Deborah Gross

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Deborah Gross
CitizenshipUSA
Alma mater
Known forPromoting positive parent-child relationship, Social determinants and health and poverty
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Psychiatric and mental health nursing Parenting
Institutions
Website nursing.jhu.edu/faculty_research/faculty/faculty-directory/deborah-gross

Deborah Gross is an American professor of nursing. She is best known for her contributions to improving positive parent-child relationships and preventing behavior problems in preschool children from low-income neighborhoods [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Gross earned her BS (1975) in nursing at the University of Michigan and her DNSc (1983) at Rush University. From 2006 through 2009, she completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Leadership Program. [5]

Prior to joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently the Leonard and Helen Stulman Endowed Professor in psychiatric and mental health nursing, [6] she served in multiple roles at Rush University including: Professor of Nursing, Chairperson of Women's and Children's Health Nursing, and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship in the College of Nursing. From 1983 through 1987, Gross was an assistant professor at Pace University.

In 1992, Gross was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and in 2007 she was selected as one of the first Edge Runners by the American Academy of Nursing for, "developing a model program demonstrating how nurse leaders are offering solutions to health care challenges." [7] In 2012, Sigma Theta Tau inducted Gross into the International Researcher Hall of Fame. [8]

Contributions to promoting positive parent-child relationships

Gross pioneered the development of the Chicago Parent Program, which demonstrates that a group-based parent management training (PMT) program is just as effective in decreasing child behavior problems as is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) — often considered the “gold standard” among PMT programs. A major advantage of the PMT program approach is lower cost, with each participant costing approximately 50% less for PMT as compared to PCIT. [9] [10]

Contributions to mentoring nurse leaders as policy scholars

With support from Jonas Philanthropies and in partnership with the American Academy of Nursing, Gross developed the Academy Jonas Policy Scholars Program to train emerging nurse leadership as policy scholars. [11] [12]

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References

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  2. "Social-behavioral readiness in kindergarteners impacts long-term success". ScienceDaily. Johns Hopkins University. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  3. "Johns Hopkins Expert on Toxic Stress of Separating Children from Parents —U.S. Policy to Deter Border Crossing". Newswise. Johns Hopkins University. 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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  8. "International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame". Sigma Nursing. Sigma Theta Tau. 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  9. "The Chicago Parent Program Proves as Effective in Reducing Children's Behavior Problems as Nationally-Renowned Parent-Child Interaction Therapy". Newswise. Johns Hopkins University. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  10. Gross, Deborah; Fogg, Louis; Webster-Stratton, Carolyn; Garvey, Chrisinte; Julion, Wrenetha; Grady, Jane (April 2003). "Parent training of toddlers in day care in low-income urban communities". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 71 (2): 261–78. doi:10.1037/0022-006x.71.2.261. PMID   12699021. S2CID   11437060.
  11. "American Academy of Nursing Jonas Scholars Program Program Description and Application" (PDF). Amazon. American Academy of Nursing. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  12. Oerther, Sarah; Hallowell, Sunny; Rossiter, Alicia; Gross, Deborah (October 2018). "The American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholars Program". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 74 (10): 2253–2257. doi: 10.1111/jan.13689 . PMID   29675972.