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Chronic Malnutrition In Guatemala, Nicholas Bishop, Susan Mcilvaine

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Poster includes:

• What is chronic malnutrition and what causes it?
• Why address malnutrition?
• Addressing the problem

Care In Columbia: What We Can Glean From South American Medicine, Neil Flannery Haidorfer, Robert Simmons, Drph, Mph, Mches, Cph

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The information presented is the product of a two month international rotation at Medellin General Hospital and the non-profit pediatric clinic, Santa Ana through an academic affiliation with La Universidad CES in Medellin, Antioquia. The goal of the rotation was to obtain an understanding of healthcare in Columbia and identify potential practices that could be utilized in the U.S.

Patient-Centered Cardiac Risk Communication, Roma Amin, Mark Berguson, Marianna Lanoue, Phd, Geoffrey Mills, Md, Phd, Manisha Verma, Md, Mph

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More than a third of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in America is primarily due to modifiable risk factors. This reflects the significant impact that patient behavior could have on health outcomes. Our solution is to develop a tool that would convert Framingham Risk Score (FRS) – the gold standard of cardiac risk assessment – into a personalized mode that best incorporates patient’s desires and abilities, and that ultimately elicits behavior change. The first phase in this project was to understand how physicians are currently assessing cardiac risk.

The Contribution Of Schizophrenia To Homelessness: Analysis Of The Housing First Model And Possible Prevention Of Serious Mental Illness, Elijah Grillo

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The Problem

• 2.6 million schizophrenics in the US accounting for more inpatient treatment days than any other medical illness (national cost: $62 billion/year).

• 6% (~160,000) are homeless or live in shelters

• Make up 36% of the 700,000 homeless individuals in the US.

Asthma Questionnaire For An Immigrant Chinese Population, Ho-Hin Choy, Whitney Shiau, Md, Audrey Lung Md, Faap

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Asthma is a key public health problem for the pediatric population of the United States. 7 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with asthma at some point in their lives (1). Asthma remains a disease that occurs in higher rates among minority populations. Those living in inner-city environments are most at risk. A study performed in an inner-city area of Boston, MA showed that 16% of an Asian American school age population had previously diagnosed asthma with an additional 3% having possible undiagnosed asthma (2). Northeast Medical Services (NEMS), a federally qualified community health center (FQHC), serves …

Supplementary Trainings On Non-Medical Topics For Community Health Workers In Mutsengo, Kenya, Steven Fox

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• Assessed needs and looked for solutions that are
• Executed and maintained locally Income-generating
• Provided skills trainings to CHWs on these topics
• Help initiate projects using these skills
• These projects show some modest continuing success

Helping Refugees Navigate The Health Care Maze, Jenna Fox, Andy Kay

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Jenna’s main focus during her Bridging the Gaps assignment at NSC was an outcomes assessment for use in grant applications. Her side projects included client service and education development

Health Care Delivery And Community Development In Rural Nepal, Abdul-Razaq Adeniyi

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The barriers to health delivery and access to care in the developing world have numerous origins. From poverty and education, to environmental and cultural factors, the immense complexity of the problem demands innovative, dynamic, and comprehensive treatment models. Through a 5 week research and observational internship at Dhulikhel Hospital, in Dhulikhel Nepal, I was able to observe how the public health and community outreach arm or the hospital engaged in an effective model of delivery incorporating community participation, economic development, an innovative collaboration.

Mural Painting In South Philadelphia: A Means Of Addressing Racism Directed Against Bhutanese And Burmese Refugees, And Improving Health Outcomes, Meera Bhardwaj

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INTRODUCTION

• Acculturation is the process of adjusting personal behavior patterns in response to prolonged interaction with another culture [1, 2].
• Discrimination in the host country significantly affects the acculturation process. Refugees have an extremely high risk for discrimination [3]. Discrimination exacerbates existing mental health conditions and activates the HPA [4].
• In the South Philadelphia refugees from Bhutan and Myanmar have been resettled into the neighborhood of East Passyunk/Moymensing. This demographic change has unfortunately resulted in acts of discrimination by the local community against the refugees.
• Mural Arts is painting a mural in the heart of this neighborhood. This mural will …

Growing Green Communities Through Urban Gardening In Haddington, Allison Rague, Zach Goldstein

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Allison, Krista, and Zach worked on a farm and surrounding community gardens with high school students from Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). The 25 PYN youths were divided into groups and focused on different projects related to urban gardening. The groups included social media, marketing, garden/landscape design, environmental education, and construction/ farm maintenance. Each youth was given the opportunity to explore his or her own interests within the realm of farming.

The Current State Of Health Care In China, Jonathan Yadlosky

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After decentralizing health management in the early 1980s, China’s health care system developed many of the problems that we in the United States are currently working to solve. Though China is literally on the other side of the world, I think we might learn a few very important lessons from a close look at their successes, failures, trends, and goals in health care administration and delivery.

Wellbody Alliance, Sierra Leone, Kevin Rurak

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Pharmacy Project:

Inventory database development

• Streamlined tracking of daily and monthly drug dispensing
• New database to plan requisitions based on trends

Jeffhealth Soil-Transmitted Helminths, David Maniscalco

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Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are known to be a significant problem in Rwanda. The Ministry of Health and individual villages are aware of its impact on people’s health and well-being as well as its impact on the country’s economy. The goal of the JeffHEALTH project is to educate poor, rural villages in Rwanda so that village members can take the knowledge they gain, put it into practice and share this knowledge with generations to come.

Assessing The Health Needs Of The Burmese And Bhutanese Refugees In South Philadelphia, Patricia Tolu-Ajayi

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While refugees initially receive government aid (eg, Refugee Medical Assistance) upon arrival to the US, they often have unresolved medical concerns that persist beyond their initial period of government assistance (8 Months). To address these unmet health needs, Refugee Health Partners at Thomas Jefferson University started a free clinic targeting refugees from Bhutan and Burma living in South Philadelphia. An important finding from this clinic was that many refugees do not utilize the health care system, regardless of insurance status. Consequently, it is not known what health and social issues are most prevalent.

Continued Clinic Staff Education, Joseph S. Hong

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Improving patient care by providing teaching sessions to hospital and clinic staff. The staff include medical assistants, technicians, and front office staff. The desired result would be to create an environment of scientific curiosity and improved understanding, for what the patients are dealing with. Thereby improving empathetic care when interacting with the patient.

Analysis Of Importance Of Implementing Spiritual Assessment And Care Of Patients In Clinical Settings, You Na Park

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Health professionals need to take care of patients’ spirituality, evaluate various spiritual approaches from both professional and public voices, and address concerns and potential conflicts in meeting the patients’ spiritual needs. There is a number of strategies and solutions to addressing the concerns of spiritual assessments and management of the patients in clinical setting.

Where Are They Now? Understanding How Src Directorship Influences Medical Student Career Trajectories And Outcomes Post-Graduation, Anita Modi,, Ann Vale, James D. Plumb, Md, Mph

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JeffHOPE, a student-run clinic (SRC) designed to empower and care for Philadelphia's underserved population, was established in 1991 by the students of Jefferson Medical College. Since its inception, the program has been led by over 100 student directors, who oversee each of the five JeffHOPE clinics staffed by fellow medical students every week. But where are the directors now, and how did their leadership experiences caring for the underserved influence their career trajectories? Through the administration of a 20-question survey, we aimed to explore the experiences and accomplishments of medical student directors throughout the 20-year history of JeffHOPE, as well …