Last updated: 2020-04-26
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| S1 | Catherine Diab, Monika Massey, Jenna Livengood, Michaela Kinahan, Krista Ramirez | 475 | Mothers Strong: PMADs Awareness & Outreach | 1 in 7 women suffer from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) according to the American Psychological Association (2019). For mothers who have experienced traumatic events, including pandemics, natural disasters, birth trauma, and admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), these rates are commonly increased. This project aims to connect the services provided by Mothers Strong of Chico, CA with virtual education, tools, and resources to better equip mothers in navigating PMAD. Due to the recent events of the COVID-19 pandemic the focus of this project has shifted to providing short-term assistance to mothers who are susceptible to PMADs via a safe online platform. This project will work to determine ways to enhance maternal well-being while navigating the new normal of social distancing and seclusion. Planned interventions to respond to the increasing problem of PMADs, especially during this worldwide pandemic, will include providing resources and information for mothers and educational outreach regarding PMADs to increase future healthcare workers scope of knowledge. |
| S1 | Natalie Batarseh, Sharmaine Cahiles, Rayelle Fabi, Lola Gonzalez, Elizabeth Vargas | 474 | Vitalant Blood Drive | Vitalant is a nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteers across the country and provides its blood products in all parts of the United States. According to Vitalant, nearly 40% of US citizens are eligible to donate, but only 10% of the population actually does. The goal of this project is to spread awareness and educate the community in order to encourage them to donate. Leading up to the day of the event, various methods were used to advertise the blood drive, such as tabling, hanging up posters, emails, advertising on social media, and presentations to clubs on campus. A survey was then conducted on all those who donated during the March 2020 Vitalant Blood Drive on the California State University, Chico campus. There were over 100 participants who attended, upon which 80 anonymous surveys were collected from willing participants. Statistics showed that on average 23.8% of participants donated blood for the first time. In addition, on average most people heard about the event through posters, emails, and other methods. Overall, it was determined that most participants were avid donors, and that few were first time donors. |
| S1 | Catherine Diab, Michaela Kinahan, Jenna Livengood, Monika Massey, Krista Ramirez | 474 | Mothers Strong Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) Awareness & Outreach | 1 in 7 women suffer from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD) according to the American Psychological Association (2019). For mothers who have experienced traumatic events, including pandemics, natural disasters, birth trauma, and admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), these rates are commonly increased. This project aims to connect the services provided by Mothers Strong of Chico, CA with virtual education, tools, and resources to better equip mothers in navigating PMAD. Due to the recent events of the COVID-19 pandemic the focus of this project has shifted to providing short-term assistance to mothers who are susceptible to PMADs via a safe online platform. This project will work to determine ways to enhance maternal well being while navigating the new normal of social distancing and seclusion. Planned interventions to respond to the increasing problem of PMADs, especially during this worldwide pandemic, will provide resources and information for mothers as well as educational outreach regarding PMADs to increase future healthcare workers scope of knowledge. |
| S1 | Jasmine Carrillo, Emily Dennis, Amanda Huppe, Katie Jones, and Casey Applegate-Williams | NULL | Stop the Bleed | In 2019, there were 417 mass shootings in the United States. One-hundred and ten of these took place on school grounds, and 211 people lost their lives. The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization which records every mass shooting in the country, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people are shot. Traumatic injuries, such as gunshot wounds, often lead to traumatic bleeding which generally develop into fatal blood loss. Knowing how to control rapid blood loss is an essential skill for members of the community. It takes less than five minutes to bleed out from a traumatic injury. Having this skillset in the case of a shooting could make the difference in multiple lives. The primary goal of this project was to collaborate with an organization called Stop the Bleed in order to educate the Chico community on controlling traumatic bleeding by holding a two-hour Bleeding Control Basics course. The training incorporated both how to recognize a life-threatening bleed and a hands-on portion to learn the essential skills. By March 1st, we had 60 registered participants for the course. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we converted our project to a virtual event rather than in person. There were 25 attendees at our Zoom presentation which we held on April 14th. The percentage of correct answers was 92% in our post-assessment. This leads us to strongly believe that our presentation impacted the participants’ understanding of controlling traumatic bleeding. Ultimately, our aim is to pass this project down to the incoming fifth semester nursing students to ho |
| S1 | Amber Shobash, Allison Wortman, Mai Jou Vang, Anusha Bhattarai | 474 | Connecting Providers, Clients, and Community: A Resource Acquisition Project | After the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA in 2018, there were many community members left without access to healthcare. A group of nurses and healthcare workers founded Medspire Health, a free mobile healthcare clinic that serves the Paradise and Magalia communities. This clinic provides a variety of services, such as primary care, mental health services, medication assistance, and case management. There was a need by this clinic to create a resource booklet of all the resources in the area that the providers can use to refer patients. The goal of this project is to create a comprehensive resource guide for Medspire’s providers to use when referring patients for other services not provided by the clinic. A secondary goal of this project is to help the clinic with flyers, organization, and run a toiletry drive to gather supplies for patients. Due to unexpected events, we were not able to entirely meet our goal. The toiletry drive was not completed, but the resource booklet was put together in its entirety and the group provided other services for the clinic. The group plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the resource book by interviewing the providers after five clinics to see what resources were used and which were unhelpful. Suggestions for future projects include expansion of target audience for toiletry drive and exploration of other needs within the target population, such as education on health promoting activities of certain health conditions. |
| S1 | Paraic King, Amy Peet, Megan Stewart | 474 | Substance Abuse Education and Mental Health Awareness for Adolescents of Chico High School | 19.1 percent of adolescents today experience anxiety as well as 13.3 percent suffering from depression, which can lead to irreversible consequences. In 2017, suicide was found to be the second leading cause of death among those aged 10-24 (Heron, 2019). In an effort to cope with these feelings, many teenagers may turn to cigarettes, vaping, and/or alcohol. To help combat these issues, a Community Health intervention targeted adolescents who attend Chico High School and who may be struggling with anxiety, depression or other mental health issues which cause them to turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms such as substance abuse. These students were educated on the health hazards of using various substances, anxiety, depression, and social isolation. Additionally, they were provided with alternative healthy coping mechanisms and resources available through the local community to utilize during a crisis or while attempting to quit abusing substances. Since Butte County instituted social distancing orders, the training has been converted to a virtual format. An online pre-presentation survey was sent to determine the students’ prior knowledge regarding substance abuse and mental health issues. After this, a completed online PowerPoint with a voiceover was sent to the teacher and was disseminated to the students. Following the presentation, the students took the same quiz to determine the effectiveness of the PowerPoint and information. Considering current circumstances related to COVID-19 and social isolation, it is crucial to target adolescents during this vulnerable time and hel |
| S1 | Mathew Butcher, Kevin Criswell, Briana Donat, Nathan Harriott, Matthew Konopka, Quinn Little, Timothy Miller, Heidi Reynaga, Timothy Wright, Hannah Aird | 403 | Petrology and Emplacement Style of Bald Rock Pluton, California | The Bald Rock Pluton is an igneous intrusion which formed during the Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic, near Lake Oroville. Compton (1955) conducted rigorous mapping and structural analysis of the Bald Rock Pluton (BRP). However, while Compton theorized the pluton formed as a result of a single massive event, more recent studies have suggested the geological history of the area may be more complicated. Little research has been done on the cooling history of the pluton; the processes by which BRP was differentiated; or the stresses endured by the pluton post-emplacement. This research uses fieldwork, hand samples, thin sections and geochemistry to interpret the cooling history of the BRP. We observed how lithology, petrology, and relationships between the mafic enclaves and granitoid host rock changed relative to the distance along a transect from the trondhjemitic core to the tonalitic rim of the pluton. Ten hand samples were collected from eight locations along the transect for lab analysis and thin sections. Lithologic and petrographic descriptions were developed by describing outcrops, hand samples and thin sections. Typical sample mineralogies include biotite, hornblende, quartz, plagioclase, and orthoclase. Mafic enclaves were observed at each stop, increasing in size from the ‘core’ of the pluton to the rim. Hornblende and biotite crystals also increased in size and abundance from the core to the rim. Foliation and enclaves/xenoliths were aligned E-W at some stops. Our results will present a greater understanding of the mechanisms behind pluton emplacement. |
| S1 | Diana Caplan Miller, Ashlee Ward, Isabella Williams, Caroline Wills | 475 | LGBTQ+ Ally Project |
LGBTQ+ Ally Project Diana Caplan Miller, Ashlee Ward, Isabella Williams, Caroline Wills Abstract: LGBTQ+ is an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual orientation, gender expression or gender non-conforming individuals. The goal of this project was to measure healthcare experiences of LGBTQ+ people, and to narrow the knowledge gap for future healthcare providers who will be working with members of the LGBTQ+ community to ensure effective treatment and a therapeutic relationship. This population is vulnerable, and the ignorance on the topic contributes to avoidance of healthcare, delays in healthcare, poor healthcare experiences, and worse healthcare outcomes among many in the LGBTQ+ population. Many members of the LGBTQ+ community are subjected to discrimination, harassment, assault, and denial of needed healthcare, and all future healthcare workers must understand the needs of this population to ensure safe, effective care for all patients. The members of this project created two surveys that were used to gather information from both the LGBTQ+ population and healthcare workers. An online survey was circulated via social media and word of mouth to members of the LGBTQ+ population to determine their opinions on their identity and their relationship to healthcare providers. An in person survey was given to healthcare providers attending a conference, and measured their perceived comfort and confidence in working with LGBTQ+ clients. This project also developed an educational presentation meant to broaden the knowledge of future h |
| S1 | Elvis Benigno, Kevin Pham, and Owen Radey | 2020 | Chico State Community Educational Outreach | According to the California Mental Health Movement, Each Mind Matters (2014), one in four adults are living with a mental health disorder, 75% of which will develop before age 24. Additionally, within university student populations there has been a recent surge in the number of individuals experiencing a mental health disorder and seeking care. According to a 2016-2017 report provided by the California State University, Chico (CSUC) WellCat Health Center there has been a rapid increase in the need for counseling and medication, and an increased severity and complexity of mental health disorders. To help develop resiliency and decrease suffering from mental health disorders within the Chico State community this project was developed with the goal to educate, encourage, and connect students with the tools and resources necessary for them to develop effective adaptive coping mechanisms, and to decrease stigma associated with anxiety and depression. Efforts included a seminar discussing anxiety and depression among college students, how to lift associated stigma, and the dispersion of a digital infographic to provide education, and resources remotely. Student outreach was carried out via oncampus tabling, social media posting, and the CSUC announcement service. As a result approximately 200 individuals have seen the digital infographic, and four individuals attended the in-person seminar. To assess who was reached, the percieved value of information provided, and other topics of interest for the future of this project a survey was developed to which 25 individuals have respond |
| S1 | Blake Buckner, Harman Khinda, Nicholas Nelson | 498 | A Computational Model of Canopy Waves | Canopy waves occur in stably-stratified atmospheres when wind is blowing over orchard canopies. Early observations ruled out traditional wave modes, which led to the hypothesis that these waves might not be waves at all, but rather Kelvin-Helmholtz billows that experience a non-linear saturation and thus maintain the observed scale as they propagate over the orchard. This may be possible due to an inflection in the shear profile with height, caused by the reduced wind speed in the canopy layer. To investigate this possibility, we set up simplified numerical experiments using OpenFoam, a open-source computational fluid dynamics code, which can incorporate a wide range of boundary conditions and geometries. We show initial results in the development of models using OpenFoam to simulate flow through with a prescribed input profile which is then allowed to evolve and propagate through the simulated domain |
| S1 | Bjorn Larsen, Sean Dillon, Cynthia Olvera Perez | 498 | Modeling Gravitationally Bound Disk Collisions Using N-body Simulation Techniques | Numerical models have long shown that a substantial fraction of the material gravitationally bound disks such as proto-planetary disks and spiral galaxies are ejected in close gravitational encounters with other disks. With the discovery of ʻOumuamua, the first known asteroid from outside our solar system, renewed interest has been generated in the fate of this ejected material. We model gravitationally bound disk collisions using the restricted three-body approximation. The central objects of the disks are modeled as massive objects and the disks are treated as test particles which move in the resulting gravitational potential but do not interact with each other. We have developed a simulation code capable of modeling collisions between disks and studying the statistical distribution of the velocities of the ejected material. We show that the velocities of the ejected material can be very high in the center-of-mass frame. Future work will include the use of a symplectic integrator scheme to increase the accuracy of our model. We are also interested in increasing our model’s complexity by including the interactions between test particles. |