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Assistant Professor Jessica Devido is an educator, researcher and clinician with a particular interest in maternal and children's health. A board certified pediatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Devido has worked as an obstetric nurse, and she is the current past president of the Three Rivers Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Specifically, her research interests include health promotion and disease prevention for at-risk childbearing age women and their offspring utilizing a community engaged approach. She also has specific interest in the disparity that exists in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality for African Americans, particularly in the local area as well as lactation support for at-risk mothers. Her previous work is with preconception counseling for women with diabetes. As a recipient of grant funding from both the American Association of Diabetes Educators and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Dr. Devido has been principal investigator on mixed-methods research in the area of diabetes education among parish nurses. She has also been part of a research team on multiple NIH-funded research projects related to preconception counseling for women with diabetes. More recently her research partner and herself hadtwo funded projects which includes: "Wise Women: an untapped community asset," which utilized Dr. Devido's preliminary work during her dissertation as a catalyst to explore existing networks of "Wise Women" for health-related information exchange. The second project, "A Community of Well Women, Well Babies: a vocational pipeline for African-American girls" was funded by the Rice Fellows program at Duquesne University.

Dr. Devido earned a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing as well as certificates in health equity from the Graduate School of Public Health and in gender, sexuality and women's studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In addition, she has a parish nurse certificate through the Mercy Parish Nurse and Health Ministry Program.

During her doctoral studies, she earned a number of noteworthy awards and honors, including a Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellowship, a Corrine Barnes Pediatric Advanced Practice Award and a Doctoral Student Outstanding Research Award. Her MSN is also from the University of Pittsburgh, where she received the Marie S. Houston Pediatric Nursing Award and graduated cu

Education

  • PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
  • MSN, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
  • BSN, University of Pittsburgh, 2004

Research Interests or Expertise

  • Community-engaged research
  • Philosophy of biology and medicine
  • Health disparities
  • Maternal/child health
  • Health promotion
  • Mixed methods

 

 

School

  • Appelt, C., Simpson, A., Devido, J., Greenwald, S., & Urban, B. (2022). Working together for health equity: How a multidisciplinary, community-engaged partnership reframed our understandings of Pittsburgh’s maternal-child health crisis. Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, 9(1),72-96. https://doi.org/10.15367/kf.v9i1.423
  • Kesler, E., Devido, J., Zoucha, R., & Wilson, E. (2024). Exploring the experiences, cultural values, and perceptions of mothers of hospitalized newborns in Malawi: An integrative review of the literature. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 36(2), 168-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/10436596241290517
  • Kolesar, A. L., Karakachian, A., Devido, J., Lucas, D., & DeLuca, K. (2024). Recognizing and responding to poverty in college students: What can nurses do? The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 29(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol29No01Man02
  • Lynn Herr, S., Devido, J., Zoucha, R., & Demirci, J. R. (2024). Dysphoric milk ejection reflex in human lactation: An integrative literature review. Journal Of Human Lactation: Official Journal of International Lactation Consultant Association, 40(2), 237–247. https://doi.org/10.1177/08903344241231239
  • School of Nursing Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching - 2019
  • Gaultier Teaching Fellow - 2018
  • Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania Award Finalist for Nursing Education: Academia - 2017
  • Presidential Scholarship Award - 2017
  • Nursing Faculty Excellence in Service Award - 2017
  • Community Leadership and Service Award from the Three Rivers Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) - 2015 
  • Named a Rice Fellow by the Duquesne University Center for Catholic Intellectual Tradition for her project, "Well Woman, Well Babies" with Dr. Cathleen Appelt, Duquesne faculty member and community partner, Celeta Hickman. - 2015
  • Recipient of the Rita Carty Junior Faculty Award - 2015 
  • Nominated by peers to represent the University and the School of Nursing with the Graduate and Professional Student Government in Harrisburg, Pa. Presented personal program of research to state representatives and policy makers. - 2013
  • GAANN Fellow - 2013
  • Corrine Barnes Scholarship, Sigma Theta Tau Honors Society Eta Chapter - 2012-2013
  • Corrine Barnes Endowed Scholarship - 2011
  • Beryl B. Haughton Jackson Endowed Fund for Graduate Students to Study Women's Health - 2010
  • Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellowship, Jewish Healthcare Foundation - 2009
  • Cameos of Caring Award - 2009
  • Beryl B. Haughton Jackson Endowed Fund for Graduate Students to Study Women's Health - 2009
  • Marie S. Houston Scholarship - 2008
  • Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation Scholarship - 2007
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Nursing Society - 2004-present
  • United States Achievement Academy - 2003-2004
  • National Collegiate Nursing Award - 2003-2004
  • University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association Senior Student Award - 2003
  • Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society - 2003
  • Jack Barger Memorial Nursing Scholarship from the Pa State VFW - 2002
Research
  • Rice Fellows Program (Collaborative research funded by Duquesne University Center for Catholic Intellectual Tradition/ Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research, 2016
  • National Endowment for the Humanities and Wimmer Family Foundation Funding, Fall 2015
  • Duquesne University Community-Engaged Research Grant from the Center for Community-Engaged Teaching and Research and the Provost's Office for 2015
  • AADE/Sigma Theta Tau International Grant for 2012
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Small Grant for 2012

Poster Presentations

Local (last 5 years)

  • Cargill, S., Horton, S., Simpson, A., Appelt, C., Devido, J. Barriers and Facilitators of Breastfeeding among Inner City African American Women. 10th Annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 11, 2018.Coury, R. Grott, N., Warntz, M., Devido, J., Simpson, A., Appelt, C. Reproductive Information: An Inner-city Adolescent Perspective. 10th Annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 11, 2018.
  • Timmons, S., Sullivan, S., Zheng, M., Appelt, C., Devido, J., & Simpson, A. Race-based Inequities in Maternal-Child Health in the Hill District. 10th Annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 11, 2018.
  • Walsh, E., Watt, J., Uribe, A., Carter, S. Devido, J., Appelt, C., Simpson, A. Reproductive Health Awareness of Inner City School Girls. Annual Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, May 25, 2017.
  • Rothberg, J., Anderson, O., Brodie, B., Appelt, C., Simpson, A., Devido, J. Vocational Aspirations of Inner City School Girls. Annual Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, May 25, 2017.
  • Devido, J., Sereika, S., Cohen, S., Charron-Prochownik, D. Race and Religious Beliefs are Associated with Communication Regarding Reproductive Health and Preconception Counseling in Young Women with Diabetes. Launching your career: A road best traveled, Pittsburgh, PA, May 16, 2017.
  • Devido, J., Sereika, S., Cohen, S., Charron-Prochownik, D. Race and Religious Beliefs are Associated with Communication Regarding Reproductive Health and Preconception Counseling in Young Women with Diabetes. 21st Annual Three Rivers NAPNAP Winter Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, February, 3, 2017.
  • Devido, J., Sereika, S., Cohen, S., Charron-Prochownik, D. Race and Religious Beliefs are Associated with Communication Regarding Reproductive Health and Preconception Counseling in Young Women with Diabetes. STTI Eta, Epsilon Phi, Upsilon Phi Chapters Scholars Night, March 16, 2016, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Jessica Devido, RN, MSN, CPNP, Dorothy Mayernik, RN, MSN, FAAN, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, MS Martha Terry, BA, MA, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP (2015). "Parish Nurse's Role in Diabetes Management". 26th Annual Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, April 24, 2015.
  • Jessica A. Devido, PhD, RN, MSN, CPNP, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, RN, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, Martha Ann Terry, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN (2014). "Exploring the Role of the Parish Nurse in Providing Diabetes Education and Preconception Counseling to African American Women Using a Community-Engaged Mixed Methods Approach". 12th Annual Women and Infants Health Care Conference, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, October, 17 2014, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Devido, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Dorman, J., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D. (2013). Parish Nurses' Perspectives on Diabetes Education/Preconception Counseling for African American Women: A Turning Point. STTI Eta Chapter Annual Scholars Night, March 26, 2014, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Sharer, G.; Doswell, W; Braxter, B; Dorman, J; Terry, M; Charron-Prochownik, D; Devido, J. Parish Nurses Describe Their Community Outreach: Opportunities For Health Awareness and Education. STTI Eta Chapter Annual Scholars Night, March 26, 2014, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Jessica A. Devido, PhD, RN, MSN, CPNP, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, RN, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, Martha Ann Terry, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN (2014). "Exploring the Role of the Parish Nurse in Providing Diabetes Education and Preconception Counseling to African American Women Using a Community-Engaged Mixed Methods Approach". 12th Annual Women and Infants Health Care Conference, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, October 17, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Jessica Devido, RN, MSN, CPNP, Dorothy Mayernik, RN, MSN, FAAN, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, MS Martha Terry, BA, MA, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP (2015). "Parish Nurse's Role in Diabetes Management". 26th Annual Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, April 24, 2015.
  • Devido, J., Sereika, S., Cohen, S., Charron-Prochownik, D. (2016). Race and Religious Beliefs are Associated with Communication Regarding Reproductive Health and Preconception Counseling in Young Women with Diabetes. STTI Eta, Epsilon Phi, Upsilon Phi Chapters Scholars Night, March 16, 2016, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Devido, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Dorman, J., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D. Parish Nurses' Perspectives on Diabetes Education/Preconception Counseling for African American Women: A Turning Point. The 3rd Annual Scholarly Poster Presentation Symposium, November 25, 2013, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Devido, J.A., Mayernik, D., Dorman, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D. Using Parish Nurses to Deliver Diabetes Education/ Preconception Counseling To African American Women: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study. The 2nd Annual Scholarly Poster Presentation Symposium, September 7, 2013, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Devido, J.A., Mayernik, D., Dorman, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D. Using Parish Nurses to Deliver Diabetes Education/ Preconception Counseling To African American Women: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study. STTI Eta Chapter Annual Scholars Night, March 18, 2013, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Devido, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Dorman, J., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D. Parish Nurses' Perspectives on Diabetes Education/Preconception Counseling for African American Women: A Turning Point. The 3rd Annual Scholarly Poster Presentation Symposium, November 25, 2013, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA.

Regional

  • Jessica Devido, RN, MSN, CPNP, Dorothy Mayernik, RN, MSN, FAAN, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, MS Martha Terry, BA, MA, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP (2015). "Parish Nurse's Role in Diabetes Management". Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) 27th Annual Scientific Sessions, April 17th, 2015.

National (last 5 years)

  • Devido, J.; Appelt, Cathleen, J.; and Simpson, Andrew T. "Perceptions Regarding Teen Pregnancy and Motherhood among At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescent Girls." 39th Annual Conference of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Chicago, Illinois, March 18-23, 2018.
  • Appelt, Cathleen J.; Simpson, Andrew T.; Devido, J.; Greenwald, Sarah; and Urban, Brittany. "Can Health-Related Career Training for Inner-City Girls Solve our Maternal Health Crisis?" Approved by competitive review for presentation (in national forum) at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS), Cleveland, OH, October 5th -7th, 2017.
  • Appelt, C., Simpson, A., Weaver, S., Urban, B., Devido, J. Building a Vocational Pipeline for African-American Girls: A Multidisciplinary, Community-Engaged Approach. 2017 Midwestern Sociological Society Meeting and Couch Stone Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, March 20-April 2, 2017.
  • Jessica A. Devido, PhD, RN, MSN, CPNP, Willa Doswell, RN, PhD, FAAN, Betty Braxter, RN, PhD, Jan Dorman, PhD, Martha Ann Terry, PhD, Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN. Exploring the Role of the Parish Nurse in Providing Diabetes Education and Preconception Counseling to African American Women Using a Community-Engaged Mixed Methods Approach. American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting and Exhibition, August 5-9, 2014, Orlando, FL.
  • Devido, J., Doswell, W., Braxter, B., Dorman, J., Terry, M., Charron-Prochownik, D.. Parish Nurses' Perspectives on Diabetes Education/Preconception Counseling for African American Women: A Turning Point. American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting and Exhibition, August 7-10, 2013, Philadelphia, PA.

International

  • Devido, J., Appelt, C., Simpson, A. Maternal-Child Health Knowledge and Awareness Among At-Risk, Inner-City Adolescent Girls. 43rd Annual conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 18-21 2017.
  • Appelt, C., Devido, J. The Importance of Identity in Conceptualizations among African-American Women Regarding Causes and Solutions to the Maternal-Child Health Crisis in America. Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August, 11-13 2017.
  • Tate, JA, Sereika, SM, Thompson, D, Devido, J., Sawicki, J, Angus, DC, Barnato, AE, Happ, MB. An Implementation Science Approach to Intervention Fidelity in the SPEACS-2 Clinical Trial. D22 ADVANCING CRITICAL CARE THROUGH NEW APPROACHES AND PARADIGMS: American Thoracic Society; 2013. p. A5300-A, May, 2013.

Abstracts
  • Devido, J., Appelt, C., Simpson, A., Szalla, N. The Future of Nursing Education: Multidisciplinary Community-Engaged Research for Undergraduate Nursing Students. Nursing Education Research Conference 2018 (hosted by: Sigma Theta Tau International and National League for Nursing), Washington, DC, April 19-21 2018.
  • Devido, J.A., Downs, J.S., Bruin de Bruin, W., Moltz, K.C., Charron-Prochownik, D. (2010). Awareness of pregnancy and preconception counseling among African American teens with diabetes. Diabetes, 50 (suppl.) A276.