Yale Nursing Matters

Volume 5, Number 2

Winter 2003 / Summer 2004

Letter from Katherine Jones
News and accomplishments
YSN and the world
Living well with diabetes
Featuring Dr. Margaret Grey's research examining the efficacy and effectiveness of coping skills training for children with type 1 diabetes and their families, and her study of behavioral interventions that improve both metabolic control of diabetes and the quality of life in young people and their parents.
Working Within the School System
Silent Heart Disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Featuring Dr. Deborah Chyun's research focused on the physiological and psychosocial aspects of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
Using Technology to Support Family Management of Type 1 Diabetes
Self-care Interventions for Black Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Featuring Dr. Gail Melkus's research to test an intervention aimed at improving the care provided to African-American women by supporting their efforts at self-management of type 2 diabetes.
An obesity intervention for multi-ethnic families
New tools to Measure Self Management of Type 1 Diabetes
Facing the Challenge of Obesity in Schools
Featuring Elaine Gustafson's use of coping skills training (CST) as part of a nutrition and physical activity intervention program by clinicians in schools to address the epidemic of childhood obesity.
Project Balance
Featuring Robin Whittemore's research focused on Lifestyle change, particularly related to diet and exercise behavior, and the study of coaching as a nursing intervention for women with type 2 diabetes.
Publications by Yale School of Nursing Faculty
Alumnae/i News
Truth of the Matter: A Letter from Catherine L. Gilliss

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