Assess the health and wellness issues that are most prevalent for Rosemount city employees and provide recommendations for a comprehensive wellness program. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Patricia Frazier Psychology Local Government / Community Contact Emmy Foster Assistant City Administrator, City […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 3 Good Health and Well-Being
Air Quality Improvement
As part of a broader university community engagement initiative, four professors, and 59 students at Utah State University joined forces with Logan City to help improve local air quality. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Community Bridge Initiative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Randy Martin Civil & Environmental Engineering Local […]
Orange County Health Coalition: Applying for Grants
As a growing clinic, Southern Indiana Community Health Care needs to assess its compliance with human resource policies and best practices. Students in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs will analyze existing policies and practices and recommend updates. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info […]
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Health and Wellness Services: Addressing Clinic Human Resource Needs
As a growing clinic, Southern Indiana Community Health Care needs to assess its compliance with human resource policies and best practices. Students in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs will analyze existing policies and practices and recommend updates. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info […]
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Childhood Maltreatment
Analyze the incidence and impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the County, and identify opportunities to build resistance, support families, and strengthen communities to reduce the incidence of childhood maltreatment. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ezra Golberstein Public Health Local […]
Improving Street Sign and Stop Sign Data in Lemon Grove
The Geography Department at San Diego State University, in collaboration with the Sage Project and the City of Lemon Grove, produced an inventory of stop sign and street identification sign locations within the city limits of Lemon Grove. Two teams collected stop sign coordinates with ESRI’s Collector for ArcMap and street sign coordinates with Google’s […]
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Health & Wellness Services: Developing a Communications Network
Working toward improving the overall health of the community, the Healing Arts Center of Southern Indiana seeks to create a website and information hub to match residents and providers of health and wellness services in Orange County. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan […]
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The Future of Wetland Design at the Bellevue Botanical Garden
With new transit-oriented development beginning to occur around forthcoming East Link light rail stations (opening in 2023), the City is looking to conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the BelRed Subarea Plan to determine how policies in the Plan could be updated to improve health outcomes in these emerging neighborhoods. Read the final student […]
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Time Spent Eating and Its Effects on Obesity
Within the United States, obesity accounts for over 300,000 deaths a year and prevalence rates have been increasing over the past decade (Maddock, 2004). For example, more than 22 percent of Latino children are considered Obese compared to 14 percent of Caucasian children. The reasons for this disparity is not clear. Recent work suggests that […]
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Boone County Pedestrian Bridge Engineering & Design
University of Iowa civil & environmental engineering students designed a new pedestrian bridge to replace the existing one that connects campgrounds A and B at the Don Williams Recreational Area in Ogden, IA. The new bridge will be constructed in the same location as the existing bridge. The bridge has been designed with a ten […]
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