areas
of interest
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Maria
Pettinato, RN, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the College of
Nursing at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. She is an experienced
faculty member teaching Pathophysiology, Neurobiology, and Med/Surg
nursing in both undergraduate and graduate programs on the east
and west coast of the United States for the past 16 years. Her research
interests focus on sexual minority health issues. Her scholarly
work focuses on addiction, substance abuse, and mental health issues
within the sexual minority community. |
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recent
publications
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Refereed
Journals
Pettinato,
M.(2007). Nobody was out back then: A grounded theory study of midlife
and older lesbians with alcohol problems, Issues in Mental Health
Nursing, pub. in process
Swanson,
K.M., Connor, S., Jolley S.N., Pettinato, M., Wang, T. J. (2007).
Contexts and evolution of women’s responses to miscarriage during
the first year after loss, Research in Nursing & Health, 30,
2-16.
Pettinato,
M. (2005). Predicting, understanding and changing: Three research
paradigms regarding alcohol use among lesbians, Journal of Lesbian
Studies, 9(3), 91-101.
Refereed
Books
Pettinato, M. (2005). Predicting, understanding and changing: Three
research paradigms regarding alcohol use among lesbians. In E. E.
Ettore (Ed.), Making lesbians visible in the substance use field
(pp. 91-101). Binghamton: Harrington Park Press.
Additional
Scholarly Publications
Pettinato,
M. (2006). An attempt toward connection and positive change, Neurotransmitter,
4-16.
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scholarly
activities
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Research
podium presentation: Nobody was out back then: Abuse of alcohol
by midlife and older lesbians, on April 13, 2007 at the Intersections
of Race and Gender: (Re) Imagining the Family Interdisciplinary
Conference, Seattle, WA.
Research
podium presentation: Nobody was out back then: Abuse of alcohol
by midlife and older lesbians, on February 23, 2007 at the Southern
Nursing Research Society annual conference, Galveston, Texas.
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