Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing
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Maria Gilson deValpine

James Madison University School of Nursing, MSC 4305, HSB 4024, Harrisonburg Virginia 22807 USA

Biography

Maria Gilson deValpine, RN MSN Phd, teaches public health, health policy, and epidemiology at James Madison University Department of Nursing. She is a public health nurse by trade, training, and passion. Her research interests include health disparities, public policy, field epidemiology, and public health education. Dr. deValpine's work in health disparities has most most recently been informed by her practice in "bush" Alaska.

Publications

First Trimester Prenatal Care and Local Obstetrical Delivery Options for Women in Poverty in Rural Virginia

Healthy People 2020 recommends improvements in rural women’s health in the United States, and specifically, prenatal care. A rural Virginia health department requested this study to assess prenatal care and obstetrical delivery options for impoverished women in the Central Shenandoah Valley. Births to resident mothers between 2000 and 2011 w... Read More»

Maria Gilson deValpine, Matthew Jones, Deborah Bundy-Carpenter and Jonathan Falk

Research Article: J Comm Pub Health Nurs 2016, 2:4

DOI: 10.4172/2471-9846.1000137

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