Diane L Holditch-Davis, Professor in the School of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research Affairs in the School of Nursing

Professor in the School of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research Affairs in the School of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1985
mailing address: 3073 New SON Building Trent Drive Durham, NC 27710
office: 3073 New SON Building
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phone: (919) 684-8862

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Research Summary:
 Dr. Holditch-Davis has extensive experience using observational methods with infants, young children and their families to measure parent-child interactions and infant sleep. Her research focuses on parenting premature infants, predicting the risk for later developmental disabilities in high-risk infants, and the effects of complications of prematurity on infant sleep-wake states. She is principal investigator on a study investigating a nursing support intervention for mothers of preterm infants. The goal of this intervention is to reduce developmental delays and health problems by improving maternal mental health and by getting mothers to use more early intervention and health services for their infants. Dr. Holditch-Davis’ is also principal investigator on a study examining the short-and long-term effects of two maternally administered interventions - the auditory-tactile-visual-vestibular intervention and kangaroo care, for very low-birthweight preterms.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Cho, J., Miles, M. S., Holditch-Davis, D., & Belyea, M.  (2009).  Effects of gender on the interactions between mothers and their medically at-risk infants. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 27(1), 89-105. .
  2. MS Miles, D Holditch-Davis, TA Schwartz, M Scher (2007). Depressive symptoms in mothers of prematurely born infants.. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, United States, 28(1), 36-44.  [abs]
  3. MS Miles, D Holditch-Davis, C Pedersen, JJ Eron, T Schwartz (2007). Emotional distress in African American women with HIV.. Journal of prevention & intervention in the community, United States, 33(1-2), 35-50.  [abs]
  4. B Black, D Holditch-Davis, T Schwartz, MS Scher (2006). Effects of antenatal magnesium sulfate and corticosteroid therapy on sleep states of preterm infants.. Research in nursing & health, United States, 29(4), 269-80.  [abs]
  5. D Holditch-Davis (2005). If only they could talk: Interpreting the behaviors of preterm infants challenges nurses and parents.. The American journal of nursing, United States, 105(12), 75-7.
  6. Brandon, D. H., & Holditch-Davis, D.  (2005).  Validation of an instrumented sleep-wake state assessment against biobehavioral assessment.  Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 5(3), 109-115..
  7. Brandon, D. H., Holditch-Davis, D., & Winchester, D. M.  (2005).  Factors affecting early neurobehavioral and sleep outcomes in preterm infants.  Infant Behavior and Development, 28(2), 206-219..
  8. Holditch-Davis, D., & Miles, M. S.  (2005).  Parenting research in nursing.  In J. J. Fitzpatrick & M. Wallace (Eds.), Encyclopedia of nursing research (2nd ed.).  New York: Springer. .
  9. Holditch-Davis, D., Belyea, M, & Edwards, L.  (2005).  Prediction of 3-year developmental outcomes from sleep development over the preterm period.  Infant Behavior and Development, 28(2), 118-131..
  10. Miles, M. S., Holditch-Davis, D., Thoyre, S., & Beeber, L.  (2005).  Rural African American mothers parenting prematurely-born infants:  An ecological systems perspective.  Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 5(3), 142-148..
  11. D Holditch-Davis, M Scher, T Schwartz (2004). Respiratory development in preterm infants.. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, United States, 24(10), 631-9.  [abs]
  12. D Holditch-Davis, M Scher, T Schwartz, D Hudson-Barr (2004). Sleeping and waking state development in preterm infants.. Early human development, Ireland, 80(1), 43-64.  [abs]
  13. D Holditch-Davis, MF Cox, MS Miles, M Belyea (2003). Mother-infant interactions of medically fragile infants and non-chronically ill premature infants.. Research in nursing & health, United States, 26(4), 300-11.  [abs]
  14. D Holditch-Davis, BP Black (2003). Care of preterm infants: programs of research and their relationship to developmental science.. Annual review of nursing research, United States, 21, 23-60.  [abs]
  15. MS Miles, D Holditch-Davis (2003). Enhancing nursing research with children and families using a developmental science perspective.. Annual review of nursing research, United States, 21, 1-20.  [abs]
  16. D Holditch-Davis, DH Brandon, T Schwartz Development of behaviors in preterm infants: relation to sleeping and waking.. Nursing research, United States, 52(5), 307-17.  [abs]
  17. J Cho, D Holditch-Davis, MS Miles Effects of maternal depressive symptoms and infant gender on the interactions between mothers and their medically at-risk infants.. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG, United States, 37(1), 58-70.  [abs]
  18. D Holditch-Davis, TR Bartlett, AL Blickman, MS Miles Posttraumatic stress symptoms in mothers of premature infants.. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG, United States, 32(2), 161-71.  [abs]
  19. D Holditch-Davis, P Merrill, T Schwartz, M Scher Predictors of wheezing in prematurely born children.. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG, United States, 37(3), 262-73.  [abs]

Courses (Fall 2009):

  • Nursing 609a.01, Nsg sci iii: dissertation
    Nursing 3001, W 09:00 AM-12:00 PM