To understand the relationship between biomarkers (found in the blood) and health outcomes among adults diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma who are receiving a liver transplant.
This study is recruiting Spanish-speaking Latina breast cancer survivors to interview them about factors that influenced their decision about whether or not to have breast reconstruction surgery. In addition, the participants will provide feedback on a website decision tool that was created to increase informed decision making on this topic.
The purpose of this study is to determine if memantine, a medication commonly used for dementia, may lessen cognitive changes that may occur during treatment for breast cancer.
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.
Black women have worse breast cancer outcomes than White women. Physical activity can help cancer survivors live longer, feel better, and stay healthier. However, there aren't many health promotion programs to help Black women diagnosed with breast cancer become physically active, feel better, and stay healthy. The purpose of this study is to understand what kind of health promotion programs Black women diagnosed with breast cancer prefer and how different things affect their health and lifestyle. The insights gained from this study will help develop a customized health promotion program for Black women diagnosed with breast cancer.
There is limited information among young people about a condition called Long COVID, where individuals have or are experiencing a symptom or symptoms of COVID-19 for 1 month or longer. We are conducting a one-time survey to gain data on this issue among undergraduate and graduate/professional students ages 18-29 at UNC CH.
The purpose of this research study is to take an in-depth look at the North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning (NC2ML), a design-based research-practice partnership that has sustained for nearly a decade. The proposed study will explore the tools and methods that supported interaction between participants and why participants have remained engaged in the partnership for the last eight years.
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.
This study will focus examine a specific admissions tool, the Character Skills Snapshot (CSS), seeking to better understand the role of this tool in the admissions process of independent schools using it.