Mary Duffy, PhD, RN

Contact Information:

• Mailing Address:
• University of Utah
• College of Nursing
• 10 South 2000 East
• Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880
• Phone: (801) 585-9528
• FAX: (801) 581-4642
• E-mail: mary.duffy@nurs.utah.edu
• Director, International Program

Funded Research:

• 2001-02 Project Director: "International Semester Program: Peru Project" (University of Utah campus-wide grant), U.S. Department of Education
• 2000-03 Consultant: "Health Practices of Elderly Female Caregivers" (M.K. Kramer, PI), NIH, NINR (1 K01 NR00146-01)
• 1997-00 PI: "International Community Health Networking Project," Department of Education (FIPSE grant), Washington, DC
• 1996 PI: "Social Support of Women: A Follow-up Study"
• 1992-94 PI: "Parenting Practices and Navajo Postneonatal Mortality," NIH, National Center for Nursing Research, Washington, DC
• 1994 PI (Utah site): "Theoretical and Empirical Premises of Decision-making and Clinical Judgment in Nursing" (a multi-national study), College of Nursing

Recent Publications:

• Duffy, M. E., Farmer, S. Ravert, P., & Huittinen, L. (in press). Institutional issues in the implementation of an international student exchange program. Journal of Nursing Education.
• Duffy, M. E., Thomas, C., & Trayner, C. (2002). Women's reflections on divorce-10 years later. Health Care for Women International, 23(6).
• Duffy, M. E. (2001). Transformative cultural education: Enhancing student learning and sensitivity. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36(4), 487-495.
• Kyngäs, H., Skaar-Chandler, C., & Duffy, M. E. (2000). The development of an instrument to measure the compliance of adolescents with chronic disease (CDCI). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(6), 1499-1506.
• Kyngäs, H., Duffy, M. E., & Kroll, T. (2000). Conceptual analysis of compliance. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9, 5-12.
• Kyngäs, H., Kroll, T., & Duffy, M. E. (2000). Compliance in adolescents with chronic disease. Journal of Adolescent Health, 26(6), 379-388.
• Duffy, M. E. (1999). Response to patterns of resistance: African American mothers and children with HIV illness. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 13(2), 135-139.
• Duffy, M. E., Harju, L., Huittinen, L., & Trayner, C. (1999). An innovative model for international undergraduate education. Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 20(1), 26-31.
• Duffy, M. E. (1998). Reflections on the concept of adaptation: Examining alternatives for the study of nursing phenomena. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 12(2), 181-186.
• Duffy, M. E. (1998). The concept of adaptation: Its limitations on the study of nursing phenomena [Reprint]. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 12(2).
• Duffy, M. E., Vehvilainen-Julkunen, K., Huber, D., & Varjoranta, P. (1998). Family nursing practice in public health: Finland and Utah. Public Health Nursing, 15(4), 281-287.
• Lauri, S., Salanterä, S., Bild, H., Chalmers, K., Duffy, M. E., & Kim, H. S. (1997). Public health nurses’ decision-making in Canada, Finland, Norway, and the United States. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 19(2), 143-165.

Recent Presentations:

• 6/01 Symposium Presentation: "Community Health Networking Project Evaluation," ICN Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 7/00 Keynote Address: "Cultural Education: Enhancing Student Learning and Sensitivity, Towards New Approaches;" International Learning 2000; Savenlilnna, Finland
• 1/00 Chair: "Women’s Work, Health, and Quality of Life;" 11^th International Congress on Women’s Work, Health, and Quality of Life; San Francisco, CA
• 7/99 Symposium Presentation: "Community Health Networking: US/EC Joint Consortia Project," ICN Centennial Conference, London, England
• 5/98 Keynote Address: "The American View in Community Care," International Community Care Conference 1998, Oulainen, Finland
• 10/97 "Ethical Issues in Nursing—The American Perspective," Ethics and Nursing Conference, Wloclawek, Poland
• 10/97 "Nursing Education in the US;" Chelm School of Nursing, Medical Academy of Lubin, Pedagogy, Poland; and Wloclawek, Poland
• 10/97 "Family Nursing Practice: Utah and Finland," Northeastern University, Boston, MA
• 9/96 "Undergraduate Student Exchange Program: Utah and Finland," Second Nursing Academic International Congress, University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO
• 1/96 "Family Nursing Care," University of Göthenberg, College of Nursing, Göthenberg, Sweden
• 1/96 "History of Caring Sciences Research in the U.S.," Nordic School of Public Health, Göthenberg, Sweden
• 1/96 "Family and Community Nursing Issues," University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
• 1/96 "Qualitative Research Methods," University of Oulu, Department of Nursing, Oulu, Finland
• 1/96 "Qualitative Research Methods," University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
• 1/96 "Family Nursing Care and Research," University of Kuopio, Department of Nursing Sciences, Kuopio, Finland
• 1/96 "Family Health Care," Nurse Directors, Alingsås, Sweden
• 1/96 "Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods: Health Behaviors of Women Who are Single Parents," University of Göthenberg, College of Nursing, Göthenberg, Sweden
• 1/96 "Health Behavior Research with Women," University of Göthenberg, Göthenberg, Sweden
• 1/96 "Family Research," University of Göthenberg, Skövde, Sweden
• 1/96 "Qualitative Research Methods: Problematic Issues," University of Turku, Department of Nursing, Turku, Finland
• 1/96 "Theoretical Issues in Family Nursing," University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Professional Societies:

• 1977-present American Public Health Association
• 1998 International Council for International Health
• 1977-present Sigma Theta Tau International

Recent Awards:

• 6/96 Honorary Doctoral Degree of Health Care awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kuopio, Finland
• 1995-96 Fulbright Scholar, University of Göthenberg, Sweden