Fall Conferences and Presentations Keep MAPPR Busy Through Year End

(l-r) Mary Espinosa, Aidan Smith and Claire Schuch at the SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers meeting

Fall 2013 proved to be a busy season for the team at Mecklenburg Area Partnership for Primary Care Research.  With numerous conferences and annual meetings happening during this time of the year, it was the perfect opportunity to present research findings to the health care and research community. 

Three presentations were given at November's North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario:

        

      Impact of Shared-decision Making On Disease-specific Quality of Life for Asthma     Patients

      Tapp, H; Taylor, Y; Alkhazraji, T; Kuhn, L; Mowrer, L;  Reeves, K; Dulin, M

      Improved Outcomes for Patients With Asthma: Preliminary Results of a Shared Decision Making  Intervention

      Kuhn, L; Tapp, H; Dulin, M; Alkhazraji, T; Taylor, Y; Reeves, K; Steuerwald, M; Mowrer, L

      Community-based Approach to Improving Primary Care Access In a Vulnerable Hispanic Neighborhood: Results From an Initial Cohort

      McWilliams, A; Urquieta de Hernandez, B; Smith, H; Sorensen, J; Coffman, M; Simmons, L; Tapp, H; Ludden, T; Taylor, Y; Dulin, M

      A month earlier, Brisa Hernandez and Maren Coffman presented Community-Driven Health Interventions - Designing a Neighborhood Health and Wellness Fair to Decrease Health Disparities at the Communities Joined in Action Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC.

  The SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers met in Roanoke, Virginia and were treated to Engaging Students in Transdisciplinary Health Care Research by Mary Espinosa, Aidan Smith, Claire Schuch and Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez.  

"Conferences like this are a great opportunity to learn about the wide variety of research topics that georgraphers are investigating," says presenter and MAPPR Research Assistant Mary Espinosa.  "It's also great to be able to present the work that we do here and to teach others about the importance of our work and its impact on students and their future."

You can find research posters and presentations as they become available on our MAPPR website.