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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"pediatric health"”.
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Neonatal Resuscitation: Interactive Flash Cards for Pediatric Health Professionals
The file named "GhuzziSuzanne.pdf" is the primary dissertation file. To view the supplemental flash card file, click on the file named "ghuzzi_nrp_flashcards.swf".
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The Effects of Discourse on Pediatric Health Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Child Sex
… in parent child discourse about weight related health decisions. Incremental themes are expected to be related to better pediatric health outcomes (BMI, physical activity, diet, and body image). A moderation model is proposed whereby links between parent child discourse and pediatric health …
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CAPITALISM, CONTRACEPTION AND CHEMICALS: A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREMATURE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT EPIDEMIC IN PUERTO RICAN FEMALES
… dynamic, biosocial approach in studying this pediatric health phenomenon. Methods: This research began with a literature review of mixed-methods data. Literature sources were segmented by qualitative and quantitative methods. Each source was read and had corresponding handwritten notes that …
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CAPITALISM, CONTRACEPTION AND CHEMICALS: A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREMATURE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT EPIDEMIC IN PUERTO RICAN FEMALES
… dynamic, biosocial approach in studying this pediatric health phenomenon. Methods: This research began with a literature review of mixed-methods data. Literature sources were segmented by qualitative and quantitative methods. Each source was read and had corresponding handwritten notes that …
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Extent to Which Social Workers Use NASW Ethical Standards
… advances and the commodification of health care create complicated ethical considerations for these social workers. These facts and my experience with ethical dilemmas and problems in pediatric health care led me to investigate whether social workers in children's hospitals were …
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Modeling Utilization of Planned Information Technology
… was tested with systems being implemented at a pediatric health care facility. Results from this study provide insight into the relationship between the antecedents of technology utilization. Specifically, task time provided significant direct causal effects on utilization. Indirect causal …
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Information provision, informational value, and relational support: assessing perceptions of pediatric family-centered communication as predictors of weight-related outcomes in preschool children
… overweight adults compared with those in a healthy weight range (CDC, Vital Signs, 2013; Ogden, Carrol, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). Pediatric well-child visits are arguably one of the most opportune times to address weight-related problems and obesogenic behavioral patterns at both the family and …
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Exploring Pediatric Healthcare Initiatives of Non-Governmental Organizations in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
Objective: To explore and describe how healthcare non-governmental organizations provide and evaluate programs and services that result in positive and sustainable health outcomes in children and adolescents living in low-and middle-income countries and to better understand the role of nursing …
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Documenting dreams : patient-centered records versus practice-centered records
… to share their knowledge within and across healthcare settings. In addressing this question I draw on a 15-month, multi-sited ethnographic study in several pediatric health care settings, following patients from primary care clinics, to emergency rooms, and in-patient units. The analysis …
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A Roadmap for the Journey Home - A Supplemental Tool Guiding Patients from Hospital to Home
… have recognized readmission rates as a public health problem. CMS incentivizes hospitals to reduce readmission rates and reduce payments for hospitals with high readmission rates (Berry et al., 2013). Patient education and discharge planning are associated with decreased readmission rates. I …
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Improving pediatric influenza vaccination rates in the primary care setting
… Caregiver vaccine hesitancy (VH) is a barrier to pediatric health. Current pediatric vaccination rates nationwide fall below the national recommendations. Understanding contributors to individualized hesitancy while employing motivational interviewing (MI) techniques can reduce caregiver …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
… pain. Until the late 1990s, SCD was seen as a pediatric health condition as people were not expected to live beyond their childhood. However, due to the advancements in medicine, people living with sickle cell disease (PLWSCD), in economically advanced countries, are living longer into …
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Evaluation of the Role of Adjunctive Corticosteroids in the Management of Children Hospitalized with Orbital Cellulitis
… orbital cellulitis. Design/Methods Using the Pediatric Health Information System, we performed a retrospective cohort analysis of children aged 2 months to 18 years old hospitalized with orbital cellulitis from 2007 to 2014. Propensity score matching was performed to match children with …
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Empirical essays on health care for children and families
… essays investigating different aspects of health care for children and families. The first essay examines the effectiveness of adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for preventive pediatric health care. Using a national longitudinal sample of children age two years and …
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An Evidence Based Practice Training and Educational Curriculum for Adolescent Mental Health Promotion
… but only one the risk factors for mental health can be impacted by healthcare providers. The prevalence rate of mental health disorders, worldwide and in Alaska, in adolescents continues to rise, indicating that this is a priority age to promote the development of positive mental health. …
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Selection of an Evidence-Based Pediatric Weight Management Program for the Dan River Region
Background: Efficacious pediatric weight management (PWM) programs have existed for over two decades, but there is limited evidence that these programs have been translated into regular practice. There is even less evidence that they have reached communities experiencing health disparities where …
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Can the environmental protection agency's air quality index (AQI) be used to predict pediatric emergency room admissions for asthma?
… by the general public to be forewarned of unhealthy air quality days. This study reviewed daily ER admissions at an urban pediatric hospital in Dallas, Texas for the months of May through September 2000, in an effort to predict increased admissions for asthma during high ozone episodes. If …
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Incidence and treatment modality trends in pediatric tibial fractures: a PHIS database study
BACKGROUND: Tibial shaft fractures are a common pediatric musculoskeletal injury. Most tibial shaft fractures in the pediatric population are managed conservatively through closed reduction and casting. Surgical alternatives include intramedullary (IM) nailing, open reduction and internal fixation …
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Early life nutrition and genetic contributors to carotenoid status in children
… fat percentage and visceral adiposity. A pediatric health history survey was administered to one parent of each participant to obtain information on early life nutrition retrospectively. DNA was extracted from saliva samples and genotyped for 26 SNPs in genes that are relevant to …