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Browsing Master of Public Health Student Reports and Theses by Published Date "2019"

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VETERINARY HOSPITAL EVALUATION AND SUGGESTIONS TO MAXIMIZE USABILITY FOR CLIENTS WITH MOBILITY DISABILITIES and PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH PET THERAPY

Winkley, Ema (2019-08)

Usability/Accessibility Project Abstract Accessible and usable environments allow people with mobility disabilities to fully participate in every-day activities such as purchasing groceries, eating out at a restaurant, ...
TREND ANALYSIS OF CONFIRMED CASES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE FROM 2014 TO 2017 IN SELECT MUNICIPAL KANSAS COUNTIES

Ferrel, Colin Nathanial (2019-05)

Streptococcus pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcal disease, has been an extortionary burden on public health for well over a century and continues to affect high-risk groups, which includes the unvaccinated, children ...
SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS

Messner, Jason Nicholas (2019-08)

The Manhattan Area Risk Prevention Coalition (MARPC) is funded by a Drug Free Communities federal grant to prevent adolescents from using substances such as marijuana, prescription pills, tobacco, and alcohol. The primary ...
Redesigning and Updating the Indiana State Department of Health Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Website

Drakes, Crystal (2019-08)

In August 2017, I met with Dr. Jennifer Brown, the state public health veterinarian for Indiana, about completing a project that would fulfill the requirements for my MPH field experience. We collaborated on a project to ...
RABIES INFECTION AND CONTROL IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

Lux, Hannah (2019-05)

Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control (AACACC) is a Maryland county department that works to maintain safe human-animal interactions and promotes the humane treatment of animals. The Bite Investigation Department, where ...
Public Health Risk in Animal Shelters

Voss, Kelly (2019-08)

Animal shelters play a critical role in society and their utility need not be argued. Sheltering community animals serves many purposes, of which many relate to public health. Keeping free-roaming animals off the roads, ...
Program Review of High Intensity Functional Training in an Adaptive Population

Andrews, Victor (2019-08)

More than 56 million people in the U.S. live with a chronic condition or disability that affects their daily living
A pilot study on high intensity functional training in an adaptive population

Andrews, Victor (2019-08-01)

Introduction: There are currently more than 56 million adults in the U.S. living with a disability that may affect activities of daily living and quality of life (QoL). Disabilities and chronic conditions may place impairments ...
Model Vaccine Policy for Colleges and Universities

Elena, Aronson (2019-08)

College campuses, due to group living and close contact through classes, athletics and social settings, are at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Due to costly outbreaks that spread beyond campus borders, ...
Integrative learning experience with the Division of Food Safety and Lodging at the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the international mobility of veterinary students program in Italy

Armstrong, Marie (2019-05)

This report summarizes the Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) that the student pursued at the University of Padova (UNIPD) in Italy, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) in Manhattan, Kansas. The two-week ...
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM FOR LAFENE HEALTH CENTER’S ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Gallagher, Jamie Elizabeth (2019-05)

Electronic medical records (EMRs) are important tools that allow medical care professionals to communicate. One aspect of the healthcare industry that has not been frequently studied is the communication between athletic ...
A GUIDE FOR UPDATING THE PAWNEE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WEBSITE

Jibowu, Morgan (2019-05)

Pawnee Mental Health Services’ website provided limited information to the people whom it targeted – consumers, potential donors, and healthcare providers. During my 240-hour internship, I reviewed a number of community ...
Evaluation of recalls of FSIS-regulated food products: January 1994 through August 2018

Sommer, Anna Marie (2019-08)

The primary focus of this integrated learning experience project was to evaluate and analyze recalls of FSIS-regulated food products that occurred between January 1994 and August 2018. This evaluation of the data recorded ...
Educating the Under-Served on Diabetes Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle Habits

Cantrell, Olivia (2019-08)

This integrated learning experience report will provide a detailed description of the internship experience fulfilled at Memphis Tilth, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Tilth is a food justice non-profit organization ...
DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM (DPP): A PROGRAM OF THE CDC, TARGETING PRE-DIABETICS IN JOHNSON COUNTY

Garcia, Bianca (2019-08)

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing due to much higher incidence of new cases. In the United States, 30.3 million people are living with diabetes (“A Snapshot,” 2019). Risk factors for diabetes include ...
CONDOM DISTRIBUTION STUDY: TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Milholm, Jesseca (2019-08)

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sexually transmitted diseases (STD) including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have been on the rise since 2013. Certain prevention programs have been ...
A Comprehensive Review of Annual Reports from Community Mental Health Centers in Kansas

Wedel, Amy (2019-05)

Growth in the field of mental health care has provoked an evolution of the definitions of mental health and mental illness, as well as a new understanding of infectious disease and their involvement in the development of ...
COMPLIANCE RATES OF RECOMMENDED VACCINES AMONG MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Campbell, Stefanie (2019-12)

This study evaluated the vaccination rates of recommended vaccines in middle school aged adolescence. The study looked at one middle school consisting of students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The recommended vaccines ...
COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION IN RILEY COUNTY

Rasmussen, Lindsey Nicole (2019-12)

Chronic diseases are on the rise in the American population and as such, the top killers have shifted from nonpreventable diseases to those that are preventable. Many of these diseases could be prevented through better ...
Black Butterflyz: a physical activity intervention to improve the health of Black women

Omni, Christal M. (2019-05-01)

Black women are disproportionately impacted by issues of obesity, cancer, hypertension, and a host of other chronic diseases. To exacerbate matters, 82% of this population reports being overweight and 53% report being ...