Health promotion, disease prevention and risk reduction in the USVI: State of the science and practi

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Health promotion, disease prevention and risk
reduction in the USVI State of the science and
practice
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• Current science and practice specific to health
  promotion, disease prevention and risk reduction
  in the USVI
• World Health Organizations Reports
• Health, United States
• Healthy USVI 2010
• BRFSS

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Health care coverage, USVI
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Heavy drinking, USVI
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Binge drinking, USVI
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Smokers, USVI
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Overweight, USVI
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Fruit and vegetables , USVI
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Any exercise in the past month, USVI
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Mammogram within past 2 years, USVI
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Pap test within last 3 years, USVI
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PSA screening in past 2 years, USVI
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Blood stool test in past 2 years, USVI
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Ever had sigmoidoscopy, USVI
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USVI Health Concerns and PrioritiesHealthy
USVI, 2010

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Current Science

• Health of individuals and groups within the
  United States Virgin Islands
• Review of the Science
• Scientific/Scholarly Peer-reviewed Publications
• Pubmed
• Caribbean (23,065)
• Caribbean and nursing (1,1018)
• Caribbean, nursing and Virgin Islands (19)

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Current Science

• Health of individuals and groups within the
  United States Virgin Islands
• Practice of health care providers in the USVI
• Caribbean, nursing and Virgin Islands (19)
• Promoting breast health among women in the USVI
  (Underwood, et al.)
• Reducing disparities in breast health
  (Ramsay-Johnson)
• Caring for patients with cancer (Stepien)
• Infant feeding in West Indian women (Corbett)
• Culture, low key and discreet (Caiger)
• Responding to nature disasters (Normandin)

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• Recommendations for future research
• Start where you are.
• Use what you have.
• Do what you can.
• What is known?
• What do we need to know?
• How do we begin?
• What can I do to expand and strengthen the body
  of science?
• What can I do to improve practice?

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Research Exemplar

• Reporting highlights of
• community education and community outreach

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Assessing needs and concerns of communities and
groups

• Drafting clinical vignettes and case reports
• Expert opinion regarding clinical practice
• Retrospective program evaluation
•  Post-program evaluation
• Retrospective pre-test post-test
• Other 

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Disseminating scholarly outcomes of efforts
undertaken to reduce disparities in the United
States Virgin Islands
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Food for thought

• Dissemination of outcomes for lay and scientific
  review
• Case reports, clinical vignettes
• Scientific review
• Research reports
• Educational innovations
• Program evaluation
• Community education

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Yes you can!!!
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Food for thought

• Committing your thoughts to paper or disk
• Writing the vision
• Outlining your thoughts
• Refining the draft
• Submitting the narrative for review
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Start where you are

• Arthur Ashe

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Journals, Magazines, Newsletters, and Other
Publications to Consider