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Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives Of Barriers To Cancer Care Delivery For American Indian, Rural, And Frontier Populations, Brandon M. Varilek, Sarah Mollman Phd, Rn, Chpn, Cne
Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives Of Barriers To Cancer Care Delivery For American Indian, Rural, And Frontier Populations, Brandon M. Varilek, Sarah Mollman Phd, Rn, Chpn, Cne
College of Nursing Faculty Publications
Objective: This descriptive qualitative study sought to understand the barriers affecting cancer care delivery from the perspective of healthcare professionals (HCPs) serving American Indian (AI), rural, and frontier populations.
Methods: One-on-one, semi-structured interviews with multidisciplinary HCPs (N = 18) who provide cancer care to AI, rural, and frontier populations were conducted between January and April 2022. Interviews were conducted via Zoom. Data were analyzed following thematic content analysis methodologies. Results: Thematic content analysis revealed three major themes: (a) Access, (b) Time, and (c) Isolation. The themes represent the HCP perspectives of the needs and barriers of persons with cancer to …
Association Between Prepregnancy Obesity And Health Behaviors, Adverse Conditions, And Birth Outcomes In South Dakota, Lily Sanderson
Association Between Prepregnancy Obesity And Health Behaviors, Adverse Conditions, And Birth Outcomes In South Dakota, Lily Sanderson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Introduction: Prepregnancy obesity is associated with an increased risk for various adverse outcomes for mother and fetus. These adverse associations exist within the realms of preconception health, prenatal health, birth outcomes, and postnatal health.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study used data from the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (SD PRAMS) survey, which is an ongoing statebased surveillance system of maternal behaviors, attitudes, and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The 2017 and 2018 SD PRAMS sampled a total of 3,805 mothers who were randomly selected from birth certificate records to be representative of all South Dakota women …
Development Of A Quantitative Measure Of Community Readiness For Change, Drew Hicks
Development Of A Quantitative Measure Of Community Readiness For Change, Drew Hicks
Health and Nutritional Sciences Graduate Students Plan B Capstone Projects
Introduction: Recruiting community involvement in public health interventions is often met with varying degrees of success. Attitudes, resources, and leadership all impact a community’s ability to effect change. Being able to assess community readiness for change is vital to the successful adoption of any health or wellness initiative. Past efforts in measuring community readiness have been largely limited. This study reports on the development and validation of a survey measuring community readiness to change for health and wellness in the college campus community.
Objective: To develop an instrument capable of measuring the attitudes and ability of a college campus …
Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention Program: Analysis Of Its Influence On Health Of Rural South Dakota 5th And 6th Grade Children, Nayef Bumaryoum
Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention Program: Analysis Of Its Influence On Health Of Rural South Dakota 5th And 6th Grade Children, Nayef Bumaryoum
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Obesity is a growing problem throughout the developed world. This project will focus on obesity in rural children by studying those living in an area of South Dakota. Research shows high levels of overweight and obese children in this demographic. The two major objectives of this study are to evaluate the efficacy of the KidQuest (KQ) nutrition and physical activity curriculum in reducing the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight and obese within participating South Dakota 5th and 6th grade children using baseline/post-intervention data and to determine which KQ teacher type is most effective as evaluated by anthropometric, …