Irene Crabtree Felsman

Journal Article Nurse educator · October 2024 BackgroundThe use of large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to prepare health professions admissions applications is increasing. These tools can improve writing significantly but raise ethical concerns about applicatio ... Full text Cite

Acculturative Stress, Resilience, and a Syndemic Factor Among Latinx Immigrants.

Journal Article Nursing research · July 2023 BackgroundThe process of immigration and subsequent adaptation can expose Latinx immigrants to chronic and compounding challenges (i.e., acculturative stress), but little is known about how resilience factors and these stressors interact to influe ... Full text Cite

Documentation Status and Self-Rated Physical Health Among Latinx Young Adult Immigrants: the Mediating Roles of Immigration and Healthcare Stress.

Journal Article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · April 2023 Previous research has demonstrated that undocumented Latinx immigrants in the USA report worse physical health outcomes than documented immigrants. Some studies suggest that immigration-related stress and healthcare related-stress may explain this relation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Better together: Coalitions committed to advancing health equity.

Journal Article Nursing outlook · November 2022 The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report identifies coalitions as a driving force for advancing health equity. Five coalitions provided insight into their accomplishments, lessons learned, and role in advancing health equity. The exemplar coalitions included ... Full text Cite

Learner Response to an Activity Introducing Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Social Determinant of Health.

Journal Article The Journal of nursing education · November 2022 BackgroundThreading content on the social determinants of health into the nursing curricula is a best practice recommended by certifying bodies; however, introducing content on social determinants of health can overwhelm learners, who may have dif ... Full text Cite

Promoting Health Equity in the Latinx Community, Locally and Globally: The Duke University School of Nursing Model.

Journal Article The Nursing clinics of North America · September 2022 It is imperative that nurses are equipped to promote the health and well-being of diverse populations in United States, including the growing Latinx community, which experiences significant health disparities. This article summarizes the values, programs, ... Full text Cite

Reusable sanitary napkins in rural India: a remote quality improvement project for adolescent girls promoting menstrual hygiene health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article Global health promotion · September 2022 Medical and public health research supports an ongoing need for health promotion in meeting menstrual hygiene needs, including menstrual hygiene management (MHM) education and the adoption of reusable sanitary napkins. This quality improvement project focu ... Full text Cite

LATIN-19: A Grassroots Coalition to Mitigate the Effect of COVID-19 on the Latinx Community in North Carolina.

Journal Article Prog Community Health Partnersh · 2022 BACKGROUND: Social inequity is a primary driver of health disparities, creating multiple barriers to good health. These inequities were exacerbated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with Latinx communities suffering more than others. ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Continued Professional Development Nursing Partnership in a Remote Bolivian Hospital.

Journal Article Journal of continuing education in nursing · March 2021 Bolivia's recent enactment of universal health care to increase access and delivery of health services can increase health care demands in underresourced, rural communities. We describe how a global intradisciplinary partnership assessed changing health ca ... Full text Cite

Improving the Health of Public Housing Residents Through a Housing Authority and Nursing School Partnership.

Journal Article Prog Community Health Partnersh · 2021 The connection between health and housing is well-established. People who are precariously housed have worse health than those who have stable housing arrangements.- Persons moving into public housing have a higher illness burden than the general populatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health and Wellness for Our Latina Community: The Work of the Latinx Advocacy Team & Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19 (LATIN-19).

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Improving Self-Care Management in Low-Income Latinos With Type 2 Diabetes Using Peer-Led U.S. Conversation Maps: A Quality Improvement Project in a Free Clinic.

Journal Article Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · July 2020 A culturally sensitive Healthy Interactions Conversations Maps program was implemented for teaching diabetes self-management education (DSME) to Latinos with type 2 diabetes using peer-led educators in a community health center. Patients were invited to pa ... Full text Cite

Measuring Distress Levels of Refugee Women to Enhance Community-Based Psycho-social Interventions.

Journal Article Issues in mental health nursing · April 2019 The purpose of this investigation was to gain an understanding of the levels of distress in resettled refugee women as a basis for the development of improved community based interventions to enhance the resettlement experience. A convenience sample of fem ... Full text Cite

Supporting Health and Well-Being for Resettled Refugee Women: The Global Women's Group.

Journal Article Creative nursing · November 2016 Women refugees arrive in the United States often having experienced extreme levels of poverty, deprivation, and violence, including gender-based violence, which can severely affect their physical and psychological health and well-being. A women's group was ... Full text Cite