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Evaluating The Social And Economic Value Of The Use Of Telehealth Technology To Improve Self-Management By Older People Living In The Community, Oliver K. Burmeister, David Ritchie, Alison Devitt, Eevon Chia, Gregory Dresser

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: The aim of the project was to evaluate the use of Telehealth equipment in the homes of older community dwelling people, and to review its social and economic impact. A mixed methods approach was adopted, involving interviews, observation and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. Overall, the greatest benefit was apparent in those participants with a low familiarity with technology and low digital literacy, where changes in behaviours to prevent an exacerbation of their condition was possible. The user-interface design reduced concern about using the technology. Changes achieved were through better compliance with medication and associated understanding of the impact on …

Online Patient Education Design Features: Are There Any Differences In Opinion Based On Consumer’S Stage Of Change?, Naffisah Mohd Hassan, Khin Than Win, Harri Oinas-Kukkonen

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Patients’ stage of change towards their disease management plays an important role in healthcare. The aim of this study is to explore whether there are any differences in the patients’ perceptions toward the design features of online patient education according to the patients’ stages of change. Patients and carers who use chronic disease websites from Australia were invited to participate in the study to understand their perspectives on the design features. The statistical analysis package for the social science 19.0 (SPSS 19.0) and Smart PLS were used to perform statistical analysis for answering the research questions and related hypotheses. …

Practicum In A Medical Library, Emily Elkind

LIS Student Conference

Sharing my work that I have done during my practicum in the St. Joseph Hospital Medical library, including lists of both print and digital resources, and a potential list of helpful resources for the tentative consumer health resources center.

Improving Screening For Problem Behaviors Among Homeless Children In Georgia, Marvin So, Luisita G. Agbayani, Mariel K. Gutierrez, Josef T. Griffins

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Among other challenges, homeless children often struggle with internalizing and externalizing behavior problems that impair functioning and well-being (Bassuk, et al., 1997). Given the instability of service continuity often present in the lives of homeless families and their children, it is strikingly common for child mental and behavioral disorders to be caught at a later developmental stage among this group compared to both housed and other low-income peers (Grant, et al., 2007). Emergency shelters represent an untapped setting in which to deploy universal, evidence-based screeners for problem behaviors among this population. We implemented universal screening interventions across three shelters serving …

Implementing Ipe In Community College Health Professions Programs, Challenges And Rewards, Mary Kay Demarco, Phd, Rn, Cne, Judith Blum, Ms, Otr/L

JCIPE Conference

The health care literature is rich with Interprofessional Education (IPE) and collaborative learning research based in major universities, but similar evidence is limited at the associate degree level. National data indicate that graduates of associate degree allied health and nursing programs account for 49% of the total healthcare workforce (Brookings Institute, 2014)[1]. To improve education for students in its School of Health Professions, The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) embarked on a grant-funded mission to infuse interprofessional collaboration into nursing and allied health programs. Faculty attended immersion training programs to learn, evaluate, and adapt different IPE approaches …

Impact Of Student Experiences In Team-Based Practice In A Student-Run Outreach Clinic, Jennifer Taylor, Dhed, Mph, Andrea Pfeifle, Edd, Pt, Fnap, Paul Porter, Phd, Javier Sevilla-Martir, Md

JCIPE Conference

If trainees from differing health professions work together in a team-based setting to provide quality care to underserved individuals, they may be more inclined to work in an interprofessional collaborative health care team. The purpose of the study was to learn about student experiences at the Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic (IUSOC) as it relates to caring for underserved individuals. The IUSOC is a free clinic run out of the Neighborhood Fellowship Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. The IUSOC clinic provides primary care-based medical services free of charge for the uninsured and underserved within the community. The patient population includes individuals …

Trial To Improve Inter-Professional Practice Behaviors At A Student-Run, Free Clinic, Alexandra Evans, Brian Grice, Steven Horbal, Lauren Wright, Josselyn Howell, Andrea Pfeifle, Edd, Pt, Fnap, Javier Sevilla-Martir, Md, Aurelian Bidulescu, Md, Phd, Mph, Faha

JCIPE Conference

The Indiana University Student Outreach Clinic (IUSOC) is a student-run, free clinic on the east side of Indianapolis. Students from eleven different disciplines (pharmacy, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy, law, dentistry, global health, optometry, public health, nursing and medicine), covering three institutions (Indiana University, Butler University, and the University of Indianapolis), volunteer at the IUSOC. This study is a randomized-controlled intervention designed to improve inter-professional practice knowledge and behaviors within the IUSOC. On intervention clinic days, all clinic volunteers will gather in a huddle before seeing patients for a structured didactic information session. The session will highlight the importance …

Evaluating The Impact Of An Interprofessional Practice Experience Involving Pharmacy And Dental Students On Medication Histories Within An Urban Academic Dental Admissions Clinic, Alexander Radovanovich, Pharmd Candidate, Rachel Von Vital, Pharmd Candidate, Melissa E. Rotz, Pharmd, Bcps, Jacqueline M. Theordorou Pharmd, Bcps, Shannon Myers Virtue Psyd, Chizobam Idahosa, Bds, Dds, Ms, Laurie A. Macphail, Dmd, Phd, Huaqing Zhao, Phd

JCIPE Conference

Primary Objective:

To compare interprofessional (IP) care versus standard care on medication history clarifications in dental patients.

Secondary Objectives:

To assess the clinical significance of these clarifications with regards to the potential impact on dental treatment plans.

To describe the interventions provided by IP care to clarify discrepancies and/or resolve medication-related problems.

Clinical Impact Of A Novel Interprofessional Dental And Pharmacy Student Tobacco Cessation Education Program On Dental Patients, Matthew Boyd, Pharmd Candidate, Jillian Lykon, Pharmd Candidate, Jacqueline M. Theodorou, Pharmd, Bcps, Melissa E. Rotz, Pharmd, Bcps, Shannon Myers Virtue, Psyd, Elizabeth Waldron, Ba

JCIPE Conference

Objectives:

• To compare the difference between IPE care and standard care (SC) groups regarding dental patients' perceptions of knowledge gained about tobacco cessation, intentions to quit tobacco use, and quit attempts at follow-up.

• To evaluate perceptions of IPE care.

Background:

Based on the link between tobacco use and oral health and the frequent contact between dental providers and patients, the dental clinic is an ideal setting to address tobacco use.1

• Many dentists feel unprepared providing tobacco cessation education, particularly pharmacologic treatment options.1-3

• Pharmacists promote safe and effective pharmacologic treatment options for tobacco dependence and patients’ perceptions …

Improving Patient Outcomes And Student Learning Through Interprofessional Collaboration, Lucy Chappee, Rn, Mpa, Sheri Banovic, Rn, Msn, Fnp-Bc

JCIPE Conference

The purpose of this interprofessional collaborative project is to integrate primary healthcare, oral health, exercise science, occupational therapy and mental health services at one site, thus making it a single healthcare destination for patients. This project also provides interprofessional education opportunities to students in these healthcare disciplines. The model is targeted toward underserved populations and focuses on treatment, prevention and health education. This approach not only improves care and long term patient outcomes, but also expands the scope of practice for each professional group involved, including students.

Lewis and Clark’s interprofessional model involves a care team that is integrated into …

Designing And Evaluating An Interprofessional Practice Experience Involving Dental And Pharmacy Students, Melissa Rotz, Pharmd, Bcps, Jacqueline Theodorou, Pharmd, Bcps, Maria Fornatora, Dmd, Chizobam Idahosa, Bds, Dds, Ms, Laurie Macphail, Dmd, Phd, Elizabeth Tweddale, Dmd, Shannon Myers Virtue, Psyd

JCIPE Conference

Purpose: To describe the design and evaluation of an innovative interprofessional practice experience involving pharmacy and dental students.

Background: Accreditation standards for pharmacy and dentistry schools mandate that interprofessional education (IPE) is introduced and practiced throughout the curriculum. There is a paucity of data involving interprofessional practice experiences with dental and pharmacy students.

Description of Program: Pharmacy and dental student-teams conduct health and medication histories for patients seen at Temple University’s dental admissions clinic. Additionally, these teams collaborate to conduct tobacco cessation counseling for current tobacco users. This interprofessional practice experience was designed to prepare students to build more effective …

Development Of A Data Management System To Support Quality Improvement In Ipe, Jennifer Taylor, Dhed, Mph, Andrea Pfeifle, Edd, Pt, Fnap

JCIPE Conference

It is vital to understand best practices in interprofessional education (IPE) that teaches competencies needed to practice collaboratively to improve patient care.¹ Universities are increasingly looking for evidence of their own best practices and a better understanding of the return on investment in IPE. Continuous quality improvement, which seeks to discern what works for addressing a particular problem, for whom, and under what set of specific conditions can support our work in this area but real time and relevant data is needed to support this process.^2,3

The Indiana University Center for Interprofessional Health Education and Practice (CIPHEP) brings …

Medicare At Fifty Years: Impact On Health Care Disparities, Edith P. Mitchell, Md, Facp

JCIPE Conference

Objectives:

• To review history of legislation to development of Medicare program in the United States
• To delineate key Medicare milestones
• To review recent changes in Medicare
• To define impact on disparities

An examination of the history of Medicare and its impact on our ability to deliver patient-centered, interprofessional care.

A description of global interprofessional education and practice, highlighting real world examples from the work of Partners In Health in West Africa and Haiti.

Compromise Or Quit Medical Practice: Is There Another Option For Catholic Health Care Professionals, John Morris

Conference on Philosophy and Theology

More and more, medical practitioners are being told that they must either compromise their beliefs and provide whatever services patients demand or they should quit medical practice. This paper will explore other options that would offer a more just and respectful solution for our pluralistic society.

Study On Mechanical Properties Of Silicone Rubber Materials Used As Gaskets In Pem Fuel Cell Environment, Guo Li

The 8th International Conference on Physical and Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing

No abstract provided.

A Proposal For Evaluating Georgia’S Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver Program, Donald Lamar Ariail

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Georgia’s Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver Program (SCTWP) became law in 1976. This program allows senior citizens age 62 and older to attend University System of Georgia (USG) institutions tuition free. With the ultimate aim of improving the current program, the purpose of the proposed evaluation of the SCTWP is to determine the ongoing implementation of the program including the status of the promotion of the program, the assistance being provided to seniors aimed at facilitating entry into the program, and the level of satisfaction of program participants. Preliminary research indicates that information about the program may be difficult to obtain …

Developing Strategies For Anatomical Characterization Of Locus Coeruleus - Cortical Projections, Kendra Wang, Qiuyu Wu, Alexander A. Chubykin

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium

The locus coeruleus (LC) is a small noradrenergic nucleus located in the midbrain that releases the neurotransmitter norepinephrine to diverse brain regions. Through release of norepinephrine, the LC plays a central role in modulating numerous physiological functions including attention, arousal, and mood and behavior. Although the LC projects to many brain region, there is limited information about the organization and the afferent projections to the LC that modulates its activity. The goal of this study was to characterize the anatomical projections between LC and cortical areas using a variety of different experimental techniques, including survival brain surgery, stereotaxic injections of …

Design Fiction: Does The Search For Plausibility Lead To Deception?, Paul Coulton, Joseph Lindley, Haider Ali Akmal

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Since its inception the term ‘design fiction’ has generated considerable interest as a future-focused method of research through design whose aim is to suspend disbelief about change by depicting prototypes inside diegeses, or ‘story worlds’. Plausibility is one of the key qualities often associated with suspension of disbelief, a quality encoded within the artefacts created as design fictions. In this paper we consider whether by crafting this plausibility, works of design fiction are inherently, or can become, deceptive. The notion of deception is potentially problematic for academic researchers who are bound by the research code of ethics at their particular …

Bonding Through Designing; How A Participatory Approach To Videography Can Catalyse An Emotive And Reflective Dialogue With Young People, Marianne Mcara

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Young people at risk of failing through the educational-net post compulsory schooling, or who have done so already, are too often subsumed under negative- based rhetoric such as disengaged, disaffected, and NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). This rhetoric suggests that young people are responsible for their, supposedly, demobilised capacity and fails to acknowledge the fundamental adversities highly disadvantaged young people can face, further camouflaging the most vulnerable. In this paper I reflect on my experience of collaborating with a group of young people, identified by their schoolteachers as vulnerable and at risk of nonparticipation. I reflect on my …

Working With American Indian Communities To Utilize And Improve Data For Heath Research, Jessica Hanson, Wyatt Pickner, Susan Puumala

South Dakota Demography Conference

This session will include three presentations on data collection with American Indian communities and discuss current gaps and possible solutions. The first presentation will be on community input and utilization of data for program development. The second presentation will discuss the availability and utility of local data. The final presentation will describe existing data sources for longitudinal regional and national data that may relate to American Indian health.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding committee assignments, president search, website, consensual relationships, faculty handbook and benefits.

Cultural Preservation Of Ethnomedicine In Peru, Lorena Álvarez, Kiana J. Ringuette, Sandra García-Hernández, Thomas Love, Marisa Alvarez, Javier Blanco, Shant Tamazian, Douglas Sharon

Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement

In conjunction with the Minority Health & Health Disparities International Research Training program at San Diego State University, three Linfield students contributed to the ongoing Peru Ethnomedical Project in Trujillo, Peru by:

1. Conducting surveys in two neighborhoods on the edge of the city;
2. Creating a medicinal plant garden in the Chan Chan archaeological site museum.

Surveys conducted in Moche, Trujillo were part of a larger study supervised by anthropologists Douglas Sharon and Thomas Love. The research aims to evaluate the usage of medicinal plants in rural and urban Peruvian communities. Linfield’s contribution focused on the creation of the medicinal garden …

Thermal Analysis Of Borosilicate Glass For Its Biological Applications, Gregory Humble

Symposium of Student Scholars

Borosilicate glass doped with varying wt% of cerium oxide is investigated for biological applications. Thermal studies of each formulation were conducted using an SDT Q600 differential scanning calorimeter. 30mg samples of 350 - 425 μm particle size of each type of glass were heated to 1200°C in order to obtain the glass transition, crystallization, and melting temperatures. Samples were then heated to 900°C at several heating rates, ranging from 2°C/min to 100°C/min, then compared against each other as well as against an undoped borosilicate glass.

19th Annual Gc Student Research Conference Schedule, Georgia College Student Research Events

Georgia College Student Research Events

19TH ANNUAL GC STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE Friday, April 22, 2016 Health Sciences Building

15th Annual Undergraduate Student Symposium, Farquhar Honors College

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The Undergraduate Student Symposium, sponsored by the Farquhar Honors College, presents student projects through presentations, papers, films, and poster displays. The event serves as a “showcase” demonstrating the outstanding scholarship of undergraduate students at NSU. The symposium is open to undergraduate students from all disciplines. Projects cover areas of student scholarship ranging from the experimental and the applied to the computational, theoretical, artistic, and literary. They are taken from class assignments and independent projects. Project presentations can represent any stage in a concept’s evolution, from proposal and literature review to fully completed and realized scholarly work. As in past symposia, …

Secondary Data Analysis Based On Children Health Survey: On Factors Associated To Overall Dental Health Of Children In Usa, Kavita Gohil

GS4 Georgia Southern Student Scholars Symposium

The mouth is the portal of entry into the body, thus it is essential to attain and maintain oral health care. This process begins from the early period of life. Humans have two sets of teeth, and they start developing even before birth and development lasts till the age of around 25 years. Thus it is essential to take care of teeth during early stages of life, as they can affect overall well-being of the human. This paper describes how children's oral health is affected by external and internal factors and also risk factors which are associated with their oral …

Urss Event Program Booklet 2016, Office Of Research

Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium

This event program booklet contains a schedule of the event, list of awards, and student abstracts.

Causes And Proposed Solutions For Dental Anxieties And Dental Phobias In Relation To Age And Ethnicity, Michelle Cavalaris

Undergraduate Research at FIU (URFIU) Conference

There are millions of Americans who suffer from dental phobias and about thirtyfive million Americans who suffer from dental anxieties. These statistics reprent the magnitude of dental related fears among individuals. Persons who suffer from these dental related fears are unable to keep an appointment with a dentist. Therefore, the patient’s oral health suffers; which may lead to other health issues. This experiment was created to determine the basis of dental fear, by concentrating on three categories: age, origin, and dental environment. The first objective of this experiment is to first determine if there is a significant difference between a …

Conference For Undergraduate Research At Fiu, The Honors College, Florida International University

Undergraduate Research at FIU (URFIU) Conference

No abstract provided.

My Path From Farquhar Collefe Of Arts And Science To The Field Of Medicine, Crystal Romero

Pre-Health Day

As an undergraduate student in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences I was confident that I wanted to be a physician; however, I was also intrigued by the field of Public Health. Consequently, I pursued a Master’s degree concentrating in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Personally, I saw the attainment of this degree as a means of developing a skill set for future practice as a physician. Public health concentrates on community health needs, while medicine focuses more on the needs of an individual patient. During this time I worked on a project at the Broward County Health Department that allowed …