A5082975085- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Ethics in medical practice
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Malaria Research and Control
- Social Media and Politics
- Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
1996-2023
Nebraska Medical Center
2023
University of Nebraska Medical Center
2023
Loughborough University
2021
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
2018
Presently, there is a real possibility of second pandemic occurring: grief pandemic. There are estimated to be over 1 million children and young people experiencing bereavement because Covid-19. Adolescent unique due bio-psycho-social factors such as increased risk-taking, identity-formation, limited capacity for emotional regulation. In this article, we will argue that adolescents at risk developing complicated during the Covid-19 pandemic, it vital services improved recognize address need...
The language used by healthcare professionals can have a profound impact on how people living with diabetes, and those who care for them, experience their condition feel about it day-to-day. At its best, good use of language, both verbal written, lower anxiety, build confidence, educate help to improve self-care. Conversely, poor communication be stigmatizing, hurtful undermining self-care detrimental effect clinical outcomes. in the diabetes has power reinforce negative stereotypes, but...
Malaria elimination is unlikely to be achieved without the implementation of new vector control interventions capable complementing insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Attractive-toxic sugar baits (ATSBs) are considered a paradigm. They technologically appropriate as they simple affordable produce. ATSBs kill both female male mosquitoes attracted feed on sugary solution containing mosquitocidal agent may used indoors or outdoors. This study explored views perceptions...
Objective: To characterize industry non-research payments made to general and fellowship-trained surgeons between 2016-2020. Background: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments Data (OPD) reports physicians related drugs medical devices. General are those not associated with research. Methods: OPD data were queried who received from 2016 2020. Payments’ nature, amount, company, covered product, location collected. Surgeons’ demographics, subspecialty, leadership roles...
Low-income households (LIHs) have experienced increased poverty and inaccess to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting their ability adhere health-protective behaviors. We use an epidemiological model show how a households' inability adopt social distancing, owing constraints in utility expenditure, can drastically impact course of disease outbreaks five urban U.S. counties. LIHs suffer greater burdens death than higher income households, while functioning as consistent...
The purpose of this study was to better understand where and how Tennessee consumers receive information about genetically modified (GM) products by examining the use informational channels sources among with negative-leaning, neutral, positive-leaning perceptions GM products. Twenty percent respondents were categorized as having negative-leaning perceptions, roughly two-thirds held neutral only 10% had perceptions. similar across all perception groups, websites, word-of-mouth communication,...
The purpose of this study was to examine [State] consumers’ perceptions related GM products, and how those preferences differ based on characteristics. Survey respondents held overall neutral but slightly negative products. While they agreed products can help increase food production, also expressed that cause illnesses such as cancer, autism, allergies, gluten intolerance. Respondents beliefs are not good for the environment. Participants in middle-income bracket had more positive than...
Introduction: Personal, behavioral, and environmental risk factors are correlated to varying degrees with each other the overall likelihood of violent reinjury. When used fidelity, assessment instruments, including violence reinjury instrument (VRRAI), identify domains in which individuals present elevated levels aid matching services needs. Less is known about collinearity among for violently injured admitted hospitals. Collinearity between has ramifications predictive modeling risk. The...
Low-income households have experienced increased energy burdens and inaccess to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited their ability practice social distancing stay-at-home orders. Here, we show that a households’ inability adopt due constraints in utility expenditure drastically impacts course of disease outbreak five U.S. counties. shoulder greater death than other households, while functioning as consistent source exposure higher income households. Health...
ABSTRACT This study analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered individual perceptions of Internet service providers (ISPs) and importance, reliability, status as an essential public utility (EPU). The authors found that lower income, younger, women, racial-ethnic minority participants had ISP reliability perceptions. increased perception EPU by 15% access to in-home Information Communication technology was significantly related importance reliability. Significantly, women perceived...