Introduction. Despite the availability of effective anti-tuberculosis treatment and public health interventions, tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. The emergence of resistance to anti-tuberculosis ...
Cull, Brooke J.(Kansas State University, 2014-08-13)
Background: Time spent in sedentary behaviors, independent of physical activity levels, is a risk factor for chronic diseases and all-cause mortality. It is unknown whether physically active adults alter their dietary ...
Rabies is the most deadly disease on earth and has a 99.9% human fatality rate. Rabies kills 61,000 humans annually and results in an economic burden of $124 billion USD annually. Each day 3.3 million people live with ...
Influenza viruses are constantly changing, which requires on-going characterization to provide early identification of emerging strains with pandemic potential. A close second to surveillance in prioritization is the ability ...
Although public health departments were introduced to the threat of bio-warfare during the events of the Cold War in the 1950’s and 60’s, it was the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 and subsequent anthrax scares that ...
The focus of this experience was to provide a community with motivating factors and tools for health promotion. In the first phase of the experience, the student concentrated on public health promotion pertaining to residents ...
Steele, Patrick W.(Kansas State University, 2014-04-24)
Background and Purpose: Registered nurses (RN’s) are well positioned to provide physical activity counseling (PA counseling) to their hospital patients. RNs educate during ‘teachable moments” as hospital patients often ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment focuses on the health and wellness of Kansas residents through multiple factors of health promotion. This report will focus on an internship at the Department of Health and ...
My field experience work has been extensive and comprehensive, leading me to benefit from a breadth of experiences. I have visited many locations and attended numerous meetings during my field experience. I engaged in ...
The importance of proper hand hygiene in preventing disease is not a new concept in the field of medicine. Since the 1840’s when a physician, Ignaz Semmelweis, required his students clean their hands after performing ...
Conclusion
The education and experience that I gained through the public health program at Kansas State University has absolutely changed the way that I view the world. It has instilled in me a passion to continue research ...
The New Mexico Department of Health (NM DOH) Office of Border Health in Las Cruces, New Mexico, conducted a survey in the summer months of 2012 concerning information about access to healthcare within the Hispanic population ...
In spite of the improvement of nutrition education and the realization of the importance of healthy dietary patterns, the prevalence of unhealthy dietary patterns is still increasing among vulnerable groups (e.g. women and ...
This study evaluated the impact that the Banned Dog Breed Policy on Fort Riley military installation has had on the number of dog bite-related injuries seen in the emergency room at Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH) and ...
Rabies is a fatal, encephalitic disease caused by numerous variants of a lyssavirus to which all mammals are susceptible. In the United States, domestic animal rabies prevention and control is subjective to individual ...
This report presents a detailed field experience undertaken for 240 hours with the Riley County Extension Agency. The mission of the agency is to make research from land-grant universities understandable and available to ...
A major public health objective is to reduce the risk of the population for chronic disease. To achieve this goal in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides funds to states to distribute to local ...
Each year in the United States there are thousands of dogs and cats exposed to the rabies virus, primarily through bites of infected wildlife. Rabies vaccination laws for domesticated animals vary from state to state, ...
This is a report of field experience completed at the Riley County Health Department (RCHD) in Manhattan, KS. Under the supervision of Linda Redding RN, BSN, MPH and Patti Grub RN, two-hundred and forty hours of field ...
Oral health is a critical aspect of child development, and dental decay is the most common chronic disease found in children. The goal of my capstone project with the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) was to analyze ...