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The Wayne State University Master of Public Health program partners with various community-based organizations and agencies in and around the greater Metro Detroit area. Descriptions of proposed practicum work from our community partners for the Spring/Summer 2019 semester follows. Advantage Health Centers (AHC)Chronic Disease Intervention: This project includes data collection and analysis, as well as developing interventions with physicians, medical assistants, and the quality improvement team. The goal of the intervention is to make a statistically significant improvement in A1c levels for high risk AHC patients. Students will learn how to use process improvement tools and techniques, as well as the most effective ways to interact with patients. Chronic disease populations include: diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. Electronic Medical Record Implementation: AHC is converting to a new Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in 2019. This project includes data collection and analysis of information flow and process flow. The goal of this project is to determine the optimal way to train clinic and administrative staff to import and export a wealth of information in an effort to optimize the medical, dental, and behavioral health care delivered to vulnerable populations. Community Engagement: AHC purchased a new site in October 2018 and another in February 2019. The site is located in the heart of a historic and engaged community, who suffers from many health and economic disparities. The goal of this project is to explore effective ways to engage a vulnerable community to reduce health disparities, while exploring the social determinants of health. Students will learn elements of marketing and branding, as well as public health leadership, business planning, and community engagement. The Business of Healthcare: AHC is exploring new service lines and markets within and outside of Detroit. The goal of this project is to develop a business case for these opportunities with an understanding of revenue cycle issues and concerns experienced by a federally qualified health center. Students will learn about accounting and finance in a health care setting, as well as how non-profit health care entities continue to grow in an underserved environment. The Michigan Area Health Education Center (MI-AHEC)Health Professions Education: This project will include collation of results of community assessment data from around the state of Michigan and creating a database of information as well as collation of program evaluation data from other sources. The student will also contribute to public health education development for health professions students. Birth DetroitCommunity Health Needs Assessment Survey: This project will include data collection from women and birthing persons ages 18 and over living in Greater Metro Detroit. The survey will gather demographic and characteristic data, experiences of labor and birthing services, and perceptions of assets and deficits in maternal and birthing healthcare services. The Birth Detroit community health needs assessment is a voluntary, anonymous, and minimally invasive survey that encourages and enables patients to answer candidly. The survey will be hosted in web-format via Qualtrics and available in paper format at local maternal and child healthcare service providers. It will build upon the body of knowledge about maternal and birthing needs of the Metro Detroit community in an effort to improve the quality of care for community members seeking maternal and birthing services at Birth Detroit or other organizations across the region. Grant Writing and Fund Development: This project will include assisting with the community health needs assessment, creating a database of grant opportunities aligned with Birth Detroit’s mission and vision, and/or assisting with grant writing and editing. This opportunity will expose students to start-up planning and community engagement processes, and facilitate the development of facilitation and grant writing skills. Community Advocacy Project (CAP) The Community Advocacy Project (CAP) is an intensive, survivor-centered, strengths-based, intervention that is designed to support survivors of intimate partner violence in regaining control of their lives. CAP is centered around helping survivors move forward through the achievement of short-term goals they set while focusing on helping them to strengthen their resilience and skills that will ultimately inform their healing and recovery. CAP advocates receive 40-hours of certified training and intensive supervision to work with and on behalf of survivor participants 8 hours per week over 10 weeks. CAP advocates meet survivors wherever they are, in their home or in the community. The program is evidence-based and has shown to reduce the occurrence of IPV even two years after program completion. CAP moves beyond individual level advocacy and creates system change. Advocates open resource pathways for survivors through direct contact with community based organizations. Members of the CAP program avail themselves for awareness opportunities by conducting information sessions, attending community events, and networking with other community services. Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday (D.L.I.V.E)Data Assessment and Analysis: This project will including the assessment and analysis of data documenting trends in the individuals and communities served. Some potential activities for students include: geo-mapping, data collection on trauma recidivism, and work with mental health co-occurring illnesses. Intervention Protocols: This project will center on facilitating different intervention protocols. The main upcoming intervention protocol will be a protocol around PTSD. Public Health Writing: This project will include student participation in writing and/or editing memos, articles, blogs, and more for community related activities. Quality Assessments: This project will require students to review trauma log data and provide interval quality assessments Participation in assessment tool developmentCommunity engagement and networking activities Individual case projects on D.L.I.V.E. members DMC Sinai Grace Family Medicine Residency Program This project will involve the student working closely with the residents and faculty on their scholarly projects (i.e. research, case reports, and others) and the quality improvement (QI) projects which are both requirements for the residents before graduation. They will help with data analysis, IRB submissions, and surveys that are needed for certain projects. Some current ongoing projects include: improving patient flow, naphcare patients, patient handouts (as QI), STD follow-ups and several obesity projects. Healthy Dearborn The Healthy Dearborn Research Team will launch focus groups and written surveys to identify barriers to health among Middle Eastern populations in Dearborn. Students will help with coordination and logistics, recruitment of participants, and analysis of focus group and survey results, among other tasks. Healthy Dearborn seeks to strengthen connections with Beaumont Health clinicians through increased communications and in-person presentations. Students will help with developing communications, identifying clinicians receptive to partnering with the preventive, healthy communities initiatives, and conducting presentations. Healthy Dearborn is working with a multi-sector, diverse coalition team to implement Dearborn’s first Open Streets. Open Streets is recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as an effective way to promote health and physical activity. Used internationally and throughout the U.S., Open Streets close streets to motor traffic and allows the community to access opportunities for physical activities. Typically held on Sundays, Healthy Dearborn is working with the City of Dearborn and many others to plan its first Open Streets event. Students will help with designing a communications plan, promotions efforts, assisting with logistics, surveying residents, identifying and obtaining physical activity resources, and working in partnership with coalition members. Healthy Dearborn has a large presence during the City of Dearborn’s three day “Homecoming” event. Students will develop, design, create, and implement family-oriented nutrition and physical education activities for the three day-long event. Additionally, Healthy Dearborn has a Seed Library in Dearborn Centennial Library, Healthy Restaurant program, and presence at Dearborn’s Farmer’s Marker; students will help with creating and implementing education programs to promote each of these initiatives. Healthy Dearborn is partnering with LAHC, a nonprofit organization in Dearborn, to implement a new women’s only fitness initiative. Called, “Workout Opportunities for Women”, free physical activity training and nutrition education will be provided to women twice a month, with a targeted focus on women who live in Dearborn’s “health disparity” neighborhoods – east and south sides of Dearborn. Student interns will be engaged in implementing pre- and post- surveys, recruitment of participants, communications to promote the initiative, and helping with activity implementation. Henry Ford Health System – Institute on Multicultural Health Quality improvement projects related to diabetes and/or hypertension management in the family medicine clinic. Planning a CME focused on health of older adults and those with disabilities. Curriculum development project for Family Medicine Residents focused on social determinants of health and health care equity. MIU Men’s Health FoundationMen’s Health Event Data Analysis: This project will include data analysis from past Men’s Health Events to find trends in mental health and sleep, pain, prayer, income, and education levels. The ultimate goals of the project will be to see where MIU Men’s Health Foundation can better help the men of the community served. The Youth Connection (TYC)Narcan Trainings: This project will include working with the preceptor to help set up Narcan Trainings, data collection, and data analyzing the pre- and post- assessments. In addition, students will research where Narcan can be obtained, the cost of doing so, etc. Pharmacy Standing Order Implementation: This project will include working with The Youth Connection staff to determine challenges that pharmacies in Detroit zip codes may face when implementing the standing order. In addition to working with The Youth Connection staff, students may have the opportunity to work with the Wayne County and Oakland County Pharmacy Association to address the identified challenges. Drug Free Communities: This project will include working with The Youth Connection’s Drug Free Communities project staff to engage the churches and community in opioid awareness, underage drinking, and the impact of marijuana on youth in targeted communities. Wayne State University Prevention Team (W’SUP)Motivational Enhancement for Adherence (MESA) for Youth Starting Antiretroviral Therapy (ART): This project (MESA) includes recruitment, data collection, and data cleaning. The goal of this computer-based intervention is to prevent medication adherence issues for youth (ages 13-24) starting or restarting HIV medication. Students can recruit a youth population living with HIV in a clinic setting, assist with data collection (baseline and follow-up visits), and download, enter, and clean study data. HIV Community Education, Counseling and Testing, and Skills Building Prevention Programming: These projects include educating community groups about HIV, youth recruitment for HIV counseling and testing, and referral services, including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and group-level skills building prevention for youth (sexual minority young men and young females). Students can recruit for prevention activities, as well as participate in community education sessions and group-level skills building prevention interventions (co-facilitate, data collection, and data entry and cleaning). Tobacco Reduction/Cessation for Youth Living with HIV: This project includes the assessment of tobacco use, Quit sessions, Healthy Living seminars, and the development of a computer-based individualized tobacco cessation intervention. Students can assist with tobacco assessments in clinic, recruit for Quit sessions, participate in Healthy Living seminars, and recruit youth to try a newly developed, computer-based Tobacco Cessation intervention. ................
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