This event is co-hosted by the RWJF Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative and the RWJF Center for Health Policy as part of their Spring 2012 Lecture Series, “Plural Perspectives on Health Policy.”

Your participation will involve answering a survey on your experience, education, licensure and practice environment. The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. Your involvement in the study is voluntary, and you may choose not to participate. There are no names or identifying information associated with this survey.  The survey includes questions such as primary area of nurse practitioner practice and approximately what percentage of your time is spent in direct patient care. You can refuse to answer any of the questions at any time. The questions pertain to your current practice and future plans; there are no known risks in this study. All responses will be kept on a secure server in the College of Nursing.

The findings from this project will provide information on how using nurse practitioners can enhance access to health care, improve the quality of care, and alleviate the shortage of healthcare practitioners throughout New Mexico. If published, results will be presented in summary form only.

If you have any questions about this research project, please feel free to call Catherine Joy at (505) 272-4578. If you have questions regarding your legal rights as a research subject, you may call the UNMHSC Office of Human Research Protections at (505) 272-1129.

By clicking “START”  below, you will be agreeing to participate in the above described research study. Thank you for your consideration.

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Sincerely,

Maurice L. Moffett, PhD                    Sally S. Cohen, PhD, RN,  FAAN
Assistant Professor                             Associate  Professor
Office for Community Health           College of Nursing

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If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Joy at (505) 272-4578 or NPSurvey@salud.unm.edu .

Support provided by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Thank you!

Candidates must have strong public health credentials and be interested in spending one year in Washington, D.C. working in a congressional office on legislative and policy issues related to health, the environment or other public health concerns. The fellowship will begin in January 2013 and continue through December 2013. The fellowship provides a unique learning experience and demonstrates the value and need for basing policy on sound science. Throughout the year, the fellow will gain a practical knowledge in government and how the public policy process works.

Applications and additional information are available at http://www.apha.org/advocacy/fellowship/ . The application, including a CV and three letters of recommendation, are due to APHA by April 9, 2012.

All candidates:
1.  must be APHA members (membership information : http://www.apha.org/about/membership/ )
2.  have five years experience as a public health professional beyond graduate or medical training
3.  have a graduate degree in a public health or a related discipline.

For more information, please feel free to contact mailto: charlene.bright@apha.org or mailto: susan.polan@apha.org.

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Applications underwent a peer review process and subsequent review by Collaborative faculty. In addition to being reviewed for scientific merit and relevance to health policy, applications were considered for their potential to inform national and/or local policy. Each award supports a one-year study with a total budget of $50,000.

We congratulate all applicants for generating innovative ideas for research to inform health policy. This year’s awardees include:

Implementing the Institute of Medicine’s Recommendations for Women’s Preventive Health:  An Assessment of State Capacity

• Melinda Tinkle, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, Associate Professor, UNM College of Nursing
• Deborah R. McFarlane, DrPH, MPA, MPH, Professor, UNM Department of Political Science
• Beth Tigges, PhD, RN, PNP, BC, Associate Professor, UNM College of Nursing

Supporting Nutrition Policy Implementation in Las Vegas City, New Mexico Schools

• Elizabeth Yakes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Individual, Family and Community Education, UNM College of Education
• Victoria Sanchez, DrPH, Assistant Professor, MPH Program, UNM Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Carolyn Montoya, MSN, PNP, RN, Coordinator FNP/PNP Concentrations, UNM College of Nursing

Loyce Phoenix

Loyce is a Navajo nurse from the Four Corners area of New Mexico. She has held past clinical experiences on the Navajo reservation, giving her a unique perspective of Navajo health. Loyce is one of the founders and board members of the Navajoland Nurses United for Research, Service and Education (N-NURSE), an organization which she advocates for regularly. Through N-NURSE, Loyce helped to develop a mentoring program and facilitated a breakout group at the organization’s Alburquerque symposium in the spring of 2009.

Loyce obtained her BSN from Arizona State University, her MPH from the University of California, Berkley and her MS in Management from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass.

Kelly Buettner-Schmidt

Kelly has contributed to many public health policy accomplishments in North Dakota, working to expand tobacco control policy. As a collaborator on a successful 2008 state project, she initiated measures for reallocating a tobacco settlement and was a primary organizer and strategist for advocacy efforts resulting in a smoke-free grounds policy by Minot State University in 2006. As a consultant, she has motivated organizations to become smoke-free, eventually supporting successful passage of workplace city ordinances in North Dakota. Through the North Dakota Tobacco Policy Coalition, she facilitated of successful efforts to enact a smoke-free workplace.

Kelly received her BSN and MSN from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Her research interests include the areas of public health policy, public health nursing, tobacco prevention, and control policy. She has 18 years of experience as a public health nurse.

Michelle R. Casias

Program Manager, RWJF Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative at UNM

Michelle R. Casias is the Program Manager for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative at the University of New Mexico. As a native New Mexican, her roots are here in Albuquerque, having also lived in Taos. She has a strong administrative background working in both healthcare administration and as a Program Manager for a large community based organization. Before joining the RWJF Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative, Michelle managed multiple statewide, federally funded K-12 educational programs. She is working towards completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the University of New Mexico. Her mission and passion is to develop projects that contribute to positive outcomes and community building.