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SUMMARY:M-health and Development: Revealing Myths (and Some Facts)
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DESCRIPTION:Pammla Petrucka is an associate professor in the University o
 f Saskatchewan College of Nursing\, Regina Site. She holds a BScN and MN
  from the University of Saskatchewan\, PhD from the University of A\, an
 d was a post-doctoral fellow with the Indigenous Peoples Health Research
  Centre (IPHRC). She is a research faculty member with the Saskatchewan 
 Population Health Evaluation and Research Unit and research associate wi
 th IPHRC. She is involved in research projects in Canada\, the Caribbean
 \, and Africa. Her work in the Caribbean is supported by the Internation
 al Development Research Centre and focuses on technology and nursing in 
 development (ICT4D) in five Caribbean countries with emphasis on improvi
 ng quality of care and access to information (K4D). She leads/co-leads v
 arious community-based research projects with two aboriginal groups in S
 askatchewan\, most of which are funded by the Canadian Institutes of Hea
 lth Research\, include community partners in the Northern Inter-Tribal H
 ealth Authority\, and Standing Buffalo First Nations. In addition\, she 
 is supported by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation to consider 
 the unique and pressing needs of aboriginal and rural people with chroni
 c kidney diseases. Her work in Kenya and Tanzania involves pregnant and 
 post-partum women in Kibera (a slum area) who are receiving anti-retrovi
 rals and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Founda
 tion. She received the 2005 Saskatchewan Centennial medal for her humani
 tarian service in Canada and abroad\, the Jackie McCleer Fellowship from
  2007 to 2009 from the Association of Commonwealth Universities to furth
 er her work in Kenya and Tanzania to consider opportunities for ICT4D in
  slum areas of Kibera and Arusha\, the 2008 Canadian Association of Nurs
 ing Research Outstanding New Researcher Award\, and the 2008 University 
 of Regina Alumni Award for Humanitarian Services. 
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LOCATION:Room 1030\, NCSA Building\, 1205 W. Clark Street\, Urbana\, Illi
 nois
CATEGORIES:Seminar
ORGANIZER:tlbarker@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2654?key=2000010120000101147394
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