March 2009

Southwest Borderlands-Nursing at International Health Promotion Congress in Hermosillo

Southwest Borderlands-Nursing was represented at the First International Health Promotion Congress held in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico. The Congress was sponsored by the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization, the Mexican Health Ministry and sponsored by the State of Sonora Health Ministry.

Dr. Carol Baldwin presented an invited paper,Characterization of Underserved Spanish-Speaking Mexican Americans with Insomnia: Evidence for Validated Health Promotion Strategies. Co-authors included Mary Z. Mays, PhD of the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Sergio Márquez-Gamiño, MD, PhD, Anita Caudillo Cisneros, MSN, RN, PhD(c), Luxana Reynaga Ornelas, MSN, RN from the University of Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico campus, and Stuart F. Quan, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine and the Harvard Medical School Sleep Disorders Clinic.

The presentation was based on Dr. Baldwin’s NIH grant to translate and validate a sleep measure to assess sleep disorders of Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans. Findings suggest that knowledge of sleep disturbances and appropriate Spanish-language sleep health education need to be developed in order to promote healthy sleep among Spanish-speakers and provide culturally relevant sleep education for health providers. Enhancing access to care for underserved Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans could reduce or eliminate several of the leading health reports associated with insomnia.

During the Congress, Dr. Baldwin had the opportunity to meet professional photographer, Memo Vasquez. Dr. Baldwin purchased a photograph for the Southwest Borderlands and Office of World Health Promotion and Disease Prevention section of the College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation. One of Mr. Vasquez’s photographs was personally selected as a cover for a paperback edition of Leaf Storm by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez (displayed in photograph at right)..

February 2009

Southwest Borderlands-Nursing Hosts Latin American EBP Scholars

Isilia Aparecida Silva, PhD, RN, Dean of the School of Nursing at Sao Paulo University in Brazil and Olga Janneth Gomez, MS, RN, faculty with the National University of Colombia School of Nursing in Bogota were the invited scholarship recipients at the 10th Annual International Evidence-Based Practice Conference held in Glendale Arizona. During their visit, the two scholars visited the Las Fuentes Clinic, JC Lincoln Hospital, Hospice of the Valley and the various programs and community partners with the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. Dean Silva and Dean Melnyk also held a signing ceremony that implemented an informal agreement toward establishing research, EBP workshops and other collaborations between the respective nursing programs.

During the conference, Southwest Borderlands Scholar Carol Baldwin, PhD, RN presented her paper, Individual & Institutional Barriers to Implementing EBP in Clinical Practice: A Comparison of Pan American & U.S. Nurses. Co-authors included Dean Bernadette Melnyk and Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN of the College of Nursing & HCI, and Maria Cristina Cometto, PhD, RN and Genoveva Avila, MA, RN, both from the University of Cordoba School of Nursing in Argentina

Pictured left to right: Dr. Carol Baldwin, Dean Bernadette Melnyk, Dean Isilia Silva and Professor Olga Janneth Gomez.

January 2009

Governors Brewer and Bours to Continue Arizona/Mexico Commission Activities

Governor Jan Brewer met for the first time with Governor Eduardo Bours Castelo of Sonora in early January during a Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations event where they shared their willingness to continue to foster the good relationship between Arizona and Sonora.

Arizona-Mexico Commission Gubernatorial Plenary in Hermosillo

Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin, traveled to León (aerial photo at left), Guanajuato Mexico to discuss and extend collaborative activities following the recently signed accord between ASU and the University of Guanajuato. The agreement has stimulated further research and nursing activities.

Luxana Reynaga Ornelas, MS, RN, completed her first semester in the PhD program at the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation in December 2008. Her dissertation will examine quality of life of renal dialysis patients who reside in Mexico. Mtra. Reynaga is a member of the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International and was one of the first scholarship recipients from Latin America to attend the annual international Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Conference sponsored by the College of Nursing & HCI.

Cipriana (Anita) Caudillo-Cisneros, MS, RN, PhD(c) has been named Director of the School of Nursing & Obstetrics at the University of Guanajuato, León campus. Mtra. Caudillo began her new responsibilities in January 2009 and has made a commitment to expand EBP and research activities among the undergraduate and graduate students. Mtra. Caudillo is a member of the ASU Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. She is one of two health care providers in Mexico to receive the ‘EBP Mentor’ designation after completing the week-long mentorship training at the College of Nursing & HCI.

Carol Baldwin, PhD, RN, Director of the Office of World Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, met with Sergio Márquez Gamiño, MD, PhD (pictured left), faculty member with the Institute for Human Work at the University of Guanajuato, León, to discuss the collaborative research, nursing and other exchange activities between the two universities. Discussions included analysis of sleep data that were collected on participants in Guanajuato, future studies of sleep and quality of life of youth who reside in Guanajuato, paper presentations at professional conferences, studies of the effects of diabetes on the nervous system, and global partnering in health promotion activities. Drs. Baldwin and Marquez serve as the Chair and Co-chair respectively for international PhD student Luxana Reynaga. Dr. Márquez and Mtra. Anita Caudillo are the only health providers in Mexico to become EBP Mentors through the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. Drs. Baldwin and Márquez worked together with their respective universities for over a year to implement the accord signed in 2008.

Dr. Márquez-Gamiño is also the newly appointed Coordinator of Research and Postgraduate Programs chair at the León Campus of the University of Guanjuato.

Pictured right are University of Guanajuato nursing and psychology graduate students who have assisted with data collection for collaborative research projects between ASU and the University of Guanajuato. The students are mentored by Dr. Marquez and Mtra. Caudillo.

December 2008

SWB Scholar Meets with Health Minister, Tourism Director at the AMC Plenary

Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands Scholar and Director of the Office of World Health Promotion & Disease Prevention represented the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation at the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) and Comision Sonora-Arizona (CSA) binational Fall Plenary in Hermosillo, Mexico in early December. She met with Dr. Raymundo López Vucovich (pictured right), Secretary of Health for Sonora, Mexico and Héctor Xavier Martínez (pictured left), General Coordinator for Health Tourism, Sonora, Mexico. The three AMC members discussed potential training activities for health workers in Mexico, who provide care for U.S. tourists.

Arizona-Mexico Commission Gubernatorial Plenary in Hermosillo

Governors Janet Napolitano and Eduardo Bours of Sonora met with members of the Arizona-Mexico Commission (AMC) and Comision Sonora-Arizona (CSA) for a binational conference at the CSA Fall Plenary Session in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

During this year’s plenary session, the following agreements were signed:

• Professional Workers Agreement - This agreement will establish a database of skilled Sonoran professionals, who are prescreened and eligible to receive professional employment visas. Arizona companies looking for workers not readily available in Arizona will have access to the database.
• Anti-Human Trafficking Agreement - This will establish a binational human trafficking coordinating council - the first of its kind in the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border region. This council will help make legislative recommendations to toughen the state's stance on human tracking.
• Health Agreement - This agreement will establish an electronic system to exchange information concerning diseases of binational public health importance along the Arizona-Sonora border.

For details, click on the following link: http://www.azmc.org/story/?ID=362

To hear the Sonora press, click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsi6PSIB8c

For more information on the AMC/CSA, click here.

NOTICIAS SONORA, REUNION PLENARIA COMISION SONORA ARIZONA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsi6PSIB8c

November 2008

Agreement with Mexican university to advance healthcare

Arizona State University and the University of Guanajuato, México, are expanding global exchanges through an historic agreement that will advance culturally responsive healthcare in two countries. The institutional agreement not only covers health promotion but calls for the development of academic exchanges, joint research and conference activities across all university disciplines. Click here for entire article.

September 2008

New Administrative Associate for International Health, Southwest Borderlands, PAHO Accord

Yomahira Arvizu joins the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation as the Administrative Associate for the Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs and the Southwest Borderlands—Nursing program. She has an extensive background in the export/import business working with U.S./Mexican Custom brokers and ‘Maquilas’ in Sonora Mexico. Yomahira holds her A.A. in General Studies from Arizona Western College and is majoring in International Relations. She has also worked in affordable housing and acted as a Liaison for the AZ Self-Help Network where she gained expertise in grant administration.

Two Faculty from Mexico First to Complete EBP Mentor Program

Cipriana (Anita) Caudillo Cisneros, RN, MS and Sergio Márquez-Gamiño, MD, PhD are the first two scholars from Mexico to complete the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation (CONHI) Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Mentor Program. They will incorporate the EBP process into the curriculum and clinical care. Dr. Márquez and Maestra Caudillo are faculty members with the University of Guanajuato, León, México. The ASU CONHI has a technical agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to disseminate EBP throughout Latin America. Week-long mentor training is held twice a year on the downtown campus. Two healthcare faculty from Latin American countries will receive scholarships for each of the two yearly training sessions as the college develops its Pan American ‘Train the EBP Trainer’ program.

Pictured left to right are Anita Caudillo, ASU CONHI Dean Bernadette Melnyk and Dr. Marquez. The scholars are holding their Certificates of Completion that designate them as official EBP Mentors.

ASU and University of Guanajuato Agreement Signed

Through the efforts of the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation and the University of Guanajuato León faculty from their Institute of Human Work and their School of Nursing & Obstetrics, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by ASU President Dr. Michael Crow and University of Guanajuato Rector Dr. Arturo Lara López. The memorandum provides for agreed upon development of faculty, student, and academic informational exchanges, as well as research collaborations and conferences based on respective academic and educational needs. During the year that it has taken to bring the memorandum to fruition, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Carol Baldwin, has worked with Dr. Márqez and Maestra Caudillo on sleep research projects and evidence-based practice activities to strengthen collaborations between the universities. In addition to President Crow, Mr. Anthony Rock, VP for the Office of Global Engagement, and Dean Bernadette Melnyk signed the accord for ASU. Maestra Blanca Esther Sánchez Guerrero, Director of the School of Nursing at the University of Guanajuato, Leon, signed with Rector Lopez.

Pictured left to right: Elizabeth Fernandez (ASU CONHI Contracts), Anita Caudillo, Carol Baldwin (displaying agreements), Sergio Márquez and ASU CONHI Dean Bernadette Melnyk.

August 2008

New Southwest Borderlands Scholar

Gabriel Shaibi, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation

Dr. Shaibi shares a joint appointment with the Department of Kinesiology and holds an Early Career Faculty Fellowship in Health Disparities Research with the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Institute at ASU. His research examines the physiologic and behavioral mechanisms underlying insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in high-risk populations including overweight Latino youth. He is particularly interested in developing biologically relevant and culturally sensitive prevention and intervention strategies in the clinical and community settings.

July 2008

Southwest Borderlands – Nursing Represented at STTI Conference in Singapore

Dr. Carol Baldwin and Maestra Luxana Reyna Ornelas, Beta Upsilon Chapter members of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), represented the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation and Southwest Borderlands – Nursing at the STTI 19th International Nursing Research Congress focusing on evidence-based practice in Singapore. Dr. Baldwin presented her paper, Practica Basada en Evidencia: Disseminating EBP in Mexico. Maestra Reynaga Ornelas, a faculty member with the University of Guanajuato León campus in Mexico and first international nurse to be inducted in to the ASU Beta Upsilon Chapter of STTI, presented her poster, Mexican Nurses Learning to Search for Evidence: Examining the Use of Icodextrin-Based Solutions in Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement Policy.

	Dr. Baldwin (right) meets with the director of the EBP Nursing Unit during the Singapore National University Hospital tour.		Dr. Baldwin presenting her paper on disseminating EBP in Mexico at the STTI Congress in Singapore.		Luxana Reynaga-Ornelas pictured with her poster presentation at the STTI Singapore congress.

June 2008

Poster Presentation and Collaborative Initiatives Held at Sleep Conference in Baltimore

A collaborative poster was presented and meetings were held at the 22nd Annual Sleep Conference in Baltimore to foster binational research projects between the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation with Dr. Sergio Marquez- Gamiño, representing the University of Guanajuato team, and Drs. Stuart Quan (Harvard Medical School and Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona College of Medicine) and Ann Rogers (University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) for sleep disorders studies, and Dr. Terence Risby (Professor Emeritus, Johns-Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) for chemical exposure studies.


Pictured left to right: Drs. Stuart Quan, Carol Baldwin and Sergio Marquez-Gamiño presented their collaborative poster, “English/Spanish Translation and Validation of a Sleep Measure,” at the 22nd Annual Sleep Conference. Co-authors not pictured are Dr. Mary Mays, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, and Anita Caudillo-Cisneros, University of Guanajuato, León, México.

ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Represented at AMC Summer Plenary

Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands Scholar and Director, Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs, Dr. Evelyn Cesarotti, Director of Graduate Studies and Programs, and Administrative Assistant, Zaida Morales represented the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation at the Arizona/Mexico Commission Summer Plenary held in Phoenix, Arizona. Drs. Baldwin, Cesarotti and Ms. Morales attended the Health and Environment Committees where they had the opportunity to discuss future activities and collaborations beneficial to border issues.


Pictured left to right: Evelyn Cesarotti, Cecilia Rosales (U of A College of Public Health and U.S. Mexico Border Health Commission), Carol Baldwin and Zaida Morales discuss the Southwest Borderlands—Nursing website at the AMC Summer Plenary.

May 2008

Southwest Borderlands—Nursing Volunteer Inducted into Beta Upsilon Chapter of STTI

Manuela Vital, RN, BSN, Southwest Borderlands—Nursing volunteer, Faculty Affiliate and student sleep researcher (pictured right) was inducted into the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation’s Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. Ms. Vital was sponsored for membership by Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin. In addition to her academic and volunteer activities, Ms. Vital is active in the Arizona Hispanic Nurses Association.

Second Nurse from Mexico Inducted into Beta Upsilon Chapter of STTI

Cipriana (Anita) Caudillo-Cisneros, RN, MS is the second nurse from Mexico to be inducted into the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. Maestra Caudillo, a University of Guanajuato, León, faculty member and adjunct faculty with the College of Nursing & HCI, was sponsored by Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin. Maestra Luxana Reynaga Ornelas (pictured seated right), also from the University of Guanajuato, was inducted into the Beta Upsilon Chapter a year ago.

College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Dean Bernadette Melnyk (right) and Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands Scholar accepted the STTI certificate and honor cord on behalf of Maestra Caudillo-Cisneros at the Beta Upsilon induction ceremony held in Tempe.

	Maestra Caudillo (left) and Maestra Luxana Reynaga Ornelas (right)		Dean Bernadette Melnyk (right) and Dr. Carol Baldwin accept the STTI certificate and honor cord.

Fuld Scholar Develops Brochure to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for Youth of Guadalupe

Fuld Scholar Becca Munger developed a bilingual (English/Spanish) brochure, “Healthy Youth of Guadalupe, Arizona,” for her Fuld Scholarship project. The brochure provides information on diet and exercise to promote health and help to reduce rates of obesity in youth of Latino and Pascua Yaqui descent. The brochure was translated by Zaida Morales, Administrative Assistant for Southwest Borderlands—Nursing and the Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs.

The “Healthy Youth” brochure was well-received by members of the Muevete Guadalupe Healthy Lifestyles Committee. The brochure was distributed at a Guadalupe community fair and distributed through the Pascua Yaqui Youth & Young Adult Programs (YYAP).

	Fuld Scholar, Becca Munger (left) and her Project Director, Dr. Carol Baldwin (right) display Ms. Munger’s healthy lifestyles promotion brochure.		Back L to R: Rosa Balderaz (AT Stills Dental School), Elvira Osuna (Promotora), Anita Alaniz, FNP for Las Fuentes Clinic; Seated: Valma Gonzales & Lydia Montiel (YYAP).

Sleep Research Student Presents Applied Project Poster on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

	Manuela Vital (right) photographed before her poster with her Applied Project Chair, Dr. Carol Baldwin.

Manuela Vital, RN, BSN, ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Faculty Affiliate and student sleep researcher focused her graduate Applied Project on obstructive sleep apnea. Her project resulted in a poster titled, “Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in Adults: An Educational Innovation.” Ms. Vital wants to make nurses aware of the signs and symptoms of OSA in order to refer for clinical care and treatment. OSA is associated with other serious health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. Ms. Vital plans on translating her training module into Spanish to make bilingual nurses and nurses in Mexico aware of OSA to improve patient care and safety.

April 2008

Southwest Borderlands—Nursing Visits University of Guanajuato

Southwest Borderlands—Nursing and the doctoral program in Nursing & Healthcare Innovation supported travel to the University of Guanajuato to expand collaborative activities. ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation doctoral student, Adriana Pérez, accompanied Dr. Carol Baldwin on the trip. During the visit, Dr. Baldwin and Ms. Pérez met with the Institute for Human Work sleep research team (Dr. Sergio Márquez-Gamiño, Maestras Cipriana (Anita) Caudillo-Cisneros and Luxana Reynaga Ornelas, and graduate students) for a progress report on data collection from Mexican participants. Ms. Pérez provided a PowerPoint recruitment presentation for the new PhD in Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. This doctorate is also open to non-nurses who want to expand their teaching, leadership and scholarship excellence in health care and health promotion. The schools of nursing represented at the presentation included:

• Autonomous University of Querétaro
• Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
• Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
• University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato City, Irapuato and León

In addition, Ms. Pérez (pictured left) provided a presentation, “Visual Methods to Detect the Significance of Physical Activity and Diet in a Social and Cultural Context,” sponsored by El Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato a través de la Comisión Estatal del Deporte y Atenctión a la Juventud, León, Guanajuato, México.

Dr. Baldwin and Ms. Perez met with Dr. Francisco José Diaz Cisneros, Director General, Comisión Estatal del Deporte y Atenctión a la Juventud, León, Guanajuato, México. Potential for collaborations between the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation’s Hartford Center of Excellence in Aging and Dr. Diaz’ research on exercise and cardiovascular health of Mexican women, as well as sleep and quality of life of State of Guanajuato employees, and sleep and academic performance of Mexican children were discussed.

Dr. Baldwin, a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, was invited to do a guest lecture on the topic with sophomore nursing students at the University of Guanajuato, León campus. Nearly 50 students filled the classroom. Translation was provided by Maestra Luxana Reynaga Ornelas. Healing Touch is an energy-based complementary modality that supports self-healing and helps to reduce stress and anxiety.

	Pictured left to right: Drs. Carol Baldwin and Francisco José Diaz Cisneros, Ms. Adriana Perez, Maestra Anita Caudillo.		ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation doctoral student, Adriana Perez (far right) meets with several of Dr. Diaz’ research staff.		Dr. Baldwin (standing, far right) demonstrates Basic Healing Touch to 2nd year nursing students at the University of Guanajuato, León.

February 2008

Southwest Borderlands--Nursing Invites Scholars to Attend 9th Annual EBP Conference

Southwest Borderlands—Nursing arranged for two of three scholars to attend the 9th Annual Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Conference held in Glendale, AZ. Sergio Marquez-Gamiño, MD, PhD, University of Guanajuato, León, México and Maestra Lenore del Carmen Falcóni Morales, MS, RN, assistant director of nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) joined Vanessa Soledad Zylinski, RN, from the Hospital Independencia, Santiago del Estero, Argentina as the 2008 ARCC Scholars for the event. Maestra Falcóni is the first faculty member from Ecuador to receive an adjunct appointment with the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. Dr. Marquez-Gamiño is one of four faculty members from México to receive adjunct status.

Front row from left to right: Vanessa Soledad Zylinski (Argentina), Carmen Falcóni (Ecuador), Manuela Vital (Faculty Associate), Carol Baldwin (Southwest Borderlands Scholar), Gricelda Ortiz (Administrative Assistant); Back row from left to right: Ana Sprintzik (Graduate Teaching Assistant), Sergio Marquez-Gamiño (Mexico).

Southwest Borderlands—Nursing Hosts NIH Sleep Grant Presentation and Meetings

Consultants on Dr. Carol Baldwin’s NIH NICHD-funded grant, “Spanish Translation and Validation of Sleep Measures” came to the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation to review and discuss data collection and collaborations.

Kate Lorig, RN, DrPH, Director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center, presented approaches for developing patient self-management programs. Her international reputation drew nearly 40 faculty, staff, and students from nursing, psychology, social work and other programs from the Downtown, Tempe, West and Polytechnic campuses. Dr. Lorig met with faculty and students regarding their research projects and health promotion activities, toured one of the community-based clinics where data for the sleep study are being collected, reviewed data, recommended a qualitative component to data gathering, and discussed future sleep research collaborations.

Drs. Sergio Marquez-Gamiño and Lorig discussed the Stanford University Spanish-language versions of the Diabetes, Arthritis, and Chronic Disease Self-Management Training the Trainers Programs for health promotion in Mexico. Dr. Marquez-Gamiño is overseeing sleep data collection from Mexican participants in the State of Guanajuato.

Seated left to right: Dr. Carol Baldwin (principal investigator), Dr. Kate Lorig (grant consultant), and Dr. Mary Mays (co-investigator). Standing left to right: Dr. Felipe Castro, Department of Psychology (co-investigator), Manuela Vital (data collection), Dr. Sergio Marquez- Gamiño (collaborator from Mexico), Sai Moturu, School of Engineering (graduate TA and database manager), and Zaida Morales (administrative assistant/data collection and entry).

Stuart F. Quan, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Harvard Medical School, and internationally recognized sleep researcher is also a consultant on Dr. Baldwin’s Spanish sleep translation grant. Dr. Quan met with Drs. Baldwin and Marquez-Gamiño in February to review preliminary sleep data, make recommendations for further data analysis and publication priorities, and discuss future collaborative research projects and presentations with colleagues from the University of Guanajuato, México.

Left to right: Drs. Stuart Quan, Carol Baldwin, Sergio Marquez-Gamiño

Guanajuato Faculty Meets with ASU Office of Global Engagement

Alejandra Enriquez-Gonzalez, Executive Liaison for Strategic Partnerships, ASU Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement, took the opportunity to meet with Drs. Sergio Marquez- Gamiño and Carol Baldwin to discuss the pending agreement between ASU and the University of Guanajuato, as well as potential collaborations between the two universities. Ms. Enriquez-Gonzalez also facilitates collaborations with ASU’s strategic partner, Tec de Monterrey and other Latin American partnerships.

Left to right: Drs. Carol Baldwin and Sergio Marquez- Gamiño meet with Ms. Alejandra Enriquez-Gonzalez regarding Southwest Borderlands—Nursing, International Health, and Office of Global Engagement activities.

January 2008

International Health for Health Professionals Graduate Certificate Implemented

A 16-credit graduate certificate in International Health for Health Professionals was developed and implemented by Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands Scholar and Director of the Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs. The graduate certificate is designed for nurses, doctors, psychologists, dentists and other healthcare providers who want to provide more culturally responsive care and enhance their knowledge of global health issues and policies in developed and developing countries. Two weeks of the five-week summer capstone course will include and immersion experience in Mexico. For more information, click here.

November 2007

Global Caring Nurses Foundation Mentor Certificate Awarded to SWB Faculty Member

Southwest Borderlands scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin (pictured right), and College of Nursing faculty, Dr. Maureen Campesino received recognition certificates that honor nursing mentors and leaders as forces of change from the Global Caring Nurses Foundation 2nd Biennial Special Recognition Gala Night on November 3rd. Dr. Baldwin, an invited speaker for the banquet ceremony, presented her topic, “Building Bridges not Fences through Mentoring: ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Bi-national Collaborations.”

Faculty Represent College of Nursing at Arizona/Mexico Commission Plenary

Drs. Carol Baldwin and Mary Mays attended the Arizona/Mexico Commission Plenary held November 15-16 in Obregon, Sonora Mexico. This was the first time the College of Nursing has had representatives attend this invited binational function. Drs. Baldwin and Mays attended the Border Issues and Health Sessions to determine ways in which the college can address health disparities along the border.

	Governor Janet Napolitano speaking at the Arizona/Mexico Commission Plenary in November.

October 2007

SWB-Nursing Represents College of Nursing at WHO-sponsored Conference in Spain

Southwest Borderlands – Nursing represented the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation at the IX Iberoamerican Conference in Toledo, Spain. Dr Baldwin presented her peer-reviewed oral presentation, “Educational Needs of Nurses for Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in the Pan Americas,” during the Globalization and Nursing Care sessions. Dr. Baldwin and Manuela Vital also facilitated a three-hour EBP workshop attended by nurses from throughout Latin America and Spain. The workshop, “Integrating EBP into the Academic Curriculum in the Pan Americas,” included presentations by Dr. Laura Moran Peña, School of Nursing and Obstetrics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, who discussed the value of participating with the ASU nursing college to advance EBP in México, and Paz F. Soto, director, School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Chile, who spoke on promoting EBP in nursing practice in Chile. The presentations supported the ASU nursing Center for the Advancement of EBP technical agreement with the Pan American Health Organization.

Dr. Jean Yan (center), chief scientist nursing and midwifery, Department of Human Resources for Health, Health Systems and Services, World Health Organization with SWB – Nursing scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin (left), and Manuela Vital after the plenary session at the IX Iberoamerican Conference.

CONHI Adjunct Faculty from Mexico Meet Attend Functions during Collaborative Visit

ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation (CONHI) adjunct faculty, Dr. Sergio Márquez-Gamiño and Anita Caudillo from the Universidad de Guanajuato – León, México participated in several functions during a collaborative visit to establish research initiatives. Dr. Márquez-Gamiño and Maestra Caudillo met with nurses from the Pusan Paik Hospital Clinical Trials Center, Inje University, South Korea during a dinner meeting with Linda Mottle, MSN, RN, Director, and Fran Rees, MBA, Administrative Associate for the CONHI Center for Clinical Trials, and Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands scholar and Director, Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs. The adjunct faculty from Guanajuato also participated in a CONHI 50th Anniversary function, and discussed collaborative research opportunities during a dinner reception at Dean Bernadette Melnyk’s home.

	Pictured standing (left to right): Ji-Eun Seo, Eun-A Lee, Dr. Sergio Márquez-Gamiño, Fran Rees and In-Ja No. Seated (left to right): Maestra Anita Caudillo, Dr. Carol Baldwin and Linda Mottle.		Manuela Vital (left) introduces Sun Devil adjunct faculty, Dr. Marquez-Gamiño and Máestra Caudillo from Mexico to Sparky

August 2007

Adjunct Faculty Appointments for Nurses from Latin America

Southwest Borderlands scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin, is the first College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation faculty to establish active collaborations with two schools of nursing in Mexico and one in Argentina. Adjunct faculty appointments were secured for Dr. Laura Morán Peña, Universidad Autónoma de México; Luxana Reynaga Ornelas and Octavio Jimenez-Garza, Universidad de Guanajuato, León, México; and Dr. Maria Cristina Cometto and Genoveva Elizabeth Ávila, both of whom are from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. Adjunct faculty appointments were also obtained for Dr. Sergio Márquez-Gamiño and Anita Caudillo, Universidad de Guanajuato – León, Institute for Human Work, to foster research collaborations.

EBP Workshop and Research Collaborations in Guanajuato, León, México

	Speakers and key participants at the EBP workshop held at the University of Guanajuato, León, México included (left to right) Dr. Sergio Márquez-Gamiño, Dean Bernadette Melnyk, Luxana Reynaga Ornelas, Dr. Carol Baldwin, Susan Stillwell, Manuela Vital, Cipriana (Anita) Caudillo, Norma Valenzuela, and Octavio Jimenez-Garza

Connections established by Dr. Carol Baldwin with faculty from the University of Guanajuato, León, México in March 2007, resulted in a two-day EBP workshop led by ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Dean Bernadette Melnyk. The workshop was attended by over 100 nurses, physicians, students and other healthcare workers from throughout México, and included presentations by Dean Melnyk, clinical assistant professor and EBP Mentor Susan Stillwell, and Dr. Baldwin, who is also an EBP Mentor. Dr. Baldwin and colleagues Manuela Vital and Norma Valenzuela stayed an additional two days to work with their México colleagues on collaborative research grants and projects.

June 2007

“ASU Partners with Guadalupe’s Las Fuentes Clinic to Provide Better Health Care”

	Photo by Eliza Gregory

Feature Story on SWB-N and College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Socially Embedded Activities in Guadalupe, AZ reported by Michael Jung, writer for ASU in the Community.

Click this link for the full story: http://community.uui.asu.edu/features/lasfuentes.asp

Pictured left to right: John Molina, MD, Las Fuentes Clinic Medical Director, Dr. Carol Baldwin and Anamarie McNeese, recent graduate of the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Family Nurse Practitioner program.

May 2007

Nursing Faculty from the University of Guanajuato-León, Mexico
First International Inductee into Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

Luxana Reynaga Ornelas (left in photo) from the School of Nursing & Obstetrics, University of Guanajuato Leon, Leon, Mexico, was inducted into the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the honor society for nursing as a Nurse Leader. Professor Reynaga Ornelas was sponsored by Southwest Borderlands-Nursing scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin (right in photo). This is the College of Nursing & Health Care Innovation’s first international inductee into their chapter.

April 2007

Grant for Spanish Translation of Sleep Measures

	Dr. Carol Baldwin, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, is the PI of the NIH funded grant.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a two-year grant to the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation. The grant is an R03 titled “Spanish Translation and Validation of Sleep Measures.” Carol Baldwin, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, associate professor, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, and Director of the Office of International Health, Scientific and Educational Affairs for nursing at ASU is the principal investigator. She is a research faculty member of the Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens & Families and the Center for Healthy Outcomes in Aging.

March 2007

SWB-N Faculty and Staff Visit Guanajuato, Mexico to Discuss Learning/Research Exchanges

	ASU visitors, Deans and faculty from Leon, Guanajuato and Irapuato met with Dr. Sergio Arias-Negrete (standing center), Director of International Academic Exchanges.

Carol Baldwin (3rd from left), Graciela Silva (2nd from left) and Norma Valenzuela (standing far right) visited the State of Guanajuato, Mexico. They met with the Deans of the Schools of Nursing in Leon, Irapuato and Guanajuato, the Chief of Public Health for District 7, and other faculty researchers as a first step toward developing trans-border collaborations between their nursing programs and the ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation.

February 2007

Southwest Borderlands – Nursing Help to Host Scholars from the Pan Americas

	L to R: (back) Manuela Vital, Drs. Pena, Sosa, Cometto, Fineout-Overholt, Ms. Avila, and Ms. Reynaga Ornelas; (front) Drs. Baldwin, Cordelia Candelaria, Vice Provost of the ASU Downtown Campus and College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Dean Bernadette Melnyk

Southwest Borderlands Nursing Scholars, Drs. Carol Baldwin and Graciela Silva, Norma Valenzuela, and Manuela Vital organized and helped host the first ARCC scholarship recipients from the Pan Americas. In addition to attending the 8th Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference, the five scholarship recipients toured the college and its community-based nurse practitioner-run clinics, the Las Fuentes Clinic, Hospice of the Valley, and the JC Lincoln ‘Magnet’ hospital. The recipients stayed with faculty in order to experience ‘family’ life in Arizona. The scholarship recipients included Dr. Maria Cristina Cometto and Genoveva Elizabeth Avila, Professors of Nursing from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, Dr. Lourdes del Carmen Carrera Sos, Dean of Nursing from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Dr. Laura Moran Pena, Professor of Nursing & Obstetrics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, and Luxana Reynaga Ornelas from the School of Nursing & Obstetrics, University of Leon, Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico.

November 2006

Southwest Borderlands Scholars, Drs. Carol Baldwin and Graciela Silva attended the X Pan American Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina to foster trans-border relationships through the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation’s evidence-based practice (EBP) technical agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Pre-Colloquium, “Evidencias en Enfermeria” [Evidence in Nursing] was presented by ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Dean Bernadette Melnyk and Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Director of the Center for the Advancement of EBP with Maria Iraidis Soto, President of the Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Enfermería (ACOFAEN). Dr. Silva provided interpretation for the pre-colloquium.

	Left to Right: Dr. Graciela Silva, Dean Bernadette Melnyk, Maestra Genoveva Avila (Pre-colloquium coordinator), Dr. Carol Baldwin, M. Iriaidis Soto, President of ACOFAEN, and Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt.		Left to Right: Maestra Genoveva Avila, Dr. Graciela Silva, Dr. Maria Cristina Cometto, President of Asociación Latinoamericana de Escuelas y Facultades de Enfermería (ALADEFE), Dr. Carol Baldwin, the Dean of the Escuela de Enfermeria Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, and a conference organizar.

Dr. Carol Baldwin presented a poster, “Práctica Basada en la Evidencia (PBE): Una Introducción a la Revisión de la Evidencia para Mejorar el Resultado en los Pacientes [Evidence-based practice (EBP): An introduction to reviewing the evidence to improve patient outcomes] at the X Pan American Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Co-authors included College of Nursing colleagues Manuela Vital, Drs. Silva, Fineout-Overholt, Melnyk, and Ms. Valenzuela. The poster was presented to the faculty of the Escuela de Enfermeria Universidad Nacional de Cordoba as an educational gift.

October 2006

As a part of its goal toward social embeddedness, Southwest Borderlands Scholar, Dr. Carol Baldwin and Dr. Bonnie Gance-Cleveland, Director of the Center for Improving Health Outcomes in Children, Teens and Families facilitated a collaborative grant project between the Wells Fargo Community Partners (comprised of employees) and the Las Fuentes Clinic. John Molina, MD, Founder and Executive Medical Director of the clinic was awarded 1 of 10 $5,000 grants to cover the cost of full medical and dental care for elementary school students who reside in Guadalupe, AZ.

September 2006

CONHI and PAHO Agree to Advance Evidence-Based Practice in the Americas

The College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation (CONHI) recently entered a two-year technical agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to advance evidence-based practice (EBP) throughout the Americas. The agreement is the result of a proposal developed by nursing faculty members Carol Baldwin, Associate Professor and Southwest Borderlands scholar (far left); Dean Bernadette Melnyk (second from right); Ellen Fineout-Overholt, Director of the Center for the Advancement of Evidence-based Practice (far right); and Rojann Alpers, Associate Professor (not pictured). Silvina Malvarez (second from left), regional advisor for human resources development for PAHO, approved the agreement while meeting with the ASU faculty members at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Faculty Associate Assists with Southwest Borderlands-Nursing Activities

Manuela Vital, BSN,
Faculty Associate, College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation

Manuela Vital is on a mission to improve cultural understanding in the delivery of healthcare in Arizona and the Pan Americas. Manuela is providing translation assistance with the College’s PAHO agreement and finding Spanish/English web links on health issues related to Mexican Americans residing in Arizona and along its borders. In addition to her work as a Faculty Associate, Manuela is working on a master’s degree in nursing at ASU.

March 2006

Nursing Profession for Latinos Promoted at Alhambra High School in Phoenix

Carol Baldwin, Ph.D., RN, Southwest Borderlands—Nursing faculty, and Alma Celaya, RN, MS, MPH, ASU College of Nursing Post-Master’s Certificate student, were invited to speak on March 7th with Alhambra High School students about the nursing profession in their “Medical Arts in Spanish” class. Approximately 73% of the students who attend Alhambra High School are Hispanic and 91% of them speak Spanish when they are at home. Dr. Baldwin explained to that class that 35% of the U.S. population is comprised of ethnic minorities, but only 9% are in a health care field. Hispanics make up the largest proportion of minorities in the United States and are least likely to be insured. Alma Celaya spoke of the various opportunities in nursing and the need for Latino/a nurses. The students were told that earlier this year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health released a health care report card for minorities. While access to care and quality of care indicators did show some improvement for other minorities, all indicators declined for Latinos. Ms. Celaya and Dr. Baldwin emphasized the importance of recruiting students to nursing who are bilingual and understand the culture in order to meet the health care needs of Latinos.

January 2006

Health Disparities of Mexican American Veterans presented at National Summit

ASU College of Nursing Southwest Borderlands faculty, Carol Baldwin presented "Health Disparities of Mexican American Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes," at the National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2006. The abstract was one of 29 out of over 500 submitted for presentation. Co-authors included College of Nursing faculty Mary Mays, Ph.D., Julie Fleury, Ph.D., RN, and Colleen Keller, Ph.D., RN. The summit was sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. Dr. Baldwin and colleagues found that higher body mass index (a height and weight calculation) puts Mexican Americans at 23% greater risk for Type 2 diabetes compared to 10% greater risk for Non-Hispanic White veterans.

November 2005

Las Fuentes Health Fair Assisted by ASU Students

	Photo by Carol Baldwin

A health fair was held at the Las Fuentes Clinic in Guadalupe, Arizona on November 5, 2005. To foster social embeddedness and support clinical nursing skills, three graduate and three undergraduate students from the ASU College of Nursing performed blood pressure checks, blood sugar testing, and dexa scans to determine bone strength. Carol Baldwin, Ph.D., RN, CHTP, College of Nursing Southwest Borderlands faculty, provided Healing Touch, an energy-based healing modality, for interested participants. Over 100 attendees also received information about diabetes, heart disease, diet, nutrition, exercise, and other health information. Mammography was also available through the Arizona Cancer Society. Anita Alaniz, RN, FNP, and Jesus Alvarez, medical assistant, both with the Las Fuentes Clinic, organized the fair.

October 2005

ASU Faculty Member Elected to Las Fuentes Clinic Board of Directors

Dr. Carol Baldwin, ASU College of Nursing Southwest Borderlands faculty, was unanimously elected to the Las Fuentes Clinic Board of Directors in October 2005. The Las Fuentes Clinic is located in Guadalupe, Arizona and provides acute care and referral for Pascua Yaqui tribal members and underserved Mexican Americans. Dr. Baldwin's goals as board member are to strengthen ties between the ASU College of Nursing and this community-based clinic; promote culturally relevant health care; and collaborate on research projects related to reducing prevalent diseases, such as diabetes.

July 2005

	Photo by Carol Gutierrez

Introduction to Healing Touch at Las Fuentes Clinic

Carol Baldwin, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, Southwest Borderlands Scholar (standing far left) and Carol Gutierrez, RN, MS, presented an inservice on Healing Touch to Las Fuentes Clinic staff members and health promoters. Both presenters are certified Healing Touch practitioners (CHTP). Healing Touch is a complementary treatment that helps to clear and balance the human energy field. Attendees learned about the history, theory, training, and health care uses of Healing Touch, and practiced the Basic Healing Touch sequence.