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2024-03-28T09:31:58ZStretching It: Exploring food security status, food insecurity coping strategies, and mental health among single female caregivers
https://hdl.handle.net/11244/340179
Stretching It: Exploring food security status, food insecurity coping strategies, and mental health among single female caregivers
Ober Allen, Julie; Taylor, Kristine
Background: Food insecurity is an ongoing problem in the United States. Certain groups, such as single females heading a household tend to be disproportionately impacted. This study examines food security status among single female caregivers of children and investigates the relationships between food security status, depression, and various food insecurity coping strategies.
Methods: Survey data was collected among a convenience sample of single female caregivers (n=94). The survey included measurements assessing food security status, various food insecurity coping strategies, depression, and sociodemographic variables. We examined the relationships between key variables using a series of linear and logistic regressions.
Results: Depressive symptoms were high among our sample, with over 70% of participants surpassing the scale’s cutoff for likely depression. There was a significant relationship between higher levels of food insecurity and increased depressive symptomology after controlling for sociodemographic controls (p = .004). We also found that higher levels of food insecurity were associated with use of more community, interpersonal, and intrapersonal coping strategies (p- values < .05). Greater use of community coping, interpersonal coping, and shopping and tradeoffs (intrapersonal) coping strategies were associated with increased depressive symptoms (p-values < .05).
Conclusion: The high rates of food insecurity and depression among our sample reiterates the need for further study and intentional interventions among single female caregivers. Examining food insecurity coping strategies may provide deeper insight into understanding food insecurity as well as help to clarify the relationship between food insecurity and depression.
2024-02-01T00:00:00ZExperiences of Aging in Society Project, July 2023 Report
https://hdl.handle.net/11244/338894
Experiences of Aging in Society Project, July 2023 Report
Ober Allen, Julie; Moise, Valerie; Mahato, Sweta; Sikora, Nadine; Kiefer, Mikala; Onishi, Saryu; Greenwood, Josephine; Cunnyngham, Kaelen; White, Christopher
The Experiences of Aging in Society (EOA) project is investigating how societal beliefs about aging and older adults may affect health. Ageism is believed to increase risk for many health problems commonly thought to be a natural consequence of getting older. Ageism refers to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination related to old age, aging, and older adults. On the other hand, many older adults also identify benefits associated with aging that may protect their health. Since 2021, our team has been collecting information from a diverse group of adults ages 50+ about their feelings, expectations, and experiences with growing older. Thanks to your help, we have been able to research how positive and negative experiences of aging may affect people’s health, both immediately and in the future. We are also studying similarities and differences across several US racial and ethnic groups. Project results will inform programs, policies, and research that promote the health and wellbeing of older adults.
2023-07-01T00:00:00ZPseudo-Masha’allah, On the Astrolabe: A Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation
https://hdl.handle.net/11244/14221.3
Pseudo-Masha’allah, On the Astrolabe: A Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation
Thomson, Ron B.
The astrolabe was the most important scientific instrument in the Middle Ages, and the treatise ascribed to Māshā’allāh (but not actually by him) is the most important text on the subject. It was much copied and survives in all or in part in almost 200 manuscripts. Generally there are more than 140 copies of each part of the treatise.; The 1929 edition published by R. T. Gunther was based on only three or four local manuscripts, and as such is defective in many places. Missing phrases, or mis-copied or mis-read phrases at times make that text unintelligible.; This edition is based on the collation of all the extant manuscripts. What is now being published here (Version 1.7) is the text of the Prologue and of the twenty-two chapters of the Compositio text, an edition of the Lists of Stars normally found with the text, and the Prologue and the forty-seven chapters of the Practica text.; The edition is available in four PDF files:; Part I: Introduction containing the preface and introductory material, including manuscript information;; Part II: a critical edition of the Compositio text – the Latin text and diagrams, the critical apparatus and a facing English translation;; Part III: Lists of Stars, edited and translated, with an appendix containing information about all the stars mentioned in the text and tables;; Part IV: A critical edition and translation of the Practica text, or how to use an astrolabe.; The editor is interested in the receiving comments on the text, and further insights into its interpretation, from others. He is willing to incorporate such additions into later versions for the benefit of those who would consult this edition in the future. Comments can be sent to thomson@chass.utoronto.ca.; Permission is given for scholars to print out (and bind) any or all of these texts for non-commercial uses: research, study, criticism and citation. Commercial reproduction of all or part of the texts is not permitted without the prior consent of the copyright owner.; This is the latest version of the work. Previous versions are available at https://shareok.org/handle/11244/14221 and https://shareok.org/handle/11244/14221.2
2022-05-01T00:00:00ZTelesis 2021
https://hdl.handle.net/11244/335922
Telesis 2021
Person, Angela; Sack, Evan; DeCuyper, Ben; Godfrey, Ryan; Kinnaman, Randall; Vaccarino Gearty, Giuliana; Howell, Travis; Pickens, Tanner; O’Connor, Kate; Doglas, Rebecca; Goodale, Ian; Gravel, Ben; Mas Pohmajevic, Candelaria; Swaby, David; Lange, Jake; Hays, Emily; Hilmes, Johanna; Finklestein, Alex; James, Jae
Person, Angela; Person, Angela
Front Matter: This edition of Telesis, the University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture student journal, explores the theme of "Isolation."; Editorial: The Telesis Team introduces Telesis: Isolation.; Association: Randall Kinnaman shares his childhood experiences of visiting his incarcerated father at various prison visitation centers.; Disorientation: Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty explores the positive outcomes from feeling lost in a city.; Dismantling: Travis Howell and Tanner Pickens share the history of Oklahoma City’s Deep Deuce and Interstate 235.; Engagement: Kate O’Connor introduces Marywood University’s Socially Responsible Architecture seminar.; Food Fight: Rebecca Doglas combats food deserts.; Drops: Ian Goodale provides shelter to the homeless.; Displacement: Ben Gravel provides shelter for those displaced by California Wildfires.; Schematics: Ryan Godfrey proposes inclusive design schematics for people with autism.; Villa: Candelaria Mas Pohmajevic examines COVID 19 outbreaks in Argentina’s Shanty Towns.; Rehabilitation: David Swaby investigates prison rehabilitation in the form of educational programs.; Chair: Jake Lange explores the importance of agency in processes of rehabilitation.; Incarceration: Emily Hays calls designers to no longer be complicit in the design of carceral facilities.; Tunnel: Johanna Hilmes explores the benefits of incorporating color in prison design.; Interview: Alex Finklestein interviews Dr. Jae James regarding his experience of incarceration and resultant ambitions.
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z