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Preadolescent Body Image and Body Mass Index
(2015)
Physical and psychological changes occur during middle childhood and the time preparing for adolescence. Healthy body image is a key factor in developing healthy physical and psychosocial habits among preadolescents. There ...
Initiating Practice Guidelines for Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child Visits
(2014-11-21)
Purpose: This project examined the process of initiating postpartum depression (PPD) screening via a PPD protocol at 2 month well-child visit in four pediatric/family practice offices in a rural North Carolina county. The ...
Impact of simulation experiences on learning transfer in new graduate registered nurses.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of pre-work factors (healthcare experience, type of education, type and frequency of simulation exposure) and work factors (type and frequency of simulation exposure) ...
Job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in a hospital setting.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Nursing assistants are an important part of the healthcare team in hospitals. However, there has been little research about the antecedents of job satisfaction and intent to leave of nursing assistants in hospitals. The ...
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games: problematic use
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) are a form of mass media with potential for behavioral addiction among some users. In past literature on internet addiction, MMORPG users have been included alongside ...
Pediatric Palliative Care: A Quality Improvement Recommendation
(2015-06)
In the United States, there are greater than 500,000 infants and children living with a life-threatening or life-limiting condition. Advances in healthcare allow children with life threatening or life limiting conditions ...
Are the Health Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs Met Through School Services?
(2014)
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau recognizes children with special health care needs (CSHCN) as "those with chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions that require health and related services ...
Evaluating Depression Management for Elderly Clients in Home Health Care
(2015)
Depression affects 350 million people worldwide and is considered the primary cause of disability internationally (World Health Organization, 2012). Depression often goes underdiagnosed and undertreated in all ages, but ...
Preferred Distribution Methods of Health Information for Hispanics
(2015)
Emerging Hispanic communities in the U.S. have experienced barriers in health care access and health literacy. A program evaluation was conducted at a health department in eastern North Carolina to assess the preferred ...
The extracellular processing of aggrecan aggregate and its effect on CD44 mediated internalization of hyaluronan.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
In many cells the hyaluronan receptor CD44 mediates the endocytosis of hyaluronan and its delivery to endosomes / lysosomes. The regulation of this process remains largely unknown. In most extracellular matrices hyaluronan ...