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Building Resiliency in Youths with Disabilities
To Better Address Teasing and Bullying Situations
Abstract:
Students with disabilities are more likely to be chronically teased / bullied and suffer negative psychosocial squeal. Proactive interventions can be initiated to help these youths develop coping skills, becoming more resilient in handling such situations. The specific aim of this study were to:
1) identify children with disabilities at-risk for being chronically teased/bullied, and
2) intervene using a web-based program to build resiliency.
This study used a pretest-posttest design with participants serving as their own controls. The sample consisted of 65 students aged 8-14 years, 66.2 % male, 86.5 % white with a wide range of disabilities. Initially, consent/assent, demographic information, disability ratings and performance on measures to assess teasing ( Child-Adolescent Testing Scale [CATS]), self-concept, ( Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale [PHCSCS] )and psychological functioning ( Pediatric Symptom checklist
[ PSC] ) were obtained. Using materials from the US HSRA’s web-based Stop Bullying Now campaign, 11 school nurses, members of MASNRN led participants in a 12 session, bi-weekly, support/discussion group intervention. Informational activities to improve the school milieu also were disseminated.
At the conclusion of the intervention, participants were re-evaluated with the CATS, PCHSCS and PSC. Paired t-test results demonstrated significant differences on the CATS and PHCSCS indicating that serial brief interventions using the above model can help at-risk students become more resilient in handling teasing and bullying.
Research Team:
Judi Vessey, Phd, MBA, FAAN, Principal Investigator
Kathy O’Neill, RN, BSN, MS, Research Associate
MASNRN Research Nurse Participants:
Carol Bradford, RN,BSN,NCSN .......... .........Sudbury Public Schools
Judy Bryne, RN .......................................... Dedham Public Schools
Jane Ferrara, RN,BSN,MA............................Wilmington Public Schools
Mary Jenkinson, RN,ADN,BS .......................Concord Public Schools
Mary J. O"Brien, RN,MSN,CPNP,NCSN..........Boston Public Schools
Niki M. Richards, RN,MS...............................Concord Public Schools
Nancy Smith, RN SN ...................................Wilmington Public Schools
Jennifer Spina, RN,MSN,NCSN.....................Lynn Public Schools
Terri Sweeney, RN,BSN,NCSN ....................Westwood Public Schools
Jane Thornton, RN, BSN,MEd,NCSN.............Canton Public Schools
June Warren, RN,BSN,MEd, NCSN ..............Canton Public School
Study Dates: September 2005- August 2006
Funding: Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund
Promoting Influenza Vaccination in Students with Chronic Conditions
Abstract :
Students with chronic health conditions often benefit from receiving additional immunizations such as influenza vaccination. These immunizations are often missed when school age children with chronic health conditions (SACCHCs) lack a primary care provider and/or only receive their care at specialty clinics which may fail to address immunization needs. Although the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends influenza immunization for children with some chronic health conditions. However, the number of these SACCHCs who receive this immunization remains low (Fiore, et al., 2007; Daley, Barrow, Pearson, Crane, Gao, Stevenson, et al., 2004).
School health services are synonymous with school nurses (SNs) as the overwhelming majority of comprehensive school health programs in the United States are nurse-managed (Schainker, O’Brien, Fox & Bauchner, 2005). School-based interventions, promoted by school nurses (SNs), can be disseminated as efficient, low-cost, population-based approaches designed to address public health issues (Mauriello, Driskell, Sherman, Johnson, Prochaska & Prochaska, 2006).
The overall goal of this project was to use a simple, low-cost SN-initiated intervention to increase the rate of influenza vaccination among school age children with chronic health conditions (SACCHCs). Other objectives were to refine methodologies appropriate for school-based health studies conducted by practice-based research networks; educate SNs regarding immunization recommendations for specific SACCHCs; identify SACCHCs needing immunizations recommended for their health conditions; and collaborate with families to ensure that SACCHCs receive recommended immunizations.
Research Team:
Judi Vessey, Phd, MBA, FAAN, Principal Investigator
Judy Aubin, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN, Principal Investigator
Mary Jane O'Brien, RN, BSN, MSN, CPNP, NCSN, Co-Investigator
MASNRN Research Nurse Participants:
Carol Bradford, RN,BSN ............................ . .................... Sudbury Public Schools
Catherine Caruso-Draghetti, RN,BA .......... ......................Southwick Public Schools
Anne Chabot, RN, BSN, MSN ............ ...............................Sudbury Public Schools
Sandra Crimlisk, RN,MS............................... .....................Waltham Public Schools
Doreen Crowe, RN, BSN, MEd ..................... ....................Wilmington Public Schools
Nancy Dorrance, RN,..................... ...................................North Attelboro Public Schools
Deborah Moreschi-Sisco, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN NCSN ...... Boston Public Schools
Anne Farrell, RN, BSN, MS, MEd . ............ .........................Nashoba Regional School System
Susan B. Fencer, RN, FNP................................................. Boston Public School
Jane Reilly Ferrara, RN, BSN, MA.......................................Wilmington Public Schools
Jenny Gormley, RN, MSN...................................................Acton Public Schools
Teresa Grimm, RN, BSN.....................................................Belmont Public Schools
Sharon Harrison, RN, BSN, MEd........................................ Boston Public Schools
Barbara Hedstrom, RN, BSN, MSN ....................................North Andover Public Schools
Patricia Hoban, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................ Weston Public Schools
Elizabeth Johns, RN, NCSN................................................Acton Public Schools
Mary Jane Kemper, RN, BSN, MSN, PNP.............................Boston Public Schools
Patricia Kenney, RN, BSN, MEd..........................................Boston Public Schools
Elizabeth Mazzone, RN, BSN.............................................Acton Public Schools
Rozanne Milner, RN, BA, BSN............................................Newton Public Schools
Donna Faro, RN, BSN....................................................... Boston Public Schools
Sally Popoli, RN, BSN, MA..................................................Westfield Public Schools
Nancy Schiemer, RN, BSN, MA...........................................Medfield Public Schools
Maureen Shea, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................Hanover Public Schools
Jennifer Spina, RN, BSN, MSN, NCSN.................................Lynn Public schools
Kathleen Thompson, RN, MSN, PNP..................................Medfield Public Schools
Jane Thornton, RN, BSN.................................................. .Canton Public Schools
Janis Townsend, RN, MS...................................................Weston Public Schools
June Warren, RN, BSN, MEd..............................................Canton Public Schools
Patricia Wright, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................Weston Public Schools
Study Dates: September 2006-August 2007
Funding Source: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
and the National Association of School Nurses
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