To determine the feasibility of measuring center of pressure in preterm infants at term equivalent age on a force plate in the NICU setting.
This study will explore the ways that anti-racism education via an analysis of structural racism and white race caucusing influence what white people do to navigate structural racism as it presents in the everyday.
The research team from the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute is conducting a study on the implementation of IYCF-E in Western North Carolina (WNC) after Hurricane Helene. This research aims to share lessons learned and improve the quality of future relief efforts through: 1) sharing lived experiences; 2) assessing effectiveness of training; and 3) informing the state- and national-level policy recommendations for incorporating Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) evidence-based practices.
This study aims to understand implementation of Restorative Practices in selected NC public elementary schools, the reason for implementation failures and successes in selected schools, and the underlying causes of such failures and successes.
The purpose of the study is to analyze if asking questions on polarizing topics reduces response quality The study will analyze the research question using an experiment. Respondents will be randomly assigned to one of two main conditions. The experimental group will receive uncomfortable or embarrassing true-or-false questions about their political party, depending on what party they identify with. The questions are factual but may be perceived as biased or polarizing. The control group will receive 3 true-or-false questions about Democrats and 3 true-or-false questions about Republicans. Later, the researcher will compare instances/rates of satisficing, affective polarization, sentiment codes, internal consistency, conformity, and truthfulness between the experimental and control groups.
The purpose of the study is two-fold. The first is to conduct an adaptation of a microeconomic strengthening and stigma reduction intervention for young people with HIV in Zambia. The second is to pilot test the adapted intervention and assess its feasibility, acceptability, implementation costs, and preliminary effects.
We are studying the scholarly productivity (research papers, presentations, etc.) among recently graduated gynecologic oncology fellows. This voluntary survey will obtain data related to research accomplishment during fellowship and factors which may influence this. The purpose of this study is to characterize the research productivity among fellows as well as identify research supports and barriers; this knowledge can be used in the future to set data-driven benchmarks and support fellows towards research success.
We are examining the effectiveness of the Project ECHO teleconsultation model to train community and school providers who have previously participated in a clinical ADOS-II training in best practices for diagnosing and evaluating individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The purpose of this study is to compare effects of the study drug fosmanogepix with already-approved drugs caspofungin and fluconazole to find out if fosmanogepix is safe and effective in treating patients with candidemia and/or invasive candidiasis.
The primary purpose of this study is to determine what the public reception, attitudes and behaviors are in response to having free sunscreen dispensers placed at several locations at a major educational institution. The secondary outcome is to better understand the baseline sun protection knowledge and risk amongst those affiliated with the university.