Susan Denman, Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2035 Pearson Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-9373
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://faculty.duhs.duke.edu/faculty/info?pid=3686.0

Education:

PhD	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Nursing	1996
MS	State University of New York, Stony Brook	1979
BS	State University of New York	1972

Specialties:

Family Nurse Practitioner

Research Interests:

Current research interests are access and utilization of primary health care, especially by Latino populations. Particular interests are maternal/child health access and utilization by vulnerable populations and the effect of demographics, barriers, satisfaction and information on use of primary care.

Keywords:

Transients and Migrants • Primary Health Care • Clinical Competence • Cultural Characteristics

Representative Publications

1. Pollak, K. I. and Denman, S. and Gordon, K. C. and Lyna, P. and Rocha, P. and Brouwer, R. N. and Fish, L. and Baucom, D. H., Is pregnancy a teachable moment for smoking cessation among US Latino expectant fathers? A pilot study., Ethnicity & health, vol. 15 no. 1 (December, 2009), pp. 1-13, ISSN 1465-3419 [doi]  [abs]
2. Hunter, A. and Denman-Vitale, S. and Garzon, L. and Allen, P. J. and Schumann, L., Global infections: recognition, management, and prevention., The Nurse practitioner, vol. 32 no. 2 (February, 2007), pp. 34-41; quiz 41-2, ISSN 0361-1817 [17264792]  [abs]
3. Denman, S., Education: an essential key for the improvement of public health in developing countries., in 2ème Réunion du Comité Scientifique IAP-WHEP (October, 2006), French National Academy of Sciences, Inter Academy Panel, Scientific Committee of the Women's Health Education Program (WHEP). [html]
4. Green-Hernandez, C. and Quinn, A. A. and Denman-Vitale, S. and Falkenstern, S. K. and Judge-Ellis, T., Making primary care culturally competent., The Nurse practitioner, vol. 29 no. 6 (June, 2004), pp. 49-55, ISSN 0361-1817
5. Denman-Vitale, S. and Murillo, E. K., Effective promotion of breastfeeding among Latin American women newly immigrated to the United States., Holistic nursing practice, vol. 13 no. 4 (July, 1999), pp. 51-60, ISSN 0887-9311  [abs]
6. Denman, S. and Stern, E. and Parra, I. and Lopez, C. and Gilbertson, S. and Quibrera, M., Latino Access to Care Survey: Report to The Duke Endowment. (1999), Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC

Selected Grant Support

• Enhanced Geriatric Content for Family Nurse Practitioners, Health Resources and Service Administration.      
• En Pareja: A Latino Couples Intervention to Help Expectant Fathers Quit Smoking, National Institutes of Health, 5R01-CA127307-02.      
• Assessing Risk Factors for Obesity in Young Children in Northern Mexico.      
• Health of Latino Infants: Interventions to Assure Care, National Institutes of Health, 1R15-NR008701-01A2.      
• Award for partial funding of three conference presenters - Video project, Duke Center for Instructional Technology Jump Start grant.      
• Adult Physical Exam Video Project, Duke Center for Instructional Technology Jump Start grant.      
• Initiate Use of Audio/Video iPODS in selected DUSON courses, Duke Center for Instructional Technology Digital Initiative grant.      
• LEE (Lograremos el Ejercer Enfermeria), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.      
• Evidence-Based Nursing in Geriatric Care Settings, Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), 1D62 HP01909-01.      
• El Centro Hispano Latino Health Fair support, Duke University Latino/a Studies.      
• Hispanic Nurses Advancement Project Meeting Support, Duke University Latino/a Studies.      
• Latino Nurses Project, Johnson & Johnson.      
• Pink Ribbon Project, DUSON/El Centro Hispano. FDA Program Grant..      
• LATCH (Latino Access to Coordinated Health Care), Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA).      
• Hablamos de Nuestra Salud,, Glaxo Program Grant to DUMC.      
• PDA Project for ABSN and Medical Spanish Students, Center for Instructional Technology, Duke University.      
• Educating Health Care Students and Health Care Professionals: Spanish Language and Cultural Competency, a Modular Approach to Building Skill., The Duke Endowment.      
• Latino Access to Health Care (Survey), Duke Endowment.