Julie Postma
Professor
Nursing
Washington State University Pullman
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Julie Postma is an associate professor in the Washington State University College of Nursing. Her scholarship is focused on environmental health promotion among those most impacted by environmental health threats. She uses multiple research methods to engage patients, parents, clinical and community partners in collaborative research and advocacy.Dr. Postma teaches population health courses in the graduate program and serves as clinical faculty in the Puget Sound region for the undergraduate program. Dr. Postma is a grant reviewer for the American Nurses Foundation, serves on the WSU Institutional Review Board, and chairs the College of Nursing’s Diversity and Global Perspectives Committee. She is actively involved in the Puget Sound Asthma Coalition and has increased patient-centered research through her role as chair of the Research and Evaluation subcommittee.
Research Interest
Asthma, Community-based participatory research, Outreach and engagement, Community health nursing, Environmental health, Experiences of immigrants, Health Behaviors, Health Disparities
Publications
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O’Neal, G., Postma, J., Odom-Maryon, T., Butterfield, P. (2016). Retest of a principal components analysis of two household environmental risk instruments. Research in Nursing and Health, 39(4):277-85. doi: 10.1002/nur.21730. Epub 2016 May 26. PubMed PMID: 27227487
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Trujillo, E., Herschberg, R. Evans-Agnew, R. Postma, J. (In press). Development of a bilingual assessment tool to identify environmental health risks in childcares. Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
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Postma, J., Tuell, E., James, L., Graves, J. & Butterfield, P. (In press). Nursing students' perceptions of the transition into shift work: A Total Worker Health perspective, Journal of Workplace Safety and Health.
