Wilson, Lynda

Wilson, Lynda
Professor Emeritus

Associate Dean, Nursing Graduate Programs , School of Nursing 1997 -

Overview

Dr. Lynda Wilson is fluent in Spanish, has led study-abroad courses to Guatemala, and received Fulbright support for work in Chile, Malawi, and Zambia. Her research has focused on preterm infants, Latino immigrant families, global nursing education programs, and identifying global health competencies. From 2009-2012 Dr. Wilson received funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop, implement, and evaluate four distance education courses for 166 study coordinators at international sites in 45 different countries.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Nursing and midwifery advocacy to lead the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda 2019
2017	The situation of nursing education in latin america and the caribbean towards universal health 2017
2016	Perceptions and attitudes towards evidence based practice among nurses and nursing students in Nepal 2016
2016	Qualitative description of global health nursing competencies by nursing faculty in Africa and the Americas 2016
2016	Perspectives of nursing faculty in Africa on global health nursing competencies 2016
2016	Evidence-Based Practice Models to Maximize Nursing’s Contributions to Global Health 2016
2016	Process for mapping global health competencies in undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula 2016
2016	‘Global health’ and ‘global nursing’: proposed definitions from The Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing 2016
2015	Sickle cell disease among children in Africa: An integrative literature review and global recommendations 2015
2015	Process for mapping global health competencies in undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula 2015
2015	Research nurse manager perceptions about research activities performed by non-nurse clinical research coordinators 2015
2015	A path analysis of Latino parental, teenager and cultural variables in teenagers’ sexual attitudes, norms, self-efficacy, and sexual intentions 2015
2015	Follow-up evaluation of first two cohorts of graduates of the Zambian HIV nurse practitioner program 2015
2015	A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Adolescent and Cultural Variables on Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions. 2015
2015	Identifying Interprofessional Global Health Competencies for 21st-Century Health Professionals 2015
2014	Enhancing global health and education in Malawi, Zambia, and the United States through an Interprofessional Global Health Exchange Program 2014
2014	Clinical research nurses’ descriptions and perceptions of research activities performed by unsupervised non-nurse clinical research coordinators 2014
2014	Global perspectives on nursing leadership: Lessons learned from an international nursing and health care leadership development program. 2014
2014	Enhancing global health and education in Malawi, Zambia, and the United States through an interprofessional global health exchange program 2014
2014	Global health competencies according to nursing faculty from Brazilian higher education institutions 2014
2014	Global health: Health sciences and team based care. 2014
2014	Identifying Global Health Competencies to Prepare 21st Century Global Health Professionals: Report from the Global Health Competency Subcommittee of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2014
2014	The world as community. Edited by E. Anderson and J. McFarlane. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2014
2014	Trends in neonatal research and evidence-based practice 2014
2013	Enhancing research capacity for global health: Evaluation of a distance-based program for international study coordinators 2013
2013	Role perceptions of nurse clinical research coordinators 2013
2013	Teaching of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy in undergraduate nursing programs 2013
2013	Global health diplomacy: An integrative review of the literature and implications for nursing 2013
2013	Distance-enhanced research capacity for global health: Evaluation of a distance-based program for international study coordinators 2013
2012	Global health diplomacy: Implications for nursing in the 21st century 2012
2012	Global Health Competencies for Nurses in the Americas 2012
2012	Leadership needed to address the global nursing and midwifery workforce shortage 2012
2011	Perioperative music and its effects on anxiety, hemodynamics, and pain in women undergoing mastectomy 2011
2011	The Zambian HIV nurse practitioner diploma programme: Preliminary outcomes 2011
2011	Neonatal Intensive Care: A Global Perspective of Similarities and Differences in Selected Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Brazil, Chile, the United States, and Zambia 2011
2011	Design and process development for smart phone medication dosing support system and educational platform in HIV/AIDs-TB programs in Zambia. 2011
2011	Experiencias sobre la capacitacion del "Programa Familias Fuertes" a jovenes del barrio El Chile 2011
2011	Host institution perspectives. In T. McKinnon and J. Fitzpatrick, Eds., Global service learning in nursing 2011
2011	Partner perspective home institution receiving international nurses 2011
2011	Preparing nurses for global health care 2011
2011	Research with vulnerable populations 2011
2011	The Zambian HIV Nurse practitioner diploma program: Preliminary outcomes from first cohort of Zambian Nurses 2011
2011	The Zambian HIV nurse practitioner diploma programme: Preliminary outcomes 2011
2011	The world as a community: Globalization and health. In E. Anderson & J. McFarlane (Eds). Community as partner: Theory and practice in nursing, 6th edition 2011
2010	Evaluation of strong families (Familias fuerte), an intervention for parents and adolescents in Honduras 2010
2010	Preterm infants' responses to music: An integrative review 2010
2010	Effects of music therapy on preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. 2010
2010	Effects of music therapy on preterm infants in the NICU 2010
2010	Teaching chilean mothers to massage their full-term infants: Effects on maternal breast-feeding and infant weight gain at age 2 and 4 months 2010
2009	Parenting practices, adolescent health behaviors, acculturation, and perceptions about family education: Implications for developing culturally appropriate latino family interventions 2009
2009	Supporting and retaining preceptors for NNP programs: Results from a survey of NNP preceptors and program directors 2009
2009	Applying a model of program adaptation to Familias Fuertes parent/adolescent educational intervention for Latino immigrant families in the rural South 2009
2009	Development and implementation of a distance-learning certificate program in clinical research coordination for coordinators at international sites 2009
2009	Recruiting, supporting, and retaining preceptors for NNP programs: Results from a survey of NNP preceptors and program directors 2009
2009	Outcomes of a massage intervention on teen mothers: a pilot study. 2009
2009	Peer-to-peer mentoring around the globe. N. R. Gantz, Ed., 101 global leadership lessons for nurses 2009
2008	Education and training preferences of study coordinators 2008
2008	The Network for Nursing in Child Health. 2008
2008	La red de la Enfermeria en la Salud Infantil (Red ENSI) 2008
2008	Methodological and ethical issues in research with vulnerable populations 2008
2008	Relationships between parenting styles and risk behaviors in adolescent health: An integrative literature review 2008
2008	Strengthening global nursing and health care delivery 2008
2007	Child health needs of rural Alabama latino families 2007
2007	Neonatal research and evidence-based practice 2007
2007	Nursing capacity building through international collaborating center activities 2007
2007	University of Alabama - WHO Collaborating Center on International Nursing. Interview narrative for chapter by Brooks, A. M. T. (Creating Communities of International Collaboration) 2007
2006	Clinical research in low resource countries 2006
2006	An examination of sociocultural factors associated with health and health care seeking among latina immigrants 2006
2006	Maintaining the ethic of caring in nursing 2006
2006	Perspectivas Sobre la Investigación en Enfermería en Guatemala 2006
2006	Research tutorials for article by Weiss, S. J. & Wilson, P. (2006). Origins of tactile vulnerability in high-risk infants 2006
2005	Perspectives of Latin American nursing professors and leaders about research competencies needed by nurses with different levels of academic preparation 2005
2005	Competencias en investigación para diferentes niveles de formación de enfemeras: Una perspectiva latinoamericana 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by Callen, J., Pinelli, J., Atkinson, S. & Saigal, S. (2005). Qualitative analysis of barriers to breastfeeding in very-low-birthweight infants in the hospital and postdischarge 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by Lainwala, S., Brown, E. R., Weinschenk, N. P., Blackwell, M. T., & Hagadorn, J. I. (2005). A retrospective study of length of hospital stay 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by LeFlore, J. L., & Engle, W. D. (2005). Capillary refill time is an unreliable indicator of cardiovascular status in term neonates 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by Lee, S., Lee, K. A., Rankin, S. H., Alkon, A., & Weiss, S. J. (2005). Acculturation and stress in Chinese-American parents of infants cared for in the intensive care unit 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by Pohlman, S. (2005). The primacy of work and fathering preterm infants: Findings from an interpretive phenomenological study 2005
2005	Research tutorials for article by Rasmussen, L. B., Vargo, L. E., Reavey, D. A. & Hunter, K. S. (2005) 2005
2004	A study abroad experience in Guatemala: learning first-hand about health, education, and social welfare in a low-resource country. 2004
2004	A study abroad experience in Guatemala: Learning first-hand about health, education, and social welfare in a low-resource country 2004
2004	Environmental issues: Research and interventions 2004
2004	Erratum: The relationship between physiological and behavioral measures of stress in preterm infants (Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (2004) vol. 33 (2)) 2004
2004	Tactile stimulation of NICU preterm infants 2004
2004	The relationship between physiological and behavioral measures of stress in preterm infants 2004
2003	Collaborative research in neonatal nursing 2003
2003	The biobehavioral effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants 2003
2001	Informed consent in neonatal nursing practice and research 2001
2001	The use of comforting touch and massage to reduce stress for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit 2001
2001	Use of individualized versus standard criteria to identify abnormal levels of heart rate or oxygen saturation in preterm infants 2001
2000	Effects of developmental, health status, behavioral and environmental variables on preterm infants’ responses to a gentle human touch intervention 2000
2000	Factors associated with vagal tone response in preterm infants 2000
2000	Physiologic and behavioral effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants 2000
2000	Research roles for neonatal nurses 2000
1997	Parenting the healthy infant 1997
1997	Parenting the high risk neonate 1997
1997	Research utilization: handling preterm infants in the NICU. 1997
1996	Pulling it all together: the importance of integrative research reviews and meta-analyses in nursing. 1996
1996	Effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants: Report from a pilot study 1996
1996	Lapsle Oma Kodu (Bringing abandoned children home): A project from Tallin Estonia to reunite institutionalized children with families 1996
1996	The comprehensive academic program 1996
1994	Commentary: A lesson from Eastern Europe. Response to Levin, A. The mother-infant unit at Tallinn Children’s Hospital, Estonia: A truly baby-friendly unit 1994
1994	Effects of tactile stimulation on preterm infants 1994
1994	Evaluation of a comprehensive program designed to enhance student retention 1994
1993	Health care research by degrees. Book Review 1993
1993	Issues related to the protection of human research participants. 1993
1992	Effects of gentle human touch on preterm infants: Results from a pilot study 1992
1992	Freshmen baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of their academic and nonacademic experiences: Implications for retention 1992
1991	Changes in nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes toward research following an undergraduate research class 1991
1991	Early parental touch and preterm infants 1991
1991	Effects of hospital-based instructions on interactions between parents and preterm infants 1991
1991	Preterm infants’ physiologic responses to early parent touch 1991
1990	Florida outreach for maternity patients with low literacy skills. 1990
1990	Strategies to facilitate inpatient education. 1990
1990	A health promotion model for wellness education. 1990
1990	Minimizing barriers when teaching hearing-impaired clients. 1990
1990	Maintaining the ethic of caring in nursing. 1990
1990	A grant-supported project: Recruiting and retaining disadvantaged nursing students 1990
1990	Educational resources for Spanish-speaking patients 1990
1990	Effects of early parent touch on preterm infants 1990
1990	Effects of early parent touch on preterm infants’ arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate levels 1990
1990	Nursing and health care research. Book review 1990
1990	Patient education in early postpartum discharge programs. 1990
1990	Securing grant funding for recruitment and retention projects 1990
1990	The feeding as outcome measure in teaching parents of preterms 1990
1989	Educating classmates and teachers of chronically ill or disabled children. 1989
1989	Life-saving patient education: breast self-examination. 1989
1989	Teaching parents to provide home-care for ventilator-dependent children. 1989
1989	Interacting with videodisc technology. 1989
1989	Teaching stimulation strategies to parents of infants at high risk. 1989
1989	Case study on metabolic acidosis 1989
1989	Implementing the nursing research facilitator role in an academic setting 1989
1989	Interfacing bioinstruments with computers for data collection in nursing research 1989
1989	Networking about infants at risk. (Response to letter) 1989
1989	The patient education bridge. 1989
1988	Evaluation of a gerontological nursing continuing education program: Effects on nurses’ knowledge and attitudes and patients’ perceptions and satisfaction. 1988
1988	The stream of becoming: A study of Martha Roger’s theory. Book review 1988
1987	Confirmation of qualitative research findings in the clinical setting: a strategy to promote research application among baccalaureate nursing students. 1987
1987	Evaluation of a children’s sick room. A nursing service to meet the needs of working parents 1987
1986	Teaching mothers about their prematures - Effects on maternal perceptions and behaviors 1986
1986	The failure to thrive child 1986
1985	Stimulation of high-risk infants: Review of the literature 1985
1979	Stereotyping, words, and concepts. 1979
1979	The failure to thrive child 1979
1978	Fragile families, troubled children. Book review 1978
1976	Nursing intervention with the failure-to-thrive family. 1976
	A Path Analysis of Latino Parental, Adolescent and Cultural Variables on Adolescents’ Sexual Attitudes, Norms, Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Intentions.
	Integrative review of the literature about screening, treatment, and policies for children with sickle cell disease in Africa
	Qualitative Description of Global Health Nursing Competencies by Nursing Faculty in Africa and the Americas

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2018	The World as community: Globalization and health. 2-24. 2018
2014	The world as community: Globalization and health. 3-18. 2014

Research Overview

Global Health; Nursing Leadership; Distance-based Education; Evidence-Based Practice; Research Methods; Intervention Research; Global Health Competencies; Latino Health; Preterm Infants and Parents; Developmental Care; Effects of Massage and Touch on Preterm Infants