Test the impact of a child care provider weight management intervention embedded within Go NAPSACC on children's dietary intake and PA behaviors.
Working with blue collar worksites to provide healthy affordable meals and nutrition education and behavioral "nudges"
The purpose of our research is to collect catastrophic sports injury and illness data from athletics competing in competitive organized sports on a national level. Analysis of this data is intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic injury and illness and increase safety of sport participation.
The repository is designed to provide a process for interested persons with food allergies to provide blood samples to the UNC Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) for use in research studies being conducted in the FAI lab. It also allows the lab to store samples for future research.
Investigate the safe wearability and basic functions of the multi-modality sensors fabricated in the PI lab.
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between binge drinking in adolescence and behavior in adulthood, as well as the relationship between sleep and reactions to alcohol.
All existing studies estimate the health effects of disability insurance based on reduced form models. This paper fills the gap in the literature by developing a model that allows the estimation of the Social Security Disability Insurance effects on health in a structural way. The structural model enables me to analyze counterfactual scenarios. In particular, I concentrate on the modification of the SSDI program that permits partial benefits for the partially disabled.
The Improving Provider Announcement Communication Training (IMPACT) national primary care team survey aims to investigate HPV vaccine communication among a large sample of primary care team members, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and medical assistants to inform future provider communication interventions.
Purpose:This is a two-arm preliminary efficacy RCT in 120 participants testing a 6-week home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program (EXCAP©®) vs. standard care on CIPN, interoception, and inflammation. Participants: This study will enroll 120 participants receiving neurotoxic chemotherapy or have completed neurotoxic chemotherapy in the past nine months (i.e., taxane-, platinum-, vinca alkaloid-, epothilone-, or proteasome inhibitor-based chemotherapy). Procedures (methods): Participants will complete questionnaires, clinical assessments, and a blood draw at two time points: pre-intervention (week 0, T1) and post-intervention (approximately week 6, T2).
The purpose of the NC PASE project is to create tailored supervision guidelines (TSG) that will inform the way probation officers supervise their caseloads.