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Janett Hildebrand

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Nursing

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Janett Hildebrand

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Nursing

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Biography

Janett Hildebrand has been a family nurse practitioner for over 22 years, working exclusively with Latino populations experiencing health disparities. She has worked in community clinics and various medical mobile health programs that provided comprehensive care to migrant farm workers and their families.
Her PhD studies focused on the effects of self-management in Latino adults with type 2 diabetes. During her studies, she received a National Diabetes Education Program Scholarship from the National Medical Fellowships and the Public Impact Fellowship Award from the University of California, Irvine. After her doctoral studies, she established diabetes group visits to improve access to interdisciplinary and supportive services for vulnerable populations. She serves as a reviewer in numerous journals, which focus on qualitative and quantitative studies of people with diabetes.

Education

UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

PhD 2018

UCI School of Medicine

FNP Certificate 2001

UCLA School of Nursing

MSN 1993

Mt. St. Mary’s College

BSN 1987

Area of Expertise

  • Nursing Science Education
  • Vulnerable populations and health disparities
  • Type 2 diabetes and diabetes self-management education
  • Latino health
  • Shared medical appointments
  • Clinical Education

Industry Experience

  • Education/Learning
  • Health Care Services
  • Health and Wellness
  • Research

Affiliations

  • American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
  • American Diabetes Association (ADA)
  • American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES)
  • California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP)
  • National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN)
  • Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)
  • The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)

Accomplishments

Preceptor for BSN, FNP, and DNP nursing students

Peer Reviewer:

  • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
  • European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
  • Global Qualitative Nursing Research 
  • Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Articles & Publications

Zappas, M., Cadena, D., Sanchez, C., Hildebrand, J.A, O’Neill, S. (2022). Nursing. In Gholamrezanezhad, A. & Dube, M. (Eds), Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A clinical guide. Wiley Blackwell.

Mirzadeh, S.I., Arefeen, A., Ardo, J., Fallahzadeh, R., Minor, B., Lee, J.-A., Hildebrand, J.A., Cook, D., Ghasemzadeh, H., Evangelista, L.S. (2022). Use of machine learning to predict medication adherence in individuals at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Smart Health (26). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhl.2022.100328

Ardo, J., Lee, J.-A., Hildebrand, J. A., Guijarro, D., Ghasemazadeh, H., Strömberg, A., & Evangelista, L. S. (2021). Codesign of a cardiovascular disease prevention text message bank for older adults. Patient Education and Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.036

Zappas, M., Walton-Moss, B., Sanchez, C., Hildebrand, J. A., Kirkland, T. (2021). The decolonization of nursing education. Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 17(2), 225-229. doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.11.006

Hildebrand, J.A., Billimek, J., Lee, J.A., Sorkin, D.H., Olshansky, E.F., Clancy, S.L., Evangelista, L.S. (2019). Effect of diabetes self-management education on glycemic control in Latino adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(2):266-275. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2019.09.009

Ardo JC, Lee J-A, Hildebrand JA, Guijarro D, Ghasemzadeh HG, Evangelista LS. Abstract P067: A co-design approach to validate a text message bank for use with older adults at risk of cardiovascular disease. Circulation (New York, NY). 2019;139(Suppl_1). doi:10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.P067

Hildebrand, J. A. (2018). Integrating coached care into shared medical appointments in adult Latinos with type 2 diabetes. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. ISBN: 0438303903

Hildebrand, J. A., Billimek, J., Olshansky, E. F., Sorkin, D. H., Lee, J. A., & Evangelista, L. S.(2018). Facilitators and barriers to research participation: perspectives of Latinos with type 2 diabetes. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 17(8), 737-741. doi:10.1177/1474515118780895

Guo, Y., Hildebrand, J., Rousseau, J., Brown, B., Pimentel, P., & Olshansky, E. (2018). Underserved pregnant and postpartum women's access and use of their health records. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs, 43(3), 164-170. doi:10.1097/nmc.0000000000000432

Hildebrand, J., Hjelmfors, L., Ballard-Hernandez, J., Espinosa, M., Jaarsma, T. Stromberg, A., Evangelista, L. Abstract 22: Communication about prognosis and end-of-life care in heart failure care at EuroHeartCare 2017. European journal of cardiovascular nursing: Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology. 2017;16(1_suppl): S1-S100. doi:10.1177/1474515117700580

Cacciata, M., Hildebrand, J., Stromberg, A., Evangelista, L. Abstract 162: Low perceived control is associated with depression in middle-aged patients with heart failure at EuroHeartCare 2017. European journal of cardiovascular nursing: Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology. 2017;16(1_suppl): S1-S100. doi:10.1177/1474515117700580