Charlotte Ferretti
Director Marian Wright Edelman Institute For Children, Youth and Families
Professor of Nursing, SFSU
Adjunct Clinical Professor UCSF, Department of Family Health Care Nursing

Office: HSS 257
Phone: 338-6976

Fax: 405-2788
E-Mail: ferretti@sfsu.edu

Educational background: 

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RN -  St. Vincent’s Medical Center in New York City

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BSN - University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA

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MS - University of California, San Francisco

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EdD - University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA

Teaching interests: 

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N899, Independent Study

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N897, N898 Thesis or Field Study

Student Related Projects

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Valencia Health Services, a nurse managed health center serving mostly Hispanic and African American children and adolescents in the Mission District in San Francisco.  Available for student clinical placements for Public Health and Clinical Care Management

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Diversity in Nursing Leadership Program.  Provides financial support and clinical and research opportunities for graduate students

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Head Start Placements for community primary care for pregnant women, infants and children

Research interests: 

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Program development/evaluation in community health for underserved populations

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Needs assessments for acute and community based agencies

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Evaluate and analyze data, and make policy recommendations to improve the quality of early child care and education

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Health Disparities

Current Projects: 

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Gateway to Quality - Research and Evaluation of licensed childcare and family childcare in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin.  gatewayToQuality.sfsu.edu

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Diversity in Nursing Leadership - Support for unrepresented nursing students to become qualified for PhD programs to focus on health disparities

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Head Start - Oversight for Head Start and Early Head Start for City and County of San Francisco

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Wired Collaboration - Collaboration with WiRED to support the Director in fundraising, networking and links with campus to promote the international health work.  wiredInternational.org

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Valencia Health Services - Collaboration with UCSF School of Nursing Department of Family Health Care Nursing for primary care site to serve pediatric, teen, and young adult population of mostly Hispanic and African American population.  valenciaHealth.com

Memberships: 

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National League for Nursing Foundation Board

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San Francisco State University Foundation Board

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Faculty of the American Academy of Nursing

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American Nurses Association

Grants: 

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For grants info click here

 

 

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