Disparities in health and health care, especially among underserved populations, continue as a national concern. This competing continuation application requests support to extend research training for nurse scientists in health disparities research. The overarching goal of our current Institutional Research Service Award is to prepare nurse scientists to identify, prevent, and reduce health disparities in underserved populations. Whereas we remain committed to this goal, we will build on the success of the current training program by enhancing the interdisciplinary nature of the training approach which is becoming increasingly necessary to prepare nurse scientists who study the complex causes of disparities in health care and to function as leaders and members of the research teams of the future. This program will train the next generation of nurse researchers to conduct health disparities researches, who are strong scientists, anchored in nursing but able to use theories and methods that integrate other disciplinary perspectives which will further advance our ability to address the complex nature of health disparities.
We aim to provide trainees with the core knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experience to conduct health disparities research, to develop creative and successful clinical investigators who can lead and participate in research projects within interdisciplinary teams, and to increase the number of and strengthen the preparation of under-represented minorities participating in health disparities research. The training designed for this interdisciplinary training program will be accomplished through a combination of program components, including required and elective coursework, a mentored interdisciplinary research residency, interdisciplinary mentorship committee, leadership and health disparities seminars, and other interactive groups. We propose to support a total of 8 pre-doctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees over five years. The School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University is well positioned strategically and physically within a rich environment that fosters strong interdisciplinary collaborations that uniquely enable us to further enhance the interdisciplinary study of health disparities.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
5T32NR007968-09
Application #
7884318
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZNR1-REV-J (98))
Program Officer
Tully, Lois
Project Start
2002-05-01
Project End
2012-06-30
Budget Start
2010-07-01
Budget End
2011-06-30
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$207,782
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Type
Schools of Nursing
DUNS #
001910777
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218
Xu, Jiayun; Gallo, Joseph J; Wenzel, Jennifer et al. (2018) Heart Failure Rehospitalization and Delayed Decision Making: The Impact of Self-care and Depression. J Cardiovasc Nurs 33:30-39
Lu, Yan; Xu, Jiayun; Zhao, Weigang et al. (2016) Measuring Self-Care in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review. Eval Health Prof 39:131-84
Xu, Jiayun; Abshire, Martha; Han, Hae-Ra (2016) Decision Making Among Persons Living With Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Nurs 31:E1-9
Samuel, Laura J; Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne; Himmelfarb, Cheryl R Dennison (2014) Developing Behavioral Theory With the Systematic Integration of Community Social Capital Concepts. Health Educ Behav 41:359-75
Draughon, Jessica E; Anderson, Jocelyn C; Hansen, Bryan R et al. (2014) Nonoccupational postexposure HIV prophylaxis in sexual assault programs: a survey of SANE and FNE program coordinators. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 25:S90-S100
Rosenthal, Sara A; Nolan, Marie T (2013) A meta-ethnography and theory of parental ethical decision making in the neonatal intensive care unit. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 42:492-502
Nam, Soohyun; Song, Hee-Jung; Park, So-Youn et al. (2013) Challenges of diabetes management in immigrant Korean Americans. Diabetes Educ 39:213-21
Samuel, Laura J; Szanton, Sarah L; Weiss, Carlos O et al. (2012) Financial Strain Is Associated with Malnutrition Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Women. Epidemiol Res Int 2012:696518
Pistulka, Gina M; Winch, Peter J; Park, Hyunjeong et al. (2012) Maintaining an outward image: a Korean immigrant's life with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Qual Health Res 22:825-34
Heinze, Katherine E; Nolan, Marie T (2012) Parental decision making for children with cancer at the end of life: a meta-ethnography. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs 29:337-45

Showing the most recent 10 out of 26 publications