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Osteoporosis is a serious public health problem which threatens millions of people worldwide. Since there is no cure for osteoporosis, prevention strategies such as educational programs are critical. Educational approaches to...
Many environmental campaigns use threatening messages that feature the severity of the problem and the irreversible consequences to encourage pro-environmental behaviors. However, individuals tend to respond to threatening information...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how isolated immigrant adolescents seek and use necessary information when they are not able to use significant information sources--their peer groups--in the period of transition...
The rising trend of end-users to bypass the central IT system at the workplace using technologies often unsanctioned by the organizational network policy has challenged the authority to control IT use. This study examines the risks...
This study is a preliminary exploration of adoption of generative adversarial network (GAN)-derived avatar healthcare providers (HCPs). To our knowledge, GAN-derived avatars as de facto HCPs have not been investigated in relation to user...
Public speaking is considered a valuable and necessary skill in professional, academic, and social contexts. However, research shows that public speaking anxiety is the top social fear for most people. Whereas public speaking anxiety...
Information in general is congruent with cultural values because a culture consists of transmitted social knowledge. Cross-cultural research demonstrates that audiences who are fostered by different cultures may have different...
The purpose of this study is to understand public library users' health information seeking behaviors and what factors may influence the intention of an individual to use the public library as their health information resource. This...
Developing effective self-care behaviors in college is an important factor affecting undergraduate students' academic achievement and overall adult health outcomes. To address the gap in both research and practice between information...
This phenomenological study investigates the narratives of six Black women faculty to ascertain how their experiences contributed to their retention and persistence in Computing. This study, which incorporates Anti-Deficit Achievement...
The Relationships among Information Consumption, E-Health Literacy, and Information Avoidance in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic: A Structural Equation Modeling Study
This study examined the relationships among eHealth literacy, information consumption from different sources, information overload, information anxiety, and information avoidance. Drawing on the Comprehensive Model of Information...
This dissertation discusses and evaluates various cognitive measures to predict college students' intentions to either initiate a discussion about sex or lie about past sexual behaviors to a primary healthcare provider. The following...
The advancement of technological innovations and global reforms for improving early warning systems as a key risk-reduction principle is transforming modern practices in risk communication. However, in the global context, this...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has steadily increased in prevalence in recent years, with a current estimate of 1 in every 68 children eligible for such a diagnosis. Prevalence within the general population is reflected in the growing...
Personal virtual assistants (PVAs) allow users to place phone calls, start timers, play media, and order pizza all with just the call of their voice and the popularity of this technology is growing rapidly. However, little academic...
Mobile devices with Internet capabilities and applications have dramatically increased the convenience of accessing information for community college students. This study uses technology acceptance theory as a theoretical framework to...
The Impact That Organizational Communication and Positionality Have on the Conceptualization and Design of a Collegiate Recovery Program for Students in Recovery from a Substance Use Disorder
More than half a million 18- to 25-year-olds received treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2018. Because young adulthood is the time when individuals typically enter higher education, it follows that some of those individuals...
This dissertation presents findings from a study of knowledge sharing and gaining via cameraphone photography by women who have undergone cesarean sections. Informed by authoritative knowledge, cameraphone photography, and a photo...
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