PHS Research Publications
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Health literacy, health outcomes and equity: A trend analysis based on a population survey
(SAGE Publications, 2023-01-23)Health literacy continues to be an issue among minority groups. Population surveys are one strategy used to help better understand health disparities. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in Kansas added ... -
Creating a vision for a healthier workforce using a systems-based approach
(Wolters KLuwer, 2022-03-01)Context: The public health system faces unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic, racism, health inequity, and the politicization of public health. At all levels of the system, the workforce is experiencing distress, ... -
Noma: Experiences of survivors, opinion leaders and healthcare professionals in Burkina Faso
(MDPI, 2022-06-30)The scientific literature on noma (Cancrum Oris) has clearly increased in recent decades, but there seems to have been limited analysis of issues around the psycho-social impacts of this disease. Even when these issues ... -
Economic and social costs of Noma: Design and application of an estimation model to Niger and Burkina Faso
(MDPI, 2022-06-28)Background: While noma affects hundreds of thousands of children every year, taking their lives, disfiguring them and leaving them permanently disabled, the economic and social costs of the disease have not been previously ... -
Artificial intelligence and human rights: Are there signs of an emerging discipline? A systematic review
(Dove Medical Press, 2022-02-02)Aim: Our systematic review seeks to understand the linkages and reciprocal relationships between the artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights (HRs) and to unveil the signs of emergence of a new discipline at the ... -
Toward on-device weight monitoring from selfie face images using smartphones
(Springer, 2022-02-24)Obesity is a serious health problem that is on the rise at the global level. Recent studies suggest that BMI can be inferred from facial images using deep learning-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for obesity ... -
Mental health literacy and women: A systematic review
(Kansas State Nurses Association, 2021)The purpose of this review was to assess published literature of mental health literacy and women. The current review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses. ... -
Understanding nursing home residents’ lives through the lens of selection, optimization, and compensation theory
(Slack, 2021-10-04)The current study examined the importance of personal goals to residents; assessed whether goal-related behavior was associated with mental health factors (i.e., depression, experiential avoidance, and quality of life); ... -
Examining the association between cognitive empathy & paranoia in a community sample
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2021-09-01)Individuals demonstrating higher levels of paranoid thinking also tend to possess lower levels of cognitive empathy. However, the literature remains mixed with many authors finding no relationship or only finding a ... -
Interprofessional education for students of translation/interpreting and the health professions
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021-09-01)In response to the rising need for Spanish-English interpreters in the United States, there has been an increase in translation and interpreting and Spanish for the health professions courses in Spanish language programs ... -
Grandparent knowledge of infant safe sleep
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SARS-CoV2, the COVID-19 pandemic and community perceptions
(SAGE Publications, 2021-02-17)The purpose of this study was to describe knowledge and beliefs about SARS-CoV2 and COVID-19 and explore the gaps between current media coverage of health risks and what the general public knows about the virus and its ... -
Using adaptive leadership principles to support Public Health 3.0 in multidisciplinary undergraduate education
(Emerald, 2021-01-27)Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered public health vulnerabilities worldwide, particularly in the hard-hit USA. US public health professionals, regardless of role, may need to exercise leadership in both planned ... -
Dietary fibre on cell proliferation in large bowel mucosal crypts near or away from lymphoid nodules and on mineral bioavailability
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008-10-09)The effect of consumption for 24 weeks of different amounts (0%, 5% or 10% w/w) of fermentable (pectin and guar gum) or nonfermentable (cellulose and lignin) dietary fibres on cell proliferation and other parameters in ... -
Collaborative health education for Somali Bantu refugee women in Kansas City
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2019-09-23)Objective: To partner with and understand the health of Somali Bantu refugee women, small group sessions were designed and conducted using a community-based collaborative action research (CBCAR) approach. Health topics ... -
Capacity building for public health: participant-guided training
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2019-04-03)Growth in the demand for public health services, along with limited funding, makes workforce collaboration and capacity building imperative. The faculty and staff of the Midwestern Public Health Training Center, with two ... -
Squatting with elastic bands facilitates more weight used and time under muscle tension
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018-05-01)In has been shown that the variable resistance associated with elastic band training improves strength and several other outcomes. However, the efficacy of combining elastic bands (EB) with traditional resistance exercises ... -
Identifying health literacy in Kansas using the behavioral risk factor surveillance system
(SAGE, 2018-12-30)Health literacy continues to be an important research topic as part of population-based assessments for overall health issues. The objective of this continuation study was to examine the health literacy rates and health ... -
Infant Mortality and Race in Kansas: Associations With Women, Infants, and Children Services
(Sage, 2016-07)Background: Racial and ethnic minority infants and mothers have worse birth outcomes than Caucasian infants and mothers, specifically infant mortality. The purpose of this pilot study was to compare infant mortality rates ... -
“Same Room, Safe Place” : The Need for Professional Safe Sleep Unity Grows at the Expense of Families
(Sage Open, 2017-04)There are many different professional stances on safe sleep and then there is the reality of caring for a newborn. There is a debate among professionals regarding safe sleep recommendations. The continum of recommendations ...
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