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Susan M. Kools, RN, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor
Department of Family Health Care Nursing
2 Koret Way, #N-431H
San Francisco, CA 94143-0606
Telephone: (415) 476-4040 Fax: (415) 753-2161
Email: susan.kools@nursing.ucsf.edu
The major focus of my program of research is the mental health and development of vulnerable adolescents. I have primarily studied adolescents in foster care and the influence of this context on their health and well-being. My early studies examined the impact of long-term foster care on adolescent development including areas of the self, interpersonal relationships, and independent living skills and caregiver knowledge and understanding of adolescent developmental needs. I have also explored adolescent illness experiences and their relationship to development.
In collaboration with colleagues, I have studied the experiences of young adults with congenital heart disease, adolescents with hyperlipidemia, and hospitalized adolescents in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland.
The aim of my program of research is the promotion of a greater understanding of normative developmental processes in adolescence to facilitate developmentally appropriate interventions and contexts for care for adolescents who experience vulnerability.
I am completing an interpretive policy analysis of the mental health and developmental needs of transitioning adolescents in foster care. I have recently received funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research to conductI am conducting a longitudinal study to test the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary intervention on the physical health, mental health, and social development outcomes of adolescents in foster care. This study is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.
In the Master's program, my teaching focuses on the topics of adolescent development and child and adolescent mental health. I co-teach advanced qualitative methods to doctoral students, emphasizing grounded theory as well as interpretive phenomenology, ethnography, focus group, and narrative approaches. Additionally, I co-teach a doctoral seminar on advanced child developmental science.
B.S., Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.S., Nursing, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing, Univ. of Calif., San Francisco
Ph.D., Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award – Honorable Mention, 2000
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Kools, S. (1997). Adolescent identity development in foster care. Family Relations, 46(3), 1-9.
Kools, S. (1998). Prevention of mental health problems in adolescence. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 16, 83-116.
Kools, S. (1999). Developmental issues in adolescent health. Asian Journal of Nursing Studies, 4(3), 11-23.
Kools, S. (1999). Self-protection in adolescents in foster care. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 12(4), 139-152.
Kools, S., Gilliss, C. L., & Tong, E. M. (1999). Family transitions in congenital heart disease management: The impact of hospitalization in early adulthood. Journal of Family Nursing, 5(4), 427-448.
Kennedy, C., Kools, S., & Krueger, R. (2001). Methodological considerations in children's focus groups. Nursing Research, 50(2), 184-187.
Crandall, M., Miaskowski, C., Kools, S., & Savedra, M. (2002). The pain experience of adolescents after acute blunt traumatic injury. Pain Management in Nursing, 3(3), 104-114.
Kennedy, C. M., Strzempko, F., Danford, C., & Kools, S. (2002). Children's perceptions of TV and health behavior effects. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34(3), 289-294.Kools, S., & Kennedy, C. (2002). Child sexual abuse treatment: Misinterpretation and mismanagement of child sexual behavior. Child Care, Health and Development, 28(3), 211-218.
Kools, S., & Spiers, J. (2002). Caregiver understanding of adolescent development in residential treatment. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 15(4), 151-162.
Kools, S., Tong, E. M., Hughes, C. R., Jayne, R., Scheibly, K., Laughlin, J., & Gilliss, C. L. (2002). Hospital experiences of young adults with congenital heart disease: Divergence in expectations and dissonance in care. American Journal of Critical Care, 11(2), 115-127.
Hyun, M. S., Kools, S., & Kim, S. (2003). A model of recovery from substance abuse and dependency for Korean adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 16(1), 25-34.
Kools, S. (2003). Issue brief: Mental health and developmental needs of transitioning adolescents in foster care. Sacramento, CA: California Partnership for Children.
Kools, S., & Kennedy, C. (2003). Foster child health and development: Implications for primary care. Pediatric Nursing, 29(1), 39-46.
Chen, J. L., Kennedy, C., Kools, S., Kong, S., Franck, L., & Wong, T. (2004). Culturally appropriate family assessment: Psychometric analysis of the Family Assessment Device in the Chinese population. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 1(1), 41-60.
Kennedy, C., Kools, S., Franck, L., Kong, S., Chen, J. L., & Wong, T. (2004). Behavioral, emotional, and family functioning of hospitalized Chinese children. International Nursing Review, 51, 34-46.
Kools, S., Kennedy, C., Kong, S., Chen, J. L., Franck, L., & Wong, T. (2004). Psychosocial functioning of hospitalized Chinese adolescents and their families. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 19(2), 1-9.
Kennedy, C., Kools, S., Franck, L., Kong, S., Chen, J. L., & Wong, T. (In press). Behavioral, emotional, and family functioning of hospitalized Chinese children. International Nursing Review.
Franck, L., Kools, S., Kennedy, C., Kong, S., Chen, J. L., & Wong, T. (In press). Physical symptoms of the hospitalized Chinese child and adolescent and their relationship to psychosocial functioning. International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Linnard-Palmer, L., & Kools, S. (In press). Parental refusal of medical treatment based on religious and/or cultural beliefs: Status of the law, ethical principles and clinical implications. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
Linnard-Palmer, L., & Kools, S. (In press). The experience of pediatric nurses during parental refusal of medical treatment for cultural or religious beliefs: An ethnographic study. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing.
Tong, E., & Kools, S. (In press). Health care transitions in congenital heart disease: Patient and family perspectives. Nursing Clinics of North America.
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