Download or read book Can the Implementation of a Parental Educational Intervention and Follow Up Text Message Reminders Improve the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Adherence in Teens and Pre teens written by Jacqueline Ambush and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Low rates of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination present a public health issue in the United States. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, and it is known to increase a person's risk of developing cervical, anal and oropharyngeal cancer. Despite the safety and efficacy of the HPV vaccine, the vaccination rates remain low throughout the country. The purpose of this evidence based practice (EBP) project was to increase HPV vaccination rates through the implementation of an individualized parental educational session and text message reminders. The findings have demonstrated that both parental education and text message reminders were effective strategies to improve the HPV vaccination adherence rate in teens and pre-teens.. Keywords: HPV, teens, text message, parental education, reminder. " -- Abstract

Download or read book Increasing Human Papillomavirus HPV Vaccination Adherence in Adolescents written by Jody A Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most commonly sexually transmitted infections affecting both men and woman. The HPV infection is etiologically linked to cancers of the cervix, anus, oropharynx, penis, vagina, and vulva (Thomas, Strickland, Diclemente, & Higgins, 2013). In 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved the HPV vaccination for girls and then in 2009 approved the vaccination for boys (Center for Disease Control [CDC], 2014). Despite existing evidence supporting the benefits and lack of evidence for significant adverse reactions of the HPV vaccine, the vaccination rates in the United States are still low (Cassidy, Braxter, Charron-Prochownik, & Schlenk, 2014). An evidence-based practice (EBP) change project was conducted at a rural primary care clinic to increase HPV vaccination rates through the implementation of an education program and reminder system. Parents agreeing to participate in the EBP project were provided information on the HPV virus and vaccine through an animated video and factsheet. A reminder system to include a letter send to parents of all eligible adolescents and an automated magnet and/or text message was incorporated to remind parents to return to the clinic for subsequent injections in order to clinic all three injections. A questionnaire was disseminated to measure parental knowledge and a tracking log was maintained to measure HPV vaccination rates. Four outcomes were analyzed; increase parental knowledge on HPV virus and vaccine, HPV initial rates, HPV completion rates, and overall HPV vaccination rates. Project findings revealed a 12% increase in group mean score on parental knowledge when compared to the pre-test, percentage change for initiation rates was 800%, completion rates was 153% and overall HPV vaccinations administered was 428% when compared to the same months the previous year. The intervention aimed to deliver best-practice recommendations to increase HPV vaccination among the adolescent population. " -- Abstract.

Download or read book Investing in the Health and Well Being of Young Adults written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young adulthood - ages approximately 18 to 26 - is a critical period of development with long-lasting implications for a person's economic security, health and well-being. Young adults are key contributors to the nation's workforce and military services and, since many are parents, to the healthy development of the next generation. Although 'millennials' have received attention in the popular media in recent years, young adults are too rarely treated as a distinct population in policy, programs, and research. Instead, they are often grouped with adolescents or, more often, with all adults. Currently, the nation is experiencing economic restructuring, widening inequality, a rapidly rising ratio of older adults, and an increasingly diverse population. The possible transformative effects of these features make focus on young adults especially important. A systematic approach to understanding and responding to the unique circumstances and needs of today's young adults can help to pave the way to a more productive and equitable tomorrow for young adults in particular and our society at large. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults describes what is meant by the term young adulthood, who young adults are, what they are doing, and what they need. This study recommends actions that nonprofit programs and federal, state, and local agencies can take to help young adults make a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. According to this report, young adults should be considered as a separate group from adolescents and older adults. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults makes the case that increased efforts to improve high school and college graduate rates and education and workforce development systems that are more closely tied to high-demand economic sectors will help this age group achieve greater opportunity and success. The report also discusses the health status of young adults and makes recommendations to develop evidence-based practices for young adults for medical and behavioral health, including preventions. What happens during the young adult years has profound implications for the rest of the life course, and the stability and progress of society at large depends on how any cohort of young adults fares as a whole. Investing in The Health and Well-Being of Young Adults will provide a roadmap to improving outcomes for this age group as they transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Download or read book Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practice written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Application of Message Framing to Improve Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Adherence written by Wendy Lloyd Tymoczko and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to apply the specific approach of health message framing to educate parents of female children ages 9-17 years and adult females ages 18-26 years to promote behavior change for obtaining the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series of three injections. The high risk strains of the HPV (primarily HPV-6, HPV-11, HPV-16, and HPV-18) are the cause of 99% of cervical cancer in females. Although the HPV vaccine has been available since 2005, the statistics for vaccine adherence is only 39.1%. A major barrier to vaccine compliance is accurate knowledge about the human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine and finding an optimal approach to improve adherence. This project utilized a framed health message to educate parents of female children ages 9-17 years and adult females ages 18-26 about the HPV and vaccine at the Allegheny County Health Department Immunization Clinic. A question about intent to vaccinate and a follow up telephone call at four weeks was completed to assess for vaccine adherence. Thirteen of 20 (65%) participants obtained the HPV vaccine #1 after reading the framed message on the HPV and vaccine. This was significant compared to the national average of 39.1% using the two sided z test for proportions: z=2.37, p-value=0.018, 95% CI with correction for small sample size (43%, 82%). Message framing for education of patients is an effective strategy that is relatively new to nursing. However, previous research affords empirical support for the association between message frames and their influence on health behavior and decision making. It is essential that medical providers learn this strategy for education about the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. Keywords: adherence, cervical cancer, framed health message, health message framing, human papillomavirus, HPV vaccine. " -- Abstract.

Download or read book Meta Ethnography written by George W. Noblit and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1988-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta-ethnography. After citing the criteria to be used in comparing qualitative research projects, the authors define the ways these can then be aggregated to create more cogent syntheses of research. Using examples from numerous studies ranging from ethnographic work in educational settings to the Mead-Freeman controversy over Samoan youth, Meta-Ethnography offers useful procedural advice from both comparative and cumulative analyses of qualitative data. This provocative volume will be read with interest by researchers and students in qualitative research methods, ethnography, education, sociology, and anthropology. "After defining metaphor and synthesis, these authors provide a step-by-step program that will allow the researcher to show similarity (reciprocal translation), difference (refutation), or similarity at a higher level (lines or argument synthesis) among sample studies....Contain(s) valuable strategies at a seldom-used level of analysis." --Contemporary Sociology "The authors made an important contribution by reframing how we think of ethnography comparison in a way that is compatible with the new developments in interpretive ethnography. Meta-Ethnography is well worth consulting for the problem definition it offers." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "This book had to be written and I am pleased it was. Someone needed to break the ice and offer a strategy for summarizing multiple ethnographic studies. Noblit and Hare have done a commendable job of giving the research community one approach for doing so. Further, no one else can now venture into this area of synthesizing qualitative studies without making references to and positioning themselves vis-a-vis this volume." -Educational Studies

Download or read book Clinical Gynecology written by Eric J. Bieber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 1127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with the busy practice in mind, this book delivers clinically focused, evidence-based gynecology guidance in a quick-reference format. It explores etiology, screening, tests, diagnosis, and treatment for a full range of gynecologic health issues. The coverage includes the full range of gynecologic malignancies, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, infectious diseases, urogynecologic problems, gynecologic concerns in children and adolescents, and surgical interventions including minimally invasive surgical procedures. Information is easy to find and absorb owing to the extensive use of full-color diagrams, algorithms, and illustrations. The new edition has been expanded to include aspects of gynecology important in international and resource-poor settings.

Download or read book International technical guidance on sexuality education written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sexually Transmitted Infections written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) on any given day in 2018, totaling nearly 68 million estimated infections. STIs are often asymptomatic (especially in women) and are therefore often undiagnosed and unreported. Untreated STIs can have severe health consequences, including chronic pelvic pain, infertility, miscarriage or newborn death, and increased risk of HIV infection, genital and oral cancers, neurological and rheumatological effects. In light of this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through the National Association of County and City Health Officials, commissioned the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to examine the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections in the United States and provide recommendations for action. In 1997, the Institute of Medicine released a report, The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Although significant scientific advances have been made since that time, many of the problems and barriers described in that report persist today; STIs remain an underfunded and comparatively neglected field of public health practice and research. The committee reviewed the current state of STIs in the United States, and the resulting report, Sexually Transmitted Infections: Advancing a Sexual Health Paradigm, provides advice on future public health programs, policy, and research.

Download or read book Implementation of an Evidence based Intervention at a Public Health Clinic written by Zachary Krush and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Low HPV vaccination rates in adolescents are a significant problem locally in Utah. The outcome of missed HPV vaccination can lead to poor health outcomes including HPV-related precancers, HPV-related cancers, genital warts, and increased spread of the virus. A possible solution to the low HPV vaccination rates is nurse/provider education on evidence-based strategies to improve HPV vaccination receipt and the standardization of an educational patient handout on HPV. Improving HPV vaccination among children will lead to the prevention of thousands of cancers each year in Utah and the United States. Evidence-Based Framework: To increase HPV vaccination rates in adolescents aged 9 to 18 years old, a quality improvement project was conducted at two Salt Lake County Public Health Vaccination Clinics. This included an educational in-service for staff and an HPV educational handout tool for patient education. The Clinical Scholar Model and Pender's Health Promotion Theory were used as the evidence-based practice model and theory to develop and guide this project. Method: Approval from the health department management and Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions' IRB was obtained. Interventions were implemented at two public health clinics to improve provider practice strategies for HPV vaccination delivery. Specifically, the intervention included two components: (1) implementation of a staff educational in-service on the HPV vaccine and how to provide a strong HPV vaccination recommendation; (2) standardization of an HPV educational handout given to eligible adolescent patients and parents. The goal of the project was to increase HPV immunization rates in patients aged 9 to 18 years old and improve vaccination nurse knowledge and confidence surrounding HPV vaccination. Pre- and post-intervention HPV vaccination rates were compared to evaluate the project. Nurse knowledge and confidence were assessed with pre- and post-surveys. Data were collected using a retrospective chart review and a self-made pre/post-collection tool. Pre- and Post-intervention rates of HPV immunizations were compared to evaluate the project. Findings: The implementation of staff education and a standardized patient educational handout was associated with a significant increase in immunization rates of 2.7% pre-intervention to 27.2% post-intervention. Nurse knowledge and confidence on HPV vaccination also improved. Conclusion/Recommendations: The implementation of the educational interventions HPV adolescent vaccination rates, nurse HPV knowledge, and nurse confidence. Therefore, the results of this quality improvement project indicate a provider educational in-service on HPV and the implementation of an HPV educational handout can produce favorable outcomes in a public health vaccination clinic setting. Areas for future study include additional vaccination settings and varied age ranges.

Download or read book Effectiveness of a Reminder Intervention on Adherence to the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Adolescents written by Dionne J. Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keywords: human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine, reminder, recall, adherence, adolescents

Download or read book Tailoring Health Messages written by Matthew W. Kreuter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of new technologies, researchers, and practitioners in health education and health communication can now provide health information and behavior change strategies that are customized based on the unique needs, interests, and concerns of different individuals. These tailored health messages can be highly effective in assisting individuals in understanding and responding to health concerns. In this volume, Matthew Kreuter, David Farrell, and their colleagues define the process of tailoring and describe its uses in health communication programs. They present a theoretical and public health rationale for tailoring and support their position with empirical evidence. They also lay out the steps involved in creating and delivering tailored health communication programs, which can then be applied in practice. Practitioners, researchers, and students in health communication, health psychology, public health, and related areas will find this book to be a vital and invaluable resource for improving communication about health issues.

Download or read book Immunization in Practice written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2015 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide contains seven modules targeted at district and health facility staff. It intends to meet the demands to improve immunization services so as to reach more infants in a sustainable way, building upon the experiences of polio eradication. It includes materials adapted from polio on planning, monitoring and use of data to improve the service, that can be used at any level. Revising the manual has been a team exercise. There are contributions from a large number of experts, organizations and institutions. This new edition has seven modules. Several new vaccines that have become more readily available and used in recent years have been added. Also the section on integration with other health interventions has been expanded as exciting opportunities and experiences have become evident in the years following the previous edition. Module 1: Target diseases and vaccines Module 2: The vaccine cold chain Module 3: Ensuring safe injections Module 4: Microplanning for reaching every community Module 5: Managing an immunization session Module 6: Monitoring and surveillance Module 7: Partnering with communities.

Download or read book Effectiveness of Text Message Reminders in HPV Vaccine Series Completion written by Julie Ann Mistretta and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world (The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation, 2018). There are hundreds of HPV strains and most infections resolve on their own without any treatment. However, a few strains of the virus can cause cancer. Ninety-nine percent of cervical cancer and 95% of anal cancer cases are caused by HPV (National Cancer Institute, 2015). In 2006 the Food and Drug administration approved the first HPV vaccine. From 2006 to 2010, the prevalence of HPV in young girls decreased by 56%, yet less than 40% of young females received the HPV vaccine (CDC, 2016). It has been identified that HPV is at peak prevalence rates in college aged women from 20-24 years old (Dunne et. al, 2007; Revzina & Di Clemente, 2005). The CDC has coined this group of women as the “catch up” group, in terms of populations whom would benefit from HPV vaccination. However, only about 56% of women in the catch up group complete the vaccine series of three separate injections (Laz, Rahman, & Berenson, 2013). This grant proposal intends to study the impact text message reminders may have on rates of completing the HPV vaccine series in the catch up group. At a large southern California University, women aged 18-24 years old, will be sent automated text message reminders of their next vaccine due date. Effectiveness of utilizing text messaging will be evaluated against current standard of practice, which is a written return date reminder given at the first injection. Completion of the vaccine series will be conducted through retrospective patient chart review. This study is significant to advanced practice nursing as it may give providers additional guidance to increase patient compliance and improve disease prevention.

Download or read book Principles and Practice of College Health written by John A. Vaughn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and comprehensive title offers state-of-the-art guidance on all of the clinical principles and practices needed in providing optimal health and well-being services for college students. Designed for college health professionals and administrators, this highly practical title is comprised of 24 chapters organized in three sections: Common Clinical Problems in College Health, Organizational and Administrative Considerations for College Health, and Population and Public Health Management on a College Campus. Section I topics include travel health services, tuberculosis, eating disorders in college health, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among college students, along with several other chapters. Subsequent chapters in Section II then delve into topics such as supporting the health and well-being of a diverse student population, student veterans, health science students, student safety in the clinical setting, and campus management of infectious disease outbreaks, among other topics. The book concludes with organizational considerations such as unique issues in the practice of medicine in the institutional context, situating healthcare within the broader context of wellness on campus, organizational structures of student health, funding student health services, and delivery of innovative healthcare services in college health. Developed by a renowned, multidisciplinary authorship of leaders in college health theory and practice, and coinciding with the founding of the American College Health Association 100 years ago, Principles and Practice of College Health will be of great interest to college health and well-being professionals as well as college administrators.

Download or read book General Recommendations on Immunization written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner written by Leslie Neal-Boylan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.