Cleo Kum

Cleopatra E. Kum is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing. She is also a nurse entrepreneur and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar. She has a passion for people, teaching, the nursing profession, and our healthcare system as a whole. She is an experienced cardiac nurse, orthopedic nurse, home healthcare nurse, and nurse administrator. She is also a certified American Red Cross Adult and Pediatric CPR, First Aid, and AED instructor. She loves working with patients and their caregivers, to improve health outcomes by providing comprehensive and relevant health education. She is particularly interested in older adults and their caregivers, especially those with cardiovascular diseases and stroke. She has had the opportunity to present her work at conferences at regional, national, and international levels, and she is currently disseminating her work through peer-reviewed publications. At the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, she serves as an Assistant Professor, conducting collaborative research in family caregiving. She also served as a nurse intervener on a large NIH-funded project, seeking to improve the health and well-being of family caregivers of stroke survivors. She dreams of a world where patients, caregivers, and their communities are encouraged to find their voices and take charge of their own health. She was recently awarded as a Gerontological Society of America's Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop Diversity Fellow. Her work focuses on studying health and the social determinants of health among stroke family caregivers, with a focus on those from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds. 

Stroke Family Caregiver Health
Family Caregiving
Aging
Home Health Care
Nursing Entrepreneurship
Global Health

Peer Reviewed Publications

Kum, Cleopatra; Miller, Elaine L; Jones, Holly; Kean, Emily B; Kreitzer, Natalie; Bakas, Tamilyn (2022. ) Theoretically Based Factors Affecting Stroke Family Caregiver Health: An Integrative Review.Western journal of nursing research, , 44 (3 ) ,338-351 More Information

Bakas, Tamilyn; Jones, Holly; Israel, Jahmeel; Kum, Cleopatra; Miller, Elaine L Designing and Evaluating a Goal-Setting Tip Sheet for Stroke Family Caregiver Health.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, , 46 (5 ) ,279-288 More Information

Kum, Cleopatra; Jones, Holly J; Miller, Elaine L; Kreitzer, Natalie; Bakas, Tamilyn Theoretically Based Factors Associated With Stroke Family Caregiver Health.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, , 49 (3 ) ,86-94 More Information

Invited Presentations

Kum, C. & Bakas, T. (2019. ) Understanding health promotion in family caregivers of stroke survivors. Austin, Texas. Level:International

Kum, C. & Bakas, T. (2020. ) Theoretically based factors associated with stroke family caregiver health. Online. Level:National

Kum, C. & Bakas, T. (2019. ) Understanding impact of stroke family caregiving on caregiver health. Atlanta,GA. Level:National

Kum, C.E., Bakas, T. (2019. ) Factors associated with unhealthy days in family caregivers of stroke survivors. Kansas City., Missouri. Level:National

Kum, C. & Bakas, T. (2020. ) Understanding health in family caregivers of stroke survivors. .Cincinnati, Ohio. Level:Regional

Kum, C. (2020. ) Understanding the theory of chronic sorrow in people with developmental disabilities and their family caregivers. Cincinnati, Ohio. Level:Regional

Kum, C. (2023. ) Integrative and systematic review methodology in nursing research. Cincinnati, OH. Level:Local

2017: Midwestern Nursing Research Society(MNRS) Member

2017: Member of the American Heart assocition

2023: Member of the Gerontological Society of America

2023: Member of Association of Nurse Educators Cameroon (ANEC)

2016: Executive Director of the KumZ International Medical Foundation

2018: Member of the American Heart Association

2024: Member of the Black Nurses Association

2024: Member of the Association of Professionals in Aging

2021: Member of the Association of Nurse Educators, Cameroon (ANEC)

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Cincinnati   Ohio, 45221-0038
Phone: 5135585285
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