UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service - 114 Matching Results
Search Results
- High-Performing Self-Managed Work Teams: A Comparison of Theory to Practice
- Book discussing high-performing self-managed work teams and a comparison of theory of practice.
- [Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition
- This article reviews the book "Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition," by Bhaskar Sarkar. The book examines the political truncation of India at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
- Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources
- This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
- Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources
- This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
- Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources
- This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
- Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources
- This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
- Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior
- This article provides evidence for the valid use of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa.
- On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations
- This article contains a response to the article by Critchfield (2011) entitled "Interesting Times: Practice, Science, and Professional Associations in Behavior Analysis", including a concern about the effect of seprating science and practice on the future of behavior analysis.
- Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Adults: FInal Report
- Final report on a research study examining the use of physicians, hospitals, and dentists among the noninstitutionalized population 65 years of age and older in the United States to determine what social, economic, and health factors were most predictive of the use of those services.
- Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?
- Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses electoral decentralization in Ghana and what Ghana's local governments really need for economic development.
- Drug and Alcohol Use Among the Middle-Aged and Aged: Final Report to the Hogg Foundation
- Final report on a research study on the use of psychoactive prescription and nonprescription medicines and alcohol use among middle-aged and older adults.
- Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education
- Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses sustainability, poverty, and education in Africa.
- Utilization of Hospital Services by the Older Adult: A look at today's trends, and projections for tomorrow
- Article on the utilization of hospital services by older adults and a look at today's trends and projections for tomorrow.
- Age Strata Differences in Utilization of Health Care Services among Adults in the United States
- Article on age strata differences in utilization of health care services among adults in the United States.
- The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student's perspective
- This article describes a few of the challenges facing current emergency management curriculum and how the University of North Texas Emergency Administration and Planning program is addressing these challenges.
- Use of Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills Among Older Texans
- Article on the use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans.
- Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?
- Article proposes a theory that suggests the quantity of public goods and services is important to citizen satisfaction.
- Indology and Marxist Hermeneutics
- Article discussing research on Indology and Marxist hermeneutics.
- The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response
- This article addresses what a highly complex public health situation such as the Dallas-Fort Worth Ebola outbreak tell about the use of discretion by executive level public administrators.
- Community/University Collaboration in Health Care Planning: A Case Study
- Article discussing a case study on community and university collaboration in health care planning.
- Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans
- Article on the use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans.
- New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs
- This article describes the use of an orientation logic model to examine whether certain orientation program characteristics, such as resources and tenets, are associated with student retention, grade achievement, and socialization.
- In the Interest of Community Health: Building Relationships between Metropolitan Universities and Academic Health Centers
- Article on the importance of partnerships between metropolitan universities and academic health centers for addressing community health issues.
- Public Libraries and Democratization in Three Developing Countries: Exploring the Role of Social Capital
- This article explores the role of social capital. The authors develop a theoretical framework intended to facilitate systematic investigation of the contributions public libraries may make to democratization.
- Down deep in the holler: chasing seeds and stories in southern Appalachia
- This article is the third in a series "Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and their First Time in the Field" and is a personal reflection by the researcher on his experience and involvement in kinship and friendship networks while conducting agrobiodiversity research in southern Appalachia, USA.
- Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model
- Article discussing a structural equation model and influencing self-reported health among rural low-income women through health care and social service utilization.
- Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Care Services Among Older Texans
- Article on ethnic differences in the use of health care services among older Texans.
- Multivariate Analysis of Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Texans
- Article discussing a multivariate analysis of health care services utilization among older Texans.
- Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation
- This article employs the Andersen Behavioral Model to explore increased physical activity and participation in three types of senior center activities: physical fitness, dance/aerobic classes, and chair exercises.
- The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet
- This article discusses environmentalism and ways in which dharmic methods can help save the planet. While most Americans are familiar with the terms such as "yoga" and "Bollywood," Indian perspectives toward the ecology seem to be largely unknown.
- Design of District Emergency Operations Centres, and the Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur Depot Explosion
- Article on the design of district emergency operations centres and a case study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur depot explosion.
- Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework
- This article studies examines the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness.
- Adverse Childhood Experiences, Commitment Offense, and Race/Ethnicity: Are the Effects Crime-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific?
- This article uses epidemiological tables of odds (both unadjusted and adjusted for onset, total adjudications, and total out of home placements) on a sample of 2520 male confined juvenile delinquents, to evaluate the significance of the number of adverse childhood experiences on commitment for homicide, sexual assault, and serious persons/property offending.
- Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation
- Article describes study where thirty emergency management coordinators from the North Central Texas region were interviewed to examine how they define their roles in hazard mitigation planning; then, grounded theory analysis generated six themes regarding the broad roles they practice.
- Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.?
- Article aims to advance understanding of the value of national address point databases in improving wildfire public safety in the U.S.
- Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership
- This article uses the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as guidelines to assess the progress of flood resilience building in Thailand.
- Care and Health
- Encyclopedia article in the 'International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology' discussing health care, globalization and health, and the effect of the economy on the structure of the health care system.
- Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: The case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas
- Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas.
- Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas
- Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington.
- Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison
- This article examines the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti as a case study to understand what happens to unidentified bodies in mass-fatality management.
- Behavioral Cusps: A Developmental and Pragmatic Concept for Behavior Analysis
- Article on behavioral cusps and a developmental and pragmatic concept for behavior analysis.
- Loading the Problem Loader: The Effects of Target Training and Shaping on Trailer-Loading Behavior of Horses
- Article on the effects of target training and shaping on the trailer-loading behavior of horses.
- Safety of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children
- This article presents the results of a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the intravenous administration of human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) mononuclear fraction in infants and children with acquired sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
- Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior
- This article evaluates the utility of assessing and treating severe selfinjurious behavior (SIB) based on the outcomes of a functional analysis of precursor behavior.
- Functional Analysis and Treatment of Self-Injury in a Captive Olive Baboon
- Article on the functional analysis and treatment of self-injury in a captive olive baboon.
- Running Head: Faithful Health Norms
- This article applies a structural theory analysis to understand the ways by which religious adherents adopt and enact health norms.
- Irony and the 'yoga wars'
- Article discussing the debated topic of whether yoga is a Hindu or Secular practice and the potential causes and impacts of how and why this subject is being debated.
- Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics
- Article discussing the absence of a formal category of environmental ethics in Jainism and Jainism's historical relationship to environmental ethics.
- [Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism
- This article reviews the book "Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism," by Emma Tomalin, a book about religion and ecology.
- Nurse Aide Decision Making in Nursing Homes: Factors Affecting Empowerment
- Article on nurse aide decision making in nursing homes and the factors affecting empowerment.