Integrating Housing & Health: A Health-Focused Evaluation At Bud Clark Commons,
2014
Providence
Integrating Housing & Health: A Health-Focused Evaluation At Bud Clark Commons, Core The Center For Outcomes Research & Education Providence Health & Services
Articles, Abstracts, and Reports
No abstract provided.
Primary Care Physician Shortage: Increased Demand And Insufficient Supply,
2014
Providence College
Primary Care Physician Shortage: Increased Demand And Insufficient Supply, Sara Gorham
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is attempting to reform the organization, delivery and reimbursement rates associated with the health care system. The current healthcare system supports the provision of fragmented, uncoordinated care, which has contributed to its high costs and has led to a system that is not strongly based on primary care. As a result of this system, the unfavorable stigma of the primary care field, and the much higher income made by specialists, there is a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs). This paper will first describe and analyze the current primary care physician shortage and the factors …
Electronic Health Records And Rural Hospitals,
2014
Providence College
Electronic Health Records And Rural Hospitals, Kaitlin Bischoff
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
Nearly 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas and are not resistant to many of the U.S. healthcare challenges such as cost, quality, and access. In fact, the distinguishing cultural, social, economic, and geographic traits which characterize rural America place rural populations at greater risk for many diseases and health disorders. Like those in urban settings, people from rural areas have been affected by the use of health information technology, where treatment is now data-intensive, and there are more options and greater expectations of quality and accountability. Due to cost, geographic and social traits, and the digital divide …
Public Transportation: Perceptions Of Filth Contributing To Poor Health,
2014
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Science
Public Transportation: Perceptions Of Filth Contributing To Poor Health, Dashka Bernard
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
Public transportation vehicles such as trains or buses have a reputation as unsanitary. Many riders of public transit are concerned with the health risks they are facing in regards to contagion. Perceptions of cleanliness derive from public health historically, with class, morality, and good health tied together in the American public’s attitudes. Certainly, infectious disease and sanitation are directly correlated in many instances, such as in the highly overcrowded and dirty cities in the early twentieth-century United States. Those living in filthy conditions (particularly, lower class individuals) were not only prone to becoming ill, but also considered to be immoral …
State Medicaid Programs: A Trifocal Examination Of The Controversy Surrounding Expansion,
2014
Providence College
State Medicaid Programs: A Trifocal Examination Of The Controversy Surrounding Expansion, Meredith Daly
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
The conversation regarding Medicaid expansion is ever-changing as states grapple with whether to expand their existing programs. Through this now-optional piece of legislation, state governments can choose to extend healthcare coverage via the federal government to millions of previously uninsured citizens. In order to understand and form an opinion on the controversy over expanding Medicaid programs, the issue demands to be looked at through three varying lenses. The first and most important lens is social. Several studies are examined to show that with expansion, there is a high correlation with better health outcomes; without it there is a care gap …
Comprehensive State-Mandated Insurance Coverage Of Infertility Treatments In Minimum Benefits Packages Of Employee Health Insurance,
2014
Providence College
Comprehensive State-Mandated Insurance Coverage Of Infertility Treatments In Minimum Benefits Packages Of Employee Health Insurance, Danielle Petrilli
Annual Undergraduate Conference on Health and Society
Minimum benefits packages for employee health insurance plans usually only include the basic coverage necessary to survive in an attempt to control costs, similar to the new categorization of essential health benefits (EHBs) outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, in some cases, the advantages that accompany the inclusion of higher-‐level, more expensive services in a minimum benefits package actually lead to decreased costs over time. Coverage of infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, is an example of a higher-‐level service that actually leads to lower health care costs in the long run. The decrease …
Workshop: Harnessing Community-Engaged Scholarship For Collective Action To Improve Population Health,
2014
University of Kentucky
Workshop: Harnessing Community-Engaged Scholarship For Collective Action To Improve Population Health, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
This workshop for researchers in the health and human services fields examines strategies for organizing community-engaged and practice-based research studies focused on improving population health.
Harnessing Community Engaged Scholarship For Collective Action To Improve Population Health,
2014
University of Kentucky
Harnessing Community Engaged Scholarship For Collective Action To Improve Population Health, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
The growing body of theoretical and empirical scholarship on collective action problems offers important lessons about strategies for improving health on a population-wide basis.
Factors That Influence Student Selection Of Educational Leadership Master’S Programs At Regional Universities,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Factors That Influence Student Selection Of Educational Leadership Master’S Programs At Regional Universities, Pam Winn, Lesley F. Leach, Susan Erwin, Liza Benedict
Administrative Issues Journal
Graduate enrollment numbers in Educational Leadership programs have dwindled at many public higher education institutions. At the same time, for-profit institutions and institutions with private marketing partnerships have experienced increasingly greater enrollments. Many public institutions are reevaluating their marketing and recruiting strategies as they struggle to compete for students. Central to any marketing strategy is knowledge of the needs and wants of consumers; in the case of higher education, the consumers are students. This study sought to determine the needs and wants of Master’s-level Educational Leadership students by investigating the factors that influenced students’ selections of programs as well as …
Principals’ Perceived Supervisory Behaviors Regarding Marginal Teachers In Two States,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Principals’ Perceived Supervisory Behaviors Regarding Marginal Teachers In Two States, Bret Range, Paul Hewitt, Suzie Young
Administrative Issues Journal
This descriptive study used an online survey to determine how principals in two states viewed the supervision of marginal teachers. Principals ranked their own evaluation of the teacher as the most important factor when identifying marginal teachers and relied on informal methods to diagnose marginal teaching. Female principals rated a majority of supervisory methods and data sources as being more useful and the importance of formative assessments and teachers’ self-reflection as significantly more important than did male principals. Female principals adopted a procedural style, while males identified with the situational style when working with marginal teachers.
Organizational Training And Relationship Building For Increasing Public Participation In A Public School District,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Organizational Training And Relationship Building For Increasing Public Participation In A Public School District, John Poynton, Carole Makela, Don Haddad
Administrative Issues Journal
From the early twentieth century to the present, citizen participation in U.S. public institutions—particularly schools—has continually decreased. The trend has been linked to the bureaucratization of public schools and their increasing reliance on expert knowledge for solutions to school- and education-related problems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a parent training program designed to increase a school district’s capacity for public participation by parents and other citizens. The program—known as Leadership St. Vrain—provided citizens knowledge about school district operations and management (know-how) and relationship-building opportunities with key decision makers (know-who). This article focuses on the …
Public Health Services & Systems Research: Taking The Pulse Of The Field,
2014
University of Kentucky
Public Health Services & Systems Research: Taking The Pulse Of The Field, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
New research is continuing to reveal pathways for improving health and reducing health disparities at reasonable costs through multi-sector public health strategies.
Palliative Medicine Competency Education In Emergency Medicine Residency Training: A Preliminary Report,
2014
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Palliative Medicine Competency Education In Emergency Medicine Residency Training: A Preliminary Report, Chadd K. Kraus Do, Mph, Matthew Meyers Bs, Bryan G. Kane Md, Marna R. Greenberg Do, Mph, Facep
Department of Emergency Medicine
No abstract provided.
Maintaining The Boundaries: Teacher Preparation Program Admission Criteria For Screening Quality Candidates,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Maintaining The Boundaries: Teacher Preparation Program Admission Criteria For Screening Quality Candidates, Rebekah Miller-Levy, Diane Taylor, Laurie Hawke
Administrative Issues Journal
This study examines several Texas university-based teacher preparation program screening measures and admission criteria. The researchers examined those measures stipulated in the Texas Administrative Code, as well as criteria that exceeded those required by the state. Identifying these measures and criteria will allow programs to maintain the boundaries of who becomes a teacher, thus providing the quality teachers required to educate productive members of society.
The Public Health Pbrn Program: A Status Update,
2014
University of Kentucky
The Public Health Pbrn Program: A Status Update, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
As of 2014 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Program has engaged more than 1600 U.S. public health agencies in research production and application, generating more than 60 ongoing and completed empirical studies, 70 peer-reviewed publications, and 200 presentations and professional and scientific meetings.
Developing Service Delivery Measures For Studies Of Practice Variation: The Mprove Study,
2014
University of Kentucky
Developing Service Delivery Measures For Studies Of Practice Variation: The Mprove Study, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
The Multi-Network Practice and Outcome Variation (MPROVE) Study supports investigations of the causes and consequences of variation in public health service delivery through collecting a standardized set of delivery measures across more than 300 local practice settings in 6 states. The measures characterize volume, intensity, quality, efficiency, and equity of service delivery in three core domains of chronic disease prevention, communicable disease control, and environmental health protection.
Creating Learning Systems: Lessons From Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks,
2014
University of Kentucky
Creating Learning Systems: Lessons From Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks, Glen P. Mays
Health Management and Policy Presentations
Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide powerful mechanisms for implementing research studies that evaluate the health and economic effects of delivery system innovations. This presentation reviews strategies, emerging findings, and lessons learned from PBRNs and related studies conducted in U.S. public health settings. We give special focus to studies that examine multi-organizational and cross-sectoral strategies for population health improvement.
Learning From The Past: Dual Credit,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Learning From The Past: Dual Credit, Nicole Mansell, Madeline Justice
Administrative Issues Journal
This study involved identifying, categorizing, and comparing critical incidents related to qualifying dual credit high school students’ decisions to enroll or not to enroll in dual credit coursework in either a traditional or early college high school. The purpose of the study was (a) to identify the reasons qualifying students decide to enroll in dual credit courses in a traditional or early college high school and (b) to identify the reasons qualifying students choose the traditional versus the early college high school. For this qualitative study, the research method employed was the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) developed by John Flanagan …
Perceptions Of Preceptors And Students On The Importance Of Writing,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Perceptions Of Preceptors And Students On The Importance Of Writing, Tina T. Fields, Jeff J. Hatala, Richard F. Nauert
Administrative Issues Journal
Health administration programs vary from other administrative programs based on emphasis in writing. Prior studies about writing skills in professional degree programs show student writing skills are not at a professional level. There is no literature at present that identifies important and essential writing skills related specifically to undergraduate or graduate health administration programs. This pilot study surveys graduate and undergraduate programs’ residency preceptors to identify the important skills and forms of written communication used in the workplace and surveys students to discover their perceptions of what skills and written work they will perform in their initial job. Results show …
Stragegies For Attracting And Retaining Teachers,
2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Stragegies For Attracting And Retaining Teachers, Paul Bland, Edwin Church, Mingchu Luo
Administrative Issues Journal
Attracting and retaining high quality teachers is a challenge for many school districts. This is especially true in a time of increased accountability and limited resources. This report details best practice in the training, hiring, improvement, and retention of high quality teaching staff. The authors explain how school leaders can attract quality teaching staff, provide effective new teacher induction programs, and establish procedures that will assist in retaining the best of the best teaching staff.
