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Vaccine hesitancy remains a public health threat in the United States. Vaccine hesitancy is generally rooted in misinformation about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and a poor understanding of the true risk of disease. Vaccine refusal has been associated with preventabl…

This qualitative study explores pastors use of social media technology. Unit of analysis was non-denominational Protestant pastors. The theoretical framework was Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Theory. Three research questions guided the study: How do pastors describe their use…

While Jewish text study is an old tradition in Jewish culture and Jewish pedagogy, this dissertation illustrates that online tools can be used to promote this practice while also providing new opportunities. In this dissertation, I discuss and present findings from a comparative…