Iva Larou Sherer Papers - Accession 311

Iva LaRou Sherer (1897-1992) was genealogist and historian from York County, SC. She is buried in Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sharon, SC. The Iva LaRou Sherer Papers consist of correspondence, land grants, deeds, census records, Bible and church records, maps, estate records, family histories, lineage sheets, pedigree charts, family trees, newspaper clippings, articles, biographical sketches, microfilm, and notes compiled by Iva LaRou Sherer and her son David in researching the family history. The material relates mainly to the Sherer family and to counties in the northwestern section of South Carolina and the southwestern section of North Carolina. There is some material related to other states and countries, as well as other people connected to the Sherer family. Family names include Beval, Bratton, Brown, Bryan, Black, Caveny, Dowdle/White, Feemster, Ferguson, Fowler, Gettys, Goodner, Gregorie, Hartness, Hayes, Heyl, Horton/Ogburn/Ussery/Croxton, Ingram, Love, McLaughlin, McSwain/Welchel, Maddock, Miller, Minter, Neely, Pratt, Sherer/Shearer, Sherer/Akers, Sherer/Gross, Sherer/Rogers, Sutton, Thomas, Turner, Wallace, and Wilson.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1388/thumbnail.jp

Association between fish oil consumption and the incidence of mental health issues among active duty military personnel

There is increasing attention from the military to understand the potential benefit of enhancing service members’ meals with omega-3 nutrients to improve their overall mental health. This research warrants attention due to the increase in the number of military members returning from wars with mental health issues such as PTSD and depression, and an increasing number of military members who are medically discharged for these mental health issues. Using the 2011 DOD Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty Military Personnel, we analyze the association between fish oil consumption and mental health outcomes. This analysis focuses on three outcomes that capture a service members’ state of mental health (depression, post-traumatic stress [PTS], suicide ideation), and whether service members sought mental health therapy within the past 12 months. We estimated logistic regression models where the key independent variables were various levels of fish oil use (none [reference group], light, moderate, and daily use). For each outcome, we estimated five models that include control variables in the following categories: demographics, combat exposure, lifestyle—activities, lifestyle—nutrition, and lifestyle-stress. In addition, we estimated a model on the Navy-only population to examine whether Navy personnel might exhibit different patterns than DOD as a whole. We also explore whether there are gender differences in the association between fish oil usage and mental health outcomes. The survey did not show higher fish oil consumption to be associated with lower incidences of depression, post-traumatic stress, or suicide ideation among all the services. Navy-only analysis has similar findings, except that one of the models indicated that light fish oil use lowered the likelihood of Navy personnel experiencing high PTS in the past 30 days. Our recommendations are to analyze the survey data across all years it has been given to see if there are trends, encourage the military to place more emphasis on lifestyle choices pertaining to health and nutrition, and urge the military to help service members with stress and anxiety.http://archive.org/details/associationbetwe1094548490Lieutenant Commander, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Carolina Shearer-Sherers and Others - Accession 715 #4

Carolina Shearer-Sherers and Others compiled by Iva LaRou Sherer chronicles the family history and genealogy of the family living in York County, South Carolina and surrounding areas. In addition to Mrs. Sherer, the book was researched by Bertie Brown Roark and David Grier Sherer. The book contains a comprehensive index, photographs, maps, and a few handwritten notes. There are many surnames other than Shearer or Sherer covered in the book. Please see the attached Table of Contents and Index.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2335/thumbnail.jp