Dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Health Services, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Dissertation: Examining the Roles of Acculturative Stressors and Cultural Factors in Major Health and Safety Issues Among Hispanic/Latino Farmworkers, Brenda Berumen-Flucker

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Dissertation: The Assessment of Clinical Reasoning in Preceptors Across the Athletic Training Profession, Gary Wayne Cohen Jr.

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Dissertation: Examining the Use of Immersive Clinical Experiences in Athletic Training Education, Bailey Christine Jones

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Dissertation: Predictors of Dental Students’ Behavioral Intention Use of Teledentistry: An Application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model, Jafar Hassan Alabdullah

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Dissertation: The Determinants of Physical Activity, Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, and Poor Glycemic Control Among Individuals Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS), Mohammed Abdulrahman S. Alsuliman

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Dissertation: Aging, Gait Variability, and Adaptability, Collin Douglas Bowersock

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Dissertation: Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes About Pain Management and Opioids, Hedieh Hatami Sirjani

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Dissertation: A Three Article Study Examining Sexual and Gender Minority Competency of Health Service Providers, Corrine N. Wilsey

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Dissertation: Examine Predictors of BMI Classification and Perception of Overweght Status of Caregivers of Preschool Children, Beth H. Chopp

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Dissertation: Depression Among Expectant and New Mothers: A Multi-Study Investigation of Rates, Correlates, and Training for Healthcare Providers, Molly M. Long

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Dissertation: Understanding Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers’ Participation in Late Effects Screening: A Mixed Methods Approach, Kristen Trost Mantlo

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Dissertation: Asthma-Related Health Outcomes in New Jersey After a Natural Disaster Event, My Ngoc Thuy Nguyen

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Dissertation: Usefulness of an Expanded Health Belief Model With Added Constructs (Self-Efficacy And Ecological System Measures) in Modeling Compliance With Healthy Lifestyle Recommendations in Women With a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes, Phyllis M. Woodson

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Dissertation: An Examination of Athletic Directors' Perceptions of the Utilization of Athletic Trainers in the Secondary School Setting, Stephanie H. Clines

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Dissertation: Behavioral Determinants of Exercise-Related Injury Prevention Program Participation, Emily M. Hartley

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Dissertation: Examining the Association of Environmental Degradation and Poor Cardiovascular and/or Respiratory Health Outcomes in a Disadvantaged Community, Khyati Niranjan Kantaria

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Dissertation: Sexual Violence Victimization, Mental Health, and University-Based Health Service Use Among College Females, Julie E. Stoner

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Dissertation: Alcohol and Substance Use Knowledge, Attitudes, Subjective Norms, Self-Efficacy, Perceived Behavioral Control, and Behavioral Intentions Among Omani College Students, Muna S. Bait Ajzoon

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Dissertation: Healthcare Outcomes and Resource Utilization Associated with Neonatal Hypoglycemia: Analysis of Data from the HCUP Kid’s Inpatient Database, Brook T. Alemu

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Dissertation: Effects of a Collaborative Care for Depression Intervention on Health Service Utilization and Depression Severity, Girlyn Arganza Cachaper

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Dissertation: Measuring Outcomes in Competence and Confidence in Clinical Skills Through the Use of Standardized Patients, Jennifer W. Cuchna

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Dissertation: Unmet Needs And Service Utilization by Informal Caregivers, Ryan Marie Diduk-Smith

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Dissertation: Sleep Disorders and Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Findings From an 18-Year (1997-2015) Historical Cohort Study, Margaret M. Lubas

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Dissertation: A Web-Based Interprofessional Education Program for School Nurses and Athletic Trainers: A Pilot Study, Lauren Ashley Welsch

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Dissertation: The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: An Examination of Obesity Prevention Behavioral Change in Children Who Participated In The Afterschool Program Virginia Beach Let’s Move, Marilyn Miroshlava Bartholmae

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Dissertation: Application of a Theory-Based Educational Intervention to Increase the Frequency of Performing Oral Health Assessments on Children Among Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Nurses, Denise Michelle Claiborne

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Dissertation: A Model to Predict Pre-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation Success, Leigh Ann Diggs

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Dissertation: School Policy, Food and Physical Activity Environment, and Childhood Obesity, Ruicui Liu

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Dissertation: A Test of the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use on Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use, Moira Crosby McManus

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Dissertation: Response Shift and Functional Outcomes in Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Cameron J. Powden

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Dissertation: Diabetes Status, Predisposing, Enabling, and Oral Health Illness Level Variables as Predictors of Preventive and Emergency Dental Service Use, Sabha Alshatrat

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Dissertation: A Study of a Simulated Infectious Disease on Healthcare Workers' Reaction, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Performance Towards Hand Hygiene, Lydia Wigglesworth-Ballard

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Dissertation: Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model to Predict System Use of an Interactive Behavior Change Technology to Deliver Virtual Diabetes Health Education, Koren Sher'Keyer Goodman

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Dissertation: Assessing the Fit Between Child Welfare Information Systems and Frontline Workers: Development of a Task-Technology Fit Instrument, Kurt William Heisler

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Dissertation: Factors Associated with Quality of Life Among Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Marian Marconyak

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Dissertation: Modeling Solutions for Prevention of Medicare Insolvency for the Baby Boomer Generation (Born 1946 - 1964), Gregory Thomas Scott

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Dissertation: Factors That Influence Nonadherence Outpatient Medical Follow-Up by African Americans with HIV/AIDS at an Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic, Cynthia Burrell Banks

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Dissertation: Intimate Partner Physical Violence Against Women in Saudi Arabian Primary Healthcare Clinics, Halah M. Eldoseri

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Dissertation: An Examination of Factors Affecting Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Department Services by Patients with "Universal" Healthcare, Gregory Smith Feltenberger

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Dissertation: Multilevel Analysis of Physical Activity Among US Adults Across US Census Regions: The Role of Environmental Contexts, Sariyamon Tiraphat

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Dissertation: Using Modeling and Simulation to Improve Oral Health Services Delivery in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Mohammad J. Alzahrani

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Dissertation: Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Admitting Physicians: A Heuristic Model, John Sharon Hudson

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Dissertation: The Relationship of Financial Performance, Quality Indicators, and the Role of Nurse Executives in Virginia Nursing Homes, Jeany V. Murphy

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Dissertation: Early Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Efstathios Polychronopoulos

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Dissertation: Using the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to Examine Adult Uninsured Patient Health Services Use at a Community Health Center, Jewel Shonette Goodman

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Dissertation: A GIS Analysis of the Environmental Variables Related to Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks, Jacqueline Florette Jackson

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Dissertation: Patient Centered Care Approach to Adherence with Cardiovascular Medications: Self-Determination Theory Integration, David S. Li

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Dissertation: Predictors of Developmental Screenings for Young Children, Janice Chandler Ranne

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Dissertation: Test of a Multidisciplinary Health Behavior Model of Medicare Elders' Antihypertensive Acquisitions, Ann Marie Kopitzke

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Dissertation: Modeling Physical Activity in Working Adults: How Suitable Is the Expanded Parallel Process Model?, Adwoa B-H-Sam

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Dissertation: Application of the Interactional Model of Cultural Diversity to Identify Diversity Climate Factors Associated with Organizational Effectiveness in Accredited U.S. Physical Therapist Education Programs, Elizabeth Francis Giles

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Dissertation: Identifying Determinants of Physical Activity in Maritime Union Members Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Susan Atkinson Tweed

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Dissertation: Changes in Formal-Informal Caregiving in Elderly Stroke Survivors, Holly Anne Beard

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Dissertation: Psychometric Evaluation of an instrument for Assessing Policy Outcomes for Families with Children Who Have Severe Developmental Disabilities: The Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale, Joni Taylor McFelea

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Dissertation: The Use of the Tripartite Model of Attitudes to Explain EMS Providers' Attitudes About the EMS Agenda for the Future, Carolyn Angela Rinaca

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Dissertation: Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers, Cynthia M. Kratzke

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Dissertation: The Great Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Portsmouth, Virginia, 1855, Burden Susan Lundgren

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Dissertation: Using Social Cognitive Theory to Model Health Behaviors Among Chinese Children, Yan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Dissertation: Predictors of Oral Health Behaviors: Examining the Effect of Patient Perceived Humanistic Attitude in the Context of the Health Belief Model, Linda Leigh Hawkins Carroll

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Dissertation: Application of the Traditional Epidemiological Model to Predict Occupational Injury Rates in Manufacturing Industries, Gary A. Morris

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Dissertation: A Longitudinal Study Examining the Stability of Occupational Stressors Identified by Nursing Home Administrators, Gay Lynne Andrucci-Armstrong

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Dissertation: A Study of the Factors That Impact Female Military Beneficiaries Obtaining Preventive Health Services, Cynthia Andrea Chargois

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Dissertation: A Health System Analysis Approach to Health Outcomes in Medicare Clients With Chronic Illnesses, Christine A. Elnitsky

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Dissertation: An Examinaton of the Enhanced Primary Care Model for the Organization of Team Care in Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly Population, Carolyn Morcom Rutledge

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Dissertation: Barrier to Utilization of Primary Healthcare Resources in Children Two Years of Age and Under, Ruth A. Waibel

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Dissertation: The Pediatric Breathing Survey, Linda J. Galloway

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Dissertation: Factors Associated with Asthma Readmissions in Children's Hospitals, Maria Acedo Kronenburg

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Dissertation: Explanatory Power of the Behavior Model of Utilization for Pediatric Asthma Health Care in an Urban Managed Care Setting, Kathie Marie Sawyer Zimbro

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Dissertation: Classification of Participants Into Two Health Resource Utilization Groups By the Health Enrollment Assessment Review (HEAR) Survey, Jody W. Donehoo

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Dissertation: A Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians Toward Victims of Spouse Abuse, Ramani N. Garimella

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Dissertation: Factors Which Affect Post-Hospital Resource Use and Patient Health Outcomes Among Taiwanese Older Adults, Chouh-Jiaun Lin

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Dissertation: Measurement of Hospital Performance: Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Cost, Debra Kay Dierksmeier Anderson

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Dissertation: The Effects of a Maternal Childhood Lead-Poisoning Education Program on Knowledge, Health Beliefs, and Compliance, Sylvia Elaine Johnson

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Dissertation: Coping Processes Used by Mothers of Triplets, Susan Mullen Kaplan

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Dissertation: The Detoxification of Petroleum Contaminated Coastal Plain Sandy Soil Using an Amended Vermicomposting Approach, John Charles Kraemer

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Dissertation: A Survey of Health Care Personnel's Perceptions Toward Diversity in the Workplace, Jacqueline Elaine Sharpe

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Dissertation: A Comparison of Factors Associated With Referrals, Service Placements and Length of Service for African-American and Caucasian Youth With Serious Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances Served Through the Comprehensive Services Act in Virginia, Vanessa B. Sheppard

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Dissertation: An Assessment of the Descriptors and Determinants of Academic Success of Selected Allied Health Students in Virginia, Theodora Christine Gordon

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Dissertation: A Comparison of the Utilization of Health Services in the Presence or Absence of Prescriptive Drug Insurance in a Managed Care Environment, Martha Groblewski

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Dissertation: The Association Between Perceived Family Support and Psychological Well-Being in Infertile Couples, Linda Marquardt Mintle

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Dissertation: Effect of Nutrition Intervention on the Outcomes of Pregnancy: A Rural Urban Comparison, Ranjita Misra

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Dissertation: The Influence of National Culture on Work-Related Values and Job Satisfaction Between American and Filipino Registered Nurses, Karin Polifko-Harris

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Dissertation: The Effects of Partial Hospitalization on Acute Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Days, William E. Turner III

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Dissertation: Psychosocial Determinants of Age-Appropriate Immunizations of Infants in Norfolk, Virginia, Hoda Youssef Atta

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Dissertation: The Contribution of Selected Cognitive and Noncognitive Variables to the Academic Success of Medical Technology Students, Mildred Keels Fuller

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Dissertation: An Assessment of Personal Characteristics, Job Satisfaction and Semantic Descriptors of Virginia Acute and Tertiary Care Hospitals' Chief Executive Officers, Justin C. Matus

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Dissertation: The Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education Program on Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behavior of Selected College Students, Arlene Jaine Jackson Montgomery

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Dissertation: Immunologic Evaluation of Ectopic Gestation, Tawfig Amin Nasser

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Dissertation: An Assessment of Management Practices Among Virginia Acute Care Hospitals, Ogbonnia Godfrey Ochonma

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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Dissertation: A Multiple Case Study of Selected Individuals Who Facilitate the Successful Adoption of Environmental Public Policy, John H. Austin

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Dissertation: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Clinical Instruction on Selected Variables Among Urban Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Janice Parks Hylton

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Dissertation: The Relationship of Locus-of-Control and Altruism to Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices, Joanne L. Wakeham

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Dissertation: A Comparison of Two Theories of Resistance to Innovation in Medical Record Administration Baccalaureate Degree Programs, Joyce Brown-Harvey

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Dissertation: History and Analysis of Food Guides in the United States, Barbara B. Carlson