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For most migrant farmworkers in North Carolina, adequate health care seems unattainable. Migrant women, in particular, are challenged with raising children under harsh living conditions. To help improve their lives, researchers from the School of Public Health are working to make health care more accessible and effective.
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26235
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UNC astronomer Bruce Carney and his colleagues have established that the Milky Way Galaxy is at least 18 billion years old. To arrive at their estimate, the group studied several nearby stars called RR Lyrae variable stars.
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26241
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Dr. Laurel Archer Copp, Dean of the UNC School of Nursing, focuses her research on patients’ responses to pain. She characterized pain according to the patients’ perceptions, and has defined more than thirty pain coping strategies utilized by patients.
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26243
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Dr. Barbara Germino and Dr. Sandra Funk, associate professors in the School of Nursing, are studying the impact of cancer on family members. They are developing a research instrument and a clinical assessment index that will help evaluate the concerns of cancer patients and their family members.
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26245
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Lorna Harris, assistant professor in the UNC School of Nursing, is studying consumers’ thoughts about possible sanctions for substance abuse. In a recent study, she asked consumers’ opinions about substance abuse among health care providers, job performance, and drug testing. She hopes her findings can be used to develop employee drug abuse policies.
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