Browsing Theses and Dissertations(library) by Subject "Health"
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Assessing the relationship between acute and chronic health conditions and transportation disadvantage and quality of life among older adults in Tarrant County, Texas
(2018-08-08)By the year 2035, for the first time in US history, there will be more older adults in the US than individuals under the age of 18 (Vespa, 2018), and Tarrant County, Texas is the fastest growing community in the country ... -
Barriers to Resource Access: The Need for Social Workers as Cultural Brokers in Hispanic Immigrant Communities
(2021-12-08)Although the U.S. has more immigrants than any other country in the world (Budiman, 2020), there exists inequality in resource access among U.S. born and immigrants. The inequality has been created and maintained by the ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF MINE TAILING-BASED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES: CURRENT PRACTICES AND WAYS FORWARD
(2021-08-05)For many years, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities around the world have been developing strategies to reduce contaminated mine tailings produced by mineral processing operations. These mine tailings are ... -
HEALTH IMPACTS OF PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEMS, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE OVERTON PARK SYSTEM FORT WORTH, TEXAS
(2016-05-10)This thesis explores the health impacts of parks and trail systems on residents by studying the Overton Park System in Fort Worth, Texas. Specifically, this research assesses how park features, amenities, and experiences ... -
Neurobiological correlates of stress and the pathophysiology of depression: associations among social victimization, IL-6, CRP, and BDNF Val66Met
(2016-10-25)Peer victimization, a common psychosocial stressor in adolescence, is linked to adverse health outcomes ranging from depression to changes in biological functioning. Social victimization is particularly harmful given the ... -
PEER RELATIONSHIPS, GUT MICROBIOTA, AND HEALTH IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD
(2018-12-03)Research has consistently shown that chronic stress has negative effects on overall physical and psychological wellbeing across the lifespan. The biological mechanisms through which stress exerts its effects on the body ... -
Remote Patient Monitoring using Health Bands with Activity Level Prescription
(2016-12-19)With the advent of new commercially available consumer grade fitness and health devices, it is now possible and very common for users to obtain, store, share and learn about some of their important physiological metrics ... -
Smartphone and Social Media use and its Health Associations
(2018-12-10)While mobile phones offer users communication, information, and entertainment almost instantaneously, there is a growing concern about the impact smartphone and social media use has on mental and physical health. This study ... -
The Health in Mental Health: Exploring Individualized Holistic Health Practices as a Process to Transform Mental Health
(2022-05-17)Mental health problems are on the rise, especially among college students. Problematically, the two most common approaches - pharmacotherapy and talk therapy - are either grounded in a limited and suspect evidence base or ...