Jie Hu

Research Interest
Dr. Hu’s area of research has focused on developing and testing culturally appropriate, family-focused nursing interventions to improve diabetes self-management among African Americans and Hispanic Americans. As a Principal Investigator on several NIH funded grants with focus on diabetes-self management for Hispanics with type 2 diabetes and their family members, Dr. Hu tested the effectiveness of diabetes self-management intervention for low literacy minority populations and successfully delivered cultural tailored diabetes intervention programs to Hispanics with type 2 diabetes and their family members. In China, Dr. Hu tested culturally appropriate and low-literacy interventions for behavior change among older adults with chronic illnesses. Dr. Hu has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed nursing and multi-disciplinary journals. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
News
New program designed to help remedy shortage of doctorally-prepared nursing faculty
The Ohio State University College of Nursing has launched the application for its new online Doctor of Nursing Education (DNE) degree program, the first such program in the United States.
National nursing faculty shortages inspired the new program at Ohio State; a nationwide nursing faculty vacancy rate of more than 10% is projected to increase in coming years.
Study led by The Ohio State University College of Nursing published today in the American Journal of Infection Control