Allison P Squires
FAAN PhD RN
Professor
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Allison P Squires, Ph.D., FAAN, RN, is a professor and the Director of the Global Consortium of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, or GCNMS. The GCNMS is an 82-country research consortium collaborating on research capacity-building projects in nursing and midwifery globally. The consortium's current research study is examining the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing and midwifery workforces globally to understand how to improve global pandemic response implementation protocols for the largest frontline workforce cadre. Domestically, her research focuses on improving immigrant and refugee health outcomes with a special interest in addressing inequities in health outcomes resulting from language discordance during a healthcare encounter. For both, she is an expert in contextual considerations of global health care services implementation.
Prof. Squires has consulted with the Migration Policy Institute and the World Bank on nursing and health workforce issues and produced several major policy analyses with their teams. A prolific writer, Squires has authored over 200 publications, including 140+ in peer-reviewed journals. She serves as an associate editor of the top-ranked International Journal of Nursing Studies since 2012. She was the 2019–2020 Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence for the National Academy of Medicine where she worked on the consensus study "Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Equity". In 2023, she received the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues interest group of Academy Health.
Prior to entering academia full-time, Squires worked as a staff nurse in solid organ transplant and as a staff educator for 11 years in the U.S. healthcare system. Her practice has since shifted largely to community-based nursing roles as a volunteer.
Prof. Squires received her Ph.D. at Yale University, MSN at Duquesne University, and BSN with a minor in Latin American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Outcomes Research at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her primary appointment at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at NYU, she holds affiliated faculty appointments/affiliations with the Department of General Internal Medicine at the Grossman School of Medicine, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research.
She is currently accepting Ph.D. students and/or post-doctoral fellows/associates with interests in the following areas: 1) global health, 2) migration & immigrant health, and 3) health services and workforce research.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship - University of PennsylvaniaPhD - Yale UniversityMSN - Duquesne UniversityBSN - University of Pennsylvania
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GlobalImmigrantsGerontologyHealth Services Research
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Academy HealthAmerican Nurses AssociationConsortium of Universities for Global HealthInterdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (Academy Health)National Council for Interpreting in Health CareSigma Theta Tau International
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Faculty Honors Awards
Chair of the Nursing Section of the New York Academy of Medicine (2022)Co-Chair, American Academy of Nursing's Global Health Expert Panel (2021)Chair of the Nursing Section of the New York Academy of Medicine (2021)Vice-Chair, Global Health and Health Care Interest Group for Academy Health (2020)Co-Chair, American Academy of Nursing's Global Health Expert Panel (2020)Chair, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues for Academy Health (2020)Chair of the Nursing Section of the New York Academy of Medicine (2020)Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence, National Academy of Medicine (2020)Vice-Chair, Global Health and Health Care Interest Group for Academy Health (2019)Co-Chair, American Academy of Nursing's Global Health Expert Panel (2019)Chair, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues for Academy Health (2019)Chair of the Nursing Section of the New York Academy of Medicine (2019)Distinguished Nurse Scholar in Residence, National Academy of Medicine (2019)Chair, Global Health and Health Care Interest Group for Academy Health (2019)Outstanding Scholarly Contribution to Gerontological Nursing Practice, International Journal for Older People Nursing (2018)Chair of the Nursing Section of the New York Academy of Medicine (2018)Chair, Global Health and Health Care Interest Group for Academy Health (2018)Prose Award, “A New Era in Global Health” (W. Rosa, Ed.) (2018)Vice Chair, Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues for Academy Health (2018)Fellow Ambassador to the Media, New York Academy of Medicine (2017)Distinguished Alumna, Duquesne University (2015)Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2015)Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (2014)Fellow, Yale World Fellows Program (2003) -
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Exploring the Links Between Macro-Level Contextual Factors and Their Influence on Nursing Workforce Composition
AbstractSquires, A., & Beltrán-Sánchez, H. (2011). Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 12(4), 215-223. 10.1177/1527154411431326AbstractResearch that links macro-level socioeconomic development variables to health care human resources workforce composition is scarce at best. The purpose of this study was to explore the links between nonnursing factors and nursing workforce composition through a secondary, descriptive analysis of year 2000, publicly available national nursing human resources data from Mexico. Building on previous research, the authors conducted multiple robust regression analysis by federal typing of nursing human resources from 31 Mexican states against macro-level socioeconomic development variables. Average education in a state was significantly associated in predicting all types of formally educated nurses in Mexico. Other results suggest that macro-level indicators have a different association with each type of nurse. Context may play a greater role in determining nursing workforce composition than previously thought. Further studies may help to explain differences both within and between countries.International recruitment: Many faces, one goal-part 2
Squires, A. (2011). Nursing Management, 39(10), 18-26. 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000338303.02631.12International recruitment: Many faces, one goal—part 1
AbstractSquires, A. (2011). Nursing Management, 39(9), 16-21. 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000335253.23789.98AbstractMake ethically informed choices about international nurse recruitment that not only balance your staffing needs, but also minimize the potential negative aspects of nurse migration.Måleinstrumentet "The Nursing Work Index-Revised" - oversettelse og utprøvelse av en norsk versjon [The instrument "Nurses Work Index-Revised" - translation and assessment of the Norwegian version]
Stromseng Sjetne, I., Tvedt, C., & Squires, A. (2011). Sykepleien Forskning [Nursing Research - Norway], 6, 358-365.The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Mexican nursing
AbstractSquires, A. (2011). Health Policy and Planning, 26(2), 124-132. 10.1093/heapol/czq024AbstractIn the context of nurse migration, experts view trade agreements as either vehicles for facilitating migration or as contributing to brain-drain phenomena. Using a case study design, this study explored the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the development of Mexican nursing. Drawing results from a general thematic analysis of 48 interviews with Mexican nurses and 410 primary and secondary sources, findings show that NAFTA changed the relationship between the State and Mexican nursing. The changed relationship improved the infrastructure capable of producing and monitoring nursing human resources in Mexico. It did not lead to the mass migration of Mexican nurses to the United States and Canada. At the same time, the economic instability provoked by the peso crisis of 1995 slowed the implementation of planned advances. Subsequent neoliberal reforms decreased nurses' security as workers by minimizing access to full-time positions with benefits, and decreased wages. This article discusses the linkages of these events and the effects on Mexican nurses and the development of the profession. The findings have implications for nursing human resources policy-making and trade in services. Published by Oxford University Press in association with The London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineA pilot study of a systematic method for translating patient satisfaction questionnaires
AbstractLiu, K., Squires, A., & You, L. M. (2011). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(5), 1012-1021. 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05569.xAbstractAims. This paper is a report of a descriptive comparative pilot study of use of a method that simultaneously tests the content validity and quality of translation of English-to-Chinese translations of two patient satisfaction questionnaires: the La Monica-Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. Background. Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of healthcare services. In China, however, few good translations of patient satisfaction instruments sensitive to nursing services exist. Methods. The descriptive pilot study took place in 2009 and used content validity indexing techniques to evaluate the content, context and criterion relevance of a survey question. The expert raters were 10 nursing faculty and 10 patients who evaluated the two patient satisfaction questionnaires. The experts evaluated the relevance of each item on a scale of 1-4 and the research team compared their responses to choose the most appropriate. Only the nurse faculty experts, who were bilingual, evaluated the quality of the translation using a binary rating. Results. The 'Nurse Rater' relevance scores of the LaMonica-Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale and the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems were 0·96 and 0·95 respectively, whereas the patient's overall relevance scores were 0·89 and 0·95. A Mann-Whitney U-test demonstrated that results between the two groups were statistically significantly different (P=0·0135). Conclusions. Using content validity indexing simultaneously with translation processes was valuable for selecting and evaluating survey instruments in different contexts.Health system reconstruction: Perspectives of Iraqi physicians
AbstractSquires, A., Sindi, A., & Fennie, K. (2010). Global Public Health, 5(6), 561-577. 10.1080/17441690903473246AbstractIn conflict or post-conflict situations, health system reconstruction becomes a critical component of ensuring stability. The purpose of this study was to determine the priorities for health system reconstruction among Iraqi physicians residing in the northern region of the country. A convenience sample of practicing male and female physicians residing in the Kurdish region completed a 13-item survey about health system reconstruction. A total of 1001 practitioners completed the survey with gender breakdown of 29% female and 71% male, all working in different specialty areas. Significant differences between the providers based on gender (p=0.001), specialty (p=0.001) and geographic location (p=0.004) were found to affect the responses of the participants. This study demonstrates that input from healthcare professionals is important for health system reconstruction, but that gender, geography and medical specialty make the process complex.Factores extraprofessionales y enfermeria en el sigo XXI
Squires, A. (2009). El Ser Enfermero (Argentina), 2(8).Methodological challenges in cross-language qualitative research: A research review
AbstractSquires, A. (2009). International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(2), 277-287. 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.006AbstractObjectives: Cross-language qualitative research occurs when a language barrier is present between researchers and participants. The language barrier is frequently mediated through the use of a translator or interpreter. The purpose of this analysis of cross-language qualitative research was threefold: (1) review the methods literature addressing cross-language research; (2) synthesize the methodological recommendations from the literature into a list of criteria that could evaluate how researchers methodologically managed translators and interpreters in their qualitative studies; (3) test these criteria on published cross-language qualitative studies. Data sources: A group of 40 purposively selected cross-language qualitative studies found in nursing and health sciences journals. Review methods: The synthesis of the cross-language methods literature produced 14 criteria to evaluate how qualitative researchers managed the language barrier between themselves and their study participants. To test the criteria, the researcher conducted a summative content analysis framed by discourse analysis techniques of the 40 cross-language studies. Results: The evaluation showed that only 6 out of 40 studies met all the criteria recommended by the cross-language methods literature for the production of trustworthy results in cross-language qualitative studies. Multiple inconsistencies, reflecting disadvantageous methodological choices by cross-language researchers, appeared in the remaining 33 studies. To name a few, these included rendering the translator or interpreter as an invisible part of the research process, failure to pilot test interview questions in the participant's language, no description of translator or interpreter credentials, failure to acknowledge translation as a limitation of the study, and inappropriate methodological frameworks for cross-language research. Conclusions: The finding about researchers making the role of the translator or interpreter invisible during the research process supports studies completed by other authors examining this issue. The analysis demonstrated that the criteria produced by this study may provide useful guidelines for evaluating cross-language research and for novice cross-language researchers designing their first studies. Finally, the study also indicates that researchers attempting cross-language studies need to address the methodological issues surrounding language barriers between researchers and participants more systematically.Predicting nursing human resources: An exploratory study
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