Jeanne Leffers, PhD, APRN, BC
Associate Professor, Community Nursing
Education
PhD, Brown University, Providence, RI
MA, Brown University, Providence, RI
MS, University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing, Kingston, RI
BA, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Research Interests
- Environmental health
- Global health
- Help-seeking behavior of immigrants and refugees
- Qualitative methods
Selected Publications
Levin, P., Cary, A., Kulbok, P. Leffers, J., Molle, M., & Polivka, B.
(forthcoming March 2008).
Graduate education for advanced practice public health nursing: At the crossroads.
Public Health Nursing.
Dluhy, NM, Christopher, K., Gramling, K., Leffers, J., Russell, G., & Sethares, K. (2007).
Embedded, engaged, and evolving: A consortium of nurse scholars and clinicians.
Nursing Outlook, 55(2), 79-84.
Leffers, J. & Martins, D.C. (2004).
Journey to Compassion: Meeting Vulnerable Populations in Community Health Nursing Through Literature.
International Journal of Human Caring IJHC) Volume 8, No.1, pp. 20-28.
Leffers, J., Martins, D.C., Mc Grath, M., Brown, D., Mercer, J., Sullivan, M. and Viau, P. (2004).
Development of a Theoretical Construct for Risk and Vulnerability from Six Empirical Studies.
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal. Vol. 18. No. 1, pp. 15-34.
