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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Patient Education as Topic"”.
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A Parent's Guide to Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
The goal of this project was to create an online parent education resource to guide parents through the process of pediatric epilepsy surgery. I created an interactive, web-based program that included photographs documenting the process, brain scans, illustrations of brain anatomy, success-story …
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A Patient Education Packet for Transtibial Amputees Including Instructional DVD and Booklet
A patient education packet that would be available to recent transtibial amputees, created to promote the proper care and cleaning of the prosthesis and to help give the patient a sense of confidence and independence. The packet consists of two elements, a DVD and a booklet. Both elements were …
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Developing an Intervention to Promote Lethal Means Safety in Suicidal Adolescents
Suicide in adolescents has become an epidemic with limited understanding of the most effective interventions to reduce suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths. Despite this uncertainty, research points to lethal means counseling with the parent of the suicidal teen as crucial and potentially the …
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A Comprehensive Patient Education Video for Radiosurgery of the Central Nervous System
A supplemental video file was submitted as part of the thesis approval, but it was not uploaded due to size restrictions at the time of submission. The file is not available.
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Optimizing Glucose Meter Downloads at Parkland Diabetes Clinic
… Diabetes is a common chronic condition that has vast health and economic consequences. Diabetes requires constant monitoring and attention to various metabolic variables. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) levels has been shown to reduce microvascular and macrovascular disease …
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The Psychosocial Impact of a Social Interaction Skills Training (SIST) Workshop for Vitiligo Patients
The general metadata -- e.g., title, author, abstract, subject headings, etc. -- is publicly available, but access to the submitted files is restricted to UT Southwestern campus access and/or authorized UT Southwestern users.
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Empowering Patients: Simplifying Discharge Instructions
BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that many patients leave the ED with partial comprehension of their visit and discharge instructions. Patients who are not adequately informed as to their discharge plans have decreased compliance with medications and treatment plans, decreased patient safety, …
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Impact of a Community-Developed Nutrition Fotonovela Versus a Brochure on Dietary Practice in the Dominican Republic
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the Dominican Republic, and diet is one of the main factors contributing to its development (World Health Organization, 2016; Mokdad et al., 2018). A fotonovela is similar to a comic book but uses photographs to tell a story …
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Improving Awareness of Skin Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients of Color
… waiting list is composed of skin of color patients. Skin cancer in skin of color is associated with higher morbidity and mortality and has a different clinical presentation and risk factors. Yet, skin cancer prevention resources and efforts are primarily focused on non-skin of color …
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Impact of a Community-Developed Nutrition Fotonovela Versus a Brochure on Dietary Practice in the Dominican Republic
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of mortality in the Dominican Republic, and diet is one of the main factors contributing to its development (World Health Organization, 2016; Mokdad et al., 2018). A fotonovela is similar to a comic book but uses photographs to tell a story …
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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Program in a Free Clinic Setting
… racial and ethnic minority groups. Self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring has been shown to promote HTN self-management and improve blood pressure (BP) control, but few studies have assessed SMBP in medically underserved populations. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a program …
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Aligning Patients' Defibrillator Status with their Goals of Care: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Project at Parkland Hospital
… that prevent death from certain cardiac arrythmias. More than 150,000 devices are implanted in the United States annually. Because a patients' goals may evolve over time, current guidelines direct providers to discuss goals of care and ICD deactivation with patients. However, many patients do not …