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OGACHI Global Health Services

OGACHI is a business oriented mechanism to providing professional services to international and domestic health care organizations, schools of nursing, government entities, contractors, community-based organizations, and relevant individuals, among others, for the purpose of improving the status of aggregates of people.
 
Menu of Services:
 
International and Domestic Consultation
OGACHI can provide advice, information, and instruction. Experts will consult with your organization and provide you with a written report. The length of consultation will be negotiated and arranged in accordance with the needs of the site.

Technical Assistance
A contractual relationship between entities to provide a specific set of agreed upon services over time (typically beyond a day or two in succession). It may include “on-the-ground” work, teaching a course, developing guidelines and policies, or providing continuing education. Services such as the following can be delivered on-site or remotely:
  • Assistance in curriculum development
  • Research training or mentoring
  • Project evaluation
  • Continuing education
  • Faculty/staff development
  • Policy development
  • Course instruction
  • Leadership development
 
Global Leadership Services
  • Academic program development
  • Research program development
  • Work force capacity development
  • Health care delivery design
 
Faculty Leadership Development Team
Ruth A. Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN – Professor
Kirsten Corazzini, PhD – Assistant Professor
Linda L. Davis, PhD, RN, ANP, DP-NAP, FAAN – Chair, PhD Program Catherine L. Gilliss, DNSc, RN, FAAN – Dean, School of Nursing; and Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs,Duke University
Diane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN – Associate Dean, Research Affairs; and Marcus E. Hobbs - Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Constance Johnson, PhD, RN – Assistant Professor
Frances Mauney, MEd, BSN – Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
Eleanor McConnell, PhD, RN,GCNS,BC – Associate Professor and Director, Gerontological Nursing Specialty
Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN – Clinical Professor
Dorothy L. Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN – Associate Dean, Global and Community Health Initiatives
Michael Relf, PhD, RN, AACRN, ACNS-BC – Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and Chair, ABSN Program
Dori Taylor Sullivan, PhD, RN, CAN, CPHQ – Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Deirdre Thornlow, PhD, RN – Assistant Professor
Barbara Turner, DNSc, RN, FAAN – Chair, DNP Program
Queen Utley-Smith, EdD, RN – Chair, MSN Program
Theresa Valiga, EdD, RN, FAAN – Director, Institute for Educational Excellence

 
Faculty Research and Scholarship
R. Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN: Outcomes of nursing and health care management practices, quality of care in nursing homes, complexity science
C. Bailey, PhD, RN: Aging and chronic illness; men’s health; uncertainty in illness, especially prostate cancer, chronic hepatitis C, and liver transplant; psycho-oncology
J. Barroso, PhD, ANP,APRN,BC, FAAN: HIV-related fatigue; qualitative methods, especially qualitative metasynthesis
D. Brandon, PhD, MSN, RN: Environmental effects on preterm infants (cycled light, noise, humidity), pediatric palliative care, parental decision-making about care, neonatal care practices
K. Corazzini, PhD: RN delegation in long-term care, frontline caregivers in long-term care and management practices, program evaluation research, international models of community and home-based care
L. Davis, PhD, RN, ANP, DP-NAP, FAAN: Skill training interventions with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
S. Denman, PhD, RN, FNP-C: Access and utilization of primary care with Latino populations
S. Docherty, PhD, CPNP: Quality of life of children and families with life-threatening illnesses, including stem cell transplant, cancer, symptom distress, and palliative care; biological markers in ill children; interviewing children
C. Gilliss, DNSc, RN, FAAN: Families and chronic illness; addressing health disparities
L. Goodwin, PhD, RN, BC: Data mining for pre-term prediction and prevention
J. Hays, PhD, RN: Psychosocial and chronic disease epidemiology with selected states of life and lifecycle events variables
C. Hendrix, DNS, CCRN, CFNP: Informal home caregiving, self-efficacy among caregivers and patients, chronic illness management in the elderly
D. Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN: Sleep in premature infants and young children; interactions between parents and young children; premature infant behavior, development, and parenting
C. Johnson, PhD, RN: Risk modeling and representation, human-computer interaction, medical decision-making
R. Knobel, PhD, NNP, RNC: Thermoregulation in preterm infants, development of vasomotor control in the neonate
E. McConnell, PhD, RN,GCNS,BC: Quality of life in frail elderly, nursing home care, physical activity in cognitively impaired elderly, implementation research
J. Payne, PhD, RN: Anxiety, selected biomarkers, biological rhythms, and mechanisms on cancer-related fatigue and sleep disturbances in cancer patients
D. Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN: International development for transformative and sustainable change; partnership development; curriculum development
M. Price, DrPH, RN, FNP, FAAN: Increasing prostate cancer screening in African American men
M. Relf, PhD, RN, AACRN, ACNS-BC: Interventions to promote retention in HIV-oriented primary medical care; psychoeducational interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive persons; global HIV/AIDS nursing capacity building
S. Schneider, PhD, RN, AOCN: Management of symptom distress in cancer patients and the use of distraction interventions, virtual reality, interventions for oral chemotherapy adherence
D. Sullivan, PhD, RN, CAN, CPHQ: Quality and performance improvement in nursing practice; education and evaluation; interdisciplinary education
D. Thornlow, PhD, RN: Health services research; health care leadership; patient safety and quality in acute care hospitals, especially for the elderly
B. Turner, DNSc, RN, FAAN: Noninvasive assessment of artificial airway position, effect of mechanical aspiration, and role of exogenous surfactant on lung function
Q. Utley-Smith, EdD, RN: Staff-family interactions in long-term care, health promotion and aging, utilization of technology and distance-learning strategies in the classroom
C. Vacchiano, PhD, CRNA: Hypoxia and hyperoxia, pulmonary physiology, diving and aviation physiology, clinical anesthesia practice
T. Valiga, EdD, RN, FAAN: Nursing education, curriculum, and instruction
 
Tailored Experiences for Visiting Scholars
International students can spend time at Duke University School of Nursing investigating, learning, and experiencing scholarly activities tailored to meet individual needs and interests. A visiting scholar is typically a pre-doctoral or post-doctoral student (exceptions are made on a case-by-case basis for MSN students). Degrees, certificates, or compensation are not awarded.
Examples of student experiences
  • Tailored experiences for Graduate Scholars Program
  • Mentoring in area of interest
  • A short-term curriculum of study
  • Guidance for a specified set of research skills
  • Collaboration on a research project
  • Counseling and instruction

 

Applicants must submit:
1. A letter reflecting goals and objectives
2. The name of the sponsoring mentor
3. A proposed general plan of work approved by the sponsoring mentor
 
OGACHI will assist the applicant with immigration and visa requirements.
 
International Student Travel
Short-term nursing or health care experiences in developing countries are available to nursing students. These courses last from two weeks to a month and are usually associated with a credit-bearing course.
 
Community health opportunities exist in Barbados,Nicaragua, Jamaica, India, Honduras, and Tanzania. Primary care opportunities, in conjunction with Child Family Health International, exist in South Africa, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, India, and other countries. Go to nursing.duke.edu and click on Global and Community Health for a current list of experiences and details.
 
Priority is given to Duke University School of Nursing students. Other nursing students are accepted based on prerequisites and space availability. Some designated experiences are interdisciplinary. Credit and non-credit options are available.
 
Fee Schedule for Global Health Services
Consultation
Senior Faculty $1,000/day + expenses
Junior Faculty $750/day + expenses
 
Technical Assistance
Cost of the project (including personnel, supplies and equipment, travel, etc.) plus an administrative assessment
 
Specialized Experiences for Visiting Scholars
$7,500 per semester or summer session
$2,000 minimum for less than a semester
$500 per additional week for scholars on site more than 3 weeks but less than 14 weeks
 
Travel Abroad/Service Learning
(may include credit for clinical experiences)
Cost of the trip and associated expenses plus a surcharge for non-Duke University School of Nursing students

For additional information contact:
Dr. Dorothy L. Powell
Associate Dean, Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives
Duke University School of Nursing
DUMC Box 3322
307 Trent Drive
Durham, NC 27710-0001
dorothy.powell@duke.edu
919-684-9353
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