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Study focuses on obesity in the lesbian community
July 11, 2008
7/11/2008 – Obesity is an epidemic, and lesbians are nearly twice as likely to be overweight than heterosexual women. Sarah Fogel, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, is using a successful, predominately lesbian weight loss group in Atlanta, as a model system for determining how to target obesity in a…
VUSN seminar series offers tips on caring for elderly loved ones
June 13, 2008
Vanderbilt University Nursing School recently kicked off a four-part summer series dedicated to providing much-needed tips on caring for elderly loved ones. The series, “Caring for Your Aging Parents,” is free and is designed to address key elements such as safety concerns, medicine issues, understanding dementia, legal protections and other issues.
VUSN names Keck assistant dean for Administration
March 14, 2008
Becky Keck, M.S.N., R.N., has been named assistant dean for Administration at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. “Becky is a talented administrator, instructor and nurse who brings with her a long track record of successes,” said Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., dean of VUSN. “She is uniquely suited to make important contributions to our work here.”
MIHOW: Outreach Program Offers Kitchen Table Advice to New Moms
February 28, 2008
For the last 25 years, the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program has proven that the best advice for pregnant women and new mothers often comes from other moms themselves. Begun in 1982 to improve birth outcomes, MIHOW brings laywomen from the local community into the homes of women who are economically disadvantaged and/or…
Grant bolsters VKC mental health program
February 15, 2008
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is receiving $640,000 over the next three years from the John Merck Fund to facilitate a mental health treatment program for adolescents and young adults who have both a psychiatric disorder and intellectual or other developmental disability. Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., the center’s director,…
VUSN program helps ease former inmates’ journeys
January 25, 2008
Women leaving prison are receiving behavioral health and addiction recovery services through a partnership between the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and The Next Door residential recovery program. During the last three years, more than 400 formerly incarcerated women have participated in the six-month program, which focuses on recovery from co-occurring disorders and helping the…
