Kathleen Hanna, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Nursing
Education
- Post Doctoral Fellowship, Indiana University
- Adolescent Health Fellowship, Indiana University
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh
- MSN, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- BS, Loretto Heights College
External Funding
1 R01 NR009810-01A1 (2007-2011). PI.
The Trasition to Young Adulthood among Late Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Biosketch
Dr. Kathleen M. Hanna's program of research focuses on enhancing quality of life of adolescents in the areas of health promotion and chronic conditions. Since earning a Ph.D. in Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh, she has focused on adolescent health perceptions and behaviors along with theory-based interventions. Her early research was in the area of health promotion, focusing on promoting adolescents' contraceptive and condom use to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. During her post-doctoral fellowship at Indiana University, she began integrating health promotion with chronic illness. She is specifically focusing on the quality of life of adolescents with diabetes and how changing parent-adolescent relationships affect their assuming responsibility for diabetes care. Dr. Hanna's National Institute of Health-sponsored research focuses on health outcomes of glycemic control and quality of life during the transition from high school to young adulthood among late adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Findings will guide future interventions to promote healthy parent-adolescent relationships that facilitate adolescents' assumption of diabetes management responsibility and, subsequently, their health and quality of life.
Selected Publications
Hanna, K., & Guthrie, D. (2001). Relationship of health-compromising behavior to diabetes mismanagement among adolescents and young adults with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, 27, 223-230.
Hanna, K., & Guthrie, D. (2003). Adolescents' Behavioral Autonomy related to Diabetes Management and Adolescent Activities/Rules. The Diabetes Educator, 29, 283-291.
Hanna, K.M. DiMeglio, L.A., & Fortenberry, J.D. (2005). Parent and Adolescent Versions of the Diabetes-specific Parental Support for Adolescents' Autonomy Scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 257-271.
Hanna, K.M., DiMeglio, L.A., & Fortenberry, J.D. (2007). Brief report: Initial testing of scales measuring parent and adolescent perceptions of advantages and disadvantages of adolescents' assumption of diabetes management. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 245-249.
Tercyak, K.P., Britto, M.T., Hanna, K.M., Hollen, P.J., & Hudson, M.M. (2008). Prevention of Tobacco use among Medically at-risk Children and Adolescents: Clinical and Research Opportunities in the Interest of Public Health. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 119-132.
