Positive parent-child relationships and reducing child behavior problems in low-income neighborhoods will be the topic of an Oct. 30 lecture by Deborah Gross, D.N.Sc., of Johns Hopkins University for the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing.
Dr. Gross will address the effect of mental and physical health of young children, especially in low-income neighborhoods and the lessons learned from the Chicago Parent Program.
She is scheduled to speak at the University Nebraska-Omaha Thompson Alumni Center as the Second Annual Anna Marie Jensen Cramer Memorial Lectureship in Women’s & Children’s Health & Family Nursing. The presentation is set for 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. A reception is planned from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Gross holds joint appointments in the School of Nursing, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine, and the Department of Mental Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Previously, as the associate dean for research and a department chair at Rush University College of Nursing, Dr. Gross and her colleagues developed the Chicago Parent Program, an innovative parenting program that improves parenting behavior and reduces child behavior problems. The program currently is used in a number of settings including Head Start centers in Chicago and New York City.
Dr. Gross was a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Her many recognitions include the Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research President's Award for outstanding research and the American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner Award honoring developers of model programs offering solutions to health care challenges.
Dr. Gross has served on numerous review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Medicine, published more than 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts, and currently serves on the editorial board of Research in Nursing & Health and Nursing Outlook.
The endowed annual lectureship was created through the University of Nebraska Foundation by the late Berniece Cramer.
Cramer, the daughter of William Joseph and Anna Marie (Jensen) Cramer, of Hardy, Neb., established the lectureship in honor of her mother. Each year the lecture features a nationally known expert in women and children's health issues.
Seating for Dr. Gross’s presentation is limited. RSVP by Oct. 23 by contacting LaDonna Tworek, 402-559-4109, ltworek@unmc.edu.
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