Susan Swider

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Rush University Medical Center
College of Nursing
Community and Mental Health Nursing
Associate Professor

Mailing Address

600 S. Paulina
#1080
Chicago, Illinois 60612
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (312) 942-8826
Fax: (312) 942-6226
susan_m_swider@rush.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing Science, 1988.
M.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, Public Health Nursing, 1983.
B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing, 1979.

Expertise and Research Interests

Community health worker (CHW) program development; CHW training and evaluation
Public health nursing curriculum development
Health policy

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Community Health, Mental Health, Nursing, Public Health.

Additional Terms:

Community Based Participatory Research, Community Health Workers, Health Policy, Public Health Ethics, Public Health Nursing.

Memberships

American Nurses Association
American Public Health Association
Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
Midwest Nursing Research Society
Sigma Theta Tau International

Funding Received

  • Health Resources and Services Administration: AEN grant: Enhancing Access, and Diversity: Educating Public/Community Health Nurse Specialists, , 2007 to 2010.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers, , 2004 to 2008.
  • DHHS: Health Resources and Services Administration: Access, Competence and Diversity: Educating Public/Community Health Nurse Specialists, , 2004 to 2007.

Publications

  • Swider, S. (2006) Matching a Graduate Curriculum in Public/Community Health Nursing to Practice Competencies: The Rush University Experience, Public Health Nursing, 23 (2), 190-195
  • Swider, S.M., Valukas, A., School Based Health Centers: Options for Sustainability., Journal of School Health, 74(4), 115-118, Apr 2004
  • Swider, S.M., Outcome Effectiveness of Community Health Workers: An Integrative Literature Review, Public Health Nursing, 19(1), 2002
  • Swider, S.M, McElmurry, B.J, Yarling, R.R, Ethical decision making in a bureaucratic setting: Senior students in nursing, Nursing Research, 34(2), 108-112, 1985

Profile Details

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