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An international nursing conference on the prevention and management of chronic conditions was presented Jan. 25-27 in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Yale School of Nursing (YSN), The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, and Ramathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University in Thailand.
The conference, "Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions: International Perspectives," was the first of its kind to bring together top scholars from throughout Asia, Europe and North America to discuss the role of nursing research and practice in helping families and communities around the world manage chronic conditions.
"Our faculty have been committed to research and practice to improve life for the chronically ill for many years," said YSN Dean Margaret Grey. "The great majority of our work focuses in this area. Thus, this conference provided an opportunity for us to not only share our work but to learn from our colleagues all over the world."
Chronic conditions such as diabetes and cancer represent nearly 60% of global deaths and almost one-third of global disease, according to World Health Organization statistics from 2002.
The idea for the conference began several years ago, when Mahidol University nursing school approached Yale and UNC about developing an international faculty and student exchange program to help them build their nursing research capabilities. In 2002, after having successfully started that program, Mahidol University invited Yale and UNC to co-host an international nursing conference to focus on chronic conditions worldwide.
The topics explored at the conference included the influence of globalization on health, chronic illness across the lifespan, complementary and alternative therapy for chronic illness, family caregiving, and access to and delivery of care in chronic illness. Over 550 delegates from 16 countries attended. Speakers from YSN included Grey, Lawrence Scahill, Deborah Chyun, Elaine Gustafson, Patricia Jackson Allen, Katherine Jones and Ann Williams, and YSN staff members Tony Ma and Maryellen Pachler. Also participating were graduates from the YSN doctoral program, including current faculty members at Mahidol University in Bangkok and Bothyna Murshid, one of the first nurses in Saudi Arabia to receive a Ph.D.
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