Center for Global Health Faculty

Academic Degrees

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Email:

hhan+son.jhmi.edu

Phone:

410-614-2669

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Research and Professional Experience

Hae-Ra Han, RN, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Dr. Han is a Core Faculty Member of the Center for Collaborative Intervention Research and the Center for Health Disparities. She received her bachelor’s and master's degrees from Seoul National University and obtained her doctorate from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Dr. Han received the 2001 D. Jean Wood Nursing Research Award from Southern Nursing Research Society, a mentor award from the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations in 2005, and a community service award and recognition for outstanding community service from the League of Korean Americans-Maryland and Maryland Senator Mikulski, respectively, in 2006. She has been funded by AHRQ, NCI, and NINR for her studies on cancer control, cardiovascular risk reduction, and chronic disease management in underserved ethnic minority populations. Dr. Han teaches research methods, grant writing, and global health issues in the master’s and doctoral programs at the School.

Keywords

health disparities, cancer control, cardiovascular risk reduction in various settings, immigrants, cross-cultural instrumentation

Selected Publications

Lee YH, Lee JE, Kim MT, Han HR. (In press). In-depth assessment of the nutritional status of Korean American elderly. Geriatric Nursing.

Han HR, Lee H, Kim MT, Kim KB. (2008). Tailored lay health worker intervention improves breast cancer screening outcomes in nonadherent Korean American women. Health Education Research, doi: 10.1093/her/cyn021.

Han HR, Choi YJ, Kim MT, Lee JE, Kim KB. (2008). Experiences and challenges of informal caregiving: A Korean immigrants study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63(5), 517-526.

Fredland NM, Campbell JC, Han HR. (2008). Effect of violence exposure on health outcomes among young urban adolescents. Nursing Research, 57(3), 157-165.

Nolan M, Wenzel J, Han HR, Allen J, Paez K, Mock V. (2008). Advancing a program of research within a nursing faculty role. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(6), 364-370

Lee HB, Hanner JA, Cho SJ, Han HR, Kim MT. (2008). Improving access to mental health services for Korean-American immigrants. Psychiatry Investigation, 5, 14-20.

Kim MT, Kim EY, Han HR, Jeong S, Lee JE, Park HJ, Kim KB, Hill MN. (2008). Is mail intervention as effective as class intervention? A case of community-based high blood pressure control intervention for Korean Americans. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 10(3), 176-184.

Han HR, Cho EJ, Kim D, Kim J. (2008). The report of coping strategies and psychosocial adjustment in Korean mothers of children with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, doi: 10.1002/pon.1514.

Shin HS, Han HR, Kim MT. (2007). Predictors of psychological well-being amongst Korean immigrants to the United States: a structured interview survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44, 415-426.

Han HR, Kang J, Kim KB, Ryu JP, Kim MT. (2007). Barriers to and strategies for recruiting Korean Americans for community-partnered health promotion research. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 9(2), 137-146.

Han HR, Kim KB, Kim MT. (2007). Evaluation of the training of Korean community health workers for chronic disease management. Health Education Research, 22, 513-521.

Han HR, Kim MT, Lee HB, Pistulka G, Kim KB. (2007). Correlates of depression in the Korean American elderly: Focusing on personal resources of social support. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 22, 115-127.

Han HR, Kim KB, Kang J, Jeong S, Kim EY, Kim MT. (2007). Knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors about hypertension control among middle-aged Korean Americans with hypertension. Journal of Community Health, 32(5), 324-342.

Kim EY, Han HR, Jeong S, Kim KB, Kang E, Kim MT. (2007). Does knowledge matter?: Intentional medication non-adherence among middle-aged Korean Americans with high blood pressure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(5), 397-404.

Kim MT, Han HR, Park HJ, Lee H, Kim KB. (2006). Constructing and testing a self-help intervention for high blood pressure control in Korean American seniors. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 21(2), 77-84.

Kang JH, Han HR, Kim BK, Kim MT. (2006). Barriers to care and control of high blood pressure in Korean American elderly. Ethnicity & Disease, 16, 145-151.

Han HR, Kim MT, Rose L, Dennison C, Bone L, Hill MN. (2006). Effects of stressful life events in young black men with high blood pressure. Ethnicity & Disease, 16, 64-70.

Kim MT, Han HR, Shin HS, Kim KB, Lee HB. (2005). Factors associated with depression experience of immigrant populations: A study of Korean immigrants. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19(5), 217-225.

Kim MT, Han HR. (2004). Cultural considerations in research instrumentation development. M. Frank-Stromborg & S. J. Olsen, (eds.), Instruments for Clinical Health Care Research (3rd ed.) (pp. 73-80). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Pub.

Kim MT, Han HR, Phillips L. (2004). Metric equivalence assessment in cross-cultural research: Using an example of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Journal of Nursing Measurement, 11(1), 5-18.

Kim MT, Han HR, Hill MN, Rose L, Roary M. (2003). Depression, substance use, adherence behaviors, and blood pressure control in urban hypertensive black men. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 26(1), 24-31.

Han HR. (2003). Psychosocial adjustment to childhood cancer in Korean mothers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 44(5), 499-506.

Juon HS, Kim MT, Han HR, Ryu JP, Han W. (2003). Acculturation and cigarette smoking among Korean American men. Yonsei Medical Journal, 44(5), 875-882.

Torres S, Han HR. (2003). Male batterers’ characteristics and the level of violence. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 24, 667-679.

Hill MN, Han HR, Dennison CR, Kim MT, Roary RC, Blumenthal RS, Bone LR, Levine DM, Post WS. (2003). Hypertension care and control in urban black men: behavioral, blood pressure and physiologic outcomes at 36 months. American Journal of Hypertension, 16, 906-913.

Kim MT, Han HR, Kim KB, Duong DN. (2002). The use of traditional and Western medicine among Korean American elderly. Journal of Community Health, 27(2), 109-120.

Han HR, Kim MT, Weinert C. (2002). The psychometric evaluation of Korean translation of the Personal Resource Questionnaire 85-Part 2. Nursing Research, 15(5), 309-316.

Torres S, Figley CR, Han HR, Laude M. (2002). Stressful life events and coping mechanisms in Anglo and Hispanic battered women. Hispanic Health Care International, 1(2).

Han HR, Belcher AE. (2001). Computer-mediated support group use among parents of children with cancer-An exploratory study. Computers in Nursing, 19(1), 27-33.