Hope Jackson

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Hope Jackson, PhD, MSN, BSN

Visiting Assistant Professor

School of Nursing

hpj002@shsu.edu | 936-202-5130 | TWC 407-C

Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Hope Jackson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing at Sam Houston’s School of Nursing in The Woodlands, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology (1999) from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, in addition to a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Creighton University (2000), a Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health track (2005), and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (2015) in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Jackson has taught psychiatric mental health nursing for the past 15 years and most recently courses in Health Disparities in African Americans. She has served as faculty in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Her affiliations are with the American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and the Black Doctoral Network. Dr Jackson’s research focus is health behaviors of African American women.

Education

  • PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

  • MSN, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

  • BSN, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Research Interests

  • Physical Activity Behaviors of African American Women

  • Barriers to Physical Activity for African American Women

  • Overweight, Obesity and Health status of African American Women

  • Depression in African American Women

  • Cardiovascular Disease in African American Women

 Selected Publications

  • Jackson, H., Robinson, J., & Daniels, G. (2022). Barriers to Physical Activity for Active and Insufficiently Active African American Women. Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal. (In press)

  • Jackson, H. (2021) Depression hurts: compassionate care delivery for African American women. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! 19(6), 22-28. Doi: 10.1097/01.NME.0000793076.49832.28

  • Jackson, H., Robinson, J., & Daniels, G. (2021). Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity in African American Women. Journal of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, 10-14.

  • Jackson, H. (2020). Barriers to physical activity among hypertensive young and old African American Women. Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal, 31(4), 120-126.

  • Jackson, H., Robinson, J., & Daniels, G. (2021). Secondary analysis of data from the Dallas Heart Study: Physical Activity Behavior Among a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of Women in the Dallas Heart Study. (Revisions in progress).

  • Jackson, H., Yates, B., Blanchard, S., Zimmerman, L., Hudson, D., & Pozehl, B. (2016). “Behavior Specific Influences for Physical Activity Among African American Women”. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 38(8), 992-1011. DOI: 10.1177/0193945916640724

  • Contributing author, “An Internet Based Weight Loss Program for Ethnically Diverse Rural Women” (2007). Unpublished.