5a. Articles in Refereed Journals
1. Noble, L.M., Hand, I.L., Rivera-Todaro, L., Noble, A. (2010). Engaging the community
in post-hospitalization inner city breastfeeding support. Breastfeeding Medicine: The
Official Journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 5 (5): 213-214.
2. Halperin, O., Goldblat, H., Noble, A., Liebergall Wischnitzer, M. (2010). "That marks
you for the rest of your life": The impact of stressful childbirth situations on midwives –
A qualitative analysis. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 56: 388-394.
doi:10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00030.x
3. Noble, A., Rom, M., Wicks, M., Engelhardt, K., Rom, M., Woloski – Wruble, A.,
(2009). Jewish laws, customs and practice in the perinatal period. Journal of Transcultural
Nursing, 20: 323-333.
4. .Noble, L., Hand, I., Noble, A.* (2009). Cultural competence of healthcare professionals
caring for breastfeeding mothers in urban areas. Breastfeeding Medicine: The Official Journal
of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 4:221-224.
5. Noble, API., Wicks, M., Engelhardt, K., Woloski – Wruble, A. 2009. Cultural competence and
ethnic attitudes of midwives concerning Jewish couples. Journal of Obstetrical,
Gynecological, and Neonatal Nursing, 38: 544-555.
Letters:
1. Noble, L., Noble, A., Hand, I. (2008). Student body racial and ethnic composition and
diversity related outcomes in US medical schools. (Letter to the Editor). Journal of the
American Medical Association. 301(6): 596.
2. Noble, L., Hand, I.L., Noble, A. (2007). Breastfeeding, hospitalizations, and the
role of ethnicity. (Letter to the Editor). Pediatrics 120:452
Other Publications:
1. Gorman, R.EPI., Noble, API., Andrews, C. (1997). The relationship between shoe
size and mode of delivery. Midwifery Today Childbirth Education. Spring (41):
70-71. (Co-first author).
2. Sloman, M., Elliott, D. Noble, A. (2001). Holistic Nursing Health Assessment of
the adult client: A Skills Practice Manual. Henrietta Szold/Hadassah-Hebrew University School
of Nursing.
3. Noble, A. (2007). Cultural competence in healthcare services. Hed Haulpan Hachadash.
Vol. 91. http://cms.education.gov.il/ EducationCMS/Units/ AdultEducation?
HanchalatLashon/HedHaulpan/GilyonotHedHaulpan/Giton91.htm
Tool Development
1. 2004. Translation into Hebrew of Campinha-Bacote's Inventory for Assessing Cultural
Competence of Healthcare Professionals – Revised (IAPCC-R) tool. Reliability
assessed. Stage: Accepted as the official Hebrew translation of the IAPCC-R tool.
2. 2004. Adaptation and Hebrew translation of Rooda's Ethnic Attitude Scale for the Israeli
Jewish clients. Renamed: Ethnic Attitude Scale-Adapted. Stage: Completed & utilized,
reliability assessed.
3. 2007. Development of a self-efficacy tool for healthcare professionals' cultural issues
concerning breastfeeding. Utilized in research project: Self-efficacy of
healthcare professionals working in New York City with breastfeeding mothers. Stage:
Pilot testing completed.
4. 2009. Adaptation and translation into Hebrew for the Israel Heritage Assessment Tool
from Spector's Heritage Assessment Tool. Stage: Adaptation complete, Utilized in
pilot research project: The Influence and Efficacy of the Use of Female
Physicians to Conduct Clinical Breast Exams on Modest Populations. Beit Natan. Stage:
Pilot testing completed.
5. 2011. Official Translator of Dennis' Breast Self-Efficacy Scale – Short Form into Hebrew. Stage:
Hebrew translation complete. Backward/forward translation completed.
Invited Lectures/ Workshop
1989
Pascack Valley Hospital Policy and Procedure Committee
Need for a change in hospital visiting policies
1992
American College of Nurse Midwives, Annual Conference, Phoenix,
Arizona
Care of the Orthodox Jewish Client
1998
Women's Health Seminar – Henrietta Szold/Hadassah-Hebrew University
School of Nursing
Female Genital Mutilation.
2000
Hadassah Medical Center – Mt. Scopus, Obstetrical Nursing Department
In- Service. Dietary Counseling for Pregnant & Breastfeeding Women.
2007
Ichilov Medical Center – Unit Project Workshop
Promoting Cultural Competence into the Workplace
2007
Hadassah Medical Center Series on Women
Cultural Competence of Women
2007
Bikur Cholim Hospital – Shalem College – Doula Certification Course
What does cultural competence have to do with labor?
2007
Henrietta Szold/Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing
Center for Nursing Research
Cultural Competence of Healthcare Professionals Caring for Breastfeeding
Mothers in Urban Areas
2007
New York/Jerusalem Dialogue Project Experts Exchange, Webinar Series:
Cultural Competency: Healthcare Meeting the Challenges of Diverse
Societies
Cultural Competence in Israel
2008
Hebrew University School of Medicine – Facilitators Program for the
Medical Humanities Course
What is Cultural Competence? Incorporation of cultural competence into the
School Curriculum
2008
Hebrew University School of Medicine – Medical Humanities Course
What is Cultural Competence?
2008
Center for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & the
Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center, Workshop
Cultural Competence of Migrant Women
2009
Hebrew University School of Medicine – Facilitators Program for the
Medical Humanities Course
Teaching cultural competence to medical students: What is there to know?
2009
Hebrew University School of Medicine – Medical Humanities Course
Cultural competence: what do you need to know?
2010
Hebrew University School of Medicine – Medical Humanities Course
How to incorporate cultural competence into our practice
2011
Hebrew University – School of Nursing – Post-Graduate Lactation
Consultant Course
Certification Course, Cultural competence & Lactation Consulting in Israel
Medical
Kaplan School of Nursing – Geriatric Post-Graduate Certification Course
2011
Cultural competence & Geriatrics
Hebrew University – School of Nursing – Post-Graduate Lactation
2011
Consultant Course
Lactation consulting: History-taking, interviewing, & physical examination of the
mother & baby
Hebrew University – School of Nursing – Post-Graduate Lactation
2011
Consultant Course
Putting it altogether: Assessment, Planning and Evaluation
Hebrew University – School of Nursing – Post-Graduate Lactation
2011
Consultant Course
Research Methods: What does a lactation consultant have to know?
Clalit Health Fund – Breastfeeding Conference
2011
Cultural Competence and Nursing – What do you need to know?
2012
Jerusalem College of Technology, Machon Tal School of Nursing
Sexually Transmitted Infection & Fertility and Health Promotion
2012
Rambam Hospital, Center for Advancement, Certified Lactation Consultant Course
1. Cultural Competence and Lactation Consulting
2. Research & Lactation
3. Lactation & Performing a history and physical
2012
Clalit Health Fund, Lactation Support Course
1. Cultural Competence and Lactation Consulting
2. Working with Interpreters workshop
2012
Gan Shikumi Early Intervention Center, Multi-disciplinary In-service
Cultural competence & Care of Children with Special Needs
2012
Israel Ministry of Health - Cultural Competence Course for Hospital
Representatives
Cultural competence in the Hospital Setting
6b. Conference Presentations
2005
Israel
Israel Association for Nursing Research – Annual Seminar, Beer Sheva,
Transcultural Nursing Panel – Cultural Competence Issues
.
2005
Cultural Competence Workshop for Israeli Nursing School Faculty, Jerusalem,
Israel
Workshop Organizer & Lecturer.
2006
Bar-Ilan University: Access to health care for language minorities. Tel Aviv, Israel
Cultural competence from theory to practice
2006
32nd Annual International Conference of the Transcultural Nursing
Society, Annapolis, Maryland
Cultural competence of healthcare professionals caring for breastfeeding
mothers in urban areas.
.
2006
32nd Annual International Conference of the Transcultural Nursing
Society, Annapolis, Maryland
Effect of an cultural competence educational intervention on Israeli
nursing students.
.
2006
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 11th Annual Meeting,
Niagara Falls, NY
Cultural competence of healthcare professionals caring for breastfeeding
mothers in urban areas. (Honorable Mention, Best Platform Presentation)
2006
Israel Association of Nursing Research Annual Seminar, Haifa, Israel
Effect of a cultural competence educational intervention on Israeli Nursing
Students (poster presentation)
.
2007
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
1. How much do Pediatric Residents know about cultural competence? (poster
symposium)
2. Pediatricians lack confidence in breastfeeding skills. (poster)
2007
New York City Breastfeeding Promotion Leadership Committee
Annual Workshop for Healthcare Professionals: Promoting Cultural
Diversity and Addressing Disparities in Breastfeeding
Nursing the nursing mother: Incorporating cultural competence into clinical
practice
2008
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii
Effect of a cultural competence educational intervention on Pediatric Residents
(poster)
2008
International Nursing Research. "Facing the Challenge of Health Care
Systems in Transition". Jerusalem, Israel.
1. Traditional customs used by Jewish women to facilitate the childbirth continuum
2. Session moderator: Cultural Diversity and Multicultural Nursing.
.
2008
2009
The Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman 2nd International Congress on
Chronic Disorders & Disabilities in Children, sponsored by Hadassah Medical
Center, Shalva, the Israeli Pediatric Association and Israeli Medical Association,
December 3-4, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel
Cultural competence and care of the chronically ill child
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
"Breastfeeding Interventions that Succeed with Increasing Rates at Birth and
at One Month" (poster presentation).
2009
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Annual International Meeting,
Williamsburg, Va., November 6-8, 2009. (Platform abstract presentation)
1. Breastfeeding interventions that succeed in increasing rates at three months.
2. Predictors of early complementary feeds in a diverse Latina community with
traditionally high breastfeeding rates.
2010
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada (poster
presentations)
1. Hospital Breastfeeding Interventions And 1 Year Breastfeeding Rates.
2. Predictors of Early Complementary Feeds In A Diverse Latina Community
With Traditionally High Breastfeeding Rates
3. Cultural Impact of Maternal Obesity On Breastfeeding.
4. The Impact of Culture and Maternal Obesity on Infant Feeding Practices And
Childhood Obesity.
2010
Hadassah Nurses Council, Jerusalem, Israel. "Traditional customs used by Jewish women
to facilitate the childbirth continuum"
2010
The First Global Conference of the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society,
University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, September 1-3, 2010 (Presentation
session)
"Traditional customs used by Jewish women to facilitate the childbirth continuum"
2011
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado
(poster presentation)
"The Impact of Breastfeeding, Parental Attitude and Parenteral Practices on 2nd
Year Weight"
2011
Hadassah Nurses Council, Hadassah National Office. New York, New York.
June 15, 2011. (Invited lecturer). "Jewish customs to promote the childbirth
continuum: What do we need to know?"
2011
2nd European Transcultural Nursing Association Conference, University of
Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, June 31st- July 2, 2011 (Oral Presentations)
1. Effect of a cultural competence intervention on first year nursing students
2. Traditional customs used by Jewish women to facilitate the childbirth continuum
3. The impact of culture, breastfeeding, parental attitude and parental practices
on two year weight.
2012
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Conference, Boston Massachusetts.
(poster presentations)
1. Breastfeeding Support: It Takes a Village to Breastfeed a Child
2. Why Do Mothers Stop Breastfeeding in the US?