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Food Insecurity In Oncology Patients: An Educational Intervention For Nurses, Chinelo Pernilla Onwuazombe Jan 2022

Food Insecurity In Oncology Patients: An Educational Intervention For Nurses, Chinelo Pernilla Onwuazombe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractFood insecurity is not having enough food or resources or not being able to procure nutritious foods. An observation that nurses in one oncology clinic rarely assessed their patients for food insecurity as part of their regular assessment led to the development and testing of an educational intervention for nurses which was to create awareness on the importance of assessing food insecurity among oncology patients and to learn to use the Household Food Insecurity Assess Scale (HFIAS) in assessing patients. Summative evaluation was done using a pre/and posttest. The Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and the Virginia Henderson nursing need theories …


The Relationship Between Advanced Payment Model Providers And Patient Behavior, Harry Petaway Jan 2021

The Relationship Between Advanced Payment Model Providers And Patient Behavior, Harry Petaway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Public health initiatives include vaccination and screening efforts to reduce the burden of disease. This study addressed colorectal cancer (CRC) screening behaviors of accountable care organization (ACO) patients with different social determinants of health and providers’ ability to comply with the Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) quality measure ACO #19. This study followed the socioecological model and a cross-sectional quantitative design to assess data from the MSSP public use file 2019 across three manuscripts to expand on current literature. The purpose was to determine whether patient behavior was the primary driver to improve healthcare quality. Study results showed that performance …


Pain Management, Gender, And Quality Of Life In Cancer Patients, John Robert Buhmeyer Jan 2018

Pain Management, Gender, And Quality Of Life In Cancer Patients, John Robert Buhmeyer

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The type of cancer pain management used may have an effect on the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. Researchers have determined that cancer patients are inadequately treated for pain and pain management is an essential determinant of patient survivability and QOL. Numerous clinical studies have been accomplished concerning opioid administration and noncancer and cancer pain management exist. Previous studies have examined the relationship between cannabinoid products, noncancer pain, cancer pain, and related QOL for patients but have not focused on the QOL of cancer patients while also moderating for gender. These relationships were investigated using the health belief …


Socioeconomic Status And Cancer Risks In Employer-Insured Cancer Survivors, Christine Clinton Jan 2018

Socioeconomic Status And Cancer Risks In Employer-Insured Cancer Survivors, Christine Clinton

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Chronic illnesses such as cancer continue to be among the costliest for employers who provide health insurance to their employees. Despite efforts to incorporate health improvement programs in the workplace, there are concerns about the effectiveness of these programs that do not always deliver a positive return on investment. Little is known about the specific socioeconomic status of employees for whom these workplace health improvement programs are designed for. Guided by the social-ecological model, this study sought to understand the relationship between cancer health risks about socioeconomic factors among cancer survivors in the employer-insured population. Data were extracted from the …