Pamela Stewart Fahs

(DSN, RN)
Professor and Decker Endowed Chair of Rural Health Nursing

AB 304
Decker School of Nursing
Binghamton University
Phone: (607) 777-6805
Fax: (607) 777-4440
E-mail: psfahs@binghamton.edu

Pamela Stewart Fahs is a Professor at the Decker School of Nursing and holds the Endowed Chair in Rural Health Nursing. She received her Doctorate of Science in Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Research Interests:

• Cardiovascular disease prevention in rural women and stroke education among rural populations
  
• Women's Health
• Rural Women
  
• Women's Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Cerebral Vascular Accident (Stroke)
• Research in rural populations

Research:

• Fahs, P.S.S.; Grabo, T.N.; James, G.D; Austin, E.N.; Baron, M.A., Britten, M.; Britton, G.; Dura, A., Johnston, Y.; Morgan, D.; Myers, M. Nemcek; A.; Pierce C.; Pribulick, M., Quaranta, J.; Spencer, G. ; & Srnka-Debnar, F.; In collaboration as members of the Women's Health Care Partnership ( DSON , KCNR, & IPPH) studying Promotion of Heart Health in Rural Women.
  • Undergraduate student members of this team include: Harris, O; Landell, S.; Nketiah, V., Sirota, I. ; & Wood, L.
  • Former student team members (now alumni of Binghamton University ) included: Gaspard, J.C.; & Vega, D.
  • The Women's Health Care Partnership also wishes to recognize the work and assistance of members of the Mary E. Mahoney Support Group of the Decker School of Nursing and members past and present of the Nursing 360 class who have volunteered their time and energy to assist in this project.
• Fahs, P.S.S.; Grabo, T.N.; James, G.D; Pierce C.; Spencer, G; Mahlangu, M. in collaboration as members of the Women's Health Care Partnership (DSON, KCNR, & IPPH) studying Promotion of Heart Health in Rural Women.
  
• Fahs, P.S.S. ; Austin, E.N.; Baron, M.A.; Dura, A.; Fronczek, A.; Leppert, T.; Morgan, L.L.; Pierce, C.; Srnka-Debnar, F.; and Terriquez-Kasey, L. and Volunteers from Nurs 360. Facts for Action to Stoke Treatment (FAST). A community education program on the risks and symptoms of stroke (CVA) and when to seek emergency medical care. (Funded in part by the O'Connor Foundation; Assemblyman Clifford Crouch New York State Assembly Member Item; Axtell Foundation; Thomson Trust and Broome County United Way Venture Grant).
  • Undergraduate student members of this team include: Sirota, I.
    
  • Former student team members (now alumni of Binghamton University ) included: Spencer, T; Gordon, L.
    
  • The FAST Team also wishes to recognize the work and assistance of the Decker School of Nursing and members of past Nursing 360 classes who have volunteered their time and energy to assist in this project.
    
• Fahs, P.S.S. member of the AWHONN Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline Development Team 2001 & 2003 which produced Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2001/2003). Evidence-based clinical practice guideline: Cardiovascular health for women: Primary prevention. Washington, D.C.
  
• Fahs, P.S.S., Morgan, L.L., & Kalman, M. (2003) A call for replication. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35, 67-72.
  
• Fahs, P.S.S. & M.A. Faucher. (2002). Nutriceuticals and cardiovascular health in women. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 47, 190-203.
  
• Fahs, P.S.S., Grabo, T. N., James, G. D., Neff-Smith, M., & Spencer, G..(2001). A comparison of the cardiovascular risks of rural, suburban, and urban women. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care 2(1) [Online http://www.rno.org/journal]
  
• Aiello, M. & Fahs, P.S.S. (2001). A Secondary Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates Among Rural Native American Women. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health. 7(2), 42-47.
  
• Cort, N. A. & Fahs, P.S.S. (2001). Heart Disease: The Hidden Killer of Rural Black Women. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health, 7(2), 37-41.
  
• Fahs, P.S.S. (2001) Health risks and practices of women residing in Delaware County, New York. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health, 7(1), 41-49.
  
• Morgan, LL, Fahs, P.S.S. [Research Assistants Cottrell, L., & Baron, M.A. Volunteers Assisting with preparation of surveys for mailing included C. Pierce, K. Patterson, T. Spencer, A. Adesheila, D. Carter, O. Dele-Michael, & R. Gamboa]. A Survey of the Willingness of Rural Dwellers to Participate in Health Research. Spring 2002-present. (Funded through O'Connor Office of Rural Health Studies and Faculty Honorariums from McNair Scholar's Program 200 and 2002)
  

Research Papers:

• Fahs, P.S.S. (in press) Raising stroke Awareness in Rural Communities. Nurses develop and implement a successful education module. SIDEBAR to Stroke Research Article. America n Journal of Nursing.
  
• Morgan, L.L., Fahs, P.S.S., Klesh, J. (2005). Barriers to Research Participation Identified by Rural People. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 11, 407-414.
  
• Fahs, P. S., Baron, M. A., Dura, A., Folks, T., Fronczek, A, Kasey, L.T., Morgan, L.L., Srnka-Debnar, F., Sutherland, M. (August 2004). Effectiveness of the FAST program on Knowledge of Stroke in a Rural Population. Preventative Medicine 2004 39 (S1) -S6.