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Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy Among African Americans
(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 ...
Treatment Over the Objection of Incapacitated Patients in Acute-Care Hospitals: A Systematic Literature Review
(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 ...
Cancer Screenings in LGBTQ+ Population: Evidence from the VUSNAPS Study, 2021-2022
(2022-04)
Background
Preventive healthcare screenings and tests aid the process of diagnosing and improving
one’s overall health by identifying a disease before symptoms are felt or seen by an individual.
Within preventive ...
The Federal Government’s Controversial Impact on American Public Health: A Review of the FDA’s Attempted Actions to Regulate the Rogue Tobacco Industry
(2020)
At the beginning of the 20th century, technological innovations in the ability to mass-produce rolled cigarettes resulted in the creation of a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. As the popularity of ...
The International Student Experience: University Before and After COVID-19
(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 ...
Animal-Assisted Interventions for Children with Advanced Cancer: The Impact of Canines on Stress
(2020)
Children and the families of children with advanced cancer are at an increased risk of experiencing stress and anxiety, and this can be especially heightened during hospital visits. While there is extensive literature on ...