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The following is a news release from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Summary: Adejoke Ayoola (Add-ah-joe-kay Ah-you-lah) is chosen for prestigious
program to advance careers of nation’s most promising junior nurse faculty,
plans to study pregnancy planning for low-income, diverse women.
Adejoke Ayoola, PhD, RN, an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing
at Calvin College, is one of just 12 outstanding nursing educators to win a
competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 'Nurse Faculty
Scholars' program this year. Ayoola will receive a three-year, $350,000 award
to promote her academic career and support her research. The Nurse Faculty
Scholar award is given to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future
leaders in academic nursing.
"This award from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides a wonderful
opportunity to promote reproductive health among low-income women of
child-bearing age who are at risk of having unplanned pregnancy," Ayoola said.
For her research project, Ayoola plans to examine the efficacy of the
"Preconception Reproductive Knowledge Promotion (PREKNOP)" intervention,
designed to promote women's reproductive health and positive pregnancy outcomes
by reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy and delayed pregnancy recognition.
The study is a randomized controlled trial of 120 women ages 18 to 44. It uses
a community-based participatory research approach in three low-income
neighborhoods that are racially diverse. The goal is to find effective ways to
educate low-income women at risk of unplanned pregnancy about reproductive
changes related to their menstrual cycle.
"PREKNOP study is a relevant way to advance the science of community-driven
health promotion in the area of unplanned pregnancy." Ayoola added. "I hope
that through this study, women will become actively involved in taking care of
their reproductive health and making informed decisions, with the hope of
giving their children a healthy future."
The RWJF 'Nurse Faculty Scholars' program is strengthening the academic
productivity and overall excellence of nursing schools by developing the next
generation of leaders in academic nursing. It is providing $28 million to five
cohorts of outstanding junior nursing faculty. Ayoola is part of the fifth
cohort.
The new Nurse Faculty Scholars also will support the "Future of Nursing:
Campaign for Action," which is engaging nurses and others in a nationwide
effort to implement recommendations from the groundbreaking Institute of
Medicine report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health."
Supporting junior nurse faculty will help curb a shortage of nurse educators
that could undermine the health and health care of all Americans. The
Affordable Care Act will vastly increase the number of people who can access
health care in the United States. As the number of patients increases, there
will be greater demand for skilled nurses as well as faculty to educate them.
Right now, many schools of nursing are turning away qualified applicants
because they do not have the faculty to teach them. The RWJF 'Nurse Faculty
Scholars' program is helping curb the nurse faculty shortage by helping more
junior faculty succeed in, and commit to, academic careers. The program will
also enhance the stature of the scholars' academic institutions, which will
benefit fellow nurse educators seeking professional development opportunities.
To receive the award, scholars must be registered nurses who have completed a
research doctorate in nursing or a related discipline and who have held a
tenure-eligible faculty position at an accredited nursing school for at least
two and no more than five years.
The 'Nurse Faculty Scholars' program is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and administered through the John Hopkins University School of
Nursing. It is directed by Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, who is the Anna
D. Wolf chair and professor at the John Hopkins University School of Nursing.
To learn more about the program, visit www.nursefacultyscholars.org
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focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As
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Matt Kucinski
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Received on Tue Aug 28 10:04:08 2012
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