Dr. Dawn Weiler, PhD, APRN-ANP, BC, joined the faculty at Boise State University in
2000. She completed her Doctorate in Nursing at the University of Arizona in 2007 with a
focus on Vulnerable Populations and Rural Health. She earned her Masters Degree as an
Adult Nurse Practitioner with a minor in management/leadership at the University of
Portland in 1995, and completed her Bachelor and Associate degrees in Nursing at Boise
State University in 1991 and 1984 respectively. Dr. Weiler is the Medical Director for
the Friendship Clinic, a free community clinic in Boise. Her current research focuses on
diabetes management and prevention in the Latino population.

Articles

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Northwest Latinos' Health Promotion Lifestyle Profiles According to Diabetes Risk Status (with Leonie Sutherland, Laura Bond, Shawn Simonson, and Janet Reis), Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2012)

A sample of 225 low income and low education, middle aged Latinos with concern about...

 

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Diabetes Self-Management in a Latino Social Environment (with Janice D. Crist), Diabetes Educator (2009)

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the socio-cultural influences and...

 

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Giving Community Voice to Health Promotion (with Leonie Sutherland), Northwest Public Health (2008)

The authors describe a community partnership to pilot a health education project to address metabolic...

 

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Diabetes Self-Management in the Migrant Latino Population (with Janice D. Crist), Hispanic Health Care International (2007)

This article will present an in-depth exploration and synthesis of current literature that informs nursing...

 

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Office Nurse Educators: Improving Diabetes Self-Management for the Latino Population in the Clinic Setting (with Laura Tirrell, MD), Hispanic Health Care International (2007)

Diabetes patients who understand their disease and how to manage it can achieve a lower...

 

Presentations

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Symposium: Latino Population Assessment: Foundation, Process and Discovery, Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference (2010)
 

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A Grass-Roots Approach to Develop a Hispanic Wellness Curriculum in Rural Idaho, National Rural Health Association Conference (2008)

The Idaho Partnership for Hispanic Health (IPHH) is a community-based participatory research project focused on...