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Too Busy To Exercise: Examining Pregnant Women’S Exercise Preferences, Maggie R. Pepper, Kathleen Brown, Samantha F. Ehrlich, Cristina Barroso, Jill Maples Apr 2020

Too Busy To Exercise: Examining Pregnant Women’S Exercise Preferences, Maggie R. Pepper, Kathleen Brown, Samantha F. Ehrlich, Cristina Barroso, Jill Maples

EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is diagnosed between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy and can usually be managed by healthy diet and exercise. There is currently a lack of clinical consensus regarding exercise prescription for GDM management. The current study aimed to elicit thoughts and feelings about exercise in women with GDM to inform the development of behavioral exercise intervention.

Methods: The research team conducted 20-minute semi-structured interviews with 15 participants. Interview questions were on the description of a typical day, opportunities to engage in exercise, challenges to exercising during pregnancy, exercise preferences during pregnancy, and thoughts about the …


Implementation Of Standardized Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer (Hboc) Risk Assessment And Genetic Referral, Melissa M. Hessock, Tracy L. Brewer, Sadie Hutson Mar 2020

Implementation Of Standardized Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer (Hboc) Risk Assessment And Genetic Referral, Melissa M. Hessock, Tracy L. Brewer, Sadie Hutson

Graduate Publications and Other Selected Works - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Objective: To increase identification and genetic referral rates for women at risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC).

Design: Evidence-based practice improvement initiative

Setting/Local Problem: Private suburban OB/GYN practice in Tennessee with no standardized process for HBOC risk assessment or genetic referral.

Participants: Women age 18 or older, presenting for routine well-woman visits.

Intervention/Measurements: Using PDSA (plan-do-study-act) cycles, a familial risk assessment tool was selected, and a clinical decision-making algorithm for risk assessment and genetic referral was designed and implemented for use in well-woman encounters. Pre-implementation and post-implementation risk identification and referral rates were …


Volume 16, Number 2 (Fall/Winter 2020), Ut Institute Of Agriculture Jan 2020

Volume 16, Number 2 (Fall/Winter 2020), Ut Institute Of Agriculture

Tennessee Land, Life and Science Magazine

Issue Highlights:

  • The four pillars of the Institute of Agriculture
  • Alumna forges partnership amid Waldo Canyon fire
  • Fishery biologists revive a river


Patients’ Experiences Of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice In Primary Care: A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Katherine H. Morgan, Cristina Sofia Barroso, Sarah Bateman, Melanie Dixson, Kathleen Conroy Brown Jan 2020

Patients’ Experiences Of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice In Primary Care: A Scoping Review Of The Literature, Katherine H. Morgan, Cristina Sofia Barroso, Sarah Bateman, Melanie Dixson, Kathleen Conroy Brown

UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has been shown to improve patient safety and quality of care. Particularly, IPC assists health care providers to manage complex and chronic diseases. To this end, primary care centers around the world have begun practicing IPC; however, little is known about the patient’s experience of IPC in primary care (IPC-pc). The goals of this scoping review were to identify the studies exploring patients’ perspectives on IPC-pc and to reveal gaps in the literature for future research in order to inform policy and practice. A keyword search strategy was conducted using PubMed to identify studies published from 1997 …