Halcon Empowers Communities to Improve Their Own Health

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Contact: Mary Pattock, School of Nursing, 612-624-0939, patto017@umn.edu

HALCON EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN HEALTH

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (Spring, 2005) - Linda Halcón, Associate Professor, began her career helping people in Minneapolis. Since then she has traveled the world working to improve the health of communities in need.

The article about her work, as it appeared in Gateway to Research & Inventions, is available here.

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing, ranked among the nation's top nursing schools, is a leader in improving health care through research, education and service. Its nationally and world-renowned scientists discover practical health care treatments and solutions people can use today to improve their daily lives. The oldest continuing university-based school of nursing in the nation, it now has a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 850 students. The school produces 55 percent of the faculty in Minnesota's public and private nursing schools, advanced practice nurses and nurses who can assume leadership positions. The School of Nursing is one of seven schools and colleges in the Academic Health Center, one of the most comprehensive facilities for health professionals in the nation, fostering interdisciplinary study, research and education.

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