SARAH FRANCIS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5717306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | SARAH FRANCIS |
| GIVEN NAMES | SARAH |
| FAMILY NAME | FRANCIS |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7761-5220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mobile phone ownership among young adults in seven Southern African countries
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, mHealth interventions and phone-based data collection are increasingly popular but little is known about who can be reached by these programmes. We used national probability surveys to examine characteristics of youth (15-24 years) mobile phone owners in seven Southern African countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Methods: Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys…
Cultural normative beliefs in the U.S. as a determinant of negative dental experiences and dental anxiety
Dental anxiety, a predictor of both dental treatment avoidance and health outcomes, has been linked with early negative dental experiences. The causes of this relationship remain largely unexplored. This study provides a preliminary exploration of within-cultural variations of dental normative beliefs on the perception of negative dental experiences and the subsequent experience of dental anxiety in the U.S. A sample of 190 U.S. adults recruited …
Persuasive Covid-19 vaccination campaigns on Facebook and nationwide vaccination coverage in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan
Social media platforms have a wide and influential reach, and as such provide an opportunity to increase vaccine uptake. To date, there is no large-scale, robust evidence on the offline effects of online messaging campaigns. We aimed to test whether pre-tested, persuasive messaging campaigns from UNICEF, disseminated on Facebook, influenced COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan. In Ukraine, we deployed a stepped-wedge randomized…
Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Perspectives towards Aging
Improving care for the older population is a growing clinical need in the United States. Ageism and other attitudes of healthcare professionals can negatively impact care for older adults. This study investigated healthcare professionals' ( N = 140) views towards aging and characterized a confluence of factors influencing ageism perspectives in healthcare workers using path analysis models. These models proposed relationships between aging anxiet…
Revising Diabetes Programming for Black Men and Their Families
Type-2 diabetes has increased 160% for African American males in the United States. This two-part study's purpose was to apply social marketing theory to understand the Type-2 diabetes education needs of men in Iowa. Study One was a preference assessment of Type-2 diabetes education strategies. Four African American men participated in a series of four focus groups and indicated that they were interested in diabetes prevention programming with th…
Madness and mental health
In the Ancient World madness was often defined in two different ways: madness caused by a god or divine force and madness which results from an unstable physical state of the body. Throughout this period there is a growing rationalization of madness led by the medical profession and philosophy; however, despite this, the idea of another “supernatural” madness continued to exist.
Under the Influence’ – The Physiology and Therapeutics of Akrasia in Aristotle's Ethics
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Making effective links to decision-making
Making effective links to decision-making
Under the Influence’ – The Physiology and Therapeutics of Akrasia in Aristotle's Ethics
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Making effective links to decision-making
Under the Influence’ – The Physiology and Therapeutics of Akrasia in Aristotle's Ethics
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Madness and mental health
In the Ancient World madness was often defined in two different ways: madness caused by a god or divine force and madness which results from an unstable physical state of the body. Throughout this period there is a growing rationalization of madness led by the medical profession and philosophy; however, despite this, the idea of another “supernatural” madness continued to exist.
Revising Diabetes Programming for Black Men and Their Families
Type-2 diabetes has increased 160% for African American males in the United States. This two-part study's purpose was to apply social marketing theory to understand the Type-2 diabetes education needs of men in Iowa. Study One was a preference assessment of Type-2 diabetes education strategies. Four African American men participated in a series of four focus groups and indicated that they were interested in diabetes prevention programming with th…
Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Perspectives towards Aging
Improving care for the older population is a growing clinical need in the United States. Ageism and other attitudes of healthcare professionals can negatively impact care for older adults. This study investigated healthcare professionals' ( N = 140) views towards aging and characterized a confluence of factors influencing ageism perspectives in healthcare workers using path analysis models. These models proposed relationships between aging anxiet…
Persuasive Covid-19 vaccination campaigns on Facebook and nationwide vaccination coverage in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan
Social media platforms have a wide and influential reach, and as such provide an opportunity to increase vaccine uptake. To date, there is no large-scale, robust evidence on the offline effects of online messaging campaigns. We aimed to test whether pre-tested, persuasive messaging campaigns from UNICEF, disseminated on Facebook, influenced COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ukraine, India, and Pakistan. In Ukraine, we deployed a stepped-wedge randomized…
Cultural normative beliefs in the U.S. as a determinant of negative dental experiences and dental anxiety
Dental anxiety, a predictor of both dental treatment avoidance and health outcomes, has been linked with early negative dental experiences. The causes of this relationship remain largely unexplored. This study provides a preliminary exploration of within-cultural variations of dental normative beliefs on the perception of negative dental experiences and the subsequent experience of dental anxiety in the U.S. A sample of 190 U.S. adults recruited …
Mobile phone ownership among young adults in seven Southern African countries
Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, mHealth interventions and phone-based data collection are increasingly popular but little is known about who can be reached by these programmes. We used national probability surveys to examine characteristics of youth (15-24 years) mobile phone owners in seven Southern African countries: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Methods: Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)