Allison Squires

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• PhD, Nursing (concentration in global health policy)
• Professor at New York University

Aim: To describe the self-reported mental health of nurses from 35 countries who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: There is little occupationally specific data about nurses' mental health worldwide. Studies have documented the impact on nurses' mental health of the COVID-19 pandemic, but few have baseline referents. Methods: A desc...

Aim To describe the self‐reported mental health of nurses from 35 countries who worked during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Background There is little occupationally specific data about nurses' mental health worldwide. Studies have documented the impact on nurses’ mental health of the COVID‐19 pandemic, but few have baseline referents. Methods A descrip...

The social determinants of health include environmental conditions where: individuals reside and age that affect their health, functioning, quality of life, and risks. We propose a conceptual model of how the health workforce becomes a social determinant of health resulting from the sustained person-clinician relationship. To illustrate the applica...

Background: Adolescent voices are frequently excluded from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research. Despite progressive policies and access to SRH care, adolescents in New York City who live in neighborhoods with high poverty and those who identify as Black or Hispanic experience poor SRH outcomes, including high rates of unplanned pregnancie...

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) often have difficulty obtaining life-saving medications due to coverage barriers, such as prior authorizations (PA) and high out of pocket (OOP) costs. To promote better insurance coverage of high value therapies, the AHA/ACC/HFSA added Value Statements to HF guidelines to inform policymakers about medic...

Purpose: To compare the effects of enhanced and limited patient-clinician relationships during patient history taking on objective functional measures and pain appraisals for individuals with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Methods: Fifty-two (52) participants with CLBP, unaware of the two groups, were randomized using concealed allocation to an e...

Hypertension and depression are increasingly common noncommunicable diseases in Ghana and worldwide, yet both are poorly controlled. We sought to understand how healthcare workers in rural Ghana conceptualize the interaction between hypertension and depression, and how care for these two conditions might best be integrated. We conducted a qualitati...

Objective Self-efficacy for leisure-time or health-promoting physical activity (SEPA) is a psychosocial determinant of physical activity. The socioecological model can provide a robust perspective of SEPA. The objective of this study was to synthesize the evidence on multilevel correlates of SEPA among individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain....

Introduction Timely diagnosis is critical for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) to ensure they receive adequate services; however, timely diagnosis may be prevented by a person’s English language skills. The purpose of this integrative review was to understand how limited English proficiency (LEP) impacts older Latino’s...

This paper is an examination of the relationship between continuity of care with home health physical therapists following hospitalization and the likelihood of readmission. We conducted a retrospective cohort study. Using rehospitalization as the dependent variable, a continuity of care indicator variable was analyzed with a multivariable logistic...

Federal law requires school health leaders to ensure meaningful access to language resources to promote optimal health and education outcomes. This paper aims to inform all stakeholders, including decision-makers, about the importance of developing language access plans and policies. Multiple sources and legal guidelines provide a comprehensive ove...

Background: Pandemics go through phases from identification through conclusion. Phase 5 is the most acute period and where nursing work is most intensive. The nature of working during Phase 5, however, is not well defined. The COVID-19 pandemic research suggests that the nature of nursing work changes over the course of Phase 5. To understand how t...

Black and Hispanic adolescents in New York City experience high rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. A comprehensive understanding of the complexity of adolescent sexual health and family planning decisions and experiences can provide insights into the sustained disparities and inform practice, policy, and future research. The go...

Electronic health record proficiency is critical for health professionals to deliver and document patient care. There is scarce research on this topic within undergraduate nursing student populations. The purpose of this study is to describe the psychometric evaluation of the Digital Literacy, Usability, and Acceptability of Technology Instrument f...

Background Adolescent voices are frequently excluded from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research. Despite progressive policies and access to SRH care, adolescents in New York City who live in neighborhoods with high poverty and those who identify as Black or Hispanic experience poor SRH outcomes, including high rates of unplanned pregnancies...

BACKGROUND Adolescent voices are frequently excluded from sexual and reproductive health (SRH) research. Despite progressive policies and access to SRH care, adolescents in New York City who live in neighborhoods with high poverty and those who identify as Black or Hispanic experience poor SRH outcomes, including high rates of unplanned pregnancies...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties nurses face, resulting in higher turnover rates and workforce shortages. This study investigated the relationships between nurses’ moral distress, burnout, and turnover intention during the last stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also explored the coping strategies nurses use to mitigate moral...

Excluding this population perpetuates health inequities.

Background Health‐related decision‐making is a complex process given the variability of treatment options, conflicting treatment plans, time constraints and variable outcomes. This complexity may result in patients experiencing decisional regret following decision‐making. Nonetheless, literature on decisional regret in the healthcare context indica...

Introduction: Measures to improve nurses' work environments include ensuring adequate staffing levels, recognising the importance of nursing work, involving nurses in decision-making processes, and improving interprofessional communication. The aim of this study was to analyse the job characteristics reported by nurses and their association with th...

Introduction: Adopting healthy eating habits can improve cardiovascular health. However, following dietary guidelines can be challenging, partly due to neural pathways that influence cravings and appetite. While medications exist to reduce appetite and cravings, behavioral interventions targeting cravings are less common. The innovative Food Traine...

Background: Research has slowly captured the global toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health workforce with nurses notably experience disproportionate impact on their professional and personal health. Nurses in low- and middle-income countries, however, are under-represented in the evidence-base, creating the risk that future pandemic response p...

Background An optimal work environment for nurses is characterized primarily by appropriate staffing, good team relations, and support from the management staff. These factors are consistently associated with a positive assessment of patient safety by a hospital’s employees and a reduction in hospital mortality rates. Aim To understand the relatio...

Long-term care (LTC) facilities experience chronic nursing staff instability which negatively impacts resident health outcomes. Recruiting Foreign Educated Nurses (FENs) is one strategy to stabilize the nursing workforce but most studies on FENs, use secondary data from: American Community Survey and the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses....

Background: Language concordance between health care practitioners and patients have recently been shown to lower the risk of adverse health events. Continuity of care also been shown to have the same impact. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative effectiveness of both continuity of care and language concordance as alter...

This manuscript guides school nurses in addressing the unique needs of U.S. school-aged students and families with limited English proficiency (LEP). Owing to the increasing ethnic and racial diversity in U.S. K-12 schools, school nurses will likely encounter children and families with LEP. Students with LEP may be part of a family which immigrated...

Programa de trabajo para dar a conocer a los países Latinoamericanos el proyecto de investigación “Enfermeras Trabajando durante la Pandemia (ENTRADUP), validado por el Comité de Ética e Investigación de la Universidad de Nueva York. Actualmente, de los 16 países participantes, el 50% han completado su muestra y de forma global se han recabado 4,21...

Defined a work program to inform Latin American countries about the ENTRADUP project, validated by the University of New York Ethics and Research Committee. Currently, of the 16 participating countries, 50% have completed their sample and 4,215 surveys have been collected at the global level10. The U-Nursing LatAm Coordinating team is accompanying...

Programa de trabalho para informar os países latino-americanos sobre o projeto ENTRADUP, validado pelo Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa da Universidade de Nova York. Actualmente, de los 16 países participantes, el 50% han completado su muestra y de forma global se han recabado 4,215 encuestas. El equipo Coordinador de U-Nursing-LatAm, está acompañando a...

This article provides resources for HCPs encountering individuals trafficked for sex work to improve their practice and care of them, pointing out that these resources can be used in the development of curricular units for HCP students.

e18760 Background: Rapidly expanding knowledge of molecular drivers of cancer helps facilitate effective, targeted cancer therapy (i.e. precision oncology), but research suggests that precision oncology is underused. We conducted a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators of precision oncology use within the Veterans Health Administration (VH...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to understand the limited English proficiency patient experience with health care services in an urban setting in the United States. Methods: Through a narrative analysis approach, 71 individuals who spoke either Spanish, Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, or Korean shared their experiences through semi-struct...

Background Nurses’ work environment influences nursing practice. Inappropriate working conditions are the result of underdeveloped workplace infrastructure, poor work organisation, inadequate education, and inappropriate staffing norms. The aim of this study was to describe and examine the predictors that affect nurses’ work environment using the P...

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence is high in Ghana—but awareness, prevention, and treatment is sparse, particularly in rural regions. The nurse-led Community-based Health Planning and Services program offers general preventive and primary care in these areas, but overlooks CVD and its risk factors. Methods We conducted in-depth in...

Background: As the quality of cancer care improves, oncology patients face a rapidly increasing number of treatment options. Thus, it is vital that they are full and active partners in the treatment decision-making process. Awareness of disease status has been investigated in the literature; it has been inconsistently conceptualized and operationa...

Aim To explore the resources supporting current nurse practice in the post‐emergency country of Liberia, using the nursing intellectual capital framework, as nurses work to meet the targets set by Government of Liberia's Essential Package of Health Services. Design Case study. Methods Data were collected in Liberia February–June 2019. Direct obse...

Objective To conduct a dimensional analysis to identify conceptual gaps around shared decision making (SDM) in reproductive health care and to refine the conceptual definition of SDM as related to contraceptive counseling. Data Sources We identified source data through systematic searches of the CINAHL and PubMed databases. Study Selection We inc...

Background Hospitalization can be hazardous for older people, but most hospitals in Europe are not prepared to meet the unique needs of older adult inpatients. Adaptations of the physical environment, care processes, and staff knowledge and skills in geriatric care are essential to improve the quality of care for older people. An assessment of base...

Background Midwives are a vital component of addressing maternal mortality crisis in the United States (US); however, there is scant understanding of the elements of midwifery practice that affect patient outcomes and the stability of the midwifery workforce in the country. This study investigates US midwives’ perceptions of factors influencing the...

Background The COVID-19 pandemic had its first peak in the United States between April and July of 2020, with incidence and prevalence rates of the virus the greatest in the northeastern coast of the country. At the time of study implementation, there were few studies capturing the perspectives of nurses working the frontlines of the pandemic in an...

Background Mexico has learned much from its five decades educating nurses, moving from nurses educated mostly at the technical degree level, to bachelor's degree prepared nurses educated in universities. Several salient lessons have emerged that may prove relevant for other countries seeking to increase their numbers of bachelors prepared nurses. T...

Informal caregiver support has been defined as different types of interventions. However, it has not been well explained in the social context and not well discussed as an integrative concept for dementia caregivers who are Asian Americans. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a dimensional analysis--a type of evidence synthesis--to expl...

Objectives To determine the prevalence of burnout among the midwifery workforce and the association between fixed personal and practice characteristics and modifiable organizational factors, specifically practice environment, to burnout among midwives in the United States. Data source Primary data collection was conducted via online survey of the...

Introduction The attitudes of healthcare staff towards patients’ safety, including awareness of the risk for adverse events, are significant elements of an organization’s safety culture. Aim of research To evaluate nurses and physicians’ attitudes towards factors influencing hospitalized patient safety. Materials and methods The research included...

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a growing burden in low- and middle-income countries. Ghana seeks to address this problem by task-shifting CVD diagnosis and management to nurses. The Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative offers maternal and pediatric health care throughout Ghana but faces barriers to providing...

Numerous studies have found that organizational features connected with the work environment of nurses have a significant influence on patients’ safety. The aim of this research was to capture nurses’ opinions about patients’ safety and discern relationships with work environment characteristics. This cross-sectional study surveyed 1825 nurses. The...

Background Hypertension is the most common non-communicable disease in Uganda and its prevalence is predicted to grow substantially over the next several years. Rates of hypertension control remain suboptimal, however, due in part to poor medication adherence. There is a significant need to better understand the drivers of poor medication adherence...

Background In home health care, language barriers are understudied. Language barriers between patients and providers are known to affect a variety of patient outcomes. How a patient's language preference influences hospital readmission risk from home health care has yet to be determined. Objective To determine if home care patients’ language prefe...

The purpose of this consensus paper was to convene leaders and scholars from eight Expert Panels of the American Academy of Nursing and provide recommendations to advance nursing's roles and responsibility to ensure universal access to palliative care. On behalf of the Academy, these evidence-based recommendations will guide nurses, policy makers,...

The purpose of this consensus paper was to convene leaders and scholars from eight Expert Panels of the American Academy of Nursing and provide recommendations to advance nursing's roles and responsibility to ensure universal access to palliative care. Part I of this consensus paper herein provides the rationale and background to support the policy...

Aim To study the relationship between Polish nurses' working conditions and their attitudes towards patient safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, healthcare worldwide has been reorganised. How these changes affected patient safety for hospitalised persons is not well understoo...

Background Recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) is routinely limited or unavailable in low-income countries, but there is limited research as to how clinicians adapt to that scarcity, despite its implications for patients and workers. Methods This is a qualitative secondary analysis of case study data collected in Liberia in 2019. Data...

Background: Home health care (HHC) is a leading form of home and community-based services for persons with dementia (PWD). Nurses are the primary providers of HHC; however, little is known of nursing care delivery and quality. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the association between continuity of nursing care in HHC and reho...

Background In the Unites States (US), pregnancy-related mortality is 2–4 times higher for black and indigenous women irrespective of income and education. The integration of midwifery as a fundamental component of standard maternity services has been shown to improve health outcomes and service user satisfaction, including among underserved and min...

Purpose: Telehealth's uptake has increased substantially in recent years, with an especially large jump in 2020 due to the emergence of COVID-19. This article provides background on and explores "telepresence" in healthcare literature. Telepresence strongly impacts the patient experience, but it is poorly defined in current research. The aim was t...

Background Effective management of health emergencies is an important strategy to improve health worldwide. One way to manage health emergencies is to build and sustain national capacities. The Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2015 resulted in greater infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity in Liberia, but few studies have investigated if and how...

Background: Disparities in breastfeeding patterns by race and ethnicity in the United States have been documented, and Latinx ethnicity is often associated with higher rates of breastfeeding initiation and longer breastfeeding duration compared to other U.S. racial and ethnic groups. Despite marked differences in infant feeding practices in Latinx...

Introduction. Numerous studies have found that organizational features connected with the work environment of nurses have a significant influence on patients' safety. Aim of research. To capture nurses’ opinions about patients' safety and discern relationships with work environment characteristics. Material and methods. This cross-sectional study s...

Background It is essential to provide safe healthcare in complex, difficult, and quickly changing conditions. The quality of healthcare services directly influences the safety of both the patients and staff. Understanding healthcare staff attitudes toward safety in the healthcare delivery context is foundational for building a culture of safety. A...

Introduction Among US veterans, more than 78% have a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight (≥25 kg/m ² ) or obese range (≥30 kg/m ² ). Clinical guidelines recommend multicomponent lifestyle programmes to promote modest, clinically significant body mass (BM) loss. Primary care providers (PCPs) often lack time to counsel and refer patients to inten...

Purpose of review: The purpose of this review was to assess the prevalence of United States chronic kidney disease (CKD) health disparities, focusing on racial/ethnic groups, immigrants and refugees, sex or gender, and older adults. Recent findings: There are major racial/ethnic disparities in CKD, with possible contributions from the social det...

Depression represents a growing health problem and African American women (AAW) disproportionally experience increased risk and broad disparities in health care. This integrative review examines what is known about the equity of depression care provided to AAW. PubMed, PsychINFO, and Web of Science were searched through April 2020 for studies in pe...

Purpose: As global health education and training shifts towards competency-based approaches, academic institutions and organizations must define appropriate assessment strategies for use across health professions. The authors of this study aim to develop entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for global health to apply across academic and wor...

Objective Global migration and linguistic diversity are at record highs, making healthcare language barriers more prevalent. Nurses, often the first contact with patients in the healthcare system, can improve outcomes including safety and satisfaction through how they manage language barriers. This review aimed to explore how research has examined...

Executive Summary Boards of nursing (BON) approval of nurse education programs is an integral part of their mission of public protection. In the United States, nursing education programs are required to be approved by the BON* in the state where the program is officially located. The purpose of program approval is to ensure the program comprehensiv...

Background: Health care specialty organizations are an important resource for their membership; however, it is not clear how specialty societies should approach combating stress and burnout on an organizational scale. Objective: To understand the prevalence of burnout syndrome in American Thoracic Society members, identify specialty-specific ris...

Understanding how previous experiences with interprofessional education and collaboration inform health care provider perspectives is important for developing interprofessional interventions at the graduate level. The purpose of this study was to examine how previous work experiences of graduate level health professions students inform perspectives...

Background: Hypertension is increasingly prevalent in Uganda and its clinical management remains suboptimal across the country. Prior research has elucidated some of the factors contributing to poor control, but little is known about providers' approaches to hypertension management and perceptions of barriers to care. This is particularly true in...

This paper aims to analyze the regulatory structure of nursing in Mexico through its legislation and perspectives of participant stakeholders. A case study was undertaken using qualitative and quantitative data sources, as well as from the review of official documents. The analysis included data from the sources according to the four realms propose...

Employing internationally educated nurses (IENs) to address the nursing workforce shortage is common in many countries, including the United States. This study examined the relationship between unit utilization of IENs and collaboration in U.S. hospitals. Results indicated more IENs on a unit did not significantly affect the collaboration among nur...

Background: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and is more common in sub-Saharan Africa than any other region. Work to date confirms that a lack of human and material resources for healthcare access contributes to this gap. The ways in which patients' knowledge and attitudes toward hypertension determine their engageme...

Background and objectives: The Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is a nurse-led education and consultation program designed to help health care organizations improve the quality of care for older adults. To conduct a scoping review of the evidence associated with the NICHE program to (a) understand how it influences patient out...

Background:Gut microbes influence the development several chronic conditions marking them as targets for holistic care, prevention strategies, and potential treatments. Microbiome studies are relatively new to health research and present unfamiliar terms to clinicians and researchers. “Dysbiosis” often refers to an alteration in the gut microbiome,...

The public image of nursing is important because it can facilitate or create barriers to achieving an adequate supply of nursing human resources. This study sought to gain a better understanding of nursing’s professional image within the Republic of Georgia. The Nursing Human Resources Systems model was used to guide the study’s exploratory, qualit...

Despite the rapid increase in the number of persons with dementia (PWD) receiving home health care (HHC), little is known of HHC services patterns to PWD of varied backgrounds, including language preference other than English. Analyzing data of 12,043 PWD from an urban home health agency, we found on average PWD received 2.48 skilled visits or 1.88...

Aims: To conduct a needs assessment of public hospitals in Mexico to determine workforce specific capacity building needs in the care of older people. Background: The older population in Mexico is growing rapidly. The healthcare system and workforce may not be prepared to handle the needs of older people, especially those with chronic illnesses...

Background: Increasingly, patients with limited English proficiency are accessing home health care services in the United States. Few studies have examined how language barriers influence provider role implementation or workload in the home health care setting. Objectives: To explore home health care professionals' perspectives about how workloa...