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Nutrition and health of orphan and non-orphan children in Iganga District, Uganda
(2011)
Malnutrition is associated with: 1) frequent illness episodes; 2) higher mortality; 3) delayed motor development; 4) lower cognitive function and school performance; 5) impaired work capacity as adults; 6) impaired ...
Usability of access ramps on public transit buses for adults using mobility devices
(2011)
This study systematically evaluated four access ramp slopes (1:4, 1:6, 1:8, and 1:12) with five mobility device user groups. The psychometric properties of several usability measures were also evaluated. The laboratory ...
Risk-based characterization of contaminated industrial sites using a multivariate statistical and GIS-based approach in Anniston, Alabama
(2011)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were produced in Anniston, AL, and used in various commercial applications from 1929 until their ban in the mid-1970s due to concerns about their environmental and biological persistence ...
The effect of wraparound practice ideology and care coordinator practices on client outcomes
(2011)
Use of the wraparound philosophy in program implementation is widespread across the country, though evidence of linkages between adherence to this philosophy and client outcomes is limited. In Erie County, NY, this philosophy ...
Living my family's story: Caring for and identifying the lived experience within the context of high risk for hereditary breast cancer
(2011)
Significance and background . In the past decade, advances in genetic science have given rise to an influx of research and information regarding hereditary risk for breast cancer. This genetic information allows clinicians ...
Medicine without the medical gaze: Theory, practice and phenomenology in Korean medicine
(2011)
This dissertation investigates Korean medicine in South Korea and brings the examination, responding to Marcus and Fischer's call for the "defamiliarization by epistemological critique," to the discussion of contemporary ...
Improving the utility of the pediatric symptom checklist for mental health screening
(2011)
For over a century, public health initiatives have targeted the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents through school and community based initiatives aimed at physical health issues. Rarely, if ever, are mental ...
Socio-economic variation in use of price minimizing behaviors and subsequent effects on cessation indicators
(2011)
Objectives: This thesis broken up into two related sections. First, it examines how socio-economic status (SES) modifies the way smokers adjust to changes in the price of tobacco products through utilization of multiple ...
An Empirical Investigation of Cost Efficiencies in the Health Care Industry
(2011)
This dissertation work is motivated by the need of hospitals to address efficiency issues confronting health care reforms in the present environment. The main objective is to investigate the cost efficiency of hospitals ...