Feleta Wilson PhD, RN
- Undergraduate: Greensboro, NC A&T State University, School of Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Graduate: University of Michigan, School of Public Health - Nursing Division, Master’s of Public Health
- Doctoral Wayne State University
- Health Literacy Communication
- Patient Education
- Urban/Community Health
- Developing, Designing, and Field-testing Easy-to-Read Patient Education Materials
2002-2004
Co-Principal Investigator. Teaching elderly about medication literacy (TEAM-L). Pfizer Foundation Health Literacy Community Grants Program. ($100,000)(pending).
2002-2003
Co-Principal Investigator. The effects of patient education and patient decision-making for the medically underserved. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation.
2001-2002
Principal Investigator. Patient education and patient literacy among urban elderly populations. Wayne State University, Research Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR), Network Grant.
Co-Principal Investigator. Focus groups: Exercise and weight-management among underserved and underrepresented urban groups. Center for Health Research. College of Nursing, Wayne State University.
Principal Investigator. Literacy: A factor to consider in patient education and patient compliance. John Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. (pending).
1999 - 2002
Principal Investigator. Access to health with readable immunization information. National Center for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health.
2000
Principal Investigator. Health literacy communication: A different focus for patient education and research. Sigma Theta Tau, Lambda Chapter.
1999
Principal Investigator. Patient education: Anticoagulation therapy for elderly African Americans. College of Nursing, Center Health Research, Wayne State University. Summer support.
- NUR 7510 - Advanced Community and Home-Health Nursing
- NUR 7540 - Advanced Community Health Nursing
- NUR 7560 - Planned Change in the Community
- NUR 8100 - Ethics in Nursing
- NUR 7510 -Advanced Community Health Nursing I - Urban Health Assessment
- NUR 7540 - Advanced Community Health Nursing II - Urban Health Planning and Intervention
- NUR 7560 - Advanced Community Health Nursing III - Urban Health Evaluation
- NUR 8090 –Professional Seminar: On Becoming a PhD – Urban Health Program
- NUR 8030 – Urban Health Theories and Research
- NUR 8990 – Directed Study (Doctoral Students) Concepts of Urban Health
- NUR 4120 - Community Health Nursing - Basic Nursing Program and RN Outreach
- NUR 2110 - Nursing Care of the Well Client
- NUR 4220 - Leadership and Management in Nursing
- NUR 4500 - Perspectives in Nursing
- NUR 2040 - Environments of Care
- NUR 4060 – Ethical, Legal, and Health Policy Issues in Nursing
- NUR 4000 – Research-based Interventions for Health
Wilson, F. L., Dobal, M., Nordstrom. C., DeGroot, C., & Smith, D., &
Schram, C. (In press). Literacy, self-efficacy, and health beliefs about exercise and obesity in urban low-income African American women. JOCEPS.
Wilson, F.L., Baker, L., Nordstrom, C., & Legwand, C (2008). Using
the teach-back and Orem’s self-care to increase childhood immunization communication among low-income mothers. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 31, 7-22.
Baker, L, Wilson, F. L, Nordstrom, C., & Wegwand, C. (2007). Mothers’
knowledge and information needs about immunization. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 30, 1-15.
Jeroz, P., Dobal., M., Wilson, F. L., & Schram, C. (2006). Disordered eating and food cravings among urban obese African American women. Eating Behaviors, 8, 374-381.
Wilson, F. L., Brown, D., & Stephen-Ferris, M. (2006). Can easy-to-read
immunization information increase knowledge in urban mothers? Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 21, 4-12.
Baker, L., & Wilson, F. L. (2004). An exploratory study of the health
problems, stigmatization, life satisfaction, and literacy skills of urban sex-workers. Women and Health, 39, 83-96.
Wilson, F. L. & Williams, B. N. (2003). Meeting the health education and
information needs of patients with low-literacy skills. Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN), 30, 224-230.
Wilson, F. L. & Ntiri, D. (2003). Meeting the health and information needs
of patients with low literacy skills. JOCEP, Spring Edition, 10-15.
Wilson, F. L., Racine, E., Tiekieli, V, & Williams, B. (2003). Literacy and
readability: Barriers to patient education for older African Americans on anticoagulation therapy. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12,275-282.
Wilson, F. L., Mood, D., Risk, J. & Kreshaw, T. (2003). Self-care as a
model for evaluating written patient education materials. Nursing Science Quarterly, 16, 68-76.
Wilson, F. L. (2000). Measuring the patient's ability to read and
comprehend: A first step in patient education. Nursing Connections, 13, 19-27.
Wilson, F. L., Baker, L., Syed-Brown, C., & Gollop, C. (2000). Readability
of cancer patient education information found on CancerNet. Oncology Nursing Forum, 27,1403-1409.
Oremann, M. & Wilson, F. L. (2000). Quality of care information for
consumers on the Internet. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 14, 45-54.