McNair Scholar 2019 Lemlem B. Jeldo
Lemlem B. Jeldo is a sophomore at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, majoring in Family Social Science. Her research interests revolve around maternal health and overall health disparities and improving the health outcome all over the globe. Ms. Jeldo plans on getting her MSN in the field of nurse midwife program.
My dream is to be successful in life, get my master’s degree in nurse-midwife and give back to the community who are struggling during childbirth and maternal health. Specifically, at rural part of east Africa, Ethiopia. I want to make a change by improving the health disparities in the U.S and all over the globe.
Research project
Parent and Adolescent Opinions and Perspectives about Confidential Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Abstract: Parents and teens have different opinions and perspectives on confidential, preventive health care and sexual health services, most studies identified that confidential and private time of patients with their physician is very important for adolescent preventive services. Both parents and adolescents believed that preventive services, private time, and confidentiality are important, yet they think that confidential, private time during clinical service delivery should start during mid or late adolescence, rather than during the early adolescent years. The purpose of this study was to analyze parents and adolescents opinion and perspective of confidential sexual health services. Some of the limitations to those studies are Parents who complete an internet survey may not represent all parents of adolescents and issues in surveys, item design, response bias and sample coverage. The study also has implications for clinical organizations, as it appears to be numerous parents and teens are unconscious of or can't help contradicting proficient and lawful rules for adolescents' access to care.
Faculty mentor
Dr. Renee Sieving is a professor in the School of Nursing and Director of the Healthy Youth Development - Prevention Research Center at the University of Minnesota (UMN). She received a B.A. from Concordia College, a M.S. in Nursing from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from UMN. As a nurse practitioner, she has worked with adolescents and families in various clinic settings. Her research focuses on adolescent health promotion and prevention of health risk behaviors. In 2013, she was awarded Fellowship status in the American Academy of Nursing for her exceptional contributions to the field of adolescent health. Dr. Renee have published over 90 articles, book chapters, and monographs related to adolescent health. She has been a McNair faculty mentor since 2010.