Josephine B. Etowa

Josephine B. Etowa est professeure titulaire à la Faculté des sciences de la santé de l'Université d'Ottawa. Elle a reçu un baccalauréat et une maîtrise en sciences infirmières de l'Université Dalhousie, ainsi qu'un doctorat en sciences infirmières de l'Université de Calgary. Elle a également obtenu une bourse de recherche postdoctorale de la Fondation canadienne de la recherche sur les services de santé (FCRSS); sa recherche, menée à l'Université de Toronto et à l'Université d'Ottawa, a porté sur la diversité dans les soins de santé au Canada. S'appuyant sur plus de 23 années de pratique clinique, son programme de recherche porte sur l'iniquité en santé et dans les soins de santé, ainsi que sur la santé des mères et des nouveau-nés. Elle a reçu des subventions d’organismes internationaux, nationaux, provinciaux et locaux pour ses travaux de recherche fondés sur les principes de la recherche qualitative et de la recherche-action participative (RAP). Pour traduire la complexité des réalités sociales souvent inhérentes à la recherche en sciences infirmières, la professeure Etowa applique des méthodes de recherche mixtes, notamment l'intégration de l'approche quantitative et de l'approche qualitative. Elle a mené une carrière professionnelle internationale; de plus, à titre d’infirmière autorisée, de sage-femme, de consultante en allaitement, de chercheure et de pédagogue, elle a rempli diverses fonctions au sein du système canadien des soins de santé. Avant d'occuper son poste actuel, elle a été professeure agrégée en sciences infirmières à la faculté des professions de la santé à l'Université Dalhousie. Elle détient également une affectation honorifique auprès du Centre de soins de santé IWK à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse.

• Chaire de recherche Loyer-DaSilva en soins infirmiers de santé publique

• Iniquités en santé et dans les soins de santé
• Diversité dans les soins de santé
• Santé des femmes
• Approches : recherche qualitative; théorie critique; recherche-action participative (RAP)

Livres

• McGibbon, E.& Etowa, J. (2009). Anti-racist health practice. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Inc. (CSPI).

Chapitres de livres

• Etowa, J , Bernard, W., Clow, B. & Adongo, L. (in press). Racism and its impact on the health of African Canadians women in rural and remote communities. LaVeist-ICHAD Book
• Etowa, J., Weins, J., Bernard, W. & Clow, B. (in Press). Defining health: Perspectives of African Canadian women living in remote and rural communities. Book chapter In B. D. Leipert , B. Leach & W. E. Thurston (eds.), Rural Women’s Health in Canada.
• Etowa, J. & McGibbon, E. (in Press). Racism as a Determinant of Health: In E. McGibbon (Ed). Oppression as a determinant of health. Halifax: Fenwick Publishing. Book Chapter
• Etowa, J. (2011). Diversity issues in long-term care. In A. Silversides, Long Term care in Canada, Chapter 6, pp.48- 53.: Ottawa-CNFU
• Edwards, N.C., Etowa, J., Peterson, W & Kennedy, M. (2011). Community Health Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. In L. Stamler & L. Yiu (Eds.) Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (3rd Ed). Chapter 14,  Toronto: Pearson-Prentice Hall
• Etowa, J., Jesty, C., Vukic, A., Weins, J., *Blacklaw, M., Matthews, V. & MacDougall, A. (2010). Understanding the cultural context of health care: Insights from Aboriginal nurses. Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program (AAHRP): Community-Based Research Publication: Halifax
• Edwards, N.C., Etowa, J.,& Kennedy, M. (2007) Community Health Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. In L. Stamler & L. Yiu (Eds.) Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (2nd Ed). Chapter 13, Pp. 212-226. Toronto: Pearson-Prentice Hall
• Whitty-Rogers, J.,Etowa, J.& Evans, J.(2006)Entrance into the womb: Becoming an Aboriginal mother. In J. C. Lavell, D. & M. Lavell-Harvard (eds.), Until our hearts are on the ground: Aboriginal mothering, oppression, resistance and rebirth. Toronto: Demeter Press, a division of the Centre for Research on Mothering, York University.
• Etowa J.,Keddy, B. & Acton, J. (2006). Attitudes and feelings: Cultural experiences of menopause. Chapter 1in H. Stephenson Our Bodies Ourselves Menopause Book (pp.3-17). New York: Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster.

Articles dans des revues arbitrées

• Richter, S.; Mill, J.; Muller, R.;  Kahwa, E.; Etowa, J.; Dawkins, P.; Hepburn, C. (in press). “Nurses engagement in AIDS policy development" to International Nursing Review.
• Premji, S. & Etowa, J. (in press). ‘Workforce utilization of visible and linguistic minorities in Canadian nursing  to Journal of Nursing Management
• Vukic, A., Jesty, C.; Matthews, V., & Etowa, J. (2012). "Understanding race and  racism in nursing: Insights from Aboriginal nurses, International Scholarly Research Network (ISRN) Nursing Journal volume 2012, article ID: 196437, Doi5402/2012/196437
• Etowa, J (2012). Becoming a mother: The meaning of childbirth for African Canadian women. Contemporary Nurse Journal 41 (1), 28-40.
• Etowa, J. (2012) Black women’s perceptions of supportive care during childbirth. International Journal of Childbirth Education 27 (1), 27-32.
• Beagan B.L, Etowa J, & Bernard W.T. (2012). With God in our lives he gives us the strength to carry on? African Nova Scotian women, spirituality and racism-related stress. Journal of Mental Health, Religion & Culture 15(2):  103-120. doi: 10.1080/13674676.2011.560145
• Etowa, J.  Price, S. & Debs-Ivall, S. (2011). Strengthening the ethno-cultural diversity of the nursing workforce in Canada.International Journal of Arts and Sciences 4(26), 75-87.
• Etowa, J. , Jesty, C. & Vukic, A. (2011). Indigenous Nurses’ Stories: Perspectives on the cultural context of health care for Aboriginal peoples. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies XXXI, (2), 29-46
• Etowa, J. Matthews, V., Vukic, A. & Jesty, C. (2011). Uncovering Aboriginal Nursing Knowledge through Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Indigenous Policy Journal XXII (1), 1-16
• Vukic, A., Gregory, D. Martin-Misener, R. Etowa, J. (2011). Aboriginal and Western conceptions  of mental  health and illness. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health. 9(1), 65-85.
• Beagan B.L &  Etowa J,B. (2011). The Meanings and Functions of Occupations Related to Spirituality for African Nova Scotian Women. Journal of Occupational Science 18(3), 277-290
• Etowa, J, Weerasinghe, S, & Eghan, F. (2010). Maternal Health Care Challenges within African Immigrant Communities.Journal of US-China Public Administration 7 (5), 30-40 (Serial No. 55).
• Maddalena, V., Thomas-Bernard, W., Etowa, J., Davis-Murdoch, S., Smith, D & Marsh-Jarvis, P. (2010) Cancer Care Experiences and the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and Home Remedies at End-of-Life in Nova Scotia’s Black Communities. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 21(2), 114-122
• Etowa, J. & Keddy, B. (2009) Racism in Health Care: Experiences of Childbearing women of African descent.International Journal of Diversity in Organization, Communities and Nations, 9 (2), 17-34.
• Etowa, J., Sethi, S. & Thompson, R. (2009) The Substantive Theory of surviving on the Margin of a Profession. Nursing Science Quarterly, 22 (2) , 174-181.
• Beagan, B. & Etowa, J. (2009). The impact of everyday racism and the daily occupations of African Nova Scotia women. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(4), 285-293.
• MacDonald, B. & Etowa, J. (2009) Registered Nurses describe their Experiences of being involved in Malpractice Litigation. Risk Management in Canadian Health Care,11(3),33-47
• Whitty-Rogers, J., Evans, J., & Etowa, J. (2009) Bridging the Gaps: Reducing Barriers Mi’kmaq Women and Families during Childbirth.  Journal of Association for Research on Mothering11(1), 122-135
• McGibbon, E., Etowa, J. & McPherson, J. (2008). Healthcare access as a social determinant of health. Canadian Nurse 104 (7), 22-27
• McGibbon, E., McPherson, C., & Etowa, J. (2007).  The social determinants of health: Bringing advocacy to a health and public policy level. Nursing in Focus, 8(2), 17-19.
• Etowa, J. & Adongo, L. (2007) Cultural Competence: Beyond Culturally Sensitive Care for Childbearing Black Women.Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, 9 (2), 73-85
• Etowa, J. (2007) Negotiating the Boundaries of Difference in the Professional Lives of Black Nurses. The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations, 7 (3), 214-226.
• Etowa, J., Keddy, B., Egbeyemi, J. & Eghan, F. (2007) Depression: “The Invisible Grey Fog” Influencing the Midlife Health of African Canadian Women. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 16, 203-213.
• Etowa, J., Thomas-Bernard, W., Clow, B. & Oyinsan, B. (2007) Participatory Action Research (PAR):  An approach for improving Black women’s health in rural and remote Communities.  International Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18, (6), 349-357.
• Etowa, J., Weins, J., Thomas-Bernard, W. & Clow, B. (2007) Determinants of Black women’s health in rural and remote communities. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 30 (3), 56-76.
• Etowa, J., Thompson, R. & Sethi, S. (2006). The worklife experiences of African Canadian nurses. Abstract published in the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library.
• Etowa, J. (2006). Fostering healthy work environments for minority nurses in Nova Scotia. Nursing in Focus, 7(2), 15-18.
• Etowa, J., Foster, S., Vukic, A., Wittstock, L., & Youden, S. (2005) Recruitment and retention of minority students: Diversity in nursing education. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 2(1), Article 13, 1-12.
• Evans, J., Butler, L., Etowa, J., Crawley, I., Rayson, D. & Bell, D. (2005) Gendered and Cultural relations: Exploring African Nova Scotians perceptions and experiences of breast and prostate cancer. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal. 19 (3), 255-271.