VOLUME 5 ISSUE 1 APRIL, 2011 RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING In this issue: 1 Research Center News 1 Grants Submitted 1 MNRS 2 From the Associate Dean of Research 2 Research Day 2 Partnership News 3 Student News 4 Productivity 5 Conferences & Calls for Abstracts 5 Upcoming MSU Events Michigan State University College of Nursing Research Center 500B West Fee Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 432-9159 (Phone) (517) 355-5002 (Fax) RESEARCH CENTER NEWS Grant News The College of Nursing Research Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Mei-Wei Chang has received an R18 grant in the amount of $3.3 million. The grant titled "Mothers in Motion Program to Prevent Weight Gain in Overweight/Obese WIC Mother" aims to prevent weight gain among African American and white overweight/obese WIC mothers 18-39 years old by promoting healthy eating, physical activity and stress management. This grant began April 1. Congratulations to Mei-Wei on her accomplishment. MARCH CON GRANTS SUBMITTED Chang, M. Happy Mothers Healthy Babies Intervention for Overweight and Obese WIC Mothers. U01 submitted to the National Institutes of Health, NIDDK. Given, B. Transition to Recovery: A Post-Cancer Treatment Intervention. R01 submitted to National Institutes of Health, in conjunction with Charles Given. Wehrwein, T. ENCORE: Educating Nurses for Career Opportunities in a Reformed Healthcare Environment. Submitted to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan. MNRS ANNUAL MEETING On March 24-27, CON faculty and students represented the college by presenting posters and papers and recruiting faculty and students. This was the first MNRS Annual Meeting were one of our own students, Phanarat Chenchop, received second place with her poster. Sandra Spoelstra also received the 2011 Dissertation Award for the Gerontology Nursing Section. Congratulations to everyone involved. Chenchop, P. Health promoting behaviors in school age children (poster) Corser, B. What is driving healthcare service use patterns? Results from 17,000 noninstitutionalized civilian adults (paper) DeVries, S. Acute confusion after propofol administration in the older adult (poster) Gallagher. N. Neighborhood walking in older adults with and without mobility limitations (paper) Holwerda, T. Evaluation of the theory of unpleasant symptoms to guide research and practice with persons experiencing degenerative lumbar spinal conditions (poster) Horodynski, M. Working with American Indian mothers: Infant feeding practices and beliefs (paper) Lehto, R. Relationships of general worry, cancer-specific worry and age to prostate cancer screening and other health behaviors in African American men (poster) Singleterry, L. Paraprofessional educators? Perceptions of computer-supported nutrition lessons with low-income mothers of infants. (poster) Stommel, M. Long-term mortality associated with elevated body mass index at different ages (paper)
Page 2 PAGE 2 GREATER LANSING RESEARCH DAY The CON was well represented at the 19 th Annual Greater Lansing Nursing Research Day on March 17. Of the 15 posters presented, 13 were affiliated to CON by our faculty, PhD students and undergraduates. Baumgart, S., Brown, J., Gay, K., Hu, Y., Katsaros, C., Maki, K. & Hughes- Carter, D. Effectiveness of motivational interviewing in increasing adult smoking cessation rates. Bradsher, T., Pavlik. L., Jennifer. B., Earnesty, D., Felix-Mottley, Z., Talley, C., & Chang, M. Nutrition educators and paraprofessional educators practices and challenges in providing physical activity education to low-income pregnant women Chenchop, P., Barnes, J., Fitzgerald, H. & Padonu, G. Health promoting behaviors in school age children Corser, B. & You, M. Healthcare service use patterns of over 9,000 chronically ill non-institutionalized civilian adults Doud, S., Soronen, K., McGarry, J., Seitz, J., Smith, M., Tally, C., & Chang, M. Practice and challenges of nutrition educators and paraprofessionals educating low-income pregnant women on healthy eating behaviors: Focus group findings Hershey, D., Given, B. & Tipton, J. Patients with diabetes and cancer: Clinical issues Hoffman, A. Symptom management for cancer-related fatigue for persons postsurgical intervention for non-small cell lung cancer Lehto, R. Optimism and social support in individuals newly diagnosed with lung cancer: Relationships to cognitive representations of illness Lehto, R. A bio-behavioral theory of worry of oncology nursing research and practice application Pavlik, L., Bradsher, T., Cain, D., Horning, S., Buist, D., Talley, C. & Chang, M. Providers practice and challenges involved in providing nutrition education to low-income pregnant women Singleterry, L. & Horodynski, M. A. (2011, March). Childhood obesity risk factor prevalence: overweight and rapid weight gain in early infancy. Soronen K., Doud S., Buist D., Cain D., Horning S.D., Talley C. & Chang M. WIC providers practice and challenges of physical activity education Spoelstra, S., Given, B., Schutte, D., Sikorskii, A., You, M. & Given, C. Falls and fractures in community dwelling elderly cancer survivors. From the Associate RESEARCH Dean of UPDATE Research and Director of the Doctoral Program Barbara Given, PhD, RN, FAAN Spring is here! We have an NIH budget! One NIH grant has been awarded, we have another in final budget approval and an R01 waiting for the council research program. The CON has a doctoral student who completed requirements for graduation, another student received a Hartford Fellowship and another student received the dissertation award in Gerontology at MNRS. All new building approvals and bids are in. So for the College of Nursing our achievements related to research and scholarship are noteworthy. This is an exciting time because everyone with these achievements have worked hard to be at this place. As we come to summer when we will be working on our next manuscripts, grant applications and ideas or even implementing newly funded projects, we all need to take a moment to reflect on these accomplishments and how it is the culmination of development and maturity of the doctoral program. SPARROW PARTNERSHIP Dr. Gwen Wyatt has been working with several Sparrow nurses on research projects and helping them prepare manuscripts. We One project from Kathleen Marble, Sparrow clinical nurse specialist. The Maternal Experience from the Infant in the Neonatal ICU. Investigator: Kathleen Marble MSN, RNC-NIC Position: Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Neonatal ICU In 2010, over 600 infants were admitted to the Neonatal ICU at Sparrow. The literature suggests providing parents with information is key to helping reduce stress. This study will examine the effects of an anticipatory education program on selfreported stress levels of mothers with infants in the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU). The sample will include 40 mothers with infants in the RNICU. The interventional consult is guided by an investigator-designed scrapbook. This booklet describes the physical environment of the RNICU, hand-washing techniques, equipment utilized for infant care, fluid and nutritional support, breastfeeding, developmental care, and parental interaction. Each photograph is accompanied by specific verbiage that is utilized with each consult allowing for consistency and accuracy. A 22 item tool that provides for self report by the mother will be utilized. This tool has been evaluated for consistency and reliability by the author. By reducing maternal stress, mothers may be more receptive to information provided. Potential exists for post discharge re-admission due reduction in maternal stress levels. This study amines the effects derived from an anticipatory educational intervention designed to reduce the stress levels of RNICU mothers prior to their neonates being admitted to the RNICU. These results will help inform the future development of similar interventions for mothers of RNICU neonates.
Page 3 EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER STUDENT NEWS Productivity PAGE 3 Award News PhD student Daniela Wittmann received the Michigan State University School of Social Work Doctoral Research Fellowship Award for her mixed methods project entitled, Is the Distress Thermometer a useful measure of distress in prostate cancer survivors? in the amount of $1,500. This project will run March 2011 to March 2012. The quantitative data has already been collected and Wittmann is currently working on the analysis. She will be doing some qualitative interviews later this year and plans to submit the quantitative portion of the data analysis as an abstract to the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research. Congratulations! Dissertation News On March 23, Denise Soltow Hershey successfully defended her dissertation entitled, Older Adults with Diabetes and Cancer: Impact on Diabetes Self-Management. Her dissertation committee included Bill Given, Bill Corser, and Alexander Von Eye. Her major professor was Dr. Barbara Given. Congratulations Denise on your achievement! Karen Burritt will be defending her dissertation entitled, Perceived physical functioning, perceived pain interference and health seeking behaviors in lumbar degenerative spine conditions on Monday, April 25 at 12:30 p.m. in A230 Life Sciences. Come support Karen as she completes the last phase of her doctoral program at MSU. Presentations Chaiyarit, A. & Corser, W. D. (2011, March). Self-care accomplishment in Asian cancer patients using complementary and alternative treatments. Paper presentation at 2nd International Conference on Prevention & Management of Chronic Conditions, 11th World Congress of Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, Bangkok, Thailand. Netchang, S. & Corser, W. D. (2011, March). Self-care-related religious on caregiving for chronically ill elders in Thailand and other Asians. Paper presentation at 2nd International Conference on Prevention & Management of Chronic Conditions, 11th World Congress of Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, Bangkok, Thailand. Sikorskii, A., Sherwood, P. R., Given, B. A., Given, C.W., You, M. & Prince, J. (2011, March). Involvement of caregivers in the assistance with the management of patients symptoms: Symptom, patient and caregiver level analyses. Poster presentation at the Multilevel Interventions In Health Care: Building the Foundation for Future Research, Las Vegas, NV. Publications Sherwood, P., Hricik, A., Donovan, H., Bradley, S. E., Given, B. A., Bender, C. M.,.Given, C. W. (2011). Changes in caregiver perceptions over time in response to providing care for a loved one with a primary malignant brain tumor. Oncology Nursing Forum, 38(2), 149-55. Wittmann, D., Foley, S. & Balon, R. (2011). A bio-psycho-social approach to sexual recovery after prostate cancer surgery: The role of grief and mourning. Journal of Sex and Martial Therapy, 37, 130-144.
PAGE 4 RESEARCH UPDATE Publications Corser, B. (2011). Partnering with nurses to strengthen health care. The Engaged Scholar E-newsletter, 3(3). Presentations Brophy-Herb, H., Stansbury, K., Bocknek, E., Horodynski, M., Van Egeren, L., & Schiffman, R. (2011, March). Low-income mothers' emotion-related parenting: Links to toddlers' delay of gratification skills. Paper presentation at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. Given, B. (2011, March). The challenge of quality care for family caregivers in adult cancer care. Keynote paper presentation at Improving Quality of Life and Quality of Care for Oncology Family Caregivers, Anaheim, CA. Horodynski, M. A., Baker, S. S., Coleman, G., Auld, G. & Lindau, J. (2011, March). Targeting obesity in toddlers (TOTS). Poster at Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations, Austin, TX. Saint Arnault, D. M. (2011, March). Using applied anthropology to expose, illuminate, and find meaning. Paper session at the Society for Applied Anthropology, Seattle, WA. TenBroek, N. L, Talans, A., Prashant, M., Darling, K., Banja S. & Kreulen G. J. (March, 2011). Community-based strategies to improve child immunization coverage in rural India. Poster presentation at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference of ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh. TenBroek, N. L, Talans, A., Prashant, M., Darling, K. & Kreulen G. J. (March, 2011). Community-based strategies to improve maternal and newborn care coverage in rural India. Paper presentation at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference of ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Press Release Wyatt, G. K. (2011, March 2). Acupressure Shows Promise in Relieving Fatigue in Cancer Survivors. Featured in Health Care Weekly Review, Michigan s independent health care news source. Grant Reviewer Lehto, R. Cancer research UK: Population Research Funding Committee, London, England Manuscript Reviewers Brittain, K. Journal of General Internal Medicine Chang, M. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Chang, M. BMC Public Health Corser, B. Journal of Nursing Care Quality Given, B. The Journal of Supportive Oncology Given, B. Cancer Nursing Given, B. RINAH RECENT FACULTY PRODUCTIVITY Given, B. Nursing Research Hoffman, A. Nursing Research Hoffman, A. Cancer Nursing Robbins, L. The Journal of School Nursing Wyatt, G. Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer Wyatt, G. Cancer Nursing Wyatt, G. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
o r Page 5 Page 5 NEWSLETTER INFORMATION If you have any comments, suggestions, or researchrelated activities to report, e-mail your information to Jennifer Labun at Jennifer.labun@hc.msu.edu. 2011 Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Hilton Washington, Washington, DC. http://www.sbm.org/meeting/2011/ Oncology Nursing Society 36 th Annual Congress. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. http://www.ons.org/cnecentral/conferences/congress/201 1/b AcademyHealth 2011 Annual Research Meeting. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA. www.academyhealth.org/arm/abstracts Sigma Theta Tau International 22nd International Nursing Research Congress. Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort, Cancun, Mexico Early Registration Deadline: May 4 th http://www.nursingsociety.org Purdue University School of Nursing Healthcare Systems Institute. Purdue University, Layfette, IN. Registration Deadline: June 10, 2011 www.continuinged.purdue.edu/institute 12 th Annual Meeting of the National Outreach Scholarship Conference. Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing, MI. http://outreachscholarship.org/home.aspx CANS 2011 Special Topics Conference. Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. American Academy of Nursing 38th Annual Meeting and Conference. Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. APHA 139th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Washington, DC. http://www.apha.org/meetings/annualmeeting/ Gerontological Society of America 64 th Annual Scientific Meeting. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA. http://www.geron.org/annual%20meeting/2011-annualscientific-meeting 26 th SNRS Annual Conference. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. http://www.snrs.org APOS 9 th Annual Conference. Miami, FL. http://www.apos-society.org ENRS 24 th Annual Scientific Sessions. Omni Yale Hotel at Yale, New Haven, CN. http://www.enrs-go.org 2012 MNRS Annual Research Conference. Hyatt Regency Dearborn, Dearborn, MI. http://www.mnrs.org CONFERENCES AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS UPCOMING MSU EVENTS 17th Annual Spring Institute on College Teaching and Learning May 17-20, 2011 For complete Spring Institute details, visit: http://fod.msu.edu/springinstitute/about.asp. April 27-30, 2011 April 28-May 1, 2011 June 12-14, 2011 July 11-14, 2011 June 20-25, 2011 October 2-4, 2011 October 12, 2011 October 13-15, 2011 October 29-November 2, 2011 November 18-22, 2011 February 22-25, 2012 February 23-25, 2012 March 28-30, 2012 April 12-15, 2012