Cyprus University of Technology Nursing Department

Undergraduate

BSc Nursing

1. Child’s Nursing Care (NUR 525), Nursing Department, CUT (2009 - present).
2. Clinical coordination, teaching and assessment of students allocated in children’s departments (2009 - present).
3. Teaching and assessment of students in the labs of Biostatistics, Nursing Department, CUT (2012 – present).
4. Medical Nursing Care I, Nursing Department, CUT (Fall semester, 2010)
5. Teaching and assessment of students in the labs of Medical Nursing Care, Nursing Department, CUT (Fall semester, 2010).
6. Clinical coordination, teaching and assessment of students allocated in medical departments (Fall semester, 2010).
7. Teaching and assessment of students in the labs of Basic Nursing Care, Nursing Department, CUT (01/2008 – 09/2009).
8. Teaching and assessment of students in the labs of Anatomy, Nursing Department, CUT (09/2007 – 09/2010) 
9. Supervision of undergraduate thesis mainly in children’s nursing care topics.

Postgraduate

MSc Advanced Nursing and Health Care Practice (5 specialties)

1. Advanced Nursing Care of Neonates and Children (NUR 525), Nursing Department, CUT, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020.
2. Supervision or member of advisory committee of master thesis   

    School of Nursing, Cyprus, Nurse Teacher, 10/1994 - 09/2007                            

Theoretical and clinical education and assessment of students including School Final exams and State exams.

Health promotion of children and their families, particularly with respect to health literacy, vaccine hesitancy, antibiotic use and also epidemiological studies related to: social support, social capital, health-related quality of life, socio-environmental health determinants, social environment, natural environment and epidemiology of chronic diseases e.g. rheumatic diseases

Irene Smoleski (in progress)

Title: “Attitudes and Beliefs of Parents Towards Childhood Vaccinations: vaccine hesitancy and health literacy”

Part of the SAFEST project: “Tackling anti-vaccination: mapping the Social transmission of beliefs and attitudes”, funded by: Research Promotion Foundation Programmes for Research, Technological Development and Innovation “RESTART 2016-2020 PROGRAMMES”.

Other members of advisory committee: Dr N. Middleton (Assoc. Prof, CUT) and Dr A. Kassianos (Lecturer, CUT).

Joanna Menikou (in progress)

Title:  “Parents’ health literacy and its association with antibiotic use in their children and childhood vaccination”

Other members of advisory committee: Dr N. Middleton (Assoc. Prof, CUT) and Dr. Evridiki Papastavrou (Adjunct Professor, CUT)

MEMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF OTHER DOCTORAL THESIS

Joanna Koliandri (in progress)

Title: “Methodological approaches for the investigation of the teaching needs and preferences of future parents and the development of teaching materials on perinatal education”.

Part of the research project   Baby Buddy Forward (Erasmus +: Adult Education)

Supervisor: Dr N. Middleton (Assoc. Prof, CUT)

Nikoleta Nikolaou (in progress)

Title: “The prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and their impact on quality of life, physical function and mental health”

Part of the research project  rECORD Epidemiological Community study of Rheumatic Diseases which investigates the prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders in Cyprus, funded by Ministry of Health, MSD, Medochemie and others (Stakeholders: Cyprus Rheumatology Society, Cyprus Antirheumatic Association, Medical School of University of Nicosia).

Supervisor: Dr. Nicos Middleton (Assoc. Prof. CUT)

Nicolaou, C., Menikou, J., Lamnisos, D., Lubenko,J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Papacostas,S., Aydın, G., Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T.,  Cheng, H.Y.,  Ruiz, F.J., Segura-Vargas, M.A., Garcia-Martin, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P.,  Vasiliou, V.S.,  McHugh, L.,  Stefan Höfer, S.,  Baban, A., Neto, D.D., da Silva, A.N.,  Monestès, J.L., Galvez, J.A., Blarrina, M.P. […] & Gloster, A.T. (2021). Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak: An International Study. European Journal of Psychology, 1–15 https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000010

          Haller, E., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito,V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydın, G., Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J., García-Martín, M.B., Obando-Posada, D.P.,  Segura-Vargas, M.A., Vasiliou, V.,  McHugh, L.,  Höfer, S.,  Baban, A., Dias Neto, D., da Silva, A.N., Monestès, J.L., Alvarez-Galvez, J., Paez-Blarrina, M., Montesinos, F., Valdivia-Salas, S., Ori, D.,  Kleszcz, B.,  Lappalainen, R., Ivanovic´, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F.,  Merwin, R.M., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A.P.,  Gloster, AT. (2022). To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology,   https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032

          Kassianos, A.P., Georgiou, A., Kyprianidou, M., Demetris Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydin, G., Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J. […] & Constantinidou, A. (2021). Mental Health and Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Behaviors among Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International, Multinational Cross-Sectional Study. Cancers, (13) 6294.  https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246294

          Papageorgiou, D., Kassianos, A.P., Constantinou, M., Lamnisos, D., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Gloster, A.T. & Karekla, M. (2021). Mental Health and Well-Being During the First vs. Second COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Cyprus. (2021). European Journal of Psychology Open. 80 (1–2), 40–49 https://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000008

          Chong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Lamnisos, D., Ļubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito V., Constantinou C. , Nicolaou, C., Papacostas S. , Aydin G., Ruiz F.J. , Garcia-Martin M.B. , Obando-Posada D.P., Segura-Vargas M.A. , Vasiliou V.S., McHugh L. , Höfer S. , Baban A., Neto D., Nunes da Silva, A., Monestès, J.L., , Alvarez-Galvez, J.[ . . .]  & Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4143

          Neto, D. D., da Silva, A. N., Roberto, M. S., Lubenko, J., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Lamnisos, D., Papacostas, S., Höfer, S., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Vasiliou, V.S.,  McHugh, L.,  Monestès, J. -L. Baban, A., Alvarez-Galvez, J.,  Paez-Blarrina1, M.,  Montesinos1, F.,  Valdivia-Salas, S., Ori, D., Lappalainen, R., Kleszcz, B., Gloster, A., Karekla, M. & Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Illness Perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe: Predictors, Impacts and Temporal Evolution. Frontiers in psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640955

          Middleton, N.,  Kolokotroni, O., Christodoulides, V., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Gourounti, C., Leinweber, J., Gouni, O., Lykeridou, L., Sarantaki, A., Karanikola, K., Nicolaou, C., Kouta, C., Bachetta, B., Papain, S., Pedersen, E. & Alison Baum, A. (2021). A digital resource for enhancing parental health literacy during the transition to parenthood. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, September 2021, dyab168.438, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.438

          Middleton, N., Kleopa, D., Panayiotou, A., Kouta, C., Nicolaou, C. & Kaifa, S.(2021). Systematic social observation tool for auditing the physical, built and social health-related urban neighboourhood environment. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, September 2021, dyab168.439, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.439

          Middleton, N., Kleopa, D., Panayiotou, A., Kaifa, C., Nicolaou, C. &  Kouta, C. (2021). “Place standard” depicts the social gradient in the neighbourhood environment in Cyprus. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, September 2021, dyab168.440, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.440

          Nicolaou, C., Menikou, J., Gloster, A.T., Karekla, M., Kassianos, A. P. (2021). Mental health status of health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak: An International Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, September 2021, dyab168.485, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.485

          Middleton, N., Andreou, N., Papastavrou, E. & Nicolaou, C. (2021). Social gradient in health literacy among primary healthcare users in Cyprus. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1, September 2021, dyab168.436, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.436

          Ellina, P., Middleton, N., Kleopa, D., Panayiotou, A., Nicolaou, C., Lambrinou, E., Kouta, C. (2021). Neighbourhood environment and health-related quality of life, Limassol, Cyprus. International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 50, Issue Supplement_1. dyab168.437, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.437

          Middleton, N., Kolokotroni, O., Christodoulides, V., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Nicolaou, C., Papadopoulou, M., Kouta, C., Karanikola, M. (2021). Behavioural change intervention for re-framing antenatal education to make ‘‘every contact count’’. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31 Supplement 3.

          Gloster, A.T.,  Lamnisos, D., Lubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M.,  Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydın, G., Chong, Y.Y., Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., Ruiz, F.J.,  [ ... ] & Karekla. M. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study. PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244809

          Middleton, N., Koliandri, I., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Karanikola, K., Kolokotroni, O., Christodoulides, V., Nicolaou, C., Kouta, C. (2020). Mixed-method study on internet use and information-seeking during transition to motherhood. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.905, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.905

          Middleton, N., Christodoulides, V., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Nicolaou, C.,  Gourounti, C.,  Leiweiber, J., Gouni, O., Baum, A.,  Kolokotroni, O. (2020). Shaping Baby Buddy Cyprus: eHealth literacy for the transition to parenthood. European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, ckaa165.908, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.908

          Kolokotroni, O., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Gourounti, C , Christodoulides,V. , Sarantaki, A., Nicolaou, C.,  , Lykeridou, K., , Karanikola, M. , Kouta, C. , Middleton, N. (2019). eDelphi survey to shape the content of a digital resource to enhance parental health literacy. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 29, Supplement 4,

          Andreou, N., Nicolaou, C., Papastavrou, E., Middleton, N. (2019). Social gradient in health literacy among primary healthcare users in Cyprus. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 29, Supplement 4

         Ellina, P., Kouta, C., Lambrinou, E., Nicolaou, C., Middleton, N. (2018). Social gradient in health-related quality of life among urban residents in Limassol, Cyprus. European Public Health Conference, Slovenia, Nov, 2018, European Journal of Public Health, 2018, Volume 28, Issue suppl_4, 1 November 2018, cky213.109, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky213.109

          Middleton, N., Kolokotroni, O., Nicolaou, C., Christodoulides, V, Papain, S.,   Hadjigeorgiou, E., Karanikola, M., Papadopoulou, M.,   Kouta, C., Baum, A. (2018). Cross-national transferability of online app for the transition to parenthood: Baby Buddy Forward. European Public Health Conference, Slovenia, Nov (2018). European Journal of Public Health, 2018, Volume 28, Issue suppl_4, 1 cky214.183, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky214.183

          Christou, E., Hadjigeorgiou, E., Middleton, N., Christodoulides, V., Kolokotroni, O., Pedersen, E., Nicolaou, C., Papadopoulou, M., Kouta, C. & Karanikola, M. (2018). Women’s perceptions of the use of the internet for information regarding pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium. Qualitative study.  9th Midwifery Conference, 2018, 15 September, Limassol, Cyprus. https://ktisis.cut.ac.cy/handle/10488/23834

          Hadjigeorgiou, E., Christou, I., Middleton, N., Christodoulides, V., Kolokotroni, O., Pedersen, E., Nicolaou, C., Papadopoulou, M., Kouta, C. & Karanikola, M. (2018). Health professional’s perceptions for expectants parent’s learning needs around pregnancy, birth and early life of the infant in Cyprus. From Birth to Health. Towards Sustainable Childbirth Conference, 2018, 17 September, Lisbon, Portugal. https://ktisis.cut.ac.cy/handle/10488/23830

          Kleopa D, Panayiotou AG, Kouta C, Nicolaou, C., Middleton N. (2017). Observer rating of neighborhood environment: the Cyprus Neighbourhood Observation Tool (Cy-NOTes). European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Nov, 2017. European Journal of Public Health. 2017; 27(suppl_3): ckx189.121

          Karanikola NKM, Giannakopoulou M, Mpouzika M, Nicolaou, C., Tsiaousis G, Vouzavali F, Koutrouba A, Papathanassoglou EDE. (2017). Perceptions of critical and emergency department nurses regarding changes in their professional role. Rev Esc Enferm USP.             2017:51:e03287.

          Nicolaou, C., Papathanassoglou EDE, Kouta C, Middleton N. (2016). Health-related quality of life in mothers with children with cancer: a systematic review. European Public Health Conference, Vienna, Nov, 2016.  European Journal of Public Health 2016;      26(suppl 1): ckw165. 059.

          Nicolaou, C., Kouta C, Papathanassoglou E, Middleton N. (2016)            Health Related Quality of Life, Social Support and Social Capital of Mothers of Children with Cancer.48th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Dublin, Ireland, October, 19–22, 2016. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2016; 63: S72

          Nicolaou, C., Kouta, C., Papathanassoglou, E. D. E., Middleton,N. (2015). Perceived Social Support among Greek-Cypriot Mothers of Children with Cancer and Mothers of Healthy Children. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 8 (2): 241

          Karanikola, M., Giannakopoulou, M., Mpouzika, M., Nicolaou, C., Tsiaousis, G., Vouzavali, F., Koutroubas, A., Papathanassoglou, E. (2015). "Critical and emergency department nurses’ perceptions regarding changes in their professional role" International Nursing Review,

          Nicolaou, C., Kouta, C., Papathanassoglou, E. D. E., Middleton,N. (2016). http://clinical.nursingconference.com/eposter/health-related-quality-of-life-of-mothers-of-children-suffering-from-malignancy-the-role-of-social-support-and-social-capital-clinical-nursing-2016. November 21-22, 2016, Melbourne, Australia

          Nicolaou, C., Kouta, C., Papathanassoglou, E., & Middleton, N. (2014, August). http://ieaweb.org/iea-world-congress-of-epidemiology-17-21-august-2014-anchorage-alaska/  Cross-cultural applicability of the Medical Outcomes Study–Social Support Survey as a measure of perceived social support among Greek-Cypriot mothers Psychometric validation of MOS–Social Support Survey–Greek vesion. In The 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK). WCE.

          Nicolaou, C., Andreou, P., Papastavrou, E., Kouta, C., Karanikola, M., Kolokotroni, O., Yiallouros, P., Papathanassoglou, E. & Middleton, N. (2014, August). http://ieaweb.org/iea-world-congress-of-epidemiology-17-21-august-2014-anchorage-alaska/   Is Measuring Social Capital Culturally- And Group-Specific? Psychometric Validation of the New South Wales Social Capital Questionnaire Across Distinct Population Groups in Cyprus. In The 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK). WCE.

          Zannoupas G, Charalambous C, Kouta C, Pavlou P, Papathanassoglou P, Nicolaou, C., Kolokotroni O, Lamnisos D, Yiallouros P& Middleton N. (2014, August). http://ieaweb.org/iea-world-congress-of-epidemiology-17-21-august-2014-anchorage-alaska/  First-Time Exploration Into Breast Cancer Incidence And Mortality Across Small-Areas In Cyprus:Spatial Patterning And Associations With Rurality Indicators. In The 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK). WCE.

          Middleton N, Kolokotroni O, Lamnisos D, Papathanassoglou E, Nicolaou, C., Koutrakis P, & Yiallouros P. (2014, August). http://ieaweb.org/iea-world-congress-of-epidemiology-17-21-august-2014-anchorage-alaska/  Higher Prevalence Of Active Asthma Among 15-17 Year-Old Greek-Cypriots In Socio-Economically Deprived Communities In The Vicinity Of Power Plants: Results Of A Nationwide Survey In Cyprus (17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, AK). WCE.

           Karanikola NK M, Papathanassoglou E D E, Nicolaou, C., Koutroubas A, Lemonidou C. (2011). Greek intensive and emergency care nurses’ perception of their public image: A phenomenological approach. DCCN 30(2):108-116.