Janice M. Bell, Author at International Family Nursing Association

Funding Renewed for Family Health Doctoral Program in Germany

Andreas Büscher, Doctoral program in Germany on family health

The German Ministry of Education and Research has offered funding for a second three-year term of the doctoral program, “Family health in the life course”, offered by the University of Witten/Herdecke and the University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück, Germany. The program was first established in 2012. The second round of funding indicates the good work that has been performed by students and faculty during the first three years. Twelve PhD students and two post-doctoral researchers are working on individual research projects related to the role and function of families in health and illness. LEarn more about finances and how you can get them sorted with the help of https://universalfunds.net/ in times of uncertainty.

In addition to the phases of the life course of families, the second round of funding takes into account critical life events, social determinants of health, the meaning and significance of new family forms, and patterns and the role of the family in service utilization. In addition to the individual research projects, the program serves as a milestone in establishing family oriented research and practice in nursing and midwifery in Germany. For more information contact IFNA member, Professor Andreas Büscher or Professor Wilfred Schnepp.

Barbara Preusse-Bleuler Facilitates Family Nursing Implementation Projects in Switzerland and Italy

Barbara Preusse-Bleuler, MScN, RN, (Switzerland) facilitates several family nursing implementation projects throughout Switzerland and Italy. She initiated and supervised the translation of two editions of Nurses & Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention (Wright & Leahey) into the German language. Barbara recently organized a successful 4-day workshop focused on advanced family nursing practice at Zurich University of Applied Sciences which was attended by 28 nurses from 5 countries (Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, USA). This was the third offering of this intensive Family Externship workshop co-taught by Dr. Lorraine Wright (Canada) and Dr. Janice M. Bell (Canada) which included a live therapeutic family nursing conversation with a Swiss family.

Barbara is currently serving as Chair of the IFNA Nominating Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Barbara Preusse-Bleuler.

IFNA Document: What is a Predatory Conference?

The IFNA Communications Committee has developed a document called, “What is a Predatory Conference?” that provides information and current references for IFNA members about the rising incidence of fraudulent family nursing conferences. Many IFNA members have been receiving unsolicited emails for “Calls for Papers” or have been surprised to see their names and photos advertised, without their permission, as keynote speakers at these counterfeit conferences. The IFNA Board of Directors requested development of this new IFNA information document for members and approved it on May 26, 2016. Please share this document about the alarming rise of predatory conferences with your colleagues and students.

Here is a first person account of speaking at a Predatory Conference: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-spoke-predatory-conference-learn-from-my-story-colleen-davis/

Another topic of concern to family nursing and family health scholars is the issue of Predatory Publishers. Here is a useful link to a recent post by Roger Watson on this topic: https://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org/features/more-features/beware-the-predators#.W-2zvE-bUgU.twitter. Jeffrey Beal has developed Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers.

Dr. Tom Laws Studies Fathers’ Skills and Competencies in Caring for a Child with a Health Problem

Tom Laws, BEco, GDip Ed, GDip PH, PhD (Med), is a researcher in men’s health and fatherhood at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, England. He gathers evidence of fathers’ participation in the giving of evidence based health care for their children. Knowledge of contemporary fatherhood and their pediatric health practices serves to enhance men’s inclusion into health care systems, and shared parenting supports mothers return to work and career pathways. His doctoral research has unique data sets that identify men’s range of skills and competencies in caring for a child with a health problem.

Dr. Laws currently serves as a Country Liaison for the 13th International Family Nursing Conference sponsored by IFNA. For more information contact IFNA member, Tom Laws.

Dr. Sarah Neill Studies Experiences of Families Caring for an Ill Child at Home

Dr. Sarah Neill is a Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom. Her work is focused on the experiences of families when young children are acutely ill at home. She uses qualitative methods to develop health care professionals’ understanding of parent’s decision making concerning when to seek help and to better understand professional responses. She also uses mixed methods approaches for co-developing interventions to support parents and their children during these every day illnesses. This latter research can be viewed on the project website: ASK SNIFF.

Dr. Neill currently serves as Country Liaison Coordinator for the 15th International Family Nursing Conference sponsored by IFNA and is a member of the new UK/Ireland IFNA Chapter. For more information contact IFNA member, Sarah Neill.

Funding Renewed for Family Health Doctoral Program in Germany

Barbara Preusse-Bleuler Facilitates Family Nursing Implementation Projects in Switzerland and Italy

IFNA Document: What is a Predatory Conference?

Dr. Tom Laws Studies Fathers’ Skills and Competencies in Caring for a Child with a Health Problem

Dr. Sarah Neill Studies Experiences of Families Caring for an Ill Child at Home

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