Health Studies: Recent submissions
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Exploring wellness programming awareness, usage, and perceived leadership support among community college employees
(2020-11-20)Unhealthy behaviors that many U.S. workers have adopted, such as physical inactivity, poor diet, and stressful lifestyles, have increased health risks and diminished quality of life. With over 140 million employed people ... -
Exploring family meals, sleep, and media use as predictors of childhood overweight/obese status in Oklahoma: A study from the 2016 national survey of children’s health
(2020-07-10)The alarming and sustained prevalence of childhood overweight/obese status in the United States continues to generate research studies on risk factors and prevention approaches. Despite previous and current public health ... -
Perceptions of early detection screening for colorectal cancer in African American men & women, aged 30-44, using the health belief model
(2020-08-12)African Americans (AA) have incidence and mortality rates of 55.2 and 24.5 per 100,000 cases for colorectal cancer (CRC). By 2030, incidence rates for colon and rectal cancers will increase by 90% and 124.2%, respectively, ... -
The relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and intimate partner violence of minority women and the implications for their health
(2020-05-27)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue in the United States affecting over 4 million women annually. While IPV cuts across all races and socioeconomic levels, empirical research indicates that ... -
Sexual minority health: Using the 2016 National Health Interview Survey to evaluate physical activity, behavioral risk factors, and health outcomes
(2020-03-02)Due to the historical exclusion of LGB individuals in research, there is a gap in knowledge regarding physical activity (PA) adoption and adherence which prevents public health professionals from creating evidence-based ... -
Occupational stress and burnout among radiologic science educators
(2006-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived level of occupational stress and burnout of radiologic science educators. This was a survey study using a convenience sample. The sample consisted of 241 radiologic ... -
A comparison between school district employees with and without chronic health conditions for their health behavior stages of change
(2000-12)The purpose of this study was to compare the differences between school district employees with and without chronic health conditions (diagnosis of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and overweight) for their health ... -
Examining the association between acculturation indicators and metabolic syndrome among Hispanic adults
(2019-11-04)The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between acculturation indicators and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Hispanic adults living in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas. MetS is a pressing ... -
How do parents of preadolescent football players really feel about concussion education and the risk of concussion injuries?
(2020-01-03)The effects of repetitive injuries to the brain in collegiate and professional athletes have received much attention in the media and sports world in the past few years due to the tragic deaths of retired athletes. Autopsies ... -
Predicting the blood donor population during a natural disaster event
(2019-09-23)As natural disasters increase in frequency and intensity, maintaining a safe blood supply with acceptable volunteer donors has become a global health issue. Blood shortages are more dramatic during emergency events, directly ... -
Student perceptions of connotations of reproductive physiology terms found in college human sexuality textbooks
(2002-05)The purpose of this study was to compare the difference in student perceptions of connotations of reproductive physiology in human sexuality textbooks. The intention of this study was to identify and document any gender ... -
Environmental Influences on Nutritional Choices of African American Women Who Reside in an Economically Challenged Community: A Photovoice Study
(2019-07-15)The purpose of this study was to cooperatively explore how the built environment shapes nutritional behaviors of African American women living in an underserved, urban neighborhood, in order to address the health problem ... -
Factors related to PrEP intent and use among African American women in Texas
(2019-06-03)The purpose of this study was to examine if relationships exist between attitudes toward condom use, HIV stereotypes, HIV knowledge, perceived HIV risk, intent to use PrEP and PrEP use among African American cisgender women ... -
Health information sources that deafened adults with high perceived risk of cancer trust and use: A pilot study.
(2019-04-17)Goals of "Healthy People 2020" aim at increasing information about health information-seeking behaviors (HISB) and decreasing cancer morbidity and mortality rates. Few studies identify which health information (HI) people ... -
Examining levels of social support, concealment and disclosure and heterosexism as health indicators in sexual minority women who smoke
(2019-04-22)Recent evidence suggests self-identified sexual minority women (SMW) smoke at higher rates than gay men and heterosexual women. A limited amount of research for this disparity points to factors that include tobacco company ... -
Access versus attitude: Determining influences on fruit and vegetable intake of fifth grade students
(2019-06-10)Obesity rates are at the highest ever with 39.8% of American adults and 18.5% of Americans aged 6 to 19 years considered obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2018a; CDC, 2018c; Hales, Carroll, Fryar, & ... -
The relationship of body mass index (BMI) and weight status to hypertension in a cohort of elementary school students: A retrospective longitudinal study
(2006-05)This study investigated the relationship between childhood body mass index (BMI), ethnicity, gender, and hypertension in a cohort of fourth-grade students. Specifically, this study longitudinally tracked the weight of 327 ... -
Music as a motivator during performance of a walk/jog activity by female adolescents with moderate mental retardation
(1998-05)The purpose of this investigation was to examine how fast tempo music would impact the performance of a 1.0 mile (1.6 km) walk/jog by adolescents with moderate mental retardation under four treatment conditions: (a) no ... -
Genograms as threat appeals: Using the Extended Parallel Process Model with familial cardiovascular disease
(2009-08)This study explored the use of genograms as threat appeals in motivating intent to perform health promotion and disease prevention behaviors in participants with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) recruited by ...