Examining digital dependency and social media engagement amongst religious publics.
The purpose of this study is to test a smartphone app that helps Black women with binge eating. First, participants in the study will complete interviews that help identify barriers and reasons that lead to binge eating in Black women with obesity. With that information, researchers will test and improve a smartphone app to include necessary intervention functions to reduce binge eating in the target population. Part of the testing process includes focus group sessions where participants will give feedback on : 1) organization and presentation, 2) content, 3) sensitivity to issues faced by Black women who binge eat; 4) therapeutic benefit; 5) user-friendliness; and 6) quality of intervention. All information collected from focus groups will be considered in the final version of the app.
The purpose of this study is to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the patients, work and jobs of doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists and other health care workers in community health centers, health departments and other practices that serve poor and at-risk people.
The purpose of this study is to examine the association of social physique anxiety and burnout, perfectionism and burnout, and the intersection of these variables together on burnout in American collegiate dancers to gain knowledge concerning burnout development in this population.
We are studying the frequency of flooding in coastal North Carolina and the impacts of floods on households and businesses.
To test the effect of automated RBC exchange transfusion and standard of care compared with standard of care on the number of episodes of clinical worsening of sickle cell disease (SCD)requiring acute health care encounters (non-elective infusion center/ER/Hospital visits) or resulting in death over 12 months in high risk adult SCD patients.
To examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the [Identify, Connect, And REfer (ICARE)] program on participant knowledge, self-efficacy, and targeted mental health bystander behaviors in a sample of coaches from an NCAA Division I institution.
The purpose of this research study is to develop the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Palliative Care (ADRD-PC) program for persons with late-stage ADRD and their family members during a hospitalization. For patients, we aim to learn if this program of dementia-specific palliative is effective to reduce hospital transfers, improve symptom treatment, supplement supportive services and reduce nursing home transitions. For family members, we aim to improve communication with clinicians, shared decision-making and decrease distress.
To assess three different metrics of healthcare access as surrogate measures of immunization coverage.
The goal of this study is to see if it is feasible to use electronic questionnaires to measure patient related outcomes before, during, and after radiation for gynecologic cancer in a high-volume radiation oncology clinic.