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Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
PURPOSE: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), all-cause mortality and CVD mortality. Some researchers have speculated that Blacks have lower levels of CRF when compared ...
The Effect of Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Mortality Risk
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Clinicians use risk calculators in primary prevention to estimate CVD mortality. A potential limitation of available risk calculators are they generally estimate risk based on traditional risk factors, which is problematic ...
From test to testimony: Resiliency after TBI diagnosis
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-06)
Autoethnography research is a relatively new and innovative means of gathering data on oneself to connect to research and theory while advocating for change within a policy, law, and/ or environment. When doing my ...
Parental Spiritual Coping with a Chronically Ill Child
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Upon the diagnosis of a chronic condition for a child, the stressors can be multiple, ongoing, and have the potential to frequently change over the prolongation of the health care journey and affect all members of the ...
Social Support among Mothers Enrolled in a Physical Activity Intervention
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that mothers does not participate in recommended amounts of physical activity. Research has identified many factors associated with physical activity among mothers and social support ...
Intimate Partner Violence: Satisficing or Maximizing? Examining Indicators of Relationship Commitment
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
The negative impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) have the potential to reach each physical, psychological, social, and spiritual realm of a victim's experience. The motive for women to remain in such violent ...
Engaging in healthy sexual decision making: The role of protective factors from an ecological systems perspective
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
A sample of 235 emerging adults at a southeastern university was surveyed about past and current sexual decision-making. Researchers investigated the role of protective factors in early and current sexual decision-making ...
The Influence of Maternal Exercise Type on Heart Measures at One Month
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of aerobic, resistance, and circuit training during pregnancy on infant heart measures at 1 month of age. We hypothesized that there would be differences ...
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG AUTHORITATIVE PARENTING, RELIGIOSITY, AND ADOLSCENT INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-20)
The public health issue of adolescent depression and anxiety in association with religiosity and family dynamics has not been established. This research explored the associations among authoritative parenting, religiosity ...
The Nurses' Physical Activity Study: Caring for You so You can Care for Others
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-08)
Nurses face multiple stressors on a daily basis and often report the greatest stress of all health care workers (Ilhan, Durukan, Taner, Maral, and Bumin, 2008). The negative impact of stress on patient and nurse health and ...