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There are many UCSF School of Nursing Faculty members who participate in international settings. Several of these faculty members will be presenting their research projects throughout the year at our monthly lunch meetings. For more information about these specific projects, please see our calendar.
UCSF Global Health Sciences is dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in the world's most vulnerable populations. Through a collaborative environment, GHS is in the process of building training and research programs to assist developing countries. For more information about these research programs, please see, http://www.globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/programs/
Additionally, UCSF and UC Berkeley host the Institute for Global Health. This Institute is committed to improving health and increasing access to effective and affordable health services in all countries. The Institute accomplishes this by, conducting objective, multidisciplinary research; developing, implementing, and evaluating health policies; and providing high-level training to scientists, leaders, and policymakers. For more information about the Institute, please see, http://www.igh.ucsf.edu/index.html
The vision of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STT) is to create a global community of nurses who lead in using scholarship, knowledge and technology to improve the health of the world's people
To that end, Sigma Theta Tau provides leadership and scholarship in practice, education and research to enhance the health of all people. We support the learning and professional development of our members, who strive to improve nursing care worldwide.
We make available our diverse resources to all people and institutions interested in the scientific knowledge base of the nursing profession.
For more information about STT's Global Health Research projects, position papers, funding and conferences, please visit: http://www.nursingsociety.org/research/main.html
At UCSF, Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Eta Chapter: http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/sigma.htm
This is a new, peer-reviewed journal that provides knowledge synthesis and research articles on best evidence to support best practices globally for nurses in a wide range of roles, from clinical practice and education to administration and public health care policy.
To visit the web page for this journal, please see: http://www.nursingsociety.org/worldviews/index.html
This journal aims to contribute to the advancement of the science and practice of nursing and interrelated disciplines worldwide by the international dissemination of sound information based on rigorous methods of research and scholarship.
To visit the web page for this journal, please see: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/266/description#description
This journal examines the current concerns and issues of modern day nursing and health care from an international perspective. The International Nursing Review has a particular focus on ethics, regulation, professional practice and socio-economic welfare.
To visit the web page for this journal, please see:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0020-8132
This is the official journal of Sigma Theta Tau International. One of the most widely read and respected health care journals, it contains peer-reviewed, thought-provoking articles.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see: http://www.nursingsociety.org/publications/JNS_main.html
From the United States National Library of Medicine: Resources for International Librarians, Health Professionals and Researchers in Developing Countries. This web page provides training, document delivery and other useful resources for the health and information professionals in developing countries. To visit the homepage for this website, please see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/international.html
This is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on health care in developing and transitional countries, and all issues relating to health and human rights.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see: http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinthealthhumrights/
This open access, peer-reviewed journal publishes and disseminates scientifically rigorous public health information of international significance that enables policy-makers, researchers and practitioners to be more effective and improves health, particularly among disadvantaged populations.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see: http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/
This is a critically acclaimed, international publication that provides a unique interdisciplinary approach to health care and related topics that concern women. Now published ten times a year, Health Care for Women International focuses on the newest research, theories, and issues in the fields of health care, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and nursing.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07399332.asp
This is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal presenting evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health across and within countries. It aims to improve the understanding of issues that influence the health of populations. This includes the discussion of political, policy-related, economic, social, and health services-related influences, particularly with regard to systematic differences in distributions of one or more aspects of health in population groups defined demographically, geographically, or socially.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see:http://www.equityhealthj.com/info/about/
A multidisciplinary journal publishing work throughout the field of tropical medicine and international health, including: infectious and non-infectious disease; parasitology; clinical diseases and medicine of the tropics; epidemiological theory and fieldwork; tropical medical microbiology; medical entomology; tropical public health and community medicine at levels from village practice; and international policy.
To visit the web site for this journal, please see:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/aims.asp?ref=1360-2276
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Fogarty International Center (FIC), in partnership with The Ellison Medical Foundation, the NIH National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, is offering a one year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions.
This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries. For more information, please see, http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship/start.htm.
Revised: Sept. 2005
Contact:
intlnursinggroup@ucsf.edu
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