Julie B. Mogbo, RN, (Nigeria) is the Director of Family Health at Lead Nurse Africa International Foundation. She is a Trainer of Family Bond Systems, an intervention program featuring nursing and nursing related tools and skills to bring about enhanced and sustainable wellbeing for families. Her current research centers on Strengthened Family Bonds (family relationships) as a tool in shortening hospital stay, reducing hospital readmission, preventing psychosocial illnesses and enhancing family wellbeing. For more information contact IFNA member, Julie Mogbo.
IFNA Statement Calls to End the Separation of Migrating Families at the U.S./Mexico Border
IFNA President, Dr. Jane Lassetter, has issued a Statement on behalf of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) calling for an end to the deplorable separation of migrating families at the U.S./Mexico border. Please read and share the full IFNA Statement: https://conta.cc/2I8XFwB
The IFNA Practice Committee has developed a resource for IFNA members called, “Caring for Refugee Families”. This document offers a “toolkit” of information for IFNA members about family focused assessment of and intervention of refugee families; position statements about refugees and refugee families; and useful documents about refugee health developed by nursing and healthcare organizations: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2016/02/18/caring-for-refugee-families/.
Many organizations around the world have also issued statements condemning the actions of the U.S. government to separate migrating families at the U.S. border: https://internationalfamilynursing.org/2016/02/18/caring-for-refugee-families/#position
Dr. Midori Asano Examines Family Well-being in Families of Children with Special Needs in Japan
Midori Asano, RN, PHN, PhD, is a professor and Vice Director of the School of Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Health Development Nursing, in Japan. Her research focuses on family well-being in families living with children who have special health care needs, such as allergic diseases, Autism spectrum disorder, and cancer. She also studies child-rearing in a variety of family structures such as single parent families and within various settings such as neonatal and general intensive care settings. She and her research team are utilizing “cards of the family value” to examine family strengths using a narrative approach. She recently collaborated with researchers in Sweden. For more information contact IFNA member, Midori Asano.
Dr. Connie Kartoz Teaches Family Assessment to Graduate and Undergraduate Students in the US
Connie Kartoz, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner and assistant professor at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, USA. She teaches concepts of family assessment to graduate nursing students using the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models . She also develops and implements simulation scenarios at both graduate and undergraduate levels that include family members. Her research focuses on the experiences of non-caregiving adult children with aging parents. She is currently working on developing a scale to measure anticipatory loss for aging, but healthy parents. Connie is a new member of the IFNA Education Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Connie Kartoz.
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Dr. Donna Marvicsin Develops Interventions to Support Families of Children With Diabetes
Donna Marvicsin PhD, PPCNP-BC, CDE, is a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Diabetes Educator and has cared for families and children with type 1 diabetes for many years. Her passion is focused on developing interventions designed to support families of children with diabetes. Her current area of scholarship includes a 6-week parenting intervention, The Family Routines, Healthy Families, designed to assist families of young children (age 2-5) with type 1 diabetes develop evening routines to improve child metabolic control. Future research will include the use of telehealth to provide chronic care and support to families living in rural and underserved communities. Donna is currently a member of the IFNA Practice Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Donna Marvicsin.
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