Welcome Reception and Poster Display

Multiple Presenters

Location

Ballroom

Start Date

15-7-2015 4:30 PM

Description

Poster Presentations:

Implementing MSQII-2: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus Patient Outcomes in Mississippi / Xavier Johnson, Augusta Bilbro, and LaTonya Lott. Mississippi State Department of Health

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) created the Mississippi Quality Improvement Initiative (MSQII-2) which provides a team-based care approached to address Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). MSQII-2 is a systematic approach to healthcare quality improvement using the Expanded Chronic Care Model. It allows healthcare providers and staff to test and measure practice innovations, and then share their experiences in an effort to accelerate learning and facilitate widespread implementation of team-based care concepts and ideas in primary clinics. Methods: Implementation of MSQII-2 included the following: A Request-for-Proposals was publicly released via MSDH, Mississippi Rural Health Association (MSRH) and Mississippi Primary Healthcare Association websites encouraging clinics to apply. Five clinics were selected to participate: Three federally qualified health centers, one Rural Health clinic, and one private practice. These awarded clinics are expected to: 1) attend an introductory meeting; 2) participate in pre-work and preparation exercises; 3) attend four learning sessions over the course of the year. Results: MSQII-2 is currently ongoing. It envisions that quality improvement in service delivery will impact patient clinical outcomes for participating clinics. Expected patient clinical outcomes include: improved prevention and control of hypertension, increased self-monitoring of high blood pressure tied to clinical support, improved medication adherence, increased use of diabetes self-management programs and improved control of diabetes. Conclusion: Clinics participating will gain knowledge, skills, and materials that will prepare them to make immediate changes in their clinics, which will ultimately impact CVD and DM patient outcomes.

The Association Between Educational Attainment, Adult Concentration, and Age / Natya Jones. University of Mississippi, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

This study attempts to identify an association between education, age, and difficulty concentrating or remembering. Acquiring new skills in adulthood can positively affect the quality of life. Literature suggests that age is positively associated with difficulty concentrating or remembering, although there may be other factors that are associated with this difficulty. The current literature is inconclusive regarding educational attainment and age. Hypothesis: The researcher proposed two hypotheses: 1) Education is associated with difficulty concentration or remembering. 2) Age is associated with difficulty concentration or remembering. Methods: A cross tabulation analysis is used to identify any associations or significance among the variables. The explanatory variables are educational attainment and difficulty concentrating or remembering. The controlled variable is age. The total number of participants is 7,299 (n=7299). Results/Findings: Participants in age group 18-64 who achieved a bachelors degree or higher, reported less difficulty concentrating or remembering than participants who were 65 and older. Age group 18-64 indicated less difficulty concentrating or remembering than those who are 65 and older. There is an association between educational attainment and difficulty concentrating. The null hypothesis can be rejected for both. This analysis reveals that higher educational attainment was positively associated with low levels of difficulty concentrating.

Long-Term Population Shifts within the Delta Region / Clifford Holley. University of Mississippi, Center for Population Studies

Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Decennial Censuses, this poster will examine the Delta Region’s long term and recent population changes. The focus will be on population growth and change since 1960. Several demographic events have occurred since the end of the Baby Boom, each leaving its own imprint on the region. Particular attention shall be paid to what extent the differing trends of urbanization and suburbanization has affected the population growth and racial balance of counties within the region. Counties from eight very different states comprise the official Delta region, counties that on some levels are similar but on others differ greatly on key economic and demographic dimensions. The poster will not only compare Delta Region, as a whole, to the rest of the United States, but it also will examine contrasts within the counties that comprise the Delta region. Finally, this poster will attempt to examine the impact of these demographic events on the region, and the age/sex structure of the people living there.

Using Agrifood System, Socioeconomic, and Demographic Data to Inform Planning for Resilience: A Pilot Study from the Southern United States / John Green, Lauren Camp, Caroline Canarios. University of Mississippi, Center for Population Studies; Jim Worstell, and Lisa Johnson. Delta Land & Community

Data on a wide range of topics, including agrifood systems and population characteristics, are increasingly available at various levels of geography. Unfortunately, these data sources are not typically connected in ways that are readily accessible to development practitioners working to create sustainable and resilient systems. This poster reports on a project seeking to help fill this gap by operationalizing and measuring the relative resiliency of local agrifood systems in the Southern United States using publicly available, county-level data. The purpose is to construct data-driven tools to aid in practical theory building and to inform both on-the-ground programs and higher-level policy initiatives. Findings show that there are important state and regional concentrations of relative vulnerability-resiliency, with special implications for the Delta region.

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Jul 15th, 4:30 PM

Welcome Reception and Poster Display

Ballroom

Poster Presentations:

Implementing MSQII-2: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus Patient Outcomes in Mississippi / Xavier Johnson, Augusta Bilbro, and LaTonya Lott. Mississippi State Department of Health

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) created the Mississippi Quality Improvement Initiative (MSQII-2) which provides a team-based care approached to address Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). MSQII-2 is a systematic approach to healthcare quality improvement using the Expanded Chronic Care Model. It allows healthcare providers and staff to test and measure practice innovations, and then share their experiences in an effort to accelerate learning and facilitate widespread implementation of team-based care concepts and ideas in primary clinics. Methods: Implementation of MSQII-2 included the following: A Request-for-Proposals was publicly released via MSDH, Mississippi Rural Health Association (MSRH) and Mississippi Primary Healthcare Association websites encouraging clinics to apply. Five clinics were selected to participate: Three federally qualified health centers, one Rural Health clinic, and one private practice. These awarded clinics are expected to: 1) attend an introductory meeting; 2) participate in pre-work and preparation exercises; 3) attend four learning sessions over the course of the year. Results: MSQII-2 is currently ongoing. It envisions that quality improvement in service delivery will impact patient clinical outcomes for participating clinics. Expected patient clinical outcomes include: improved prevention and control of hypertension, increased self-monitoring of high blood pressure tied to clinical support, improved medication adherence, increased use of diabetes self-management programs and improved control of diabetes. Conclusion: Clinics participating will gain knowledge, skills, and materials that will prepare them to make immediate changes in their clinics, which will ultimately impact CVD and DM patient outcomes.

The Association Between Educational Attainment, Adult Concentration, and Age / Natya Jones. University of Mississippi, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

This study attempts to identify an association between education, age, and difficulty concentrating or remembering. Acquiring new skills in adulthood can positively affect the quality of life. Literature suggests that age is positively associated with difficulty concentrating or remembering, although there may be other factors that are associated with this difficulty. The current literature is inconclusive regarding educational attainment and age. Hypothesis: The researcher proposed two hypotheses: 1) Education is associated with difficulty concentration or remembering. 2) Age is associated with difficulty concentration or remembering. Methods: A cross tabulation analysis is used to identify any associations or significance among the variables. The explanatory variables are educational attainment and difficulty concentrating or remembering. The controlled variable is age. The total number of participants is 7,299 (n=7299). Results/Findings: Participants in age group 18-64 who achieved a bachelors degree or higher, reported less difficulty concentrating or remembering than participants who were 65 and older. Age group 18-64 indicated less difficulty concentrating or remembering than those who are 65 and older. There is an association between educational attainment and difficulty concentrating. The null hypothesis can be rejected for both. This analysis reveals that higher educational attainment was positively associated with low levels of difficulty concentrating.

Long-Term Population Shifts within the Delta Region / Clifford Holley. University of Mississippi, Center for Population Studies

Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Decennial Censuses, this poster will examine the Delta Region’s long term and recent population changes. The focus will be on population growth and change since 1960. Several demographic events have occurred since the end of the Baby Boom, each leaving its own imprint on the region. Particular attention shall be paid to what extent the differing trends of urbanization and suburbanization has affected the population growth and racial balance of counties within the region. Counties from eight very different states comprise the official Delta region, counties that on some levels are similar but on others differ greatly on key economic and demographic dimensions. The poster will not only compare Delta Region, as a whole, to the rest of the United States, but it also will examine contrasts within the counties that comprise the Delta region. Finally, this poster will attempt to examine the impact of these demographic events on the region, and the age/sex structure of the people living there.

Using Agrifood System, Socioeconomic, and Demographic Data to Inform Planning for Resilience: A Pilot Study from the Southern United States / John Green, Lauren Camp, Caroline Canarios. University of Mississippi, Center for Population Studies; Jim Worstell, and Lisa Johnson. Delta Land & Community

Data on a wide range of topics, including agrifood systems and population characteristics, are increasingly available at various levels of geography. Unfortunately, these data sources are not typically connected in ways that are readily accessible to development practitioners working to create sustainable and resilient systems. This poster reports on a project seeking to help fill this gap by operationalizing and measuring the relative resiliency of local agrifood systems in the Southern United States using publicly available, county-level data. The purpose is to construct data-driven tools to aid in practical theory building and to inform both on-the-ground programs and higher-level policy initiatives. Findings show that there are important state and regional concentrations of relative vulnerability-resiliency, with special implications for the Delta region.