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Envisioning A Trauma-Sensitive Public Health Department: Implications For Practice, Policy, And Research, Victoria Lopez
Envisioning A Trauma-Sensitive Public Health Department: Implications For Practice, Policy, And Research, Victoria Lopez
Master's Projects and Capstones
Historically, the concept of trauma and long-term sequelae has rested primarily in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. However, recent attention and research around the health implications of trauma have unmasked this concept as a pervasive public health issue. This has catalyzed a movement to create a paradigm shift that transforms a formerly myopic understanding of trauma towards one that acknowledges the complexity and wide reaching impact trauma. At the core of this paradigm shift is an understanding of the interconnectedness between trauma and socio-ecological constructs at the individual, family, community, and organizational level. Public health departments are well positioned …
Patient Engagement In Transitional Care, Sheeree Dela Pena
Patient Engagement In Transitional Care, Sheeree Dela Pena
Master's Projects and Capstones
The Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s project was conducted about a public health program called the Transitional Care Program that was working in partnership with a county hospital system, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The specific aim was to reduce hospital re-admissions of high-risk patients by supporting patient motivation and engagement in the Transitional Care Program by May 2015. Over a four-month period, data was collected through ten client visits, interviews with two public health nurses, information available about the program, and current research conducted on transitional care, hospital discharges, and patient engagement. Various aspects of the program were assessed, such …