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Position/Title: Professor
Address: NB322, 1210
Phone: (205) 934-7533
E-mail: turnhena@uab.edu
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Biography
Dr. Turner-Henson is a Professor in the UAB School of Nursing and has joint faculty appointments in the Schools of Medicine (Adolescent Medicine) and Public Health (Maternal Child Health). Her research program focuses on youth health, from the perspective of special health care needs (specialty focus on asthma and parental caregiving) and environmental health concerns. Dr Turner-Henson has had extensive experience in interdisciplinary research in community-based settings. She has served as an investigator on multiple interdisciplinary research teams examining asthma in schools (funded by NHLBI), children’s environmental issues (funded by EPA) and as principal investigator of a study examining the effectiveness of a secondhand smoke reduction intervention among Head Start children (funded by CDC). As health consultant (since 1996) to JCCEO Head Start Dr Turner-Henson has worked with this agency in developing and implementing various health promotion interventions for children, families and staff. She serves on multiple state and national committees as an advocate for child health, and for example, serves on the EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee. Reducing health disparities, along with reducing risks associated with chronic disease, for vulnerable youth and families is a key theme in Dr Turner-Henson’s current research.
Dr Turner-Henson’s previous research focused on the everyday life experiences of children and youth with special health care needs. Growing up chronically ill: A Survey of Chronically Ill Children's Use of Time Out-of-School, funded by NINR (5R23 NR01374, Dr Turner-Henson PI) and MCHB (Dr Bonnie Holaday PI, Dr Turner-Henson CoPI) was a collaborative study that examined out of school time use in youth (ages 10 – 12 yrs) from two diverse geographic areas (Birmingham, AL and San Francisco, CA) that examined use of time out-of-school in chronically ill children. In addition, Dr Turner-Henson has conducted two collaborative international studies (funded by Sigma Theta Tau, Fogarty [research fellowship in Japan] and the American Nurses Foundation) examining health and parenting stress in families with young chronically ill children. Improving the health promoting practices of family caregivers can potentially enhance their own personal health and caregiving capacity, and possibly have a ripple effect on the overall health of the community because of role modeling and advice caregivers provide to family and neighbors.
Research/Clinical Interest
Children and adolescents, asthma, environmental risks, special health care needs, parental caregiving, community based research and clinical practice
Publications
Journal Articles (*refereed) (+publication with doctoral student)
*Abramason, S., Turner-Henson, A., Anderson, L., et al (2006). Allergens in the school setting: Results of environmental assessments in three city school systems. Journal of School Health (special supplement).
*Gerald, L.B., Redden, D., Wittich, A.R., Hains, C., Turner-Henson, A., Hemstreet, M.P., Feinstein, R., Erwin, S. & Bailey, W.C. (2006). Outcomes for a Comprehensive School Based Asthma Management Program. Journal of School Health (special supplement).
*+Montgomery, M. & Turner-Henson, A. ( 2005). 18 year old college woman with fatigue (Pediatric Management Problem). Pediatric Nursing.
*+Sangsuwan, W. & Turner-Henson, A. ( 2005). Four year old with cough and wheeze (Pediatric Management Problem). Pediatric Nursing.
*Turner-Henson, A. (2005). Understanding adolescents: A guide for researchers. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 37, 164-168.
*Turner-Henson, A. & Ivey, J. (2005). Pediatric management problem. Pediatric Nursing, 31, 214-215.
*Gerald, L.B., Grad, R., Turner-Henson, A.,, Hains, C., Tang, S., Feinstein, R., Wille, K., Erwin, S. & Bailey, W.C. (2004). Validation of a multistage asthma case-detection procedure for elementary school children. Pediatrics, 114, e459-468.
Books or Book Chapters (+ publication with doctoral student)
+Gibson, L. & Turner-Henson, A. (in press). Respiratory health. In Children and Their Families: The Continuum of Care (Greenberg, C. & Bowden, V. Eds).
Newsletters
Turner-Henson, A. (2005). Clearing the air: Children’s respiratory risks associated with secondhand smoke exposure. Alabama State Nurses’ Association newsletter.
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Secondhand smoke and children. Society of Pediatric Nurses newsletter.
Presentations
National (+ Presentation with graduate fellow or doctoral student)
Turner-Henson, A., Kohler, C., Sathiakumar, N., Grad, R. & Schoenberger, Y-M. (2006). Healthy air for little ones (HALO): Reducing secondhand smoke exposure in young children. Society for Pediatric Nurses, Orlando, FL.
Turner-Henson, A., Sathiakumar, N., Yadav, S.S., Kohler, C., Grad, R. & Schoenberger, Y.M. (2005). Reducing secondhand smoke exposure among young children: Maternal smoking practices and household restrictions. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Turner-Henson, A. & Wamboldt, F. (2005). Tobacco control: Influencing system change at multiple levels. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (symposium chair).
+Turner-Henson, A., Montgomery, M., Simmons, T. & Etheridge, S. (2005). Healthy air for youth & young adults: Theoretical and practical strategies to improve indoor air quality. Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (workshop).
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Healthy Air for Children & Youth: Theoretical and Practical Strategies to Improve Indoor Air Quality (Sunrise seminar). American American Thoracic Society Scientific Meetings, Orlando, FL.
Turner-Henson, A., Sathiakumar, N., Kohler, C., Schoenberger, Y.M. & Grad, R. (2004). Household determinants of secondhand smoke exposure in a preschool population. American American Thoracic Society Scientific Meetings, Orlando, FL.
Ivey, J. & Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Growing a teenager: Teaching growth and development online (workshop). Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, St Louis, MO.
Regional
Turner-Henson, A., Sathiakumar, N., Meleth, S., Grad, R., Kohler, C. & Schoenberger, Y-M. (2006). Reducing secondhand smoke exposure among young children. Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society, Memphis, TN.
State/Local
Turner-Henson, A., Kohler, C., Grad, R., Sathiakumar, N., & Shoenberger, Y-M. (2006). Reducing secondhand smoke in young children. UAB SOPH SIP of Knowledge (site visit for Center for Health Promotion by CDC), Birmingham, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2006). Healthy homes for families: Reducing environmental risks. FACES, ASNA Annual CEU Conference for State Nurses (1 hour workshop), Montgomery, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2006). Environmental hazards of 2nd hand smoke. ASANA Advance Practice Nurses Council: 2006 Clinical Symposium, Birmingham, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Clearing the air: Secondhand smoke exposure and risks for children and youth. UAB Department of Pediatrics, Residents Seminar, Birmingham, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Healthy Air for Little Ones (HALO): Secondhand smoke exposure in young children. Alabama Network for Research and Clinicians in Tobacco Control Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
Major Community and Civic Presentations (+ presentation with graduate student)
Turner-Henson, A. (2006). Healthy homes for families: Reducing environmental risks. Title V, Children’s Rehabilitation Services (CRS) Annual CEU meeting for Nursing (2 hour workshop), Montgomery, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2005). Secondhand smoke exposure and children: What are the economic costs to society (panel member). Healthy indoor air (community meeting, 45 participants), Fairfield, AL.
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Promoting indoor air quality in schools (invited plenary speaker). Workshop for Jefferson County Schools (100 participants), 2 hours, Birmingham, AL
Turner-Henson, A. (2004). Working together for healthier schools: Promoting indoor air quality in schools. Workshop for Hoover School System custodians and school nurses (110 participants), 3 hours, Hoover, AL.
Poster Presentations
National(+ presentation with graduate student)
+Gibson, L., Turner-Henson, A., Mangan, J., Grad, R. & Gerald, L. (2006). A correlational study of secondhand smoke exposure in families of children with Asthma. Society for Pediatric Nursing Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
Buchanan, M., Brody, C., Gilmore-Hall, A. & Turner-Henson, A. (2006). Environmental risks and children: Pediatric nurses in action. Society for Pediatric Nursing Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
Turner-Henson, A., Kohler, C., Grad, R., Sathiakumar, N. & Schoenberger, Y.M. (2005). Secondhand smoke exposure and Head Start children. Society of Pediatric Nurses Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Turner-Henson, A., Kohler, C., Grad, R., Sathiakumar, N. & Schoenberger, Y.M. (2005, April). Secondhand smoke exposure and Head Start children. Society of Pediatric Nurses Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
+Turner-Henson, A., Etheridge, S. & Simmons, T. (2005, April). Secondhand smoke exposure among adolescents. Society of Pediatric Nurses Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA .
Grad, R., Turner-Henson, A., Sathiakumar, N., Schoenberger, Y.M. & Kohler, C. (2004). Respiratory symptoms, asthma prevalence and respiratory disease morbidity in a Head Start population. American Thoracic Society Scientific Meetings, Orlando, FL.
Regional
Turner-Henson, A., Schoenberger, Y.M., Goldberger, N., Kohler, C., Sathiakumar, N., & Grad, R. (2004). Interventions to reduce secondhand smoke exposure in Head Start children. Annual Meeting of the Southern Nursing Research Society, Louisville, KY.
Honors
1979 Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honor Society
1995 Named Outstanding Nurse Researcher, Alabama State Nurses' Association
1995 Awarded Honorable Mention for the project, the efficacy of cancer screening and prevention in high risk populations, Profiles in Progress, by National Breast Cancer Awareness
1992 Awarded Graduate Research Award for Excellence in Graduate Nursing Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
1986-1990 "A Survey of Chronically Ill Children's Use of Time Out-of-School" Awarded New Investigator Nursing Research Award, NINR, NIH, Principal Investigator:
1982 Nominated for the American Diabetes Association Bio-Dynamics Diabetes in Youth Award, Greater Tennessee Affiliate
1981 Named to Outstanding Young Women in America
1978-1979 Awarded Federal Maternal-Child Health Training Grant for graduate education Personal