Jie Hu
Research Interest
Dr. Hu’s area of research has focused on developing and testing culturally appropriate, family dyad-focused interventions to improve diabetes self-management and glycemic control among African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Dr. Hu has currently been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to examine a family dyad-focused diabetes intervention for African American adults with type 2 diabetes. She and her team also examined the impact of social determinants of health on glycemic control and cardiovascular risk among African American adults. Dr. Hu tested culturally tailored and low-literacy interventions for behavior change among older Chinese adults with chronic illnesses. Dr. Hu has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed nursing and multidisciplinary journals. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
News
by Dr. Ethan Morgan
Initiative recognized as Program of Excellence by University Outreach and Engagement
The Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program, an initiative within The Ohio State University College of Nursing that has grown into one of the largest programs of its kind in Ohio, received the designation of 2024 Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship this month from the university’s Office of Outreach and Engagement.