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The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Creator:: Owen, Erin Callahan
Abstract:: Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a common, generally successful, and expensive procedure. Tools to predict outcomes following orthopedic procedures are abundant, yet no commonly used assessment accounts for an individual’s propensity to engage in adaptive health behavior. The 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM) questionnaire is a tool that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Jeff Luck Viktor E. Bovbjerg Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a

Examining Hypertension Prevalence and Health Behavior Practices of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

Creator:: Nikuze, Scholastique
Abstract:: African-born population is one of the fastest growing group in the United States. Very little is known about their socio-demographic characteristics, health behavior practices and long-term health. The purpose of this study was to examine hypertension prevalence, health behavior practices and the impact socio-demographic factors have on these outcomes among...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Viktor Bovbjerg African-born population is one of the fastest growing group in the United States. Very

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

Creator:: Schumer, Jean Ellen
Abstract:: The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Predictors of Participation in a Prison-Based Parenting

Factors affecting contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in northern Jordan : a framework for health policy action

Creator:: Hijazi, Heba Hesham
Abstract:: Jordan has a higher fertility rate (3.8) than the averages of countries similar in income to Jordan (2.2) and compared to the Middle East and North Africa region as a whole (2.8) (WHO, WB, UNICEF, & DHS, 2011). The findings of the 2009 Jordanian Population and Family Health Survey demonstrated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Reproductive Age in Northern Jordan: A Framework for Health Policy Action Abstract approved

Weight Stigma and Its Associations with Health Behaviors Among Older Adults

Creator:: Phibbs, Sandi Cleveland
Abstract:: Having excess weight carries a negative social stigma in the U.S. Previous research has shown that experiencing stigma has negative physical and mental health consequences. Few studies have examined how experiencing weight stigma might act as a barrier to engaging in healthy behaviors among older adults. The purpose of this...
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Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Sheryl!A.!Thorburn! ! ! ! Having!excess!weight!carries!a!negative!social!stigma!in!the!U.S

Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh : Analyses of Progressivity and Impacts on Poverty

Creator:: Molla, Azaher Ali
Abstract:: Health systems financing aims at providing adequate services, ensuring sufficient providers’ incentives, and protecting individuals and families from financial catastrophe. Health services are financed through government funding, taxation, out-of-pocket payments, insurance, donations and voluntary aid. Low- income countries mostly rely on out-of-pocket payments. In South East Asia region, the latter...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: out-of-pocket payments (63.3%) that show an increasing trend, and a lack of prepayment mechanisms

Ethnic, Age, and Gender Comparisons in Mediation of Socio-Cultural and Intrapersonal Influences on BMI by Physical Activity and Dietary Intake among California Adolescents

Creator:: Le, Binh T.
Abstract:: In the U.S., childhood overweight and obesity has grown to epidemic levels. The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) found that nationwide, approximately 32% of children 10–17 years old are identified as overweight, over half of them (nearly 17%) are obese. This is a concern because these rates continue to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (nearly 17%) are obese. This is a concern because these rates continue to climb. In the last 25 years

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Creator:: Schure, Marc B.
Abstract:: Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: older adults is important because it is a preventable and treatable condition afflicting a substantive

Early Predictors of Academic Achievement and Externalizing Problems for Children in Low-Income Families

Creator:: Duncan, Robert J.
Abstract:: Empirical studies and theory have identified many early predictors of children's academic achievement and externalizing problems. Moreover, research shows that children's early cognitive abilities and behavioral problems are strong predictors of later academic achievement and externalizing problems. The current dissertation studies extend previous work and unpack how early predictors relate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: early predictors relate to children’s academic achievement and externalizing problems in a low-income

Examining Evidence-based Intervention Sustainability and De-adoption in the Context of HIV Prevention

Creator:: McKay, Virginia R.
Abstract:: Evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which demonstrate efficacy in research settings, are rarely sustained when implemented in public health organizations. Rather, EBIs are often de-adopted - potentially undermining the positive benefits of the EBIs for the communities that access them. The lack of sustainability is particularly troubling among public health organizations that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: influence EBI sustainability and subsequent population outcomes may be a critical step to improving our

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Examining Hypertension Prevalence and Health Behavior Practices of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in the United States

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

Factors affecting contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in northern Jordan : a framework for health policy action

Weight Stigma and Its Associations with Health Behaviors Among Older Adults

Household Healthcare Expenditure in Bangladesh : Analyses of Progressivity and Impacts on Poverty

Ethnic, Age, and Gender Comparisons in Mediation of Socio-Cultural and Intrapersonal Influences on BMI by Physical Activity and Dietary Intake among California Adolescents

Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Early Predictors of Academic Achievement and Externalizing Problems for Children in Low-Income Families

Examining Evidence-based Intervention Sustainability and De-adoption in the Context of HIV Prevention

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