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Identifying Motivators For Getting Vaccinated Against Sars-Cov-2 In Those Who Have Been Vaccinated. A Single Center Cross-Sectional Study, Nicole Lacap, Suzanna Hosein
Identifying Motivators For Getting Vaccinated Against Sars-Cov-2 In Those Who Have Been Vaccinated. A Single Center Cross-Sectional Study, Nicole Lacap, Suzanna Hosein
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
The purpose of this study is to explore the primary motivations of patients getting vaccinated against SARS-Cov-2 as well as to determine any correlations between demographic information and specific motivators. We hypothesized that generally internal motivators (being in the best interest of oneself) will predominate as the reason for vaccination. The sample consisted of 227 patients vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 at the Rowan Medicine Vaccine Clinic during the month of June 2021. Patients were given an online questionnaire collecting demographic information as well as primary reason for getting vaccinated. Preliminary analysis shows that 63% of participants were motivated by reasons that …
Understanding Changes In Mortality With Implementation Of Safe Injection Sites, Shubh Bhambri
Understanding Changes In Mortality With Implementation Of Safe Injection Sites, Shubh Bhambri
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The purpose of this study is to analyze mortality due to overdose in areas that have implemented supervised injection sites and understand what factors these facilities affect that can lead to a change in outcomes.
Improving Health Literacy In Underserved Youth, Paul Lee, Stephanie Parks, Sydney Wiredu, Dhaval Shah, Archana Salek
Improving Health Literacy In Underserved Youth, Paul Lee, Stephanie Parks, Sydney Wiredu, Dhaval Shah, Archana Salek
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Health literacy is an individual’s capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions. There are disparities in health literacy across age, gender, ethnicity, location and socioeconomic status. Children aged 12-17 are an important target group regarding health literacy research because of the fundamental cognitive, physical and emotional development processes occurring that affect health related skills and behaviors.
The objectives of this project were to:
- Identify the disparities of health literacy in varying demographics with regards to age, gender, location and socioeconomic areas
- Determine barriers affecting health literacy comprehension and knowledge in the target …
The Need For Depression And Anxiety Screenings At A Student-Run Clinic, Shayna Peterzell, Sahil Parikh, Alicia Podwojniak, Vibha Chauhan, Riya Tandra, Emily Forester, Saumil Parikh, Jessica-Sophie Horoschak, Patrick Pearce, Roma Padalkar, Sobiah Khan, Tara Pellegrino
The Need For Depression And Anxiety Screenings At A Student-Run Clinic, Shayna Peterzell, Sahil Parikh, Alicia Podwojniak, Vibha Chauhan, Riya Tandra, Emily Forester, Saumil Parikh, Jessica-Sophie Horoschak, Patrick Pearce, Roma Padalkar, Sobiah Khan, Tara Pellegrino
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General anxiety and major depressive disorder are common and treatable mental health disorders. The US Preventive Services Task Force provides strong evidence that early screening helps identify depression in primary care settings, promotes intervention and facilitates treatment. Many medical offices use validated screening tools, GAD-7 and PHQ-9, to measure symptom severities and further help guide treatment modalities for patients with anxiety and depression, respectively. The Rowan Community Health Clinic (RCHC) in Lindenwold, NJ is a student-run free clinic that serves patients regardless of patient gender, race, income, or insurance status. This study aims to determine if there is a need …
Evaluating Reasons For Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy At A Vaccine Distribution Center In South Jersey, Arghyadeep Sarkar, Suzanna Hosein
Evaluating Reasons For Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy At A Vaccine Distribution Center In South Jersey, Arghyadeep Sarkar, Suzanna Hosein
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RowanSOM held a student-run vaccine clinic in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite published research stating the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, there were still vaccine-hesitant individuals.
While the CDC reported that hesitancy to receive vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 had decreased, 32.1% of American adults did not intend to get vaccinated as of December 2020.
Understanding reasons for this hesitancy could help create informational ads directed towards people’s concerns.
Implementing A Case Management Program At A Free Student-Run Clinic, Shelly Sharma, Mark Conforti, Wali Kamran, Fatou Drame, Mary Kate Heard, Samuel Irungu
Implementing A Case Management Program At A Free Student-Run Clinic, Shelly Sharma, Mark Conforti, Wali Kamran, Fatou Drame, Mary Kate Heard, Samuel Irungu
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- The Rowan Community Health Center (RCHC) located in Lindenwold, New Jersey, reopened in September of 2019
- Patients come to RCHC for physicals/wellness checks or medical ailments
- Many patients are from underserved communities and may not have a primary care physician or insurance
- Trend in lack of follow up among patients
- o Leads to discontinuity of care
- o Unaware if patients are obtaining their prescribed medications, following up with recommended specialists, or if chief complaints/primary diagnosis are improving
- RCHC’s Special Projects Department decided to implement a Case Management program to improve patient follow-up and adherence to care
Impact Of Behavioral Health Consultant Intervention On Health Outcomes In An Integrated Primary Care Setting, Arpita Suri, Attiyah Zaheer, Christine Leroy, Robert Steer, Bhavin Shah, Sahil Zaveri, Shideh Doroudi
Impact Of Behavioral Health Consultant Intervention On Health Outcomes In An Integrated Primary Care Setting, Arpita Suri, Attiyah Zaheer, Christine Leroy, Robert Steer, Bhavin Shah, Sahil Zaveri, Shideh Doroudi
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Integrated Primary Care Models are fast gaining popularity, and often being advocated as an important step in enhancing patient care within a primary care setting. Several studies have shown a positive impact of Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) intervention in terms of patient satisfaction, improvement in patient symptom scores and global mental functioning. However, additional studies are needed to assess if integrated behavioral health consultations can demonstrate measurable outcome improvements to quantify the benefits of this approach, related to some of the most commonly seen and treated medical diseases in a primary care setting. This study aims to measure three outcomes: …
Literature Review: Incidentalomas In Emergency Medicine - How Often Are They Reported And Are Patients Informed?, Mohammad Rattu, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, James Lee
Literature Review: Incidentalomas In Emergency Medicine - How Often Are They Reported And Are Patients Informed?, Mohammad Rattu, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, James Lee
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The purpose of this proposed study is to look at the rate of incidental findings on CT scan in a community hospital setting, as well as to look at the rate of documentation of communication of the findings to the patient and referral for follow-up to primary care or to a specialty follow-up.
Literature Review: Palliative Care In The Emergency Department, Alice Chang, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Neelesh Parikh
Literature Review: Palliative Care In The Emergency Department, Alice Chang, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Neelesh Parikh
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With current medical advances, our patient population continues to age. This poses new challenges for healthcare practitioners to provide for elderly patients with complex and multifactorial medical needs. Particularly, this is a growing challenge in the emergency department (ED), where patients often present towards the last months of their lives. A study conducted by UCSF indicates 75% of patients in their last 6 month of life visited the ED. 56% to 99% of older adults do not have advance directives available at ED presentation. Therefore, ED visits towards the end of life is an opportune teaching moment for physicians to …
Understanding The State Of Lgbtqia+ Healthcare And Support In Camden County, Sayan Basu, Sana Farhat, Cindy Capps, Ali Harb
Understanding The State Of Lgbtqia+ Healthcare And Support In Camden County, Sayan Basu, Sana Farhat, Cindy Capps, Ali Harb
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4.5% of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and about 1.4 million adults identify as transgender.
This demographic is impacted by many social determinants of health and health disparities, particularly for transgender patients.
33% of LGBTQIA+ patients ranging from a pool of 28,000 surveyed patients have had a negative experience with their health providers, and 8% of them had to educate their physicians about their needs due to physicians’ lack of knowledge about this demographic.
Research suggests that there is a reluctance to access mental health services in the LGBTQIA+ community due to homophobia,, difficulties disclosing sexual and …
Dietary Habits Of Patients With Chronic Medical Conditions During Covid-19, Sahil Patel, Adarsh Gupta
Dietary Habits Of Patients With Chronic Medical Conditions During Covid-19, Sahil Patel, Adarsh Gupta
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Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced drastic changes in various aspects of normal life for millions world-wide.
As of April 2022, there have been over reported 80.8 million cases and 989,000 reported deaths.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were numerous societal changes occurred such as social distancing protocols, mask recommendations and restrictions in public spaces.
With such drastic changes to normal life, investigators began examining how dietary habits in the general population could have been affected, but not investigated the impacts on patients with chronic medical conditions (CMC).
Prior to major vaccination efforts, …
The Role Of Physiologic Vision Deficits In Elderly Self Dispensing Medication Errors, Harrison Patrizio
The Role Of Physiologic Vision Deficits In Elderly Self Dispensing Medication Errors, Harrison Patrizio
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Elderly populations are more prone to self-dispensing medication errors. Although some of these errors can be attributed to a patient’s disease, many errors are preventable with behavioral modification. As we age, the lens of the eye becomes yellow. This tints all light that passes through it causing deficits in color distinguishability.(Andreasen, 1980) Additionally, the lens of the eye hardens over time. This results in presbyopia, an inability to focus close objects.(Wolffsohn, 2018) These changes can cause elderly patients to misread labels or dispensed incorrect medication due to color shade similarities.(Cardarelli, 2011) Although these visual changes are well documented, current research …
Helicopter Ems And Its Outcomes In Stroke Patients During Transport From Rural Ed To Comprehensive Stroke Center, Asim Shafique, Jillian Baker
Helicopter Ems And Its Outcomes In Stroke Patients During Transport From Rural Ed To Comprehensive Stroke Center, Asim Shafique, Jillian Baker
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The theory that will be examined in this review pertains to creating an algorithm based upon whether patients suffering from a stroke with a large vessel occlusion should be taken to a stroke center from rural emergency departments for a mechanical thrombectomy via helicopter EMS (HEMS) or ambulance transport. Such an algorithm does not exist in healthcare, so this literature review will have the potential to be clinically applicable. This review will aim to identify the proper method of transportation during an ischemic stroke with the goal of reducing mortality rates and improving outcomes. Most rural communities are over an …
Sex, Race, And Primary Language On Opioid Prescribing In Pediatrics, Lubna Begum, Brian Begley, Catherine Cerniglia, Mones Aboeletta, Grace Gilbert, Justin Matthew, Stephen Meixner, Corinna Franklin, Rey Ramirez
Sex, Race, And Primary Language On Opioid Prescribing In Pediatrics, Lubna Begum, Brian Begley, Catherine Cerniglia, Mones Aboeletta, Grace Gilbert, Justin Matthew, Stephen Meixner, Corinna Franklin, Rey Ramirez
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Over-prescription of pain medication has led to an opioid epidemic in the United States. Many factors can contribute to the amount of pain medication prescribed to patients. The amount of pain medication prescribed to patients is affected by many factors and previous research has shown:
- Men are prescribed more than women
- Whites more than non-whites
- English-speaking more than non-English-speaking
The goal of the study was to look at whether this held true in a pediatric orthopedic population. We also looked at the trends in opiate prescribing over time.
Changing Internal Medicine Residents’ Perspectives On Social Determinants Of Health, Timsal Ghani, Diana Vargas, Yvette Wang
Changing Internal Medicine Residents’ Perspectives On Social Determinants Of Health, Timsal Ghani, Diana Vargas, Yvette Wang
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Social determinants of health (SDOH)
- conditions in which people are born, live, learn, work, play and worship
- affect wide range of health, functioning and quality of life
SDOH play enormous roles in health and well being
- annual US deaths attributable to SDOH equivalent to the number due to lung cancer
- place of birth, race and income all have strong influence on health outcomes
- place of birth is more strongly associated with life expectancy than race or genetics
There is growing awareness of importance of social factors in improving overall population health and wellbeing
- highlighted …
Income And Its Effects On Health Literacy: A Study Between A Student-Run Free Clinic And A Family Medicine Office, Shayna Peterzell, Sahil Parikh, Thomas Ruta, Rabiye Ayaz, Srujan Dadi, Emily Forester, Olivia Choi, Rachel Fletcher-Slater, Melodi Harfouche, John Cruz, Roma Padalkar, Sobiah Khan, Rebecca Moore
Income And Its Effects On Health Literacy: A Study Between A Student-Run Free Clinic And A Family Medicine Office, Shayna Peterzell, Sahil Parikh, Thomas Ruta, Rabiye Ayaz, Srujan Dadi, Emily Forester, Olivia Choi, Rachel Fletcher-Slater, Melodi Harfouche, John Cruz, Roma Padalkar, Sobiah Khan, Rebecca Moore
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More than 1/3 of people nationwide (80+ million) have limited health literacy, which contributes to poor health outcomes and lifestyle choices. Health literacy is defined as the understanding and application of words, numbers & documents (i.e., medication labels, medical forms). The Rowan Community Health Center (RCHC), located in Lindenwold NJ, is a student-run clinic that wanted to assess the health literacy of our patients in order to further provide better care. RCHC provides cost-free primary care services regardless of income, insurance, or legal status. To assess health literacy, RCHC used the New Vital Signs (NVS) literacy assessment tool to investigate …
Preferences For Support Resources Among Loved Ones Of Adults Prescribed Opioid Medications, Mansi Patel, Desta M. Pulley, Daniel Manvich
Preferences For Support Resources Among Loved Ones Of Adults Prescribed Opioid Medications, Mansi Patel, Desta M. Pulley, Daniel Manvich
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The opioid epidemic continues to be a leading cause of overdose and related deaths in America. While most interventions are focused on the individuals with opioid and substance use disorder (OUD/SUD); the impact caregivers and family can have on the treatment of patients with OUD is non-existent. The purpose of this study is to collect pilot data on peers, friends, and family members of patients with SUD/OUD to understand the barriers in psychosocial support and maintaining treatment retention; barriers to accessing medication assisted therapy (MAT) and naloxone; and caregiver fatigue and barriers for caregivers. The collected data will be used …