Long Island University

About: Long Island University is a education organization based out in Brookville, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 2647 authors who have published 4924 publications receiving 108757 citations.

Evaluating the Impact of Clinical Interventions by PharmD Students on Internal Medicine Clerkships: The Results of a 3 Year Study

Abstract: Background:As the practice of pharmacy evolves, requiring more clinically oriented healthcare providers, PharmD programs expand their training to more hospital sites to expose students to management of a variety of disease states. These hospital sites often require proof of the impact of PharmD students on patient care over an extended period. This is the first long-term (3 year) study reported.Objective:To evaluate the impact of clinical interventions by PharmD students on internal medicine clerkships over a 3 year period at a 627 bed county hospital with 165 general medical/surgical beds and 10 internal medicine teams.Methods:Between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2005, all pharmacy interventions at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, were recorded and analyzed for percentage of contribution, acceptance rate, type, frequency, and impact level.Results:PharmD students contributed to 28.8% of all pharmacy interventions made, with an acceptance rate for interventions of 92%. The most frequent t...

Nutrition beliefs, attitudes, and resource use of high school wrestling coaches.

Abstract: Beliefs, attitudes, and nutrition resource use among high school wrestling coaches were measured for weight loss, weight class, dehydration, training diet, and eating disorders. Most coaches (82%) considered themselves very knowledgeable about wrestling but less informed about sport nutrition, weight loss, and vitamin supplements. They used a variety of nutrition resources, but only 36% had attended nutrition workshops. Almost all coaches were interested in learning more about specific nutrition topics. More experienced coaches attended nutrition workshops and felt more informed about weight loss and sport nutrition. The mean percentage of correct responses to questions about weight loss was 64%, training diets 59%, dehydration 57%, body composition 52%, and eating disorders 80%; the mean score for healthy attitudes about weight loss was 69%, training diets 34%, dehydration 29%, body composition 70%, and eating disorders 69%. These results can be used to develop training seminars and educational materials to promote greater knowledge and healthy attitudes among wrestling coaches.

Update on the status of 89 drug information centers in the United States.

Abstract: Purpose. Previously identified U.S. drug information centers (DICs) were surveyed to determine whether they were still in existence and whether changes had occurred in the DICs since 2003. Methods. Eighty-nine DICs identified in a 2003 survey were surveyed in April 2008. For DICs still in existence, questions were designed to determine whether there were changes in the mission, time spent on activities, staffing, and drug information questions (number, complexity, and time required to answer) compared with five years earlier. Respondents’ projected need for their DIC over the next five years was also surveyed. Results. Seventy-five (84%) of the 89 DICs were still active. The most notable changes in activities were increases in time spent on educating health-professions students (53%), supporting the institution’s medication safety program (44%), and providing information-systems support (36%). The majority of respondents (73%) reported no change in the number of employed drug information personnel. The percentages of DICs reporting an increase, decrease, and no change in the number of drug information requests received were 29%, 42%, and 29%, respectively. Seventy percent reported an increase in the number of complex questions, while 53% reported an increase in the time required to answer each question. Ninety-seven percent of respondents projected no change or an increase in the need for their DIC over the next five years. Conclusion. Eighty-four percent of the previously identified DICs were still in existence. The most notable changes in these DICs were increases in the number of DICs focusing on educating health-professions students, the complexity of drug information questions, and the amount of time required to answer each request.

Ethnic Variation in the Impact of Emotion and Emotion Regulation on Health: A Replication and Extension

Abstract: Although emotions and patterns of emotion regulation are central to models linking personality and health, the generalizability of these models to diverse populations of older adults remains untested. In this study, 1,364 community-dwelling women (aged 50-70 years) from six ethnic groups completed self-report measures of trait anger, inhibition, defensiveness, and health. As expected, reports of trait anger and emotion inhibition predicted poorer health (and defensiveness better health), even when demographics and health behaviors were controlled. However, these characteristics related to outcome differently across ethnic groups; greater anger was related to better health in all groups other than U.S-born European Americans, and increased emotion inhibition was associated with better health among immigrant Eastern European women. Results are discussed within a contextualistic model of emotions and health, and directions for future research are given.