Spring 2012
EMERGING CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH PROMOTION NURSING SCIENTISTS PRESENT POSTERS AT SON RESEARCH DAY AT MCNAMARA ALUMNI CENTER
Ping Fung-Houger, Megan Holle and Erin Nelsen participated in the annual School of Nursing Research Day on April 27, 2012 and presented posters on their research projects.
 Ping Fung-Houger presenting her research poster at the 2012 SoN Research Day  Megan Holle presenting her research poster at the 2012 SoN Research Day  Erin Nelsen presenting her research poster at the 2012 SoN Research Day Winter 2012
EMERGING CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH PROMOTION NURSING SCIENTIST AWARDEES
Please join us in congratulating our 2012 Emerging Geriatric Scientist awardees. They are Ping Fung-Houger, mentored by Dr. Jayne Fulkerson, Megan Holle, mentored by Dr. Laura Duckett and Erin Nelsen, mentored by Dr. Ann Garwick.
The purpose of the Emerging Child and Family Health Promotion Nursing Scientist Program is to provide a mentored research opportunity for 3 pre-licensure students (junior or senior BSN or MN) who are interested in pursuing a career in child and family health promotion research. This award includes participation in a research project under the direction of a research mentor. In addition, financial support is provided to attend the Midwest Nursing Research Society's Annual Conference and to cover the cost of printing a research poster to be presented at the School of Nursing Research Day or the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Minnesota.
For more information about the Emerging Nursing Scientist program, please contact Center Director Jayne Fulkerson at ccfhpr@umn.edu.
Spring/Summer 2011
THERESA V. JAMES FELLOWSHIP
We are pleased to announce that doctoral candidate Karen Johnson has received the 2011 Theresa V. James Fellowship to support her dissertation research. This annual award is made possible by funds that were generously contributed by Center faculty members and the James family to acknowledge an outstanding doctoral student who is conducting research related to the Center’s mission. Karen’s research focuses on adolescent sports team participation and health risk behaviors (i.e. sexual risk taking, violence involvement, substance use, depressive symptoms) among alternative and traditional high school students. Linda Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN is Karen’s advisor.
COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Renee Sieving, PhD, MSN, RN and colleagues from the University of Minnesota Prevention Research Center (MN PRC), Department of Pediatrics, and the Medical School, are leading a project called Formative Research with Latino Youth, Parents, and Youth-Serving Professionals: The Encuentro Partnership. The goal of this project is to develop, pilot test, and implement a culturally relevant intervention that promotes positive youth development and sexual health. This will be accomplished by a partnership involving MN PRC and St. Paul organizations that serve Latino youth and community members. Encuentro partners have conducted formative research with Latino youth, parents, and youth-serving professionals to inform them of the development of the culturally relevant interventions. Research findings show a strong desire for programming to be culturally relevant and address key risk factors and support protective factors in the lives of Latino youth. These findings, together with input from community partners, are guiding the development of a multi-component intervention for Latino youth.
NURSES OF THE YEAR
Kudos to two center faculty who were honored last November for their contributions to nursing at the first Nurse of the Year event sponsored by the March of Dimes-Minnesota. Linda Olson Keller, DNP, APHN-BC, FAAN, was named Distinguished Nurse of the Year for her significant contributions to nursing in Minnesota, including the creation of the Public Health Intervention Wheel, which has informed public health nursing education and practice across the United States. The integration of her research interests in public health nursing and evidence-based practice are reflected in the title of one of her current HRSA-funded grants, A Culture of Excellence: Evidence-Based Public Health Nursing Practice. Susan O'Conner-Von, PhD, RN, was named Hospice, Palliative Care, and Home Health Nurse of the Year for her outstanding contributions in pain and palliative care of children and adolescents. O'Conner-Von has worked tirelessly in collaboration with clinicians and students to address the under-treatment of pain in children through effective pain management. Her innovative research resulted in the development of "Coping with Cancer", a web-based intervention for adolescents undergoing cancer treatment. The website helped adolescents and their family manage symptoms and prepare for painful medical procedures.
Fall/Winter 2010
Innovative community-based intervention projects are hallmarks of the center. Projects range from the prevention of childhood obesity to the promotion of mental health among Somali women.
HOME PLUS AIMS FOR HEALTHY HOMES
Many children in the U.S. have poor diets and 1 in 3 is overweight or obese. Parents struggle to have meals together with children and provide them with nutritious foods. They often rely on convenient and processed foods. Jayne Fulkerson, PhD received a $3.2 million research project grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health for Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus to study the effectiveness of an intervention to prevent excess weight gain in 8- to 12-year-old children by conducting a randomized trial with 160 families. Fulkerson will lead an interprofessional team of researchers that include School of Nursing faculty Martha Kubik and Ann Garwick, along with statistician Olga Gurvich. Other members of the team are School of Public Health faculty Dianne Neumark-Sztainer and Mary Story and staff from the University Extension Service. Families participating in the intervention will meet monthly over the course of a year in small groups at community centers or local churches. HOME Plus sessions will include nutrition education and cooking skills for both parents and kids. The families will also collaborate on cooking a meal to learn how to make their home environment more healthful. They will also be encouraged to reduce children’s screen time - television viewing, computer game playing. Click here to learn more about the HOME Plus study.
HELPING REFUGEE WOMEN COPE WITH STRESS Cheryl Robertson, PhD, RN, FAAN, received a(R21) award from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health for her project, “Community Coping Intervention for Somali Refugee Women.” Co-Investigators include Linda Halcón, Martha Kubik, and Kay Savik, all from the School of Nursing. The overall goal of this project is to test a previously developed and culturally adapted community-oriented Somali Health Realization intervention among resettled Somali refugee women who have experienced war trauma and associated psychosocial problems.
This innovative community education program aims to help women decrease their stress and learn new coping skills.
ELIZABETH LANDO-KING AWARDED A THERESA V. JAMES FELLOWSHIP
Doctoral candidate Elizabeth Lando-King received the 2010 Theresa V. James Fellowship to support her dissertation research. This annual award is made possible by funds generously contributed by center faculty members and the James family to acknowledge an outstanding doctoral student who is conducting research related to the center’s mission. Lando-Kings’s research focuses on trajectories of emotional intelligence among adolescent girls and their relationship to health risk behaviors. Dr. Renee Sieving is her advisor.
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