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Prevention, Intervention And Evaluation Of Maternal Child Health Programs And Practices, Diane J. Abatemarco, Phd, Msw

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

PowerPoint presentation given by Diane Abatemarco, PhD, MSW.

Office Based Prevention Of Child Abuse And Neglect: Lessons Learned From The Practicing Safety Quiin Project, Diane Abatemarco, Phd, Msw, Ruth Gubernick, Mph, Steve Kairys, Md, Mph, Faap

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Parental behavior effects child psychosocial development. Parents who once had the benefits and supports of extended families and communities are now more isolated in their parenting. The isolation of families increases stress. New parents receive little education and support to deal with stress and the added stress of a newborn or their very young children. This poster presentation will describe a quality improvement project based in pediatric practices. The study was designed to test methods to increase anticipatory guidance, screening, and referral for psychosocial development. The project included physician use of chart data to identify outcomes of their enhanced care. …

Fitwits Md: An Intervention To Prevent Childhood Obesity, Diane J. Abatemarco, Phd, Msw, Ann Mcgaffey, Md, Ilene Katz Jewell, Mshyg, Susan K. Fidler, Md, Kristin Hughes, Mfa

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to describe a comprehensive evaluation undertaken to study the feasibility of Fitwits MD, an intervention designed to assist primary care physicians to increase health fluency and affect wellness choices of children and their families. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic but there are few if any successful interventions to alter the course of childhood obesity. The intervention was created through the use of participatory design.

Ferric Gluconate Yields Cost-Savings In Hemodialysis Patients With High Ferritin And Low Tsat: Results From The Drive Studies, Laura T. Pizzi, Thomas J. Bunz, David S. Goldfarb, Daniel W. Coyne, Ajay K. Singh

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Purpose: One third of hemodialysis patients have high serum ferritin levels and low transferrin saturation (TSAT). The purpose of this analysis was to determine the cost effectiveness of administering 1g of sodium ferric gluconate complex (SFGC: also referred to as ferric gluconate) to patients with serum ferritin >500ng/mL and TSAT ≤25% based on the Dialysis Patients Response to IV Iron with Elevated Ferritin (DRIVE) study and its 6-week observational extension (DRIVE-II). In these studies, IV iron administration resulted in reduced epoetin requirements.

Methods: Decision analysis was performed using a time horizon of 12 weeks, consistent with the combined duration of …

Perception Of Breakthrough Pain In Patients With Chronic Painful Conditions, L. T. Pizzi, S. P. Lee, D. Richardson, N. Cobb, B. Leas, R. Toner, V. Pracilio, S. K. Ballas, A. Ashkenazi, C. T. Derk, D. Wang, E. Desousa

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Objective: To understand how patients with chronic non-cancer pain define and describe pain flares.

Resource Utilization Due To Breakthrough Pain In Patients With Chronic Painful Conditions, L. T. Pizzi, S. P. Lee, D. Richardson, N. Cobb, B. Leas, R. Toner, V. Pracilio, S. K. Ballas, A. Ashkenazi, C. T. Derk, D. Wang, E. Desousa

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Objectives
Primary: To capture healthcare resource consumption and work loss in a population of patients with chronic pain who have pain flares from one or more non-cancer conditions.

Secondary: To explore the relationship between anxiety, depression, and pain in this population.

Identifying Inaccuracies On Emergency Medicine Residency Applications., Eric D Katz, Lee Shockley, Lawrence Kass, David Howes, Janis P Tupesis, Christopher Weaver, Osman R Sayan, Victoria Hogan, Jason Begue, Diamond Vrocher, Jackie Frazer, Timothy Evans, Gene Hern, Ralph Riviello, Antonio Rivera, Keith Kinoshita, Edward Ferguson

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Previous trials have showed a 10-30% rate of inaccuracies on applications to individual residency programs. No studies have attempted to corroborate this on a national level. Attempts by residency programs to diminish the frequency of inaccuracies on applications have not been reported. We seek to clarify the national incidence of inaccuracies on applications to emergency medicine residency programs. METHODS: This is a multi-center, single-blinded, randomized, cohort study of all applicants from LCME accredited schools to involved EM residency programs. Applications were randomly selected to investigate claims of AOA election, advanced degrees and publications. Errors were reported to applicants' deans …