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Elizabeth Saewyc, PhD, PHN, RN
Professor
The University of British Columbia
School of Nursing
T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6T 2B5
Phone: 604-822-7505
Email: elizabeth.saewyc@nursing.ubc.ca

Chaired Essays, Theses and Dissertations

Educational Background

PhD, University of Washington School of Nursing
 MSN, University of Washington School of Nursing
 BSN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Current Teaching

  • Currently I teach in both the masters and doctoral programs, research methods (N552), the doctoral seminar (N601), and I occasionally guest lecture in undergraduate public health nursing courses. I also teach a special Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Adolescent Health Course, open to all disciplines who work with adolescents.

Current Professional Practice & Scholarship

  • I am an ongoing consultant to the Midwest Children’s Resource Center at St. Paul Children’s Hospital, Minnesota, a clinic for forensic examination, diagnosis and treatment of maltreated children. The consultation focuses on advising nurse clinicians who assess and treat sexually abused and sexually exploited very young adolescents (age 10 through 15) especially young runaways. I helped them develop a home-visiting, case management program, and have evaluated it for the past 4 years.

Research

Research Project 1
Description:
My research focuses on health issues of youth, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of stigma, risk behaviors, and protective factors that influence the health of vulnerable populations of young people. These populations include: sexual minority youth (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens), homeless and runaway youth, sexually-exploited teens, pregnant and parenting adolescents, youth in custody, and indigenous young people in Canada and other countries.
Grant Value: $0.00
Start Date: January, 1900 End Date: January, 1900

Research Project 2
Description:
Guys Un-Limited: Young Men Speak Out About Health Services-CIHR
Grant Value: $171,000.00
Start Date: April, 2009 End Date: March, 2011

Research Project 3
Description:
Enacted stigma, gender, & risk behaviors of school youth--National Institute of Drug Abuse, NIH
Grant Value: $646,130.00
Start Date: September, 2003 End Date: June, 2009

Research Project 4
Description:
Stigma, risk and protective factors among vulnerable youth--Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Grant Value: $0.00
Start Date: September, 2004 End Date: May, 2009

Research Project 5
Description:
College Health Intervention Program, UBC Site: A randomized clinical trial of a brief intervention in Student Health Services to promote healthier behaviours, with 2-year follow-up. The project is part of a larger NIAAA multi-site study from the University of Wisconsin (M. Fleming, PI), in collaboration with the Child Family Research Institute.
Grant Value: $0.00
Start Date: July, 2005 End Date: February, 2009

Research Project 6
Description:
Stigma and Resilience among Vulnerable Youth Consortium--CIHR Institute for Gender & Health, Institute for Population and Public Health, and CIHR Ethics Office
Grant Value: $743,751.00
Start Date: April, 2006 End Date: March, 2011

Research Project 7
Description:
Rural and Northern Youth Sexual Health Team (J. Shoveller, PI)--CIHR
Grant Value: $800,000.00
Start Date: April, 2006 End Date: March, 2011

Research Project 8
Description:
CIHR/PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health Research: Building Capacity for Population-Level Monitoring & Interventions for Healthy Youth, funded by CIHR's IHDCYH, IPPH, and Public Health Agency of Canada
Grant Value: $925,000.00
Start Date: March, 2008 End Date: February, 2013

Research Project 9
Description:
Minnesota Runaway Intervention Project (K. Richtmann, PI), US OJJDP/Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Grant Value: $460,000.00
Start Date: January, 2006 End Date: December, 2009

Research Project 10
Description:
BC Adolescent Health Survey IV, BC Interministry Committee (MCFD, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Public Safety), Child Health BC, and Health Canada, [Saewyc & Smith, co-PIs--McCreary Centre Society]
Grant Value: $500,000.00
Start Date: April, 2006 End Date: March, 2009

Research Project 11
Description:
BC Drug Monitoring & Surveillance National Pilot: Representative school-based surveys sub-project (T. Stockwell, PI, Saewyc sub-project PI) Health Canada, PHSA, Vancouver Coastal Health, CAR-BC
Grant Value: $400,000.00
Start Date: April, 2006 End Date: March, 2009

Research Project 12
Description:
Youth Translating Research for Youth: The Health Issues of Aboriginal Street-Involved Youth on Vancouver Island--Vancouver Island Health Authority
Grant Value: $15,790.00
Start Date: February, 2008 End Date: May, 2008

Publications

  • Garcia, C.M., Duckett, L.J., Saewyc, E.M., & Bearinger, L.H. (2007). Perceptions of health among immigrant Latino adolescents in Mexico. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25, 81-91.

  • Saewyc, E.M., Poon, C., Wang, N., Homma, Y., Smith, A., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2007). Not yet equal: The health of lesbian, gay & bisexual youth in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society, ISBN#: 978-1-895438-84-5.

  • Smith, A., Saewyc, E.M., Albert, M., Mackay, L., Northcott, M., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2007). Against the odds: A profile of marginalized and street-involved youth in BC. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society, ISBN#: 978-1-895438-83-7.

  • Meininger, E., Saewyc, E.M., Skay, C., Clark, T., Poon, C., Robinson, E., Pettingell, S., & Homma, Y. (2007). Enacted sigma and HIV risk behaviors in sexual minority youth of European heritage across three countries. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, S27.

  • Saewyc, E.M., Edinburgh, L., & Richtman, K. (2007). Outcomes of a runaway intervention project for sexually exploited young girls. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, S40.

  • Garcia, C.M. & Saewyc, E.M. (2007). Perceptions of mental health among recently-immgranted Mexican adolescents. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 37-54.

  • Garcia, C., Duckett, L., Saewyc, E.M., & Bearinger, L. (2006). Air, water, land: Mexican-origin immigrant adolescents’ perceptions of the physical environment in the U.S. and its impact on their physical and mental health status. [Abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 144-145.

  • Saewyc, E.M. (2006). Community coalitions and research to help sexually-exploited Hmong girls in the USA: System change through collaboration. In B. Majumdar (ed.). Proceedings of the Third International Conference - Impact of Global Issues on Women and Children, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: McMaster University, 85-88.

  • Daigneau, C.V., & Saewyc, E.M. (2006). Chapter 21: Behavioral health problems of adolescents: Eating disorders, substance abuse and suicide. In D. Wong (ed.). Nursing care of infants and children, (8th ed.) pp, St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book.

  • Saewyc, E.M. (2006). Chapter 19: Health promotion of adolescents and families. In D. Wong (ed.). Nursing care of infants and children, (8th ed.), St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book.

  • Edinburgh, L., Saewyc, E.M., & Levitt, C. (2006). Gender differences in extra-familial abuse experiences among very young adolescents. Journal of School Nursing, 22(5), 278-284.

  • Poon, C., Chittenden, M., Saewyc, E.M., Murphy, A., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2006). Promoting healthy bodies: Physical activity, weight and tobacco use among BC youth. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society, ISBN#: 1-895438-74-8.

  • Saewyc, E.M, Wang, N., Chittenden, M., Murphy, A., & the McCreary Centre Society. (2006). Building resilience in vulnerable youth. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society, ISBN#: 1-895438-76-4.

  • Paone, M., Wigle, M., & Saewyc, E.M. (2006). The ON TRAC model for transitional care of adolescents. Progress in Transplantation, 16(4), 291-302.

  • Saewyc, E.M. Bearinger, L.H., McMahon, G., & Evans, T.J. (2006). A national needs assessment of nurses providing health care to adolescents. Journal of Professional Nursing, 22(5), 304-313.

  • Saewyc, E.M. (2006). Contested conclusions: What claims can (and cannot) be made from the current research on gay, lesbian, and bisexual teen suicide attempts?. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(1), 75-84.

  • Edinburgh L., Saewyc E., Solsvig W., & Levitt C. (2006). A home visiting intervention for very young, sexually exploited runaways: Program development and preliminary outcomes [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 146.

  • Homma, Y., & Saewyc, E.M. (2006). The emotional well-being of Asian-American sexual minority in school. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 3(1), 69-74.

  • Edinburgh L, Saewyc EM, Thao T, Levitt C. (2006). Sexual exploitation of very young Hmong girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39, 111-118.

  • Saewyc, EM, Skay, CL, Richens, K, Reis, E, Poon, C, & Murphy, A. (2006). Sexual orientation, sexual abuse, and HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in the Pacific Northwest. American Journal of Public Health, 96(6), 1104-1110.

  • Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Reis E, Pettingell SE, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Murphy A, Combs L. (2006). Hazards of stigma: The sexual and physical abuse of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents in the U.S. and Canada. Child Welfare, 85(2), 195-213.

  • Samargia, L., Saewyc, E.M., & Elliott, B. (2006). Foregone mental health care and reported access barriers among adolescents. Journal of School Nursing, 22, 17-24.

  • Saewyc E.M. (2005). Young people and sexual health: Individual, social, and policy contexts [book review]. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2(3), 68-70.

  • Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Bearinger LH & Resnick MD. (2005). The prevalence of protective factors in the lives of bisexual adolescents in the U.S. and Canada [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36, 136-137.

  • Saewyc, E.M. (2005). Chapter 5. Pregnancy among lesbian, gay and bisexual adolescents: Influences of stigma, sexual abuse, and sexual orientation. In Omoto, A.M., & Kurtzman, H.S (Eds.), Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Examining Identity and Development in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People. (pp. 95-116). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

  • Flower, J. & Saewyc, E.M. (2005). Assessing the capability of school-age children with asthma to safely self-carry an inhaler. Journal of School Nursing, 21, 283-292.

  • Edinburgh L., Saewyc E., & Levitt C. (2005). Gender differences in extra-familial sexual abuse experiences of young adolescents. [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36, 137.

  • Temple M., Fagerlund K., & Saewyc E. (2005). A national survey of certified registered nurse anesthetists’ knowledge, beliefs, and assessment of herbal supplements in the anesthesia setting. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 73, 368-377.

  • Gallart H & Saewyc EM. (2004). Sexual orientation and contraceptive behaviors among Minnesota adolescents [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 141-141.

  • Saewyc EM, Skay CL, & Pettingell SL. (2004). Hazards of stigma: The sexual and physical abuse of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents in the US and Canada [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 115-116.

  • Saewyc EM, Magee LL, & Pettingell SL. (2004). Teenage pregnancy and associated risk behaviors among sexually-abused adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36, 98-105.

  • Saewyc EM, Bauer GR, Skay CL, Bearinger LH, Resnick MD, Reis E, & Murphy A. (2004). Measuring sexual orientation in adolescent health surveys: Evaluation of eight school-based surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35, Retrieved 2004, See Full Text

  • Forrest R, & Saewyc EM. (2004). Sexual minority teen parents: Demographics of an unexpected population [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 122-122.

  • Saewyc EM, Pettingell SL, & Skay CL. (2004). Suicide ideation and attempts in North American school-based surveys: Are bisexual youth at increasing risk? [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 138-138.

  • Saewyc EM, Pettingell SL, Skay CL. (2004). Teen pregnancy among sexual minority youth in population-based surveys of the 1990s: Countertrends in a population at risk [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 34, 125-126.

  • Saewyc EM. (2003). Chapter 19: Health promotion of adolescents and family. In Wong D (Ed.), Nursing Care of Infants and Children (7th ed.). (pp. 802-838). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Year Book.

  • Saewyc EM. (2003). Influential life contexts and environments for out-of-home pregnant adolescents. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 21, 343-367.

  • Saewyc EM, Pettingell S, Magee LL. (2003). The prevalence of sexual abuse among adolescents in school. Journal of School Nursing, 19, 266-272.

  • Tonkin R, Murphy A, Lee Z, Saewyc E, & McCreary Centre Society. (2005). British Columbia Youth Health Trends: A Retrospective, 1992-2003. Vancouver: McCreary Centre Society.    ... McCreary Centre Society Website

  • Saewyc EM, Bearinger LH, Farrow JH, & Gibbs, JT. (2002). Work Group III: Identifying effective strategies and interventions for improving adolescent health at the individual level. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31(Suppl), 226-229.

  • Saewyc EM, & Rew L. (2001). Focusing on protective resources in adolescent health care [editorial]. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 19, 99-101.

  • Bensussen-Walls W, & Saewyc, EM. (2001). Teen-focused vs. adult-focused prenatal care models for the high-risk pregnant adolescent: An outcomes evaluation. Public Health Nursing, 18, 424-435.

  • Magee LL, Saewyc EM, Erickson S, & Belfay, K. (2001). Family environment correlates of sexually-abused adolescents in a school-based population [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 118-118.

  • Saewyc EM. (2000). Nursing theories of caring: A paradigm fro adolescent nursing practice. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 18, 114-128.

  • Saewyc EM. (2000). Meanings of pregnancy and motherhood among out-of-home pregnant adolescents [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 26, 119-119.

  • Saewyc EM, Singh N, Reis, E, & Flynn, T. (2000). Intersections of gender, racial, and orientaion harassment in school and associated health risks among adolescents [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 26, 148-148.

  • Saewyc EM, Bearinger LH, Blum RW, & Resnick MD. (1999). Sexual intercourse, abuse, and pregnancy among adolescent woment: Does sexual orientation make a difference?. Family Planning Perspectives, 31, 127-131.

  • Nerdahl, PL, Berglund, DJ, Bearinger LH, Saewyc, EM, Ireland M, & Evans, T. (1999). New challenges, new answers: Pediatric nurse practitioners and the care of adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 13, 183-190.

  • Saewyc, EM, Frevert, R, Brown, A, & Rogers, C. (1999). Comparison of perinatal risk factors and outcomes among pregnant adolescents with and those without a history of sexual abuse [abstract]. Journal of Adolescent Health, 24, 104-104.

  • Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Bearinger LH, Blum RW, & Resnick MD. (1998). Demographics of sexual orientation among American Indian adolescents. AmericanJournal of Orthopsychiatry, 68, 590-600.

  • Saewyc, E.M., Skay, C.L., Hynds, P., Pettingell, S., Bearinger, L.H., Resnick, M.D., & Reis, E. (in press). Suicidal ideation and attempts among adolescents in North American school-based surveys: Are bisexual youth at increasing risk?. Journal of LGBT Health Research.

  • Warf, C., Rew, L., Saewyc, E., Neavel, C., Ensign, J., & Ammerman, S. (in press). Health and health needs of homeless and runaway youth: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Journal of Adolescent Health.

  • Saewyc EM, Heinz PA, Bearinger LH, Blum RW, & Resnick MD. (1998). Gender differences in health and risk behaviors among bisexual and homosexual adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 23, 181-188.

  • Saewyc EM, Skay CL, Bearinger LH, Blum RW, & Resnick MD. (1998). Sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, and pregnancy among American Indian adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 23, 238-247.

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