Browsing by Subject "primary care"
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Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives: Implementing Online Education for Healthcare Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Advance directives (ADs) summarize goals or preferences for future care regarding life-sustaining treatment and designates a surrogate decision-maker in the event a patient is unable to make healthcare decisions. These ... -
Advance care planning: implementing online education for rural primary care providers
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Advance care planning (ACP) can assist patients and their families in navigating personal and medical choices at the end-of-life; however, these conversations often transpire too late. Primary care providers (PCPs) frequently ... -
Aspirin and Statin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and aspirin and statins are well-known medications associated with CVD prevention. There are well-known benefits of aspirin ... -
Assessment of Health Literacy and Preferred Learning Style of Patients in a Rural North Dakota Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Individuals with low health literacy face many difficulties within the healthcare system, including seeking medical care in inappropriate places, foregoing appointments and preventative health screenings, and misunderstanding ... -
Identifying Risk for HIV and Implementation of PrEP Amongst Primary Care Providers
(North Dakota State University, 2020)The purpose of this project was to improve primary care provider knowledge, attitude and behaviors related to the current HIV-screening and PrEP implementation guidelines. Surveys were conducted among five primary care ... -
Screening Adolescent Females for Eating Disorders in Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2021)In recent decades, there has been an increased focus on the idealization of thinness and the pressure and expectancy to be thin, which contributes to a rising number of individuals that experience severe body dissatisfaction ... -
Skin Cancer Screening in Primary Care Using Dermoscopy
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Skin cancer rates continue to rise affecting millions of individuals annually. While cutaneous malignant melanoma comprises a fraction of total skin cancers diagnosed, melanoma is associated with a poor prognosis and higher ... -
Skin Cancer Screening: Implementation of Dermoscopy in Rural Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and worldwide, and rates continue to rise (American Academy of Dermatology Association [AAD], 2020; Skin Cancer Foundation [SCF], 2020). Although there is disagreement ...