Tierra Pinkins
MPH,CHES
Projects
Milestone accomplishments in my educational and professional career.
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Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative/
Great Lakes Practice Transformation Network
September 2015 - Present
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid issued a Request for Applications to the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative designed to support over 150,000 providers in Healthcare Transformation. IU Center for Health Innovation and Implementation was the prime in the TCPI application with partners at Northwestern University and Altarum Institute. I helped gather information, write and edit the application. On September 29th, 2015 IU application was awarded $46.6 million to recruit and support 11,500 providers in the midwest, impact 10 million people, generate $1 billion in savings and build the evidence base on practice transformation in preparation for the move from volume to value reimbursement.
IU Health Systematic Literature Reviews
February 2015
IU Health is in the process of creating system wide policies for Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) and Venous Thromboembolism/ Deep Vein Thrombosis (VTE/DVT). IU Health sought the services of the Center for Heatlh Innovation and Implementation Science to review and summarize evidence-based literature. I was assigned to lead the team responsible for the literature reviews. The literature reviews for IU Health were used as a tool in their Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) sessions for policy development.
Program Planning:
"Participating Parents" Program
December 2014
The partnership with Eskenazi West 38th Street Clinic was extended in the creation of the program plan above, addressing the barriers to contraceptive use in the adolescent population they serve. There were multiple recommendations to focus on in creating a program and clinic staff were instrumental in choosing parents as the vehicle for change in their adolescent population.
Internship
Maternal Health Training
October 2014
This training was created as a part of my Public Health Internship at Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. ASPIN manages a behavioral health network and wanted me to apply an area of interest to the behavioral health profession. Pregnant women and new mothers may experience physical complications, anxiety, depression, or substance abuse. It is important for behavioral health professionals to know the specific symptoms and best practices in treatment for pregnant women and new mothers experiencing these issues.
Internship
Survey Results and Analysis
May 2014
I created two versions of a web-based survey to administer to current Certified Recovery Specialists for Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. as a part of my internship. The Lime Survey version was up on two laptops at the CRS Spring Conference, which allowed for people with limited internet access to complete the survey that day. After the conference, the survey was sent out using a link created by QuickSurveys.com. The results of that survey were aggregated and analyzed in this report.
Culture and Qualitative Methods:
Research Study
May 2014
This study was conducted to determine the barriers to contraceptive use by adolescents in the community served by the 38th Street Eskenazi Clinic. My research parter, Amanda Evrard and I worked collaboratively with the clinic to complete the qualitative study.
Social and Behavioral Sciences:
"¡Usted Primero!" (You First) Progam Plan
December 2013
Tihs program plan for a community based intervention was created to address teen pregnancy in the Indianapolis Latino community.¡Usted Primero! was created as a scaled down version of Milwaukee’s Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. For the program in Indianapolis, the scope will be narrowed to focus on outside school resources, parental involvement, and a mixed media campaign.