Population Health Research Award for Undergraduates

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    Antibiotic Resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019) Moreno Candia, Jazmin; Traxler, Beth
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis is highly dangerous pathogen that is very prone to multiple drug resistance. As the microbe is very slow growing, culturing methods of diagnosing antibiotic resistance can take several months, making the treatment often ineffective. Faster methods of diagnosing antibiotic resistance are being developed that will help make the treatments more accurate and tailored to the strain infecting the patient.
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    Gentrification, Displacement, and the Question of Responsibility
    (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019) Ansari, Aleenah; Rosner,Daniela
    "In 1865, Seattle’s First City Council banned Native Americans from living in the city – but restricting people’s right to a home hasn’t stopped there. Redlining, or policies that make it harder for people of color to obtain a mortgage or buy a property in certain neighborhoods, have existed in Seattle since the 20th century. The continued growth and expansion of Seattle and its skyrocketing rent prices has displaced people of color who have historically lived in the Central District. My guiding question is, “how can we use storytelling to empower the stories and experiences of the Black community in the Central District, all while acknowledging the city’s history?” Moreover, there are stories of resilience in communities that have been displaced by gentrification but aren’t not showcased in media outlets. Through interviews with community members, I hope to share stories about how the CD community have responded to gentrification with resilience."
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    A novel three-tiered approach to bridging the mental health treatment gap
    (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019) Albright, Liam; Dahya, Negin
    Mental health is a vast problem around the globe and poses a threat to population health and economic development both domestically and internationally. While mental health is a vast problem current treatment plans by States, Intergovernmental Organizations, and NonGovernmental organizations are not meeting the needs of populations around the world, particularly in low resources low-income areas. To close the treatment gap in mental health care in low resource low-income areas a novel Intervention model that combines mobile phones, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Lay-Health workers should be implemented. In this paper, I conduct a literature review of the current state of mental health and its possible treatments. In doing so, this paper focuses on CBT, mobile phones, and lay-health work treatments and looks at the benefits and weakness of each and how they might work together. While it is certainly difficult to treat mental illnesses in rural areas and developing states due to lack of resources and infrastructure, an intervention model that combines mobile communication technology, lay health workers and cognitive behavior therapy to create an effective agile program that can respond to a community’s mental health needs is possible. This paper concludes that this new intervention method that combines the three is warranted and is feasible.