Obesity is a growing concern in the workplace setting. About 53% of American workers are considered overweight or obese. There is rise of high sedentary occupational jobs and lack of physical activity in office job settings, ...
Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis encompasses the U.S. Army Veterinary Services throughout the states of Washington and Alaska. During my year-long APE, I worked with my preceptor to develop and enhance the Public Health ...
Project 1: Democratic Republic of the Congo
As of January 2018 there has been no Hepatitis B prevalence study conducted across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), however, it is said to be highly endemic in the ...
Poultry Disease Prevention
Poultry exhibition requires pullorum disease testing, but many people don’t understand the significance of the disease or requirement. To address these concerns, this project aimed to better ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), since 1999 drug overdose deaths involving opioids have increased nearly six times. In 2018, opioids were involved in almost 47,000 overdose deaths in the ...
Flint Hills Wellness Coalition (FHWC) formed in April 2011. Their main objectives are to develop community norms supporting healthy behaviors and environments for the citizens of Manhattan and Riley County. Since I joined ...
To investigate interprofessional practice (IPP) within the Kansas State University environment, I conducted analysis of surveys completed by undergraduate, professional, and graduate students, to better understand what ...
Teen vaping has increased steadily for many years, quickly rising to epidemic levels. Products are becoming more readily available and being marketed to school-aged kids. The need for education on the dangers of vaping ...
According to Feeding America, 40,044,000 or 12.5% of Americans are food insecure (“Map the Meal Gap”, 2019.) If you were to look at the state of Kansas, specifically Riley County, you see that food insecurity is a huge ...
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is a crushing example of humanity’s vulnerability to the natural world of which we are a part. Humanity’s continued expansion into the last wild places, combined with destabilizing climate ...
The main goal of The Health Opportunities through People Empowerment (HOPE) project is to advance health equity by organizing and providing residents training and support for community organizing, focused in the Northview ...
Saline County Health Department in Salina (SCHD), KS is a unified City/County Health Department of a medium sized town in central Kansas. Saline County is home to 55,000 people, 47,000 of whom live in the county’s largest ...
Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a growing issue throughout the world. Diabetes, chronic heart disease, and shortened life expectancy are among the comorbidities resulting from insufficient PA. Studies on the development ...
Performing routine assessments of workforce proficiency is important for any field. The results from these assessments make it possible to identify and develop the specific education and training necessary for improvement. ...