Contact Information
Name: Dr. Samantha Blackburn
Title: Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator, and School Nurse Program Coordinator
Office Location: Folsom Hall 2031
Email: samantha.blackburn@csus.edu
Office Phone: (916) 278-5077
Mailing Address: Sacramento State - School of Nursing 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819-6096
Professional Degrees
- Ph.D., Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, 2016
- M.S.N., University of California, San Francisco, 1998
- B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, PA, 1990
Certifications and Credentials
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
- Credential for School Nursing Services, University of California, San Francisco
- Public Health Nurse Certification
- School Audiometrist
Courses
- NURS 144 - Community Health Nursing
- NURS 213C - Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing I
- NURS 213D - Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing II
- NURS 214 - Educational Program Development in Nursing
- NURS 215 - Community Health Services and Policy
- NURS 293D - Practicum in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing
Research Interests
- Leadership and role definition among (K-12) school health administrators
- School-based health care program models and interventions
- Adolescent relationship abuse prevention in public schools
- Integration of school-based population health and primary care approaches
Publications, Grants, and Awards
- Blackburn, S. & Apesoa Varano, E. C. (2018). Brokering student well-being: Understanding the work of school health administrators. Journal of School Nursing, published online July 16, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840518787865
- Baker, D., Blackburn, S., & Hebbeler, K. (2015). At risk for school failure: Students with special health care needs [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://edpolicyinca.org/blog/risk-school-failure-students-special-health-care-needs
- Miller, E., Goldstein, S., McCauley, H. L., Jones, K. A., Dick, R. N., Jetton, J., Silverman, J. G., Blackburn, S., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Tancredi, D. J. (2015). A school health center intervention for abusive adolescent relationships: A cluster RCT. Pediatrics, 135(1), 76-85.
- Dick R. N., McCauley H. L., Jones K. A., Tancredi D. J., Goldstein S., Blackburn S., Monasterio E., James L., Silverman J. G., & Miller E. (2014). Cyber dating abuse among teens using school-based health centers. Pediatrics, 134(6), e1560-e1567.
- McCauley, H. L., Dick, R. N., Tancredi, D. J., Goldstein, S., Blackburn, S., Silverman, J. G., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Miller, E. (2014). Differences by sexual minority status in relationship abuse and sexual and reproductive health among adolescent females. Journal of Adolescent Health, 55(5), 652-658.
- McCauley, H. L., Dick, R., Tancredi, D., Goldstein, S., Blackburn, S., Monasterio, E., James, L., & Miller, E. (2014). Adolescent relationship abuse, sexual assault, and disparities in sexual risk by sexual orientation among female clients of school-based health centers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54 (2 Supplement), S5-S6.
- Clayton, S., Chin, T., Blackburn, S., & Echeverria, C. (2012). Different setting, different care: Integrating prevention and clinical care in school-based health centers. In T. Wright & J. Richardson (Eds.), School-based health care: Advancing educational success and public health (pp. 15-25). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
- Clayton, S., Chin, T., Blackburn, S., & Echeverria, C. (2010). Different setting, different care: Integrating prevention and clinical care in school-based health centers. American Journal of Public Health, 100(9), 1592-1596.
- Jonas Scholar, Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program 2014-2016 ($7,500 total)
- Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Doctoral Scholar, UC Davis 2012-2016 ($55,000 annually, $220,000 total)