Comer, Karen; Davila, Kelly; Hollon, Deb; Nowlin, Matt(The Polis Center, Indiana University at Indianapolis, 2017-07)
Retail access to various smoking products is an important consideration when discussing community action to improve a community’s health. Studies show that tobacco outlet density and proximity are linked to tobacco ...
Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Odell, Jere D.; Brys, Lucille Frances; Ramirez Rojas, Mirian(University of Victoria Libraries, 2022-07-27)
In this article, the authors share the different methods and tools utilized for supporting the Scholarly Profiles as Service (SPaS) model at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Leveraging Wikidata ...
Caldwell, Christine S.; Denne, Scott C.(Springer Nature, 2020-09-06)
It is time for the pediatric community, along with the FDA and the device industry, to renew efforts to better provide appropriately evaluated devices and diagnostic tests for children. This will require seriously considering ...
Objective:
The aim of this study was to describe the development process, science, and symbolism of an arts-based educational exhibit designed to address myths, misinformation, negative imagery, and use of unproven ...
Background and Objectives: Two community studies outside the US showed asymptomatic infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in adults, but not in children <10 years of age. In this study, ...
Martyn, Kevin; Rising, Staci; Hampo, Mary; Stockman, Beca; Lucas, Bailee; Grommon, Eric; Camacho-Reyes, Karla(Center for Health and Justice Research (CHJR), IU Public Policy Institute, 2020-06)
The following brief explores whether U.S. county jails have managed to reduce their inmate populations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the magnitude of those reductions. This brief also examines trends in ...
Menachemi, Nir; Gutta, Jyotsna(Fairbanks School of Public Health, IUPUI, 2020-03-28)
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is projected to infect a substantial proportion of Hoosiers. Experts are forecasting the number of individuals who will become infected over time and the subset of those that will ...
Beck, Adrienne; Cottingham, Ann H.; Stutz, Patrick V.; Gruber, Rachel; Bernat, Jennifer K.; Helft, Paul R.; Wilhelm, Laura; Schmidt, Karen; Stout, Madison E.; Willard, Claire; Johns, Shelley A.(Cambridge University Press, 2019-06)
Objective
Dignity therapy (DT) is designed to address psychological and existential challenges that terminally ill individuals face. DT guides patients in developing a written legacy project in which they record and share ...
Gutta, Jyotsna; Heniff, Lauren; Greene, Marion S.(The Center for Health Policy, 2020-01-01)
Suicide, or intentional self-harm, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Suicide rates among Hoosiers have increased from 12.6 per 100,000 in 2008 to 16.3 per 100,000 in 2017, a nearly 30% increase ...
Gutta, Jyosna; Greene, Marion(The Center for Health Policy, 2019-05-01)
Indiana consists of 92 counties, which can be divided into 8 service regions. The prevalence of substance misuse can differ between the individual regions. Compared to the state’s average, rates of underage drinking, ...
Coffee, R. L., Jr.; Driscol, Julie; Saydyk, Tammy J.; Shekhar, Anantha; Denne, Scott C.; Hunt, Joe D.(Cambridge University Press, 2018-06)
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The Indiana CTSI is investigating innovative approaches to integrate resources that will enrich scientific investigators. Our goals are to enhance the availability and communication among CTSI ...
Vemu, Sheela; Basta, Holly; Cole, Deborah Catherine(American Society for Microbiology, 2019-08-30)
Tissue-type histology is a foundational lab exercise for many courses… and our students hate it. In anatomy and physiology, where more obviously applicable labs are just around the corner, students struggle to grasp this ...
Hahn, Thomas W.; Hatcher, Julie A.; Price, Mary F.; Studer, Morgan L.(2018-02-06)
The IUPUI Taxonomy for Service Learning Courses has the potential to contribute to the campus and to research on service learning because the taxonomy:
1) Creates a common approach in working with instructors to support ...
Mastery-style online homework is used in a preparatory physics course at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Managing student frustration and making homework content achievable is a priority. In a level that ...
Golembiewski, Elizabeth; Allen, Katie S.; Blackmon, Amber M.; Hinrichs, Rachel J.; Vest, Joshua R.(JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2019)
Background:
Nonclinical determinants of health are of increasing importance to health care delivery and health policy. Concurrent
with growing interest in better addressing patients’ nonmedical issues is the exponential ...
The purpose of this evaluation was to understand perceptions of IUPUI faculty and staff regarding the influence of the Center for Service and Learning’s (CSL) programs and resources on respondents. Specifically, the ...
Analysis of data from the 2014 IUPUI Alumni survey found that undergraduate alumni who participated in service learning courses reported higher levels of civic-mindedness than alumni who did not participate or participated ...
Risacher, Shannon L.; Farlow, Martin R.; Bateman, Daniel R.; Epperson, Francine; Tallman, Eileen F.; Richardson, Rose; Murrell, Jill R.; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Apostolova, Liana G.; Bonnin, Jose M.; Ghetti, Bernardino; Saykin, Andrew J.(Biomed Central, 2018-10-29)
This study aimed to determine the pattern of [18F]flortaucipir uptake in individuals affected by Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) associated with the PRNP F198S mutation. The aims were to: 1) determine the ...
Yi, Zinan; Mayorga, Maria E.; Orman, Eric S.; Wheeler, Stephanie B.; Hayashi, Paul H.; Barritt IV, A. Sidney(Wolters Kluwer, 2017-10)
BACKGROUND:
Changes in the epidemiology of end-stage liver disease may lead to increased risk of dropout from the liver transplant waitlist. Anticipating the future of liver transplant waitlist characteristics is vital ...