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after housing placement, but the costs attached to service usage
decreased significantly. Evaluating service types separately, the
use of medical, emergency medical and law enforcement services
all decreased by at least 25 percent after housing placement,
with costs decreasing by at least one-third. Mental health and
substance abuse service use increased, with costs rising 18
percent (this data was considered positive since many homeless
people typically underuse these services). This suggests that
providing housing to the homeless not only serves the individuals
themselves, but it also provides substantial community benefits.
MEENA SHAH,
Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Kinesiology
“The Effect of Menu Labels on Calories Ordered
and Consumed in Young Adults: A Randomized
Controlled Study”
Ashlei James, a 2012 M.S. in kinesiology student, and her mentor,
Dr. Meena Shah, examined how menu labels affect the amount
of food ordered and consumed. Three-hundred subjects were
randomly assigned to either a menu with only food items, a
menu with the food items and calorie information, or a menu
with the food items and information on how much exercise it
would take to burn the food calories. The amount of food ordered
and consumed was assessed. The manuscript and results will be
published in December 2014.
RESEARCH
Third Place: Kelli Crisp
(Kinesiology)
“Effect of Eating Speed at
Breakfast on Appetite and Daily
Food Consumption”
Mentor:
Dr. Meena Shah
Crisp conducted a study to examine whether eating breakfast
at a slower pace affects food intake for the remainder of the day.
Twenty-eight subjects were fed the same breakfast on two different
occasions at a fast (10 min.) or slow (30 min.) speed. Feelings
of fullness and desire to eat were measured before and several
times after breakfast using validated visual analogue scales. Food
intake for the rest of the day was assessed by food recall. The study
concluded that eating slowly led to more fullness and less desire
to eat at 90 and 120 minutes, but did not affect food consumption
during the remainder of the day.
Honorable Mention:
Andreas Kreutzer (Kinesiology)
“Kinematic, Kinetic and Metabolic
Response to Cluster Sets in
Parallel Back Squat Exercise in
Resistance-Trained Young Men
Using Hypertrophic Intensities”
Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Oliver
This study compared the effects of cluster and traditional set
configurations on the kinetic, kinematic and blood lactate response
during the parallel back squat exercise. Nine resistance-trained men
participated in a repeated measures crossover study performing
both traditional set cluster configurations. Concluding data
demonstrated that cluster set configurations produce greater force,
velocity and power output, while allowing greater total volume
load. In addition, cluster configurations attenuate metabolic stress
despite the greater volume load.
JAMES PETROVICH
,
Ph.D., LMSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
“Critical Service System Use by People Who
Are Homeless: Mental Health and Law
Enforcement Sectors”
This study examined the use of medical, emergency medical,
mental health, substance abuse and law enforcement
services by formerly homeless individuals living in permanent
supportive housing programs. It included 99 individuals
housed through the City of Fort Worth’s Directions Home plan,
comparing the 18-month periods before and after housing
placement. Overall, combined service use decreased minimally
HCNHS FACULTY RESEARCH
SYMPOSIA
2013-2014
The Faculty Research Symposium connects faculty,
students and staff for research endeavors and
creates an awareness of and respect for each
other’s work. Harris College strives to uphold the
teacher-scholar model and to exhibit a research
culture for undergraduate and graduate students.
The faculty presentation abstracts demonstrate
the variety of research programs in the college. All
information related to the upcoming 2014-2015
symposia may be found under Current Activities:
Research Seminar Series at HarrisResearch.tcu.edu.
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