MS Program Director & Professor, Community Nursing
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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.
