Journal of Transcultural Nursing

A Forum for Cultural Competence in Health Care

EDITOR: Marilyn Douglas, DNSc, RN FAAN School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society

Editor-in-Chief: Marilyn Douglas, DNSc, RN FAAN School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Senior Editors: Joyceen S. Boyle, PHD, RN, CTN, FAAN University of Arizona
Dula F. Pacquiao, EdD, RN, CTN University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Associate Editor: Mary Lou de Leon Saintz University of Pennsylvania
Patti Ludwig-Beymer, PhD, RN, CTN Edward Hospital & Health Services, Naperville, IL
Larry D. Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Delaware
Editorial Manager: Marjory Spraycar Towson, MD
Editorial Board: Huda Huijer Abu-Saad, PhD, RN American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Margaret M. Andrews, PhD, RN, CTN University of Michigan
Pamela Brink, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada
Noel J. Chrisman, PhD, MPH University of Washington, Seattle
Jaqueline Da Silva, PhD Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Anne Davis, PhD, DSc (hon), RN, FAAN University of California, San Francisco
Carmen de la Cuesta, PhD, MSc, DEM, SRN University of Alicante, Spain
Ruth De Souza, MA Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Laila Farhood, PhD, RN, CS American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Raisa B. Gul, PhD, RN, RM, MHA Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Guifang Guo, PhD, RN Beijing Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
Panduleni Hailonga, PhD, MSc, RN Augsburg College, Windhoek, Namibia
Jehad Omar Halabi, PhD, RN University of Jordan, Amman
Beverly M. Horn, PhD, RN, CTN University of Washington, Seattle
Masako Kanai-Pak, PhD, RN Tokyo Ariake University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Margarita A. Kay, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Arizona
Manuel Lillo Crespo, PhD, RN Universidad de Alicante
Juliene G. Lipson, PhD, RN, FAAN School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Violeta Lopez, PhD, RN, MNA, FRCNA Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia
Margaret McKenna, PhD, RN, MPH, MN University of Washington, Seattle
Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jan Nilsson, PhD, RN, RNT The Red Cross University, Stockholm, Sweden
Samar Noureddine, PhD, RN American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Akram Omeri, PhD, RN, CTN, MCN, FRCNA University of Western Sydney, Australia
Wasileh Petro, ScD, RN University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Joan Uhl Pierce, PhD, RN, FAAN Pierce and Associates Nursing Consultants, Knowville, Tennessee
Somjai Puttapitukpol, DNSc, RN Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand
Marilyn A. Ray, PhD, RN, CTN Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Janice M. Roper, PhD, RN University of California, Los Angeles
Antoinette Sabapathy, MSN, RN, CNM Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
Siriorn Sindhu, DNSc, RN Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kathryn P. Sucher, ScD, RD San José State University
Hanneke Van Maanen, DNSc, MPH, MA, FEANS University of Bremen, Germany
Anna Frances Z. Wenger, PhD, RN, FAAN Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Peer Reviewers: Mary Arevian, MPH, RN American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Martha Baird, MN, ARNP William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri
Sheila Bunting, PhD, RN Medical College of Nursing, Augusta, Georgia
Jacqueline L. Burchum, DNSc, APRN, BC University of Memphis, Tennessee
Miriam Carasa, EdD, RN, CNA St. Vicent's Hospital - Manhattan, New York, NY
Jessie Colin, PhD, RN Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
Janice D. Crist, PhD, RN University of Arizona
A. Judith Czerenda, DNS, RN, CNS, FNP Czerenda Consulting, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida
Joanne T. Ehrmin, PhD, RN, CNS The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Valerie Eschiti, PhD, RN, CHTP, AHN-BC University of Oklahoma
Joanne K. Olson, PhD, RN University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada
Kathleen W. Huttlinger, PhD, RN New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Maithe Enriquez, PhD, RN, ANP University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
Marie F. Gates, PhD, RN Western Michigan University
ReNel Davis, PhD, RN, CTN Hawaii Pacific University
Marianne Hattar-Pollara, DNSc, RN, FAAN Azusa Pacific University, California
Paula Herberg, PhD, RN California State University, Fullerton
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS University of Texas, Austin
Marianne R. Jeffreys, EdD, RN The City University of New York, Staten Island
Mary Suzanne Johnston, MN, RN, CHE Northern Health, Prince George, British Columbia
Mary Elaine Jones, PhD, RN University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
Jane H. Kelley, PhD, RN University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jeanne Kemppainen, PhD, RN University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Sun Seog Kim, PhD, RN, CS University of Massachusetts, Worchester
Sharon M. Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN Graceland University, Iowa
Pamela Goyan Kittler, MS Cultural Nutrition Consultant, Sunnyvale, California
Anahid Kulwicki, DNS, RN Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Jana Lauderdale, PhD, RN Vanderbilt University
Hae Ok Lee, PhD, RN University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
Cheryl J. Leuning, PhD, RN, CTN Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teri G. Lindgren, PhD, MPH, RN University of California, San Francisco
Marlene C. Mackey, PhD, RN, FAAN University of South Carolina, Columbia
Carolyn t. Martin, PhD, RN, CFNP California State University, Stanislaus
Judith Martin-Holland, PhD, RN, CS, FNP University of California, San Francisco
Susan Mattson, PhD, RNC, CTN, FAAN Arizona State University
Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, APRN, BC University of Arizona, Tucson
Paula M. McGee, PhD, Cert. Ed., RNT University of Central England, Birmingham, United Kingdom
DeAnne Helfinger Messias, PhD, RN University of South Carolina, Columbia
Kim Robinson, PhD, RN, LPC Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
Cynthia K. Russell, PhD, RN, CS, ANP University of Tennessee, Memphis
Patricia A. Seabrooks, DNSc, ARNP, BC Seabrooks and Associates, Inc., Miami, Florida
Donna Shambley-Ebron, PhD, MSN, RN University of Cincinnati
Linda S. Smith, MS, DSN, RN Oregon Health Sciences University, Klamath Falls
Mary C. Sobralske, PhD, C-FNP, CTN Washington State University Spokane
Rachel E. Spector, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN
C. June Strickland, PhD, RN University of Washington, Seattle
Inez Tuck, PhD, RN, MBA Virginia Commonwealth University
Catherine M. Waters, PhD, RN University of California, San Francisco
Joda Weathersby, MSN, MPH, APRN-BC Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Dawn M. Weiler, MS, RN, ANP Boise State University
Rick Zoucha, DNSc, APRN, BC, CTN Duquesne University
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