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Motivators Impacting Employment After Disability Due To Injury Or Chronic Illness, Damion B. Jackson
Motivators Impacting Employment After Disability Due To Injury Or Chronic Illness, Damion B. Jackson
Theses and Dissertations
Unemployment caused by the need to treat and recover from a disability due to injury or chronic illness is a common phenomenon. Research illustrates that absence from work damages organizational growth, employers, and employees. Employees often experience problems with their mental and physical health that affect their social identity and function. In the context of the recognized value of employment for human health and well being, policy-makers have implemented various programs and approaches to encourage re-employment of those unemployed due to required treatment and rehabilitation. Many of the approaches are driven by financial incentives to encourage individuals to rejoin the …
Association Between Body Mass Index And Depression On Hbaic Control Among Veterans, Opokua Osei-Yeboah
Association Between Body Mass Index And Depression On Hbaic Control Among Veterans, Opokua Osei-Yeboah
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The study investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and depression based upon glycated hemoglobin levels (HBA1C) among United States veterans. Based on Bandura's social cognitive theory, a cross-sectional analysis examined the association between BMI and depression on HBA1C regulation, and if the interaction between BMI and depression affects HBAIC regulation among veterans. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the multivariate associations between depression and BMI on the outcome variable of HBA1C. Linearity, normality, and homoscedasticity were assessed using normal probability plots and residual analysis. Durbin-Watson statistics were used to test for autocorrelations, and variance inflation factor was …
The Impact Of Diabetes And Obesity In The African American Population, Andrea Lynette Swails
The Impact Of Diabetes And Obesity In The African American Population, Andrea Lynette Swails
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Within the 21st century, Type II diabetes has emerged as a public health crisis. African Americans and Hispanic Americans have the highest rates of Type II diabetes and obesity compared to European Americans. The purpose of this DNP project was to teach medical assistants (MA) to provide self-management of diabetes and obesity for the African American population in the local clinical setting. An educational tool kit for health providers was developed to guide the educational project. The chronic care model was used to guide the development of the educational toolkit. A pretest posttest design was incorporated into the educational program. …
Chronic Care Management Services At A Clinical Medical Group, Sharon Guccione
Chronic Care Management Services At A Clinical Medical Group, Sharon Guccione
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The purpose of this project was to design a chronic care plan using the chronic care management (CCM) framework to improve health services at lower healthcare costs. The practice-focused question explored whether the operationalization of the CCM model would impact progress toward the management of chronic illness for the target population of Medicare beneficiaries with 2 or more chronic illnesses in an urban acute care agency located in the western United States. The middle-range theory, logic rational plan model, Lewin’s change theory, and the CCM’s coordination care and collaborative care concepts were used to guide the project. Data were collected …