Allison Gilchrist

Programs and Courses Taught

NURSG 128 Healthy Aging (Theory)
NURSG 160 Nursing Leadership Mgt Health Policy (Theory)
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 (Oakland) and Accelerated Bachelors of Nursing Science program (Oakland) in the College of Nursing 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.

Education

I am a licensed RN in California. I hold a Master of Public Health (MPH) from University of California, Los Angeles and a PhD in Public Health from Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests including healthy aging, nursing leadership and professional development, community/public health nursing and senior synthesis courses.

Scholarly Interests

Access to and utilization of primary care services.

Publications

Gilchrist, A., Fernando, G. V. M. C., Holland, P., & Ahmed, F. (2024). Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. PloS one, 19(12), e0314620. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314620

Gilchrist, A. (2023). 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. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.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.