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Supporting A Healthy School Environment For Students With Diabetes, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program Oct 2020

Supporting A Healthy School Environment For Students With Diabetes, University Of New England Applied Nutrition Program

All Student-Created Educational Resources

This pamphlet provides a very basic introduction to diabetes. It includes strategies for teachers of students with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to support their students blood sugar management needs. It also includes strategies for school administrators to alter the school environment to help students make healthier choices


Gardner-Webb Alumna Is Clinical Pharmacist Caring For Patients With Chronic Diseases, Office Of University Communications Jul 2020

Gardner-Webb Alumna Is Clinical Pharmacist Caring For Patients With Chronic Diseases, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University alumna, Laura Wilcox Demilio, ’12, is a clinical pharmacist at an inner city healthcare clinic in Baltimore, Md. Many of her patients have uncontrolled chronic diseases and multiple health problems. Additionally, they are transient and experience financial and food insecurities.


Predicting Diabetes Diagnoses, Sarah Netchert Jan 2020

Predicting Diabetes Diagnoses, Sarah Netchert

Student Research Poster Presentations 2020

This study explored the traits and health state of African Americans in central Virginia in order to determine what traits put people at a higher probability of being diagnosed with diabetes. We also want to know which traits will generate the highest probability a person will be diagnosed with diabetes. Traits that were included and used in this study were cholesterol, stabilized glucose, high density lipoprotein levels, age(years), gender, height(inches), weight(pounds), systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, waist size(inches), and hip size(inches). There were 403 individuals included in study since they were only ones screened for diabetes out of 1,046 …


Evaluating Knowledge And Educating Patients About Diabetic Retinopathy Screening In Washington County, Vt, Delaney Curran Jan 2020

Evaluating Knowledge And Educating Patients About Diabetic Retinopathy Screening In Washington County, Vt, Delaney Curran

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

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Type 2 Diabetes Medication Breakdown, Kristen Keene Jan 2020

Type 2 Diabetes Medication Breakdown, Kristen Keene

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

There are many new medications for treatment of type 2 diabetes and these medications have many positive effects that go beyond lowering blood glucose. However, many of these medications are expensive and some insurance plans don’t cover them. Many patients struggle to pay for their diabetes medications and providers often are unsure of which medications will be covered by insurance. This project was designed to enhance patient education regarding diabetes medications and potential costs associated.


Evaluating Knowledge And Educating Patients About Diabetic Retinopathy Screening In Washington County, Vt, Delaney Curran Jan 2020

Evaluating Knowledge And Educating Patients About Diabetic Retinopathy Screening In Washington County, Vt, Delaney Curran

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness in adults. Early detection and subsequent treatment of DR has been shown to be effective at saving vision and medical costs. However, adherence to annual dilated eye exams is relatively poor among people with diabetes. This project in Waterbury, VT aimed to identify patients' potential knowledge gaps about the connection between diabetes and eye disease, educate patients about DR with a 2 min educational video in the primary care office, and then assess their level of interest in getting an eye exam after watching the video.


Type 2 Diabetes Medication Breakdown, Kristen Keene Jan 2020

Type 2 Diabetes Medication Breakdown, Kristen Keene

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

There are many new medications for treatment of type 2 diabetes and these medications have many positive effects that go beyond lowering blood glucose. However, many of these medications are expensive and some insurance plans don’t cover them. Many patients struggle to pay for their diabetes medications and providers often are unsure of which medications will be covered by insurance. This project was designed to enhance patient education regarding diabetes medications and potential costs associated.


Addressing Exercise Accessibility In Winter Conditions In Milton, Vermont, Liam Du Preez Jan 2020

Addressing Exercise Accessibility In Winter Conditions In Milton, Vermont, Liam Du Preez

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Exercise is a critical aspect of health maintenance, especially in the context of chronic medical problems such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Weather and climate conditions in Vermont directly impact Vermonters' ability to exercise, and this results in negative impacts in their health maintenance and healthcare costs nationally and locally. This project explores the direct and indirect impact of decreased exercise and explore a modality for informing patients on how to stay active safely in the winter.


Barriers To Exercise: Patients With Diabetes In Washington County, Joshua Bruce Taylor Jan 2020

Barriers To Exercise: Patients With Diabetes In Washington County, Joshua Bruce Taylor

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

According to the Vermont Department of Health physical inactivity is one of the three main behaviors that predisposes patients to cancer, heart disease/stroke, lung disease, and type 2 diabetes, which result in over 50 percent of deaths among Vermonters. Washington County has a higher rate of overweight adults than the statewide average, making exercise an important component to healthier living. Barriers to exercise, especially among patients with diabetes, impose serious health ramifications for the residents of Washington County, and avenues must be made available to circumvent these barriers.


Emphasizing Year-Round Physical Activity Of Seniors In Vergennes, Vermont, Carley R. Mulligan Jan 2020

Emphasizing Year-Round Physical Activity Of Seniors In Vergennes, Vermont, Carley R. Mulligan

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Many senior citizens in the Vergennes community are active in the spring, summer, and fall with various activities, community groups, and walking. However, in the winter with colder temperatures and less sunlight, these activities are difficult to maintain, even more exacerbated by the current Covid-19 pandemic. Encouraging maintenance of physical activity throughout the winter months in Vermont is difficult, but can provide many benefits to these individuals both physically and mentally.


Increasing Awareness Of Added Sugar In The Outpatient Setting, Lauren Bougioukas Jan 2020

Increasing Awareness Of Added Sugar In The Outpatient Setting, Lauren Bougioukas

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

An estimated 80% of Americans consume more than the recommended daily amount of added sugar. Added sugar consumption significantly increases risk for cardiovascular disease mortality, and is associated with body weight, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. In the United States, added sugar consumption contributes to public health costs related to cardiovascular disease ($555 billion spent in 2016) and diabetes ($245 billion spent in 2012). Particularly in New York, nearly 40% of all New York deaths in 2014 could be attributed to cardiovascular disease and 10.5% of New York adults had diabetes in 2017. In addition to added sugar overconsumption, …