Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without support from the International Family Nursing Association Practice Committee members:

Debbie Sheppard LeMoine RN, PhD (Canada)

Maria do Céu Barbieri, RN, MSc, PhD (Portugal)

Marilyn Swan, PhD, RN (United States)

Beth A. Ammerman, DNP, FNP-BC (United States)

Diana Arabiat, RN, PhD (Australia)

Petra Brysiewicz, PhD, MN, FAAN, fANSA, ASSAf (South Africa)

Laurence Di Benedetto, PhD (Switzerland)

Virginia Jones, PhD (New Zealand)

Yuuko Mabrey Johnson, MsN, CSN, PHN (United States)

Li Chi Chiang, RN, PhD (Taiwan)

Fernanda Lise, PhD, MSc, RN (Brazil)

Rita M.F. Leal, RN, Nurse-Midwife, MSc (Portugal)

Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, PhD (Brazil)

Nadin M. Abdel Razeq, PhD, Msn, RN (Jordan)

Katsuko Sakamoto, RN (Japan)

Donna Marvicsin, PhD (United States)

Junko Honda, PhD, RN, PHN, MBA, CTN-A (Japan)

Amanda Towell-Barnard, DCur, MCur, BCur, RN (Australia)

Mandy Towell-Barnard, DCur, MCur, BCur, RN, Diploma (Critical Care) (Australia)

Teresa Gutiérrez-Alemán, PhD, MSc, RN (Spain)

Vanessa Knewtson, Graphic Designer (United States)

Norma Krumwiede, EdD, RN (United States)

Deep appreciation and thanks to the students who provided invaluable help to this project:

• University of Windsor: Jessie Ye, Huda Manfoukh, and Brett Parent
• University of Huelva: Javier Castro Serrano

Thank you to Minnesota State University, Mankato and the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family & Society for their funding support for this Global Family Nursing Initiative.