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Cervical Cancer Screenings in Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018-2019
(2021-04)
Background:
The rate of new cervical cancer cases and cervical cancer deaths in the United States has declined in the last fifty years due to the widespread use of cervical cancer screenings known as Papanicolaou (Pap) ...
An Analysis on Mental Illness and Substance Use among Justice-Involved Individuals: Insights from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health
(2021-04)
Importance: Although prior research has documented higher rates of incarceration among sexual minorities, little research has examined the intersections of the justice-involved and sexual minority populations. Research is ...
WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES: THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES IN NASHVILLE, TN
(2021)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic officially began in March 2020, risks and rates of domestic violence (DV) have unilaterally risen across the globe in correspondence with lockdown procedures. Aside from administering a singular ...
Controversy Over the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism
(2021-04)
This study surveys clinicians’ hypothyroidism diagnosis and treatment practices and their
opinions on current diagnostic standards. By distributing a redcap survey, the study ascertained
whether practicing clinicians ...
CHARACTERISTICS OF VOCAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN RELATION TO HIERARCHICAL TEMPORAL CLUSTERING
(2021-04)
The current study explores the vocal interactions of parents and children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through a novel measure of hierarchical acoustic clustering in order to better understand the specific ...
AN EVALUATION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL, CLASSROOM, AND INTERPERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF BLACK HETEROSEXUAL AND LGBTQ+ STUDENTS AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
(2021)
The issues that disproportionately affect Black students at Vanderbilt University are broad, and they are many. Social media discussions, Campus Climate Surveys, and student-organized petitions have all called on University ...
Determining how Legislators and Media Sources portray Health Issues
(2021-04-27)
This thesis examines the relationship between law and the media by looking at two
important and politicized health issues, abortion and HIV/AIDS, in New York and Tennessee. In
order to achieve this goal, legislative ...
Asian American Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-04-27)
COVID-19 introduced a slew of pandemics, not only in a global response to health crises,
but also in the realm of racial justice and socioeconomic disparities. For Asian Americans, the
virus unveiled a perpetuation of ...