The Opening Keynote at the 13th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC13) was offered by Dr. Martha Driessnack, Oregon Health & Science University, USA. She highlighted the importance of family stories and provided a compelling argument based on research, including genomic evidence, to support the positive influence family stories have on resilience and well-being in children and older adults.

In the interest of building relationships and fostering community among IFNA members, you are invited to share your own family story with an emphasis on how it has influenced you as a family nurse and informed your family nursing scholarship and practice.

Your personal family story will be posted on the IFNA blog as a regular feature.

 

Dr. Martha Driessnack Opening Keynote Address, IFNC13

          

Dr. Maria Angelica Marcheti       Dr. Myriam Aparecida Mandetta

The Comprehensive Clinic for Family Research and Intervention was established in 2016 in Mato Grosso do Sul state in Midwest Brazil. The clinic assists families of children and adolescents experiencing chronic health conditions requiring complex care. IFNA members, Dr. Maria Angélica Marcheti (Brazil) and Dr. Myriam Aparecida Mandetta (Brazil) are involved in the leadership of this clinic. [Read more]  

Dr. Crystal Duncan Lane (USA) conducts research on family resilience in the context of health and significant individual and family level stressors. Her Family Resilience Assessment (FRA) is a reliable and valid instrument created by operationalizing Walsh's family resilience framework and is available in three languages. [Read more]

    

 

Dr. Norah Johnson (USA) is involved in interprofessional teaching, research, and service focused on children with complex and chronic diseases such as autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities and their families. Her work relates to the ways health care providers must adjust care and decision making to account for the variable developmental, sociocultural and contextual factors that influence child health and development for families. [Read more]  

 

For more IFNA Research News [Read more] .