To find out whether physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists and other health care practitioners have different motivations for training and personal health outcomes.

We are examining literacy instruction in a rural school through interviews, observations, and focus groups with relevant stakeholders.

We want to determine if teleconsultations improve the dental students' understanding of the Orofacial Pain history taking process.

In 2015 Nepal adopted a new constitution designed to have the country change its governmental structure to have three levels of government: national, provincial, and municipal. For the first time local governments will have decision-making power for their local communities. The Provincial and Local Government Support Program (PLGSP) is a program designed to build capacity of local governments in Nepal to effectively use their new power and run their communities well. This study will evaluate the PLGSP using a case-control design (observing an and measuring metrics over time to see what changes caused different outcomes), before and after surveys, and a synthetic control model (using statistics to learn what may have happened if the PLGSP never happened). Households in 90 communities will be interviewed before PLGSP starts, and 2 years later. We will use this information to estimate the effectiveness of the PLGSP.

We are interested in how information regarding political leadership affects how adults evaluate leaders during periods of crisis. This study is part of a larger NSF-funded project examining political accountability during crisis and the vignette study is an attempt to get at the psychological foundations of public opinion during crises.

Purpose: to assess cytokine and exposomic changes in nasal epithelial lining fluid (NELF) following acute and chronic surgical smoke exposure

Determine if group prenatal care that focuses on behavioral health improves pregnancy and infant outcomes for pregnant people at high risk for depression.

We are conducting a survey of people out drinking at bars and restaurants in downtown Chapel Hill to learn more about their thoughts and experiences with fake IDs. We are then giving an ID scanner to businesses that sell alcohol in Chapel Hill and Carrboro to help them identify fake IDs. After a 7-month study period, we will interview staff members at those businesses to learn about their experiences using the technology.

Conventional wisdom in the press has held that the Democratic party, whose base includes younger, marginal voters, benefits electorally from lower costs of voting. The issue of voting access is highly polarized, with Democratic politicians championing reforms that would make it easier to register and vote, and Republican politicians opposing these policies on the ground that they would lead to fraudulent voting. Mass partisans reflect this divide as well. To what degree is the difference in partisan support for increased access to voting reflective of instrumental concerns over which party benefits, rather than principled belief in expanding access to voting? We conduct an experiment to test this question, leveraging a recent shift in the propensity of Democrats to excel in low-turnout elections and the changing composition of unregistered voters. We present respondents with information to update their beliefs about who benefits from laws making it easier to register to vote in

We are interviewing physicians working in corrections to better understand professional issues they face in providing care in these settings.