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Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon
PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

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irakg@uw.edu

Accepting PhD Students

Associate Professor

Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing

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Associate Professor
Certified Nurse-Midwife, Providence Medical Group, Everett, WA
Deputy Editor, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health

With over 25 years of clinical experience as a nurse-midwife, my research program focuses on pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. I employ both qualitative and quantitative methods in my work, with a particular emphasis on reducing stress during pregnancy through mindfulness techniques. Additionally, I explore the impact of stigma on pregnant individuals with perinatal opioid use disorder.

As a journal and textbook editor, I am passionate about helping authors improve their scientific writing and promoting the use of respectful, inclusive language.

  • Health Equity
  • Innovative Interventions
  • Lifespan Health
  • Symptom Science
  • Ph.D., Washington State University, 2013
  • M.N., University of Washington, 1998
  • B.S.N., University of Washington, 1995
  • B.Sc., Brown University, 1990
  • ARNP Midwife, 1998, Virginia
Journal Articles
  • 2024. "Understanding Positionality and Reflexivity in Scholarly Writing." Journal of midwifery & women's health 69. 453-454.
  • 2024. "Respectful and Inclusive Language in Scholarly Writing." Journal of midwifery & women's health 69. 7-8.
  • 2024. "Transformative justice to support truth and reconciliation within nurse-midwifery education." Nursing inquiry. e12660.
  • 2024. "Development of a common dyadic coping scale in couples facing breast cancer: the importance of open communication." Journal of psychosocial oncology 42. 604-621.
  • 2024. "Common dyadic coping and its congruence in couples facing breast cancer: The impact on couples' psychological distress." Psycho-oncology 33. e6314.
  • 2023. "Mindfulness for Midwives: Supporting Health and Well-Being for Our Clients and Ourselves." Journal of midwifery & women's health 68. 561-562.
  • 2023. "Preliminary Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Perinatal Mindfulness-Based Well-Being and Parenting Programs for Low-Income New Mothers." Mindfulness 14. 933-952.
  • 2023. "Senior Editors' Response to Letters on Melanated Group Midwifery Care: Centering the Voices of the Black Birthing Community." Journal of midwifery & women's health 68. 407.
  • 2023. "Reflecting on 2022 and Moving Forward in 2023." Journal of midwifery & women's health 68. 7-8.
  • 2022. "Trans Youth Talk Back: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Transgender Minors' Accounts of Healthcare Access." Qualitative health research 32. 1672-1689.
  • 2022. "Midwifery in the Time of COVID-19: An Exploratory Study from the Perspectives of Community Midwives." Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 32. 564-570.
  • 2022. "Instrument Development and Psychometric Validation Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Breastfeeding Relationship Scale." Journal of nursing measurement 30. 449-463.
  • 2022. "Age, Autonomy, and Authority of Knowledge: Discursive Constructions of Youth Decision-Making Capacity and Parental Support in Transgender Minors’ Accounts of Healthcare Access." Journal of Adolescent Research 39. SAGE Publications: 104-132.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07435584221115351
  • 2021. "A New Normal After the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of midwifery & women's health 66. 293-294.
  • 2021. "Moral Distress, Trauma, and Uncertainty for Midwives Practicing During a Pandemic." Journal of midwifery & women's health 66. 304-307.
  • 2021. "Where the System Failed: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on Pregnancy and Birth Care." Global qualitative nursing research 8. 23333936211006397.
  • 2021. "The impact of COVID-19 visitor policy restrictions on birthing communities of colour." Journal of advanced nursing 77. 4827-4835.
  • 2021. "Nurses' Priorities for Improving Pregnancy and Birth Care for Individuals with Opioid use Disorder." Journal of midwifery & women's health 66. 656-663.
  • 2021. "Honoring Authorship Responsibilities in Manuscript Preparation." Journal of midwifery & women's health 66. 143-144.
  • 2020. "Ethics of Midwifery Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of midwifery & women's health 65. 731-732.
  • 2020. "Online prenatal trial in mindfulness sleep management (OPTIMISM): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial." Pilot and feasibility studies 6. 128.
  • 2020. "A Survey of Midwives' Attitudes Toward Men in Midwifery." Journal of midwifery & women's health 65. 199-207.
  • 2020. "A Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Riding a Roller Coaster." Journal of pediatric nursing 51. 8-14.
  • 2019. "A pilot feasibility study of mindfulness childbirth education for women with a history of sexual trauma." Complementary therapies in clinical practice 37. 102-108.
  • 2019. "Measurement of Maternal Mindful Awareness of Fetal Movement." Journal of midwifery & women's health 64. 604-612.
  • 2019. "Information and power: Women of color's experiences interacting with health care providers in pregnancy and birth." Social science & medicine (1982) 238. 112491.
  • 2018. "Pharmacokinetics of dacarbazine (DTIC) in pregnancy." Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 81. 455-460.
  • 2018. "Experiences of Postpartum Women after Mindfulness Childbirth Classes: A Qualitative Study." Journal of midwifery & women's health 63. 462-469.
  • 2018. "Prednisone Pharmacokinetics During Pregnancy and Lactation." Journal of clinical pharmacology 58. 1223-1232.
  • 2018. "Competing Discourses of Scientific Identity among Postdoctoral Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences." CBE life sciences education 17. ar29.
  • 2018. "Competing Discourses of Scientific Identity among Postdoctoral Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences." CBE—Life Sciences Education 17. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB): ar29.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-08-0177
  • 2016. "Metaphors of Distress: Photo-Elicitation Enhances a Discourse Analysis of Parents' Accounts." Qualitative health research 26. 1031-43.
  • 2016. "Prolonged Distress of Parents After Early Preterm Birth." Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN 45. 196-209.
  • 2015. "Metaphors of Distress: Photo-Elicitation Enhances a Discourse Analysis of Parents’ Accounts." Qualitative Health Research 26. SAGE Publications: 1031-1043.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732315575729
  • 2014. "Men in Midwifery: A National Survey." Journal of midwifery & women's health 59. 516-22.
  • 2014. "Student midwives' duty hours: risks, standards, and recommendations." Journal of midwifery & women's health 59. 127-40.
  • 2013. "Internet confessions of postpartum depression." Issues in mental health nursing 34. 874-82.
  • 2013. "Expanded care for women and families after preterm birth." Journal of midwifery & women's health 58. 158-66.
  • 2013. "Facilitated family presence at resuscitation: effectiveness of a nursing student toolkit." Nurse education today 33. 1258-63.
  • 2012. "Advanced practice nursing education: challenges and strategies." Nursing research and practice 2012. 854918.
  • 2012. "Advanced Practice Nursing Education: Challenges and Strategies." Nursing Research and Practice 2012. Hindawi Limited: 1-8.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/854918
  • 2002. "Midwifery education roundtable discussion: transitions to the workplace." Journal of midwifery & women's health 47. 50-5.
  • 1991. "Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent risk of HIV infection." American journal of public health 81. 572-5.
  • 1990. "Heterosexual behavior and HIV infection: the New England Behavioral Health Study." Rhode Island medical journal 73. 285-92.
  • "Exploring Perinatal Nursing Care for Opioid Use Disorder: Knowledge, Stigma, and Compassion." The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing 36. 353-361.
  • "Health Care Experiences During Pregnancy and Parenting with an Opioid Use Disorder." MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing 47. 100-106.
  • "Addressing Positionality Within Case-Based Learning to Mitigate Systemic Racism in Health Care." Nurse educator 46. 284-289.
  • "Community-led Priority Setting for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy and Parenting." Journal of addiction medicine 15. 414-420.
  • "Losing Connection: Experiences of Virtual Pregnancy and Postpartum Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic." The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing 37. 44-49.
Classes
  • NCLIN 475: Foundations of Interprofessional Practice
  • NCLIN 501: Diagnostic Health Assessment
  • NMETH 403: Introduction to Research in Nursing
  • NMETH 499: Undergraduate Research
  • NMETH 801: Practice Doctorate Project
  • NURS 419: Transition to Professional Practice
  • NURS 445: Special Topics in Nursing
  • NURS 514: Physiologic Adaptations During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • NURS 542: Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing: Childbearing I
  • NURS 610: Teaching Practicum
Grants
  • Center for Innovation in Sleep Self-Management (CISSM), National Institute of Nursing Research