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Papers by Karyl Rattay

Research paper thumbnail of Validation and Use of Point-of-Care Lateral Flow Chromatographic Immunoassays for Early Diagnostic Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents : A Guide for Practitioners

Research paper thumbnail of Preventing Chronic Disease

Delaware journal of public health, Apr 19, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Know As You Go

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of SURVEILLANCE: Building the Evidence to Address Prescription Drug Overdoses, Violence, and Traumatic Brain Injuries

This briefing will focus on the vital role of using data to prevent injuries and violence, with a... more This briefing will focus on the vital role of using data to prevent injuries and violence, with a focus on violent deaths, prescription drug overdoses and traumatic brain injuries. Speakers will describe the role of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), and share examples of existing surveillance efforts within states and their importance for research, identifying prevention strategies and healthcare service planning. Panel members include:

Research paper thumbnail of The National Accreditation of the Delaware Division of Public Health

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Pushing the Envelope of Public Health: A dialogue with Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir

Research paper thumbnail of Align and Invest for Impact with Our Communities

Research paper thumbnail of A Vision for the SUD Treatment System in Delaware

Research paper thumbnail of The Delaware Opioid Epidemic

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Improved Data Collection for Our LGBTQ Population is Needed to Improve Health Care and Reduce Health Disparities

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Delaware’s Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities ― 19 States, April 2020

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Together we can do so much

Delaware Medical Journal, Jun 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Using a balanced scorecard approach to achieve health equity within a state health department

One of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to Achieve health equity, eliminate dispar... more One of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups. Public health agencies across the country are working to operationalize this goal within their organizations. However, they face many challenges in translating the evidence base regarding the social determinants of health and the causes of health inequities into public health practice that advances health equity. In 2011, the Delaware Division of Public Health identified health equity as one of its strategic priorities and launched an organization-wide planning effort for its implementation. A consulting firm, the Results that Matter Team, provided technical assistance on strategy map development through the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Over the course of 18 months, individuals from across the agency met to develop strategic cross-cutting objectives, and related activities and performance measures. Refinement of the h...

Research paper thumbnail of Reversing the diabetes epidemic: a role for primary care in identifying pre-diabetes and referral to an evidence-based program

Delaware medical journal, 2014

In 2012, 8.2 percent (or about 52,000) of adults in Delaware reported being advised by their medi... more In 2012, 8.2 percent (or about 52,000) of adults in Delaware reported being advised by their medical provider they have pre-diabetes. Many additional Delawareans have undiagnosed pre-diabetes. Lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity, modest weight loss and healthier eating can prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes. Evidence-based programs have been developed to reduce the prevalence of the disease by providing interventions at the stage of pre-diabetes detection and are cost-effective or provide cost-savings. One such evidence-based preventive service is the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), developed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Delaware is fortunate to be one of two states with statewide implementation of the DPP program. Increasing the identification of pre-diabetes in primary care is an important first step in preventing diabetes. Enhancing successful referrals to the DPP is also critically important to decrease the burden of dia...

Research paper thumbnail of State of Delaware response to novel H1N1 influenza: Division of Public Health's perspective

Delaware medical journal, 2010

The novel H1N1 influenza in 2009 and 2010 demonstrated the important relationship between medicin... more The novel H1N1 influenza in 2009 and 2010 demonstrated the important relationship between medicine and public health. Delaware physicians may benefit from knowing how the state Division of Public Health (DPH) responded. One way to describe that response is to compare H1N1 influenza activities to the Ten Essential Public Health Services, adopted as standard practice by most public health agencies.

Research paper thumbnail of Together we can do so much

Delaware medical journal, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Use of an Electronic Medical Record System to Support Primary Care Recommendations to Prevent, Identify, and Manage Childhood Obesity

PEDIATRICS, 2008

Many primary care physicians are not providing care that is consistent with recommendations to pr... more Many primary care physicians are not providing care that is consistent with recommendations to prevent, to identify, and to manage childhood obesity. This report presents modifications made to the electronic medical record system of a large pediatric health care system, using a quality improvement approach, to support these recommendations and office system changes. Although it is possible to make practice changes secondary to electronic medical record system enhancements, challenges to development and implementation exist.

Research paper thumbnail of Weight Counseling Patterns of U.S. Pediatricians

Research paper thumbnail of Validation and Use of Point-of-Care Lateral Flow Chromatographic Immunoassays for Early Diagnostic Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Consensus Statement From the American Heart Association Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents : A Guide for Practitioners

Research paper thumbnail of Preventing Chronic Disease

Delaware journal of public health, Apr 19, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Know As You Go

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of SURVEILLANCE: Building the Evidence to Address Prescription Drug Overdoses, Violence, and Traumatic Brain Injuries

This briefing will focus on the vital role of using data to prevent injuries and violence, with a... more This briefing will focus on the vital role of using data to prevent injuries and violence, with a focus on violent deaths, prescription drug overdoses and traumatic brain injuries. Speakers will describe the role of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), and share examples of existing surveillance efforts within states and their importance for research, identifying prevention strategies and healthcare service planning. Panel members include:

Research paper thumbnail of The National Accreditation of the Delaware Division of Public Health

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Pushing the Envelope of Public Health: A dialogue with Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir

Research paper thumbnail of Align and Invest for Impact with Our Communities

Research paper thumbnail of A Vision for the SUD Treatment System in Delaware

Research paper thumbnail of The Delaware Opioid Epidemic

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Improved Data Collection for Our LGBTQ Population is Needed to Improve Health Care and Reduce Health Disparities

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Delaware’s Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities ― 19 States, April 2020

MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Together we can do so much

Delaware Medical Journal, Jun 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Using a balanced scorecard approach to achieve health equity within a state health department

One of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to Achieve health equity, eliminate dispar... more One of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 is to Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups. Public health agencies across the country are working to operationalize this goal within their organizations. However, they face many challenges in translating the evidence base regarding the social determinants of health and the causes of health inequities into public health practice that advances health equity. In 2011, the Delaware Division of Public Health identified health equity as one of its strategic priorities and launched an organization-wide planning effort for its implementation. A consulting firm, the Results that Matter Team, provided technical assistance on strategy map development through the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Over the course of 18 months, individuals from across the agency met to develop strategic cross-cutting objectives, and related activities and performance measures. Refinement of the h...

Research paper thumbnail of Reversing the diabetes epidemic: a role for primary care in identifying pre-diabetes and referral to an evidence-based program

Delaware medical journal, 2014

In 2012, 8.2 percent (or about 52,000) of adults in Delaware reported being advised by their medi... more In 2012, 8.2 percent (or about 52,000) of adults in Delaware reported being advised by their medical provider they have pre-diabetes. Many additional Delawareans have undiagnosed pre-diabetes. Lifestyle changes such as increasing physical activity, modest weight loss and healthier eating can prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes. Evidence-based programs have been developed to reduce the prevalence of the disease by providing interventions at the stage of pre-diabetes detection and are cost-effective or provide cost-savings. One such evidence-based preventive service is the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), developed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Delaware is fortunate to be one of two states with statewide implementation of the DPP program. Increasing the identification of pre-diabetes in primary care is an important first step in preventing diabetes. Enhancing successful referrals to the DPP is also critically important to decrease the burden of dia...

Research paper thumbnail of State of Delaware response to novel H1N1 influenza: Division of Public Health's perspective

Delaware medical journal, 2010

The novel H1N1 influenza in 2009 and 2010 demonstrated the important relationship between medicin... more The novel H1N1 influenza in 2009 and 2010 demonstrated the important relationship between medicine and public health. Delaware physicians may benefit from knowing how the state Division of Public Health (DPH) responded. One way to describe that response is to compare H1N1 influenza activities to the Ten Essential Public Health Services, adopted as standard practice by most public health agencies.

Research paper thumbnail of Together we can do so much

Delaware medical journal, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Use of an Electronic Medical Record System to Support Primary Care Recommendations to Prevent, Identify, and Manage Childhood Obesity

PEDIATRICS, 2008

Many primary care physicians are not providing care that is consistent with recommendations to pr... more Many primary care physicians are not providing care that is consistent with recommendations to prevent, to identify, and to manage childhood obesity. This report presents modifications made to the electronic medical record system of a large pediatric health care system, using a quality improvement approach, to support these recommendations and office system changes. Although it is possible to make practice changes secondary to electronic medical record system enhancements, challenges to development and implementation exist.

Research paper thumbnail of Weight Counseling Patterns of U.S. Pediatricians