Barbara Velsor-Friedrich, PhD, RN,
Associate Professor, PhD Program Director
Loyola University Chicago
Niehoff School of Nursing
Email: bvelsor@luc.edu
Research Interests:
Pediatric Health Issues:
• Self-care management in children with chronic illness/asthma
• Health promotion strategies
• Schoolaged and adolescent healthcare
Sample Presentations:
Asthma Self-Care: A test of Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory. State of
the Science Congress, Sigma Theta Tau. September 26, 2002.
An Asthma Intervention Program with African-American Inner-City School
Children. Chest Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. November 7, 2001.
An Asthma Intervention Program with African-American Inner-City School
Children. Self-Management Research Group, School of Nursing, Yale
University, New Haven, CT. November 6, 2001.
Asthma Self-Care: A Test of Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory. Palmer
Research
Symposium. Chicago, IL. March 29, 2001.Kathryn Hegedus, RN, DNSc
