Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Developing a culturally competent, sustainable rural model for diabetes prevention

qualifications: PhD

contribution: literature review, devised survey tool, supplied data, collected data, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft

position: Assistant professor

United States

My primary research is evaluating community-based health initiatives including initiatives related to diabetes prevention, early childhood screening and intervention and obesity prevention.

Prof Sharon Denham

qualifications: DSN

contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts, literature review

position: Endowed Chair for Teaching Excellence

United States

My scholarship interests primarily pertain to family health, Appalachian culture and health disparities, and type 2 diabetes. I am a professor of nursing at Ohio University School of Nursing in Athens, Ohio, USA.