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Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Questionnaire and Resource Packet

What is the role of healthcare providers?
The healthcare system is a natural place to respond to ACEs and promote resilience in children,
youth and families. Guidelines for well childcare are extensive in the early years – 13 visits in
the first three years of...

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ACE children child adverse childhood experience patient health questionnaire

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale

Author/s: Spitzer, Robert L., Kroenke, Kurt, Williams, Janet B. W.

BACKGROUND:

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental disorders; however, there is no brief clinical measure for assessing GAD. The objective of this study was to develop a brief self-report scale to identify probable cases of GAD and evaluate its reliability and...

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Self report depression mental health patient health questionnaire

OK SB-1446: Patient-Provider Agreement-Consent

Author/s: Duffy, Daniel F.

This Patient-provider agreement records the discussion about the patient’s rights and consent to treatment for chronic pain, particularly when the treatment involves using a controlled substance or any opioid drug.
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SB-1446 opioids

Oral Care Measures for Preventing Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia

Author/s: Liu, Chang, Cao, Yubin, Lin, Jie, Ng, Linda, Needleman, Ian, Walsh, Tanya, Li, Chunjie

BACKGROUND:

Pneumonia occurring in residents of long-term care facilities and nursing homes can be termed 'nursing home-acquired pneumonia' (NHAP). NHAP is the leading cause of mortality among residents. NHAP may be caused by aspiration of oropharyngeal flora into the lung, and by failure...

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oral health long-term care nursing homes pneumonia

Medical-Legal Partnership

Author/s: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.

In Oklahoma, 1 in 5 people live in poverty and also have at least one health-harming civil legal need. Creating a system to screen for these legal needs will allow us to address problems not otherwise attended to, reducing patient stressors and saving health care partner’s money in terms of...

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poverty medicare medicaid legal services

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Investigation

Author/s: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CDC is concerned about AFM, a serious condition that causes weakness in the arms or legs.
  • From August 2014 through August 2018, CDC has received information on a total of 362 cases of AFM across the US; most of the cases continue to occur in children.
  • Even with an...
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AFM Acute Flaccid Myelitis myelitis CDC

Managing Prescription Refills

Author/s: Mold, James

Several years ago, OKPRN clinicians identified two key principles and several techniques that make management of prescription refills much easier for practices. 
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prescriptions

Unilateral Strength Training Leads to Muscle-Specific Sparing Effects During Opposite Homologous Limb Immobilization

Author/s: Andrushko, Justin W., Lanovaz, Joel L., Björkman, Kelsey M., Kontulainen, Saija A., Farthing, Jonathan P.

Cross education (CE) occurs after unilateral training whereby performance of the untrained contralateral limb is enhanced. A few studies have shown that CE can preserve or “spare” strength and size of an opposite immobilized limb, but the specificity (i.e., trained homologous muscle and...

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strength training resistance training

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH

Author/s: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

A condensed version of "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH" this easy-to-read fact sheet includes an overview of DASH research findings and suggestions on how to start and stick with a eating plan.  
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blood pressure DASH patient education

Influenza (The Flu)

Author/s: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Influenza information handout from the CDC.
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influenza symptoms

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