To assess neurosurgery residents' interest in enfolded fellowships versus post-graduate fellowship programs and to identify possible drivers of these interests and attitudes
For adults undergoing a standard of care biopsy for screening or surveillance of Barrett's Esophagus (BE). We are comparing two biopsy methods: Seattle biopsy versus WATS biopsy for the detection of intestinal metaplasia (change in the lining of your esophagus or 'food tube' to that of your stomach).
Our study will interview youth and their caregivers in order to assess their experiences and perceptions of mental health and accessing mental health services.
We are studying the triage decision making process of healthcare providers. Our goal is to understand what factors influence the triage decision making process. With the growing burden of emergency department overcrowding and strained hospital capacity, the need to keep patients out of the emergency department is great, when safely able to do so. A better understanding of how and why patients are triaged can help direct work to safely care for patients in the outpatient setting.
To better understand whether people in jail have ever received COVID-19 testing and vaccination and whether they would be will to receive these services in jail and after their release.
The purpose of the study is too explore the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Third Edition (ECERS-3) from a lens of bias and cultural responsivity and to identify ways the measure can be improved to be more fair and culturally responsive
The purpose of this research is to measure people's beliefs about bisexual men vs. bisexual women. In particular, the present research aims to uncover whether people harbor a stereotypic bias to think of bisexual men as "actually gay," but to conversely think of bisexual women as "actually straight."
The purpose of this study is to research the effect of different animal images in swaying viewers' intent to take action for the benefit of the pictured animal species. We intend to show participants pictures of animals in different environments with different emotional states and nature pictures and use survey questions to determine if the pictures affect viewers' intentions to help organizations that help the animal species pictured. We are hoping that this research will help those working on behalf of animal conservation in selecting pictures for charity work.
We hope to collect data on the pregnancy course and neonatal outcome of mothers whose infants have been diagnosed with gastroschisis.
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.