Society's Safety Net
Ounce of Prevention
With a career based in public health nursing, nursing instructor Glenda Kelly gladly took on the challenge of pairing her community health capstone class last semester with a March of Dimes grant.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services was awarded two March of Dimes grants. One of them, An Ounce of Prevention Community Curriculum Intervention project, paired senior nursing students from the School with high school teachers and school nurses throughout mid-Missouri.
The students provided folic acid education and promoted the use of multivitamins containing 400 micrograms of the mineral among women of childbearing age to reduce the risk of birth defects.
Family Mental Health Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the School a $370,000 grant to develop a certificate program in child/family mental health. Read more.
"The goal is to provide children with more complete care by increasing the number of family/child mental health nurses," says Jane Bostick, associate teaching professor and program director. "Many families rely on primary care physicians, school counselors and teachers to provide mental health services for their children."
The distance mediated program is a collaboration with the MU College of Education. Bostick said the partnership encourages relationships among nurse practitioners, school teachers and psychologists.
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