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DIRECTORY

Faculty

Degrees: PhD, RN, WHCNP

Office Address:
B515-G West Fee Hall

Office Phone: 517/355-8360

E-mail Address: millie.horodynski@hc.msu.edu

Faculty Rank: Professor

Education: 1989 Ph.D., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Major: Nursing, Focus: Family

1978 M.N., Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. Major Area: Childbearing Families and Women's Health

1972 B.S.N., The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Honors and Achievements: 2008 Michigan State University, Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Award

2007; 2008 Michigan State University, College of Nursing, Summer Research Scholar Award

2007 Michigan State University, Obesity Council Research Fund Award

2006 Alpha Psi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Inc, Professional Conference Award

2005 Phi Beta Delta Honors Society for International Scholars Alpha Alpha Chapter, Michigan State University

2001 Marjorie Holmes Faculty Enrichment Award, College of Nursing, Michigan State University

1998 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Psi Chapter, Humanitarian Service Award

1996 Best Family Practice Paper, Academic Faculty/Nursing for What are the barriers, satisfaction, prenatal care utilization and birth outcomes of low-income rural pregnant women, at the Michigan Family Practice Research Day XIX Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Course Offerings: Doctoral (PhD) Program Coordinator, Grand Rapids Cohort of the Doctoral(PhD) Program of Nursing-2007

NUR 901 Knowledge Development in Nursing

NUR 435 Nursing Care of Childbearing Families

Memberships: Alpha Psi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, Inc.

Society for Nutrition Education

Midwest Nursing Research Society

RN-Aim

Research Interests:

Prevention of overweight/obesity in young children
Infant/Toddler feeding behaviors
Nutrition education aimed at toddlers
Mealtime interaction

Research Projects: Nutrition Education Aimed at Toddlers

Healthy Toddlers Project

Building Early Emotional Skills (BEES) Project

Clinical Practice: Women’s Health Certified Nurse Practitioner: Nurse Practitioner Specialty Certification (Women’s Health).

Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) Instructor Certification

Selected Publications: Contreras, D., & Horodynski, M.A. (in review). Feeding hassles within low-income African American households with toddlers: A maternal perspective. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal.

Iwanski, K.C., Olson, B.H., Horodynski, M.A., Brophy-Herb, H. (in review). Health professionals’ outlook on how low-income mothers introduce solid foods to their infants. Qualitative Health Research.

Brophy-Herb, H.E., Silk, K.J., Horodynski, M.A., Olson, B., & Mercer, L. (in review). Key theoretical frameworks for intervention: Understanding and promoting behavior change in parent-infant feeding choices in a low-income population. Journal of Primary Prevention.

Stommel, M. & Horodynski, M.A. (in revision). Measurement equivalence of measures of mealtime behaviors among African American and non-Hispanic white mothers of toddlers. Research in Nursing & Health.

Horodynski, M.A., Olson, B., Brophy-Herb, H., Silk, K.J., & Shirer, K. (in press). The infant feeding series curriculum. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Horodynski, M.A., Brophy-Herb, H., Henry, M., Smith, K.A., & Weatherspoon, L. (in press). Toddler feeding: Expectations and experiences of low-income African American Mothers. Health Education Journal.

Brophy-Herb, H.E., Horodynski, M.A., Dupuis, S.B., Bochnek, E.L., Schiffman, R., Onaga, E., Van Egeren, L., Fitzgerald, H., Cunningham-DeLuca, M., Hawver, S., Adkins, M., Thomas, S. (in press). Early emotional development in infants and toddlers: Perspectives of Early Head Start staff and parents. Infant Mental Health Journal.

Horodynski, M. A., Silk, K., & Henry, M. (2008). Parents are the primary target for healthy eating among young children. In H. E. Fitzgerald & V. Mousouli (Eds.), Obesity in childhood and adolescence: Understanding development and prevention (Vol 2). Westport, CT: Praeger Press.

Silk, K.J. Sherry, J., Winn, B., Keesecker, N., Horodynski, M.A., & Sayir, AD. (2008). Increasing nutrition literacy: Testing the effectiveness of print, website, and game modalities. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 40(1), 3-10.

Hoerr, S., Lee, S., Schiffman, R., Horodynski, M.A., & McKelvey, L. (2006). Beverage consumption of mother-toddler dyads in families with limited incomes. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 21, 403-411.

Hoerr, S.L., Horodynski, M.A., Lee, SY, & Henry, M. (2006). Predictors of nutritional adequacy in mother-toddler dyads from rural families. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106, 1766-1773.

Horodynski, M.A., & Stommel, M. (2005). Nutrition education aimed at toddlers: An intervention study. Pediatric Nursing, 31, 364-372.

Coleman, G., Horodynski, M.A., Contreras, D., & Hoerr, S. (2005). Nutrition Education Aimed at Toddlers curriculum. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 17, 96-97.

Horodynski, M.A., & Arndt, M. J. (2005). Eating together – mealtimes with African-American fathers and their toddlers. Applied Nursing Research, 18, 106-109.

Arndt, M.J, & Horodynski, M.A. (2004). Theory of dependent-care in research with parents of toddlers: The NEAT Project. Nursing Science Quarterly, 17, 345-350

Omar, M.A., Hoerr, S., & Coleman, G. (2004). Nutrition education aimed at toddlers: A pilot program for rural low-income families. Family and Community Health Journal, 27, 103-113.

Omar, M.A., & Gibbons, C. (2004). Rural low-income mothers’ interactions with their young children. Pediatric Nursing Journal, 30, 299-306.

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