Heather Gibbs

Biographic Data

ID145847
NAMEHeather Gibbs
GIVEN NAMESHeather
FAMILY NAMEGibbs
SIGNATUREGIBBS H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kansas Medical Center
ORCID0000-0001-7383-5496
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Higher Diet Quality in Latina Women during Pregnancy May Be Associated with Sociodemographic Factors

    Open AccessJuliana Teruel Camargo, Matthew K Taylor et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Acculturation contributes to low diet quality and can foster health inequities for Latina women during pregnancy. Conversely, nutrition literacy (NL) increases diet quality and could promote health equity. This study assessed the associations between the diet quality, acculturation, and NL of Latina women (n = 99) participating in the Assessment of Docosahexaenoic Acid On Reducing Early Preterm Birth (ADORE) study. Acculturation and nutrition lit…

  • The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Italian Subjects, NLit-IT: Exploring Validity and Reliability

    Open AccessVirginia Vettori, Chiara Lorini et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The aim of this study was to test validity and reliability of the adapted version of the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLit) for Italian people (NLit-IT). An observational cross-sectional study was conducted, involving a convenience sample of adults ( n = 74). To explore the validity of the tool, we considered both diet quality as an outcome of NL, and health literacy (HL) as a construct that presents similarities and differences with…

  • Nutrition literacy predicts adherence to healthy/unhealthy diet patterns in adults with a nutrition-related chronic condition

    Open AccessMatthew K Taylor, Debra K Sullivan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective: To describe the relationship between adherence to distinct dietary patterns and nutrition literacy. Design: We identified distinct dietary patterns using principal covariates regression (PCovR) and principal components analysis (PCA) from the Diet History Questionnaire II. Nutrition literacy was assessed using the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLit). Cross-sectional relationships between dietary pattern adherence and global…

  • Measuring Nutrition Literacy in Spanish-Speaking Latinos: An Exploratory Validation Study

    Open AccessHeather Gibbs, Juliana M T B Camargo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2017

  • Integrating words, images, and text in BMGIM: Finding connections through semiotic intertextuality

    Alison E Short, Alison Short et al.ARTICLENordisk Tidsskrift for Musikkterapi2011Cited by: 6References: 9

    An innovative application of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) was researched involving six clients who had undergone complex cardiac surgery. This psychodynamic method led patients through a reflective and exploratory experience combining imagery, selected classical music, and sensitive verbal interventions into an experience rather like an unfolding waking dream with a musical soundtrack. Text produced during these audiotaped…

  • Distance Education and the Issue of Equity Online: Exploring the Perspectives of Rural Aboriginal Students

    Open AccessHeather Gibbs, Heather GibbARTICLEThe Australian Journal of…2006Cited by: 3References: 14

    This paper explores Aboriginal perspectives of tertiary education "online" from rural and remote community locations in New South Wales. It does so within a frame of enquiry as to how neo-liberal educational policy reforms are impacting on equity issues in distance education "online". Accounts from Aboriginal university students in health point to a range of tensions between changes brought about by the reform in relation to student subjectivity …

  • Canadian Perspectives on Labour Mobility in Apec

    Josephine Smart, Heather Gibbs et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1998