Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) will induct 22 world-renowned nurse researchers into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, including one of our faculty members, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN.
Dr. Denise Charron-Prochownik has had an outstanding record of research directed to health promotion and disease prevention of children and adolescents. Her work has been directed toward promoting healthy pregnancies with pre-pregnancy preparation by raising awareness in adolescent women to prevent the untoward effects of gestational and other forms of diabetes, thus preventing severe complications to the mother and the infant. Moreover, her work in preventing gestational diabetes can further lead to breaking the cycle of diabetes in future generations.
Her groundbreaking work READY-Girls (Reproductive-health Education and Awareness of Diabetes in Youth for Girls) has been published and adopted by the American Diabetes Association as an evidence-based model preconception counseling program for teens with diabetes. READY-Girls has been placed on the ADA website and is distributed internationally at no cost. Her research has also provided the cited evidence for changes to the ADA’s standards of practice for preconception counseling. Her internationally recognized research program has been culturally adapted to high-risk disparate communities such as African American, Latina and American Indian/Alaska Natives (AIAN) populations.
Learn more about Dr. Charron-Prochownik's work here: https://www.converge.pitt.edu/people/denise-charron-prochownik-phd-rb-cpnp-faan
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