Donna Owen

Title: Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Professor of Geriatric Nursing, Research Coordinator
Credentials: RN, PhD
Email: donna.owen@ttuhsc.edu
Professional Expertise: Caregiver communication with older adults (dementia, aphasia). Cancer in the elderly,
Research methods: Grounded theory methodology. Research design. Instrumentation. 
Health disparities, Body Art
Professional Accolades: Publications : Koch, Jerome R., Alden E. Roberts, Myrna L. Armstrong, and Donna C. Owen( 2005). College students, tattoos, and sexual activity. Psychological Reports. 97: 887-890. Read Similar Articles

Koch, Jerome R., Alden E. Roberts, Julie Harms Cannon, Myrna L. Armstrong, and Donna C. Owen(2005). College Students, Tattooing, and the Health Belief Model.  Sociological Spectrum 25: 79-102. 

Armstrong, M. L., Roberts, A. E., Owen, D.C. & Koch, J. R. (in press) Toward Building a Composite of College Student Influences With Body Art: Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing. Read Similar Articles
 

Koch, Jerome R., Alden E. Roberts, Myrna L. Armstrong, and Donna C. Owen(
2004). Religious belief and practice in attitudes toward individuals with body piercing. Psychological Reports, 95, 583-86.

Armstrong, M., Roberts, A., Owen, D., & Koch, J. (2004). Contemporary college students and body piercing. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35, 58-61. Read Similar Articles         

Koch, J., Roberts, A., Armstrong, M., & Owen, D. (2004). Correlations of religious belief and practice on college students’ tattoo-related behavior. Psychological Reports, 94, 425-430.                                          [Back to Top]

Esperat, C., Inouye, J., Gonzales, E., Owen, D., & Feng, D.  (2004). Health disparities among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 22, 135-160.

Koch, J.R., Roberts, A.E., Cannon Harms, J., Armstrong, M.L., & Owen, D.C.  (October, 2004)College students, tattooing, and the Health Belief Model; Extending social psychological perspectives on youth culture and deviance.  Sociological Spectrum. Read Similar Articles

Mc, Guire, DB., DeLoney, VG, Yeager, KA, Owen, DC, Peterson, D.E., Lin, LS., & Webster, J. (2000). Maintaining study validity in a changing clinical environment, Nursing Research, 49, 231-235. 

Presentations: Ashcraft, A., Owen, D. & Feng, D. (2005, February).  Using the Minimum Data Set and the Mini Mental State Examination for Determination of Level of Care along the Long-Term Care Continuum.  The 19th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society.  Atlanta Georgia.                        

Alyce Ashcraft, Dr. Donna Owen and Dr. Du Feng (November 20, 2004). Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Washington, D.C. on Using the MDS and MMSE for Resident Placement Along the Long-Term Care Continuum.
                                                           
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Current Research/Practice

Expertise Development in Qualitative Grantsmanship (2005-2006).School of Nursing Target Funds. $20,600.

Disease management protocols: Evaluation for Wellness Center expansion project.(2003-2005) (PI). HRSA funded. 

Pilot project to evaluate an internet-based software system for long-term care facility management. (2003-2005) (CI). DHHS funded. 

Using the MDS and MMSE for resident placement along the long-term care continuum.  (2002-2005) (CI).  Carillon funded. 

Efficacy of an assistive technology-based intervention in older individuals with neurogenic communicative and movement impairments: A multidisciplinary approach (2002-2005). (CI).   Institute for Healthy Aging funded. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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