Title of Document: THE EFFECT OF LIVING-LEARNING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH John E. Fink, Master of Arts, 2012 Directed By: Dr. Mary L. Hummel, Affiliate Faculty Member Department of Counseling and Personnel Services This thesis used Astin’s (1993) I-E-O framework to explore how participation in a living-learning program as well as other college environments affect...

Health Inequality over the Life-Cycle We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is determined by three factors: endowments, and permanent and transitory shocks. We employ Simulated Minimum Distance and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to estimate the model. We estimate that permanent shocks account for under 10% of the ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to determine whether publicly funded mental health services and resources available in 4 large regions in the province of Quebec were distributed according to the mental health needs of children aged 6 to 14 years and 2) to assess whether the variations in mental health services and resources across the 4 regions had changed over a 5-year per...

Background: College students experience weight gain that can contribute to serious health issues. Health education efforts with college students are increasingly utilizing new technologies. Smartphone applications (apps) in particular are growing in popularity and use in all young adults. Purpose: Formative research was conducted to describe how college students in the southwestern United State...

There is an increasingly urgent need to review working patterns and future workforce planning now that women make up 42% of all doctors – 28% of hospital consultants and 47% of GPs. 1 Within a few years, predicted to be between 2017 and 2022, the majority of the medical workforce will be female. 2 Already in 2010 there were 46% more female foundation year one (F1) doctors than male. 2 The age d...

Chiropractic education arrived in Canada, principally in Ontario, in 1909 with Robbins Chiropractic Institute, (RIC) in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. After the RIC's closure in 1913, the Canadian Chiropractic College (CCC) Hamilton, Ontario, held its first classes in 1914 under Dr. Ernest Du Val, 1911 Palmer School of Chiropractic graduate. It was during this period that the Hodgins Commission on...

Patients and the general public have a right to expect that doctors remain up to date and are professionally competent. The ultimate aim of continuing professional development (CPD) is to contribute to high-quality patient care. The General Medical Council in the UK has published guidance in relation to standards for CPD, appraisal and revalidation. Doctors in the UK participate in an annual ap...