Journal of Undergraduate Research

Ben Wade and Dr. Gordon B. Lindsay, Department of Health Science Gennadiy Onishchenko, Russia’s chief state public health officer, labeled Russia’s tobacco problem “the nicotine genocide of the Russian people” (Moscow News, 2008). The Russian Federation has emerged from the socio-economic pressures of communism and its downfall to become the 4th largest consumer of cigarettes […]

Jared Sturgeon and Dr. Ray Merrill, Health Science Despite the generally lower burden of cancer experienced among LDS than non-LDS residents, prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates tend to be higher in Utah than the rest of the country.1 Reasons for this difference are unknown but may be related to differences in diet, screening, and/or […]

Kristen Proctor and Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Health Science In the fall of 1999, I developed a proposal to research the effects of literacy and education on the health and socioeconomic status of women in rural Mexico. Shortly thereafter, I was asked to facilitate a group of student volunteers going to the Dominican Republic (D.R.) as […]

Eric L. Perry After many years of intense controversy and debate about tobacco and its marketing, a landmark settlement occurred in 1998 between 46 U.S. states and producers of tobacco products. The agreement states that tobacco companies must spend $246 billion over the next 25 years to settle health claims. The settlement also demanded companies […]

Rainie Graham and Dr. Michael D. Barnes, Health Science This report is written as a summary of the research that was conducted throughout the winter and spring of 2000 in support of the funded research proposal titled “Channels of Communication for Emergency Preparation”. This research was intended to establish the preferred communication channels for receiving […]

Kimberly Barlow-Miller and Dr. Ray Merrill, Health Science In 1980-81, five homosexual men in California were found to have a strain of pneumonia normally found only in the suppressed immune systems of the elderly. They were later diagnosed with the first cases of a rare and new disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). […]

John Heathcote and Dr. Josh West, Department of Health Science The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has steadily become more widespread. For the first time, the use of traditional healers was included in the definition of CAM on the 2007 NHIS. Several Hispanic-specific CAM studies have included a variety of traditional healing and […]

Cecilia Fernandez and Dr. Gene Cole, Department of Health Sciences Research Objective To conduct an initial needs assessment relative to the promotion of healthy home environments and asthma risk reduction, with a focus on multi-family dwellings and ethnic minority populations (primarily Hispanic). Background Previous studies have shown that ethnic populations, including Hispanics, are prone to […]