The purpose of this study is to determine if a new medication is effective at treating cardiac amyloidosis.
To better understand how people learn information and how they update (or integrate) that information as related information is learned later.
The purpose of Project Open is to improve augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The current study will focus on in-person interactions with AAC. It will focus on adults with ALS, cerebral palsy, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. We will video participants using AAC in everyday settings. We will video participants using AAC in planned ways. We will code the videos. We will look for problems that occur. We will look for the ways that problems are avoided. We will look for the ways that problems are repaired. The results will help us develop new AAC technology.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well the NC Department of Social Services' courses are helping their social workers to master the knowledge and skills outline by the NC Social Work Competencies.
Screening tool to collect broader demographic and clinical data. Enhance understanding of site specific and trial specific accrual barriers.
This qualitative study explores the information-seeking behaviors, perceptions, and preferences of undergraduate transfer students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), focusing on their interactions with the university libraries.
This experiment will seeks to understand role media messages from military authority figures play in increasing a servicemember's efficacy, and whether the use of different types of authority figures matter and affect a servicemember/veteran's self and response efficacy beliefs about utilizing the military mental health system
The purpose of this research study is to learn whether a brief parenting program called Child Adult Relationship Enhancement in Pediatric Primary Care (PriCARE) can help families by giving parents tools to succeed in parenting. Our hope is that the program can increase use of positive parenting strategies, decrease use of harsh or negative parenting, improve child behaviors, and decrease parenting stress.
The death of a parent is a traumatic event for their surviving co-parents and minor children, yet there is a lack of resources and support for widowed parents. The study aims to (1) better understand the reasons that parents express interest in the Widowed Parent Moms' or Dads' Groups, and (2) receive parents' feedback on the program.
This study is testing a medication called ziltivekmab to see if it can help people with heart failure.