• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Research, Student
    • Atlanta Research Conference
    • Atlanta Research Conference 2021
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Research, Student
    • Atlanta Research Conference
    • Atlanta Research Conference 2021
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of MercerCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About URSA

    Collecting PolicyLicense AgreementDigitization SpecificationsRemoval PolicyHarmful Language Statement

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Pen Pal Project to Write Away Isolation: An IRB-approved Project Aimed at Decreasing Isolation During a Global Pandemic

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks

     
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    ARC21_COHP_080.pdf
    Size:
    1.022Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    ARC21_COHP_080_av.mp3
    Size:
    4.728Mb
    Format:
    mp3 audio
    Download
    Average rating
     
       votes
    Cast your vote
    You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item. When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
    Star rating
     
    Your vote was cast
    Thank you for your feedback
    Author
    Barfield, Kailey
    de la Cruz, Jennifer
    Lepp, Erin F.
    Keyword
    ARC21--Night 3
    College of Health Professions
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10898/12612
    Title
    Pen Pal Project to Write Away Isolation: An IRB-approved Project Aimed at Decreasing Isolation During a Global Pandemic
    Abstract
    As the COVID-19 pandemic radically upended the daily lives and routines of many people, those considered vulnerable faced increased physical isolation due to efforts of increased protection. While interventions such as social distancing have been appropriate to maintain physical health, mental health has taken the brunt of the pandemic. To create connections while maintaining safe physical distance, a letter writing project was created between Mercer Physician Assistant Students and volunteers in the community. This project was created for the Paul Ambrose Scholars Program in which students in medical professions are selected to design a community health project focusing on one of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) of Healthy People 2020. Suicide was the LHI chosen for this project. As depression increases among elderly, isolated individuals during the pandemic, the risk of suicide increases as well. Letter writing is a cheap, easy way to maintain emotional connections with others despite social distancing guidelines. This project has been IRB approved and included nineteen Mercer Physician Assistant (PA) students and nineteen volunteer letter recipients throughout the United States. A screening tool was used to assess depression levels of volunteer letter recipients both prior to and after receiving letters from PA students over the course of 4-5 months. This poster is a summary of the research project.
    Collections
    Atlanta Research Conference 2021

    entitlement

     

    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2022)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.