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Kneipp presents CPBR findings at governor’s conference
March, 2007
University of Florida researcher Dr. Shawn Kneipp discussed the Community-Based Participatory Research to Reduce Women’s Health Disparities (CBPR) study at the 2007 Governor’s Conference on Women’s Health May 14-16 in Tampa. The presentation focused on welfare policies and women’s health disparities. Kneipp, an associate professor in the UF College of Nursing and the CBPR’s principal investigator, will present initial findings from the $1.4 million National Institutes of Health-funded study. She will also describe the randomized clinical trial portion of the study that has just gotten under way. The conference, titled “Putting the pieces together: Working to improve women’s health in Florida,” provided a venue for discussing the major health and healthcare delivery issues affected Florida women, showcase research findings, and foster multidisciplinary collaboration between stakeholders in women’s health statewide. Surgeon General Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros and officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Florida Department of Health were among the invited speakers. For more information on the conference or Kneipp’s presentation, visit http://www.doh.state.fl.us/womenshealth/2007Conf/brochure.pdf.
Kneipp shares details of CBPR study at two national conferences
November, 2006
Principal Investigator Dr. Shawn Kneipp was selected to make two conference presentations this fall about the CBPR to reduce women's health disparities thru TANF study. The first was a paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, which represents more than 50,000 members from more than 50 public health occupations. At the APHA conference in Boston, Kneipp provided a descriptive overview of the research, an ongoing, four-year study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research using a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to test a public health nursing intervention in women transitioning from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF or 'welfare') into employment. The overall goal of the study is to reduce the significant health disparities among this group. Also in November, Kneipp presented a poster summary of the CBPR study and its goals at the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) annual meeting and conference in Miami. The AAN is comprised of 1,500 invited fellows, who are nurse leaders identified by their peers as the best and the brightest in the nursing discipline.
Kneipp awarded NIH funding to study health of women leaving welfare
September 2005
University of Florida College of Nursing (www.nursing.ufl.edu)
Associate Professor Shawn Kneipp (http://www.nursing.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty.asp?ID=49),
Ph.D., A.R.N.P., has been awarded $1.4 million from the National Institutes
of Health (www.nih.gov)/National Institute of Nursing Research (ninr.nih.gov)
to lead an innovative community-based participatory research study intended
to improve the health of women transitioning from welfare to work and extend
employment duration. More…
