Joshua S. Gildea and Professor Richard K. Long, Communications El Salvador is a third-world country in Central America that suffers from extreme poverty and a lack of quality medical attention. The country has experienced great natural disasters in the past few years including Hurricane Mitch in October 1998 and two major earthquakes in January and February […]
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Career, Education, Home & Family: Decision-making among LDS Women
Jennifer M Vigil and Dr. Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Women’s Research Institute As women are given more and more options about the course of their lives, the choices become more complicated. When a woman’s level of religiosity becomes a factor, the decision-making process becomes even more complex. This paper will show how young women who are members […]
Gender Differences in BYU Communications Students’ Career Attitudes
Alexis Allen and Dr. Shane Reese, Statistics Women have made vast advancements in the workplace within the last thirty years, but gender career issues still exist today. The field of communications presents an interesting case study about discrepancies between male and female employees’ contrasting earnings and career roles. A phenomenon called the Glass Ceiling Effect […]
Assessment of Family Satisfaction of Intensive Care Unit Experience
Breann Brady and Dr. Joan Baldwin, College of Nursing When a patient enters the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the experience is stressful and traumatic, for both the patient and their family members. The fast paced environment may seem scary to those unfamiliar with it. Families are left in a waiting room, only to enter and […]
The Increasing Cost of Health Care
Aaron Howard and Dr. Bret Mackay, Economics Health Care costs have increased substantially over the past several years. Unfortunately, the cause of the increase is not well understood. The purpose of my research was to study and model the increasing premium trends of HMOs in an attempt to identify factors that contribute to the increasing […]
Developmental Care: Strengthening Infants and Families in Egypt
Meredith D. Burt and Professor Catherine Coverston, Nursing There is a striking and jarring difference between the world in the womb and the outside world. This great difference in environments can be very stressful on preterm and newborn infants. There is significant emphasis in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) on medical interventions to support and protect […]
Economic Influence on Pediatric Health Care in a Medically Pluralistic Society: An Ethnographic Study among the Asante people of Ghana
Kevin Gamett and Drs. Randy Val Johnson, William Carl Olsen There are many factors that influence decisions regarding medical care, including financial, situational, and ideological issues. Families may choose to avoid modern health care facilities because of the costs associated with hospital stays, treatment regimes, transportation, and lost time. Long waiting times, disrespectful treatment from […]
HUNGARIAN HEALTH CARE: WHAT IS THE CURE?
Charlotte L. Rosen, Professor Walter Whipple, Psychology “Hungarians, rise, your country calls you! Meet this hour, whatever befalls you! Shall we freemen be, or slaves? Choose the lot your spirit craves!”1 This was proclaimed by the famous Hungarian poet, Petrofi Sandor, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1948. This battle cry is a taste of the […]
“They are all my Children:” Grandparenting and Globalization in the K’iche’ Eldercare System
Melarie Wheat and Dr. John Hawkins, Anthropology “Tojo papi, tojo amor,” Juana playfully beckoned her young grandson from across the kitchen. The child glanced over at her, but instead toddled towards the plancha, the ceramic stove, aiming directly for the fire. Once there he proceeded to play with the ash emerging from the front of […]
The Resurgence of Tuberculosis: Its Alliance with HIV/AIDS and the Challenges Faced by Health Care Practitioners and Governments as they Strive to Combat the Effects of this Deadly Duo
Sheila Bibb and Dr. William C. Olsen, Anthropology Tuberculosis has long been a scourge throughout the world but in the 1950’s medical developments enabled most countries to bring this insidious air-borne disease under control and it was firmly believed that by the end of the century tuberculosis would be eliminated worldwide. The reality is that […]
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