UA students receive grant to implement team-based approach to improve patient’s quality of life
News Medical – Aug. 8
University of Alabama students are learning the value behind the “two heads are better than one” concept when addressing the health-care needs of rural communities. The Capstone College of Nursing received a $997,173 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to implement a collaborative, team-based approach to working with patients who have multiple chronic conditions. Chronic conditions are conditions that last a year or more and require ongoing medical attention. They include both physical conditions – arthritis, cancer, HIV infection – as well as mental and cognitive disorders, such as ongoing depression, substance addition and dementia. Multiple chronic conditions are two or more chronic conditions that affect a person at the same time. “People are living longer, but they are getting sicker earlier,” said Dr. Leigh Ann Chandler Poole, UA assistant professor in nursing and coordinator of the Nurse Practitioner Concentration in Mental Health and Primary Care for Rural Populations. “What we’re doing is not working, so we’re moving to models that use interprofessional teams to provide quality, patient-centered care.” The program is an innovative, interprofessional collaboration between the Colleges of Nursing, Community Health Sciences, Human Environmental Sciences and the School of Social Work, working closely with community partners Baptist Health Systems of Alabama and Zelia Baugh, its executive director of psychiatric services, and the University Medical Center.
Record-breaking sorority recruitment
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Aug. 7
It’s another record-breaking year for the women of the University of Alabama. Sorority rush kicks off this week, and even more new Greek houses are under construction. The university is making room for the biggest rush class in the nation, and, in University of Alabama history. Right now, almost 2,100 women are registered for rush, which starts on Friday.
UA announces summer graduates
Hartselle Enquirer – Aug. 7
The University of Alabama awarded 1,604 degrees during summer commencement exercises August 3. Degrees were awarded as follows: Hartselle – Mallory Blackwood, bachelor’s; Allyson Pouncey, master’s; and Joshua Blake Robinson, master’s; Somerville – John B. Miller, master’s; Alexandra Morris, bachelor’s; and Nicholas Puckett, bachelor’s.
University of Alabama Atlanta alumni plan events for season kick-off
Al.com – Aug. 7
Bama in Atlanta, a University of Alabama alumni group, is set to host a weekend of events for UA alumni and fans before the Crimson Tide season kick-off against Virginia Tech at the end of the month. Vice President Alex McNair said football game watch parties are the “bread and butter”of many UA alumni chapters, and Bama in Atlanta is no different. But since the Tide is coming to them this time around, the group plans to host parties throughout the weekend for UA alumni and fans to take part in. A Season Kick-off Pep Rally is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 30 at Taco Mac in downtown Atlanta. According to Bama in Atlanta’s website, tickets to the rally will include dinner, speakers like Eric Curry from the 1992 National Championship team in addition to participation in a silent auction of Alabama memorabilia to support Bama in Atlanta scholarships.
Tuscaloosa News – Aug. 8