Jennifer Yost
Biographic Data
| ID | 3917131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Yost |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Yost |
| SIGNATURE | YOST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3170-1956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Health Care Provider’s Screening for Intimate Partner Violence among Women
Examining Diabetes Distress in Pre-existing Diabetes in Pregnancy
Diabetes distress has been shown to be highly prevalent in adults living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with important implications for glycemic control, self-care, and self-management behaviors. Despite considerable focus on self-management and glycemic targets during pregnancy, current literature lacks information on diabetes distress in pregnancy, particularly in women with type 2 diabetes. This article outlines an explanatory sequential mixe…
Preparing for patient partnership
Primary Care for Transgender Individuals
Literature related to transgender health in adults has focused on definitions, hormone therapy, and transgender-sensitive care provision. Further understanding is needed on the delivery of primary care for transgender adults. The aim of this review was to understand the primary-care needs and access to health care services for transgender adults in Canada. A state-of-the-art literature review was conducted. Thirteen research studies were included…
Impact of an organization-wide knowledge translation strategy to support evidence-informed public health decision making
Knowledge brokering is a promising organizational knowledge translation intervention to support evidence-informed decision making. The intervention appeared to have the greatest impact on those who became actively engaged with the knowledge broker in the intervention. Active participation in face-to-face training activities with a knowledge broker, focused specifically on evidence-informed decision making skill development, led to the greatest im…
Tools to support evidence-informed public health decision making
Tools are available to support the process of evidence-informed decision making among public health professionals. The usability and usefulness of these tools for advancing and sustaining evidence-informed decision making are discussed, including recommendations for the tools' application in other public health settings beyond this study. Knowledge and awareness of these tools may assist other health professionals in their efforts to implement ev…
Assessing weight perception accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. female adolescents
Findings suggest that factors influencing weight-loss efforts, including age, race, body-mass index, weight perception, and weight-perception accuracy, should be incorporated into existing or new multi-component weight-loss interventions for U.S. adolescent females in order to help reduce the national epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. female adolescents
Measuring Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students
This pilot study was designed to measure nursing students' level of cultural awareness. It replicated phase II of Rew, Becker, Cookston, Khosropour, & Martinez's (2003) methodological study that developed and tested a Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS). Using a cross-sectional design, the CAS was distributed to nursing students in three nursing programs' (bachelor's, master's, doctoral) beginning and end courses. Cronbach's alpha for the CAS Total in…
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Measuring Cultural Awareness of Nursing Students
This pilot study was designed to measure nursing students' level of cultural awareness. It replicated phase II of Rew, Becker, Cookston, Khosropour, & Martinez's (2003) methodological study that developed and tested a Cultural Awareness Scale (CAS). Using a cross-sectional design, the CAS was distributed to nursing students in three nursing programs' (bachelor's, master's, doctoral) beginning and end courses. Cronbach's alpha for the CAS Total in…
Assessing weight perception accuracy to promote weight loss among U.S. female adolescents
Findings suggest that factors influencing weight-loss efforts, including age, race, body-mass index, weight perception, and weight-perception accuracy, should be incorporated into existing or new multi-component weight-loss interventions for U.S. adolescent females in order to help reduce the national epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. female adolescents
Tools to support evidence-informed public health decision making
Tools are available to support the process of evidence-informed decision making among public health professionals. The usability and usefulness of these tools for advancing and sustaining evidence-informed decision making are discussed, including recommendations for the tools' application in other public health settings beyond this study. Knowledge and awareness of these tools may assist other health professionals in their efforts to implement ev…
Impact of an organization-wide knowledge translation strategy to support evidence-informed public health decision making
Knowledge brokering is a promising organizational knowledge translation intervention to support evidence-informed decision making. The intervention appeared to have the greatest impact on those who became actively engaged with the knowledge broker in the intervention. Active participation in face-to-face training activities with a knowledge broker, focused specifically on evidence-informed decision making skill development, led to the greatest im…
Preparing for patient partnership
Primary Care for Transgender Individuals
Literature related to transgender health in adults has focused on definitions, hormone therapy, and transgender-sensitive care provision. Further understanding is needed on the delivery of primary care for transgender adults. The aim of this review was to understand the primary-care needs and access to health care services for transgender adults in Canada. A state-of-the-art literature review was conducted. Thirteen research studies were included…
Examining Diabetes Distress in Pre-existing Diabetes in Pregnancy
Diabetes distress has been shown to be highly prevalent in adults living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with important implications for glycemic control, self-care, and self-management behaviors. Despite considerable focus on self-management and glycemic targets during pregnancy, current literature lacks information on diabetes distress in pregnancy, particularly in women with type 2 diabetes. This article outlines an explanatory sequential mixe…
Health Care Provider’s Screening for Intimate Partner Violence among Women
Medicine (7 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works)