Tag: To Care and How Not to Care that is the Question…

Phase One Of A Free Curriculum For Treating Anxiety And Increasing Productivity With Evidence Based Methods

Presenter(s): Nolan Kriska—Business and Psychology

Faculty Mentor(s): Dare Baldwin

Session 3: To Care and How Not to Care, that is the Question…

If people avoid their anxiety now, they put themselves at serious risk for mental and financial damage . A 2013 meta analysis deduced the effects of anxiety on cognitive function from over 200 studies that involved thousands of participants . They found anxiety decreased productivity and quality of life, “The impacts of anxiety on cognition [are as follows] . Both threat of shock—a translational anxiety induction—and pathological anxiety disorders promote the detection of potentially harmful stimuli at multiple levels of cognition from perception to attention to memory and executive function” (Robinson 7) . One proven method that helps people control their anxiety is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a psychotherapy that creates new paths of thought in order to challenge unwanted behaviors and mood disorders . Using CBT now rather than later gives people a chance to continue to contribute to society and maintain a quality of life . I plan to teach CBT and its affiliated counterparts (habituation, inhibitory learning model, yuck diagram, dialectics and some existential thought) via youtube, published research, and the use of a live secure network . Thank you for your time and consideration .

Works Cited: www .ncbi .nlm .nih .gov/pmc/articles/PMC3656338/

Procedural Barriers to Health Care: Applying for Coverage through the Oregon Health Plan

Presenter(s): Harrison Jensen—Planning, Public Policy and Management Faculty

Mentor(s): Nicole Ngo, José Meléndez

Session 3: To Care and How Not to Care, that is the Question…

For low-income and disabled Americans, Medicaid, a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage at low-or-no cost, is a lifeline . And yet, even as the benefits that Medicaid provides are in greater and greater need, nearly 6 million Medicaid-eligible adults aren’t covered . Studies on Medicaid participation rates frequently cite the complexity of the application process as being one of the main reasons why so many don’t enroll . However, relatively little research has been done on how applicants for Medicaid actually navigate through the application process . This study aims to address this gap in the existing body of research by asking individuals who applied for the Oregon Health Plan, Oregon’s state Medicaid program, about their experience applying . Preliminary interview data shows that applying for Medicaid can, in fact, be burdensome for applicants that are working and/or don’t receive any outside help during the application process .

Death of expectations: understanding grief associated with a disability diagnosis

Presenter(s): Emily Boeschoten—Sociology

Faculty Mentor(s): Krystale Littlejohn

Session 3: To Care and How Not to Care, that is the Question…

Nearly one in every five children in the United States have special healthcare conditions (Anon 2017) . Upon diagnosis, the reactions of the parents vary greatly depending on a multitude of factors . The reactions of parents to their child’s disability diagnosis are well documented; however, there is
little to no research on why these reactions take place . This study sought to answer the question, what shapes parental reactions to a child’s disability diagnosis? Twenty parenting blog posts about parents’ reactions to their child’s disability diagnosis were collected and analyzed to answer this question . Primary results suggest that reactions differ based on the child’s age of onset and the actions of the medical professionals relaying the information . For some parents, their strongest memories from their child’s diagnosis were not of the diagnosis itself, but the actions of the medical professionals leading up to and following the diagnosis . Many parents who experienced grief discussed how a disability diagnosis resulted in the death of their expectations for their child’s future, which was exacerbated by their doctors’ use of confusing medical terminology . In conclusion, the actions of medical professionals not only impact a parents’ reaction to their child’s diagnosis but also the subsequent care that the child receives . This research is significant because it shows that the meaning attached to a disability diagnosis depends not just on the label itself, but also on how the diagnosis is delivered . This has important implications for medical training on bedside manner .