Research – Literature Reviews
Literature Review 1 Research Question: What are the causes behind the high rate of unnecessary cesarean section procedures performed on laboring women in the United States?
The cesarean section (“C-Section”) rate across the United States has faced an epic incline over the past few decades. After a review of 10 peer-reviewed articles, the rise in the U.S C-section, largely encompassing low risk and unnecessary procedures, can be seen as the product of improper medical intervention, economic malpractice scares, and varying attitudes from physicians.
Literature Review 2 Research Question: What are the sex-related differences in the evaluation and treatment of myocardial infarction symptoms by U.S Physicians?
Heart attacks are under diagnosed more often in women leading to poorer outcomes in women than in men. After a review of 20 peer-reviewed articles, the disparity themes found include symptom presentation differences, procedure and treatment intensity differences and management bias differences.
Health Education
Educational Infographic: This brief report highlights how heart attack symptoms and risk factors may present differently in women than they do in men. The importance of this brief report is to educate women on these differences for knowing the correct warning signs, risk factors and prevention methods can help save your life.
Cold and Flu Educational Technical Manual – This technical manual will focus on areas regarding the cold and flu such as the causes, symptoms, testing, medical care, treatments and medications, and prevention methods associated with them. It will provide valuable information in preventing and treating the cold and flu.
Program Planning
Leukemia Case Study Needs Assessment – Anna is 23 years old with 2 small children (they are not, yet, school-age). She was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. She really struggles financially (even with Medicaid) and emotionally with her diagnosis. She is single and her parents are not nearby (or otherwise able) to help. This Leukemia needs assessment outlines the health problem, the cultural context and what resources are available to help her and her children.
Worksite Trans-fat Intervention Program Plan: A Program Aimed to Reduce the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) – This proposed two year long program aims to address the disproportionate risk of CHD in African Americans by promoting healthy behaviors and reducing trans-fat intake amongst African American employees of the Entergy Corporation in New Orleans, Louisiana. This program will achieve this mission by providing comprehensive educational material and resources from a collection of nutritional health specialists, instructors and key stakeholders from community organizations. The main goal of this intervention is to educate the participants by providing knowledge, tools and resources on how to confidently avoid trans-fat in their daily diet and thereby improve health outcomes such as lowering risk for progression or diagnosis of coronary heart disease.
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