Catherine FerrisUniversity of San Diego | USD · Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
Catherine Ferris
PhD, MSN, RN, PHN
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Introduction
A pediatric critical care nurse with extensive experience and having seen first hand the consequences of vaccine-preventable illnesses; primary prevention, especially in pediatric populations has become my passion. My interest in childhood immunization practices led me to examine health policy, and parental barriers to childhood immunization guided by the social-ecological model, for my PhD dissertation research.
Additional affiliations
June 2017 - August 2017
Education
September 2012 - October 2016
University of San Diego
Field of study
- Nursing
August 2006 - August 2008
Field of study
- Masters in Nursing with Specialization in Health Care Systems Management
September 1982 - March 1989
Publications
Publications (2)
Parental barriers to childhood immunizations vary among countries, states and communities. There is a plethora of studies that exist to examine barriers to immunizations including many intervention studies designed to improve immunization rates in children. Often, intervention studies designed to minimize barriers and increase immunization uptake a...
Abstract for poster presentation presented at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference
