19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Video Training for Childcare Providers on c(CMV)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus presenting with cold-like symptoms that infects people of all ages. When the virus is transmitted by a pregnant woman to her unborn child this is called congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV). The prevalence of CMV and cCMV is 1 in 3 children by age five and 1 in every 200 children born respectively. According to the CDC, infants born with cCMV are likely to have long-term health problems including hearing loss, intellectual disability, vision loss, seizures and lack of coordination or muscle weakness. Childcare providers have a high occupational health risk for contracting CMV due to the close proximity they spend to children daily. It has been reported that 30-40% (or higher) of children in daycare excrete CMV in their saliva and or urine (Red Book, AAP, 2015). Though childcare providers are at a great occupational risk for CMV, their awareness of the infection and how to prevent the virus is low (Thackeray & Magnusson, 2016). Studies have noted that the largest reduction in CMV rates follow proper hand hygiene behaviors. Therefore, in order to reduce the spread of CMV in a childcare setting, proper education on prevention methods is warranted. This study will describe the development of a CMV training video module for workers in a childcare setting. The video was designed to increase awareness and prevention of CMV and cCMV. The module was reviewed by experts in the CMV field. The final module, revised based on feedback received, is reported here.
- The learner will be able to distinguish between CMV and cCMV.
- The learner will be able to discuss risk to childcare providers for CMV and cCMV.
- The learner will be able to describe prevention methods for CMV and cCMV.
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Presenter: Casey Turovac
Casey Turovac is a 4th year student in the Doctor of Audiology program at the University of Connecticut. She was a LEND trainee (UCONN Pediatric Supplement). She is interested in rehabilitative audiology for children and adults.
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Kathleen M Cienkowski, Ph.D. CCC/A is an Associate Professor and Department Head of SLHS at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Cienkowski studies the benefits of AR among patients with acquired hearing loss and their families. Her work has been funded by National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Administration. She is the Past-President of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology, Past-Coordinator for the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Special Interest Group 7: Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation. She currently serves a audiology discipline coordinator for the UCONN LEND and co-investigator for the UCONN Pediatric LEND Supplement grant.
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• Receives Other financial benefit for Independent contractor from AUCD/Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB) .
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.