This paper reports on telephone surveys of bar and restaurant managers in Cumberland and Perry Counties (Pennsylvania) regarding their practices around the promotion and sale of alcoholic beverages. Survey questions focused on...
Dickinson College Health Studies Senior Seminar students partnered with Sadler Health Center (Carlisle, PA) to identify barriers that patients face in keeping their children up to date with vaccinations and wellness visits. The...
The concentrations and distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and oxygenated PAHs (oxy-PAHs) in stream sediments collected from thirty-four sites along the Conodoguinet Creek were measured and analyzed. The...
Background: The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADoH) launched the Active Schools Program (ASP) to encourage daily physical activity. ASP schools instituted a minimum of 30 minutes of daily physical education (PE). Control...
Extraction of unconventional oil and gas using high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF)—“fracking”—is a “wicked” problem: Science and policymaking are complex and opaque; problems are unstructured, cross areas of policy...
Advisor: Professor Jim Hoefler, Two student research teams examined bus idling on the Dickinson College campus. This project was done at the request of Dr. Les Poolman, Director of Athletics, by members of Professor Jim...
This resource on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) provides an easy-to-read and in-depth introduction into the science behind shale gas development and fracking. Topics covered include terminology of shale gas development, the...
This published version is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center's Website., Rose, Susan D. '"It...
Advisor: Professor Gregory Howard, Crimmins, Ian, Angela Guy, Kaitlyn Moore, Aleksandra Pyra, Caitlin Ruggeri, and Chan Voong. Observational Analysis of Compliance with the PA Act 124 Anti-idling Legislation (2011)., and...
Citizen science goes by a number of other names (community science, public participation in scientific research, etc.). Its goal is to involve community members/citizens/”non-professionals” in a scientific process. Of...
Advisor: Professor Gregory Howard, Lawrence, Emily. Particulate Air Pollution and Health in Elementary School Students and Collegiate Distance Runners in Carlisle, PA (2010). Student Scholarship & Creative Works By Year....
This study reports on a survey developed and implemented by Dickinson College students and Sadler Health Center Corporation (Sadler) staff to evaluate services offered at Sadler. The anonymous survey was administered in the...
700 m long exposure in the Upper Devonian Irish Springs member of the Catskill Formation in the southern Valley and Ridge province. The study area is located along the west shore of the Susquehanna River in the hinge of the...