West Virginia Oral Health Initiative, Executive Summary

The West Virginia Oral Health Initiative began in 2008 and is anchored in improving the oral health status of West Virginia residents through public awareness, provider training, dental screenings, and access to dental care. The initiative began in 2008 and is anchored in improving the oral health status of West Virginia residents through public awareness, provider training, dental screenings, and access to dental care.In March 2015, leaders of the initiative and representatives of The Benedum Foundation gathered to discuss lessons learned, the road ahead, and how both parties could improve their effectiveness. What we know is that successful collaboratives are about leveraging resources, knowledge and collective will to achieve an endwith the good fortune of timing, funding and leadership urging them onward. The West Virginia Oral Health Initiative is an example of that formula. It also provides fruitful ground to examine the expansive role of The Benedum Foundation in launching this statewide effort, guiding the work, and positioning the initiative for support by other funders

Comparison Tables of State Nutrient Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Examines opportunities for wastewater treatment plants to trade credits or offsets with other plants or farms releasing lower volumes of nutrients across states. Compares design elements of programs in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia

Persistence with Mammography Screening and Stage at Breast Cancer Diagnosis among Elderly Appalachia-West Virginia Women

The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between persistence with mammography screening and stage at breast cancer diagnosis in elderly Appalachia-West Virginia women diagnosed with first incident breast cancer. The study utilized West Virginia Cancer Registry-Medicare linked database to identify women age 70 and above diagnosed with first incident breast cancer in 2007. Persistence to mammography screening was defined as having had at least three mammography screenings before breast cancer diagnosis. A multiple logistic regression was conducted to assess the association between persistence with mammography screening and stage at breast cancer diagnosis in these women. Of the 221 elderly Appalachia-West Virginia women included in the analysis, 113 women (51.1%) were persistent to mammography screening before their diagnosis with breast cancer. In a multiple logistic regression after adjusting for all the variables, as compared to elderly women who were not persistent with mammography screening, women who were persistent with mammography screening were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with early stage breast cancer (adjusted odds ratio=4.25, 95% confidence interval=1.96-9.19). Persistence with mammography screening is significantly associated with earlier stages of breast cancer in the rural and underserved Appalachia-West Virginia women. The study findings suggest targeting interventions to encourage regular mammography in these women for whom there are no clear guidelines

Disproportionate Impact Of K-12 School Suspension And Expulsion On Black Students In Southern States

This report aims to make transparent the rates at which school discipline practices and policies impact Black students in every K-12 public school district in 13 Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia

0511: Hobart O. Franklin Papers, 1644-1989

Vols. 1 and 2 contain genealogical material about Adkins, Adkinson, Cummins, Flinn, Mann, and Miller families of Virginia and West Virginia. Vols. 3 and 4 contain genealogical material about the Dial, Drake, Franklin, Hale, Hatfield, Lucas, McComas and Price families of Virginia and West Virginia, including Lincoln and Cabell Counties, West Virginia

0847: John Hawes Miller, Jr. West Virginia Postcard Collection, 1910s-2000s

This collection consists of 1,346 postcards arranged in five binders. Binder 1 contains 237 postcards of various locations in West Virginia. Binder 2 contains 294 postcards of various locations in West Virginia. Binder 3 contains 241 postcards of various locations in West Virginia. Binder 4 contains 308 postcards of various locations in West Virginia. Binder 5 contains 266 postcards various locations in Huntington, West Virginia. Postcard subjects include buildings, sights, nature scenes, and people from all areas of the state. To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the John Hawes Miller, Jr. West Virginia Postcard Collection, 1910-2000 here

0522: Ancella Bickley Collection, 1908-1947

West Virginia educator. Papers consist primarily of programs of events related to African-Americans in West Virginia, especially Douglass High School in Huntington, West Virginia

Virginia Woolf and Victoria Sackville-West: Orlando as a reflection of their relationship

Virginia Woolf belongs to one of the most significant and original writers of the twentieth century. She was known for her feministic attitudes and denial of traditional gender roles as the social construct. She often criticized the unequal position of women in the patriarchal society and its homophobic tendencies. She used experimental approaches towards literature and writing such as so-called "stream of consciousness" in a form of inner monologue, thus she became the leading figure of the modernistic movement in Britain. The theoretical part of this paper deals with the person of Virginia Woolf as a writer and an intellectual. Her opinions about feminism, gender and androgyny are compared with the general atmosphere of the early twentieth century society. Further, the paper describes the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Victoria Sackville-West which was the impulse for writing the novel Orlando (1928). This novel was inspired by Sackville-West and the story of her life and partially reflected their relationship. The last chapter deals with the novel Orlando itself and how it reflects not only the affinity between Woolf and Sackville-West, but also Virginia Woolf's own thoughts and viewpoints concerning the ambiguity and complexity of gender and other topics such as artistic creativity, inspiration, importance of fame and meaning of human life in general.Teoretická část této práce se zaměřuje na postavu Virginie Woolf jako spisovatelky a intelektuálky. Její názory na feminismus, pohlaví a androgynii jsou srovnávány s obecnou atmosférou ve společnosti na počátku dvacátého století. Dále práce popisuje vztah Virginie Woolf s Victorií Sackville-West, který byl podnětem k napsání románu Orlando (1928). Tento román byl inspirován Sackville-West a jejím životem a částečně odráží jejich vztah. Poslední kapitola se zabývá románem Orlando samotným a jak odráží nejen náklonnost Woolf a Sackville-West, ale také myšlenky a stanoviska samotné Virginie Woolf týkající se nejednoznačnosti a složitosti pohlaví a dalších témat jako je například umělecká kreativita, inspirace, důležitost slávy a význam života člověka vůbec.Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistikyDokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo

0459: Campbell Family Genealogy, 1818-1971

Genealogy of Huntington and Monroe County, West Virginia family; includes Ratliff family of Wayne County, West Virginia and Johnson family of Monroe County, West Virginia