Selected
Research Areas
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HIV/AIDS
prevention and treatment is one
of Dr. Loretta Jemmott's passions both here and abroad.
Dr. Jemmontt, an expert in this area, and her husband,
John Jemmont, PhD, a professor in the Annenberg School
of Communications, traveled to South Africa twice to
build parnerships with South African researchers, graduate
students, and local community-based organizations.
The goal was to begin focus groups with adolescents,
teachers, parents, and adolescents service providers
from various community-based organizations and schools
in the communties of East London, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth,
as well as Mdensante.
Nursing professor Loretta Sweet Jemmott
was selected by the National Institutes of Health to develop
strategies with other scientists to reduce the incidence
of HIV in south Africa. Based on a successful curriculum
developed and tested in the U.S., Dr. Jemmott and her research
team are working on a proposal for a randomized controlled
trial to reduce HIV-risk sexual behavior among South African youth. >>> more
Currently
funded grants
Center
for Urban Health Research
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| Nursing
Outcomes Research/Staffing |
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LINDA
AIKEN, PHD, RN,
director of the Center
for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, and professor
of sociology, has been a dominant and influential leader
and researcher in the field of nursing outcomes research
for the past two decades.
Dr. Aiken is the Claire
M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, and winner
of the 2003 Ernest A. Codman Award. With her colleagues
at the Center
for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, she studied nursing staffing
issues and outcomes in many countries, including in Armenia, Russia, New Zealand,
Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan.
Currently
funded grants
Center
for Health Outcomes and Policy Research
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| Dr. Linda Aiken |
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| Aging,
Public Health, and Clinical Nursing |
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| Aging and Public Health |
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Dr.
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. Dr.
Neville Strumpf was honored with the first
Grace Tien Visiting Professor in Nursing Studies at the
University of Hong Kong, where she gave the inaugural
lecture on February 24, 2004.
Currently
funded grants
Hartford
Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence |
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| Aging, Cancer and
Clinical Nursing |
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Dr. Sarah Kagan's program of clinical research is centered
on symptom management in older adults particularly those
who have cancer. Head and neck cancer is a model of cancer
in older adults. Dr. Sarah Kagan
was honored with a visiting professorship in August 2001 at
the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine Department of Nursing
Studies where she focused on clinical education.
Currently
funded grants
Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence |
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| Heart Failure and Disease
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For
the past decade, Dr.
Barbara Riegel has led interdisciplinary
research in chronic heart failure, an extremely common
and debilitating syndrome. Approximately 550,000 new
cases of heart failure occur each year in the United
States and one year mortality rates for newly diagnosed
cases averages 35-45%. In her research, Dr. Riegel
has tested various disease management approaches and
developed psychometrically sound methods of measuring
the self-care of persons with heart failure in the
US and in South Australia.
Currently
funded grants
Hartford
Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
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| International
Nursing Migration |
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Predicted shortages and recruitment
targets for nurses in developed countries threaten
to deplete nurse supply and undermine global health
initiatives in developing countries. A twofold approach is
required, involving greater diligence by developing countries in
creating a largely sustainable domestic nurse workforce
and their greater investment through international
aid in building nursing education capacity in
the less developed countries that supply them
with nurses. (Health
Affairs Vol 23, Issue 3,
69-77, 2004.)
International Migraton of Nurses and its effects, as
well as challenges
of developing effective policy options are also detailed
in James Buchan, Tina Parkin, and Julie Sochalski (World
Health Organization, 2003 Report: International
Nurse Mobility: Trends and Policy Implications (pdf)
Currently
funded grants
Center
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| Conference on International
Nurse Migration scheduled |
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LINDA
AIKEN, PHD, RN is directing a project on
international nurse migration through AcademyHealth and
the organization recently received a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation to hold a conference in Bellagio, Italy in
July 2005 focusing on 3 receiving countries (US, Canada,
UK) and 6 sending countries/regions (Caribbean, Africa,
Eastern Europe, Philippines, India, China)
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