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The Effects Of A Faith-Based Diabetes Program For African Americans, Pandora Goode

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to pilot test the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management program for African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in a group format in a faith-based setting. The rationale for the study was to create appropriate diabetes education in response to the growing diabetes prevalence among African Americans. The investigator hypothesized that after completing a 12-week program, participants would have improved diabetes knowledge, self-management practices, hemoglobin A1C, and an increase in self-efficacy. By reaching these goals, this program would contribute to one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives of increasing the proportion of …

Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Eagleston, Leigh. The Christian Soldier’s Story – John & Sandy Snelson, Salvation Army
• Jessie, Lisa. Riding the Rails of Train History – James Brown, L&N Railroad Depot
• Carter, Darla. Adults Learn to Catch Up at Adult Learning Center
• Tradition, Discipline Salvation Army’s Root
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Families Feel Alzheimer’s Effects – James Sacrey, Adult Day Care

Gates, Robert J. (Fa 168), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 168. Interviews on cassette tape with accompanying documentation that WKU student Robert J. Gates had with Alice Ruth and Shella Procter, concerning their aunt Ora Porter, Warren County, Kentucky's first registered nurse.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1976, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Members of the 1976 nursing class: Marshall Abney, Barbara Baise, Barbara Baxter, Marla Chapman, Patricia Courtney, Alecia Decker, Leatrice Ford, Charlene Gibson, Judy Greenwell, Anita Ground, Debra Hagen, Pamela Hawn, Mary Herman, Sarah Holland, Regina Hunt, Michael Hubbard, Angela Irvin, Marlene Jenkins, Brenda Jewell, Gwendolyn Lashley, Shelia Martin, Deborah Matlock, Jo Matthews, Ann Meador, Martha Nance, Terri Randall, Patricia Rigsby, Mary Rile, Mary Rose, Jerry Shoemaker, Carolyn Sabolchak, James Spinks, Marilyn Starks, Pamela Stewart, Melissa Veitschegger, Judy Watt, Angela White, Kathi Young, Jackie Wishart and Faye White.