UWM College of Nursing Mary Jo Baisch, PhD, RN

Mary Jo Baisch, PhD, RN Associate Professor

Education

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

MS, University of Michigan, Major Area: Parent Child Nursing

BSN, Mercy College of Detroit

Before joining the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing, Dr. Baisch was the Director of the Teen Pregnancy Center of Milwaukee and the Executive Director of 16th Street Community Health Center. Beginning in 1982, the Teen Pregnancy Service was one of the early nurse managed health centers in the United States with a staff of advanced practice nurses that included eight nurse-midwives and three pediatric nurse practitioners. This very successful program provided comprehensive health services for childbearing adolescent mothers and their children. 16th Street Community Health Center is a long-standing Section 220 funded Community Health Center in Milwaukee that serves a large population of Latino and Hmong families. She was an adjunct faculty member of UWM during her tenure in those programs.

At UWM, Dr. Baisch continued her work with nurse managed health centers as a staff member and Interim Director of the Institute for Urban Health Partnerships working with the College’s Community Nursing Centers and other community-based partnerships. Her research expertise is in community health planning and evaluation, primary health care, maternal and child health, and health policy.

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baisch@uwm.edu

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Recent Proposals and Grants

Baisch, M.J. Senior Assessment: Adding Years to Life. $18,000. Wauwatosa Health Department. July, 2001. Funded. Research completed. Principal Investigator.

Miller, C. & Baisch, M.J. Give It Up to Live It Up. $40,000. Submitted to Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program and Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program. Funded. Research completed. Co-investigator

Baisch, M.J. Telemedicine Access Grant. $24,700. Wisconsin Public Service Commission. August 1, 2001. Completed. Principal Investigator.

Fayram, E. & Baisch, M.J. Riverwest Health Initiative. UWM Contract with the COA Youth and Family Centers funded through the Medical College of Wisconsin Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. Competitive; three years; project total $450,000. Funded May 1, 2005 Research in progress. Co-principal investigator.

Lundeen, S.P. & Baisch, M.J. Impact of School Health Program on Students in Milwaukee Public Schools. ($132,999) Funded through a contract with the Milwaukee Public Schools for two years. Research in progress.

Baisch, M.J. Riverwest Health Initiative (Phase II) UWM Contract with the COA Youth and Family Centers funded through the Medical College of Wisconsin Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. Competitive; (July 1-2008-June 20, 2011, Funded $448,961).

Publications

Baisch, M. J., Lundeen, S. P., Murphy, M. K. (2011). Evidence-based research on the value of school nurses in an urban school system.To appear in Journal of school health.

Baisch, M. J., Carey, L. K., Conway, A. E., Mounts, K. O. (2010) Perinatal depression: A health marketing campaign to improve screening. Nursing for Women's Health, 14(1), 20-33.

Baisch, M.J. (2009) Community health: an evolutionary concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(11), 2464-2476.

Baisch, M.J., Chavez-Korrell, S., Garcia-Franz, S., & Okunseri, C. (2009) Progress Report: Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 Health Priority: Access to Primary and Preventive Health Services. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Baisch, M.J., Lundeen, S.P., Stetzer, F., Kelber, S. & Holmes, M.B. (2009) Evaluation of the nursing component of the Milwaukee public schools coordinated school health program. Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Sanders, J. & Baisch, M.J. (2008) Implementing the community health improvement process at the neighborhood level. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2(1), pp. 5-13. Refereed.

Baisch, M.J., Vang, P.C., & Peterman, B.R. (2008) An exploration of Hmong women’s perspectives on screening for and treating cancer in their community. Asian Nursing Research 2(2).pp.82-91. Refereed.

Baisch, M.J. (2006) Analysis and Observation of the Concept of Community Health. Dissertation. University Microfilms: Ann Arbor.

Hildebrandt, E., Baisch, M.J., Lundeen, S.P., Bell-Calvin, J. (2003). Eleven years of primary health care delivery in an academic nursing center. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19(5), pp. 279-288. Refereed

Doerr, B., Sheil, E.P., Baisch, M.J., Forbes, S., Howe, C.J., Johnson, M. & Vogtsberger, C. (1998). Beyond community assessment: Into the real world of learning aggregate practice Nursing and Health Care Perspectives 19(5), 2214-2219. Refereed

Baisch, M.J., Fox, R.A., Whitten, E. & Pajewski, N. (1990). Comparison of breast-feeding attitudes and practices: low income adolescents and adult women. Maternal and Child Nursing Journal, 18(1), pp. 61-71. Refereed

Baisch, M.J., Fox, R.A. & Goldberg, B.D. (1989). Breast feeding attitudes and practices among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, (10), 41-45. Refereed

Baisch, M.J., Goldberg, B.D., Fox, R.A. & Kinservik, M. (1988). Teen Pregnancy Service: Infant outcomes through two years of age. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, (3), 329-337. Refereed

Timberlake, B., Fox, R.A., Baisch, M.J. & Goldberg, B.D. (1987). Prenatal education for pregnant adolescents. Journal of School Health, 57(3), 105-108. Refereed

Fox, R.A., Baisch, M.J., Goldberg, B.D. & Hochmuth, M.C. (1987). Parenting Attitudes of pregnant adolescents. Psychological Reports, 61, 403-406. Refereed

Goldberg, B.D., Baisch, M.J. & Fox, R.A. (1986). Teen Pregnancy Service: An interdisciplinary health care delivery system with certified nurse midwives. Journal of Nurse Midwifery, 31(6), 263-269. Refereed

Baisch, M.J. & Olzack, M.(1980). A Comparison of Nursing and Medical Students' Attitudes About Nursing at the University of Michigan. Master’s Thesis. University Microfilms: Ann Arbor. Refereed

Recent Presentations

Baisch, M.J. 2010. (Presenter & Author). School Nursing Meeting, "Title I School Nurse Program Evaluation," Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee School of Languages.

Brusky, K. (Presenter Only), Baisch, M. J. (Presenter & Author), (April 9, 2010). Public Health Council, "Healthiest Wisconsin 2010: Progress toward Environmental and Occupational Health Objectives," State of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Baisch, M.J. January 15, 2008. Measuring Outcomes in Community Nursing Centers. Global Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations. Auckland, NZ. Invited.

Baisch, M.J. January 17, 2008. Community Nursing Centers: All Health is Local. Panel presentation. Global Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations. Auckland, NZ. Abstract accepted, Refereed.

Baisch, M.J. October 7, 2008. The Role of the School Nurse. New School Nurse Orientation. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Wisconsin Association of School Nurses. Madison, WI. Invited, Keynote presentation.

Baisch, M.J. October 24-25, 2008. The Essence of Nursing: Building and Maintaining Strong Relationships with Our Patients and Families in the Context of their Communities. First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China. Invited, Keynote presentations.

Sanders, J. & Baisch, M.J. April 28, 2007. All health is local: The Riverwest Health Initiative. Presentation at the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. Abstract accepted.

Baisch, M.J. & Sanders, J. June 9, 2007. All health is local: Establishing health priorities in a diverse neighborhood. Institute for Community Research. Crossroads II: Community-collaborative Research for Social Justice. Hartford CN. Abstract accepted, Refereed.

Thomson, A.& Baisch, M.J. November 30, 2007. Accessibility of primary care physicians in Milwaukee. University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Improving Wisconsin’s Health: Prevention, Policy and Priorities for Research. Waukesha, WI. Abstract accepted, Refereed.

Baisch, M.J. June, 16, 2006. Overview of the Health Care Safety Net. National Nursing Centers Consortium Congressional Legislative Luncheon, Washington, D.C. Invited.

Lundeen, S.P., Baisch, M.J., Hildebrandt, E. October 10, 2006. Longitudinal changes in knowledge, behavior, and health status of community nursing center clients. National Nursing Centers Consortium, Delray Beach, FL. Abstract accepted, Refereed.

Baisch, M.J. October 16, 2006. Application of participatory action in community health improvement processes. Presentation at the National State of the Science Congress in Nursing, Washington, D.C. Abstract accepted, Refereed.

Proprietary and non-proprietary technical reports

Baisch, M.J. (1987). The Teen Pregnancy Service: A model of MCH and WIC integration in the First Ross Round Table Discussion of Public Health Issues. J. Dwyer (ed.). Ross Laboratories.

Baisch, M.J. & Robillard, S. (1993). Wisconsin Division of Health Primary Care Cooperative Agreement: AHEC educational linkages phase 1 project report. October 27.

Conway, A. & Baisch, M.J. (1995). Characteristics of nurses active in the political process. Technical report submitted to the Wisconsin Nurses Foundation. Funded by the Wisconsin Nurses Foundation $500.

Clark Jones, F., Baisch, M.J. & DeBack, V. (1995). Public and private funding streams for maternal and child health in Wisconsin and their relationship to healthier people in Wisconsin: A public health agenda for the year 2000. Funded by the Bader Foundation, $25,000

Baisch, M.J., Friedbacher, B.L. & Lundeen, S. (1997). City of Wauwatosa Health Department Internal Organizational Assessment: APEX-PH Part 1. Funded under contract to the City of Wauwatosa Health Department, Wauwatosa, WI as part of community health assessement and strategic plan .($24,000).

Baisch, M.J., Friedbacher, B.L., & Lundeen, S.P. (1998). City of Wauwatosa Health Department Community Health Assessment. Funded under contract to the City of Wauwatosa Health Department, Wauwatosa, WI

Baisch, M.J. & Friedbacher, B.L., & Lundeen, S.P. (1999). City of Wauwatosa Health Department Focus on Health: Strategic Health Plan. June, 1999. Funded under contract to the City of Wauwatosa Health Department, Wauwatosa, WI.

Baisch, M.J., Garrett, S. (2000) Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant, North Bay Community Health Assessment. Funded under contract with the Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant Health Department ($18,600)

Baisch, M.J., Garrett, S. (2001) Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant Health Department Strategic Plan. Funded under contract with the Caledonia, Mt. Pleasant Health Department with the community health assessment.

Baisch, M.J., Friedbacher, B. (2001) Adding Years to Life. Funded under contract with the Wauwatosa Senior Commission ($18,000).

Sanders, J., Baisch, M.J. (2008) Community-based participatory Action: Impact on a neighborhood level community health improvement process. Community Policy Brief. Progress in Community Health Partnerships (1st ed., vol. 2, pp5). Baltimore, MD: Progress in Community Health Partnerships.

Baisch, M.J., Weidman, J., Jones, K. (2009). Progress Report: Healthiest WI 2010 Health Priority: Adequate and Appropriate Nutrition (pp. 1-15). Madison, WI: Governor’s Public Health Council.

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