Research
Interest Guide
2005 - 2006
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Faculty |
Expertise |
Research Interests |
Scharer,
Kathleen, PhD
Interim Associate Dean for Research
777-2868, Room 310
Associate Professor
777-8466, Room 511
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Expertise:
child/adolescent psychiatric nursing, specifically inpatient treatment of
children, milieu therapy, parenting emotionally disturbed children,
children dealing with divorce, development of self-esteem, nurse-parent
relationships in child psychiatric units; researching sensitive issues in
child psychiatry; group therapy/support groups |
Research: nurse-parent relationships in child psychiatric
inpatient settings; provider-family relationships in health care; mental
health promotion in schools; web-based
social support.
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Fuller,
Sara G., PhD
Chair of the Faculty
777-6533, Room 514 |
Expertise:
pediatrics; pediatric primary care; nurse practitioners. |
Research:
adolescent health promotion; mother/infant interaction, attachment; infant
health outcomes. |
Alexander,
Judith W., PhD
Associate Professor
777-4668, Room 617
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Expertise:
nursing administration; community health nursing; research methods.
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Research: sociotechnical systems; organizational
structure-delivery systems in a variety of settings; organizational
technology; the self-care phenomena; quality of care; documentation of
patient care; costing of nursing services; innovative
practice
models; professional practice models; job satisfaction; program planning;
health system outcomes. |
Anderson-Loftin,
Wanda, PhD
Associate Professor
777-7205, Room 619
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Expertise:
diabetes
in rural African American populations; nutritional
intervention for diabetes; rural nursing case
management; model development for rural nursing case
management.
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Research:
nursing
case management; diabetes education for rural
African-American populations; nutritional interventions
for diabetes and obesity; design of culturally competent
interventions. |
Boyd,
Mary, PhD
Associate Professor
777-7276, Room 507
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Expertise:
substance
abuse; depression; violence against women; victimization
in rural women; women’s health; administration of NIMH
Diagnostic Interview Schedule; various surveys dealing
with coping, life stressors, social support, alcohol
expectancies, screening for depression/substance abuse.
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Research:
substance abuse, depression, victimization, and symptom
management of these disorders.
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Cox,
Mary Foster, PhD
Assistant
Professor
777-2467, Room 527
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Expertise:
Adolescent health, adolescent sexual behavior, parent-child communication,
self-efficacy, parenting styles.
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Research:
adolescent sexual behavior, effects of parenting on adolescent sexual
health, parenting communication styles.
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Felton,
Gwen, PhD
Professor
777-5706, Room 214
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Expertise:
Health promoting behaviors of adolescents, adolescents and adults; primary
care with focus on women's health.
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Research:
Factors influencing health promoting behavior of adolescents, adults, and
minority women; determinants of physical activity in adolescents and adult
women; test interventions to increase physical activity in adolescent
girls and women. |
Herman,
JoAnne, PhD
Associate Professor
777-4993, Room 420
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Expertise:
stress and health; psychophysiological
interventions; theory development; health literacy; clinical reasoning. |
Research:
stress and health; psychophysiological
interventions; internet interventions; stress in pregnancy. |
Mackey,
Marlene C., PhD
Associate Professor
777-5131, Room 516
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Expertise:
women’s health issues; qualitative research methods; feminism in
nursing; transcultural and international health care.
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Research: the preterm labor experience; predicting time of
birth after preterm labor; nursing interventions to improve birth outcomes;
preterm labor, physical activity and stress; physical activity and dietary
intake during pregnancy and early postpartum; evaluation of high risk
pregnancy care; satisfaction with care. |
Messias,
DeAnne, PhD
Associate Professor
777-8423, Room 216
Women's Studies Office:
777-0410, 302 Flinn Hall
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Expertise:
international health and primary healthcare; community health nursing;
community coalitions and community-academic partnerships; cultural issues
and implications in health and healthcare; popular education and health
teaching methods; transitions frameworks; women's health - global
perspectives; qualitative research methods; feminist narrative analyses;
participatory action research; cultural competence and praxis; language
access and health literacy.
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Research:
women's work and health; immigrant women's health; language access;
community and youth empowerment.
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Moneyham,
Linda, DNS
Research Associate Professor
(770) 923-7705 (Atlanta)
(803) 777-6488 (USC)
Room 613/614
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Expertise:
focus group
methods; stress and coping; women’s health; peer-based intervention;
causal modeling. |
Research:
psychological adjustment to illness; HIV/AIDS; peer-based intervention;
psychological resilience/vulnerability. |
