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Cat Rose

A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived hous... - 0 views

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    This study done by Holmes and others focused on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve goals. It compares three dietary survey methods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source of research that shows surveys work. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests. The fact that it is done in the UK helps diversify the location and add to the validity of other results. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32804348&site=ehost-live
Cat Rose

Consumers under 30 tune out nutrition labels, report says - 0 views

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    Todd and Variyum research the use of nutritional labels. This study finds that numbers have gone done from 1995 to 2006, in how many people read the nutritional facts labels on foods. They concluded that the majority of this decrease was from people 30 and younger. This source was very valid becuase it comes from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and has reputable sources.
Cat Rose

EBSCOhost: A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived hous... - 0 views

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    Study done on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve three goals. Compares three dietary survey mehtods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source helps vilidify surveys. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests.
Cat Rose

EJC - A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived households... - 0 views

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    Study done on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve goals. Compares three dietary survey mehtods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source helps vilidify surveys. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests.
Abby Purdy

Battle of the Brains: The Case for Multiple Intelligences - 0 views

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    A film on OhioLINK. For decades, IQ tests have been the gold standard for measuring intelligence. But is one standardized test really adequate for every taker? This program advocates a different approach, creating an array of unusual challenges to assess brainpower and positing an argument for the interplay of multiple intelligences. Assisted by the insights of Harvard's Howard Gardner and experts using brain scanning technology at UC Davis' M.I.N.D. Institute, the program brings together a group of obviously bright and talented people and presents them with trials of all shapes and sizes. The results establish the validity of measuring not just what people know but also the equally important ways in which they exercise their practical, creative, emotional, and kinesthetic IQs. A BBCW Production. (50 minutes)
ghinwah hachem

EBSCOhost: Predicting functional outcomes among college drinkers: Reliability and pred... - 0 views

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    This article demonstrates the validation of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. It presents a study performed on college students. The latter participate in three sessions and take different tests from which data is collected. This study verifies the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. It also demonstrates the direct relationship between heavy drinking and poor academic performance. Although the paper presents very important information, however, it does not provide enough background information.
Nathan Maier

EBSCOhost: "Tomorrow will not be like today": Literacy and identity in a world of mult... - 0 views

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    The article explores how literacy reforms alter the issues of identity, and cites the influence of technology on student's literacy skills. The author said that the emergence of MySpace site, Facebook, and cellphone cameras have changed the way young people communicate and write, and informed a statement from a young adolescent girl which validates the literacy changes. He also stressed several intriguing developments which allow students to manipulate and play with their identities, and informs that students spend much more time reading and writing online.
Kam Bonner

Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy - 0 views

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    Vernon, lead author of this report, and fellow colleagues, discuss the economic inefficiency in the U.S. healthcare system caused by low health literacy. Annual costs to the U.S. economy are in the billion dollar range. The report shows that low health literacy is associated with lack of stable coverage and reliable health care access, a national health reform to improve health literacy would result in major savings as well as better health care. Vernon and associates make valid points to the cost of low health literacy to the economy.
Patrice Lalor

Academics and Athletics: Do Position and Field of Play Matter? A Response t... - 0 views

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    This article focuses on the relationship between athletes and academics with the use of statistics. The author used statistics to compare the different affects of variables such as athletic facilities, administration advisors, and outside influences including media. He compared academic performance of non-athletes and athletes as well. Lawrence provides valid information attaining to academic support, however its mainly comparative data.
Kam Bonner

Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion - Institute of Medicine - 0 views

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    The Report discusses how nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information. Many patients do not always understand health information, so they get less preventative health care and use expensive health services such as emergency care more frequently. By incorporating health knowledge into the existing curricula of kindergarten through 12th grades classes, as well as into adult education community programs, confusion in health literacy can be eliminated. The IOM makes valid points and suggestions for ending the confusion with health literacy.
Kam Bonner

Health literacy and the risk of hospital admission. - 0 views

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    The authors discuss the serious consequences of low health literacy for individual health and the added demands it places on the health care system. Problems resulting from low literacy cause increased health complications and increased hospitalization for patients. Because of the inability for patients to understand medical instructions and directives by health professionals, many patients experience more health problems which lead to additional health care expenditures, translating to billions of dollars for the nation. The authors make important points, but much research is based on studies from a single public hospital. However, the facts presented provide valid information.
Cat Rose

New Zealand nutrition labels - 0 views

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    Signal and team explore New Zealand and the low-income inhibiters. This study used focus groups to question 158 shoppers. They concluded that many did not have time to read the labels or did not have the understanding to do so. This study was well organized and had useful conclusions. Also its background was informative, and the study itself added that people of New Zealand lack education to read the nutrition labels, it is not just in the US.
Stacey Jones

The Mozart Effect: Musical Phenomenon or Musical Preference? A More Ecologically Valid ... - 0 views

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    This article talks about how the "Mozart Effect" has been popularized as being the method of making people smarter, however is has discussed the criticism that the method been getting of being fake. This article also discusses a study that was done by groups of student playing video games instead of tests. Their goal was to determine whether listening to Mart will improve people's performance in computer games.
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