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Implementation of a Diabetes-Related Distress Scale in a Primary Care Clinic
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Individuals with diabetes face many multifaceted issues when integrating their plan of care into their daily lives, which can become burdensome and lead to inadequate diabetes control. Due to the persistent demands of ...
Diabetes Education Among American Indians on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: Improving Educational Interventions in the School Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Minority populations such as American Indians (AIs) in the United States experience large-scale healthcare related disparities when compared with non-minority citizens. Diabetes can affect all races and ethnicities across ...
Identification of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long chronic condition that typically presents in childhood, and approximately 193,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have either Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. Additionally, approximately ...
Improving the Diagnosis and Management of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in a Rural Healthcare Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a condition characterized by brief spinning episodes that occur with a rapid change in head position. Although considered benign, BPPV can have many personal, social, health, ...
Identifying Barriers to Preventive/Primary Care Utilization of Men in a Rural Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
The purpose of the project was to identify barriers preventing men living in a rural setting, ages 19-60 from participating in routine preventative/primary care. Nationally and globally, men experience greater rates of ...
Opioids: Implementation of Opioid Prescribing Education and Policy in a Primary Care Center
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Many healthcare providers report not feeling confident when prescribing opioids, which represents an educational gap in the clinical setting that must be addressed to improve patient care and outcomes (Dowell, Haegerich, ...
Lung Cancer Screening: Identification of High-Risk Patients and Shared Decision-Making
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Prevention and early detection of lung cancer are imperative in decreasing lung cancer mortality. Screening for lung cancer with low-dose ...
A Collaborative Hypertension Clinic Pilot Program in a Rural Primary Care
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In 2019, there were about seventy-million Americans with uncontrolled high blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HTN) (Kitt, Fox, Tucker & McManus, 2019). Hypertension is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide ...
Childhood Obesity: Developing Early Nutrition & Feeding Education for Parents at Well Child Visits
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Childhood obesity is an extensive problem in the United States and North Dakota (CDC, 2014). Significant health consequences are linked to obesity, including type two diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular ...
Colorectal Cancer: Utilizing Educational Handouts, Endorsement Letters, and Questionnaires to Increase Screening and Identify Barriers and Facilitators at a Rural Clinic in Elgin, North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Introduction: Although colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women combined in the United States, only 61% of eligible adults are up-to-date with current screening ...