Professor Emerita
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
- Pregnancy and Childbearing
- Activity/Exercise and Inactivity
- Evidence Based Practice in Women's Health Issues
- Research Methodology
Research Information
Research Interests
- Pregnancy
- Bedrest and High Risk Pregnancy
- Effects on Inactivity and Exercise
- Perinatal Depression
Research Projects
- Principal Investigator, "High Risk Pregnancy-Side Effects of Hospital Bedrest," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1-NR03323. Funding for this study is finished, but analysis continues to be done.
- "REBOUND: Postpartum Rrecovery after Pregnancy Bed Rest." Pilot study is one of several studies under the umbrella of the NIH NINR-funded SMART Center. PI: Shirley Moore. “Center of Excellence to Build the Science of Self-Management: A Systems Approach."
Training Projects
- Core Faculty, "Childbearing, Childrearing, Caregiving Research Training," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, T32 NR07108.
Publications
- Maloni, J. A., & Smith, B. A. (2014). Activity, activity restriction, and sedentarism in nursing research. [Editorial]. Biol Res Nurs, 16(1), 5-6. doi: 10.1177/1099800413509878
- Maloni, J. A. (2011). In J. Fitzpatrick and M.W. Kazer (Ed.), Prevention of preterm birth, preterm labor, and low birth weight. In Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (pp. 417-420). New York: Springer:.
- Brandao, K. L., Mottola, M. F., Gratton, R., Maloni, J. A. (2011). Bone Status in Activity-Restricted Pregnant Women Assessed Using Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound. Biological Research For Nursing, doi: 10.1177/1099800411423807.
- Massucci, D., Maloni, J. A. (2011). New York State Nurse Practitioner’s attitudes and practices about treating tobacco dependence. JNPA The Journal.
- Maloni, J. A. (2011). Lack of evidence for prescription of antepartum bed rest. Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6(4), 385-393.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Parent/MC Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
Master of Science in Nursing
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Carlow College
Diploma, Nursing
Mercy Hospital
Residencies, Internships and Fellowships
Post Doctoral Training
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Nurse Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania