmd, Bcps, Ellen Jones Pharmd, Bcacp

Faculty Research ​and Publications

Introduction:

Cultural competence is essential to provide care to diverse populations and is required in pharmacy curriculum (ACPE Standard 2.1). As pharmacists increasingly serve diverse patient populations, understanding social determinants of health (SDOH) becomes critical in clinical decision-making. Given the emphasis on competency-based education, there is a need to evaluate innovative teaching methods ensuring pharmacy students are prepared to deliver culturally-sensitive care.

Research Question or Hypothesis:

What is the effectiveness of interactive online modules focused on SDOH in improving knowledge, awareness, and attitudes of first-year pharmacy students?

Study Design:

A quantitative pre/post-survey design was used to assess changes in cultural …

Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Michelle Ferreyra, Raneem Majzoub, Rea Alcaraz, Aleena Sajee, Roshiel Molina

NURSI 2330 Role of the Nurse II

Pressure injuries remain one of the major patient safety concerns in healthcare, resulting in pain, infection, and longer hospital stays. This project addresses the significance of pressure ulcers by emphasizing risk factors, stages of the injury, and practice recommendations. Findings demonstrate the proactive nursing interventions and teamwork that are essential to preventing pressure ulcers and promoting patient safety.

Fall Prevention #8, Ariel Berumen, Stephanie Hernandez, Karina Ortiz

NURSI 2330 Role of the Nurse II

Fall prevention is key to maximizing positive patient outcomes in-hospital.  Fall prevention at home also plays a large role in a person's overall health. Preventing falls reduces complications related to overall recovery, impaired mobility, impaired cognition, infection, reduced psychological well-being , and cargiver fatigue.  Fall prevention also prevents higher healthcare costs to the patient and the health care system.

Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Lisa Milczarek, Samantha Ocampo, Jennifer Risk, Sarah Rose

NURSI 2330 Role of the Nurse II

Pressure Ulcers(PUs) - Also referred to as pressure injuries, decubitus ulcers, bedsores, or pressure sores are largely preventable yet remain a significant clinical challenge across all care settings—particularly among immobile, critically ill, or older adult patients. Early recognition and timely interventions are critical to improving patient outcomes, reducing complications, and minimizing the financial and human costs associated with PUs. This poster underscores the urgency of reinforcing best practices among

Policy Library- 550 University Retirement, Indiana State University, General Counsel

Policy Library

Policy 550 University Retirement

Mhc Gene Analysis And Immune Variation In Lepidodactylus Lugubris (The Mourning Gecko), Helen T. Vu

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in vertebrate immune defense by enabling pathogen recognition and initiating adaptive immune responses. While MHC diversity has been extensively studied in sexually reproducing species, comparatively little is known about its evolution in asexual lineages. The parthenogenetic gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris provides a unique opportunity to investigate how clonality and hybrid origins influence immune gene diversity. By leveraging whole-genome data, this study overcomes the limitations of previous transcriptome-based analyses and provides a more comprehensive view of MHC diversity in a clonal vertebrate. As the first step towards understanding MHC evolution in parthenogenetic lizards, …

Unraveling Equity: The Consequences Of Dismantling Dei Initiatives In Education., James D. Upshaw

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

Recent political and institutional shifts have led to the dismantling of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives across schools and universities, raising concerns about how these changes affect both students and the future workforce. This research investigates how the removal of DEI programs influences student belonging, academic access, and long-term workforce diversity. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study combines qualitative interviews with professors and students and quantitative analysis of enrollment, retention, and diversity data from universities affected by DEI policy changes. Preliminary findings suggest that dismantling DEI initiatives leads to decreased student support, reduced faculty morale, and declining representation among …

2025 Commencement Program - Fall, Morehead State University. Registrar's Office.

Morehead State Commencement Programs

2025 Fall Commencement program for Morehead State University.

Much Ado About Critical Race Theory, Matthew Patrick Shaw

Washington and Lee Law Review

This Article offers novel observation and critical intervention in the challenge to state laws which have been adopted, allegedly, to prevent the teaching of critical race theory

(CRT) in public schools. Against the trend of recent scholarship that understands these laws as curricular censorship of topical subjects and seeks to contest their validity on those grounds, this Article more accurately identifies them as pedagogical censorship: Limits on teaching methods, which raise different, potentially more dispositive questions about the states’ educational decision-making authority—questions that the U.S. Supreme Court has long sought to avoid. But exposing these so-called “anti-CRT” laws as neither …

Waring Library Society Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2025, Waring Library Society, Waring Historical Library, Medical University Of South Carolina, Jude Arendall, Joann Livingston Zeise, Tabitha Samuel, Jahliah Brown

The Waring Library Society Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Study Of Parental Substance Use Effects On Children, Cydnee R. Lacy

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

Many children with substance use and mental health problems witness substance use and mental health struggles in their household. Research has shown a strong connection between parental substance use disorders (SUDs) and the likelihood of children engaging in similar behaviors. Existing literature uses data collected before the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas this study utilizes data collected during the pandemic. It is essential to examine whether the relationship between parental substance use and children’s substance use increased, as children spent more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prevalence of substance use and mental health problems will be used to examine the …

Bridging Education And Practice: The Role Of Academic Ehrs In Developing Nursing Workforce Readiness, Ann Varghese

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

Charting plays a vital role in nursing practice, yet many new graduate nurses find it challenging to master as they learn to document accurately while managing multiple patient care responsibilities. The integration of electronic health record (EHR) training into nursing curricula aims to bridge the gap between education and clinical practice. This study explores whether the use of an academic EHR named "EHR Go" helps prepare nursing students for documenting in real-world clinical settings. A thematic analysis of student feedback on EHR Go was conducted using the Delphi technique and Microsoft Copilot 365. IBM SPSS was then used to compare …

Housing Provision In The United States: How Sustainability Approaches Can Address Homelessness, Kortlynn D. Boddie

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

There are over 771,000 people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the United States, with job loss and natural disasters threatening to increase this number. This project reviews two possible means of providing affordable housing for PEH: using existing buildings, and Additive Manufacturing or 3D printed housing. Twenty cities in fourteen American states were reviewed for current housing unit vacancy, future planned building-to-housing conversions, and requirements to provide Additive Manufactured housing. The number of PEH found in each city was compared to the number of vacant housing units and planned building conversions. Additive manufacturing was studied through its cost and time efficiency, …

Impact Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Quality Of Life, Anxiety, Connections To Friends, And Access To Resources Among People With Hiv: Using The Social Ecological Model, Carol Dawson-Rose, Christine Davey, Emily Huang, Laura Cox, Phillips Craig, Motshedisi Sabone, Lufuno Makhado, Emilia Iwu, Kathleen Fitch, Sheila Shaibu

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and mitigation efforts on health and social outcomes for people with HIV at the individual, social, and structural levels of the Social Ecological Model. The International Nursing Network for HIV collected data for a cross-sectional survey of people with HIV in Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, and the United States from August 2021 through June 2023. Among 1,400 participants, 47.5% experienced decreased quality of life, 40.9% experienced increased anxiety, 33.0% had reduced connection with friends, and 38.8% had …

Understanding Strategies To Translate Knowledge On Hookah Smoking: A Mixed Methods Study, Rabia Mir

Doctor of Philosophy in Translational Health Sciences Dissertations

Background: One tobacco trend of the 21 st century is smoking hookah or waterpipes. Hookah smoking is thriving on a false widespread belief that it is a safe alternate to smoking cigarettes when in fact it has adverse effects on health and is not safer. Hookah use has especially become popular for young adults and college students.

Study Objectives: The purpose of this study is to generate knowledge to inform university administration (health education personnel and campus policy makers) on what the psychosocial profile of a hookah smoker is, including risk factors, and how they can use messaging to reduce …

Unsafe At Any Speed: "Safe Third Country Agreements" - Offshoring And Eroding Legal Protections Owed To Refugees And Asylum Seekers, Thomas Michael Mcdonnell

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Part I of this Article analyzes third country agreements and refugee transfer practices of the United States and the European Union. Part II demonstrates that, under international law, all countries are obligated to protect refugees and are prohibited from directly or indirectly sending them to a country where there is a substantial basis for believing that their life or freedom would be threatened. Part II will likewise show that the notion of "safe third country" transfer agreements and practices is often a fallacy, an oxymoron. Instead of keeping refugees safe, such agreements and practices seriously erode the fundamental non-refoulment obligation …

Understanding Impact Among Young Feminist Organizing/Organizations In Kenya, Chantalle Okondo, John Malkia, Ivy Kutswa, Ruth Juliet, Sar Kagendo, Stacie Akinyi, Terry Owino, Jerry Okal

Adolescents and Young People

The Nawiri Project used a core Participatory Action Research Evaluation (PARe) approach to explore the landscape of young feminist organizing/organizations (YFOs) in Kenya and Mexico. The project aimed to synthesize evidence on YFOs’ context, impact, and strengths. In Kenya, the core PARe team included nine young feminists and seven Feminist Advisory Panel (FAP) members, who collaborated with Population Council–Kenya from the project’s inception to dissemination. To define and measure impact, the team conducted five case studies with YFO leadership, nine focus group discussions with YFO beneficiaries, 31 key informant interviews with current and previous partners, and cost and benefit analysis …

Jóvenes Feministas En Yucatán: Estudio De Caso, Natalia Tenorio, Sonia Cruz, Esperanza Basurto, Anel Bobadilla, Paulina Márquez, Ricardo Regules

Adolescents and Young People

En el marco del Proyecto de Investigación Acción Participativa de Juventudes Feministas en México y Kenia, llevamos a cabo un estudio de caso en el Estado de Yucatán. El objetivo ha sido entender las particularidades que la organización de las jóvenes tiene en este Estado.

Para ello, llevamos a cabo entrevistas a profundidad y reuniones con organizaciones feministas, instituciones públicas y organizaciones de la sociedad civil trabajando en Mérida, tal y como se recoge en la nota final metodológica. Las citas textuales que aparecen a continuación son todas de distintas participantes de los grupos focales realizados de manera presencial y …

Ampliando El Ecosistema De Abriendo Oportunidades®: Enfoque En Las Redes De Mentoras, Population Council

Adolescents and Young People

La creación de REDMI Aq’ab’al y Na’leb’ak ONG, dos redes de sociedad civil conformadas por jóvenes mujeres indígenas, representa una evolución fundamental del programa Abriendo Oportunidades^® (AO^®). A medida que AO^® apoyó con éxito a jóvenes mentoras indígenas para aumentar su autonomía, visibilidad comunitaria y habilidades profesionales, la formación y el crecimiento de estas redes independientes ahora impulsa un movimiento más amplio de progreso social sostenible, receptivo y liderado por las comunidades. Estas redes también ofrecen una nueva plataforma para que las mentoras sean reconocidas y acreditadas por su trabajo, incluso después de haberse “graduado” de …

Ampliando El Ecosistema De Abriendo Oportunidades®: Enfoque En La Escuela De Oportunidades, Population Council

Adolescents and Young People

Desarrollada en alianza con la Vicepresidencia en 2021, la Escuela de Oportunidades es un programa nacional de pasantías que invierte de manera intencional en jóvenes profesionales indígenas para incrementar su visibilidad en las estructuras de gobernanza. A través de una combinación de mentoría, capacitación y experiencia práctica, la Escuela de Oportunidades ha facilitado con éxito la incorporación de mujeres indígenas guatemaltecas en instituciones gubernamentales, fortaleciendo la inclusión de género y étnica en el servicio público. Este informe es parte de la Serie: El legado de Abriendo Oportunidades^®, que celebra y destaca 20 años de implementación programática con impacto.

Investigation Of Metals And Incidental Nanomaterials In Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Ashes And Their Impacts On Marine Phytoplankton, Talal Abdullah Alshehri

Theses and Dissertations

Wildfires are natural processes that have played a vital role in ecosystems for millions of years. However, with increasing anthropogenic activities and climate change, wildfires' frequency and intensity have increased. A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that burns forests, grasses, and savannas. In addition to vegetation combustible materials, wildfire burn structure items such as homes, stores, and storage sheds in areas where the transition zone between urban and wildland is defined as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Moreover, wildfires in WUI can burn vehicles, including automobiles, tractors, and boats on trails. Recently, there have been concerns regarding the metals, metalloids, and …

Emotionally Unstable: Addressing Emotional Distress As A Concrete Injury In Data Breach Cases Post-Transunion, Anna P. Cox

Fordham Law Review

Data breaches and data breach litigation are exponentially on the rise. Plaintiffs whose information is stolen in a data breach often claim emotional distress for fear of future harm the data breach may cause. However, plaintiffs who bring suit in federal court must show that they have suffered an injury in fact for purposes of Article III standing before a federal court will exercise jurisdiction. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez requires that plaintiffs who seek money damages under a theory of risk of future harm show that they have suffered a present concrete injury to …

Fixing The Fix: The Case For Unifying The Remedial Framework Of Apa Rulemaking Challenges, Dea Devlin

Fordham Law Review

Vacatur is the default remedy for successful administrative rulemaking challenges brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Yet its broad and sweeping effects raise critical questions regarding its appropriateness as a one-size-fits-all remedy. Unlike injunctive relief, which is subject to a rigorous heightened standard, and remand without vacatur, which has a comparable standard of its own, vacatur is routinely awarded without similar scrutiny, leading to inconsistencies in the judicial application of remedies in APA challenges.

Although vacatur can provide a plaintiff with relief, its award conflicts with underlying principles of equity and proportionality. In rulemaking challenges, vacatur can create regulatory …

The Evolution Of The Second Amendment And The American Gun Violence Epidemic: A Historical Analysis Of Political Self-Sabotage, Amanda Tureaud

Senior Theses

From the conception of the Bill of Rights until the 21st century, the Second Amendment was read and understood by the American population, both ordinary citizens and government officials, branches, and agencies inclusively, to allow the nation to have an armed military but not for private citizens to own and/or carry firearms. Since 2008, however, the Second Amendment has been interpreted as an absolute freedom for private citizens to own and carry semiautomatic assault weapons in the name of personal protection. This thesis holds that the evolution of society’s attitude on guns and gun control is specifically denoted by the …

The Psychology Of Collegiate Basketball: A Review Of The Literature, Paige Ashlyn Bordenkecher

Senior Theses

This literature review aims to further the understanding of the psychological factors that impact the performance of collegiate basketball players. Past reviews have focused on specific performance elements of basketball (e.g. free throws) or how a singular psychological factor affects sports performance; none have focused specifically on the collegiate level of play. The present review systematically collected thirty studies from the databases PsycInfo and SportDiscuss. The following psychological factors were the focus of the literature: player qualities, motivation, feedback, location of play, mood/emotional states, mental fatigue, preshot routine, momentum, sleep, self-talk, self-modeling, leadership, choking, flow, touch, and color. Performance was …

It Just Means More: The Cultural Bond Between The South And Sec Football, Ryan Stinson

Senior Theses

With the success of programs like Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech in the early 1900s, college football quickly became means of establishing Southern superiority over the northern U.S. Their success continued into the 20th and 21st centuries with the creation and rise of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). During and prior to the existence of the SEC, rivalries, traditions, and pageantry developed and thrived in communities across the southeast. These aspects created a unique environment that drew in fans of college football across the region. This resulted in a unique bond between fan, university, team, and community that has thrived within all …

The Economic Impact Of The Soda City Market In Columbia, Sc, Sarah E. Lillard

Senior Theses

This study examines the role of Soda City Market in the economic and social revitalization of Columbia, South Carolina’s Main Street district. Since relocating downtown in 2012, the market has evolved from a small farmers market into a major cultural and entrepreneurial hub attracting more than 300,000 visitors annually. To evaluate its impact, the study integrates two primary methods: a vendor survey capturing business characteristics and an IMPLAN input–output model estimating the market’s economic effects within Richland County. Survey results from 25 vendors reveal a diverse and culturally representative business community in which Soda City serves as both an incubator …

October 2025 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Academic Commons Annual Report (2024-2025), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Please review the Academic Commons 2024-2025 website report.

Contents

• Updates at the Jefferson Libraries & Library Statistics
• Textile & Costume Collection
• Siegman Archives
• Instructional Design & Educational Technologies Support
• Professional Writing and Communications
• AV, Graphics, Video Production, and Photography
• Staff Highlights

Constitutional Dead Zones: Problematic Trends For Seizures Of Cell Phones Connected To The Recording Of Protests And Police Activity, Zachary R. Cormier

Denver Law Review

Cell phones are free speech machines. They have been particularly important in recent social movements because they allow an individual to record protests or police activity and share such experiences with a world-wide audience on social media. In these circumstances, the Fourth Amendment’s protection of an individual’s unfettered property right to possess their cell phone overlaps with their First Amendment right to engage in these core free speech activities. Both rights are put to the test when there is conflict with police in connection with the recording. My survey of recent case law provides numerous examples where an individual’s cell …