tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53160563758375383582024-02-19T22:39:33.761-08:00Dana's Mentored Research Program Experience at the National University of Health SciencesDana, a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) student at the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS), is participating in the NUHS Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Mentored Research Program (MRP), taking Masters of Public Health (MPH) Global Health Studies courses at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH), and researching global attitudes toward CAM and chiropractic. Supported by the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) R25AT002872.EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-65797052796658558662010-10-25T11:35:00.001-07:002010-10-25T11:36:32.157-07:00Bernard J. Turnock, MD MPH, guest lectured<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 10/22/2010</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week, </span><a href="http://publichealth.jbpub.com/turnock/3e/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Bernard J. Turnock, MD MPH</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>guest lectured on his experiences working in various public health departments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was fascinating to hear of his experiences and all the forces at play while he was Director of the </span><a href="http://www.idph.state.il.us/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Illinois Department of Public Health</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. (</span><a href="http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdph.html/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdph.html/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wednesday I attended the Chicago Board of Health and heard about the different projects they are overseeing including smoke-free housing and teen pregnancy, as well as a presentation on breast cancer disparities amongst women in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had our second Epi midterm this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the test went fine but it really made me feel like the semester is coming to an end so quickly!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This week in my global health class, we discussed women and maternal health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The presentations were interesting- discussing fistulas, forced sterilization, and adolescent marriages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When thinking of issues in the global context it is interesting to think of the recurring themes of many of the same issues facing different health problems- education, access, financial, research, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also been working on a variety of group projects for different classes- it is fun to combine the ideas of many and I think it has been made so much easier with easy access to technology.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-73489829923419723882010-10-22T11:30:00.001-07:002010-10-22T11:30:53.920-07:00I am excited to start transcribing my interviews and start analyzing the data.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 10/15/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I met with my </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/mch/nadine_peacock.htm"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UIC</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> mentor, </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/mch/nadine_peacock.htm"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr. Nadine Peacock</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this week and we devised a strategy for the first steps of my data analysis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was so encouraging about what I was able to get done in </span><a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ghana</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> even though it is a small project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am excited to start transcribing my interviews and start analyzing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also a good experience working with qualitative data, since most of my work in research has previously been done with quantitative data.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My CHSC course was cancelled for the week, so I just worked on some online assignments and surveys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In epidemiology we have an exam next week so I am finishing up the assignment for this week and preparing for the exam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my global health course, we discussed men’s health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really interesting because there has been a lot of focus on </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/mch/academic_programs.htm"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">women’s health and there is even a concentration offered in it at UIC</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, but men’s health has been relatively neglected.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-71946185464698348062010-10-08T11:24:00.000-07:002010-10-22T11:25:08.847-07:00we discussed the global burden of non-communicable diseases<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 10/8/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I got back to the US this week and have been exhausted!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made it back in time to make </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/CHSC.html"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">all of my classes</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out there were some unforeseen make-up assignments for my week away, but I am now all caught up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really interesting that this week in my </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/global/academics_courselist.shtml"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">global health class</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> we discussed the global burden of non-communicable diseases, which results in a double burden for many developing countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was especially interesting after my trip, where I was able to see how much chronic diseases affect those in developing countries- especially diabetes, hypertension, and mental conditions.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-78620200616495325842010-10-01T11:21:00.000-07:002010-10-25T09:52:54.373-07:00Five days providing medical care in Ghana<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 10/1/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> This week has been intense. We worked 4 days at the hospital seeing over 200 people and fit more than 75 hearing aids. Yesterday we went to a village instead of working at the hospital. It was difficult to travel there (no good roads) and once we were there over 600 people came to see us. This village has no running water or electricity so our services were limited. As part of the ear team we screened everyone for infections or bugs we could remove from their ears- whereas at the hospital we could also do ear washes, hearing tests, and fit those eligible for custom hearing aids. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Here are some links you might be interested in: </b></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anidaso Health is the organization I went to Ghana with: </span><a href="http://www.anidasohealth.org/Anidaso_Health/Akwaaba_%28Welcome%29.html">http://www.anidasohealth.org/Anidaso_Health/Akwaaba_(Welcome).html</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.svgafrica.org/"> </a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Slaormey Volunteers Group (SVG) is the organization that coordinated everything in Africa:</span><a href="http://www.svgafrica.org/"> http://www.svgafrica.org/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Starkey Hearing Foundation is where we get the hearing aids from at affordable prices for global missions. </span><a href="http://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/">http://www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is a Flickr site with photos of the 2010 Ghana mission: Anidaso Health is the organization </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foamcows/sets/72157625100213262/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/foamcows/sets/72157625100213262/</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> The medical team did a lot of work this week as well, focusing a lot on diabetes and hypertension screenings. Although many associate developing countries with infectious disease, chronic disease is an important part of the disease burden experienced there. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I leave for the US in the morning and expect it to be a long but uneventful trip home, just as it was coming here. I am looking forward to seeing my family and have to get back to work on my project and school assignments, but I wish I was able to stay longer. There is way more need than a 5 day trip can provide.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-87448681456633033272010-09-24T11:16:00.000-07:002010-10-22T11:17:19.691-07:00I leave in the morning for Ghana<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 9/24/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I leave in the morning for Ghana, so this week has been full of packing and extra class work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our first exam this week in epidemiology and despite the tech difficulties, the exam went well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once that was over, I had to start working on my assignments that are due when I am gone because I won’t have internet access overseas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a little difficult working ahead, but I think things went well and I am glad that they are done so I won’t have to worry about catching up on too much when I return. Also, I received my IRB approval today- just in time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am feeling a little anxious about the trip and feel like I still have a million things to do to prepare so please excuse how short this entry is- my mind is all over the place.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-71397556220481197412010-09-17T11:07:00.000-07:002010-10-22T11:09:07.697-07:00I completed and submitted my IRB application for my project in Ghana.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 9/17/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week has been so busy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I completed and submitted my </span><a href="http://www.nuhs.edu/show.asp?durki=710"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IRB</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> application for my project in </span><a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ghana</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never been part of a research project at this stage so it was a great experience and a chance to learn something new about the research process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As part of this, I completed the </span><a href="http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/education/initial.shtml"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">online training modules to be eligible through IRB to conduct research</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is done to try to educate people about the research process, ethics, and ensuring confidentiality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel fortunate to have the support and advice of so many people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/global/academics_courselist.shtml"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">classes</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> this week have focused on health inequity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One class focused more on health in the United States and interventions there, while this week my global health class focused on the neglected tropical diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was interesting because although education is important and a large focus of public health interventions, it is not always sustainable or the most effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Success often comes when interventions also provide a means to change the situation</span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16203834"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One example is how New York City required screens on homes in windows along with parental education that resulted in a 96% decrease in window falls. </span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the interventions for the neglected tropical diseases include sanitation and clean water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not enough to educate villages on the importance of this if they do not have the means to provide it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so interesting to learn of the ways people have made large scale impacts through different interventions as opposed to learning how to help an individual.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week was also insightful because I learned of </span><a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">all the research that has to go into monitoring, measuring, and delivering interventions</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many places do not have accurate reporting of diseases and death making it difficult to always determine need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, research has to be done to develop methods on how to survey geographic areas to most cost effectively determine incidence of diseases to be able to deliver the proper amount of medications or other procedures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, interventions can be integrated to more cost effectively deliver services to address multiple health issues at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many aspects that go into developing good public health interventions and policies as well as how to innovate them.</span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-84854650639957074362010-09-10T10:44:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:45:08.412-07:00After my third week at UIC, I am really feeling comfortable<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Week Ending 9/10/10</span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After my third week at </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/index.shtml"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">UIC</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, I am really feeling comfortable there and with all of my classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not as shy about participating or anxious as to what is expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There really is an environment of cooperative learning and respect of all the different experiences that shape everyone’s opinions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have spent this week mainly focused on my classes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week in my </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/global/index.shtml"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">global health class</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> we discussed the relationship between health and economics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One aspect of this discussion was about how much money goes into many different interventions that haven’t been able to be sustained in many areas that need the most development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also brought up how some policies and interventions may actually inhibit growth, development, and self-sufficiency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so important to remember that good intentions don’t always translate into good results and what works some places may not be beneficial everywhere.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the difficulties I find with my classes is the online epidemiology class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am realizing that I really value a traditional lecture setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find listening to a person lecture about a topic and watching them work through problems step by step goes well with my style of learning so I have to adapt to the online learning experience and work a little harder to learn the material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As far as my project on my trip to Ghana goes, I began working on the interview questions so that I can apply for </span><a href="http://www.nuhs.edu/show.asp?durki=678"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">IRB approval next week through National</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The audiology team (on which I am working primarily) met this week to begin to divide supplies for packing, learn new testing techniques, refresh skills for making ear molds, and make lists of things we still need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-34099373741646000612010-09-03T10:10:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:12:57.825-07:00Classes are in full swing now! -- week ending 09/03/2010<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> 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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u>Week Ending 9/3/10</u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/">Classes</a> are in full swing now!<span> </span>We have had many assignments, quizzes, and been assigned our groups.<span> </span>I am enjoying classes because everyone is from such different backgrounds that every discussion has many perspectives - I am learning new things constantly.<span> </span>I am excited for the group projects to begin so I can get to know some of the other students better and learn from them as well.<span> </span>Also, many <a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/research/">seminars</a> are starting to be announced and I hope to attend some of those in future weeks.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>I have began the literature search for my project (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Health%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitudes%2C%20Practice%22%5BAll%20Fields%5D%20AND%20%28%22Complementary%20Therapies%22%5BMesh%5D%20OR%20%28chiropracters%5BAll%20Fields%5D%20OR%20chiropractic%5BAll%20Fields%5D%20OR%20chir">global health knowledge, attitudes and practice towards complementary and alternative medicine and chiropractic – click here to see a basic PubMed search on the topic</a>), <span> </span>but feel there is so much more information to find and read.<span> </span>Additionally, I have been reading on <a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/research/dec99/1299ra18.htm">qualitative methods</a> to best learn how to conduct my project and how I can begin to analyze the data when I return from my trip.<span> </span>My mentor, <a href="http://www.cade.uic.edu/sphapps/faculty_profile/facultyprofile.asp?i=npeacock">Dr. Nadine Peacock</a>, and I were not able to meet this week, but I am continuing with the plan we devised last session and hopefully will be able to move forward next week.</div>EBP@NUHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686408376470174250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5316056375837538358.post-48615175099730396892010-08-27T11:22:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:28:33.750-07:00This was my first week at UIC in the NUHS Mentored Research Program<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><u><strong><em>Week Ending 8/27/10</em></strong></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This was my first week at <a href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/"><span style="color: blue;">UIC</span></a>- classes started, I met with my mentor, <a href="http://www.cade.uic.edu/sphapps/faculty_profile/facultyprofile.asp?i=npeacock"><span style="color: blue;">Dr. Nadine Peacock</span></a>, and have been busy doing all the administrative things that go with being a new student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am taking Community Health Sciences 400: <a href="http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/CHSC.html">Public Health Concepts & Practice</a>, Epidemiology 403: <a href="http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/CHSC.html">Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods</a>, and IPHS 409: <a href="http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/CHSC.html">Global Public Health Challenges</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seem to be many group projects and papers in my future and it will be nice to use a different part of my brain after all the exams at <a href="http://www.nuhs.edu/show.asp?durki=2">National University of Health Sciences</a> (where I am completing a <a href="http://www.nuhs.edu/show.asp?durki=33">doctor of chiropractic medicine degree</a>).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This week I also met my mentor, Dr. Nadine Peacock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is an expert in <a href="http://www.bmj.com/content/311/6996/42.extract">qualitative health research methods</a> and has given me access to her course, <a href="http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/CHSC.html">CHSC 434: Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health</a>, so I can try to learn things that will be pertinent to what I am doing this semester without having to take her class (it meets at the same time as my Global Health course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have decided to use my trip to Ghana at the end of September as an opportunity to work on a project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I have to begin researching everything there to see the best direction to take this!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am going to begin researching the healthcare system in <a href="http://www.ghana.gov.gh/">Ghana</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While there, I hope to interview the different people that provide health services there to determine what their patient base is like, when their services are utilized, and specifically about the musculoskeletal complaints they treat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through these interviews it is my intention to demonstrate if there is a need for chiropractic services in Ghana and if so to determine in what ways it can be implemented to best integrate it into the existing healthcare framework and cultural beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a few chiropractors in the country, but primarily in the main cities whereas my trip is in a more rural area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is going to be a lot of work to get everything in order before I leave so Dr. Peacock and I will be meeting regularly in hopes of getting this all done.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><br />
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