Educating the Under-Served on Diabetes Prevention and Healthy Lifestyle Habits

Master of Public HealthPublic Health Interdepartmental ProgramJennifer HansonThis integrated learning experience report will provide a detailed description of the internship experience fulfilled at Memphis Tilth, located in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis Tilth is a food justice non-profit organization whose mission is to cultivate collective action for an economically sustainable, socially equitable, and environmentally sound local food system. The primary focus of this experience was to assist in educating the population served by Memphis Tilth on healthy living through a healthy diet in order to prevent diabetes or in order to simply promote healthier lifestyles. The experience was comprised of various projects that benefited the array of groups served. The projects entailed creating an outreach presentation that explains the need and benefits of the community kitchen and garden classes to the community at large; educational infographics for kitchen and garden classes that explain the nutritional benefits, growing, and cooking techniques for different seasonal produce; an educational infographic explaining the wholistic benefits of gardening; an educational infographic describing the importance of hand-washing; a lesson plan for type 2 diabetes; and a lesson template for future use. This experience with Memphis Tilth deepened my understanding of the public health challenges that exist in Memphis. Working with many of the projects within Memphis Tilth gave me a wholistic view and understanding of how to target populations in need by focusing on increasing access, affordability, and knowledge of healthy food options. To increase knowledge, educational infographics were created, and a short questionnaire was developed to gather feedback and evaluate the content, readability and cultural sensitivity of the infographs. From this experience, an understanding was gained of how to evaluate and modify educational products to best reach the intended audience. The experience that I gained working under Carole Colter and the many employees within Memphis Tilth, combined with my public health and nutrition coursework at Kansas State University, has equipped me well for a career in the field of public health

Radio-bright vs. Radio-dark Gamma-ray Bursts -- More Evidence for Distinct Progenitors

We analyze two distinct samples of GRBs, with and without radio afterglow emission. We use a sample of 211 GRBs which is an update of the previous sample from arXiv:1902.01974, and find, in agreement with previous results (although with a sample that is almost twice as large) as the intrinsic gamma-ray duration (Tint) and isotropic equivalent energy (Eiso) distributions between these two populations appear to differ significantly. The redshift (z) distributions of the two samples are not statistically different. We analyze several correlations between variables (Eiso, Tint, jet opening angle, and z), accounting for selection effects and redshift evolution using the Efron-Petrosian method. We find a statistically significant anti-correlation between the jet opening angle and redshift, as well as between Tint and redshift, for both radio-bright and radio-dark GRBs. Finally, in agreement with previous work, we find that very high energy (0.1 - 100 GeV) extended emission is present in the radio-bright GRB sample only. Our work supports the possibility that the radio-bright and the radio-dark GRBs originate from different progenitors.Comment: 19 pages, 9 tables, 17 figure

The impact of replacing breakfast grains with meat/meat alternatives: an evaluation of child nutrition policy

Objective: To evaluate the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) rule that allows a meat/meat alternative to replace the breakfast grain requirement three times per week. Design: A 5-week menu including breakfast, lunch and snack was developed with meat/meat alternative replacing the breakfast grain requirement three times per week. Menu nutrients based on the minimum requirements were compared with reference values representing the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range for fat and a range of reference values representing two-thirds the Dietary Reference Intake for 3-year-olds and 4–5-year-olds. The meal pattern minimum requirements were compared with two-thirds of those recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). Setting: Evaluation took place between April and June 2019. Participants: Human subjects were not utilized. Results: The CACFP minimum grain requirement is well below the DGA reference value (0·5–1·5 v. 3·33 ounce-equivalents). Energy (2208·52 kJ) was below the reference values (3126·83–4362·53 kJ). Protein (34·43 g) was above the reference values (9·87–10·81 g). Carbohydrate (76·65 g), fibre (7·46 g) and vitamin E (1·69 mg) were below their reference values of 86·67 g, 10·46–14·60 g and 4–4·76 mg, respectively. Fat (22·57 %) was below the reference range (25–40 %). Conclusions: The CACFP rule which allows a meat/meat alternative to replace the breakfast grain requirement three times per week may result in meal patterns low in energy, carbohydrate, fat, fibre and vitamin E, while providing an excessive amount of protein

Biplanarity of Subgroup Lattices of Finite Abelian Groups

The subgroup lattice of a group G is the graph whose vertices are the subgroups of G and adjacency is determined by direct set containment. Recently a complete characterization has been given for the groups whose subgroup lattice is planar. Shifting gears, we say a graph is biplanar if it is the union of two planar graphs. In this research project we found partial characterizations for finite abelian groups with biplanar subgroup lattices

Postpartum Depression and its Effects on Women and Their Children (A Literature Review)

Through this literature review, we aim to explore the effects and stigma of Postpartum Depression (PPD) on mothers and their children using scholarly sources, articles, and written experiences from people who have dealt with PPD or have had a loved one who had it. Our literature review includes how stigma against PPD affects mothers, how the church has and can better respond, methods (medicine and therapy) of treatment for PPD, and the practice implications for social workers. This literature review will help explain the significance of needing more education, training, research, and support in the field of social work in relation to mothers dealing with Postpartum Depression