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Title: A comparative analysis of pro-anorexia versus pro-recovery Instagram images through the lenses of objectified body consciousness and positive body image conceptual frameworks
Author: Jafari, Nadia
Date Created: 2016
Description: Instagram (IG) is a social media application that allows users to upload personal images in a public forum by including a searchable link (e.g. hashtag) along with a posted image. An IG community devoted to a pro-recovery (i.e., #anarecovery) pers...

Title: A comparative analysis of pro-anorexia versus pro-recovery Instagram images through the lenses of objectified body consciousness and positive body image conceptual frameworks
Author: Jafari, Nadia
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Mental health, Clinical psychology
Description: Instagram (IG) is a social media application that allows users to upload personal images in a public forum by including a searchable link (e.g. hashtag) along with a posted image. An IG community devoted to a pro-recovery (i.e., #anarecovery) pers...

Title: Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
Author: Lyerly, Jordan
Date Created: 2015
Description: Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...

Title: Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
Author: Lyerly, Jordan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...

Title: Disentangling the Complex Racial Disparities in Health among Adult Beneficiaries under Medicaid Managed Care: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author: Sun, Chengxiu
Date Created: 2010
Description: There are few studies of the important issue of racial and ethnic disparities in Medicaid managed care settings. This study addresses this deficiency using data collected by telephone interviews from a randomly stratified sample of adults who were...

Title: Disentangling the Complex Racial Disparities in Health among Adult Beneficiaries under Medicaid Managed Care: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Author: Sun, Chengxiu
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Health services administration, Public health--Study and teaching
Description: There are few studies of the important issue of racial and ethnic disparities in Medicaid managed care settings. This study addresses this deficiency using data collected by telephone interviews from a randomly stratified sample of adults who were...

Title: Exercise-based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for co-morbid insomnia and depression
Author: Daley, Kristin
Date Created: 2010
Description: The present study introduces a new treatment modality for comorbid insomnia and depression that combines cardiovascular exercise and elements of cognitive behavioral treatment: Exercise Based Cognitive Therapy (EBCT). While simultaneously performi...

Title: Exercise-based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for co-morbid insomnia and depression
Author: Daley, Kristin
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Clinical psychology, Psychophysiology
Description: The present study introduces a new treatment modality for comorbid insomnia and depression that combines cardiovascular exercise and elements of cognitive behavioral treatment: Exercise Based Cognitive Therapy (EBCT). While simultaneously performi...

Title: Exploring the Effects of Being a Peer Educator on African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Author: Rouse, Melanie
Date Created: 2013
Description: ABSTRACTMELANIE J. ROUSE. Exploring the effects of being a peer educator on African American breast cancer survivors. (Under the direction of DRS. A. SUZANNE BOYD and DEE BALDWIN)Efforts to reduce breast cancer-related health disparities amongst A...

Title: Exploring the Effects of Being a Peer Educator on African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Author: Rouse, Melanie
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Health education
Description: ABSTRACTMELANIE J. ROUSE. Exploring the effects of being a peer educator on African American breast cancer survivors. (Under the direction of DRS. A. SUZANNE BOYD and DEE BALDWIN)Efforts to reduce breast cancer-related health disparities amongst A...

Title: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (HAART) MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV IN THE U.S.
Author: Witt, Brian
Date Created: 2016
Description: Background: In the U.S., the number of individuals living with HIV aged 50 years and older has been consistently increasing. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiological data, researchers estimated that in 2015, more than half ...

Title: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (HAART) MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV IN THE U.S.
Author: Witt, Brian
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Epidemiology, Medical sciences
Description: Background: In the U.S., the number of individuals living with HIV aged 50 years and older has been consistently increasing. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiological data, researchers estimated that in 2015, more than half ...

Title: Health-Related Disparities in Pediatric Asthma: Morbidity, Attitudes Toward Illness, and Symptom Perception
Author: Hardy, Steven
Date Created: 2012
Description: Asthma disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities and children from low socioeconomic backgrounds; however, an explanation for these disparities is unclear. Furthermore, little is known about psychological outcomes that might vary by race...

Title: Health-Related Disparities in Pediatric Asthma: Morbidity, Attitudes Toward Illness, and Symptom Perception
Author: Hardy, Steven
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Psychology, Psychophysiology
Description: Asthma disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities and children from low socioeconomic backgrounds; however, an explanation for these disparities is unclear. Furthermore, little is known about psychological outcomes that might vary by race...

Title: PEDIATRIC INPATIENT NURSES' KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
Author: Lavigne, Jenifer
Date Created: 2014
Description: Although they are in a unique position to identify potential cases of child maltreatment, to date, no studies have specifically examined inpatient nurses' ability to identify factors important in determining abuse and neglect. This study addressed...

Title: PEDIATRIC INPATIENT NURSES' KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
Author: Lavigne, Jenifer
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Although they are in a unique position to identify potential cases of child maltreatment, to date, no studies have specifically examined inpatient nurses' ability to identify factors important in determining abuse and neglect. This study addressed...

Title: THE EFFECT OF ANGER RUMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING SELF-ANGER AND OTHER-ANGER
Author: Myers, Charlsie
Date Created: 2011
Description: The high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease have led to a profusion of research into its etiology. With only 50% of the variance in risk associated with traditional risk factors, research has begun to focus more on...

Title: THE EFFECT OF ANGER RUMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING SELF-ANGER AND OTHER-ANGER
Author: Myers, Charlsie
Date Created: 2011
Description: The high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease have led to a profusion of research into its etiology. With only 50% of the variance in risk associated with traditional risk factors, research has begun to focus more on...

Title: THE EFFECT OF ANGER RUMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES DURING SELF-ANGER AND OTHER-ANGER
Author: Myers, Charlsie
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: The high morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular (CV) disease have led to a profusion of research into its etiology. With only 50% of the variance in risk associated with traditional risk factors, research has begun to focus more on...

Title: TONYA E. FARROW-CHESTNUT. Defining Multimorbidity Space: Structural characteristics, spatial variation of inpatient multimorbidity networks (IMN), and coronary heart disease.
Author: Farrow-Chestnut, Tonya
Date Created: 2018
Description: Adults in the United States suffer from two or more chronic conditions at the same time (i.e. multimorbidity). Multiple chronic illnesses, such as coronary heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, dramatically shorten life expectancy and present the i...