• Hearing Loss and Use of Medications for Anxiety and/or Depression in Testicular Cancer Survivors Treated with Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy 

  Ardeshirrouhanifard, Shirin (2020-05)

  Testicular cancer is the most common solid tumor among young men. Although testicular cancer survivors (TCS) are expected to live for over 40 years after cancer diagnosis, they are at risk for chemotherapy adverse effects ...
• Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number, Insulinemic Potential of Lifestyle, and Colorectal Cancer 

  Yang, Keming (2020-03)

  Because colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the US, identifying biomarkers that might inform disease prevention and early diagnosis is of great public ...
• An Examination of How National Policies are Driving Population Health Outcomes and Organizational Change in Private and Public Sectors 

  Hilts, Katy Ellis (2020-03)

  The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, but still trails most other countries when it comes to important health indicators. There has been an increasing recognition that in order ...
• Preconception and Interconception Health and Routine Health Service Use Among Women in a Rural Midwestern Community 

  DiPietro Mager, Natalie Ann (2020-02)

  Advancement of preconception and interconception health is a key element to improve women’s health as well as pregnancy outcomes. Little is known about the preconception and interconception health status of rural Midwestern ...
• Associations Between Vitamin D Biomarkers and Cardiometabolic Outcomes Among Women 

  Xia, Jin (2020-02)

  There is growing evidence that vitamin D endocrine system may be associated with multiple cardiometabolic outcomes, such as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), type 2 diabetes, and other relevant cardiometabolic comorbidities, ...
• Examining the Variability in and Impact of State-Level Regulations of Opioid Treatment Programs 

  Jackson, Joanna Rachel (2019-09)

  The United States is experiencing a severe opioid use epidemic with more than 2 million people currently suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD), of which, over 1 million need treatment. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) ...
• Examining the Impact of State-Mandated Insurance Benefits and Reimbursement Provisions on Access to Diabetes Self-Management Education and Training (DSME/T) 

  Brown-Podgorski, Brittany L. (2019-09)

  With an estimated 30.2 million diagnosed and undiagnosed cases among adults (and another 84 million at risk), diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions and a leading cause of mortality in the US. ...
• Health Care and Policy Interventions to Improve the Health of Patients Experiencing Homelessness 

  Golembiewski, Elizabeth H. (2019-08)

  Housing instability and homelessness are associated with significant health burdens, including high rates of chronic and infectious disease, disproportionate vulnerability to violence and injury, and increased risk of ...
• Emergency Department Utilization Among Pediatric and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 

  Mullen, Cody J. (2019-04)

  Introduction: The prevalence of those aged 3-25 with an intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD), has increased 17.1% from 1997 to 2008. This study focused on these I/DD: autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral ...
• Understanding African Immigrant Health in the United States: An Exploratory Study of the Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Experience 

  Omenka, Ogbonnaya Isaac (2019-02)

  In the United States, there is very little knowledge about the health of African immigrants. Although their population exceeds 2 million and still on the rise exponentially, a big gap exists regarding knowledge about ...
• Evaluating the quality of mobile health apps for maternal and child health (MCH) 

  Biviji, Rizwana (2018-08-08)

  Introduction Mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) are increasingly accessible and popular. In 2015, over 60% of smartphone users used their phones to look up health related information. mHealth apps related to ...
• The risks and consequences of opioid misuse 

  Greene, Marion Siegrid (2018-05-22)

  Opioid misuse and addiction has been widely identified as a public health problem, contributing substantially to the nation’s morbidity and mortality. Over the past two decades, misuse of prescription opioids pain relievers ...
• Young people in recovery from substance use disorders: an analysis of a recovery high school's impact on student academic performance & recovery success 

  Knotts, Adam Christopher (2017-12-18)

  The purpose of this dissertation was to produce knowledge on the academic performance and recovery success of students enrolled in a Recovery High School. The study site was Hope Academy, located in Indianapolis, IN, and ...
• Mental health trends among female youth and the relationship with violence 

  Ford, Janet Helene (2017-07-26)

  Objective: Investigate if the prevalence of depression/suicidality changed from 2001 to 2015 among adolescent females exposed to sexual assault or physical fighting, and if various violent exposures or the accumulation ...
• Associations between traits (blood pressure and body height growth) and reproductive timing related genetic variants from genome-wide association studies 

  Mo, Daojun (2017-07-18)

  Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many common genetic variants that are associated with women’s reproductive timing characteristics including ages at menarche and at natural menopause. ...
• Training Indiana's Family Medicine Residents to Address the Problem of Prescription Drug Abuse 

  Fielding, Stephen M. (2013-08-05)

  Prescription drug abuse has been a growing problem in Indiana and around the nation for almost two decades. In recent years, prescription drug overdoses have pushed drug poisonings ahead of motor vehicle crashes as the ...
• Nurse practitioner patient care patterns and practice characteristics : understanding the role of state scope-of-practice policies 

  Norwood, Connor W. (2017-05-09)

  Introduction: The U.S. is faced with a primary care (PC) workforce shortage; an estimated 43 percent of the population has unmet health care needs and 18.2 percent of the adult population lacks a usual source of care ...
• Living kidney donor follow-up in a statewide health information exchange: health services utilization, health outcomes and policy implications 

  Henderson, Macey Leigh (2016-05-24)

  Living donors have contributed about 6,000 kidneys per year in the past 10 years, but more than 100,000 individuals are still waiting for a kidney transplant. Living kidney donors undergo a major surgical procedure ...
• Obesity and obesity-related markers associated with breast and colorectal cancer occurence and mortality 

  Gathirua-Mwangi, Wambui Grace (2016-04-05)

  Purpose: Obesity is a growing public health problem and the second most preventable cause of death in the US. Obesity has been linked as a risk factor for several cancers. However, there are limited studies that have ...
• Human papillomavirus vaccination status association with subsequent health behaviors 

  Kasting, Monica Louise (2016-04-28)

  Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection results in serious health issues including cervical, anal, vulvar, penile and oropharyngeal cancers. There are three vaccines against HPV but vaccination rates in the United States ...

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