Chris Anama-Green

University of the Cumberlands · Department of Education

IntroductionNational statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their school or the teaching profession within their first five years of teaching. Much of this attrition is associated with work-related burnout, some of which may be preventable with targeted worksite health interventions. Previous research suggests that mindfulness...

IntroductionNational statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their school or the teaching profession within their first five years of teaching. Much of this attrition is associated with work-related burnout, some of which may be preventable with targeted worksite health interventions. Previous research suggests that mindfulness...

Background Although pancreatic cancer incidence is low at 13.1 per 100,000 people, this cancer is difficult to treat and carries a poor 5-year survival rate. Additionally, pancreatic cancer survival rates vary disproportionately based on age and race. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between 5-year survival of pancreatic...

BACKGROUND: National statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their school or the teaching profession within their first five years of teaching. Much of this attrition is associated with work-related burnout, some of which may be preventable with targeted worksite health interventions. Previous research suggests that mindfulness...

As educator attrition continues to plague public education in the United States, attention turns to teacher burnout as a major component of the problem. Statistics suggest that up to half of new teachers will quit the profession or leave their district within the first five years of their careers. In either case, public schools and students continu...

Viajes desde Appalachia Nivel I is a beginning Spanish textbook. Through a scaffolded proficiency-based approach, Viajes Nivel I takes students from "no measurable proficiency" to at least Novice-High performance by the end of Spanish I. Tasks and assessments are proficiency-based. Proficiency-based instruction leaves students with skills that they...

National statistics suggest that up to 40% of new teachers will leave their school or the teaching profession within their first five years of teaching. Much of this attrition is associated with work-related burnout, some of which may be preventable with better teacher support. This study compared the self-reported levels of burnout, “secondary t...

As educator attrition continues to plague public education in the United States, attention turns to teacher burnout as a major component of the problem. Statistics suggest that up to half of new teachers will quit the profession or leave their district within the first five years of their careers. In either case, public schools and students continu...

New Thought teachings are based on a variety of pre-existing traditions as well as on information new to the human consciousness. While the exact source of specific New Thought concepts is unclear, evidence suggests that the movement benefited from eastern religious tradi-tions including Buddhism. New Thought metaphysical principles including the L...

Background: Although pancreatic cancer incidence is low (13.9 and 10.9 per 100,000 for males and females, respectively), pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat and carries a very low 5-year survival rate. Additionally, pancreatic cancer disproportionately affects people by race ("other" survival > white survival > black survival). Older people als...

BACKGROUND. Since 2001 over 250,000 claims have been filed under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. Reports of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Ombudsman for this program highlight numerous complaints related to processing of claims for specific nuclear facilities. METHODS. A CD containing records for all indivi...

Introduction. Health indicators are routinely collected by state and federal agencies, allowing population-based temporal and spatial analysis of changes in rates of disease and death. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects a limited number of core occupational safety and health indicators. States may expand occupational surveillance...

INTRODUCTION. The April 2010 explosion in the Upper Big Branch Mine of West Virginia killed 29 miners, making it the worst US mine disaster in 40 years, prompting renewed national interest in mine safety and health. Spatial and temporal variation in injury rates among states in Appalachia has been little explored. Better understanding of rate diffe...

Monitoring college student sexual health remains crucial as sexually transmitted infection and unintended pregnancy rates rise in the United States. Administration of reliable surveys is important for identifying behavioral shifts associated with poor sexual health outcomes and intervening appropriately. This study was completed to develop an instr...

Background: College student sexual health is an increasingly important issue as STI/HIV and unintended pregnancy rates rise nationwide. Properly measuring changes in behaviors associated with STI/HIV, unintended pregnancies, and other behavior-related sexual health problems is crucial not only in correctly identifying behavioral shifts but also for...