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This research advocates for the construction of Climate Change Haven Communities across the Appalachian Region. The proposed development plan can be extended to the northern tier states across the US and also to the n...
Appalachia has been identified as the largest Climate Change Haven in the continental United States and could serve as a refuge for millions of persons. This research presents a marketing plan for promoting migration ...
supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) grant K23DE027412
Streptococcus mutans is a well-known cause of dental caries,due to its acidogenicity,aciduricity,and ability to synthesize exopolysaccharides in dental plaques.Intriguingly,not all children who carry S.mutans manifest...
Background:Recruiting research participants from primary care in rural Appalachia is a major challenge and can be influenced by cultural characteristics,making it critically important to incorporate strategies of cult...
This article inquires into how the maintenance of the residual practice of inspired preaching broadcast over the radio by Southern Appalachian Pentecostals, offers an accepted means by which women gain the power to ar...
This study was supported by the West Virginia University School of Nursing Research Fund;West Virginia University Healthcare(Horstman);the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars Program(Theeke Award Number 58035 and Mallow Award Num-ber 72119).and the WVU Clinical Translational Research Scholar(NIH/NIGMS Award Number U54GM104942)(Mallow).
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the structure of meaning in the experience of surviving stroke for adults living in Appalachia.Methods: This qualitative phenomenological study includes a sample of...
Appalachian inspired Pentecostal radio preaching maintains the Protestant legacy of that region first settled through the medium of radio. These sermons are characterized by high levels of affect in delivery, and serv...
supported by a NIOSH Ground Control Capacity Building grant
In order to study pillar and overburden response to retreat mining, a ground control program was conducted at a Central Appalachian Mine. The program consisted of several monitoring methods including a seismic monitor...
Obesity and diabetes are major health problems in the United States. The primary aim of this study is to examine the association between obesity and diabetes and to estimate the cost of diabetes linked to obesity in t...
Though the high prevalence of biomass fuel use in the developing world is widely known, the use of burning biomass for cooking and heating in the developed world is under-recognized. Combustion materials including coa...