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Socioeconomic Factors that Influence Autism Severity in North Carolina

March 25, 2022

The Autism Community in Action. Autism statistics & cost. Retrieved March 24, 2022, from https://tacanow.org/autism-statistics/. Script Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that includes many symptoms and well-known disorders, like Asperger’s syndrome. Very little is known about … Read more

Is our mental state pre-determined or self-constructed?

March 24, 2022

  Presentation Image: Graph Citation: lflein, J. (2022, February 17). Mental health hospitalizations among college students by year U.S. 2010-2021. Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/827327/hospitalizations-among-college-students-receiving-mental-health-services-us-by-year/     Presentation Script: Good afternoon. I would like to start by posing … Read more

Improvement of Low-Income Access to Healthcare in North Carolina

March 24, 2022

UP2 Presentation Graphic   Presentation Graphic References Coester, D. (n.d.). U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2020/03/24/coronavirus-appalachia-health-access   Percentage of Community Health Center patients with different kinds of insurance coverage, or non coverage, in 2019. (n.d.). North Carolina Community … Read more

Racial and Socioeconomic Impacts on Health Disparities in North Carolina

March 24, 2022

Slides references: (Left to Right) NC Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in North Carolina. North Carolina Health Equity Report 2018, 1-25. https://schs.dph.ncdhhs.gov/SCHS/pdf/MinorityHealthReport_Web_2018.pdf Chang, E. T., Clarke,  C. A., Cockburn, M., Gomez, S. L., … Read more

The Real Reason Why Less Black People are Vaccinated in North Carolina

March 24, 2022

Slide References : [NCDHHS] North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. (2022, Feb. 28). Vaccinations. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/vaccinations Tippett, R. (2021, August 12). First look at 2020 Census … Read more

Suicide Prevention for Transgender Youth in North Carolina

March 24, 2022

TW// suicide, transphobia, sexual violence against minors   References The Trevor Project. (2019). Victimization [Graph]. The Trevor Project Research Brief: Data on Transgender Youth.   The Trevor Project. (2020). LGBTQ youth who have considered suicide [Graph]. National Survey on LGBTQ Mental Health … Read more

What are the inherent risks in stimulant medications for the treatment of ADHD and how can we measure those risks to make appropriate policy decisions?

March 24, 2022

UP2 Slide (1) References   National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2022). Figure 6. Trends and statistics. [Graph]. Overdose death rates. Retrieved March 20, 2022 from https://nida.nih.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2021). Cost of stimulant misuse to society. … Read more

Increasing Diversity in Blood Donations through Minority Donors

March 24, 2022

  Slide Reference : Elflein, J. (2021). Blood donation in the U.S. – statistics & facts. Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/topics/7512/blood-donation-in-the-us/#topicHeader__wrapper.   Script :   American healthcare. Is it always a justified system? Has it ever been a … Read more