Publications by authors named "Konstantina Yantsides"

VA-ECHO (Veterans Affairs -Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) provides live, synchronous, continuing education accredited, case-based learning. Sessions deliver up-to-date, evidence-based, practice-relevant, Veteran-focused learning to healthcare team members. The primary goal of VA-ECHO is to increase Veterans' access to high quality care by improving knowledge and skills among VA care providers.

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Rehabilitation is important in the care of patients with cancer for improving function, pain, and quality of life. However, only a small number of clinicians are formally trained in cancer rehabilitation. Virtual learning environments may play a promising role in cancer rehabilitation education, especially in the coronavirus pandemic era where in-person learning is not readily available.

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Objective: Scalable, efficiently delivered treatments are needed to address the needs of women Veterans with PTSD. This randomized clinical trial compared an online, coach-assisted cognitive behavioral intervention tailored for women Veterans with PTSD to phone monitoring only.

Method: Women Veterans who met diagnostic criteria for PTSD were randomized to an 8-week web-based intervention, called DElivery of Self TRaining and Education for Stressful Situations (DESTRESS)-Women Veterans version (WV), or to phone monitoring only (N = 102).

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  • A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated a new, efficient intervention aimed at helping parents talk to their kids about substance use by promoting family meals and discussions.* -
  • The study involved 70 parents of elementary school children in New England, with results showing that those in the intervention group significantly increased conversations about substances over a six-month follow-up, compared to the control group.* -
  • While the intervention was well-received and demonstrated success in enhancing parent-child discussions about drug use, it did not significantly change the frequency or duration of family meals, indicating the need for further research with a larger sample.*
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Introduction: There is an established link between non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) and heroin use among adults; however, little is known about this relationship among adolescents. We investigate this association among a nationally-representative sample of U.S.

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Introduction: Children who frequently eat family meals are less likely to develop risk- and behavior-related outcomes, such as substance misuse, sexual risk, and obesity. Few studies have examined sociodemographic characteristics associated with both meal frequency (i.e.

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Background: Little is known about effective at-home oral care methods for people with developmental disabilities (DDs) who are unable to perform personal preventive practices themselves and rely on caregivers for assistance.

Methods: A convenience sample of 808 caregivers (84.5 percent paid, 15.

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Background: Two reports by the U.S. surgeon general noted the disproportionate impact of oral disease on and lack of oral health information regarding people with disabilities.

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