Dr. Kathleen C. Ashton This is Me

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1. 1. www.atlprev.org

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   Published on: 6/27/2008   Last Visited: 6/27/2008

   Kathleen Ashton, Ph.D., RNVice President/Acting PresidentClinical Associate Professor, Rutgers University

2. 2. psychcentral.com

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   Published on: 6/13/2008   Last Visited: 6/14/2008

   "Focusing our attention on vulnerable teen girls with even moderate increases in weight is critically important since studies show this is a population at risk," said Kathleen Ashton, PhD, APRN, principal investigator, referring to results from the Nurses' Health Study II recently released by the Harvard School of Public Health that found an increased risk of mortality in younger and middle-aged women who were overweight at age 18 (Annals Internal Med 2006; 145:91-7).
   
   "Our study adds to what is known about the eating and exercise habits of teen girls and demonstrates how school systems can impact adolescent overweight and reduce risk factors for disease," stated Dr. Ashton.Dr. Ashton is a clinical associate professor of Nursing at Rutgers University in Camden.
   
   Ashton and her colleagues hypothesized that subjects in the experimental group who completed the Teen Esteemâ„¢ program would demonstrate greater levels of self-esteem, as measured by the Multidimensional Self Concept Scale (MSCS), improved scores on the nutrition and physical activity subscales of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), and acceptable levels of Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, waist circumference, blood glucose and cholesterol.
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   "This has been a great undertaking for all of us," said Dr. Ashton.

3. 3. Medical Legal Aspects of Medical Records: Contributors

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   Published on: 6/17/2008   Last Visited: 6/17/2008

   Dr. Kathleen Ashton, author of "Critical Care Medical Records", is a Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing in the Department of Nursing at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.Her research interest is in the area of women and heart disease.She has conducted numerous funded research studies over the past fifteen years and has published the results of her work in leading nursing journals.Her clinical expertise is in adult health/critical care nursing and she holds an Advanced Practice license.As a legal nurse consultant, she serves as an expert witness reviewing legal cases for plaintiff and defense firms for over nine years.Currently, she serves as a reviewer for three nursing journals and as a board member for several community and professional groups.