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The Impact of Living Alone on the Relationship Between Social Resources and Physical and Psychological Well-being in the Elderly. Physical and Psychological Well-being in the Elderly.
(2009)
Despite a great deal of research, empirical findings regarding the relationships between social resources and well-being, to a great extent, remain inconclusive. Part of the problem arises because study populations are ...
American Dreams, Latino Realities: Interrogating the Intersections of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Nativity on Select Acculturative Stressors and Depressive Symptoms among Mexican-Origin Adults.
(2009)
A main tenet of American Dream narratives is the desire to improve one’s socio-economic status. Less central to these dream narratives however, are considerations regarding the costs and consequences not fulfilling one’s ...
A Participatory Youth Empowerment Model and Qualitative Analysis of Student Voices on Power and Violence Prevention.
(2008)
The unifying theme of this dissertation is youth voice and violence prevention. Youth voice can be described as young people taking an active role in sharing their perspectives on assets, problems, and potential solutions. ...
Does Market Structure Affect Access to Ambulatory Care?: The Relationship Between Provider Supply, Inter-organizational Relationships, and Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations.
(2009)
Adequate access to health services remains a fundamental challenge for the U.S. health care system. Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations (ACSH) are increasingly used as indicators of access in health services research. ...
The Spatial and Environmental Predictors of Adult Mortality in the Northern Mexico Border Region.
(2009)
The Northern Mexico Border Region, bolstered by the growth of export processing factories (maquiladoras) and cross-border travel and migration, has experienced rapid population expansion and urbanization in the past 50 ...
The Genetic Architecture of Echocardiographically Determined Measures of Left Ventricular Remodeling in African-Americans of the Genetic Epidimiology Network of Arteriopathy (GENOA) Study.
(2009)
Echocardiographic measures of left ventricular remodeling, including left ventricular mass (LVM) and relative wall thickness (RWT), are powerful, independent predictors of heart disease morbidity and mortality. LVM and ...
Examining the Measurement of Race and Ethnicity to Inform a Model of Sociocultural Stress and Adaptive Coping.
(2008)
This study examines how measurement of race and ethnicity helps to inform a sociocultural model of stress and coping among Black Americans. First, this study attempts to establish a deeper appreciation for the precise ...
Molecular Epidemiology, Racial/Ethnic Differences and Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: Population-based Studies from Metropolitan Detroit.
(2009)
Breast cancer affects more women than any other cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among this group. Despite progress in our understanding of brest cancer risks and treatment improvements, there remain ...
Suicidal Behavior among Adolescent Students in Puerto Rico, Academic Years 2002-03 and 2003-04.
(2008)
Few studies have explored suicidal behavior among Puerto Ricans. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts among adolescents, to determine if prevalences clustered ...
Characterization of the Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis and Investigation of Two Potential Risk Factors Associated with Invasive Meningococcal Disease.
(2009)
The occurrence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is the result of a complex interaction of host, agent, and environmental risk factors within both individuals and populations. The goal of this dissertation research ...