PostGRES Profile Detail – Staff
Paula Kett
Research Scientist 3
Research
pmk@uw.edu
Biography
Paula Kett supports research within the Center for Health Workforce Studies under the Allied Health and Health Equity grants. She received her PhD in nursing science and her MPH from the University of Washington. Her previous work includes mixed methods research focused on public health systems, public health nurses, the perinatal health workforce, and health inequities. She also has a background as a public health nurse, lactation consultant, and maternal health program manager.
CHWS Publications
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van Eijk MS, Prueher L, Kett PM, Frogner BK, Guenther GA. Financial Instability of Federal Navigator Program Challenges Organizations to Help Uninsured Enroll in Health Insurance Coverage Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 33(3):1555-1568 08-01-2022
Guenther G, Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK. The Birth Doula Workforce in the U.S.: Rapid Response Brief Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 08-22-2022
Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK. The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Workforce: Rapid Response Brief Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington 08-22-2022
Kett PM, van Eijk MS, Guenther GA, Skillman SM. "This work that we're doing is bigger than ourselves": A qualitative study with community-based doulas in the United States Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health ePub ahead of print 07-07-2022
Kett PM, Bekemeier B, Altman MR, Herting JR. ‘Not Everybody Approaches It that Way’: Nurse-Trained Health Department Directors’ Leadership Strategies and Skills in Public Health Nursing Inquiry e12487, doi: 10.1111/nin.12487 03-09-2022
CHWS Presentations
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Guenther G, Kett P. Birth Doulas Addressing Systemic Racism in Underserved Communities Health Workforce Technical Assistance Webinar.
Lee D, Sabin J, Mohammed SA, Kett P, Frogner BK. Inequitable Care Delivery for COVID-19 Positive People of Color and People with Disabilities American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL
Kett P. The Nurse-Trained Public Health Director’s Relationship to Health Department Performance, Health Equity Work and the Public’s Health 2022 Washington State Public Health Association Annual Conference for Health Seattle, WA
Kett PM and Guenther GA. Experiences and Work-Related Conditions of Birth Doulas Working in Underserved Communities in the United States. 2022 AAMC Health Workforce Conference: Virtual Meeting.
Kett PM. Public Health Services and Systems Research: Spotlight on Emerging Research 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM)