Janice D Crist

Biographic Data

ID101671
NAMEJanice D Crist
GIVEN NAMESJanice D
FAMILY NAMECrist
SIGNATURECRIST J D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Arizona
ORCID0000-0002-1999-6704
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • “My problems aren’t their fault”: Mexican American women managing diabetes while caring for grandchildren

    Aliria Muñoz Rascón, Marylyn M McEwen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2022

    Diabetes affects many aspects of family life for the Mexican American (MA) population. Caregiving grandmothers, the traditional family nurturers, are often simultaneously managing their type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the perceptions of MA grandmothers managing T2DM while caring for a grandchild. Eight participants were interviewed. Participants consistently reported feeling a personal res…

  • Race and Gender-Based Perceptions of Older Adults: Will the Youth Lead the Way

    Open AccessSade Solola, Luis Luy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2021

  • Knowledge Gaps About End-of-Life Decision Making Among Mexican American Older Adults and Their Family Caregivers: An Integrative Review

    Open AccessJanice D Crist, Evangeline M Ortiz-Dowling et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2019

    Introduction: Mexican Americans (MAs) are the largest, fastest growing Latino subgroup in the United States, yet their use of hospice is limited. To better understand this disparity, the authors conducted an integrative review focused on MA caregiving families’ end-of-life (EOL) care decisions. Method: In this literature review, the authors content analyzed results and discussions of 22 research studies focused on EOL decisions, which sampled MA …

  • You Learn When You Teach: A Narrative Pedagogy for Faculty and Doctoral-Level Student Teaching Assistants

    Open AccessL Acosta, Penny Morgan Overgaard et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2019

    The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of online co-teaching for PhD faculty and teaching assistants (TAs). Narrative pedagogy underpinned the inquiry, which was designed to advance the discourse on mentorship of PhD future faculty. A faculty member and TA authors kept concurrent weekly journals or after-the-fact written reflections. The authors analyzed data as a team using a five-phase interpretive phenomenological analysis pro…

  • Differences in Transitional Care Provided to Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Older Adults

    Open AccessJanice D Crist, Kari M Koerner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2017

    Background:Transitional care, assisting patients to move safely through multiple health care settings, may be insufficient for older Hispanic patients. Purpose: Describe home health care services referral rates for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients and factors that influence case managers’ (CMs’) discharge planning processes. Design: Organized by the Ethno-Cultural Gerontological Nursing Model, health records were reviewed ( n = 33,5…

  • African American Elders' Serious Illness Experiences: Narratives of “God Did,” “God Will,” and “Life Is Better

    Open AccessHeather Coats, Janice D Crist et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2017Cited by: 2References: 41

    The foundation of culturally sensitive patient-centered palliative care is formed from one's social, spiritual, psychological, and physical experiences of serious illness. The purpose of this study was to describe categories and patterns of psychological, social, and spiritual healing from the perspectives of aging seriously ill African American (AA) elders. Using narrative analysis methodology, 13 open-ended interviews were collected. Three main…

  • Evasions in Interactions: Examples from the Transcultural Nursing Research Field

    Open AccessJanice D Crist, Janice Crist et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2016References: 14

    Transcultural qualitative research is known for its utility in eliciting in-depth narratives, resulting in increased understanding about cultural phenomena. However, sometimes specific phenomena in the researcher’s inquiry are ignored, evaded, or denied; or a seemingly crucial experience demonstrating society’s unfairness, which the researcher had been expecting, does not emerge. In this paper, the issue of evasions in narratives is addressed, wi…

  • Psychosocial and Cognitive Health Differences by Caregiver Status Among Older Mexican Americans

    Open AccessAngelica P Herrera, Carolyn A Mendez‐luck et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2012Cited by: 10References: 56

  • Media Review

    Janice D CristARTICLEFamily & Community Health2010

    Associate Professor, ENCASA, Research Project, College of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

  • Pragmatic Action Research With 2 Vulnerable Populations: Mexican American Elders and Formerly Incarcerated Women

    Janice D Crist, Mickey L Parsons et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2009

    Eliminating health disparities involving minority groups is a major national priority. Action research, a response to this national priority, may be derived from different theoretical models. The purposes of action research are to involve key community stakeholders in developing knowledge and taking pragmatic action to solve problems. In this article, the authors examine how the model was put into action for 2 distinct programs of research, compa…

  • Social Relationships Among Family Caregivers: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic White Caregivers

    Open AccessLinda R Phillips, Janice D Crist et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2008

    Sometimes, clinicians assume caregivers in cultural groups believed to have large social networks and strong social support need little intervention from health professionals. This longitudinal study tests five hypotheses about the social relationships of Mexican American compared to non-Hispanic White caregivers and whether negative changes in social support affect perceived health. The sample includes 66 Mexican American and 92 non-Hispanic Whi…

  • A Comparison of the Use of Home Care Services by Anglo-American and Mexican American Elders

    Open AccessJanice D Crist, Seon Hye Woo Seon Hye Woo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2007

    Elders' use of home care services varies globally. The authors tested the relationship of cultural/ethnic, contextual, and social structural factors with elders' use of home care services in the United States. Fifty-seven non-Hispanic White or “Anglo” and 56 Mexican American elders participated. Use of services significantly correlated with Anglo and Mexican American elders' cultural/ethnic and contextual factors. Perceived need and service aware…

  • Interpretation/Analysis Methods in Hermeneutic Interpretive Phenomenology

    Janice D Crist, Christine Tanner et al.ARTICLENursing Research2003

    BACKGROUND: Although hermeneutical interpretive phenomenological methodology has been used in many nursing research studies, reports of findings are generally not specific regarding the analysis, or "interpretive process," of this methodology. APPROACH: The purpose of this article is to assist researchers in analyzing interviews and observations, as part of hermeneutical interpretive phenomenology. In this article the interpretive process is expl…

  • Identifying and Recruiting Mexican American Partners and Sustaining Community Partnerships

    Open AccessJanice D Crist, Socorro Escandón-DominguezARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2003

    In this article, how community partners were identified and recruited and how community partnerships have been sustained during a current program of study designed to eliminate health and use disparities are described. Hispanic elders use in-home community services less often than do Anglo elders. The critical social paradigm, community development theories, and participatory research methods have guided a partnership with Mexican American elders…