Tegan Reeves

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control

Outcomes 1. Gain better understanding of the literature regarding life experiences of hospice nurses and barriers to provision of pediatric hospice care to children in the community, including hospice nurse burnout and moral distress 2. Describe results from this qualitative analysis, which found that community hospice nurses’ personal experiences...

Context and objective: The multifaceted demands of pediatric hospice work often discourage nurses from pursuing the career route and may overwhelm nurses who choose to do the work, risking burnout. The relationship between nurses’ personal experiences and their decisions to pursue this difficult work, as well as their ability to sustain it, has not...

Background: An inclusive, whole-child model of education is shifting the paradigm into an integrative mind-body approach. Toward contextualizing learning at the close of the cartesian era, the current work explores embodied instruction through the lens of a teacher whose primary focus is the integration of mind and body. Perhaps the longest standin...

The five-year survival rate of childhood cancer has increased substantially over the past 50 yr; however, racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes of survival have not been systematically reviewed. This scoping review summarized health disparities between racial/ethnic minorities (specifically non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic) and non-Hispanic W...

Background: While there is growing evidence for resilience building programs, to date research has not explored how professionals construct their understanding of program impact. Methods: Using a qualitative exploration of reflections on a yoga-based retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, nested in a larger study, the current inquiry aims to...

Objective: Notably absent from yoga research is examination of the role of the yoga therapist/teacher in instructional delivery and/or therapeutic relationship. Given the inherent therapeutic relationship and educational role of yoga therapists/instructors, inquiry should specifically explore the extent to which theory and pedagogy inform practice....

Objective: Yoga is a heterogeneous practice with diversity in lineage and content. The aim of this study is to explore differences in epistemic and pedagogical beliefs of yoga teachers/therapists in relation to their experience(s) in different styles of yoga. Methods: Participants (n= 324) were yoga teachers/therapists recruited via virtual commun...

An increasingly common dialogue among mental health professionals revolves around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and developmental trauma. ACEs can occur in a number of ways with a myriad of potential outcomes, often making treatment choices difficult. During critical stages of neurodevelopmental growth, trauma makes a mark on the brain and b...

In response to the growing interest in mind-body practices as preventative, therapeutic and educational interventions, the current work describes the instrument development and validation process to address a gap in yoga research. Yoga is a mind-body practice used in clinical and school settings that uses an integrative curriculum which simultaneou...

This study was a qualitative examination of Kripalu’s 5-day residential yoga-based program for professionals, called RISE (Resilience, Integration, Self-awareness, Engagement). The quantitative evaluation of this program has been published elsewhere (Trent et al., 2018).

Objective: Applying a framework from educational psychology to yoga is integral for understanding the process of learning and progress that yoga influences. Pajares (1992) suggests that without inquiry inclusive within a theoretical framework grounded in learning, research on education and instruction falls short. Butzer et al. (2016) offer a model...

Objective: There seems to be a relatively large number of formal school-based yoga programs being implemented in schools (Butzer, Ebert, Telles, & Khalsa, 2015). Pajares (1992) suggests that without inquiry inclusive within a theoretical framework grounded in learning, research in education falls short. To better understand the process of learning...

Objective: The instruction of yoga has grown rapidly in last few decades. According to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), in 2007 yoga was the sixth most popular ‘complementary health activity and is on the rise (Barnes & Bloom, 2008). Research on the topic is also increasing which has expanded exponentially in the last ten years (Khalsa,...

Current yoga instruction attempts to incorporate “dichotomous” course material with teachings in, simultaneously, philosophical and physical life-betterment practice. Though studies on yoga as a therapy have shown to improve social, emotional, and physical well-being, research has not yet explored the role of instruction in a strategic or experimen...