Title:  Associate Professor

School/Center:  School of Nursing

Office location:  401B Robinson Hall

Office hours (Fall 08):  
Thursday 2 - 4 PM and by appointment

Phone:  617-373-4603

Email:  l.babington@neu.edu

Education: PhD, University of Washington, Nursing and Health Systems Research; MSN, University of Washington; BSN, University of Michigan

Specializations: Health services research; vulnerable populations

Research Interests: 
Dr. Babington’s timely program of research is focused on improving the health of vulnerable populations, particularly immigrants.  Her studies examine the health beliefs and practices of various immigrant groups to inform the development and testing of culturally appropriate and accessible interventions.  She is currently working with pregnant immigrant women and mothers of infants and young children to develop and test an intervention aimed at preventing childhood obesity, taking into account the process of acculturation.  She is a Faculty Scholar at the NU Institute on Urban Health Research and has received recent funding from the American Nurses Foundation.

Community engagement:  
Member, CCNE Accreditation Review Committee
Board Member, Art Connection

Teaching:  Health Care Systems and Professional Role Development, Health Care Finance and Marketing, Urban Health Research Methods, Global Health Care Leadership & Management

Selected publications:  
Babington, L., & Patel, B. (2007) Understanding child feeding practices of Vietnamese mothers. Journal of Maternal Child Health (in press).

Babington, L. (2007). Child Feeding Practices of Dominican Mothers. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 22(5), 388-396.

Babington, L., Kelley, B., & Patsdaughter, C. (2007). Risk Behaviors of Dominican Adolescents in their Homeland and in the United States. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 21(6), 372-380.

Babington, L. (2006). Understanding Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices of Mothers in the Dominican Republic Related to Feeding Infants and Young Children. Hispanic Health Care International, 4(3), 153-158.

Babington, L., Gauthier, M. A., & Kelley, B. (2006). Using concept maps to help students “Get It”. Journal of Teaching and Scholarship, Northeastern University Center for Excellence in University Teaching.

Patsdaughter, C.A., Kelley, B.R., Babington, L.M., & Dyer, J. C. (2005). A comparison of sexual risk behaviors of Dominican adolescents in their homeland and in the United States. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health, 11(1) 63-67.

Christensen MH, Patsdaughter CA, Babington LM. (2001). Health care providers' experiences with problem gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 17, 71-79.

Babington L. Kelley B. Patsduaghter C. Soderberg R. Kelley J. (1999). From recipes to recites: health care in the rural Dominican Republic. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 6(1), 20-25.

Highlights of Faculty Research at the School of Nursing