MFP Participates in Howard Research Conference - March, 2006
More than ten Fellows and Alumni participated in the 12th Annual Howard University Division of Nursing in conjunction with the M. Elizabeth Carnegie Endowed Visiting Professorship in Nursing Research Conference on March 22, 2006 in Washington, DC. The focus of the conference was on scientific research that addresses methodological strategies, instruments, facilitators and barriers to conducting research on eliminating health disparities among culturally diverse populations.
Freida Outlaw, DNSC, RN, CS, MFP Alumni and Advisory Committee Member, delivered the keynote address on “Healthcare Disparities: Cultural Perspectives across the Lifespan.” Faye A. Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN, MFP Executive Program Consultant and Medical Mutual
of Ohio Professor of Nursing for the Care of Vulnerable and At-Risk Persons, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University presented two podium presentations on “Relationship Between Personal Characteristics and Health Status Among Southern Rural African American Menopausal Women,” and “Women & HIV/AIDS in The Kingdom of Swaziland: Culture and Risks.”
Other MFP presenters included Alice Ball Britt, DNS, APRN,BS,CS who presented on “The Lived Experience of African American Women Transitioning from a Rural Substance Abuse Treatment Program to Inner City Living;” Coretta Jenerette, PhD, RN presented on “Successful Aging with Sickle Cell Disease: Preliminary Results of a Mixed-Methods Study;” Dr. Jenerette’s 2005 Yale-Howard Scholar, R. Phillips, also presented an oral presentation on “Examination of Differences in Intra-Personal Resources, Self-Care Management and Health Outcomes in Younger and Older Adults with Sickle Cell Disease; ”Jacqueline Mothersille Payne, PhD, MSN, APRN,BC presented on “Attitudes Toward and Beliefs about Mental Health Seeking Behaviors Among Jamaican Immigrants Living in the United States;” and Michelle Decoux, RN, PhDc, CS presented on “Recruitment and Retention of African Americans with Severe Mental Illness in Community Research.”