Jane Hansen Lassetter

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Jane Hansen Lassetter is an American nurse and academic administrator serving as dean of the BYU College of Nursing. [1]

Lassetter holds associates, bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from BYU. She earned one degree in December 1981. [2] She has a Ph.D. in nursing from the Oregon Health and Science University and a graduate certificate in healthcare ethnics from Creighton University. [3]

From 1992-2002 Lassetter worked at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. She has been on BYU's faculty since 2002. [4]

In 2019 she was made a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She has been the president of the International Family Nursing Association and the Western Institute of Nursing. [3] Her research has focused on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in Hawaii, Nevada and Utah with emphasis on how migration effects their health. [5] [6] Much of her work has focused on obesity prevention. [7] [8]

Her older brother H. Reese Hansen was previously the dean of BYU's law school. [1]

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  2. "BYU Lists December Graduates from Utah Valley". The Daily Herald. 1981-12-28. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. 1 2 "BYU College of Nursing | Meet the Dean". nursing.byu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. ORCID. "Jane Lassetter (0000-0003-1040-8627)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  5. Lassetter, Jane H.; Callister, Lynn C.; Miyamoto, Shemnon Z. (January 2012). "Perceptions of health and well-being held by Native Hawaiian migrants". Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 23 (1): 5–13. doi:10.1177/1043659611423835. ISSN   1552-7832. PMID   22052091. S2CID   32196760.
  6. Lassetter, Jane H. (January 2011). "The integral role of food in Native Hawaiian migrants' perceptions of health and well-being". Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 22 (1): 63–70. doi:10.1177/1043659610387153. ISSN   1552-7832. PMID   21191038. S2CID   25795771.
  7. Lassetter, Jane H.; Ray, Gaye; Driessnack, Martha; Williams, Mary (January 2015). "Consulting with children in the development of self-efficacy and recall tools related to nutrition and physical activity". Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. 20 (1): 21–28. doi:10.1111/jspn.12093. ISSN   1744-6155. PMID   25377904.
  8. Lassetter, Jane H.; Clark, Lauren; Morgan, Sharla E.; Brown, Lora Beth; VanServellen, Gwen; Duncan, Katrina; Hopkins, Elizabeth S. (January 2015). "Health literacy and obesity among native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders in the United States". Public Health Nursing. 32 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1111/phn.12155. ISSN   1525-1446. PMID   25273848.