Publications by authors named "Katherine W O Kramer"
Purpose: Currently, research is lacking regarding the use of spill-proof beverage containers (SPBCs). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between daytime SPBCs use for sugared beverages, caries, socioeconomic status, and other covariates in high-caries risk 12- to 49-month-old children attending a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.
Methods: Data were analyzed using baseline information from 415 Iowa WIC-enrolled children who participated in a psychoeducational study.
Purpose: Currently, research is lacking regarding the use of spill-proof beverage containers (SPBCs). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between daytime SPBCs use for sugared beverages, caries, socioeconomic status, and other covariates in high-caries risk 12- to 49-month-old children attending a Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.
Methods: Data were analyzed using baseline information from 415 Iowa WIC-enrolled children who participated in a psychoeducational study.
Purpose: The purpose was to compare whether mothers exposed to an autonomy-supportive psychoeducational videotaped message, informed by self-determination theory (SDT), demonstrated greater changes in behavior concerning their children's oral health than mothers exposed to a neutral message delivered by brochure.
Methods: Data were collected at baseline, one- and six-month follow-ups from 415 12- to 49-month-old WIC-enrolled children and their mothers: 283 in the video intervention group and 132 in the brochure control group. Mothers completed questionnaires regarding their child's dietary/oral hygiene habits.
Purpose: The purpose was to compare whether mothers exposed to an autonomy-supportive psychoeducational videotaped message, informed by the self-determination theory (SDT), demonstrated greater changes in oral health knowledge and behavioral intentions as a preventive means for early childhood caries (ECC) than mothers exposed to a neutral message delivered by brochure.
Methods: Data were collected at baseline, one-, and six-month follow-ups from 415 12- to 49-month-old WIC-enrolled children and their mothers: 283 in the video intervention group and 132 in the brochure control group. Mothers completed questionnaires on maternal knowledge and behavioral intentions for oral health care.
Core functions of nursing home social services departments in the United States.
J Am Med Dir Assoc
January 2013
Objective: To report social services departmental involvement in 52 functions.
Design: Cross-sectional data collected from a nationally representative sample of 1071 nursing home social services directors who were asked to report the extent to which their department was involved in 52 functions (activities). The functions were organized under the framework of the NASW Clinical Indicators for Social Work and Psychosocial Services in Nursing Homes.
Objectives: This paper reports the prevalence and severity of caries in a group of 16-month-old American Indian children.
Methods: The study is an ongoing longitudinal study of risk factors for caries in children from a Northern Plains Tribal community. Children were examined for caries and risk factor data collected at approximately 1, 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess relationships between the presence or absence of mutans streptococci (MS) and other covariates in children aged 12-49 months.
Methods: Data were analyzed using baseline information from 411 children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) who participated in a psychoeducational study in Iowa. Children were assessed for MS using a semiquantitative method (RODAC plates).
The purpose of this descriptive study is to report findings from a nationally representative mail-in survey of nursing home social service directors (n = 1,071) who were asked if they had received at least one hour of training in six different areas of cultural competency in the past five years. Of the six areas, the lowest percentage of directors reported having training in homophobia. Three-fourths of the sample had not received even one hour of homophobia training over the past five years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn appropriate number of qualified staff is a key factor contributing to quality of care and quality of life for nursing home residents. While much of the literature focuses on the importance of adequate nursing ratios, this descriptive study is the first to focus on the social services staff ratio. Nationally representative survey results from over 1,000 nursing home social services directors reveal that the mean number of residents per full-time equivalent social worker in the United States is 89.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDepression screening in nursing homes: involvement of social services departments.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
March 2010
Objective: To determine the percentage of nursing home (NH) social services (SSs) departments that screen at-risk residents for depression. To report characteristics of SS departments that "usually or always" are involved in depression screening.
Design: Cross-sectional, nationally representative survey.
Purpose: To report the percentage of nursing homes whose social services director has a degree in social work, to report the characteristics of social service directors, and to describe the characteristics of nursing homes most likely to employ a degreed social worker. These questions are important because social workers are core members of the interdisciplinary team in nursing homes and have responsibilities for the psychosocial well-being of residents.
Design And Methods: Cross-sectional nationally representative survey of 1071 social service directors employed in US nursing homes certified to receive Medicare and/or Medicaid.