Browsing Undergraduate Honors Program - Center for Medicine, Health, and Society by Title
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(2021-05)The goal of this thesis is to provide an in-depth analysis of international undergraduates’ challenges in the United States and how these challenges may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. International students ...
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(2021-04-27)Whether by means of surgery, medication, or intervention, the primary focus of physicians is to improve the health and well-being of their patients. The well-being of the patient is influenced by the patient-professional ...
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(2021-04)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes) varies significantly in prevalence and morbidity among minority groups in the U.S. (“Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes” 2020). In particular, individuals considered to be of Hispanic ...
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(2021-04)Methods: To pursue my research goals, I asked 32 participants to complete an online questionnaire on REDCap. I used the EPDS (Cox, 1987) and Pandemic Stress (Kujawa, 2020) measures in addition to my own qualitative questioning ...
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(Elizabeth G. Gilbert, 2014-04)
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(2016-04-22)Mental health issues, particularly anxiety and depression, have risen nationally in frequency and severity among college students. The Vanderbilt University Psychological & Counseling Center (PCC) has also experienced this ...
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(2021)This study traces the history of punishment and prison healthcare in the United States from public execution and torture in the town square to formal incarceration as we know it now. Through exploration of the most recent ...
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(2021-04-14)
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(2022-04)Objective: To perform a quantitative analysis of the sociodemographic risk factors that predispose certain veterans to moderate to severe psychological distress using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Methods: ...
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(Hannah Packman, 2014-04-07)
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(2022-04)Background: Limited research has examined mental health outcomes related to regional differences in COVID response type and Medicaid expansion status in the United States. This is a salient concern as states in the southern ...
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(2022)Patients determined to be incapacitated by physicians, due to psychiatric disorder, chemical dependence, trauma, dementia, or other illnesses, are vulnerable to forced care by medical professionals. Instances of forced ...
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(2022-04-15)In the U.S., African Americans are overwhelmed by the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice which gravely harms their communities, families, and their personal mental and physical health outcomes. Although vaccines ...