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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:BROWNE First name:Annette J
Address:School of Nursing
University of British Columbia
T201 - 2211 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6T  2B5
Fax:(604) 822-7466
BC academic affiliation:University of British Columbia
Department:Faculty of Applied Sciences, School of Nursing
E-mail address: annette.browne@nursing.ubc.ca BC research location(s): University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus
Web Page: MSFHR Research Unit(s): NEXUS: Researching the Social Contexts of Health Behaviour
Status:Researcher
Last update: 30/10/2009


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Doctorate (PhD) PhD in Nursing 2003   The University of British Columbia
Master's Family Nurse Practitioner 1992   University of Rhode Island
Diploma Oupost Nursing and Community Health 1988   Dalhousie University
Bachelor's Nursing 1986   The University of Manitoba
Last update: 17/07/2009


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Health sciences
Disciplines trained in: Nursing
Research disciplines: Anthropology
Nursing
Research topics: Health Services (Health Services)
Cultural and Health (Population Health)
Social Determinants of Health (Population Health)
Health Policies (Health Services)
Nursing (Health Services)
Fields of application: Culture
Health System Management
Last update: 30/10/2009


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications:
Last update: 30/10/2009


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: Aboriginal health, culture and health, Aboriginal women's health, access barriers, cultural safety, critical theories, qualitative research, ethnographic methods, health care inequities, health services delivery
Research interests: I continue to (a) lead studies as the nominated PI in partnership with leaders in Aboriginal health services, (b) engage in the translation of our research findings into policy and practice, and (c) provide a strong research training environment for graduate students. Publishing of research findings in scholarly journals and book chapters is ongoing.
Last update: 30/10/2009


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Browne, A.J.
"Clinical encounters between nurses and First Nations women in a Western Canadian hospital."
2007 64 pp. 2165-2176 Social Science and Medicine   
Browne, A.J.
"Discourses Influencing Nurses' Perceptions of First Nations Patients"
2005 37 4 pp. 62-87 Canadian Journal of Nursing Research   
Browne, A.J., Smye, V., & Varcoe, C.
"The Relevance of Postcolonial Theoretical Perspectives to Research in Aboriginal Health."
2005 37 4 pp. 16-37 Canadian Journal of Nursing Research   
Last update: 17/07/2009


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English
Read: English
Write: English
Speak: English
Last update: 30/10/2009