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Associate Professor; Director, Undergraduate
Program
Faculty Status:
Graduate (Full)
Education: Ph.D.,
University of Pittsburgh, 1996
Interests: Child asthma
self-management; adherence to treatment; peak flow monitoring
Phone: (859) 323-6253
E-mail: pvburk2@uky.edu
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Research Links for Patricia Burkhart Patricia Burkhart received her bachelor's degree in nursing
from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in nursing
from West Virginia University. She returned to the University of
Pittsburgh for a Ph.D. in parent-child nursing, receiving a
doctoral scholar's award for high scholastic achievement and
contributions to nursing care of children..
Before coming to UK in 1999, Burkhart taught for 15 years at
Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, W.Va., where she received
an award for outstanding teaching. As an associate professor and
director of the undergraduate program in
the College of Nursing, she teaches undergraduate parent-child
nursing and mentors undergraduate research interns. She is also a full member of the
graduate faculty.
Burkhart's research is an expansion of her dissertation study,
which focused on testing an intervention to improve children's
adherence to asthma self-management. Her work has been published
in nursing and medical journals, including Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
Pediatric Nursing, Nursing Clinics of North America, Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Asthma, and
International Review of Asthma. Her award-winning
presentations have been given at numerous national and
international conferences. She has received research funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
Burkhart is on the board of directors of the
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. She was a scientific writer for the World Health Organization
report,
Adherence to Long Term Therapies: Evidence for Action,
published in 2003. In 2007 she received the Provost's Award for
Outstanding Teaching.
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Recent Publications
Knox, C., & Burkhart, P.V. (In
press). Issues related to children's participation in
clinical research. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
Burkhart, P.V., Rayens, M.K. Oakley,
M.G., Abshire, D.A., & Zhang, M. (2007). Testing an
intervention to promote children’s adherence to asthma
self-management. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 39(2),
133-140.
Burkhart, P.V., Rayens, M.K.,
Revelette, W.R., & Ohlmann, A.B. (2007). Improved
health outcomes with peak flow monitoring for children
with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 44, 137-142.
Burkhart, P.V.
(2006). Peak flow
monitoring may improve asthma outcomes for children.
Adelphi Scientific Conference Reports, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology,
http://www.aaaai.org/members/allied_health/articlesofinterest/burkhart.pdf.
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