Constance Brooks

PhD, RN, CS

Adjunct Associate Professor
S328 MU Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
E-Mail: BrooksCW@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-0206
Fax: (573) 884-4544

Research Description: Provider patient relationships, Program Evaluation, organizational communication, Self-Care Deficit Theory and qualitative research methods

Nursing Specialty: ANCC Certified as Clinical Nurse Specialist in Public Health Nursing and Adult Mental Health Nursing

Interest Area: Interpersonal relations, provider patient relationships, communication/relationship skills, quality improvement and organizational communication, spirituality, program evaluation, Self-Care Deficit Nursing theory and qualitative research methods.

Constance Brooks is an adjunct associate professor at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. She teaches in the Masters in Public Health Nursing Program and consults to the Division of Public and Community Health for the Missouri Department of Health on Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement. Brooks also conducts workshops for health care organizations, schools and business organizations and professional groups on communication, interpersonal and team skills, managing change, healing in the workplace, and leadership. Brooks graduated from the MU Sinclair School of Nursing with a PhD in Nursing and a collateral area of study in interpersonal communication. She currently teaches public health nursing and mental health in the master's program.

• The Impact of People-Centered Teams Training on Participants' Engagement in the Relationship Requisites on Self-Development: A Qualitative Evaluation Study
• Communication Flow Analysis in the Workplace
• PALS Project: Enhancing provider-patient relationships
• School Health Screening Assessment
• Evaluation DHSS –Elks Mobile Dental Unit
• Evaluation DHSS Regional Arthritis Centers
• Evaluation DHSS Fatherhood Initiative Program