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Identifying Compliance Issues in the Community Health Care Clinic Environment
Get PDFThis study explored the high number of failed appointments and follow-up appointments at a community health care children’s clinic. A thirty-seven item questionnaire was randomly given to 112 participants seeking health care at the clinic on a random basis. Based on literature reviews, five hypothesis were generated to examine reasons for failing to keep appointments for children: 1. Communication difficulties between healthcare personnel and parents regarding patient comprehension of instructions and bottle directions were anticipated. 2. Patient/physician/clinic relationships were expected to influence patient compliance. The need for more reminder calls for appointments was anticipated to be a factor in patient compliance also. 3. Influence from other family members or subjective norms was anticipated to influence patient follow-up and medication compliance. 4. Socioeconomic conditions were anticipated to have a bearing on whether some parents were able to complete medical treatment plans. 5. The healthcare beliefs and lack of awareness of preven tative medicine was believed to be a barrier to follow-up appointments and well-child appointments. Findings indicated that patients did have difficulties with instructions and bottle directions. Patients also expressed a need for reminder calls, admitted to being influenced by other family members, and indicated that their financial resources for medical care were limited. Nearly one-half of the respondents stated that they did not know what the term “preventative medicine” meant. These findings indicate that new tools for communicating medical treatment and increasing healthcare awareness are needed
Volunteerism Develops Communities, Trains Leaders, and Guards Democracy: Odessa, Texas 1896-1948
Get PDFVolunteers were an essential tool used to build our nation and communities. The creation and maintenance of communities across the United States relied heavily on the activities of volunteers and their organizations in order to meet the endless needs of both the citizens and the infrastructure. Furthermore, volunteer organizations provided an increase and stability in democracy and in building communities in a variety of ways. First, volunteer organizations filled needs that the government was not able to meet. Second, they were training grounds for developing the skills needed to manage communities. Volunteer associations, by providing avenues and developing skills, helped expand democracy to include those left unrepresented or underrepresented. Third, volunteerism provided an avenue for women and other marginalized groups to engage in policy-making. By seeing the needs of the community and then taking action to meet those needs, volunteer efforts clearly helped develop communities
Student Orientation
No full textFalcon Orientation counselors and students in 2003.https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-life/1003/thumbnail.jp
Students Reading the Mesa Journal
No full textStudents reading the Mesa journal, a discontinued campus newspaper in front of the Mesa building.https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-life/1035/thumbnail.jp
The Effects of the T2 Active Ankle Brace on a Series of Vertical Jumps
Get PDFAnkle bracing and taping have become widely used in recreation and athletics. Various studies have examined the effects of ankle bracing and taping on athletic performance, with mixed results. The T2 Active Ankle was created with the idea of providing a less binding external support system allowing dorsiflexion and plantarflexion, while discouraging inversion and eversion pathomechanics. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the T2 Active Ankle upon a series of vertical jumps. The series include the stationary jump, 2-step approach and the facing perpendicular 2-step approach. This series is unique to the researcher; each jump was chosen due to its similarity to the mechanics of the game of volleyball. The study included 13 female collegiate volleyball athletes that volunteered from St. Edward\u27s. A mean vertical jump score was taken from three trials. A t-test with p\u3c0.05was completed to determine the significance with and without the brace. The study researched the effects on the brace users in comparison to the brace non-users. In this population sample, there was a decrease in jumping ability in the stationary and facing perpendicular jumps. No difference was noted in the jumps of the brace users and non-users. Users of the T2 Active Ankle should be informed about the possible changes in their jumping performance along with its capability of prevention ankle injuries, so a logical decision can be made by the user
Drugs and Substances: Views from a Latino Community
No full textThe last three decades have seen an increase in the study of licit and illicit substance use and abuse. Very few studies, however, have been conducted to show the views of minority people on what substance abuse really is and how it affects their families and communities, although connections have often been made between crime and minority involvement in drug trafficking, use and abuse. This exploratory study presents an attempt to explore Latino or Hispanic people\u27s perceptions and attitudes regarding the use and abuse of both licit and illicit substances, in a Texas City. Further, it is set up to examine individuals\u27 views on drugs\u27 definitions, their use in their community, and their effects on abusive and violent behavior in the family. The findings indicate that although individuals in this Hispanic community hold views on drugs similar to those in other communities, they nonetheless place most importance on the impact of the use of legal substances (alcohol and tobacco) on problem creation
Perspectives on Disaster Mental Health Intervention from the USNS Comfort
No full textImmediately after September 11, 2001, the USNS Comfort was deployed to provide relief to the rescue workers involved with the World Trade Center collapse. The members of the behavioral healthcare team had little field experience in disaster psychiatry and had to organize a response quickly. Due to the unique nature of the assignment, the behavioral care team had to take nontraditional approaches to care. Through preparation of the team to implementation of care, the team learned a great deal about disaster mental health interventions. These perspectives are compared with those in the psychiatric literature to better understand the lessons of September 11th
Public Displays of Affection with Relation to Comfort Levels and Culture
Get PDFTo determine the tolerance levels of public displays of affection between males, females, Hispanics, and White Non-Hispanics (Whites), a total of 152 participants completed the Attitudes Toward Public Displays of Affection Inventory. While the hypothesis that males would be significantly more tolerant than females of observing public displays of affection was statistically supported for certain settings and certain levels of affection, overall, results may not be clinically meaningful. The second hypothesis, that there would be a significant difference between Hispanics and Whites and their tolerance levels for watching public displays of affection, was not supported. Overall trends indicate passionately kissing was the line of acceptability with acts listed prior as being acceptable and acts listed after it being unacceptable. Passionately kissing itself, yielded mixed results depending on the situation. Results also indicated that passionately kissing was the level in which acts switched from being affectionate to being erotic. Overall, males were more accepting of witnessing the various acts in public than were females. Implications for future research includes a larger variety of participants from different parts of the US, who the participants were with at the time of the observed affection, how much affection the participant would be willing to engage in at different locations, age of the observed couple, ethnicity of the observed couple, and varying the gender of the observed couples