Projects, Presentations, and Publications

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• Research Presentations sponsored by the CRCD
• Projects of the Core Researchers Studies
• Projects of the Core Pilot Studies
• Presentations
• Publications
  

  Research Presentations sponsored by the CRCD

  

  	Date	Spokes Person	Department	University/College
  	February 26, 1996	Patricia Brennan, PhD, RN	Professor of Nursing	Case Western Reserve University
  	March 18, 1996	Harris Cooper, PhD	Center for Research in Social Behavior	University of Missouri - Columbia
  	April 1, 1996	Donna Hathaway, PhD	Professor of Nursing	University of Tennessee - Memphis
  	April 22, 1996	Robert Kaplan, PhD	Professor of Psychology	University of California at San Diego
  	May 14, 1996	Bob Kaplan, PhD	School of Nursing CRCD Symposium	University of Pittsburgh

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  Projects of the Core Researchers Studies

  

  • Adherence in Clinical Trials: Induction Strategies

    Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, Ph. D., RN, FAAN

    
    

  • AIDS and the Quality of Nursing Care

    Judith A. Erlen, Ph. D., RN

    
    

  • Protective Factors in Adult Offspring of Parents with Unipolar Major Depression

    Jaynce G. Dyer, DNSc, RN, CS

    
    

  • Behavioral Treatment of Incontienence in Homebound Elderly

    Joan McDowell, Ph. D., CRNP, FAAN

    
    

  • Family Caregivers Education Program (FCEP)

    Joyce M. Yasko, Ph. D., FAAN

  
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  Projects of the Core Pilot Studies

  

  • Efficacy of a Home Based Rehabilitation Program using an Upper Extremity Exercise Training and A Self Efficacy Program to Improve Functional Ability in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Mary Jane Bernier, Ph. D., RN-C

    
    

  • The Effectiveness of Pre-Operatively Taught Biofeedback-Assisted Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises in Decreasing Urinary Incontinence after Radial Prostatectomy: A Feasibility Study

    Sandra J. Engberg, Ph. D., CRNP

    
    

  • Relationship of Sex Steroid Hormones and Insulin Levels with Obesity and Fat Distribution in Postmenopausal African-American Women

    Janice L. Holmes, Ph. D., MPH, MNEd, RN

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  Presentations

  
  1. Bernier, M.J. "Test of the Reliability of the COPD Self Efficacy Scale". Eastern Nursing Research Society Seventh Annual Scientific Session, Portland, ME. April 1995

  2. Dunbar-Jacob, J., Burke, L.E., Sereika, S., & Kwoh, K. "The Association of Symptoms and Medication Adherence Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis". Eastern Nursing Research Society Seventh Annual Scientific Session, Portland, ME. April 1995

  3. Dyer, J., "Familial Influence of Major Depression: The Multi-Generational Transmission Process-Empirical Findings". Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association, Pittsburgh, PA. April 1995

  4. Erlen, J.A., Sereika, S. & Glad, J. "Nurses' Fear of AIDS". Greater Pittsburgh Sixth Annual Clinical Nursing Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. October 1994

  5. Erlen, J.A., Sereika, S., Glad, J., & Mellors, M.P. "Nurses' Use of Universal Precautions and Fear of AIDS". Eastern Nursing Research Society Seventh Annual Scientific Sessions. Portland, ME. 1995

  6. Riley, T.A., Erlen, J.A. & Sereika, S. "Homophobia in Registered Nurses: Results and Psychometrics". 16th Annual Research Symposium, Delta Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau and the University of Akron College of Nursing, Akron, OH. April 1995

  7. Riley, T.A., Erlen, J.S. & Sereika, S. "Assessing Homophobia in Registered Nurses". Research Society Seventh Annual Scientific Session, Portland, ME. April 1995
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  Publications

  
  1. Burke, L.E., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika, S., & Kwoh, C.K. The Jette Functional Status Index as a Self-Administered Scale: Report of a Psychometric Evaluation. Presented at The Society for Behavioral Medicine Sixteenth Annual Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA. April 1995

  2. Dougherty, M., Burns, J., Smith, S., Beaulieu, L., Bear, M., Dwyer, J., Jett, K., Mass, M., Tripp-Reiner, T., McDowell, J. (1994) Sampling Issues in Rural Health Research. Gerontologist Special Issue I, 34, 322.

  3. Engberg, S.J., McDowell, B.J., Burgio, K.L., Waston, J.E. (1994). Treatment-seeking Behaviors for Urinary Incontinence among Rural, Community-dwelling older Women. Gerontologist Special Issue I, 34, 322.

  4. McDowell, B.J. (1994). Basic Elements of Continence Assessment. Urologic Nursing, 14 (3), 120-124.

  5. McDowell, B.J. (1994). Care of Urinary Incontinence Care in the Home. Nurse Practitioner Forum, 5 (3), 138-145.

  6. McDowell, B.J., Engberg, S., Weber, E., Brodak, I., & Engberg, R. (1994). Successful Treatment using Behavioral Interventions of Urinary Incontinence in Homebound older Adults. Geriatric Nursing, 15 (6), 303-307.

  7. McDowell, B.J., Engberg, S. (1995).Urinary Incontinence. In E.R. Davis, J. Boodus & A. Lenchan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Home Care for the Elderly. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

  8. Newman, D., McDowell, B.J., Smith, D., Dougherty, M., Wyman, J. (1994). Models for Continence Services: Collaboration and Independence. Gerontologist Special Issue I, 34, 20.

  9. Rohay, J.M., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika, S., & Waclawiw, M. Analysis of Adherence Data, Presented at the Society for Clinical Trials Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 1995.

  10. Sevick, M.A., Erlen, J.A., Van Muiswinkel, J., Sieff, E.M., & Puczynski, S. (1994) Health Care Professionals' Characteristics of the System of Care for long-term Ventilator- Dependent Patients: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 6 (2). 51-70.

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