Susan McDermott

Biographic Data

ID5543288
NAMESusan McDermott
GIVEN NAMESSusan
FAMILY NAMEMcDermott
SIGNATUREMCDERMOTT S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Minnesota
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • The Dimensions of Irish Government Involvement in the Pursuit of a Settlement of the Northern Ireland Conflict

    Susan McDermottARTICLEIrish Political Studies2014References: 8

    The role of the Irish government changed significantly throughout the course of the conflict in Northern Ireland. During the early years the Irish government defined a core policy position but struggled to find a role that would involve it in the settlement of the conflict. The Irish role in the pursuit of a settlement increased in the aftermath of the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the later development of a peace process. This led to a gradual evolu…

  • Evaluation of a Housing Support Program for People Who Are at Risk of Homelessness

    Rose McMaster, Rhonda Hawley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2010

    Strategies assisting people to maintain their tenancies are at the forefront of current government policy to prevent homelessness. Based on an intensive case management model, the Housing Support Program (HSP) aimed to prevent homelessness by providing ongoing assessment, advocacy, assistance and coordination of services for clients who are deemed at risk of losing their secure accommodation.The aim of this study was to evaluate the HSP from the …

  • Improving Dental Epidemiologic Data Collection with Computers

    Open AccessAnil Joshi, Susan McDermott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry1992

    A computerized dental data recording system (DDRS) was developed for the New England Elder Dental Study to improve data quality and increase field staff efficiency. The DDRS displays video screens similar to traditional paper forms to record data on coronal and root caries, dentate and denture status, subacute bacterial endocarditis screening, gingival bleeding, calculus, and periodontal attachment level. DDRS provides facilities for date and exa…

  • Impact of Geriatric Nurse Practitioners on Nursing-Home Residents?? Functional Status, Satisfaction, and Discharge Outcomes

    Judith Garrard, Robert L Kane et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1990

    This study evaluated the impact of geriatric nurse practitioners (GNP) employed by nursing homes on quality of patient care and residents' outcomes during a 12-month study period. Quality of care was assessed in standardized interviews of 525 residents in five nursing homes with GNPs and 323 residents in five other nursing homes without GNPs. Each resident was interviewed up to four times during the study period (at baseline, and 3, 6, and 12 mon…

  • Effects of a geriatric nurse practitioner on process and outcome of nursing home care

    Robert L Kane, Judith Garrard et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1989Cited by: 4References: 4

    We compared measures of quality of care and health services utilization in 30 nursing homes employing geriatric nurse practitioners with those in 30 matched control homes. Information for this analysis came from reviews of samples of patient records drawn at comparable periods before and after the geriatric NPs were employed. The measures of geriatric nurse practitioner impact were based on comparisons of changes from pre-NP to post-NP periods. S…