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Evaluating the Effectiveness of QR Code in Expansion of Reach Out and Read Carolinas' Initiative to Increase Health Literacy on Oral Health and Vaccinations
(2022-07-22)
Poor health literacy, or HL, is crucial in predicting less optimal health outcomes. Low HL can negatively affect informed decision-making in important healthcare decisions. Therefore, parental health literacy is of ...
Implicit Bias Education For Healthcare Employees
(2022-07-25)
Implicit bias affects all aspects of healthcare. The need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare has surfaced as a critical issue. Socioeconomic and racial disparities persist. The impact of implicit bias ...
Improving Cancer Patient Outcomes by Redesigning Chemotherapy Education
(2022-07-25)
Advances in medicine and patient care coordination, has transitioned oncology care outside of the hospital and into ambulatory cancer centers. Despite initiatives to provide high-quality patient-centered coordinated-care, ...
Caritas Certification Program Impact on Human Services Leadership
(2022-07-25)
Health care organizations have a hidden treasure within their acute care settings that can expand the ability to improve the experiences of care by achieving improved team engagement of the second-largest workforce. On ...
Screening for Risk Stratification of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
(2022-07-25)
An estimated 34 million Americans aged 18 and older have diabetes, with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) being the majority diagnosis and at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease. Less than 20% of diabetic patients meet or are ...
Closing Treatment Gaps for Adult Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disorders Through the Use of an Educational Module for College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Students
(2022-07-25)
Educational module for doctor of nursing practice students on primary care considerations for adults with an intellectual or developmental disability.
Promoting Wellness using Motivational Interviewing in Pediatric Obesity
(2022-07-24)
The prevalence of pediatric obesity continues to rise, and pediatric primary care providers are centrally placed as initial health care contacts to address prevention and treatment of pediatric obesity. Yet, during routine ...
Reach out and Read: Expanding Child Immunization and Oral Health Literacy Using Quick Response Codes in Pediatric Clinics in North Carolina.
(2022-07-18)
Health literacy is essential for positive patient health outcomes. Low literacy among parents, guardians, and patients negatively affects health choices that impact overall health. Reach out and Read (ROR) partners with ...
The Efficacy of Behavioral Interventions in Primary Care Management of Obesity in African American Women
(2022-07-26)
Over 40% of the adult population within the project site were identified as obese, with the majority being women. A gap in care was identified in effective behavioral interventions for weight loss promotion in high-risk ...
Increasing Palliative Medicine Presence in Heart Failure Admissions
(2022-07-25)
The Palliative Medicine team at a 182-bed hospital in a suburban area desired to grow its presence in the heart failure population by increasing consultation rates. A DNP project created at the site included the Palliative ...