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Item Open Access Transportation Sustainability Tracking Tool(2025-04)The Transportation Sustainability Tracking Tool was developed by the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center (TRC) for the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to support local monitoring of transportation and climate policy goals. The tool provides an interactive, web‑based platform that visualizes transportation performance metrics—including vehicle miles travelled (VMT), tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, and electricity consumption—derived from a longitudinal dataset of light‑duty vehicles registered at residential addresses in Chittenden County. These metrics are calculated using cleaned and merged Vermont DMV registration and inspection records, geocoded address information, vehicle characteristics decoded from VINs, and fuel economy estimates from the U.S. EPA. The system enables users to explore trends across multiple spatial scales and years via real‑time data querying within an R‑shiny dashboard. While the dataset offers unique, spatially detailed insights into household vehicle use, the report outlines important limitations, including the exclusion of commercial, government, and through‑traffic travel. The tool’s design emphasizes transparency, repeatability, and annual data updates, supporting planners and municipalities in evaluating progress toward sustainable transportation outcomes in Chittenden County.Item Open Access The Skinny on Pediatric Obesity(6/1/2015)Pediatric obesity prevalence in the U.S. has been on the rise for the past few decades. Providers of pediatric patients need to be able to properly define pediatric weight concerns (overweight and obesity) in order to accurately diagnose and therefore help manage the problem. There are a number of contributing factors, which also need to be understood in order to help families manage pediatric weight concerns. Current guidelines to help define and manage pediatric weight concerns are discussed in this lecture.Item Open Access Improving Breastfeeding Supports in Primary Care Settings(11/1/2014)Background: Although 84% of Vermont mothers initiate breastfeeding, only 26% exclusively breastfeed at 6 months of age. Surveyed physicians agree with the benefits of breastfeeding but claim insufficient knowledge and lack confidence in evaluating and managing breastfeeding, despite the availability of evidence-based strategies that address these concerns. Objectives: To increase the percentage of infants receiving a documented breastfeeding assessment at each well-child visit in the first 6 months. To increase documentation of follow up plan in well-child exams in which a breastfeeding problem is identified. To increase duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding and increase confidence of providers in performing a clinical breastfeeding assessment.Item Open Access Induced Lactation(6/1/2015)Induced lactation refers to the production of breast milk in a woman who has never been pregnant. While induced lactation has been practiced developing nations for centuries, it has only recently been introduced to the United States. Induced lactation allows a woman to provide both nutrition and nurture an emotional bond with an infant in cases of adoption, surrogacy, same-sex couples, maternal-infant separation, and emergencies/natural disasters. Many protocols for inducing lactation have been described, though all vary widely in methodology and effectiveness. The current review summarizes the physiology of human lactation, psychosocial factors involved with inducing lactation, non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic techniques for triggering breast milk production, and the composition of induced breast milk.Item Open Access University of Vermont College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony Keynote Address 2013(1/24/2014)The Arnold P. Gold Foundation designed the White Coat Ceremony to welcome medical students to the profession of medicine and to emphasize the importance of compassionate care throughout one�s education and career. As the recipient of the University Of Vermont College Of Medicine Class of 2013 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Dr. Ursula McVeigh was asked to give this Keynote address to the Class of 2017 White Coat Ceremony.
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