Helen Russette & Emily Coyle, Phd Candidates, UM School of Public Health research updates.

Emily Coyle, MPH presenting "Patient Safety in Health Care: Approaches to Addressing a Growing Public Health Issue"

Helen Russette, MPH presenting "A Measuring Family-child Engagement and Behavioral Development Among Young Children in One Tribal Nation: A Research Update"

Emily Coyle, MPH- PhD Candidate, School of Public & Community Health Sciences, UM
Descirption: Since the 1999 publication of the Institute of Medicine's report, "To Err Is Human," a number of public and private orgs have developed standards to measure safe patient care. It is estimated that between 98,000 and 250,000 or more people in the US will die each year from medical errors. This talk will review the burden of harm and main drivers of unsafe care and examine the rating and evaluation systems for patient safety.

Helen Russette, MPH, PhD Candidate, School of Public & Community Health Sciences, UM
Description: Child behavioral development protective factors applied in the context of prenatal substance exposure can shed light on interventions that promote healthy development among high-risk children. Our study measures caregiver-child engagement and greenspace exposure in a reservation community to assess how it impacts behavioral development among young children with & without prenatal substance exposure.