Journal of Undergraduate Research

Emily Matson and Dr. Ray Merrill, Department of Health Science INTRODUCTION Although cancer is often considered a disease of old age, it kills more children ages 1 to 14 years in the United States than any other cause, except unintentional injuries [1]. Through advances in diagnosing and treating cancer, child survival of cancer has improved […]

Jessica Lynn Lowe and Dr. Carl Hanson, Life Science – Health Science The purpose of this project was to address a continuing and growing health disparity, healthcare of refugees. 8.2 million legal immigrants entered the United States (US) between 1986 and 1993 (Gavagan, 1998). While these numbers have slowed slightly in the past couple of […]

Melissa Carbine and Dr. McKay Rollins, Health Sciences M. ulcerans infection (commonly referred to as Buruli ulcer) is rapidly emerging as an important cause of human morbidity throughout the world. An indolent, deep, necrotizing lesion of the skin, Buruli ulcer is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (Meyers et al., 1997). The destruction of the skin tissue […]

Steffanie Smith and Dr. Gordon B. Lindsay, Health Sciences The aim of this project was to analyze the financial contributions made by tobacco and alcohol companies to the campaign funds of Utah State legislators over time. The purpose of the research was to document the political influence these companies have over the regulation of their […]

Margaret Butler, Health Sciences Introduction Recent demographic changes in the United States are requiring health care workers to serve patients, particularly Hispanics, who do not speak English. This is true for the state of Utah as well Citing Immigration and Naturalization Service data, Wright (1993) reported that the number of Mexican immigrants who do not […]

Bristol Sorensen, Health Sciences First of all I would like to thank you once again for choosing me as one of the recipients of the Office of Research and Creative Work Scholarship. The money I received from that scholarship helped tremendously in conducting research for my project over the past semester and I have some […]

Joshua G Schkrohowsky and Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Health Sciences After years of steady decline, the percentage of people who use tobacco in the United States has leveled off and has appeared to even begin an increase. Cigarette smoking remains the single largest cause of preventable death in the United States. It is not only a […]

Charis Van Dusen and Professor Lynley Rowan, Health Sciences Department As a group of ten Brigham Young University students and instructors, we came to teach the Dominican Republic’s national health facilitators a methodology of teaching accompanied with a manual devised by Laubach Literacy under the direction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. […]

Mark K. Morris and Dr. Ray Merrill, Health Science Conventional cancer incidence rates reported in the United States represent the number of newly diagnosed cases in a given year divided by the mid-year population for that year (1). Incidence rates have been reported on an annual basis in the United States since 1973, when the […]

William J. Jensen and Dr. Ray M. Merrill, Health Sciences Background In recent decades, a common view arose that increased educational attainment led to less religious commitment and in views counter to spiritual growth but that encouraged scientific and intellectual accomplishments. 1234 Turning away from spiritual to secular explanations of life has received considerable attention […]