Browsing Graduate Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by Subject "Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Social medicine::Public health medicine research areas::Public health science"
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An Analysis of College Students’ Nutrition Practices
(2022-04-21)Poor nutrition is associated with half of the leading causes of death for adults and has influenced the alarming obesity rates. Negative nutrition practices and knowledge are at the forefront of this issue and are often ... -
Caldwell County 2022 Community Health Assessment
(2023-05-12)The Community Health Assessment, also known as the CHA, is a North Carolina requirement of local county health departments. The CHA is implemented every four years by local health departments to identify, collect, analyze, ... -
A Comparison of Recruitment Outcomes Using an Alternate Clinical Trial Recruitment Script for Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes (LIFT)
(2022-05)Background Despite noble advancements in clinical research recruitment. Ethnic minorities continue to be disproportionately represented. Identifying variables that contribute to increased participation in such trials can ... -
Evaluating the Impacts of COVID-19 Stay at Home Orders on the Physical, Mental, and Social Wellbeing in Participants in YMCA SilverSneakers Programming
(2021-10)North Carolina Executive Orders placed in March 2020 encouraged families and individuals to stay in their homes and to only leave their homes to perform essential services for survival and work. This Executive Order ... -
Mind Over Matter - Urgent Care Facilities for Mental Health Patients
(2023-04-23)Mind Over Matter is an evaluation of Behavioral Health Urgent Care centers, or BHUCs, in North Carolina. These facilities offer medical services specifically for mental health patients in an urgent care clinic setting. The ... -
Nutrition and Physical Activity in Middle School Aged Students
(2022-06-22)My research was to help enhance the behaviors and knowledge of the students at Cape Fear Christian Academy in nutrition and physical activity. The students participated in a 4-week program after taking a pre-assessment on ... -
Rising Hope Farms (RHF) Dinner and Bingo Fundraiser
(2022-12)BACKGROUND Special needs, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2021), is any healthcare need related to physical, intellectual, and developmental disabilities, as well as long-standing medical ... -
Weight Loss Programs: Impact on the Obesity Epidemic
(2022-01)With an increasing prevalence of obesity there are a growing number of programs and methods for weight loss. There are many approaches to medically supervised weight loss, ranging from changes to diet and exercise to ...