Joan A Thomas

Biographic Data

ID7505615
NAMEJoan A Thomas
GIVEN NAMESJoan A
FAMILY NAMEThomas
SIGNATURETHOMAS J A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the West Indies System
ORCID0009-0008-7191-2273
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Development and Validation of Generic Measures of Individual-Level Stigma for Adolescents With a Chronic Illness

    Open AccessJoan A Thomas, Garth E LippsARTICLESAGE Open2026

    This study aims to develop and validate generic measures of perceived, internalized and enacted stigma for use with adolescents who have a diverse range of chronic illnesses. The findings of a qualitative study aimed at capturing commonalities in lived experience of the forms of stigma among adolescents with diverse illnesses were used to create the measures. Think-aloud interviews were conducted to ensure the measures were clearly understood by …

  • Transformative spiritualities

    Azza Karam, André Van Der Braak et al.BOOKTransformative spiritualities2022

    The Churches of the World Council of Churches have been on a "Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace"- together with people of goodwill—since they met for their assembly in Busan in 2013. Building peace with justice has been at the heart of the ecumenical movement since its beginnings. It reflects the call of the churches in a wounded world caused by systemic injustice - racism, sexism, xenophobia, economic exploitation, and violence among humans and ag…

  • Why isn’t my professor Māori? A snapshot of the academic workfWhy isn’t my professor Māori? A snapshot of the academic workforce in New Zealand universitiesorce in New Zealand universities

    Open AccessTara Mcallister, Joanna Kidman et al.ARTICLEMAI Journal A New Zealand Journal…2019

    This article provides insights into the ethnicity of academics employed by Aotearoa New Zealand's eight universities, with a particular focus on Mori academics. We show that, despite values espoused by universities in terms of diversity and within their equity policies regarding Mori staff, there has been no progress in increasing the Mori academic workforce. Mori academics were severely under-represented at universities between 2012 and 2017, co…

  • Percepciones y experiencias en torno a la violencia en estudiantes de secundaria en la zona urbana de Jamaica

    Open AccessJulie Meeks Gardner, Christine A Powell et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2003

    These results will help focus interventions aimed at reducing violence, provide a baseline for later comparisons of perceptions and experiences of violence, and offer a basis for comparing the experiences of young people in urban Jamaica with those of young persons elsewhere