Interprofessional Education and Collaboration is a Call for Improvement Across the Board in the Health Sciences :: Special Issue

About This Special Issue

Interprofessional collaboration provides an opportunity for providers of differing specialties to work together by combining their knowledge and skills to offer a more comprehension approach to problem solving in terms of research, patient care and implications. An integrated effort of engaging practitioners with varying levels of expertise allows for better decision-making, cost effectiveness, efficient system use and resource sharing. More importantly, clients and patients, particularly those in underserved areas, have the benefit of improved quality health care access when interprofessional collaboration is utilized as a strategic approach to combatting barriers.

Aims and Scope:

1. Service-Learning Education Models for Interprofessional Education Collaborative
2. Teaching Health Equity as a Component of Interprofessional Education
3. Telehealth and Interprofessional Collaborations
4. Counseling Approach to Interprofessional Collaborating
5. Ethics, Mutual Respect, and Shared Values in Interprofessional Collaborations
6. Interprofessional Collaboration Effective Communication
7. Principles of Team Dynamics in Interprofessional Collaborations
8. Multidisciplinary Approach to Reaching Health Care Goals
9. The Development of Interprofessional Collaborations
10. Dental Care Hygienists as Health Educators
11. The Growing Trends of Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Sciences Education

Lead Guest Editor

Jewel Shepherd

School of Community and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Virginia, United States

Guest Editors

Denise M. Claiborne

Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States
Kaprea Johnson

Counseling and Human Services Department, Old Dominion University, United States
Koren Goodman

Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Montclair State University, Montclair, United States
Elizabeth Locke

School of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, 3118 Health Sciences Building, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States
sheila silva

Universidade Sao Judas Tadeu, Departamento de Pos Graduacao em Educacao Fisica, Brazil
Kaprea F. Johnson

Counseling and Human Services Department, 110 Education Building, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, United States

Published Articles

Interprofessionalism in the Literature: A Review of the American Journal of Health Research

Michael T. Kalkbrenner , Jewel Goodman Shepherd , Kaprea F. Johnson , Jill D. Choudhury , Alyssa Reiter , Alexandria Russell

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 44-47

Received: 13 May 2015

Accepted: 16 December 2015

Published: 3 September 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.16

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Abstract: The purpose of this research brief was to review the available research on collaborative efforts to delivering healthcare in a health research journal. Interprofessional collaboration involves an interdisciplinary working relationship between health care providers to provide multifaceted treatment approaches to better serve clients, better educate ... Show More

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Utilizing the Stages of Change Model to Design an Employment Readiness Training Program for High Risk Workers: A Collaborative of Community-Based Human Service Professionals and Health Sciences Educators

Jewel Goodman Shepherd , Kaprea F. Johnson , Koren Goodman , Reverend Sylvia Copeland-Murphy

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 37-43

Received: 27 October 2015

Accepted: 28 October 2015

Published: 21 June 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.15

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Abstract: Numerous factors and barriers remain a challenge for high risk workers. Programs that currently exist target self-sufficiency, yet there remains an unemployment rate that is reflective of the need to eliminate cyclical joblessness. Maintaining meaningful employment is the goal for high risk workers as well as mentoring, guidance, and prolonged enga... Show More

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Keep It Moving: Factors to Consider in Establishing an Interprofessional Approach to Promote Physical Activity Among US Adults in the Northeast

Sariyamon Tiraphat , Koren S. Goodman

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 28-36

Received: 14 September 2015

Accepted: 26 January 2016

Published: 17 June 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.14

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Abstract: Physical inactivity is a major public health concern. In the United States (US), only 21% of adults meet the established guidelines [1]. Recommendations for adults aged 18 to 64 years include 150 minutes of moderate activity, with 2 days of muscle-strengthening to improve overall health and to lower the risk for diseases such as diabetes, heart dis... Show More

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Professional Counseling’s Alignment with the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

Kaprea F. Johnson , Miranda MJ Parries

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 18-27

Received: 19 February 2015

Accepted: 17 March 2015

Published: 14 March 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.13

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Abstract: Previous findings show that there is a misconception of the counseling profession and a lack of awareness of their role in interprofessional collaboration; which may lead to underutilization of counselors for team based care. As an example, in 2009 six professional health related associations developed core competencies for interprofessional collab... Show More

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Interprofessional Collaboration and Its Impact on “Climate Change”

Stephanie L. Sanders

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 4-17

Received: 1 May 2015

Accepted: 10 June 2015

Published: 29 February 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.12

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Abstract: In recent years, the number of Black and Latino/a students enrolling in institutions of higher education have increased significantly. However, when compared to their White counterparts, persistence rates are much lower. Past research has documented both the historical and contemporary issues that Students of Color face at Predominantly White Insti... Show More

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A “CLARION” Call for Embracing IPE as the Status Quo for Preparing Health Professionals to Engage in Interprofessional Health Research

Kimberly Adams Tufts

Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2-1, March 2016

Pages: 1-3

Received: 25 June 2015

Accepted: 27 June 2015

Published: 29 February 2016

DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhr.s.2016040201.11

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Abstract: Complex health conditions and the social-economic determinants that contribute to disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and health inequalities require multifaceted evidence-based interventions that only interprofessional research teams who collaborate across traditional disciplinary lines can generate. Interprofessionally driven and derived re... Show More

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Interprofessional Education and Collaboration is a Call for Improvement Across the Board in the Health Sciences