Christine Ateah, RN, PhD

  • Christine Ateah

  • Professor

    College of Nursing
    Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
    Room 391 - 89 Curry Place
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

    Phone: 204-474-8394
    Fax: 204-474-7682
    Christine.Ateah@umanitoba.ca

Research affiliations

  • Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)

Research summary

Dr. Christine Ateah’s research focuses on child and family health promotion, and interprofessional collaboration. Her specific expertise is parent education to promote healthy child development and prevent child maltreatment. Research studies include:

  • Evaluation of the 'Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting' (PDEP) violence prevention program;
  • abused women's mothering experiences;
  • new parents' information needs, parental use of physical punishment; and
  • pre-natal parent education.

Biography

Dr. Christine Ateah is a professor at the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. She has presented and published her research at the local, national and international levels. Dr. Ateah has co-authored Canadian textbooks on growth and development, pediatric nursing and co-edited a book on family violence prevention.

Education

  • PhD, University of Manitoba (2000)
  • Master of Education, University of Alberta (1988)
  • Bachelor of Nursing, University of Manitoba (1980)