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Faculty Profile
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Patricia B. Howard, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.A.A.
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Associate Professor; Associate Dean for M.S.N. and D.N.P.
Studies
Faculty Status: Graduate
(Full)
Education: Ph.D., University of
Kentucky, 1992
Interests: Family
caregiving; persistent mental illness; advanced practice
psychiatric-mental health nursing
Phone: (859) 323-6332
E-mail:
pbhowa00@uky.edu
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Research Links for Patricia Howard
Patricia Howard received her undergraduate degree in nursing
from the University of Louisville and her master's degree in
nursing from the University of Kentucky. In 1992, she completed
the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at UK. The focus of her
doctoral research, partially funded by an American Nurses
Foundation grant, was maternal caregiving of adult children with
schizophrenia. This research was extended in a University of
Kentucky Chandler Medical Center grant in which Howard
investigated the extent to which fathers participated in caregiving for their adult children diagnosed with
schizophrenia.
Howard is a member of the University’s Graduate School. In the
College of Nursing, she is associate dean of the Master of Science in
Nursing (M.S.N.) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)
programs. She also teaches in the Ph.D., D.N.P. and M.S.N.
programs. Since 1996, she has been engaged in research funded by
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
and the Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Services. Currently, she is co-principal
investigator of the SAMHSA-funded Kentucky Medication Algorithm
Project (KyMAP) and the Kentucky Reduction in Seclusion and
Restraints Incentive grant (KSRRP). The overall goal of the
KyMAP initiative is to implement, train, and evaluate the
evidence-based practice called medication algorithms. In
addition, Howard is an investigator in a national study designed
to evaluate the psychometric properties of KyMAP research
instruments. The overall goal of KSRRP is to implement a Trauma
Informed Care program for clinical staff in Kentucky’s public
psychiatric hospitals. Her previous research included funded
projects that investigated consumer and family satisfaction with
mental health services in Kentucky’s public mental health
system, part of Kentucky's development of a statewide plan for
measuring outcomes of mental health care.
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Howard's research has been published
in Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, International Psychiatry,
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, and Journal of Psychosocial
Nursing, She also has presented the results of her research and
given invitational presentations at regional, national and
international levels, including the American Nurses Association
Council of Nurse Researchers, the International Society for
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (ISPN), the Southern Nursing
Research Society, and the National Association of Mental Health
Program Directors Research Institute. In 2005 she was appointed
to a three-year term on the editorial board of Archives of
Psychiatric Nursing.
Howard is a 1991 American Nurses Foundation Scholar and a fellow
of the University of Kentucky. She is a founding board member of
the International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses.
Since 1995, she has served as a research consultant and on
various committees for the Kentucky Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation Services, Eastern State Hospital in Lexington,
Ky.,
and Central State Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Her research focus has
a direct relationship to contributions in these programs. Her
clinical area is psychiatric-mental health nursing, with an
emphasis on informal caregivers and public mental health service
delivery systems.
In recognition of her contribution to the mental health
profession, Howard received the 2002 Melva Jo Hendrix
Lectureship Award from the International Society of
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Recent Publications:
Howard, P.B., Rayens, M.K., El-Mallakh, P.,
& Clark, J.J. (2007). Predictors of satisfaction among adult
recipients of Medicaid mental health services.
Archives of
Psychiatric Nursing, 21(5), 257-269. Bond, G.R., Miller, A.M.,
Taylor, A., Tsai, J., Howard, P.B., El-Mallakh, P.,
Finnerty, M., Kealey, E., Myrhol, B., Kalk, K., & Adams, N.
(2007). A scale to assess fidelity to evidence-based principles
of medication management for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia
Bulletin, 33, 469. Howard, P.B.,
El-Mallakh, P., Rayens, M.K.,
& Clark, J.J. (2007). Co-morbid medical illnesses and
perceived general health among adult recipients of Medicaid
mental health services. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(3),
255-274. |
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