Browsing CHP Research Publications by Subject "Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't"
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Antigovernment sentiment and support for universal access to care: are they incompatible?
(American Public Health Association, 1997-01)Attitudes toward universal access to medical care were examined to determine whether support for it among people opposed to government involvement in health care was modified by three proxy measures of self-interest: being ... -
Bacterial contamination of scrub jackets during dental hygiene procedures
(American Dental Hygienists' Association, 1998)The purpose of this study was to assess bacterial contamination of uniforms by aerosols produced during dental hygiene procedures, including examination, hand and ultrasonic scaling, and polishing. -
Changes in myocardial infarction-specific sexual counseling by cardiac nurses
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011-11)It is largely unknown if changes in the practice of sexual counseling of myocardial infarction (MI) patients by cardiac nurses have occurred over time. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine changes in the ... -
Concurrent validity of an electronic descriptive pain scale
(Sage Publications, 2003-03)The study objective was to assess the concurrent validity of the Electronic Descriptive Pain Scale (EDPS), a pain scale built into a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. One hundred patients in an outpatient ... -
Contralateral suppression of distortion product otoacoustic emissions and the middle-ear muscle reflex in human ears
(Elsevier BV, 2008-03)Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) were measured in the absence and presence of contralateral noise at five levels--below, equal to, and above the middle-ear muscle (MEM) reflex threshold. The resultant ... -
Dental hygienists as providers in long-term care facilities
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2005-01)The authors surveyed all practicing dental hygienists (n = 870, response rate = 69%) in Kansas about providing preventive dental care to elderly residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities. Maximum likelihood estimates ... -
Depression is not more common in rheumatoid arthritis: a 10-year longitudinal study of 6,153 patients with rheumatic disease
(Journal of Rheumatology Publishing, 1993-12)To determine if depression scores and depressive symptoms are higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than among those with other rheumatic disorders; and to describe norms for the Arthritis Impact Measurement ... -
Developing interactive continuing education on the web
(Slack, 2000-09)To meet the continuing education needs of advanced practice nurses, on-line continuing education modules were designed as part of a grant-funded nurse practitioner learning project. -
Development of an instrument to measure caring peer group interactions
(Slack, 1998-05)The purpose of this study was to develop psychometric properties of the Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale (PGCIS) designed to measure caring during informal peer interactions as experienced by undergraduate nursing ... -
Development of the family needs assessment tool
(Sage Publications, 1990-04)Although a number of tools have been developed to assess family coping/functioning, these tools do not accurately identify special information and service needs. The Family Needs Assessment Tool (FNAT) reported here was ... -
Distribution of intestine-associated lymphoid tissue, aberrant crypt foci, and tumors in the large bowel of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-treated mice
(American Association for Cancer Research, 1994-08)Six-week-old male CF-1 mice were fed the AIN-76 diet, given eight weekly s.c. injections of either the colon carcinogen 1,2-dimethylhydrazine or saline, and killed 24 weeks after the last injection. Parameters measured in ... -
Effect of exercise, bracing and electrical surface stimulation on idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary study
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The effect of labor pain relief medication on neonatal suckling and breastfeeding duration
(Sage Publications, 2000-02)We examined the relationship of labor pain relief medications with neonatal suckling and breastfeeding duration in 129 mothers delivering vaginally. Suckling was measured using the Infant Breastfeeding Assessment Tool ... -
The effect of lower body positive pressure on the exercise capacity of individuals with spinal cord injury
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1994-04)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect lower body positive pressure (LBPP) has on the cardiovascular/exercise capacities of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) during both arm crank exercise (ACE) and ... -
The effects of contextualization on fluency in three groups of children
(American Speech - Language - Hearing Association, 2001-06)This study investigated the effects of contextualization on fluency in 12 school-age children who stutter (CWS), 11 children with language impairment (CLI), and 12 children with normally developing fluency skills (CNF). ... -
Effects of dynamic warm-up with and without a weighted vest on lower extremity power performance of high school male athletes
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010-12)This study examined lower extremity power performance, using the Margaria-Kalamen Power Test, after a dynamic warm-up with (resisted) and without (nonresisted) a weighted vest. Sixteen (n = 16) high school male football ... -
Effects of negative middle ear pressure on distortion product otoacoustic emissions and application of a compensation procedure in humans
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009-04)This study was intended to systematically examine the effect of negative middle ear pressure (MEP) on distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) and to validate a compensation procedure to account for negative MEP ... -
Efficacy of exercise for end-stage renal disease patients immediately following high-efficiency hemodialysis: a pilot study
(S. Karger AG, 1989)Nine patients receiving maintenance high-efficiency hemodialysis were studied before and after a 12-week conditioning program to determine the efficacy of exercise immediately following hemodialysis. Each patient performed ... -
Emergency department and community health center visits and costs in an uninsured population
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2005)To assess how a Community Health Center (CHC) influenced access to care for uninsured people and to describe the economic effect on the local hospital. -
Empirical evidence of the association between the presence of musculoskeletal pain and physical disability in community-dwelling senior citizens
(Elsevier, 1998-04)The proportion of people 65 years of age and older who report musculoskeletal pain and physical disability is high. The main objective of this study was to determine whether physical disability was associated with the ...