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Sacramento State Faculty Samantha Blackburn

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Contact Information

Name: Dr. Samantha Blackburn

Title: Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator, and School Nurse Program Coordinator

Office Location: Folsom Hall 2031

Email: samantha.blackburn@csus.edu

Office Phone: (916) 278-5077

Mailing Address: Sacramento State - School of Nursing 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6096

Professional Degrees

  • Ph.D., Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, 2016
  • M.S.N., University of California, San Francisco, 1998
  • B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, PA, 1990

Certifications and Credentials

  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
  • Credential for School Nursing Services, University of California, San Francisco
  • Public Health Nurse Certification
  • School Audiometrist

Courses

  • NURS 144 - Community Health Nursing
  • NURS 213C - Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing I
  • NURS 213D - Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing II
  • NURS 214 - Educational Program Development in Nursing
  • NURS 215 - Community Health Services and Policy
  • NURS 293D - Practicum in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing

Research Interests

  • Leadership and role definition among (K-12) school health administrators
  • School-based health care program models and interventions
  • Adolescent relationship abuse prevention in public schools
  • Integration of school-based population health and primary care approaches

Publications, Grants, and Awards

  • Blackburn, S. & Apesoa Varano, E. C. (2018). Brokering student well-being: Understanding the work of school health administrators. Journal of School Nursing, published online July 16, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840518787865
  • Baker, D., Blackburn, S., & Hebbeler, K. (2015). At risk for school failure: Students with special health care needs [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://edpolicyinca.org/blog/risk-school-failure-students-special-health-care-needs
  • Miller, E., Goldstein, S., McCauley, H. L., Jones, K. A., Dick, R. N., Jetton, J., Silverman, J. G., Blackburn, S., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Tancredi, D. J. (2015). A school health center intervention for abusive adolescent relationships: A cluster RCT. Pediatrics135(1), 76-85.
  • Dick R. N., McCauley H. L., Jones K. A., Tancredi D. J., Goldstein S., Blackburn S., Monasterio E., James L., Silverman J. G., & Miller E. (2014). Cyber dating abuse among teens using school-based health centers. Pediatrics134(6), e1560-e1567.
  • McCauley, H. L., Dick, R. N., Tancredi, D. J., Goldstein, S., Blackburn, S., Silverman, J. G., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Miller, E. (2014). Differences by sexual minority status in relationship abuse and sexual and reproductive health among adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(5), 652-658.
  • McCauley, H. L., Dick, R., Tancredi, D., Goldstein, S., Blackburn, S., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Miller, E. (2014). Adolescent relationship abuse, sexual assault, and disparities in sexual risk by sexual orientation among female clients of school-based health centers. Journal of Adolescent Health54 (2 Supplement), S5-S6.
  • Clayton, S., Chin, T., Blackburn, S., & Echeverria, C. (2012). Different setting, different care: Integrating prevention and clinical care in school-based health centers. In T. Wright & J. Richardson (Eds.), School-based health care: Advancing educational success and public health (pp. 15-25). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
  • Clayton, S., Chin, T., Blackburn, S., & Echeverria, C. (2010). Different setting, different care: Integrating prevention and clinical care in school-based health centers. American Journal of Public Health100(9), 1592-1596.
  • Jonas Scholar, Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program 2014-2016 ($7,500 total)
  • Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Doctoral Scholar, UC Davis 2012-2016 ($55,000 annually, $220,000 total)