In our "Behind the Desk" interview series, we meet the people at the heart of Mount Sinai Health System Libraries.
Today we have the pleasure of introducing you to Chelsea Rein, our new librarian at the Phillips School of Nursing at Beth Israel. Read on to learn more about the latest member of our team:
What were you doing before coming to Levy Library?
Before coming to the Levy Library I was working in a Public K-8 school in Boston, MA as a library aide. I also went to graduate school and received my MLIS from Simmons University.
Describe the duties and responsibilities of your job.
I will be the Librarian at the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. My duties include supporting the reference and instruction needs of the nursing school students and faculty. I will provide reference management expertise and help develop educational programs for information literacy.
What do you anticipate being the most challenging and rewarding aspects of your job?
I think what is challenging about this position is that it is new. The program needs are changing so my job is really about finding exactly what the information needs of the nursing students and faculty are specifically, and catering to that. What is rewarding to me is the teaching. I love that I can help faculty and students, and also have a positive impact on patient care.
What are your interests outside of work?
Reading, yoga, traveling and finding the best tea shops…. I’m also an avid movie-watcher and true-crime podcast listener. I’m currently learning Tai Chi.
If you see Chelsea, be sure to stop and say hello!
Each month Levy Library showcases the achievements of Mount Sinai faculty and researchers by highlighting an article and its altmetrics. Altmetrics are alternative measures of impact that capture non-traditional data like abstract views, article downloads, and social media activity.
This month we highlight Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
CITATION
The Lancet. Neurology, ISSN: 1474-4465, Vol: 18, Issue 1, Page: 56-87.
BACKGROUND
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they necessitate. We aimed to measure the incidence, prevalence, and years of life lived with disability (YLDs) for TBI and SCI from all causes of injury in every country, to describe how these measures have changed between 1990 and 2016, and to estimate the proportion of TBI and SCI cases caused by different types of injury.
METHODS
We used results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study 2016 to measure the global, regional, and national burden of TBI and SCI by age and sex. We measured the incidence and prevalence of all causes of injury requiring medical care in inpatient and outpatient records, literature studies, and survey data. By use of clinical record data, we estimated the proportion of each cause of injury that required medical care that would result in TBI or SCI being considered as the nature of injury. We used literature studies to establish standardised mortality ratios and applied differential equations to convert incidence to prevalence of long-term disability. Finally, we applied GBD disability weights to calculate YLDs. We used a Bayesian meta-regression tool for epidemiological modelling, used cause-specific mortality rates for non-fatal estimation, and adjusted our results for disability experienced with comorbid conditions. We also analysed results on the basis of the Socio-demographic Index, a compound measure of income per capita, education, and fertility.
FINDINGS
In 2016, there were 27·08 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 24·30–30·30 million) new cases of TBI and 0·93 million (0·78–1·16 million) new cases of SCI, with age-standardised incidence rates of 369 (331–412) per 100 000 population for TBI and 13 (11–16) per 100 000 for SCI. In 2016, the number of prevalent cases of TBI was 55·50 million (53·40–57·62 million) and of SCI was 27·04 million (24·98–30·15 million). From 1990 to 2016, the age-standardised prevalence of TBI increased by 8·4% (95% UI 7·7 to 9·2), whereas that of SCI did not change significantly (−0·2% [–2·1 to 2·7]). Age-standardised incidence rates increased by 3·6% (1·8 to 5·5) for TBI, but did not change significantly for SCI (−3·6% [–7·4 to 4·0]). TBI caused 8·1 million (95% UI 6·0–10·4 million) YLDs and SCI caused 9·5 million (6·7–12·4 million) YLDs in 2016, corresponding to age-standardised rates of 111 (82–141) per 100 000 for TBI and 130 (90–170) per 100 000 for SCI. Falls and road injuries were the leading causes of new cases of TBI and SCI in most regions.
INTERPRETATION
TBI and SCI constitute a considerable portion of the global injury burden and are caused primarily by falls and road injuries. The increase in incidence of TBI over time might continue in view of increases in population density, population ageing, and increasing use of motor vehicles, motorcycles, and bicycles. The number of individuals living with SCI is expected to increase in view of population growth, which is concerning because of the specialised care that people with SCI can require. Our study was limited by data sparsity in some regions, and it will be important to invest greater resources in collection of data for TBI and SCI to improve the accuracy of future assessments.
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