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Promoting Parental Comfort To Facilitate Conversations On Adolescent Sexual Health And Behaviors, Angelina Jolie Banes, Lauren Liddell

Nursing | Student Research Posters

This thesis proposal will investigate the impact of a comprehensive digital sexual health education program on the comfort levels of parents and teens when discussing sensitive topics such as pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The research is guided by Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, which emphasizes the need to assess and address individuals’ self-care deficits, including the ability to engage in safe and informed sexual behaviors. The research design is a quantitative, quasi-experimental study with a one-group pre and post-test design. The sample consists of 50 parents and 50 teens from Marin County, who will participate in an online …

Human Trafficking And Today's Youth, Rachel Whitfield

Presentations

This presentation is designed to help health care providers

• Dispel myths around US domestic trafficking
• Define the different types of human trafficking
• Understand the contributing factors for trafficking
• Understand the effect of pornography on the developing brain
• Recognize risk factors and signs and symptoms of trafficking
• Know how to report human trafficking and where to find local resources

Scope Of Advance Practice Providers' Role In Transition To Adulthood Care, Cathy Cartwright, Teresa Hickam

Posters

Advance Practice Providers adopting formal transition planning provided a wider scope of responsibilities supporting transition to adult care than those who did not.

The Scope Of Social Work Practice In Transition To Adulthood Care, Teresa Hickam

Posters

This is a study of roles executed by social workers and nurses to address common transition planning needs in a pediatric hospital. Duties were stratified based upon tasks assigned only to social work versus those shared with nursing or other team members.