Stepping Up Web site wins national award!
The American Academy of Nursing has recognized Stepping Up: Prevention Strategies for Pregnancy, Parenting and Infancy with an honorable mention in their 2004 National Media Awards competition.

Kathryn E. Barnard, Spence Endowed Professor of Nursing, was the creative force behind developing the site, which is designed to provide up-to-the minute research summaries and tested clinical practice strategies with state public health nurses and other health care professionals. Under her direction, a team of experts including Associate Professor of Nursing Rebecca Kang; Lana Conrad, ARNP, a doctoral student in nursing; and Kathleen Dannenhold, writer and editor, spent several months creating Stepping Up with the assistance of UW Web designers Aubrey Hale and Greg Owen. (See "About Us" for more details.)

Although primarily designed for nurses, Stepping Up is intended as a free public resource and can be accessed by anyone interested in health and wellness issues for pregnant and parenting women.

Barnard is principal investigator on the Washington State Plan for Nurses and works closely with the First Steps program funded by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Medical Assistance Administration. A recipient of numerous awards for her research and work on behalf of infants and families, she is also founder and director of the UW Center on Infant Mental Health.

All media award recipients will be featured on the American Academy of Nursing Web site at http://www.aannet.org, as well as in an upcoming issue of Nursing Outlook.


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