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Health and Wealthness is a podcast where your hosts, Emily Weigel and Hanaa Khan discuss pressing and trending topics about health and wealth that everyone should know about. Our first four episodes focus on the opioid crisis. Both the science and healthcare sides. We then go on to talk about burnout and mental health in a conversational episode.
ContributorsKhan, Hanaa S (Co-author) / Weigel, Emily (Co-author) / Olive, Foster (Thesis director) / Bonfiglio, Thomas (Committee member) / Department of Psychology (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
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Mental health challenges are becoming a significant public health issue for adolescents/teenagers, and primary interventions have been focused on mental health education. Because adolescents spend most of their time in school, primary mental health interventions should be prioritized in this setting. A PICOT question was developed to determine if mental health literacy (MHL) in adolescents would improve while decreasing stigma and improving help-seeking behaviors after a program of enhanced mental health education. Partnering with a large Arizona suburban school district social work department, a teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) pilot program was implemented for a class of nine (n = 9) adolescent students (aged 17-18 years) old during the school day. tMHFA was delivered in three 90-minute class days. Using the Mental Health Literacy questionnaire (MHLq), a pre and post-test design revealed a significant (p value=less than 0.05) increase in the students' MHL, help-seeking behaviors, and decreased stigma after delivery. This quality improvement project was IRB approved, and all human subjects' rights were protected. In conclusion, there is strong evidence that enhanced mental health programming, such as tMHFA, effectively educates adolescents about mental health challenges and, perhaps, could promote behavioral changes in future generations.
ContributorsJones, M. Christina (Author) / Schiller, Zita (Thesis advisor) / College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor)
Created2023-05-15
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Problem Statement: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense challenges for health care providers. Outpatient primary care practices rapidly moved from in-person practice to video-conferencing telehealth appointments. This shift requires study, particularly how this has impacted the lived experience of providers.
Purpose: This project aims to explore primary care provider satisfaction with telehealth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A point-in-time survey was administered to primary care providers at a large university health system. Participants were recruited at a monthly provider meeting and invited to complete an anonymous online survey. Satisfaction with video-conferencing patient visits was explored via Likert scale and write-in responses. Providers highlighted specific complaints, problems, and successes that impacted their practice and patients. Aggregate health data from this organization was also obtained for comparison. Statistical analysis was performed and recommendations made for future practice.
Findings: The provider experience of telehealth was overwhelmingly positive. 85% (n=11) of providers agreed or strongly agreed that telehealth allows them to manage their patients effectively. Lack of physical exam findings was the most commonly cited concern (n=9). 100% (n=13) of providers would like to continue seeing patients via telehealth in the future.
Conclusion: Videoconferencing appointments in university health primary care promote high provider satisfaction. Future policies and innovations should support the use of a telehealth platform.
ContributorsMcKernan, M. Katherine (Author) / Nunez, Diane (Thesis advisor) / College of Nursing and Health Innovation (Contributor)
Created2023-04-29