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February 8, 2024

CFF welcomes Janine Duncan as a faculty partner!

Janine Duncan joins CFF as the Mary K. “Kitty” Decker Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Research interests include family & consumer sciences (FCS)–broad field and education; professional literacy development; foundational perspectives; critical science framework; status of...
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February 6, 2024

Verb Vocabulary Supports Event Probability Use in Developmental Language Disorder

Arielle Borovsky

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) tend to interpret noncanonical sentences like passives using event probability (EP) information regardless of structure (e.g., by interpreting “The dog was chased by the squirrel” as “The dog chased the squirrel”).
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February 1, 2024

Examining Mastery Orientation Among Youth in Latino/a Migrant Farmworker Families

Zoe Taylor

Latino/a children in migrant farmworker (LMFW) families are an underrepresented student subpopulation at high risk of school-dropout. To understand the factors that contribute to school competency in children in LMFW families, this mixed-method study examined academic mastery and explored perspectives...
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January 29, 2024

Show the Love – Rosie Shrout and HHS faculty weigh in with tips for a healthy 2024

Telling your partner or loved one that you love them, hugging them or holding hands, complimenting them, and thanking them. Love can be expressed in small ways, even thanking them for doing a chore around the house, telling them that...
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January 28, 2024

Child Care Providers’ Quality Improvement within QRIS

Jim Elicker, Sharon Christ

Child care quality rating and improvement systems exist to inform child care decisions and improve the quality of care. While previous research has shown QRIS have effects on quality, less is known about how child care providers vary in engagement...
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January 28, 2024

Examining Cultural Comfort and Knowledge in Undergraduate Nursing Students After the Implementation of an Online Educational Animation on Providing Care for Muslim Patients

Libby Richards

With rapidly growing members of the Islamic faith, health care providers should expect to care for Muslim patients regardless of their chosen specialty. The quality of care provided hinges on their knowledge and understanding of Islam. This study aimed to...
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January 24, 2024

Dyadic, biobehavioral, and socioculturalapproaches to romantic relationships and health:Implications for research, practice, and policy

Rosie Shrout

Romantic relationships are a key health determinant. Partners influence each other's psychological, behavioral, and biological trajectories in ways that can foster health and longevity or fuel disease risk and early mortality. A romantic relationship's health impact is considerable yet has...
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January 12, 2024

A Research Agenda for Tourism and Wellbeing, Chapter 4 – Healthy hotels: contribution of employee wellness programs

Xinran Lehto

Society is moving from technology-driven orientation to a wellbeing orientation for consumers and employees.
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January 12, 2024

CFF welcomes Cordelia Running as a faculty partner!

Cordelia Running joins CFF as an Associate Professor of Nutrition Science. Research interests include ingestive behavior and population nutrition, and metabolism and obesity.
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January 11, 2024

The cortisol awakening response in a 3 month clinical trial of service dogs for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Leanne Nieforth, A.J. Schwichtenberg

Recent literature suggests that service dogs may be a valuable complementary intervention option for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military veterans due to the potential influence on stress response dysregulation.
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