1. Prescription Overdose Prevention through Pre-Professional Education and Discussion: A Health Education Approach to the Opioid Epidemic Brandon Horvath, MPH(c), BS Thomas Jefferson University
BACKGROUND
RESULTS
DISCUSSION & LIMITATIONS
Americans died each day from opioid misuse and overuse (CDC); 2x more overdoses than the number of homicides in Philadelphia (PDPH)
Misuse and overuse are associated with:
Lack of provider and patient knowledge
Lack of access to providers
Poor provider-patient communication
Professional education programs have been successful in increasing provider knowledge about other public health topics (e.g., Alzheimer’s and dementia)
SOPHE and the CDC funded the development of a program for pre-professionals to be piloted at Jefferson in Feb - Mar 2018.
Group mean scores for each question increased from pre to post.
Results for 11 of the 12 were found to be statistically significant (t=3.05, p= 0.006) when running the independent samples t-test.
The POPPED Curriculum may be an effective way for conveying pertinent information about the opioid epidemic. * * * * * * * *
Limitations
Low Sample Size
Unmatched Pre-Post Responses
Lack of Diversity in Participants
Potential Next Steps
Confirming Long-Term Knowledge – Lengthening the time between viewing the curriculum and taking the post-test for “treatment” group.
Increasing Sample Size & Diversity – Piloting the curriculum with a more diverse sample both demographically and by major.
Potential Concerns with Generalizability of Results
* Statistically Significant
METHODS * * * *
Build POPPED Curriculum -
Interactive PowerPoint & Online Video
Study Type: Curriculum Evaluation via a Pre-Post Survey Design
Population: Graduate Students
in the Health Professions (N=56)
Setting: Thomas Jefferson University
Recruitment: s sent to and from Program Directors and Student Organization Liaisons
Pre-Test
(3-5 MINUTES)
* Statistically Significant
POPPED
Curriculum
(40 MINUTES)
Pre-Test:
Needs Improvement
Group Means
Post-Test:
Greatest Mean Differences
Mean Diff (Pre-Post)
Knowledge of Local Volunteer Opportunities
2.14
+1.65
Knowledge of Local, State and Federal Initiatives
2.63
+1.29
Identifying the Signs of an Overdose
2.68
+1.24
CORE COMPETENCIES
Describe factors affecting the health of a community
Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining and disseminating data and information
Conveys data and information to professionals/the public
Determines limitations of evidence
Describes evidence used in developing, implementing, evaluating and improving policies, programs and services
Describes implications of policies, programs and services
Describes needs for professional development
Describes how teams help achieve program and organizational goals (e.g., the value of different disciplines)
All evaluation materials were approved through Jefferson’s IRB (#18E.035)
Post-Test
(3-5 MINUTES)
Group N
Mean
Std Dev
Std Err
Pre-Test 12
3.5667
0.6992
0.2018
Post-Test
2.6375
0.7812
0.2255
Diff (Pre-Post)
0.9292
0.7413
0.3026
DATA & ANALYSIS
Pre-Post Comparison of Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs
Qualtrics: Collection of Pre-Post Responses
SAS: Independent Samples t-tests; Comparison
of Mean Differences from Pre-Post
Calculated Attrition Rate (7.1%)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Method
Variances DF
t Value
Pr > |t|
Pooled
Equal 22
3.07
0.0056
Satterthwaite
Unequal
21.735
0.0057
Drs. Baker, Frasso & McAna
Ms. M. Elaine Auld, MPH
Dr. Jeffrey Hom
Funders: SOPHE & CDC