Preventing Anorexia in Adolescents Through Empowerment and Education (PAATTEE)

Preventing Anorexia in Adolescents Through Empowerment and Education (PAATEE) is a primary preventive program that aims to reduce the risk of adolescent females from developing anorexia nervosa (AN) by using an evidence-based, multilevel approach. The program intends to reduce the risk of AN by influencing the social environment surrounding body image, increasing self-efficacy in program participants, providing education about eating disorders, and promoting intuitive eating practices

Factors influencing COVID-19 testing among Native Americans and Latinos in two rural agricultural communities: a qualitative study

ObjectiveTo examine factors influencing decisions to test for COVID-19 among Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation in Montana and the Latino community in the Yakima Valley of Washington state.MethodsWe conducted 30 key informant interviews with community leaders and six focus groups with community members to examine factors impacting decisions to test for COVID-19 during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic from May 2021 to June 2021.ResultsThree major themes that impacted testing for COVID-19 were identified: (1) Social factors, including the influence of families and friends and employment practices; (2) health factors, including testing procedures, home-based testing, and health communication; and (3) contextual factors, including distrust for government and medical communities and the impact on cultural practices and celebrations.ConclusionsSocial, health, and contextual factors influence the decision to test for COVID-19. Understanding the community's perception is critical for successful implementation of preventive strategies

Anxiety, Depression, and Resilience among Sexual Minority Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Secondary Analysis

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2022This secondary research study explores potential relationships between mental health counseling and anxiety, depression, and resilience among sexual minority group colorectal cancer (SMG CRC) survivors through secondary data analyses. It employs secondary data analysis using data from a cross-sectional research study conducted by Boehmer and colleagues from 2015-2019. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, independent sample t-tests, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were used to determine the effects of mental health counseling on primary outcomes. All hypotheses regarding lower levels of anxiety and depression and higher levels of resilience in those who never used mental health counseling vs. ever were not supported by the data. However, mental health counseling should remain an important component of cancer care for SMG CRC survivors and more tailored interventions considering SMG potential stress inducers in cancer survivorship should be evaluated

Spatial congruence between ecotones and range-restricted species: implications for conservation biogeography at the sub-continental scale

To examine whether at a sub-continental scale range-limited species tend to occur close to areas of transition between vegetation boundaries more often than expected by chance

Recreational demand for farm commonage in Ireland: A contingent valuation assessment

peer-reviewedThis paper measures willingness to pay (WTP) for public access and trail improvements on commonage farmland for recreational walking in upland and lowland areas of Connemara region in the West of Ireland using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Common to both upland and lowland commonage sites was the much higher ranking for infrastructural features by those WTP for scenario implementation compared to those preferring the status quo. Results for those expressing a positive WTP reveal a median willingness to pay (MWTP) for formal access with improved trail infrastructure of €12.22 for the lowlands compared with €9.08 for the uplands.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Irelan

Walking in the Irish countryside: landowner preferences and attitudes to improved public access provision

This paper explores the attitudes of landowners across Ireland to the wider provision of public access for recreational walking using a multinomial logit model. The study also investigates the level of compensation required to improve the supply of this public good. Results indicate that 51% of landowners are not willing to provide access (non-providers), 21% are willing to provide access free of charge (free providers) and 28% seek compensation (willing providers). The findings indicate that participation by landowners in a proposed public access scheme is influenced by landowners' experience with walkers, farm type, farm insurance costs, household demographics, regional variations, opportunity cost of land and participation in other agri-environment schemes. Mean willingness-to-accept for landowners willing to facilitate improved public access for walking was found to be €0.27 per metre of walkway.public access, recreation, walking, landowners, willingness-to-accept,