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Dr. Heidi Luft, PhD, RN is a tenure-track Assistant Professor with the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing and a Fulbright alumna of the Dominican Republic (DR) US Scholar Program (2022). Her teaching focus includes health ethics and policy, team science, peace and conflict, determinants of health, cultural humility in healthcare, global health, and study abroad in Latin America. Since 2014, she has been building a program of collaborative research to advance knowledge about effective strategies to maximize dissemination and implementation (D&I) of health promotion evidence-based interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). She is an implementation research pioneer in Latin America, leading some of the first studies in the region that have involved rigorous application of D&I methods and theories, to design implementation strategies for school based EBIs in DR. She has substantially expanded qualitative understanding of partner violence in the DR and is among the first to conduct empirical research to evaluate the prevalence and correlates of adverse childhood experiences, mental health, dating violence, and other timely health behaviors and experiences (e.g., sexting) among adolescents in the DR. Given the importance of structural change to reduce health inequities in LMICs, Dr. Luft collaborates closely with the Ministry of Education in the DR. Her work is grounded in a multi-sectorial and transdisciplinary approach, with extensive stakeholder engagement.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Texas Medical Branch: Galveston, TX, US

2021-08-01 to present | Assistant Professor (School of Nursing)
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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

2017-09-01 to 2021-07-31 | Assistant Professor (College of Nursing)
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Heidi Luft

Education and qualifications (2)

Columbia University School of Nursing: New York, NY, US

2014-08-15 to 2017-05-16 | PhD
Education
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University of Wisconsin–Madison: Madison, US

2006-08-20 to 2012-05-17 | BSN (School of Nursing)
Education
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Professional activities (4)

University of Texas Medical Branch: Galveston, TX, US

2022-09-01 to present | Adjunct Faculty (School of Public and Population Health, Department of Global Health and Emerging Diseases)
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Etikos Bioethics Foundation: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO

2021-09-01 to present | Research Advisor (Scientific Advisory Council)
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University of Texas Medical Branch: Galveston, TX, US

2021-08-01 to present | Associate Research (Center for Violence Prevention)
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Institute of Mental Health and Telepsychology: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO

2022-10-01 | Director (Violence Prevention Unit)
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Funding (2)

Building Capacity for Collaborative Research to Advance Social Justice and Health Equity in the Dominican Republic

2021-10-01 to 2022-03-01 | Grant
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Washington D.C., US)
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Reducing health disparities among vulnerable populations by increasing access to culturally humble, quality care

2018-09 to 2019-12 | Grant
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US)
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Heidi Luft

Works (8)

Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and association with dating violence and symptoms of mental illness among adolescents in the Dominican Republic

Child Abuse & Neglect
2022-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0145-2134
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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An integrative literature review of barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening among refugee women in the United States

Health Care for Women International
2021-08-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0739-9332
Part of ISSN: 1096-4665
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Heidi Luft

Attitudes among working professionals toward immigrants and refugees living in Ecuador: Impacts on health and well‐being

Public Health Nursing
2020-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0737-1209
Part of ISSN: 1525-1446
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Race and Blackness: A Thematic Review of Communication Challenges Confronting the Black Community Within the U.S. Health Care System

Journal of Transcultural Nursing
2020-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1043-6596
Part of ISSN: 1552-7832
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Sexual Relationship Power and Safe Sex Communication Among Partnered Women in the Dominican Republic

Journal of Transcultural Nursing
2020-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1043-6596
Part of ISSN: 1552-7832
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Associations between health literacy, HIV-related knowledge, and information behavior among persons living with HIV in the Dominican Republic

Public Health Nursing
2018-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0737-1209
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Self-Management Strategies for Coping with Adverse Symptoms in Persons Living with HIV with HIV Associated Non-AIDS Conditions

AIDS and Behavior
2018-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1090-7165
Part of ISSN: 1573-3254
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Psychosocial correlates of safe sex communication between Latina women and their stable male partners: an integrative review

AIDS Care
2017-05-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0954-0121
Part of ISSN: 1360-0451
Contributors: Heidi Luft
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

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