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African American Male College Graduates’ Paternal Incarceration Experiences, Natassia Toxey Askew Jan 2022

African American Male College Graduates’ Paternal Incarceration Experiences, Natassia Toxey Askew

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Various public polices contributed to the significant increase of parent incarceration in the United States among African Americans. The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to gain an understanding of the perspective of African American male college graduates who experienced paternal incarceration during childhood and/or adolescence about the role of family and persevering to obtain a college degree by the age of 30. Utilizing a transcendental phenomenological approach to describe the essence of paternal incarceration as experienced by 12 participants, emergent themes were uncovered to build the characteristics of success relative to the role of family. The modified van …

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Elementary Teachers’ Use Of Data-Driven Instructional Practices, Kristi Cathcart Tucker Jan 2022

Elementary Teachers’ Use Of Data-Driven Instructional Practices, Kristi Cathcart Tucker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A school in South Carolina developed a strategic plan to implement a professional learning community structure in the school, where teachers work together to evaluate student data to improve instruction. However, teachers at the school did not understand how to use data-driven instructional practices to drive classroom instruction. The purpose of this study was to explore understanding of elementary teachers at this school in South Carolina how to use data-driven instructional practices. The framework for this study was the learning target theory of action, focusing on researching the data-driven instructional practices teachers used when working with data. The research questions …

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Physical Activity Assessment And Staff Education For Oncology Nurses, Laurie Jean Tyer Jan 2022

Physical Activity Assessment And Staff Education For Oncology Nurses, Laurie Jean Tyer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Physical activity and mobility are key indicators of treatment and disease tolerance in cancer patients. Patients are living longer during and after cancer treatment, and staying active prevents many side effects of the disease and the treatment. Staying mobile also prevents some conditions from occurring including bone and muscle loss. A nursing educational platform was identified as a need in the facility site’s cancer center on the importance of patients staying physically active throughout cancer treatment. Nurses did not feel confident to coach patients on their activity levels which was an identified gap in their nursing practice. A nursing educational …

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Barriers To The Implementation Of Effective Sustainable Development Plans In Sierra Leone: Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Mohamed Nabie Turay Jan 2022

Barriers To The Implementation Of Effective Sustainable Development Plans In Sierra Leone: Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Mohamed Nabie Turay

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract:Stakeholders’ competing positions with elected officials created barriers to the effective implementation of sustainable environmental policies. This study aimed to explore the barriers to implementing the National Environmental Policies (NEP), passed by the parliament of Sierra Leone in the 1990s. Sabastier and Jenkin-Smith’s advocacy coalition framework model provided the theoretical foundation for this study. The key research question explored is stakeholders’ perceptions of the barriers to effectively building coalitions to implement sustainable development policies like the NEP in Sierra Leone. A case study research approach was used to understand the barriers to implementing the NEP in Sierra Leone. Data were …

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Emotional Intelligence And Soft Skills: A Case Study On Information Technology Employee Performance, James Tyler Jan 2022

Emotional Intelligence And Soft Skills: A Case Study On Information Technology Employee Performance, James Tyler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Soft skills such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and stress management in recent years have been seen as a new trend in organizations. Even though there is research demonstrating the importance of soft skills, there is little research on how information technology (IT) organizations are training and evaluating their employees in soft skills. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how human resources departments in IT organizations are training employees on soft skills and how they are evaluating employees’ level of performance. The conceptual framework that was used in this study was Goleman’s emotional intelligence model of self-awareness, …

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Development And Validation Of A Clinical Practice Guideline For Telemedicine, Jennifer Johnell Upton Jan 2022

Development And Validation Of A Clinical Practice Guideline For Telemedicine, Jennifer Johnell Upton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Access to healthcare necessitated the utilization of telemedicine during the international pandemic of COVID 19. Telemedicine use surged in family practice in 2020 with limited resources for appropriate telemedicine patients. The problem identified for this DNP project was the lack of resources for telemedicine guidelines in family practice. The purpose of this project was to create a clinical practice guideline (CPG) to initiate screenings for appropriate patients for telemedicine. The Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) concept and framework were utilized to develop the CPG. The project question identified was whether the development of a CPG on telehealth delivery in a …

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Exploring Business Strategies For Assuring Compliance To Changes In Employment Law, Kyla M. Vanchieri Jan 2022

Exploring Business Strategies For Assuring Compliance To Changes In Employment Law, Kyla M. Vanchieri

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Noncompliance with employment and labor laws can result in compensatory and punitive damages, adversely impacting business profitability. Human Resources (HR) personnel who lack strategies to anticipate and react to changes in employment laws risk penalties for noncompliance, resulting in reduced profitability. Grounded in the top-down model of adaptation and political risk management, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies some HR personnel use to anticipate and react to changes in employment laws to avoid compensatory and punitive damages. The participants included nine HR personnel from nine organizations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia …

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Impacts Of Immigration Detention On Sub-Saharan Africa Asylum Seekers In The United States, Felix Vescovi Ogunsuyi Jan 2022

Impacts Of Immigration Detention On Sub-Saharan Africa Asylum Seekers In The United States, Felix Vescovi Ogunsuyi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Detaining asylum seekers has become an established practice in many countries. There is a large body of research suggesting that immigration detention causes asylum seekers harm. However, the focus of these studies has been on diagnosable disorders and mental health, with no descriptive understanding of how detention and resettlement are experienced and conceptualized by asylum seekers. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine how formerly detained asylum seekers from sub-Saharan African countries perceive the impact of detention on their resettlement experience in the United States. Ager and Strang’s conceptual framework of refugee integration was used as the study’s …

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Principals Cultivating Collective Teacher Efficacy, Frank Vetter Jan 2022

Principals Cultivating Collective Teacher Efficacy, Frank Vetter

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nationally, collective teacher efficacy (CTE) has been correlated with higher levels of student achievement. The problem addressed through this study was that local school district leaders have been unsuccessful in cultivating CTE through the district’s collaborative planning process. Guided by the enabling conditions of CTE, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore how local middle school principals cultivated CTE in their schools through the collaborative planning process. Eight middle school principals with experience using the district’s collaborative planning process completed semistructured interviews. Data analysis employed inductive, open coding to identify themes. Themes indicated that, as part of …

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Staff Education On Reducing Burnout In Mental Health Professionals Through Restorative Yoga Practice, Rina Buenaventura Vickery Jan 2022

Staff Education On Reducing Burnout In Mental Health Professionals Through Restorative Yoga Practice, Rina Buenaventura Vickery

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mental health professionals (MHPs) are at considerable risk for stress and burnout because of the nature of their work. Management and prevention of stress and burnout (e.g., through restorative yoga) may enable MHPs to avoid feelings of anxiety, depression, and apathy; lack of energy; and the development of unhealthy coping skills, such as substance and drug use. The purpose of this project was to create a staff education to assist MHPs in managing stress and burnout through yoga practice and mindfulness. The theoretical framework for the staff education was Kapp’s adult learning theory. An evidence-based PowerPoint presentation containing the staff …

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School Counselors’ Lived Experiences Working With Northeastern Urban Minority High School Students, Lisette Ann Velez Jan 2022

School Counselors’ Lived Experiences Working With Northeastern Urban Minority High School Students, Lisette Ann Velez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Professional school counselors employed in low-income education communities have a large, diverse student population to service. Researchers have indicated that urban minority youth present more challenges in school than affluent students due to economic constraints and other related factors. School counseling members apply different skills or techniques mastered from their graduate and professional training regardless of existing inequalities. School counselors are ethically obligated to help minors attain academic success, social-emotional development, and postsecondary goals. The dearth of literature warrants more qualitative research studies to explore further the phenomenon of school counselors working in underprivileged neighborhoods. Husserl’s transcendental phenomenological framework provided …

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The Association Between Self-Efficacy, Patient Health Education, And Self-Management In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Julie Vultaggio Jan 2022

The Association Between Self-Efficacy, Patient Health Education, And Self-Management In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Julie Vultaggio

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Although previous researchers have studied education for patients with chronic conditions, they have not adequately considered the relationship between self-efficacy (SE), patient health education, and perception of self-management (SM) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Educating a patient can empower them to better SM. The purpose this study was to examine these associations in this patient population. This quantitative research study featured a descriptive, nonexperimental cross-sectional survey design using nonprobability convenience sampling. The theoretical framework was the social cognitive theory. The independent variables were SE and patient health education. SM was the dependent variable. Patients with RA from a rheumatology …

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Core Subject Area Vocabulary Instructional Strategies For Middle School English Language Learners, Tiffany N. Waller Jan 2022

Core Subject Area Vocabulary Instructional Strategies For Middle School English Language Learners, Tiffany N. Waller

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Academic vocabulary is one of the most important skills needed in language learning, but it may be difficult for students whose native language is not English. The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate how classroom core subject teachers at Middle School 55 (pseudonym) perceive their ability to implement specific instructional model strategies to support explicit academic vocabulary building for ELL students. This study was grounded in Becker and Engelmann’s direct instruction framework for effective and efficient teaching and involved providing research-based principles for teachers supporting ELLs in middle school who are developing academic vocabulary skills. Open-ended semistructured interviews …

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Relationship Between Ceo Gender, Hospital Size, And Urban, Rural Location, Levinda Walpole Jan 2022

Relationship Between Ceo Gender, Hospital Size, And Urban, Rural Location, Levinda Walpole

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Leadership diversity concerning gender is important in the health care sector because diversity encourages problem solving from different perspectives. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine whether there was a relationship between CEO gender and the size of nonprofit hospitals and rural/urban location of hospitals in Texas. The independent variables were hospital bed size, which was categorized according to various groupings, and rural/urban areas in Texas. The dependent variable was gender (male and female). The theoretical framework that grounded this study was the perspective of organizational culture and the leader’s role based on the competing values framework. …

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Third Grade Arabic And English Dual Language Learners’ Literacy Achievement Associated With The Scott Foresman Reading Street Program, Katina Latrice Walton Jan 2022

Third Grade Arabic And English Dual Language Learners’ Literacy Achievement Associated With The Scott Foresman Reading Street Program, Katina Latrice Walton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The academic success of dual language learners (DLLs) has been studied extensively, but few studies have investigated the effectiveness of the Scott Foresman Reading Street (SFRS) program on DLL struggling readers. The purpose of this quantitative study, grounded in the linguistic interdependence theory, was to compare the Measure of Academic Progress Reading Fluency (MAP RF) Rasch Unit (RIT) scores of third grade DLL struggling readers before and after they participated in 1 year of the SFRS program at Commonwealth School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The RIT scores measure students’ progress between grades. A repeated-measures t test was used to examine …

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Staff Education To Improve Workplace Wellness Program Resource Use, Joann Coley Ward Jan 2022

Staff Education To Improve Workplace Wellness Program Resource Use, Joann Coley Ward

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Workplace wellness programs, as a determinant of health, have the potential to improve the health of people, but are often underutilized due to a lack of knowledge of the programs. This project was conducted to examine whether a panel of experts would validate a staff education module designed to improve knowledge deficits amongst Army civilian employees and their supervisors about the Army’s civilian fitness program (CFP). The purpose of this project was to create a staff education module with a pretest and a posttest that could be validated by a panel of experts. The education module addressed the public health …

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Leadership Strategies To Mitigate Alternative Dispute Resolution Grievances, Retaliation, And Revenge, Andrew Washington Jan 2022

Leadership Strategies To Mitigate Alternative Dispute Resolution Grievances, Retaliation, And Revenge, Andrew Washington

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has been an area of study among scholars since the 1970s. Critics have questioned protections, gaps in the literature, and inconsistencies in the law. The current study was essential for organizational leaders and EEOC facilitators to understand why the ADR process does not protect U.S. Federal government organizational leaders from unjustified or unreasonable claims and retaliation. The overarching research question addressed how the ADR process protected U.S. Federal government organizational leaders in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia from unjustified or unreasonable claims and retaliation. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study and purposeful sampling was …

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Telecommuting Adaptation Of A Nonprofit Organization Due To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Walter Lynn Washington Jan 2022

Telecommuting Adaptation Of A Nonprofit Organization Due To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Walter Lynn Washington

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disrupted lives around the globe, organizations have transitioned to telecommuting. Further research is required to address gaps in the literature regarding the perspectives of employees and organization leaders of these telecommuting policies. This study examined how leaders and employees of a nonprofit organization in southeast Florida perceived implementation of and adaptation to telecommuting policies in response to COVID-19. The study specifically assessed behavioral and utilitarian variables associated with social exchange theory, such as individual engagement and social settings and effects in the workplace, which related to social distancing and telecommuting policies. The …

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Human Capital Management Strategies To Sustain Profitability Of Private Sector Companies In Jamaica, Peta Gay Nadia Waugh Jan 2022

Human Capital Management Strategies To Sustain Profitability Of Private Sector Companies In Jamaica, Peta Gay Nadia Waugh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Eighty-two percent of Jamaican workers are employed by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, but only 5.1% of private sector entrepreneurial endeavors remain open after 42 months of operations. This low survival rate can inhibit the ability of Jamaican business owners to support their families and provide goods and services to benefit local communities. Grounded in human capital theory, general systems theory, and social change theory, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive multiple case study was to explore strategies CHROs used to sustain the profitability of their private sector companies. Participants comprised three private-sector CHROs officers and three human resource officers …

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Developing Shared Leadership And Trust Within School-Community Partnerships Serving Concentrated Poverty Communities, Tatiana Wells Jan 2022

Developing Shared Leadership And Trust Within School-Community Partnerships Serving Concentrated Poverty Communities, Tatiana Wells

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

School-community partnerships are critical for children and families in concentrated poverty neighborhoods. This basic qualitative study aimed to understand the dual leadership roles that are inclusive of the school and community leaders’ collective voice for building trustworthy relationships and equitable leadership to support families and children from communities with high poverty concentrations. The conceptual framework included elements from transformative leadership theory, the family interagency collaboration model, and the Ubuntu philosophy of humanism. Four community-based leaders and four school leaders with at least 5 years of experience in an eastern U.S. state addressed the research questions by describing how they foster …

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Continuity Of Care In Crisis Stabilization Centers, Brian West-Pearson Jan 2022

Continuity Of Care In Crisis Stabilization Centers, Brian West-Pearson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractCrisis stabilization centers (CSCs) were designed to provide individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs), the treatment they needed to get well, manage their addiction, and prevent future abuse of their substance of choice. Realizing these objectives requires proper patient referrals and assessment of the patient’s condition. The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) assessment screening tool helps to provide critical health information about the patients that can help enhance continuity of care. The TAPS assessment tool included age, gender, substance use history, housing status, legal concerns, family support, employment status, education level, and medical and psychiatric status. …

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Disciplinary Teacher Perceptions And Challenges Of Literacy Instruction For English Language Learners, Scarlett Nicole Wetherington Jan 2022

Disciplinary Teacher Perceptions And Challenges Of Literacy Instruction For English Language Learners, Scarlett Nicole Wetherington

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Disciplinary teachers who teach mathematics, science, and social studies are challenged to embed literacy instruction into their disciplines for the growing population of English language learners (ELLs). In a rural middle school in the Southern region of the United States, disciplinary teachers are struggling to embed literacy instruction to support ELLs to meet grade-level achievement standards. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore teachers’ perceptions about the challenges of using literacy strategies to teach ELLs in the disciplinary classroom. The conceptual framework for this study included Mezirow’s theory of transformative learning. The key research questions of this …

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Involvement In Interscholastic High School Sports And Juvenile Delinquency, Emily Rene Wheeler Jan 2022

Involvement In Interscholastic High School Sports And Juvenile Delinquency, Emily Rene Wheeler

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The primary research problem that prompted this study was to identify if involvement in interscholastic sports could be an option to alleviate financial burdens of delinquency and provoke a level of rehabilitation for youth. To provide context on this aforementioned financial burden, between 2018 and 2019, 5.56% or 696,620 youth in the United States aged 10-17 were arrested, (Puzzanchera, 2021). The cost of these arrests can be up to $407.58 per day per youth, and taxpayer dollars supplement this price tag. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the extent to which a relationship exists between juvenile involvement …

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Stress On Correctional Officers In High Demand And Low Control Work Environments, Amy Whiting Jan 2022

Stress On Correctional Officers In High Demand And Low Control Work Environments, Amy Whiting

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many major health concerns can be caused due to stress that stems from the demands put upon a person from their job. Correctional officers can experience high demands from their job as well as little control due to on-the-job experiences, such as being assaulted by an inmate, witnessing an assault by an inmate on another correctional officer, or having a complaint filed against them by an inmate. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between these experiences and stress-related symptoms, such as gastrointestinal issues, headaches, neck or back pain, difficulty concentrating, and more while …

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Individual Public-School Teachers’ Influence On Technology Implementation, Aletcia Whren Jan 2022

Individual Public-School Teachers’ Influence On Technology Implementation, Aletcia Whren

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many teachers in the United States, despite access to and demonstrated benefits of instructional technology, are reluctant to integrate these innovations into their teaching. Although public schools spend millions to supply the technology to improve instruction and student academic achievement, teachers often choose not to adopt it. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to understand better how and why many teachers are reluctant to integrate instructional technology in their classrooms. Guided by cultural historical activity theory, the study occurred in two phases. First, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Stages of Concern Questionnaire was used to identify a sample of …

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Academic Self-Efficacy And Satisfaction Among College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cannda Wilbanks Jan 2022

Academic Self-Efficacy And Satisfaction Among College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cannda Wilbanks

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Over decades, researchers have identified an increase in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis resulting in a growing population of students with ASD attending higher education environments. Several researchers have found that individuals with ASD experience challenges in on-campus college settings. Examining other postsecondary learning environments may have provided insight into settings that may reduce the challenges students with ASD experience. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine differences in self-efficacy and satisfaction among college students with ASD enrolled in on-campus-only, blended, and online learning environments. The theoretical foundations were Oliver’s social model of disability and Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. …

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Reading Teacher Perspectives On Classroom Behavior And Criteria Referral For Adhd Testing, Sharmaine Wilder Jan 2022

Reading Teacher Perspectives On Classroom Behavior And Criteria Referral For Adhd Testing, Sharmaine Wilder

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other researchers, the prevalence of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses among school-aged children has gained the attention of researchers. Due to the large amount of time children spend in the school context, researchers have found that teachers play a vital role as valuable resources to early identification of children needs of services. The purpose of this qualitative study was to expand knowledge about the in-depth experiences of third grade reading teachers when referring for behavioral health services. Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) bioecological model the was theoretical framework for this …

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Reducing Sepsis Rates Through Nursing Staff Education, Joshua J. Wilkinson Jan 2022

Reducing Sepsis Rates Through Nursing Staff Education, Joshua J. Wilkinson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many hospitals fail to comply with sepsis treatment core measures. The purpose of this project was to educate nursing staff in a small rural emergency department in the Midwest United States about core measures that included 1-hour bundles for sepsis treatment. The project attempted to answer the practice-focused question: Does educating emergency department nursing staff in a small rural emergency department on the 1-hour sepsis bundle increase knowledge? Lewin’s Change Theory and Kirkpatrick’s Four-Level Training Evaluation Model served as the framework for the project. A 1-hour in-person education was developed using the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate model with …

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Performance Measurement Indicators And Their Impact On Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Eric Rashad Williams Jan 2022

Performance Measurement Indicators And Their Impact On Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Eric Rashad Williams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Accrediting agencies assess higher education institutions using performance indicators that are outdated and assessed incorrectly. This research uses various quantitative methods including multiple regression to provide data to understand the financial impacts of these indicators on mission driven historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The research question guiding this research examined whether academic accrediting agencies’, such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, performance indicators affect state funding allocations for HBCUs. Resource dependence theory recognizes leadership in organizations is influenced by adverse external environmental factors. Mission-based achievement outcomes and funding tied to inappropriate outcomes create both internal and external …

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Strategies For Implementing Critical Success Factors For Improving Information Technology Information Systems’ Performance In Financial Organizations, Sherri L. Williams Jan 2022

Strategies For Implementing Critical Success Factors For Improving Information Technology Information Systems’ Performance In Financial Organizations, Sherri L. Williams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) business leaders lack strategies for implementing critical success factors (CSFs) to promote organizational effectiveness and project success. As a result, ITIL leaders may experience less project success if CSF strategies are not effectively implemented. Grounded in the balanced scorecard (BSC) theory, this qualitative multiple case study aimed to explore strategies ITIL business leaders use to implement CSFs successfully to improve organizational efficiency for project success. The participants comprised five ITIL business leaders in the financial industry located in the southwestern region of the United States who successfully implemented strategies to implement CSFs to improve organizational …

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