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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Dr. Lucila Castanheira Nascimento Advances Family Nursing Interventions for Families Experiencing Childhood Chronic Illness in Brazil
Lucila Castanheira Nascimento PhD, RN, is an associate professor in the Department of Maternal-Infant and Public Health Nursing at the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, São Paulo, Brazil, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development. Her current program of research focuses on the experiences of children and adolescents with chronic conditions such as cancer and type 1 diabetes mellitus and their families. Her work relates to how individuals, families, and health care professionals can work together to improve clinical outcomes and quality of life for children, adolescents, and their families. Dr. Nascimento is committed to assist families in finding strategies to cope with challenging situations and to strengthen families by designing interventions to promote healthy behaviours. Lucila is a new member of the IFNA Practice Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento.
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Dr. Mandie Jane Foster Advances Research on Child- and Family-Centred Care in Australia
Mandie Jane Foster, PhD, is a lecturer and research scholar at Edith Cowan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, in Joondalup, Perth, Australia. Her research focuses on child- and family-centred care and the experiences, perceptions, and needs of children, parents, families and staff within various healthcare settings globally. Her doctoral work developed the Needs of Children Questionnaire (NCQ), an 18-item instrument that measures self-reported psychosocial, emotional, and physical needs of school-aged children in hospital. Her present research includes children’s participation in shared decision-making in hospital, family-centred care within a rural healthcare setting, and serving as co-chair of the newly developed International Network on Child and Family Centred Care with other IFNA members under the mentorship of Professor Linda Shields. Dr. Foster also teaches child and adolescent health for graduate students in the Masters pediatric program, providing a child and family nursing lens to educate advanced pediatric nurses. For more information contact IFNA member, Mandie Foster.
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