Thacker Shelley and Dr. Lynn Callister, College of Nursing Previous research on labor and birth in Australia has focused on mortality rates in hospitals and birthing centers. Gathering qualitative research is important to improve nurses’ culturally based care towards childbearing women. I knew of Dr. Callister’s similar research in various countries. I was in the […]
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Perceptions of Parents Raising a Child With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Megan Hallam and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, College of Nursing The purpose of my study was to examine gender differences in mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of raising a child with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Set in the intermountain west, the study used a qualitative descriptive approach to analyze 13 parent interviews conducted over the telephone (7 […]
Perceptions of Public Health Nurses in Taiwan
Meagan Astill and Dr. Erin Maughan, Nursing The importance of health promotion and disease prevention, primary focuses for public health nurses, has been a source of debate between medical professionals, many of whom focus only on the biomedical aspects of health care rather than ‘holistic’ care (Mino, 2005). The public health nurse is at the […]
Parents’ Perceptions of Pediatric Diabetes Management Clinics
Kalie Diane Thornock and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, College of Nursing One in every 400-600 young people in the United States are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005), a disease requiring constant vigilance to ensure continued health. Therefore, regular medical appointments to monitor hemoglobin A1C, LDL cholesterol level, blood pressure, […]
Parents’ Perceptions of Pediatric Diabetes Management Clinic Practices Using the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines
Lisa Smith and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, College of Nursing The American Academy of Pediatrics established a standard of care for children with chronic conditions in order to improve patient and family outcomes. Standards for medical care emphasize the care being 1)accessible, 2)continuous, 3)comprehensive, 4)family-centered, 5)coordinated, 6)compassionate, and 7)culturally effective. However, very little research has examined […]
Parental Perceptions: Religiosity and Sibling Relationships in Families Raising a Child with Diabetes
Caitlin Peterson (Herrman) and Dr. Barbara Mandleco, College of Nursing Background and Significance Raising a child with diabetes (CWD) impacts the whole family, since it is a disease requiring parental vigilance to ensure dietary/ medication compliance, and sibling understanding. Clearly, religion serves as an important resource to couples and families; however, it may also act […]
Perceptions of Giving Birth and Adherence to Cultural Practices in Chinese Women
Megan Cutler and Dr. Lynn Clark Callister, Department of Nursing Chinese childbearing women living in Taiwan have cultural beliefs and practices, including the common practice of “doing the month” after giving birth. Similar practices can also be found in Japan, South Korea, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Thailand, and Cambodia. There are an increasing […]
“Is This Racial Freedom?”: Student Perceptions of the Civil Rights Movement at Brigham Young University
Ardis Smith and Dr. Rebecca de Schweinitz, History Department Over the week of 11-15 February 1959, the front page of Brigham Young University’s the Daily Universe featured four articles on a campus anti-littering campaign. Organized by several freshmen, the campaign was for the winter and spring quarters, and it emphasized the significance of keeping the […]
Negotiations of Household Labor and Child Care and Perceptions of Fairness Across the Transition to Parenthood: A Longitudinal Study
Brandon McDaniel Background Information The birth of a couple’s first child brings about more profound changes and challenges to the family unit than any other developmental stage (Vessey & Knauth, 2001). This transition has been associated with a deterioration of couple communication, sexual intimacy, and overall marital satisfaction with an increase in conflict (Cowan, 1995; […]
The Ethnophysiologocial Janus: Changing Perceptions of Illness and Curing in the Guatemalan Mayan Highlands
Steven Shem Rode and Dr. John P. Hawkins, Anthropology Ethnomedical literature rarely addresses the problem of how illness is recognized and understood among Nahualenos in southwest Guatemala. In that area of the world, mother/infant mortality rates remain high, and local perceptions of illness continue to bewilder western biomedical caregivers. This study investigates data collected from […]
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