Transcript DSU Health Services

United Negro College Fund Special
Programs
(UNCFSP) Corporation
UNCFSP/ NLM HBCU ACCESS Project
College of Health & Public Policy
PROJECT e-HEALTH
Presenters: PI: Michelle Fisher, FNP-BC
Co-PI: Sheridan Quarless Kingsberry, PhD
Research Assistant: Linda Mayer
Identified Problem
Health Disparities in Delaware 2004:
Indicators Report confirms that in Delaware
many diseases disproportionately affect
minorities
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Health Disparities in Delaware
Heart Disease
 Cancer
 Stroke
 Diabetes
 HIV Infections/AIDS
 Infant Mortality
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Proposed Solution
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Provide ongoing education and training as
a strategy for reducing and eliminating
health disparities
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Educate and train allied health/social work
majors and community partners on the
use of the NLM on line resources
Methodology
Pre/post surveys provided quantitative
data
 Focus group sessions and homework
assignments provided descriptive
qualitative data
 Data were analyzed using SPSS software
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Marketing
Flyers
 Emails
 Magnetic door hangers
 Computer flash drives
 Business card holders
 NLM give-aways
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Opposition and challenges
One hour was an insufficient amount of
time to conduct training
 Internet access was not available for all
training sessions
 One community partner dropped out of the
project
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Opposition and challenges
Problem with graduate students’
accountability to the project
 Connecting with community partners took
longer than anticipated
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Campus-Community Impact
Tremendous campus response
 Community impact is still being
determined
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Measures
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75% of students in the CH&PP will be
aware of the NLM online health and
medical resources
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100% of the University Seminar students
trained will use one of the databases
Measures
Inform 100% of households in Capitol Park
of NLM’s online resources
 Train a minimum of 50 residents
 Post surveys will indicate that residence
trained will be able to use the database
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Milestones
51% of graduate social work students
were trained
 31% of undergraduate nursing & social
work students were trained
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Milestones
100% of occupied households in Capitol
Park received information on NLM
databases
 76% of targeted 50 residents have been
trained
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Milestones
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Completed ‘Train the Trainer’ session for
Christiana Care Health Systems HIV/AIDS
Wellness Clinic
Accomplishments
Students, faculty and staff in the College
have been trained
 DSU Library staff have also been trained
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Accomplishments
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Students
 Before
training: 18% had heard of NLM online
resources and 7% had used the databases
 After training: 97% reported raised awareness
of and an increased ability to use the NLM
databases
Accomplishments
MSW students incorporated the
 MedlinePlus database into their final class
project
 MSW student provided NLM training to the
staff at her field placement agency
 Community agency added the NLM
website to their list of resources
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Timeline to Completion
Campus component of training: May 2008
 Community training: to be determined
 Data analysis: preliminary report May
2008
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 Final
analysis to be determined
Sustainability Plan
Create a link to NLM site on DSU library
web-site
 Curriculum infusion or ongoing trainings by
faculty members
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 NLM
training is being incorporated into the
Human Behavior and Social Environment
syllabi
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Develop online self study training module
Notable Quotes
“When I could not convince my teenager
about medical information, the NLM
website did it for me”
 “ The NLM website is an incredible
storehouse of information. I have only just
scratched the surface in more than ten
hours of browsing”
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Notable Quotes
“I will certainly use this resource frequently
in the future instead of relying on a scatter
shot approach using Google”
 “The NLM databases are great for our
generation since we already depend on
computers for practically everything”
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Notable Quotes
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“….felt empowered to discussed her
treatment with her doctor more
knowledgeably after using the NLM
resources to look up her diagnosis”