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Eat, Sleep, Console For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Babies, Kathryn Patton
Eat, Sleep, Console For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Babies, Kathryn Patton
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) is a complex disorder that manifests with neurologic, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disturbances and is most often associated with opioid withdrawal. In the US, 6 out of 1,000 babies are born to mothers who used opioids during their pregnancy. These babies go on to develop NAS. Androscoggin County, where Central Maine Medical Center is located, has an even higher rate of babies with NAS: 100 out of 1,000. Most institutions use the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring System (FNASS) to guide pharmacologic treatment. This system assigns a score based on 21 clinical signs of withdrawal with a score …
When To Bring Your Child To The Emergency Room: A Pamphlet For Parents, Trina Thornburgh
When To Bring Your Child To The Emergency Room: A Pamphlet For Parents, Trina Thornburgh
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
For decades, emergency departments (EDs) have struggled with overuse. Children who receive their primary care at a community health clinic or who are Medicaid-insured are twice as likely as private practice patients to seek care in the ED. Additionally, many New American families do not have a comprehensive understanding of the US healthcare system. A pamphlet was created as a health literacy intervention for parents to better understand when to call 911, visit the ED, or go to a primary care provider. The pamphlet is being translated into 8 languages commonly spoken by New American families in Chittenden County, VT.
What To Expect: Patient Education To Improve Follow-Up For Well Child Visits In Rutland, Vt, Christina A. Dawson
What To Expect: Patient Education To Improve Follow-Up For Well Child Visits In Rutland, Vt, Christina A. Dawson
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Well-child visits (WCVs) are the cornerstone of pediatric preventative care. Attendance at these visits may prevent illness, reduce adverse side-effects associated with some conditions, and improve health behaviors. Despite this fact, many patients are still missing routine visits, particularly in lower income communities across the United States, like Rutland, VT. The goal of this project is to implement the creation of parent educational handouts distributed at routine visits at CHCRR Family Practice in Rutland, VT, to provide anticipatory guidance and improve attendance of pediatric well visits from birth to 5 years old.