Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN Professor Director of Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research Telephone Number: 612-624-1141 FAX Number: 612-626-6606 E-mail Address: garwi001@umn.edu Office Location: 6-112 Weaver-Densford Hall

Mailing Address:

School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:

B.S., 1971, St. Olaf College
M.S., 1973, University of Colorado
Ph.D., 1991, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota

Teaching Areas:

Research design.
Family assessment and intervention.
Children with special health care needs.
Stress and coping.

Research Interests:

Specialty areas include stress and coping; children with special health care needs; cross-cultural health and culturally competent care; family health and care-giving. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Center for Health Trajectory Research
Funding Agency: NIH/NINR (P20)
Role: Center CoDirector
Project Dates: 6/22/2005-4/30/2010

Title of Project: Adolescent Health Protection Research Training
Funding Agency: DHHS/CDC
Role: Faculty
Project Dates: 9/30/04-9/29/07

Title of Project: Web-based Asthma Education for Urban Head Start Program
Funding Agency: NIH/NINR (R03)
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 5/1/04-4/30/06

Title of Project: Center for Nursing Educations: Children/Special Health Needs
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA/MCHB
Role: Faculty
Project Dates: 7/03-6/08

Title of Project: Pregnancy Feelings and Attitudes Among Native Youth
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Association of Schools of Public Health
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/1/02-9/30/05

Title of Project: National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research & Training Center
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 9/99-9/04

Title of Project: Enhancing the Cultural Competence of Health Care Professionals who Work with American Indian Children and their Families
Funding Agency: CUPES, Kellogg Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 9/15/00-2/14/01

Title of Project: Access to Care for American Indian Children with Special Health Care Needs
Funding Agency: Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 6/1/00-5/30/02

Title of Project: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research & Training Center
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 9/30/00-9/29/03

Title of Project: Maternal and Child Health Training Program
Funding Agency: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 7/1/99-10/1/99

Title of Project: Indian Asthma Video Project
Funding Agency: CUPES, Kellogg Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 4/99-6/00

Title of Project: Indian Family Asthma Project
Funding Agency: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 10/98-9/99

Title of Project: Project Resilience
Funding Agency: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 9/98-9/99

Title of Project: Children with Special Health Care Needs and their Families: Building on Cultural Strengths
Funding Agency: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Role: Faculty
Project Dates: 10/97-10/99

Title of Project: Childhood Chronic Illness and Disability: The Experience of Urban National American Families
Funding Agency: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 9/96-9/99

Selected Publications:

Garwick, A. W., Rhodes, K. L., Peterson-Hickey, M., & Hellerstedt, W. L. (2008). Native Teen Voices: Adolescent pregnancy prevention recommendations. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 81-8.

Byrd, M. M., & Garwick, A. W. (2006). Family identity: Black-white interracial family health experience. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(1), 1-16.

Leonard, B. J., Garwick, A., & Adwan, J. Z. (2005). Adolescents' perceptions of parental roles and involvement in diabetes management. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 20(6), 405-414.

Garwick, A., Nerdahl, P., Banken, R., Muenzenberger-Bretl, L., & Sieving, R. (2004). Risk and protective factors for sexual risk taking among adolescents involved in Prime Time. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 19(5), 340-350.

Byrd, M. M., & Garwick, A. W. (2004). A feminist critique of research on interracial family identity: Implications for family health. Journal of Family Nursing, 10(3), 302-322.

Maytum, J. C., Heiman, M. B., & Garwick, A. W. (2004). Compassion fatigue and burnout in nurses who work with children with chronic conditions and their families. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 18(4), 171-179.

Garwick, A. W., & Auger, S. (2003). Participatory action research: The Indian Family Stories Project. Nursing Outlook, 51(6), 261-266.

Rose, D., & Garwick, A. (2003). Urban American Indian family caregivers' perceptions of barriers to management of childhood asthma. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 18(1), 2-11.

Lindeke, L. L., Leonard, B. J., Presler, B., & Garwick, A. (2002). Family-centered care coordination for children with special needs across multiple settings. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 16(6), 290-297.

Garwick, A. W., Jennings, J. M., & Theisen, D. (2002). Urban American Indian family caregivers' perceptions of the quality of family-centered care. Children's Health Care, 31(3), 209-222.

Garwick, A., Petterson, J., Meschke, L., Bennett, F. & Blum, R. (2002). The uncertainty of preadolescents' chronic health conditions and family distress. Journal of Family Nursing, 8(1), 22-31.

Halcon, L., Leonard, B., Snyder, M., Garwick, A., & Kreitzer, M. (2001). Incorporating Alternative and Complementary Health Practices Within University-Based Nursing Education. Alternative Health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Integrative Health Practice, 6(2), 127-135.

Wolman, C., Garwick, A., Kohrman, C., & Blum, R.W. (2001). Parents' wishes and expectations for children with chronic conditions. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 13(3), 261-277.

Garwick, A., & Auger, S. (2000). What do providers need to know about American Indian culture? Recommendations from American Indian families. Families, Systems and Health, 18 (3), 177-189.

Dodgson, J., Garwick, A., Blozis, S., Patterson, J., Bennett, F., & Blum, R. (2000). Uncertainty in childhood chronic conditions and distress in families of young children. Journal of Family Nursing, 6 (31), 252-266.

Joseph-DiCaprio, J., Garwick, A., Kohrman, C., & Blum, R.W. (1999). Culture and the care of children with chronic conditions: Their physicians' views. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 153, 1030-1035.

Evans, T., Garwick, A., & Rinehart, P.M. (1999). Improving care for children with special health care needs from diverse cultural backgrounds: An action plan. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Health Resources & Services Administration. U.S. Public Health Service.

Garwick, A., Kohrman, C., Titus, J., Wolman, C., & Blum, R.W. (1999).Variations in families' explanations of childhood chronic conditions: A cross-cultural perspective. In H.I. McCubbin & A. Thompson (Eds.), The dynamics of resilient families. (pp. 165-202). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Patterson, J., & Garwick, A. (1998). A family systems perspective on living with diabetes. In G. Werther, & J. Court, (Eds.), Diabetes and the adolescent. Melbourne, Australia: Miranova Publishing, pp. 3-34.

Garwick, A., Patterson, J., Bennett, C. F., & Blum, R.W. (1998). Parents' perceptions of helpful versus unhelpful types of support in managing the care of pre-adolescents with chronic conditions. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 152, 665-671.

Garwick, A., Kohrman, C., Wolman, C., & Blum, R.W. (1998). Families' recommendations for improving services for children with chronic conditions. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 152, 440-448.

Patterson, J., Garwick, A., Bennett, C. F., & Blum, R.W. (1997). Social support in families of children with chronic conditions: Supportive and nonsupportive behaviors. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 18 (6), 383-391.

Center Memberships:

Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research
Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs