Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN

Title: Associate Dean for Research and Helen Denne Schulte Professor
Phone: (608) 263-5189
E-mail: bjbowers@wisc.edu
Support Staff: Luann Lawrence
Office Address:

H6/250 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

My research is with frail, older adults in both community and residential settings. I am interested in how public policies and organizational practices influence quality of care and quality of life. I am also interested in work life quality for workers in long term care systems. My research has looked at causes of staff turnover, the relationships among organizational structure, organizational culture and management practices, and care outcomes. More recently, I have been exploring teaching methods for staff development in long term care and organizational obstacles that interfere with using knowledge.

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(excluding independent study courses)

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Representative Publications:

Pandhi, N., Bowers, B., Chen, F. (In press) A comfortable relationship: A patient derived dimension of ongoing care, Family Medicine. 

Krause, M., Dosa, D., & Bowers, B. J. (in review) Perceptions of the usefulness of the resident assessment protocols for care planning.  The Gerontologist.

Hamilton, R. &  Bowers, B. J. (In press)  Competing logics of family experience and genetic facts: Impact on perceived risk and decision making in women at risk for HBOC. 

Baik, S. & Bowers, B.  (In press)  Living with a mother with chronic depression: To tell or not to tell?  Internet Journal of Mental Health.

DeVore, D.J. & Bowers, B.  (2006) Childcare for children with disabilities: Families search for specialized care and cooperative childcare partnerships.  Infants & Young Children, 19(3).

Dosa, D., Bowers, B., & Gifford, D. (2006). Critical review of resident assessment protocols.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54, 659-666.

Hamilton, R. & Bowers, B.J. (2006).  Internet recruitment and email interviews in qualitative studies.  Qualitative Health Research. 16 (6), July, 821-835.

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