Joyceen S Boyle
Biographic Data
| ID | 4686448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joyceen S Boyle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joyceen S |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyle |
| SIGNATURE | BOYLE J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical College of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 34 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Transcultural Nurses as “ Voices of the Voiceless
Members of the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS) mobilized a Migration Special Interest Group (MigSIG) to address the rising reports of human rights abuses and lack of basic resources for migrants worldwide. Migrants are some of the most vulnerable populations. This paper outlines the role of nurses as a “voice” or advocate for the most vulnerable. The paper identifies the challenges health providers face in caring for migrants and offers reso…
The Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Interprofessional Practice (TIP) Model
The goals of the Andrews/Boyle Transcultural Interprofessional Practice (TIP) model are to provide a patient- or client-centered systematic, logical, orderly, scientific process for delivering safe, culturally congruent and competent, affordable, accessible, evidence-based, and quality care for people from diverse backgrounds across the life span. Key components of the TIP model include the context from which people’s health-related values, attit…
An Early History of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing
Northern British Columbian Aboriginal Mothers
This interpretive ethnographic study describes the experiences of northern British Columbian Aboriginal mothers raising adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and provides an understanding of how the mothers interpreted and responded to their adolescents’ FASD. The all-encompassing theoretical perspectives of postcolonialism provided the conceptual guide for this study. This ontological stance facilitates discourse on the social …
Madeleine Leininger, PhD, LHD, RN, FRCA, Faan
Perspectives of Nursing Faculty About Nursing in Iraq
Purpose: Long standing problems are apparent in professional nursing in Iraq. This is a critical point in time and feedback and input from nurses will be important in advancing the profession. Design: A questionnaire was used to explore the attitudes of faculty members about professional nursing, women’s roles and nursing, and the Iraqi Nurses Association. The questionnaire was administered to 31 faculty members at the College of Nursing, Univers…
Well-Being in Dinka Refugee Women of Southern Sudan
The purpose of this study was to understand the health and well-being of Sudanese refugee women who were resettled with their children to the United States. The design was an interpretive ethnography using individual interviews and participant observation with extensive field notes. The findings describe personal factors as well as community and social conditions that influenced the health and well-being of the refugee women and their families. T…
Transcultural Nursing Scholars’ Corner
Working With Translators and Interpreters in Research
The purpose of this special section is to describe culturally competent approaches for working with translators or interpreters who participate in transcultural studies. This article provides background for three exemplars of lessons learned in working with translators in transcultural studies: (a) the resettlement transition experiences of women from the Dinka tribe of Southern Sudan (Baird), (b) Samoans’ risk for heart disease (Siaki), and (c) …
Cultural Childbirth Practices, Beliefs, and Traditions in Postconflict Liberia
In this qualitative study we used an interpretive, critical ethnographic approach to provide an understanding of childbirth and maternal illness and death in Liberia through the lens of women, families, and communities. We identified three major themes from the data: (a) secrecy surrounding pregnancy and childbirth; (b) power and authority; and (c) distrust of the health care system. The interpretive theory, Behind the House, generated from data …
Chapter 7
Chapter 3
A Tribute to Agnes Marie Aamodt, PhD, RN, Faan, 1921—2006
Commentary on “Current Approaches to Integrating Elements of Cultural Competence in Nursing Education”
New Paradigms for Transcultural Nursing
African American women continue to experience disparities in health status when compared to their European American counterparts, yet, often their unique perspectives are not presented in the nursing literature. This article will discuss various theoretical frameworks arising from Black women’s thought and reality that can be used to enhance and expand transcultural nursing knowledge. Historical, sociocultural, and literary perspectives will be u…
School-Based Asthma
Issues and purpose: Chronic illnesses, such as asthma experienced by children, are difficult for families and school professionals to manage. This study explored beliefs about asthma and asthma management among schoolchildren, parents, and teachers in an African American school. Design and methods: Focus groups were conducted with schoolchildren, parents, and teachers. Data were analyzed by content analysis; segments of information were categoriz…
A Summary of the Panel Discussion
Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
Margaret M. Andrews and Joyceen S. Boyle, coauthors of Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care, provide a comprehensive framework for providing culturally competent nursing care for individuals, families, groups, communities, and institutions. The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 introduces the theoretical foundations of TCN and cultural competence. Part 2 uses a developmental approach in providing culturally competent care across the life …
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Critical Thinking in African American Mothers Who Care for Adult Children with HIV
This research study defines critical thinking in nursing and examines the thinking processes revealed by 15 African American mothers who are caregivers to adult children with HIV. The purpose of this cultural analysis was to compare the mothers’ decision-making processes with their critical-thinking processes. Their culture, heritage, faith, and value of family influenced caregivers in this study. Their testimony revealed the patterns of creating…
An Explanatory Model of Preterm Labor
The purpose of this article is to describe women’s explanatory model of their preterm labor (PTL) experiences. Fourteen young adult (20 to 23 years of age) women living in the southeast, who were hospitalized for the treatment of PTL, participated in this naturalistic study. Stress was the dominant theme that all participants used to explain what had precipitated PTL. All women described multiple stressors and chaos in their lives, which preceded…
On Being an Associate Editor
Transcultural Nursing
Providing Health Care for Lesbian Clients
Health and nursing care for lesbian clients should be culturally congruent with their values and lifestyle. Barriers that lesbian clients encounter in the health care system are discussed, along with strategies that health care providers can use to overcome these barriers. Professional literature is reviewed that incorporates health promotion and maintenance issues influencing lesbian health care. Culturally appropriate services that are availabl…
Pica
Pica, a culture-bound illness, has occurred for centuries. The ingestion of nonfood substances such as starch, cornstarch, clay, dirt, and other material is fairly common, although the distribution of the condition varies by cultural and socioeconomic factors. The underlying cause of pica is not known, although the condition often is associated with pregnancy. There is conflicting evidence about the association of nutrient deficiencies and pica. …
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Ideology and illness experiences of women in Guatemala
The position of women in the society of a Guatemalian colonia influences both self‐care and the care given them. The description of this cultural group provides universal meaning regarding women's health and social position
An Ethnohistory of a Granny Midwife
This ethnohistorical study described the life health care history of Mrs. Beatrice Cody and her career as a granny midwife in rural Georgia. Mrs. Cody was a trained granny midwife who worked under the supervision of a physician to assist with births and provide care to mothers and infants in rural Georgia during the 1950s. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews and were analyzed by the constant comparative method. Two major themes are…
Eskimo women and a menstrual cycle study
This article examines ethnographic data collected from indigenous Alaskan women who participated in a menstrual cycle study conducted by The Tremin Trust Research Program, initially known as the Menstruation and Reproductive History Program (MRH). In the 1960s, the MRH program was expanded to Alaska to study non-Caucasian women's menstrual cycles. In addition, an ethnographer collected data through participation observation from some 345 women wh…
Experiences of women with chronic pelvic pain
This ethnographic study describes how a group of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) learned to develop self‐care strategies that allowed them to function in their culturally prescribed roles throughout their illnesses. The sample consisted of 12 European American and 2 African American women from 19 to 52 years of age who had experienced CPP for the previous 6 months to 12 years. Data were collected by means of interviews and participant observ…
Reconstructing a Womanʼs Experiences with Aids
The increasing incidence of HIV disease in women is a concern for health care providers. However, little is known about the course of the disease or the personal experiences of women involved. This qualitative study of “Tess” (a pseudonym) explores her experiences in living and dying with AIDS. A narrative analysis of Tess's story reveals two story lines: “I Was a Strong, Mean Woman” consists of her accounts of her childhood and early adult years…
You Donʼt Ask for Trouble”
This study explored the experiences and context of women who reported multiple sexual partners and the use of illicit drugs, particularly crack cocaine. Women who engage in sex with multiple partners for money to purchase drugs are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. An important focus of the study was how women understood HIV disease and the circumstances and meaning associated with condom use. Ethnographic interviews …
Without Money, Means, or Men
This study explored the experiences and context of pregnant African American women who accessed prenatal care at a clinic located within a public housing project. Access to prenatal care remains a problem for poor African American women who risk higher rates of low birthweight babies as well as increased morbidity and mortality. Qualitative interviews were used to collect and analyze data from 13 women who lived in the project. Convenience of car…
Pica
Pica, a culture-bound illness, has occurred for centuries. The ingestion of nonfood substances such as starch, cornstarch, clay, dirt, and other material is fairly common, although the distribution of the condition varies by cultural and socioeconomic factors. The underlying cause of pica is not known, although the condition often is associated with pregnancy. There is conflicting evidence about the association of nutrient deficiencies and pica. …
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An Explanatory Model of Preterm Labor
The purpose of this article is to describe women’s explanatory model of their preterm labor (PTL) experiences. Fourteen young adult (20 to 23 years of age) women living in the southeast, who were hospitalized for the treatment of PTL, participated in this naturalistic study. Stress was the dominant theme that all participants used to explain what had precipitated PTL. All women described multiple stressors and chaos in their lives, which preceded…
On Being an Associate Editor
Transcultural Nursing
Providing Health Care for Lesbian Clients
Health and nursing care for lesbian clients should be culturally congruent with their values and lifestyle. Barriers that lesbian clients encounter in the health care system are discussed, along with strategies that health care providers can use to overcome these barriers. Professional literature is reviewed that incorporates health promotion and maintenance issues influencing lesbian health care. Culturally appropriate services that are availabl…
Critical Thinking in African American Mothers Who Care for Adult Children with HIV
This research study defines critical thinking in nursing and examines the thinking processes revealed by 15 African American mothers who are caregivers to adult children with HIV. The purpose of this cultural analysis was to compare the mothers’ decision-making processes with their critical-thinking processes. Their culture, heritage, faith, and value of family influenced caregivers in this study. Their testimony revealed the patterns of creating…
A Summary of the Panel Discussion
Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care
Margaret M. Andrews and Joyceen S. Boyle, coauthors of Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care, provide a comprehensive framework for providing culturally competent nursing care for individuals, families, groups, communities, and institutions. The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 introduces the theoretical foundations of TCN and cultural competence. Part 2 uses a developmental approach in providing culturally competent care across the life …
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
New Paradigms for Transcultural Nursing
African American women continue to experience disparities in health status when compared to their European American counterparts, yet, often their unique perspectives are not presented in the nursing literature. This article will discuss various theoretical frameworks arising from Black women’s thought and reality that can be used to enhance and expand transcultural nursing knowledge. Historical, sociocultural, and literary perspectives will be u…
School-Based Asthma
Issues and purpose: Chronic illnesses, such as asthma experienced by children, are difficult for families and school professionals to manage. This study explored beliefs about asthma and asthma management among schoolchildren, parents, and teachers in an African American school. Design and methods: Focus groups were conducted with schoolchildren, parents, and teachers. Data were analyzed by content analysis; segments of information were categoriz…
A Tribute to Agnes Marie Aamodt, PhD, RN, Faan, 1921—2006
Commentary on “Current Approaches to Integrating Elements of Cultural Competence in Nursing Education”
Chapter 7
Chapter 3
Transcultural Nursing Scholars’ Corner
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