Journal of the NBNA
The Journal of the National Black Nurses Association (JNBNA) is an official publication of the National Black Nurses Association. The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for critical discussion of relevant issues related to and health care in Black communities including educational, social, economic, and legislative topics; to be a vehicle for the exchange of scholarly works of Black nurses; and to disseminate knowledge about critical practice, research, education, and health care management which affect the Black community. JNBNA contains peer referred health research based articles.
Published twice annually, the Journal of the National Black Nurses Association contains peer refereed health research-based articles. Dr. Joyce Newman Giger, former Professor and Lulu Wollf Hassenplug Endowed Chair, UCLA School of Nursing, has been the editor of the Journal since 1997. Dr. Hilda Richards, NBNA immediate past president, was the previous editor. The Journal was initially supported by contributions from Kaiser Permanente during the tenure of the Ophelia Long, the 4th NBNA President.
Editor of the Journal
Dr. Giger took over the helm of the Journal of the National Black Nurses Association (JNBNA) on July 1, 1999. Dr. Giger is currently the President at American University of Health Science in Signal Hill, California. She has served as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Nursing Science, a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Advanced Nursing and an editorial review board member for the Health Care Supervisor.
In 1998, Dr. Giger was selected by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing to attend a genetic workshop to develop strategies to disseminate genetic-based peer reviewed journal articles in nursing data bases. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and is internationally renown for her work with people from biologically, racially, ethnically and culturally diverse populations. She has authored numerous articles, chapters and textbooks on strategies to enhance the provision of culturally appropriate care and has developed a model for assessing cultural phenomena relevant to the delivery of culturally appropriate care.
Dr. Giger’s co-authored textbook, Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and Intervention, is included in the curricula of 200 schools of nursing nationwide and is now in its third edition.
Editorial Board
Editor
Joyce Newman Giger, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN
President
American University of Health Sciences
1600 East Hill Street
Signal Hill, California 90755
Editor Emerita
Hilda Richards, EdD, RN, FAAN
Chancellor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus
Indiana University, Northwest
Past-President, National Black Nurses Association
Copy Editor
Christine B. Brannon
Brannon Graphics
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPh, RN, FAAN
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Past-President, National Black Nurses Association
Patricia Tompkins, MS, RN
Retired, Chief, Office of Maternal &
Child Health Commission of Public
Health Department of Health & Human Services
Betty Smith Williams, DrPh, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita
California State University/Long Beach
Consulting Editors
Past-Presidnet, National Black Nurses Association
Betty Smith Williams, DrPh, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ora Strickland, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor
Florida International University
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Elmira Taylor Asongwed, MS, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of the District of Columbia
Anita R. Bralok, PhD, RN, CNM
Dean and Professor
American University of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
Mary E. Duffy, PhD, FAAN
Professor & Director of the Center
for Nursing Research
Boston College, School of Nursing
Karen Faison, MSN, RNC
Associate Professor
Southside Virginia Community College
Sheldon Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion | Research Professor
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
The Pennsylvania State University
Dorothy Fishman, EdD, RN, FAAN
President, Fishman Associates
Faye Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Catherine Gilliss, DNSC, RN, FAAN
Dean
Yale University
Valerie George, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Cleveland State University
Lorna Harris, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
North Carolina Agriculture &
Technical State University
Constance Hendricks, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Southern University
Gregory Howard, LPN
Member, Board of Directors
National Association of Licensed
Practical Nurses
Juanita Hunter, PhD, RN
University of Buffalo,
State University of New York
Virginia Hunter, PhD, RN
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
California State University at Los Angeles
Betty Lewis, MSN, RN
Prairie State College
Bettye Davis-Lewis, EdD, RN, FAAN
CEO, Diversified Health Care Systems
Past-President, National Black Nurses Association
Patricia Messmer, PhD, RN-C, FAAN
Director, Nursing Research
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami, Florida
Janice M. Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools
(CGFNS) International
Larry Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, University of Delaware
Dorothy Ramsey, PhD, RN
Professor Emerita, Aldephi University
Coralease Ruff, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Howard University, College of Nursing
Ethelrine Shaw-Nickerson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University
Mary Grace Umlauf, PhD, RN
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Sandra Millon Underwood, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Michael Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Indiana University, School of Nursing
Sandra M. Webb-Booker, PhD, RN
Coordinator
Cregier Vocational High School Practical Nursing Program
May Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Emeritus Professor and Former Dean
Case Western Reserve University
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Elnora Daniel, EdD, RN, FAAN
Former President
Chicago State University
C. Alicia Georges, EdD, RN, FAAN
Chairperson
Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY
Department of Nursing
Past-President, National Black Nurses Association
Herman Taylor, MD
Professor
University of Mississippi Medical Center
School of Medicine
Principal Investigator
The Jackson Heart Study
The Jackson Mall, Jackson, Mississippi
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