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The Prospector, October 14, 2014, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Take Care of Yourselves Women

Traditional Surrogacy In Tennessee: Strange Statute Begets Strange Judicial Ruling, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

According to a recent article in the New York Times by Tamar Lewin, the United States has become – or is in the process of becoming – a mecca for foreign couples seeking the services of a surrogate to gestate a child for them. Theories differ as to the draw, but the lack of national policy or strict regulation is among the most likely suspects.

Metabolic Syndrome And Its Components : Secondary Analysis Of The World Health Survey, Oman, Mahmoud Adb El-Aty, Ruth Mabry, Magdi Al-Lawati, Jawad, Asya Al-Riyami, Medhat El-Sayed

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The study aimed to describe the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components among Omani adults. Methods: The 2008 Oman World Health Survey dataset was used to determine the national prevalence of MS. Logistic regression using all key sociodemographic, clinical and behavioural variables was used to identify the associations of independent variables with MS. Results: The age-adjusted prevalence of MS was 23.6%. MS was significantly associated with age, marital and work status and wealth level. MS was more common for people aged 50 years and older compared to the youngest cohort (OR 3.6, CI: 2.4–5.3; P <0.001) and in people who were married or employed (OR 1.6, CI: 1.3–2.1; P <0.001 and OR 1.3, CI: 1.1–1.8; P = 0.043, respectively) compared to their unmarried and unemployed counterparts. MS was also more common in people in the second lowest wealth quintile (OR 1.6, CI: 1.2–2.2; P = 0.05) compared to the lowest quintile and in those who sat for more than six hours per day (OR 1.3, CI: 1.1-1.7; P = 0.035). Conclusion: One in four adults had MS in Oman. This may fuel the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Oman, particularly given the increasingly elderly population. Urgent action is required to ensure quality patient care at all levels of the healthcare system. Further research on behavioural risk factors is needed. Developing and implementing a multisectoral strategy to prevent NCDs should be at the top of the current health agenda for Oman.

Opportunistic Infections And Complications In Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Infected Children : Correlation With Immune Status, Jaivinder Yadav, Sanjeev Nanda, Deepak

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The aim of this study was to ascertain the correlation between various opportunistic infections and complications in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected children and the immune status of these patients, evaluated by absolute cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) count and CD4 percentage. Methods: This study was conducted from January 2009 to June 2010 at the Antiretroviral Treatment Centre of the Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, a tertiary care hospital in Rohtak, Haryana, in northern India. A total of 20 HIV-1-infected children aged 4–57 months were studied. Demographic and baseline investigations were performed prior to the start …

Assessment Of Breast Cancer Awareness Among Female University Students In Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Shatha S. Al-Sharbatti, Rizwana B. Shaikh, Elsheba Al-Biate, Mawahib A.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess female university students’ knowledge of breast cancer and its preventative measures and to identify their main misconceptions regarding breast cancer. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between April 2011 and June 2012 and included female students from three large universities in Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE). A stratified random sampling procedure was used. Data were collected through a validated, pilot-tested, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire included 35 questions testing knowledge of risk factors, warning signs and methods for the early detection of breast cancer. Participants’ opinions regarding breast cancer misconceptions were also …

Is More Nutrition Education Needed In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum? : Perceptions Of Graduates From A Medical University In The United Arab Emirates, Kadayam G. Gomathi, Syed I. Shehnaz, Nelofer

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The rise in lifestyle diseases has resulted in primary physicians advising more patients on the benefits of nutritional modifications. However, nutrition education has remained more or less unchanged in the undergraduate medical curriculum. This study aimed to assess the perceptions of medical graduates regarding nutrition education in their undergraduate curriculum. Methods: A total of 125 medical graduates from the Gulf Medical University in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey from May to October 2012. The validated pilot-tested questionnaire was designed to assess perceptions regarding nutrition education in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Results:A …

What's Happening: October 13, 2014, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Methodology To Measure The Effect Of Ergot Alkaloids On Forestomach Motility Using Real-Time Wireless Telemetry, Amanda M. Egert, James L. Klotz, Kyle R. Mcleod, David L. Harmon

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The objectives of these experiments were to characterize rumen motility patterns of cattle fed once daily using a real-time wireless telemetry system, determine when to measure rumen motility with this system, and determine the effect of ruminal dosing of ergot alkaloids on rumen motility. Ruminally cannulated Holstein steers (n = 8) were fed a basal diet of alfalfa cubes once daily. Rumen motility was measured by monitoring real-time pressure changes within the rumen using wireless telemetry and pressure transducers. Experiment 1 consisted of three 24-h rumen pressure collections beginning immediately after feeding. Data were recorded, stored, and analyzed using …

Effect Of Food Aid Delivery Mode On Food Production In Recipient Nation, Steven Marc Wolf

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide quantitative evidence linking food aid delivery mode and its correlation with food production in the recipient nation. Debate over the best way to provide food aid to developing countries inspired this study. The three delivery modes used for this study were direct transfer, locally purchase, and triangular purchase. Food aid data was available from The World Food Programme and food production indices were available from The World Bank. Correlations between the independent variable (food aid quantity by delivery mode) and dependent variable (food production index) were examined using the coefficient of determination, …

Changing Student Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Learning And Collaboration: Partnering With Healthcare Mentors In The Academic Setting, Mary Baumberger-Henry, Phd, Rn, Normajean Colby, Phd, Rn, Cne, Patricia Fletcher, Msw, Lcsw, Linda Knauss, Phd, Abpp, Bob Wellmon, Pt, Dpt, Phd, Ncs

JCIPE Conference

Healthcare Mentor Project

• Individuals with one or more chronic health conditions
• Share their time with students
• Help students understand how to provide effective care
• Participation helps to make learning more authentic

Evaluation Of An Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair, Brooke Salzman, Md, Lauren Collins, Md, Emily Hajjar, Pharmd, Leigh Ann Hewston, Pt, Cecelia Borden, Edd, Msn, Tracey Vause-Earland, Ms, Otr/L, Carolyn Giordano, Phd, Sarah Ballas, Ba

JCIPE Conference

Objectives

•Describe the utilization of an interprofessional geriatric clinical skills fair to impart knowledge and skills pertaining to both core geriatric and IPE competencies.

•Prepare to introduce an Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair at one’s own institution

•Recognize essential elements of a measurement tool that evaluates the effectiveness of an Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair

Inter-Professional Service Learning To Increase Students' Understanding Of Migrant Latino Health, Jean Davison, Dnp, Rn, Fnp, Ronald Herring, Dawn Macelroy, Christine Walko, Elizabeth Prata, Monica Schmucker, Kent Kessinger, Emiko Davison, Gwen Sherwood, Jorge Aguilera, Md, Pastor Moises Chino Murillo

JCIPE Conference

Learning Objectives

At the end of this seminar participants will be able to:

1.Explain the relevance of inter-professional, cultural competent, global health approaches to health assessment and interventions at home and abroad.

2.Identify evidence-based programs to improve target population health, utilizing the CLAS standards to advance health equity, improve quality and help eliminate health disparities.

3.Design a service learning inter-professional health education course with teaching strategies for cultural competency training that utilizes academic and clinical partnerships.

Patient-Aligned Care Teams, Richard C. Stark, Md

JCIPE Conference

Richard C. Stark, MD

Executive Director,

Primary Care Operations

VA Central Office

Richard C. Stark, MD is the Executive Director of Primary Care Operations for the Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC. He oversees and supports the field in delivering quality-oriented, efficient, timely, safe and effective Primary Care to over 5.3 million Veterans across the country in almost 1000 sites of care. In this role, Dr. Stark has played an integral part in developing, leading and providing guidance to VA facilities on implementation of Patient-Aligned Care Teams (PACT), VA’s medical home model. In his 32 year career with VA, Dr. Stark …

Va Centers Of Excellence In Primary Care Education, Kathryn Rugen, Phd, Fnp-Bc, Stuart Gilman, Md, Mph

JCIPE Conference

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

CoEPCE Purpose

•Develop and test innovative approaches for curricula related to core competencies of patient-centered care.

•Study the impact of new educational approaches and models on health professions education to include collaboration, cultural shifts in educational priorities, and educational and workforce outcomes within and beyond VA.

•Improve primary care instructional strategies with emphasis on workplace learning

Stuart C. Gilman, MD, MPH

Director, Advanced Fellowships and Professional Development

Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education

Office of Academic Affiliations

Veterans Health Administration

In his role as Director, Advanced Fellowships and Professional Development, Office of Academic Affiliations, Veterans Health …

Exclusive Breastfeeding And Breastfeeding In Newspapers: Analysis Of Frames, Content, And Valence, Amanda E. Hamilton, Moira Lewis

Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association

Exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding durations in the United States are shorter than recommended. No U.S. media content analyses assess exclusive breastfeeding. No studies assess exclusive breastfeeding or breastfeeding portrayals in U.S. newspapers. We fill these gaps. Framing theory suggests media present breastfeeding in particular ways and that such presentations impact breastfeeding. We contribute a systematic theoretical approach to the study of exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding representations in 819 newspaper articles published across five U.S. regions. This study is limited by its focus on newspapers. However, since exclusive breastfeeding information is identified using a systematic theoretical approach this study contributes new …

The Career Support Network: An Interdisciplinary Model Integrating Chronic Disease Prevention And Management Programs, Public Health And Occupational Therapy Into A Workforce Development Program For Low Skilled, Low Resourced Individuals, Rickie Brawer, Mph, Phd, Mches, James D. Plumb, Md, Mph, Stephen Kern, Phd, Otr/L, Faota, Robert Walsh, Ms, Otr/L

JCIPE Conference

THE CAREER SUPPORT NETWORK (CSN)

Historical Perspective: What led us to the CSN?

Transformational Leadership: Creating A Culture Of Cross-Institutional Ipe Collaboration, David Farmer, Phd, Lpc, Lmft, Susan Mace Weeks, Dnp, Rn, Cns, Lmft, Faan, Lawrence Cohen, Pharmd, Bcpp, Fashp, Fccp, Fcp

JCIPE Conference

Facilitating Structures

• Engagement of senior leaders

• Mutual appointment to IPE leadership groups

• Memorandum of understanding

• Joint appointments

• Communication and time

• Collaboration as a value

• Commitment to Trial and Refinement

• A Foundation of Trust

Using Technology To Enhance Interprofessional Education To Promote Collaborative Practice For Students, Kathryn Shaffer, Rn, Edd, Elizabeth T. Speakman, Edd, Rn, Anef, Fnap, Christine K Wade, Edd, Pt, Rn

JCIPE Conference

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System Recommended interdisciplinary team training to increase patient safety and quality health care IOM, 1999

Crossing the Quality Chasm All health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics, IOM, 2001

Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality Once in practice, health professionals are asked to work in interdisciplinary teams, often to support those with chronic conditions, yet they are not educated together or trained in team-based skills, IOM, 2003

The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health …

Clinical Partnerships For Interprofessional Education Of Family Nurse Practitioner And Dental Hygiene Students, Bridgitte Gourley, Dnp, Crnp, Lisa Bress, Rdh, Ms

JCIPE Conference

Purpose

• Develop clinical practica and didactic curriculum for FNP & Dental Hygiene Students

• Implement guidelines from the Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice (IOHPCP) for Family Nurse Practitioner and Dental Hygiene students

• Reinforce the oral-systemic health link through shared learning

• Focus on high risk populations in community based sites where faculty practice

Leading An Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair: A "Train The Trainer" Seminar, Brooke Salzman, Md, Lauren Collins, Md, Emily Hajjar, Pharmd, Leigh Ann Hewston, Pt, Cecelia Borden, Edd, Msn, Tracey Vause-Earland, Ms, Otr/L, Carolyn Giordano, Phd, Sarah Dallas, Ba

JCIPE Conference

Objectives

• Practice teaching skills related to interprofessional education (IPE) and geriatric competencies

• Formulate an Action Plan and prepare to introduce an Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair at their own institutions

• Recognize essential elements of a measurement tool that evaluates the effectiveness of an Interprofessional Geriatric Clinical Skills Fair

Hearing From Our Health Mentors: Impact Of A Longitudinal Interprofessional Education Program, Ashley Baronner, Bs, Msii, Lauren Collins, Md, Carolyn Giordano, Phd, Edwin Lim, Pharmd Candidate 2015

JCIPE Conference

Introduction

Mixed-methods study to evaluate the perspectives of the Health Mentors in the Jefferson Health Mentors Program (JHMP) relative to impact of program

Correlate these responses to the Interprofessional Education Collaborative’s (IPEC) Competencies

• Values/Ethics
• Roles/Responsibilities
• Interprofessional Communication
• Team and Teamwork

Seniors Assisting In Geriatric Education (Sage): Reynolds Program Addresses The Lack Of Training In Geriatrics And Provides A Model For Interprofessional Education, Sandra Marquez Hall, Yolanda Pitts-Lane

JCIPE Conference

Reynolds IGET-IT Program

• DW Reynolds Mission for geriatric education: “Improving the quality of life of America’s growing elderly population through better training of physicians in geriatrics.”

• Seniors Assisting in Geriatric Education (SAGE) Program addressed the lack of geriatric skills training through the implementation of a senior mentor program for (medical) health professions students.

Ending Failures, Showing Results, Improving Population Health: Insights From Research & Reform In The U.S., Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

A growing body of empirical research supports the value of aligning the delivery systems for public health, medical care, and social services for populations with shared needs and risk factors. This presentation reviews selected studies from the field of public health services & systems research (PHSSR) in the U.S. that suggest pathways for achieving greater system alignment in the Canadian context.

Volume Cxxxii, Number 4, October 10, 2014, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: 10/10/2014, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

The Ground Slate Transition On The Northwest Coast: Establishing A Chronological Framework, Joshua Daniel Dinwiddie

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis establishes the earliest appearance of ground slate points at 50 locations throughout the Northwest Coast of North America. Ground slate points are a tool common among maritime hunter-gatherers, but rare among hunter-gatherers who utilize terrestrial subsistence strategies; ground slate points are considered one of the archaeological hallmarks of mid-to-late Holocene Northwest Coast peoples. The appearance of ground slate points in the archaeological record is frequently marked by a concurrent decline in the prevalence of flaked stone points, a phenomenon often referred to as "the ground slate transition." Until now, the specific timing of the appearance of these tools …

Factorial Validity Of An Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale For Seniors In The Nurses’ Health Study, Heather A. Starnes, Meghan H. Mcdonough, Kosuke Tamura, Peter James, Francine Laden, Philip J. Troped

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background

Using validated measures of individuals’ perceptions of their neighborhood built environment is important for accurately estimating effects on physical activity. However, no studies to date have examined the factorial validity of a measure of perceived neighborhood environment among older adults in the United States. The purpose of this measurement study was to test the factorial validity of a version of the Abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS-A) modified for seniors in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS).

Findings

A random sample of 2,920 female nurses (mean age = 73 ± 7 years) in the NHS cohort from California, Massachusetts, and …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 9-15, 2014. Vol. 98, No. 2.

Joint Influence Of Individual Choices, Parenting Practices, And Physician Advice On Adolescent Obesity, Nebraska, 2008, Hongmei Wang, Jungyoon Kim, Dejun Su, Liyan Xu, Li-Wu Chen, Terry T-K. Huang

Publications and Research

Introduction Reducing childhood obesity remains a public health priority given its high prevalence and its association with increased risk of adult obesity and chronic diseases. The objective of this study was to examine the joint influence of multiple risk factors on adolescent overweight status. Methods We conducted a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adolescents aged 12 to 19 years in fall 2008 in a Midwestern city in Nebraska. On the basis of survey data for 791 youths aged 12 to 18 years, we conducted latent class analysis to group youths by the joint occurrence of dietary behavior, physical activity, parenting practices, …

Mississippi State University - All Campuses - Unduplicated, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Enrollment Data

No abstract provided.