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Why the U.S. Should Change to an Opt-Out System for Human Organ Donation

Creator:: Rainey, Lacee L.
Abstract:: In the U.S., the number of people waiting for an organ donation is increasing exponentially while the number of registered donors is slowly rising. This discrepancy leads to a great number of people dying while waiting for an organ donor. The opt-in system, lack of education around donation, and having...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Marie Harvey, Committee Member, representing the College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Relationship Between Family Composition and Self-Regulation in the Fall of the Kindergarten Year

Creator:: Mikaela, Kerr B.
Abstract:: Children’s self-regulation, or the ability for one to regulate their emotions and behaviors, is very important for children to succeed in school, and life in general. This study looks at the relationship between a child’s self-regulation in the fall of their kindergarten year and different aspects of family and the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Marie Harvey, Committee Member, representing the College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Evaluation of the Critical Aspects of Sex Education Programs for the Improvement of Student Health and Wellbeing

Creator:: Brown, Juliana D.
Abstract:: Sex education plays a critical role in the development of youth sexual health and wellbeing. An ideal program is taught with honesty in an inclusive and respectful environment where students learn strategies to lower their risk of unwanted sexual outcomes, communication skills to build and navigate relationships, and necessary knowledge...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Marie Harvey, Committee Member, representing Public Health and Human Sciences

Assessing Community Preferences for Healthcare Priority Setting in Taiwan : An Integrated Citizens Jury and Discrete Choice Experiment

Creator:: Schoon, Rebecca L.
Abstract:: Background: All health systems struggle with unlimited needs for health care, yet limited resources with which to address them. Under national health insurance systems, policymakers must make explicit and potentially contested decisions around resource allocation. Policymakers have recognized the need to include public values in decisions of how to distributing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Services Research, 11, 8. Goetghebeur, M. M., Wagner, M., Khoury, H., Levitt, R. J., Erickson, L. J

Perceived Patient-Provider Communication Quality (PPPCQ), Health Information Seeking Challenges (HISC), and the Intersection of Social Identities across the Cancer Care Continuum

Creator:: Torres-Estrada, Alma M.
Abstract:: Effective communication between patients and health care providers is a critical component in health care because it increases the potential for positive health outcomes. Patient-provider communication and quality health-related information are associated with health care decision-making. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between perceived patient-provider communication...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivors’ Experiences with Body Image Changes

Creator:: Benoit, Lindsey M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to identify the issues relating to body image in young adult breast cancer survivors, and to observe which physical issues are related to which psychological issues. Participants were recruited through Army of Women and through social media. The study partcipants were 29 English-speaking female...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ S. Marie Harvey, Committee Member, representing College of Public Health and Human Sciences

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Creator:: Alvarado, Carla S.
Abstract:: Health disparity scholars and researchers call to expand the conceptualization of health disparities research beyond the predominant and long-standing race-based analyses. The call requests the inclusion of frameworks and theories that reflect the complex, multi-level and multifactorial social processes that yield health disparities. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

Creator:: Schmitt, Edwin Anton
Abstract:: This ethnographic research aims to discover the implications of the commodification of production processes amongst the Ersu Tibetans of Sichuan, China. This thesis examines the commodification of Ersu agriculture and ethnic identity in the historical context of both China and the world-system. Ethnohistorical and ethnoecological methodologies are utilized to answer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

Creator:: Kearney, Emily Q.
Abstract:: Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Effect of Medicaid Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance and Health Care Utilization Among Near- Elderly Individuals Transitioning into Medicare

Creator:: Mahakalanda, Shyama Janaka
Abstract:: The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be considered an important policy intervention in the context of the U.S. health care. The ACA supported non-elderly adults to obtain health insurance coverage. While Medicare provided health insurance to almost all elderly-adults (persons over 65), the ACA...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: support extended to me by all my committee members (Dr. Jeff Luck, Prof. Marie Harvey, Dr. Tao Li and my

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Why the U.S. Should Change to an Opt-Out System for Human Organ Donation

Relationship Between Family Composition and Self-Regulation in the Fall of the Kindergarten Year

Evaluation of the Critical Aspects of Sex Education Programs for the Improvement of Student Health and Wellbeing

Assessing Community Preferences for Healthcare Priority Setting in Taiwan : An Integrated Citizens Jury and Discrete Choice Experiment

Perceived Patient-Provider Communication Quality (PPPCQ), Health Information Seeking Challenges (HISC), and the Intersection of Social Identities across the Cancer Care Continuum

Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivors’ Experiences with Body Image Changes

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

The Effect of Medicaid Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance and Health Care Utilization Among Near- Elderly Individuals Transitioning into Medicare

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