Scholarship Topic Archive

Title of Research/Thesis	GSP Student	Year of Graduation
Responsible Citizenship, Masculinity, & HIV/AIDS Activism in Cape Town, South Africa	Gauri Raval	2012
The Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Urban Chinese Women	Anjie Li	2012
Patient Perceptions of Emergency Department Usage and Formation of a Health Information Exchange	Stephanie Gold	2012
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children: Maternal Determinants of Childhood Diarrheal Incidence	Grace Milad	2012
Surrogate Decision Making in Advanced Dementia: Causes of Stress & Anxiety	Diane Leigh	2012
Parental Knowledge & Practices About Influenza Vaccine	Kathleen Pridgen	2012
Postpartum Weight Retention among Refugee patients at the International Family Medicine Clinic: A Pilot Study	Jennifer Carnahan (Thesis)	2009
The Patient perspective on How Physicians can Improve the Discussion of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs	Andrew South (Thesis)	2009
Longitudinal Analysis of Growth and Health in Cerebral Palsy	Elisa Padilla (Thesis)	2009
Satisfaction and continuity of Care in Military Patients	Steven Lewis	2011
Assessment of Medically-Based Experiences of Technology Dependent Children and Their Families	Bann Al-Shammaa	2011
An Analysis of Reported Domestic Screening Rates During Annual Exams in Primary Care Environments	Dana Mueller	2011
The Effect of Driving Distance on Hypertension Control in Diabetics	Nicholas Buckwalter	2011
Contraceptive Practices and the Prevalence of Condom Use with Hormonal Contraception in rural Tanzania	Elizabeth Vance	2011
Prenatal Care in Haridwar, India: Attitudes and Accessibility	Laura Ekka	2010
Collaborative Efforts for Better Health in Four Villages served by Heart to Honduras	Mark Troyer	2011
Understanding the Primary Care Physician’s Role in Health Care Transition for Adolescents and Young Adults with Down Syndrome	Megan Lohr	2010
Physicians’ Attitudes Towards Overweight and Obese Patients	Katie Grouse	2010
Social and Behavioral Factors Affecting Sexual Decision Making in UVA Undergraduate Students	Harmony Caton	2010
Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Provider Communication Concerning Adolescent Sexual Health	Anne Colgrove	2010
The Patient Perspective on How Physicians can Facilitate Discussion of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality with their Patients	Andrew South	2009
Hypertension and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Obese Girls	Megan Dunay	2010
Motivations of Aged Population to Exercise in Retirement Communities and Senior Centers	Rebecca Previs	2009
Longitudinal Analysis of Growth and Health in Cerebral Palsy	Elisa Padilla	2009
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Discover How Exemplary Teaching Occurs in OneMedical Center	Melissa Fullerton	2008
Elevated Blood Pressure in Obese Adolescents: Prevalence & Assoc. with Serum Magnesium	MacKenzie Hillard	2008
Physician Empathy & Personal Experience with Chronic Illness	Gabriel Spring	2008
International Family Medicine Clinic Improvement Project: Survey of Refugee Patients with Reduced Post-Medicaid Heatlh Care	Jennifer Carnahan	2009
Clinical Presentation of Children with Diabetic Ketoacidosis Presenting to an Emergency Room in Costa Rica	Allyson Morman	2008
Physician Self-Disclosure and The Doctor-Patient Relationship	Adam Carlson	2007
Physician Knowledge of General Exercise Principles and Exercise Counseling Practices	Jonathan Newman	2007
The Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factor Case-Mgmt. on the Metabolic Syndrome in a Low-Risk Primary Prevention Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Courtney Kowalczyk	2007
Somatization: Issues in Refugee Mental Health	Jennifer Edwards	2006
Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Provider Communication Concerning Adolescent Sexual Health	Kate Schrecengost	2006
Perspectives on Obese Women in Health Care	Amy Oyler	2006
Health Promotion and Lay Health Leaders in San Pablo de Heredia, Costa Rica	Maria LaPlante	2006
Inpatient Experience in a Teaching Hospital	Kristin T. Lane	2006
A Retrospective Program Evaluation of the Fruit and Vegetable Challenge at Yancey Elementary School	Jacob Towery	2006
Inadequacy in Adolescent Health Training Amongst Pediatric Residency Programs	Paul McIntosh	2005
Defining Depression	Charlotte Atiemo	2005
Multiple Perspectives on Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy	Mike Coladonato	2005
Assessment of Undergrad. Medical Students’ Knowledge on Sexual Health	Jonathan Lee	2005
Nutrition and Medical Education	David C. Hall	2005
Project Access: Program Description & Evaluation of the Quality of the Provision of Primary Care	Christine Hurley	2004
Parental Knowledge About Head Lice and Their Treatment in Children	Jocelyn Grazela	2004
The Effect of Individual Spirituality on Medical Students’ Decision to Enter Medical School & Their Perceived Roles as Physicians	Scott Iwashyna	2004
Qualitative Investigation of Patients’ Experience in Source Isolation at UVA Medical Center	William Callahan	2004
The Effect of Counseling From a Medical Student on Smoking Cessation Rates in a Population of Healthy Primary Care Patients at UVA	Jeffrey Andolina	2004
Patient Preferences for Spiritual Care Integration by Physicians	Hannah Cho	2004
Affects of Continuity of Care on Perceived Quality of Life in Nursing Homes	Cari Dahl
Obstacles to Care Perceived by Women with Type II Diabetes	Marsha Taylor and Courtney Judd	2003
Stereotypes of Aging: Implications for the Health Care Seeking Behavior of Older Patients	Nina Ross	2003
Patient Attitudes Towards a Web-based Tool for Collecting & Evaluating Family History	Katherine Geer	2003
Dominican Republic Health Care Project	Kerry Robinson	2003
Nutrition Screening in the Primary Care Setting	Mark Lepsch	2002
The Effectiveness of Screening for Type II Diabetes in a High Risk Population	Stephanie Johnson	2002
A Qualitative Assessment of Biomedical Ethics in Primary Care Medicine	Cheryl Lundeberg	2003
Breast Cancer Knowledge & Self Care Practices of Random Women in the University of Virginia Primary Care Center	Sandy Robertson	2002
Depression and Anxiety in a General Medicine Outpatient Population: A Three Year Follow-up	John Duryee	2002
Child Abuse Prevention	Lisa York (Summer Research Paper and Thesis)	2001
Socioeconomic Trends in Gonsalves Dias – A Household Survey	Shelly Carlson	2002
Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Nursing Home Practice	Brad Manning	2002
An Investigation Into the Use of Rating Scales for Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	Rob Trundle (Summer Research Paper and Thesis)	Hyperactivity
Regular Physical Activity – Identify most common motivations in people already physically active and most common barriers in those who are not.	John Youk (Thesis)	2001
Depression & Anxiety Among Residents’ Patients: Difficult Diagnoses	David Didden (Thesis)	1999
The Evaluation & Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in Infants and Children	Patricia Hughes (Thesis)	1999
Redefining Health Care for the Deaf Community	Rachel St. John (Thesis)	1999
Palliative Care Education at the University School of Med.: A Survey of Knowledge and Attitudes	Christopher Smalley (Thesis)	1998
Breastfeeding Initiation & Cessation in a Low-Income Latina Population	Susan Hayden (Thesis)	2000
An Assessment of Uninsured Patients Seeking Care at a Local Free Clinic	Robert Kennedy (Thesis)	2000
Alternative Medicine: What Does it Mean for Primary Care Physicians?	Lynn Darby Fogarty (Thesis)	2000
Follow-Up Care by Primary Care and Specialist Physicians After a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer – Patient’s Perspectives	Michele Birch	1998