To assess three different metrics of healthcare access as surrogate measures of immunization coverage.
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.
The purpose of this study is to create a registry that will collect clinical data from participants attending UNC Hospitals who may present with metastatic cancer and are evaluated to receive radiation therapy. We hope to create a registry that future studies can pull from to study the impacts of radiation therapy on patient cancer outcomes.
The goals of this survey are to: 1) identify ways to support the health and well-being of teachers as they navigate teaching and life during this unprecedented 2020-2021 school year, and 2) help identify ways in which teachers or schools may benefit from additional efforts to minimize infection transmission.
The aim of this project is thus to explore people's judgments (e.g., fairness, efficiency) of different allocation procedures .
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 determine if a new medication is effective at treating cardiac amyloidosis.
To better understand how people learn information and how they update (or integrate) that information as related information is learned later.
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.
Examining digital dependency and social media engagement amongst religious publics.