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Glory John - “Navigating Skin Diversity and Real-World Factors in Thermal Imaging for Early Pressure Injury Detection” (Winner of the Student Poster Award!) (Poster #45)

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Sharon Sonenblum -  “Color Me Curious: A Comparative Study of Skin Tone Scales” (Poster #28)

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References

Glory John - “Navigating Skin Diversity and Real-World Factors in Thermal Imaging for Early Pressure Injury Detection

1.     Baron MV, Hernandes Martins PR, Brandenburg C, Koepp J, Reinheimer IC, Dos Santos AC, Dos Santos MP, Mantilla Santamaria AF, Miliou T, da Costa BEP. Accuracy of Thermographic Imaging in the Early Detection of Pressure Injury: A Systematic Review. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Mar 1;36(3):158–167.

2.     Bates-Jensen BM, Jordan K, Jewell W, Sonenblum SE. Thermal measurement of erythema across skin tones: Implications for clinical identification of early pressure injury. J Tissue Viability. 2024 Aug 22;S0965-206X(24)00126–8. PMID: 39214728.

3.     Black J, Cox J, Capasso V, Bliss DZ, Delmore B, Iyer V, Massaro J, Munro C, Pittman J, Ayello EA. Current Perspectives on Pressure Injuries in Persons with Dark Skin Tones from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Sep 1;36(9):470–480. PMID: 37590446.

4.     Holster M. Driving Outcomes and Improving Documentation with Long-Wave Infrared Thermography in a Long-term Acute Care Hospital. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Apr;36(4):189–193.

5.     European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: Clinical Practice Guideline. The International Guideline.: EPUAP/NPIAP/PPPIA;2019. 

6.     Jiang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, et al. Application of an infrared thermography-based model to detect pressure injuries: a prospective cohort study. Br J Dermatol. 2022;187(4):571-579

7.     Monk Skin Tone Scale. (2019). Google. https://skintone.google/the-scale.

8.     Oozageer Gunowa N, Oti KA, Jackson D. Early identification of pressure injuries in people with dark skin tones: Qualitative perspectives from community-based patients and their carers. J Clin Nurs. 2024 Nov;33(11):4434-4444. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17362. Epub 2024 Jul 9. PMID: 38979901. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jocn.17362

9.     Sonenblum SE, Patel R, Phrasavath S, Xu S, Bates-Jensen BM. Using Technology to Detect Erythema Across Skin Tones. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Oct 1;36(10):524–533. PMCID: PMC10545068.

Sharon Sonenblum -  “Color Me Curious: A Comparative Study of Skin Tone Scales

1.         Bliss DZ, Gurvich O, Savik K, Eberly LE, Harms S, Mueller C, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Healing of Pressure Ulcers Present at Nursing Home Admission. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2017 Sep;72:187–94.

2.         Oozageer Gunowa N, Hutchinson M, Brooke J, Jackson D. Pressure injuries in people with darker skin tones: A literature review. J Clin Nurs. 2017/09/10 ed. 2018 Sep;27(17–18):3266–75.

3.         Bates-Jensen BM, Anber K, Chen MM, Collins S, Esparza AN, Gieschen K, et al. Natural history of pressure injury among ethnically/racially diverse nursing home residents: The pressure ulcer detection study. J Gerontol Nurs. 2021;47(3):37–46.

4.         Black J, Cox J, Capasso V, Bliss DZ, Delmore B, Iyer V, et al. Current Perspectives on Pressure Injuries in Persons with Dark Skin Tones from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Sep 1;36(9):470–80.

5.         Everett JS, Budescu M, Sommers MS. Making sense of skin color in clinical care. Clin Nurs Res. 20120528th ed. 2012 Nov;21(4):495–516.

6.         Cook CM, Howard JJ, Rabbitt LR, Shuggi IM, Sirotin YB, Tipton JL, et al. Colorimetric skin tone scale for improved accuracy and reduced perceptual bias of human skin tone annotations [Internet]. arXiv; 2024 [cited 2025 Jan 9]. Available from: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.21005

7.         Wilkes M, Wright CY, du Plessis JL, Reeder A. Fitzpatrick Skin Type, Individual Typology Angle, and Melanin Index in an African Population: Steps Toward Universally Applicable Skin Photosensitivity Assessments. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Aug;151(8):902–3.

8.         Dadzie OE, Sturm RA, Fajuyigbe D, Petit A, Jablonski NG. The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale: a proof-of-concept study. Br J Dermatol. 20220508th ed. 2022 Jul;187(1):99–104.

9.         Sonenblum SE, Patel R, Phrasavath S, Xu S, Bates-Jensen BM. Using Technology to Detect Erythema Across Skin Tones. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2023 Oct 1;36(10):524–33.