Advanced practice nurses and nurse researchers with experience in clinical settings may
encounter challenges in the initial development and implementation of community‐based …

Significant evidence supports an association between periodontal pathogenic bacteria and
preterm birth and preeclampsia. The virulence properties assigned to specific oral …

Objectives The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines HIV prevention as a
core family planning service. The HIV community identified family planning visits as key …

Objective A qualitative study among female Veterans from recent conflicts was conducted to
explore the women's experiences and potential suicide risk factors according to the …

Substance abuse by women is considered an individual pathology, and the larger social
processes of recovery are seldom explored. This research study examined social factors that …

Jailed women are four-five times more likely to have had cervical cancer compared to
women without criminal justice histories. Previous research has shown that an important …

Objective The purpose of this study was to test whether variations in substance abuse, mental
health diagnoses, individual experiences of violence, community experiences of violence, …

The author argues that institutional racism is an overarching social determinant of health and
that public health nurses has an important role to address its negative health consequences…

A significant portion of the US population has serious problems with both literacy and
understanding how to effectively use and understand health-related information. An understanding …

This paper reports pilot testing of “Familias En Nuestra Escuela”, an in-school interpersonal
violence prevention intervention targeting Hispanic-American teens. The intervention, based …