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"The emergency department serves as a safety
net for a diverse and often marginalized
population. It is also serves as a window into
the effectiveness of health care delivery.
Vulnerable, older adults who cannot obtain
routine health services frequently access the
emergency department with acute exacerbations
of chronic illnesses. These exacerbations
often lead to unnecessary suffering,
hospitalization, and disability. There is an
overwhelming need to develop interventions to
improve the delivery of health services and
health outcomes of older adults."
Deborah
D'Avolio, PhD, APRN-BC, ACNP, ANP
John A. Hartford Foundation/Atlantic
Philanthropies Claire M. Fagin Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
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Dr.
Neville Strumpf is widely recognized for her
outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology.
Although Dr. Strumpf is probably best known for
her work with her colleague, Dr. Lois Evans, on
the elimination of physical restraints in nursing
homes and hospitals, her remarkable career as ground-breaking
researcher, innovative teacher, caring mentor, as
well as top administrator, is unmatched.
Julie A Sochalski, PhD, FAAN, RN, Associate
Professor of Nursing
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Deborah D'Avolio is a postdoctoral fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She
received her PhD in nursing from Boston College, MSN
from Northeastern University Acute Care Nurse
Practitioner Program, and her BSN from Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
As an assistant professor at the Massachusetts
General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health
Professions, Dr. D'Avolio has developed and
implemented the acute care nurse practitioner
program. She has assisted in the development of a
unique certificate program to prepare new graduate
nurses to practice in the critical care environment.
Dr. D'Avolio has practiced as an acute care nurse
practitioner for over nine years in a variety of
settings. She currently maintains a clinical
appointment as a nurse practitioner in the emergency
department at Boston University Medical Center,
which serves as the primary safety net provider for
a racially diverse, and often marginalized
population. Dr. D'Avolio's program of research is
grounded in her clinical practice. In the emergency
department, she sees first hand the negative health
outcomes, experienced by older adults when health
care systems fail to provide timely access to
care.
As
a
John A. Hartford Foundation/Atlantic Philanthropies
Claire M. Fagin Fellow
postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Pennsylvania, Dr. D'Avolio program of research will
explore the links between health care policy,
delivery of health services, and health outcomes for
vulnerable, inner city older adults.
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| HONORS
and AWARDS |
2006-2008 John A. Hartford Foundation/Atlantic
Philanthropies Claire M. Fagin Fellow
2005-2006 MGH Institute of Health Professions,
Geriatric Research Fellowship
2005 MGH Institute of Health Professions, Partners
in Excellence Award for Interdisciplinary Education
2005 MGH Institute of Health Professions, Partners
in Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation
2003 Boston College, Graduate Program in Nursing,
highest PhD, GPA
2001-2002 MGH Institute of Health Professions,
Research Fellowship
2001 MGH Institute of Health Professions &
Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners in
Excellence Award for development critical care new
graduate program Innovation
1998 Northeastern University, School of Nursing,
Extraordinary Nursing Practice
1997 Massachusetts Emergency Nursing Association,
Beacon Chapter Award
1996 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Special
Contribution Award
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS |
Posters
D'Avolio, D. (PI), Feldman, J., & Mitchell, P.
(2006). Factors influencing Utilization of the
Emergency Department by Inner City Older Adults.
Eastern Nursing Research Society, 18th Annual
Scientific Sessions, Cherry Hill, NJ.
Presentations
D'Avolio, D. (2004). Time is Money, Ethnographic
Study of Intimate Partner Violence Response.
International Nursing Network Against Violence,
Boston, MA
D'Avolio, D. (2004). Experiences of Health Care
Providers Screening Immigrant Victims of
Intimate Partner Violence. National Primary Care
for the Underserved Conference, Barry University
and Northeastern University, Ft Lauderdale,
Florida
D'Avolio, D. (2002). Barriers to care for
domestic violence. International Qualitative
Research Conference, Banff, Canada, 2002
D'Avolio, D. (2002). Environmental/contextual
variables influencing nurses' response to
domestic violence, International Caring
Conference, Boston, MA.
D'Avolio, D. (2001). Factors influencing
screening for domestic violence. Nursing Network
Nurses Against Domestic Violence International.
Madison, Wisconsin.
D'Avolio, D. (2000). Screening for Domestic
Violence in a Community Health Center:
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice. National
Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence
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PUBLICATIONS |
D'Avolio,
D. A., (2005). Intimate Partner Violence. In press,
Sheehy, LeDuc, & Jimmerson (Eds.), Clinical Trauma
Care St. Louis, MI: Mosby.
D'Avolio, D.. A., (2003). Time is Money: An
Ethnographic Study of Organizational Response to
Intimate Partner Violence. Doctoral Dissertation,
Boston College, Boston, MA
D'Avolio, D. A. et al., (2001). "Screening for Abuse:
Barriers and Opportunities", 22:349-362, Health Care
for Women International.
D'Avolio, D. A., (1998). Interpersonal violence. In
Sheehy, LeDuc, & Jimmerson (Eds.), Clinical Trauma
Care (pp. 370-376). St. Louis, MI: Mosby.
D'Avolio, D. A., (1996). Telephone Triage Guidelines,
Boston, MA. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
D'Avolio, D. A., (1996). From the emergency department
to the HMO. Journal of Emergency Nursing.
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Deborah D'Avolio, PhD, APRN-BC
John A. Hartford Claire M.
Fagin Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing, Hartford
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
Phone: 215-898-0950
Fax: 215-573-6464
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