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Handwriting in Young Adults in an Era of Technological Advancements
(East Carolina University, 2015-12-10)The purpose of this study was to investigate handwriting and technology as methods for note-taking in the post-secondary classroom, handwriting in daily life, and perceptions of handwriting instruction, both print and ... -
Harnessing the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Eliminating activity by targeting at different levels
(2012-08)T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignant hematological disorder arising in the thymus from T-cell progenitors. T-ALL mainly affects children and young adults, and remains fatal in 20% of ... -
HAZARD PERCEPTION TRAINING FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ON THE INTERACTIVE DRIVING SIMULATOR: USING EYE TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)Rationale: Driving is an important developmental milestone for all adolescents as it increases their independence and ability to participate in vehicle-dependent activities. However, adolescents with high functioning autism ... -
Health effects following subacute exposure to geogenic dust collected from active drainage surfaces (Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, Las Vegas, NV)
(2017-12-08)The specific health effects of directinhalation of fine minerogenic dusts generated by natural soil surfaces remain poorly known and relatively little researched. To learn more about this exposure and its contribution to ... -
Health Literacy Perception and Experience among Members of the Pediatric Nephrology Interprofessional Team
(2015-06-17)A project utilizing a twenty-six question web based electronic survey was conducted to examine a convenience sample of pediatric nephrology interprofessional team member characteristics, health literacy perception and ... -
Health Promotion for African-American Men: Improving awareness of the link between erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease
(2016-12-02)Emerging literature has shown there is link between erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular (CVD) disease. It has been suggested that ED is an independent risk factor for CVD. The presence of moderate to severe ED in ... -
A HEALTH PROVIDER NUTRITION EDUCATION INITIATIVE FOR OBESE ADULTS
(2019-04-22)Current statistics and trends for obesity shed light on the overall impact obesity has. Obesity is a global epidemic. This project highlighted the importance of providing nutrition education on the Mediterranean diet to ... -
Healthy Eating also is good for the planet
(2020-07-29)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is a discussion between the efforts of our community members to maintain healthy diets while trying to make a more sustainable ... -
Healthy Habits for Healthy Living
(1995)This is a patient education brochure designed to describe the development of food habits of the people of eastern North Carolina (written in collaboration with Kristen Borree, PhD, anthropology. It then localizes the ... -
Healthy Hospital Food Environment: Policy & Programs in Practice
(2012-05-07)This invited presentation highlights the state of weight at Vidant Health, a health care system serving 29 counties in eastern North Carolina and its innovative Health Food Environment program. A policy, effective in 2012, ... -
Healthy Hospital Food Environment: the PCMH Story.
(2006)This paper describes Pitt Memorial Hospital's response to the call to become a healthy worksite. It describes the hospital's effots to partner in the North Carolina Plan to Prevent Overweight and Obesity and Related Chronic ... -
Hearing aids in older adults: audibility, outcomes, status, characteristics, and skills
(East Carolina University, 2013)The current study explored hearing aid outcomes for a group of participants who were dispenser fit rather than protocol fit. Participants could have been fit and followed by any hearing aid practitioner increasing the ... -
Heart Failure 30-Day Readmissions: Causes, Prediction, Prevention in a Rural Hospital
(2015-10-27)Readmissions of heart failure (HF) patients are a costly and potentially avoidable expenditure for our healthcare systems. In 2015, acute care facilities who exceed pre-determined benchmarks for 30-day HF readmission rates ... -
Heart healthy Diet Helps Prevent Prostate Cancer
(2020-11-04)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. This column edition is meant to educate and inform readers about dietary strategies that are associated with decreased prostate cancer risk. -
The heart healthy lenoir project-an intervention to reduce disparities in hypertension control: study protocol
(2013)Background Racial disparities in blood pressure control are well established; however the impact of low health literacy (LHL) on blood pressure has garnered less attention. Office based interventions that are created with ... -
The Heart of the Matter: Bringing the R Back to SBAR
(2018-07-14)This paper focuses on a quality improvement (QI) project implemented in a home health setting among a population of patients with heart failure (HF). It was discovered there was a lack of nurse-led recommendations and ... -
Heart rate as a physiologic response to scenarios on the driving simulator
(East Carolina University, 2012)Introduction: Since driving is such a big part of the American culture and considered an instrumental activity of daily living, it is a critical area for assessment and intervention for occupational therapists. The overall ...