Family and Child Health Researcher from the University of Colorado Denver Named Honorary Member of the Honor Society of Nursing
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 26, 2007) - The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, recently inducted David L. Olds, PhD, of the University of Colorado Denver as an honorary member. Olds is honored for his work in developing a nationwide program in which nurses visit patients at their homes to offer prenatal and infancy information counseling in a program known as the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP).
Olds, professor of pediatrics, psychiatry, nursing and preventive medicine, is the director of the Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health at UC Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus. His research focus is on the examination of preventive intervention early in life and the long-term effects of such interventions on family and child functioning. He devotes much of his concentration to the prevention of child abuse, neglect, school failure, injuries, depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior in children.
Olds was given the honor during a special ceremony at the society's biennial convention, held Nov. 3 through Nov. 7, in Baltimore, Md.
"We are so pleased to induct David Olds as an honorary member of the honor society," said honor society Past-President Carol Picard, RN, PhD, CS. "He has been a great friend to the advancement of nursing and family health."
The honor society's board of directors bestows honorary membership to individuals throughout the world who are ineligible for regular membership but have demonstrated superior contributions to the advancement of nursing and health care at a national or international level. Sigma Theta Tau International is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of people worldwide through leadership and scholarship in practice, education and research.
The University of Colorado Denver is one of three universities in the University of Colorado system. Located in Denver on the Downtown Campus and at Ninth & Colorado Blvd., and on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., University of Colorado Denver is Colorado's premier research university offering more than 100 degrees and programs in 13 schools and colleges and serving more than 28,000 students in Metro Denver and online. For more information, visit the web site at www.ucdhsc.edu or the UC Denver Newsroom at www.uchsc.edu/news.