Audrey Lyndon

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Audrey Lyndon

FAAN PhD RNC

Executive Vice Dean
Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity

1 212 922 5940

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

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Audrey Lyndon's additional information

Dr. Lyndon is the Vernice D. Ferguson Professor in Health Equity and Executive Vice Dean at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Her equity work is focused in two areas: maternal health equity and diversifying the nursing science and healthcare workforce. Dr. Lyndon’s maternal health work has focused on patient safety and quality in maternity and neonatal care, including improving communication and teamwork among clinicians; identifying parents’ perspectives on safety during labor, birth, and neonatal care; developing nurse-sensitive outcomes for labor and birth; and research on severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality. Her team has conducted groundbreaking research on differences in clinicians’ and parents’ perspective on speaking up about safety concerns and developing an understanding of how women and parents conceptualize safety during childbirth and neonatal intensive care. Dr. Lyndon co-chaired the development of the CMQCC Obstetric Hemorrhage Toolkit, which became a national and international model for maternal safety bundles and collaborative quality improvement. Dr. Lyndon recently completed a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examining relationships between nursing care during labor and patient outcomes. She is currently focused on understanding the experiences of Black and Latinx survivors of severe maternal morbidity to better identify their support needs, research priorities, and community-driven prevention targets for severe maternal morbidity. Dr. Lyndon’s work on diversifying the nursing science and healthcare workforce includes mentoring and sponsorship of historically excluded clinicians and scientists and efforts to build effective pathways programs for historically excluded individuals into nursing, nursing science, and clinical specialties.

PhD - University of California, San Francisco
MS - University of California, San Francisco
BA - University of California, Santa Cruz

Women's health
Health Services Research

American Academy of Nursing
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Educational Affiliate
American Nurses Association
Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
International Family Nursing Association

Faculty Honors Awards

Reviewer of the Year, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2017)
Irving Harris Visiting Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago College of Nursing (2015)
Distinguished Professional Service Award, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2013)
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2012)
Award of Excellence in Research, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (2011)

Publications

Growth and diversification of the perinatal nursing workforce: An American Academy of Nursing consensus paper

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Neighborhood Disinvestment and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in California, From 2004 to 2019

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Relationship between nurse staffing during labor and cesarean birth rates in U.S. hospitals

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‘They Were Talking to Each Other but Not to Me’: Examining the Drivers of Patients' Poor Experiences During the Transition From the Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility

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Assessing the relationship between census tract rurality and severe maternal morbidity in California (1997-2018)

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Changing the conversation: impact of guidelines designed to optimize interprofessional facilitation of simulation-based team training

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Creating effective teams and valuing patient-centered care to change culture and improve equity on labor and delivery: a qualitative study

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Disparities in Screening and Treatment Patterns for Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy: An Integrative Review

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Factors Associated with Family Functioning During Pregnancy by Adolescent and Young Adult Women

Zhong, J., Lanier, Y., Lyndon, A., & Kershaw, T. (2024). Women’s Health Reports, 5(1), 324-333. 10.1089/whr.2023.0083
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INTRODUCTION: Pregnancy represents a stressful period for both women and their families. Whether the family maintains functioning during pregnancy could have significant implications on maternal and child health. In this study, we explored individual- and family-level factors associated with family functioning in adolescent and young adult mothers.METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis of 295 young mothers, ages between 15 and 21 years. Multivariate logistic regression models were conducted to estimate adjusted odds ratios of exploratory factors on the risk of being in high family functioning group. The parent study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Yale University.RESULTS: The mean score of family functioning was 5.14 out of 7. With the inclusion of individual-level factors (Model 1), significant associations were observed between high family functioning and having ever attended religious services (OR = 2.22, 95% CI: 1.20-4.09), low perceived discrimination (OR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.60-5.75), and high perceived social support (OR = 3.74, 95% CI: 2.01-6.95). After including both individual- and family-level factors (Model 2), results identified significant associations between high family functioning and annual household income>$15,000 (OR = 9.82, 95% CI: 1.67-57.67, p = 0.011) and no experience of violence from any family members (OR = 4.94, 95% CI: 1.50-16.21, p = 0.008).DISCUSSION: The models of care should be structured to support the continuity of maternity care in which health care providers have the opportunity to discover and utilize each family's strengths to provide the optimal caring experience for young mothers and their families as a unit.

Factors Associated with Family Functioning During Pregnancy by Adolescent and Young Adult Women

Zhong, J., Lanier, Y., Lyndon, A., & Kershaw, T. (2024). Women’s Health Reports, 5(1), 324-333. 10.1089/whr.2023.0083
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Pregnancy represents a stressful period for both women and their families. Whether the family maintains functioning during pregnancy could have significant implications on maternal and child health. In this study, we explored individual- and family-level factors associated with family functioning in adolescent and young adult mothers. Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of 295 young mothers, ages between 15 and 21 years. Multivariate logistic regression models were conducted to estimate adjusted odds ratios of exploratory factors on the risk of being in high family functioning group. The parent study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Yale University. Results: The mean score of family functioning was 5.14 out of 7. With the inclusion of individual-level factors (Model 1), significant associations were observed between high family functioning and having ever attended religious services (OR = 2.22, 95% CI: 1.20-4.09), low perceived discrimination (OR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.60-5.75), and high perceived social support (OR = 3.74, 95% CI: 2.01-6.95). After including both individual- and family-level factors (Model 2), results identified significant associations between high family functioning and annual household income>$15,000 (OR = 9.82, 95% CI: 1.67-57.67, p = 0.011) and no experience of violence from any family members (OR = 4.94, 95% CI: 1.50-16.21, p = 0.008). Discussion: The models of care should be structured to support the continuity of maternity care in which health care providers have the opportunity to discover and utilize each family's strengths to provide the optimal caring experience for young mothers and their families as a unit.

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