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Effect of CVD Education on the Perception and Modifiable Health Behaviors of College Students
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Research reports that cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a national and global health problem for many years, and that knowledge has increased regarding its prevention (Hennekens, 2020). However, according to Hennekens (2020), CVD remains the number one cause of death in America and most developed countries worldwide. The lack of perception and knowledge of actual CVD risk in the young adult population may be contributing to this deadly disease. This project evaluated the effectiveness of education on CVD risk perception and modifiable health behaviors of college students.
Purpose
This project’s purpose was to assess college students\u27 perception of their CVD risk with their current health behaviors. Education was used to increase students\u27 knowledge of CVD and influence their CVD risk perception. and bring awareness to how modifying health behaviors can reduce their CVD risk. The project explored how students\u27 perception of their CVD risk affects their health behavior. The aim was to show that if education increases students\u27 CVD risk perception, then students would adjust their health behaviors to lower their risk of CVD.
Methods
This was a quality improvement project that focused on improving the CVD risk perception and modifiable risk behaviors of a population of college students using a one-group pre-test post-test design. Fifteen students signed the consent to participate and took the pre-intervention surveys to evaluate their CVD risk perception and health behaviors (nutrition and exercise). Students participated in an eight-week online CVD education program then repeated the surveys. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank test was used to evaluate the participants’ pre- and post-CVD risk perception and health behaviors. Then a Pearson Correlation Test (Spearman’s rho) was used to evaluate the correlation between the participants’ CVD risk perception and health-promoting behavior was evaluated.
Results
At the end of the eight-week CVD education program, 13 out of 15 students completed the program. The results showed that there was significant improvement in the participants’ unknown risk perception (p = 0.0035). However, there was a non-significant increase in the participants’ dread risk perception (p = 0.068) and a non-significant decrease in the participants’ risk perception (p = 0.36). There was also a non-significant increase in participants’ physical activity (p = 0.054) and a non-significant increase in the participants’ nutrition (p = 0.152).
Conclusion
The results of this project showed that although a structured CVD education program had a slight positive impact on college students’ nutrition, health-promoting behavior, and dread CVD risk perception, and a slightly negative impact on the participants risk perception, the impact was not statistically significant. However, the results showed the CVD education intervention had a positive statistically significant impact on the participants’ unknown CVD risk perception. Conclusive evidence from analyzing the link between college students’ CVD risk perception and their health-promoting behavior shows that there is no correlation between CVD risk perception and health-promoting behavior
Encouraging Intergenerational Faith Transmission and Spiritual Growth in Home and Church: Reconnecting Youth and Older Generations Through Family Systems Concepts at the Adelaide Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Bahamas
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This Doctor of Ministry (DMin) project addresses a pressing issue within the church context of the Adelaide Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Bahamas. We first observed sporadic attendance of our youth (Gen Z and Millennials) and their lack of identity with the church. Wider observation revealed weak relationships among the various generations within our church as well as in our homes. This absence of relatedness across generations potentially hinders some from embracing the community’s faith and growing spiritually.
Method
This study aimed to understand and address the nuanced factors contributing to this generational disconnection through the intervention of an educational seminar designed to revitalize the spiritual fabric of the Adelaide Seventh-day Adventist Church. The seminar integrated family system principles and intergenerational perspectives in five weekly sessions via Zoom with the Adelaide Church.
Results
Action research, along with pre- and post-testing of the 27 participants (including 7 Millennials and 6 from Gen Z) showed increased support for church-parent partnership, acknowledgement of the home as primary in discipleship, commitment to intergenerational worship, and affirmation of grandparent spiritual influence.
Conclusions
This intervention has led to significant transformation in the mindset and attitude of families within the Adelaide Church, such as the resurging practice of deliberate, dedicated time where grandparents and grandchildren engage in meaningful activities for sharing and bonding. Other noteworthy changes were embraced collectively by the group, such as the implementation of intergenerational worship services at the church. The study suggests that the transformative process, guided by divine grace, owes much to the application of family system thinking and intergenerational ideologies, staunchly supported by biblical teachings and a review of current literature
Hamlet as Resisting Subject: Intersecting Artistic Tactics in the Mousetraps of Doran and Godwin
No full textEthics of the Other Through Theodicy: A Study of Emmanuel Levinas
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Drawing upon Emmanuel Levinas’s Judaic, philosophical, and experiential influences, Levinas formulates an “ethics of the Other” as a response to the quandary of suffering and evil, presenting it as an alternative to theodicy.
The Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore Levinas’s philosophy by examining his response to the criticisms levied against theodicy, while also investigating the potential coexistence of his philosophy with theodicy and the warrant for such a critique, as well as the claim that an “ethics of the Other” can function as a legitimate replacement for theodicy.
Conclusions
This thesis argues that while Levinas’s ethics present a viable alternative to traditional theodicy, there exists the potential for a symbiotic relationship between ethics and theodicy. By highlighting the ongoing relevance of theodicy, particularly through the concept of the suffering God, Levinas’s philosophy offers a nuanced perspective on addressing the problem of evil post-Holocaust, contributing significantly to philosophical and theological discourse