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Emergency/Disaster Preparedness of Rural Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Healthcare systems have a legal and moral duty to provide competent care to all consumers whom seek treatment even when natural disasters, terrorism events, pandemics, widespread chemical/radiologic exposure and other ...
Improving Adolescent Friendly Healthcare Services: Implementing Comprehensive Psychosocial Histories into Practice
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Adolescence is a unique period of rapid physical and psychosocial growth and development. Adolescents are most often physically healthy, but as a normal part of adolescent development the population commonly experiments ...
Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care: Recommendations for Practice
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) increase the risk of childhood injury as well as long-term negative mental and physical health outcomes. ACE are defined as potentially traumatic events occurring during childhood and ...
Screening and Brief Intervention for 12-15 Year Olds in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Alcohol is a widely enjoyed, misused, and abused legal substance consumed in the United States. Although alcohol is a legal substance in the United States, the consumptions does not come without risks. Alcohol is known to ...
Improving Care for Depression as Provided in the Family Practice Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This Dissertation is a synthesis of current literature and guidelines to develop the Simplified Prescribing Tool. The Simplified Prescribing Tool provides a guide to treating depression within the Family Practice discipline. ...
The Relationship between Epidural Analgesia during Childbirth and Childbirth Outcomes
(North Dakota State University, 2004)
Epidural analgesia has increased in usage dramatically in the United States as a means
of comfort for labor pain. Prior studies have connected epidural analgesia to an increase in
cesarean birth rate, an increase in use ...
Increasing Awareness of the Role of Breast Density as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States (U.S.), affecting one in every eight women (American Cancer Society, 2017). Dense breast tissue can mask or hide breast cancer, ...
Innovative Approach to Estimating Demand for Intercity Bus Services in a Rural Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Because existing models have their limitations, there is a significant need for a model to estimate demand for intercity bus services, especially in rural areas. The general objective of this research was to develop an ...
Game Theory Approach to the Vertical Relationships for U.S. Containerized Imports
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Multi-player interactions and vertical relationships in the U.S. containerized-import shipment market are investigated using game theory approaches. Bi-level programming problems (BLPP) are built to capture the hierarchy ...
Assessing the Health Needs of Women Reentering the Community After Incarceration
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
This dissertation work, guided by the social ecological model, sought to assess the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health needs of women reentering the community after incarceration from the perspective of the ...