Environmental Impact on Stress during Challenging Healthcare Encounters
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Ottenbacher (University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston)
K12 Scholar: Leah Stein Duker
Faculty Mentor: Sharon Cermak
Project Period: 9/1/17 – 8/31/22
Funding Source: NIH NICHD/NINDS Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program
Award Number: K12 HD055929
Anticipated Award: $250,076
To identify environmental barriers and facilitators during healthcare encounters, develop evidence-based interventions tailored environmental modification interventions to improve care experiences for consumers and healthcare providers, and examine the efficacy and effectiveness of these interventions.