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Cs-Cash Pilot Grant: Improving Agricultural Worker Health & Safety Awareness Through Multimodal, Case-Based Physician Assistant Education, Carey Wheelhouse, Mia Hyde, Annie Wildermuth, Wayne Mathews

Posters and Presentations: Physician Assistant

The University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education intends to improve health outcomes of patients in Midwest agricultural communities through didactic, clinical, and case-based instruction of Physician Assistant (PA) students.

Aims

1. Increase PA student awareness of agricultural health and safety issues
2. Increase PA student medical knowledge on respiratory health, chemical exposure, and noise-induced hearing loss
3. Enhance PA student communication skills with agricultural patients
4. Increase patient health care access in agricultural environments

UNMC PA students will undergo learning specific to agricultural-related respiratory health issues, chemical exposures, and hearing loss, including preventative health education and communication with agricultural patient …

Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs In Small Community Hospitals Through An Assessment And Feedback Model, Philip Chung, Kate Tyner, Scott Bergman, Terry Micheels, Mark Rupp, Michelle Schwedhelm, Maureen Tierney, Muhammad Salman Ashraf, Trevor Van Schooneveld

Posters and Presentations: Nebraska ASAP

Small community hospitals often lack expertise and resources for antimicrobial stewardship program implementation. Using an assessment-and-feedback model, Nebraska ASAP performed onsite assessment of antimicrobial stewardship efforts in 5 small community hospitals and provided facility specific feedback on implementation/augmentation of antimicrobial stewardship program. As a result of this model, participating small community hospitals were able to increase the number of antimicrobial stewardship core elements implemented while reducing antibiotic use and incidence of CDI.

Assessment Of Trends In Population-Based Health Indicators In The Great Plain States, Jessica Pahwa, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway

Posters and Presentations: College of Public Health

Purpose/Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the geographic trends and to highlight the importance of social and geographic based health disparities using population health indicators and Health determinants among the great plains states (Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota).

Methods/efforts: Online databases (CDC, BRFSS, America’s Health Rankings, SAMHSA, County health rankings etc) were accessed to collect data population-based data for the great plains states. The incident rates of 10 health indicators and health determinants were chosen and studied. After tabulating the data in excel, the analysis was made through plotting graphs in SAS. Line graphs depicting the …