Publications by authors named "Elaina Vasserman-Stokes"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated what influences parents’ decisions to hire pediatric health care advocates (HCAs) by evaluating various child-related factors.
- Participants assessed vignettes that altered the severity of a child's symptoms, risk of mortality, and age.
- It was found that parents were more inclined to hire HCAs for advisory services, but when a child's risk of mortality was high, they were more likely to seek support services instead.
Assessment of the effects of acute and repeated exposure to blast overpressure in rodents: toward a greater understanding of blast and the potential ramifications for injury in humans exposed to blast.
Front Neurol
October 2012
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) resulting from exposure to improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has fueled a requirement to develop animals models that mirror this condition using exposure to blast overpressure (BOP). En route to developing a model of repeated exposure to BOP we sought to initially characterize the effects of acute BOP exposure in rodents, focusing specifically on the levels of BOP exposure that produced clinical mTBI symptoms. We first measured BOP effects on gross motor function on a balance beam.
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- The emergence of health care advocacy is a response to the complicated health care system, with a focus on how various factors affect the likelihood of hiring a health care advocate (HCA) for a chronically ill child.
- Researchers manipulated factors like the child's age, severity of illness, and probability of mortality using vignettes to determine their impact on the decision to hire an HCA.
- Results indicated that participants were more inclined to hire an HCA for younger children and those with less severe illnesses, suggesting that using an HCA can improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes.
Background: In response to the increasing complexity of the health care system, the field of health advocacy has emerged. However, little is known about factors that may influence a person's likelihood of hiring a health advocate.
Purpose: This study was designed to examine factors that influence a person's likelihood of hiring a health advocate.