Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Building Community-Campus Partnerships To Prevent Infant Mortality: Lessons Learned From Building Capacity In Four Us Cities, Renata Schiavo, Isabel Estrada-Portales, Elena Hoeppner, Denisse Ormaza, Radhika Ramesh

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is an important indicator of progress toward health equity and socio-economic development. Despite progress, the US is ranked 45th among 192 countries in IMR, with non-Hispanic black IMR 2.2 times that of non-Hispanic white rates, and higher than average IMR in Native American populations. The Preconception Peer Educators (PPE) program of the U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) aims to raise awareness about IMR disparities in African Americans, and to promote preconception health behaviors among women of childbearing age and sexually active men. Building upon this program, this report focuses on lessons learned …

Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions Of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients With Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Investigation, Nicole A. Hollingshead, Marianne S. Matthias, Matthew Bair, Adam T. Hirsh

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals are at-risk for chronic pain and disparate care. In this qualitative study, we explored providers’ experiences with socioeconomically disadvantaged patients, with a particular focus on providers’: (1) perceptions of socioeconomically disadvantaged patients’ barriers to pain care, (2) attitudes towards this patient population, and (3) chronic pain decisions for these patients. Individual interviews were conducted with twenty-four healthcare providers. Providers discussed several patient-level access barriers, such as not having health insurance, financial constraints, and scheduling difficulties. Providers believed socioeconomically disadvantaged patients were at-risk to misuse prescription opioids and were less comfortable prescribing opioids to these patients. This investigation …

Using A Mindfulness Based Art Technique To Promote Emotion Regulation And Self Compassion, Lisa S. Sosin

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Creative Balance Tool: Teaching Students' How To Maintain A Healthy Mind For Optimal Academic Performance And Overall Well Being, Lisa S. Sosin

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Creative Exposure Treatment: Using Art Focusing To Promote Emotional Development, Emotion Regulation, And Self-Compassion, Lisa S. Sosin

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Federal Home Loan Bank Advances And Bank And Thrift Holding Company Risk: Evidence From The Stock Market, Scott Deacle, Elyas Elyasiani

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Using bivariate GARCH models of stock portfolio returns and risk, we find that bank and thrift holding companies that relied the most on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances exhibited less total risk and market risk than those that relied on them the least between 2001 and 2012. When we control for differences in holding company size, stock trading volume, residential mortgage lending, and holding company type (bank vs. thrift), the most FHLB-reliant holding companies sustain the aforesaid risk advantages except during the crisis of 2007–2009, when they exhibit greater idiosyncratic risk. The latter finding suggests that investors perceived the …

Fall Break Brunch Prize Winners, Josh Marble

Staff Council

Email sent to all WKU staff regarding prize winners of Fall Break Brunch giveaways.

Ncod E-Newsletter, October 7, 2016

NCOD E-Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

NCOD E-NewsletterFinding Aid

Fearless Friday: Michael Deleon, Michael A. Deleon Jr.

SURGE

In this week’s edition of Fearless Friday, SURGE is pleased to honor the work of Michael Deleon ‘18.

Michael is a originally from Philadelphia, PA, and is a current junior here at Gettysburg College, majoring in Sociology. On campus, he serves as the President of both the Black Student Union (BSU) and VIBE, a fusion dance group that he founded. Michael is also involved with the Bias Response Team and works as a Residence Coordinator.

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How Time And Social Awareness Affect Good Policy Councils And Food Democracy In Communities, Chloe Degitz, Jill Clark

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The data was collected via a Survey Monkey survey with a series of questions that ranged from how FPC's categorized themselves to their connection to the government to their top policy priorities. The survey also asked about what the FPC's needed assistance in in terms of funding to community engagement to being able to get from just fundraising to actual policy work. The participants were chosen for the survey using a database from the government. After the survey was closed, the data was collected into an Excel spreadsheet, The data was then collated into graphs and put in a side-by-side …

Redefining The Role Of The Police: Perspectives And Expectations, Richard Zitzke, Jonathan Mccombs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The American Policing infrastructure and much of the criminal justice system is under fire for what is perceived as racial and biased policing and Draconian enforcement tactics. The book explores the evolution of the history of policing and how the public perception of the police has changed over the decades. The exploration of a changing expectation where the police receive mixed messages from policy makers and the legal community is exacerbated by the human bias throughout the system. Police training and hiring practices have been focused on in order to achieve the greatest impact, but much work must be done …

Scholarworks Usage Report, 09-2016, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains usage statistics for ScholarWorks @ CWU, including downloads and pageviews for various content types available throughout the repository.

Good Governance: A New Perspective For Institutional Reform- A Comparative View Of The Education, Health And Water Sectors In Egypt, Yasmin Khodary

Political Science

Reform of state institutions is a gateway to a country's progress and development. This research seeks to answer the following questions: 'to what extent do institutions, such as water, basic education and primary healthcare institutions, conform to good governance standards in Egypt?' and secondly, 'how can good governance offer a new perspective for institutional reform in Egypt?'. The research presents a comparative assessment for governance within the Egyptian water, basic education and primary healthcare institutions. The assessment is based on nationally-owned governance indicators, which informed the measurement and assessment of governance within the water, basic education and primary healthcare institutions …

The Pervasive Power Of Gender Norms, Jennifer Dillard

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Gender norms and implicit biases work together across institutions, time, and people to contract or expand opportunity for women and girls in central Ohio - yet women are not the only ones at risk. Gender norms and implicit biases have material and drastic implications for the welfare of families and of larger society. In this report, we sought to understand what gives rise to the assumptions, associations, and expectations we place on women and men; how they are perpetuated through out interactions with relationships with each other; and how they impact and influence the lives of women and girls. This …

International Comparative Criminal Justice Project, Jonathan W. Mccombs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The high level of collaboration between universities allowed this project to be a success for the students and for learning. Limitations such as the 5 hour time difference were challenging but not insurmountable. The usefulness of online and collaborative projects of this sort can effectively substitute for study­ abroad activities that are often not available to older adult students that might have families and jobs. In future runs of the project we hope to extend the semester to an entire course instead of being part of a course.

Central Ohio Regional Enforcement: Share Training Feasibility Study, Sean Asbury, Jonathan Mccombs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The Central Ohio Regional Enforcement group of 25 law enforcement agencies applied for and was awarded a grant to study the feasibility of an online shared training platform that shows a pathway to college credit.

The Society For The Scientific Detection Of Crime, Jonathan Mccombs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

You might ask, "What does the crime club do?" We are tasked with assisting law enforcement in evaluating cold cases or difficult criminal cases. Due to the expansive expertise represented in the field, we often have very unique and fresh input on cases. If you are a law enforcement officer with a Cold Case or a difficult case then we encourage you to contact us to present the case to the club. Case submissions should go through the Vice President of the Club.

All Perspectives Matter: A Co-Orientational Analysis Of Problem-Based Law Enforcement And Community Relationships, Jonathan Mccombs, James A. White, Joanna Williamson

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The relationships between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve has been the focus of accelerating national scrutiny in light of numerous contentious and widely publicized incidents involving alleged protected police misconduct, or alternatively, citizen and government overreach.

Incorporating The Brain Sciences Into The Teaching Of Business Psychology, Raymond L. Forbes Jr.

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Franklin University has been at the forefront of integrating the findings of Neuroscience into its' masters degree program in Business Psychology. The teaching problem has been how to translate the often esoteric research of brain scientists into applications useful at the personal and organizational levels.

Music For Prosperity, Allison Dang, Spencer Keane, William Knights

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Infant mortality is the passing of a child before his/her first birthday. With the fifth highest infant mortality rate in the United States, infant mortality is increasingly becoming a larger and more detrimental problem, especially in South Linden, Ohio. Out of every one thousand children in South Linden, 20.3 of them will not make it to their first birthday. However, despite the staggering statistics, many are not aware of the issue, and counter infant mortality, including those who live in South Linden. Thus, Music for Prosperity was created to address the lack of awareness to address the lack of awareness …

Columbus Scholar House: Innovative Housing For Student Parents, Isabel Toth, Traci Lewis, Denise Liston, Nancy Hood, Sarah French, Davita Tucker

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Almost one-quarter of the U.S. college students are also parents. Many student parents are single parents, grew up in households with limited financials resources, or are the first in their families to attend college. Stable, quality, affordable housing is a critical foundation for student parents to be successful but there are limited housing options for this student subgroup. Supporting high-quality early learning opportunities for children of student parents is also a priority based on evidence from two-generation approaches to breaking the cycle of poverty.

Grassroots Community Fundraising And Advocacy To Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality In Ohio Through Patient Navigation And Safety-Net Programs, Julie Mcmahon

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Ohio has the third highest breast cancer mortality rate of any state in the U.S. In 2016, 1,700 women will die from breast cancer in Ohio. When diagnosed at early stages, survival and quality of life are improved. Barriers to care like finances, health literacy, insurance coverage, fear and transportation contribute to late-stage diagnoses. A community needs assessment of 30 counties in central and southeast Ohio was conducted to inventory all health system assets, healthy policy impacts, and collect qualitative data to identify local barriers and solutions to reduce mortality. Results were used to develop a multi-level approach to reduce …

Meeting People Where They Are, Creating A Bridge Out Of Poverty, Stanya M. Greathouse

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

The poverty rate is a key economic indicator often used by policy makers to evaluate current economic conditions within communities. Teen Start Inc. targets persons experiencing generational poverty by offering programs that supports young parents and their children providing culturally competent programs to "improve human capital through education, employment, intergenerational transfer of knowledge and social bridging capital" (Payne, 2012).

Community Data, Visualized, Sarah Goodman

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

CRP produces data visualizations, called DataBytes, on a monthly basis. DataBytes provide a snapshot of a topic of importance to our community, region, or state today. The topics cover a wide range of social and economic issues such as student debt, carbon footprint, food security, child care, etc. DataBytes can be lighthearted, as in our April Fool's DataBytes, or introduce our audience to a serious but relevant issue, such as our Distracted Driving DataByte. These sharable graphics are great conversation starters, but also serve as resources to interesting or important local information.

What We Learned Adopting 4 Children, Joel Gardner

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

What happens when a family of three adopts four siblings? In this visual, interactive poster presentation, you will learn from the five oldest members of the Gardner family. We will share our experiences as birth child, adopted children, and adoptive parents. We will highlight what we have learned through this experience and share what we think you should do if you plan to adopt or are being adopted.

Collaborating A Shared Vision Of Child And Family Well Being, Tom Standish

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are major factors contributing to both physical and mental illness. ACEs include: physical/sexual abuse, neglect, domestic/community violence, parental separation/divorce, household substance abuse, household mental illness. ACEs in a culture of poverty furthers: unemployment/underemployment, social isolation, poor housing, early death, mental illness, higher suicide, high risk behaviors, alcohol substance abuse, physical illness, a navigational quagmire. However, people do build resiliency. People do recover.

Swc: Stonewall Columbus, Stonewall Columbus

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

No abstract provided.

Franklin County Teen Pregnancy, Sharon D. Sachs

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

• Since 2007, advocating for and serving Franklin County pregnant and parenting teens (PPT).
• Managing an 11 organization/15 program service collaborative - Healthy Families Connection (HFC).
• Assessing impact on lives of PPT as progress toward 6 outcomes. • Conducting studies and surveys.
• Promoting community standards of service to PPT.

Franklin County Youth Needs Assessment, Becky Zwicki

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

No abstract provided.

Engaging Student Journal Editors, Janelle L. Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

Editing and publishing a student research journal is a high-impact educational practice that libraries are uniquely suited to support. Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library hosts three student-edited journals in our open access institutional repository. We train student editors to use the online journal publishing platform to receive, assign, and review submissions. We also expose them to the scope of undergraduate publishing beyond our institution, describe the benefits of open access publishing to authors (including sharing their own use metrics), invite professors who edit professional journals to share their expertise with the students, and facilitate a discussion about how their editing process …