Allison Gilchrist

Programs and Courses Taught

NURSG 128 Healthy Aging 

NURSG 160 Nursing Leadership Mgt Health Policy 

NURSG 170 Community Health Nursing (Theory and clinical) 

NURSG 190L Senior Synthesis (clinical)

About Me

I have taught courses in the Bachelors of Nursing Science program or Accelerated Bachelors of Nursing Science program at Samuel Merritt since 2018. I have clinical experience working in various nursing specialties including internal medicine (endocrinology, cardiovascular, gastroenterology), medical-surgical units, telemetry units oncology, primary care, case management, and public health nursing. I also have experience managing public health-related programs or interventions with homeless and low-income groups in various community based settings in Los Angeles and Bay Area, California.

Education

I am a licensed RN in California. I obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) with a focus on International Family Planning and Population from University of California, Los Angeles. I hold a PhD in Public Health from Lancaster University Faculty of Health and Medicine, United Kingdom.

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests including Community Health Nursing and Global Health Theory and Practice, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Healthy Aging, Research methods and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing, Nursing Leadership and Professional Development.

Scholarly Interests

As health-related concerns of underrepresented women are often excluded from mainstream research, my research focuses on the impact of individual and structural determinants of health on healthcare access for women who are low-income, racial and ethnic minorities, or with disabilities. My PhD dissertation applied the social-ecological model and intersectionality framework to examine how multiple layers of influence and social identities overlap with macro-level structural factors (such as poverty and structural racism) and lead to health inequalities. My research goals center on further exploring how the intersection of gender, race-ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other social identities perpetrates health-related inequalities for underrepresented women.

Publications

Gilchrist, A. (2024). A qualitative exploration of low-income women’s access to primary care services and health-seeking behaviours in an urban setting in California in the Affordable Care Act era. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2271

Gilchrist, A., Fernando, G. V. M. C., Ahmed, F., & Holland, P. (2021). Individual and contextual factors impacting access to primary care in women of working age in the United States in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) era: a mixed-methods systematic review. PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews, CRD42021265314. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021265314

Menon, V. U., Kumar, K. V., Gilchrist, A., Sundaram, K. R., Jayakumar, R. V., Nair, V., & Kumar, H. (2008). Acanthosis Nigricans and insulin levels in a south Indian population (ADEPS paper 2). Obesity research & clinical practice, 2(1), I–II. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2007.12.001

Menon, V. U., Kumar, K. V., Gilchrist, A., Sugathan, T. N., Sundaram, K. R., Nair, V., & Kumar, H. (2006). Prevalence of known and undetected diabetes and associated risk factors in central Kerala—ADEPS. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 74(3), 289–294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2006.03.025

Menon, V. U., Gilchrist, A., Kumar, K. V., Nair, V., & Kumar, H. (2006). Iodine status and goitre prevalence of a South Indian adult population: Amrita Diabetes and Endocrine Population Survey (ADEPS). Thyroid Research & Practice, 3(2), 40-44. 

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

National League of Nursing

Western Institute of Nursing 

Community Service

My commitment to service ranges from participation in community service projects such as Hypertension Sunday and Trafficking & Sexual Violence Response: Best Practices for Healthcare Workers training, to participating in the India Civil 20 Integrated Holistic Health working-group as a Core Committee Member of the Women and Children group in 2023, which culminated in the G20 India 2023 summit. I have worked in partnership with multiple community-based or health-related organizations in the Bay area since 2012 including Dorothy Day House, Catholic Charities, Head Start, Home Rise, Mercy Housing, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco City Impact amongst others.

Honors & Awards

Instructor of the Year, University of Liverpool [Online], United Kingdom - Master of Clinical Research program - 2013

Instructor of the Year, University of Liverpool [Online], United Kingdom - Master of Clinical Research program - 2012