NHS Professor to Present Nationally, Globally

Edilma Yearwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, will make three presentations this spring and summer in Kentucky, South Carolina, and Germany.

The first, in April, will be at the 10th annual International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses conference in Louisville, Ky. Yearwood will co-present findings from a national, collaborative project that compared the practice patterns of advanced practice nurses who treat children, adolescents, and families.

Then in May, she will be the keynote speaker at the South Carolina Cross Cultural Healthcare Project. At the conference, entitled “Hispanic Health in Times of Change: Challenges and Opportunities,” Yearwood will address “Embarking on New Journeys: Exploration of Cultural Competencies.”

Lastly, in July, Yearwood will attend the 29th International Congress of Psychology in Berlin, Germany. While there, she will co-present a paper on “Cultural Context of HIV/AIDS Reduction Strategies with Caribbean Adolescents.”