This study is designed to be conducted in K-12 math contexts in order to examine how personalizing math tasks to involve familiar and interesting careers and out of school interests can enable students to engage in effective math learning.

The minimum age for cochlear implant candidacy was lowered to 12-months in the year 2000. Previous studies of school and work outcomes for young adult cochlear implant recipients, implanted during childhood, assessed a cohort that began their implant use at a later age. This study aims to assess school and work outcomes for young adult implant recipients whose hearing loss was identified through Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and were implanted in early childhood.

This study explores the physical features and everyday use of shared water, sanitation, and energy services in informal settlement, Nairobi. It looks at what these shared facilities are like, how people use and take care of them, and how they deal with problems such as flooding or damage. By learning from people's experiences, the study hopes to find better ways to improve these shared facilities in crowded urban areas.

The primary goal of IMPORT is to improve our understanding of post-overdose response team characteristics, processes, and which specific practices are perceived to be most effective in reducing overdose death and improving the lives of individuals with opioid use disorder at high risk for overdose.

Our UNC-CH School of Social Work (SSW) team aims to investigate how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence and assault (SVA), and human trafficking (HT) services; and develop and refine guidelines for adapting IPV, SVA, and HT services in response to COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. To address these aims, we will: (1) conduct a quantitative survey of North Carolina (NC) violence agencies, (2) conduct focus groups and interviews with practice experts in NC and nationally, and (3) conduct feedback sessions with service providers and practice experts.

The purpose of this study is to contribute to advancements in maternal and child health.

We intend to study how well a type of surgery works for people who had hernia near they stoma (a small opening in the belly to pass waste). The goal is to see how often the hernia comes back and if patients had any problems after surgery..

The mission of the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR) is to expedite progress and promote safety in islet/beta cell transplantation through the collection, analysis, and communication of comprehensive and current data on all islet/beta cell transplants performed in North America, Europe and Australia.

The primary purpose of this research study is to learn about how the level of a protein called p16 changes in the blood of children, adolescents, and adults with sickle cell disease. This protein can provide information about cellular aging which has not been studied before in patients with sickle cell disease. This can help develop future areas of research into sickle cell disease.

To determine whether newly-developed naloxone training materials increase how often pharmacists dispense naloxone.