We want to empower communities to support Veterans and their families across all Vital Conditions. Veterans are a high risk group for mental illness and we want to prevent mental health crises by highlighting community capacity and enhancing strategic access to resources.

This study seeks to understand the challenges federal social scientists experiencing when working with rural and urban people and places. Much of what is known about the challenges of working in urban and rural places comes from the perspectives of academic scholars, researchers, and perspectives. We expect that researcher affiliation with governmental agencies creates additional challenges. The findings from this study will identify unique and overlapping challenges and best practices from the perspectives of environmental social scientists working for the federal government,

Understand how politicians use stereotypes to attract voters

The purpose of this study is to understand what helps students at UNC thrive-academically, socially, and personally. Earlier this year, we conducted a survey to measure student well-being, but numbers alone don't tell the full story. Now, we are interviewing students to learn more about their experiences. These interviews will help us understand what supports student success and what challenges students face. Our goal is to provide UNC with better information to improve campus life, mental health resources, and academic support. By listening to students, we hope to make UNC a place where more students can flourish.

We are performing a clinical study to determine the optimal frequency for medications for infected pleural fluid, referred to as intrapleural enzyme therapy (IET). Participants will either receive once daily IET or twice daily IET. We hypothesize that once daily IET will be non-inferior to twice daily IET.

This study explores how religious beliefs influence decisions about organ donation in Black Christian communities. Many Black Americans need organ transplants, but donation rates in these communities are lower than in others. Religious beliefs may play a role in these decisions, but past research has not fully explored how people learn about their religion's views on organ donation or how these beliefs affect their choices. By interviewing Black Christians, this study aims to better understand their thoughts, experiences, and concerns about organ donation. The goal is to help create better ways to share information about organ donation that respect religious beliefs and encourage informed decision-making.

There are multiple devices that have been developed and approved to help treat heart failure symptoms, yet some patients who qualify for these devices are denied authorization by their insurance. We look to describe trends across the United States.

Our project will provide 5 rural pharmacies with tailored, evidence-based technical assistance and support to overcome buprenorphine dispensing barriers. Our goal is to build the capacity of rural community pharmacies to improve access to MOUD and reduce overdose deaths in their communities.

The study aims to explore whether nutrition guidelines and food ranking systems are adopted by local food pantries, identify barriers and facilitators to following nutrition guidelines for pantries, and the impact on diet quality of children and youth from diverse, low-income families living in Central North Carolina. Also the study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a future pilot intervention using culturally and contextually appropriate educational and "nudge" approaches in food pantries.

The purpose of this study is to examine the level of knowledge and integration of teachers of Spanish variations in Heritage Speaker (HS) instruction in middle school.