Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Servicehttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTCPA/browse/?sort=added_d&fq=untl_collection:UNTSW&display=brief2020-08-03T15:07:04-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community ServiceGlobal, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20152020-08-03T15:07:04-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705475/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705475/"><img alt="Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" title="Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705475/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discusses the generation of updated estimates of child mortality by age group (neonatal, post-neonatal, ages 1–4 years, and under 5) for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational geographies, from 1980–2015, using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015).</p>Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 20162020-08-03T15:07:04-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705426/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705426/"><img alt="Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" title="Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1705426/small/"/></a></p><p>Article describes an estimate of age-specific and sex-specific all-cause mortality between 1970 and 2016 for 195 countries and territories and at the subnational level for the five countries with a population greater than 200 million in 2016.</p>Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?2020-06-16T10:27:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703641/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703641/"><img alt="Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?" title="Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703641/small/"/></a></p><p>Article proposes a theory that suggests the quantity of public goods and services is important to citizen satisfaction.</p>Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation2020-06-16T10:27:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703667/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703667/"><img alt="Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation" title="Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703667/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.?2020-06-16T10:27:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703657/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703657/"><img alt="Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.?" title="Why do we need a national address point database to improve wildfire public safety in the U.S.?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703657/small/"/></a></p><p>Article aims to advance understanding of the value of national address point databases in improving wildfire public safety in the U.S.</p>“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District2020-06-16T10:27:33-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703638/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703638/"><img alt="“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District" title="“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703638/small/"/></a></p><p>Article describes results of a study seeking to provide further insight into how core affect influences the adaptability of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) after diagnosis.</p>Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior2018-12-19T12:07:19-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1393814/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1393814/"><img alt="Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior" title="Progressing From Identification and Functional Analysis of Precursor Behavior to Treatment of Selfinjurious Behavior" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1393814/small/"/></a></p><p>This article evaluates the utility of assessing and treating severe selfinjurious behavior (SIB) based on the outcomes of a functional analysis of precursor behavior.</p>Safety of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children2018-10-31T18:58:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1310101/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1310101/"><img alt="Safety of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children" title="Safety of Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1310101/small/"/></a></p><p>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).</p>On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations2018-10-12T10:49:52-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1281820/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1281820/"><img alt="On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations" title="On Critchfield's Proposal: Student Concerns and Recommendations" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1281820/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management2018-08-08T08:27:24-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1225768/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1225768/"><img alt="Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management" title="Planning and Improvisation in Emergency Management" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1225768/small/"/></a></p><p>Book chapter from "Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners." This chapter includes both a theoretical and practical examination of planning and improvisation in emergency management.</p>Running Head: Faithful Health Norms2018-05-16T14:54:14-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1152233/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1152233/"><img alt="Running Head: Faithful Health Norms" title="Running Head: Faithful Health Norms" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1152233/small/"/></a></p><p>This article applies a structural theory analysis to understand the ways by which religious adherents adopt and enact health norms.</p>Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior2018-05-01T00:41:46-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1132753/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1132753/"><img alt="Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior" title="Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: Multidimensionality and influences on creative behavior" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1132753/small/"/></a></p><p>This article provides evidence for the valid use of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa.</p>Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership2018-03-29T22:10:46-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115877/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115877/"><img alt="Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership" title="Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115877/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course2017-10-26T15:36:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036565/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036565/"><img alt="An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course" title="An Approach to Improving and Evaluating Creative Scientific Thinking Skills in an Undergraduate Animal Physiology Course" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036565/small/"/></a></p><p>This paper describes an attempt to improve creative scientific thinking skills in an undergraduate Animal Physiology course at a liberal arts college.</p>Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level2017-10-26T15:36:53-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036563/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036563/"><img alt="Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level" title="Computer Modeling of Physiological Phenomena at the Cellular Level" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1036563/small/"/></a></p><p>This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using computer modeling to study physiology, and provides an example of how students can begin to use computer modeling in the classroom.</p>The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response2017-10-06T09:34:54-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010767/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010767/"><img alt="The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response" title="The Logic of Uncertainty and Executive Discretion in Decision Making: The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Ebola Response" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010767/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs2017-10-06T09:34:54-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010748/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010748/"><img alt="New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs" title="New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010748/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories2017-10-06T09:34:54-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010771/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010771/"><img alt="Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories" title="Local Government Adoption of Age Friendly Policies: An Integrated Model of Responsiveness, Multi-Level Governance and Public Entrepreneurship Theories" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1010771/small/"/></a></p><p>This article argues that responsiveness, multi-level governance, and public entrepreneurship theories offer a fuller explanation for local government policy decision-making.</p>Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework2017-09-29T09:53:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993952/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993952/"><img alt="Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework" title="Public Health Network Structure and Collaboration Effectiveness during the 2015 MERS Outbreak in South Korea: An Institutional Collective Action Framework" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993952/small/"/></a></p><p>This article studies examines the structural effect of public health network explaining collaboration effectiveness.</p>Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison2017-09-17T18:24:22-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993401/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993401/"><img alt="Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison" title="Unidentified Bodies and Mass-Fatality Management in haiti: A Case Study of the January 2010 Earthquake with a Cross-Cultural Comparison" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993401/small/"/></a></p><p>This article examines the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti as a case study to understand what happens to unidentified bodies in mass-fatality management.</p>Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider2017-08-29T09:38:41-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc991048/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc991048/"><img alt="Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider" title="Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc991048/small/"/></a></p><p>This article discusses various aspects of the culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMGs) so that emergency department personnel may better understand the mentality of the outlaw biker.</p>Adverse Childhood Experiences, Commitment Offense, and Race/Ethnicity: Are the Effects Crime-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific?2017-05-11T16:15:11-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc974483/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc974483/"><img alt="Adverse Childhood Experiences, Commitment Offense, and Race/Ethnicity: Are the Effects Crime-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific?" title="Adverse Childhood Experiences, Commitment Offense, and Race/Ethnicity: Are the Effects Crime-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc974483/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation2016-08-31T10:05:56-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862651/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862651/"><img alt="Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation" title="Increased physical activity, physician recommendation, and senior center participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862651/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex2016-08-31T10:05:56-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862656/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862656/"><img alt="Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex" title="Not so bad: avoidance and aversive discounting modulate threat appraisal in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862656/small/"/></a></p><p>This article describes an investigation in which 30 healthy adults underwent functional neuroimaging while completing an avoidance task in which responses to an Avoidable CS+ threat prevented delivery of an aversive stimulus, but not to an Unavoidable CS+ threat.</p>Generalization of socially transmitted and instructed avoidance2016-08-31T10:05:56-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862690/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862690/"><img alt="Generalization of socially transmitted and instructed avoidance" title="Generalization of socially transmitted and instructed avoidance" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862690/small/"/></a></p><p>This article compares two pathways to avoidance--instructions and social observation--on subsequent generalization of avoidance behavior, fear expectancy and physiological arousal.</p>The Transfer of Work Experiences into Family Life: An Introductory Study of Workers in Self-Managed Work Teams2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725833/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725833/"><img alt="The Transfer of Work Experiences into Family Life: An Introductory Study of Workers in Self-Managed Work Teams" title="The Transfer of Work Experiences into Family Life: An Introductory Study of Workers in Self-Managed Work Teams" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725833/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on the transfer of work experiences into family life and an introductory study of workers in self-managed work teams.</p>Assessment of the Need for Relief Services by Rural Texas Family Physicians2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725828/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725828/"><img alt="Assessment of the Need for Relief Services by Rural Texas Family Physicians" title="Assessment of the Need for Relief Services by Rural Texas Family Physicians" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725828/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on an assessment of the need for relief services by rural Texas family physicians.</p>Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services2015-10-02T09:40:38-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/"><img alt="Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services" title="Older Canadian with Developmental Disabilities Access to Health Care and Social Services" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725800/small/"/></a></p><p>This book chapter discusses older Canadians with developmental disabilities access to health care and social services.</p>Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas2015-07-09T06:19:06-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674027/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674027/"><img alt="Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas" title="Ethnicity, Health Care and Socio-Economic Status: The Continuing Disparity Among Minority Children in Texas" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674027/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on ethnicity, health care and socio-economic status and the continuing disparity among minority children in Texas.</p>Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: The case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas2015-05-29T21:36:03-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505714/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505714/"><img alt="Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: The case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas" title="Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: The case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505714/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas.</p>Age Strata Differences in Utilization of Health Care Services among Adults in the United States2015-05-18T10:18:26-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505006/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505006/"><img alt="Age Strata Differences in Utilization of Health Care Services among Adults in the United States" title="Age Strata Differences in Utilization of Health Care Services among Adults in the United States" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505006/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on age strata differences in utilization of health care services among adults in the United States.</p>Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Adults: FInal Report2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503274/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503274/"><img alt="Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Adults: FInal Report" title="Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Adults: FInal Report" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503274/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503221/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503221/"><img alt="Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?" title="Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503221/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Drug and Alcohol Use Among the Middle-Aged and Aged: Final Report to the Hogg Foundation2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503229/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503229/"><img alt="Drug and Alcohol Use Among the Middle-Aged and Aged: Final Report to the Hogg Foundation" title="Drug and Alcohol Use Among the Middle-Aged and Aged: Final Report to the Hogg Foundation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503229/small/"/></a></p><p>Final report on a research study on the use of psychoactive prescription and nonprescription medicines and alcohol use among middle-aged and older adults.</p>Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503243/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503243/"><img alt="Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education" title="Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503243/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Multivariate Analysis of Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Texans2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503250/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503250/"><img alt="Multivariate Analysis of Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Texans" title="Multivariate Analysis of Health Care Services Utilization Among Older Texans" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503250/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing a multivariate analysis of health care services utilization among older Texans.</p>Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty2015-04-25T20:59:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503251/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503251/"><img alt="Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty" title="Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503251/small/"/></a></p><p>Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses the initiatives and groups working to reduce global poverty.</p>Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model2015-01-22T09:04:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488176/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488176/"><img alt="Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model" title="Influencing Self-Reported Health Among Rural Low-Income Women Through Health Care and Social Service Utilization: A Structural Equation Model" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488176/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing a structural equation model and influencing self-reported health among rural low-income women through health care and social service utilization.</p>The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation2015-01-22T09:04:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488179/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488179/"><img alt="The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation" title="The Changing Use of Health Care Services by Unmarried Older Women, 1969 to 1975: Final Report to the NRTA-AARP Andrus Foundation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488179/small/"/></a></p><p>Final report to the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA)- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Andrus Foundation. This reports on a research study of the changing use of health care services by unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.</p>The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 19752015-01-22T09:04:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488187/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488187/"><img alt="The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 1975" title="The Changing Use of Health Care Services Among Unmarried Older Women: 1969 - 1975" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488187/small/"/></a></p><p>Research report proposal presented to the Andrus Foundation on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1975.</p>An Ecological Perspective on Rural, Low-Income Mothers' Health2015-01-22T09:04:02-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488191/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488191/"><img alt="An Ecological Perspective on Rural, Low-Income Mothers' Health" title="An Ecological Perspective on Rural, Low-Income Mothers' Health" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488191/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on an ecological perspective on rural, low-income mothers' health.</p>Community/University Collaboration in Health Care Planning: A Case Study2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485923/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485923/"><img alt="Community/University Collaboration in Health Care Planning: A Case Study" title="Community/University Collaboration in Health Care Planning: A Case Study" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485923/small/"/></a></p><p>Article discussing a case study on community and university collaboration in health care planning.</p>Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485918/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485918/"><img alt="Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans" title="Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485918/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on the use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among older Texans.</p>Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Care Services Among Older Texans2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485926/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485926/"><img alt="Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Care Services Among Older Texans" title="Ethnic Differences in the Use of Health Care Services Among Older Texans" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485926/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on ethnic differences in the use of health care services among older Texans.</p>Care and Health2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485925/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485925/"><img alt="Care and Health" title="Care and Health" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485925/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485915/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485915/"><img alt="Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas" title="Community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu: the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485915/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington.</p>The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 19792014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485929/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485929/"><img alt="The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 1979" title="The Changing Use of Health Care Services among a Sample of Unmarried Older Women: 1969 to 1979" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485929/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on the changing use of health care services among unmarried older women from 1969 to 1979.</p>Teaching Nursing Homes: The Case for Long-Term Care Administration2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485927/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485927/"><img alt="Teaching Nursing Homes: The Case for Long-Term Care Administration" title="Teaching Nursing Homes: The Case for Long-Term Care Administration" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485927/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on teaching nursing homes and the case for long-term care administration.</p>Criminal Victimization and Fear of Crime Among the Elderly in the United States: A Critique of the Empirical Research Literature2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485916/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485916/"><img alt="Criminal Victimization and Fear of Crime Among the Elderly in the United States: A Critique of the Empirical Research Literature" title="Criminal Victimization and Fear of Crime Among the Elderly in the United States: A Critique of the Empirical Research Literature" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485916/small/"/></a></p><p>Article on criminal victimization and fear of crime among the elderly in the United States and a critique of the empirical research literature.</p>The Effects of Reaganomics on Health and Nutrition of the Minority Elderly2014-12-19T16:08:48-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485914/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485914/"><img alt="The Effects of Reaganomics on Health and Nutrition of the Minority Elderly" title="The Effects of Reaganomics on Health and Nutrition of the Minority Elderly" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc485914/small/"/></a></p><p>Paper on the effects of Reaganomics on health and nutrition of the minority elderly.</p>