Dr. Bonnie Nastasi
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Dr. Nastasi's research focuses on culturally appropriate health promotion and health risk prevention programming for child, adolescent and adult populations.
Education
Kent State University
University of New Orleans
University of New Orleans
Articles
Using child rights education to infuse a social justice framework into universal programming
2019
A key part of promoting social justice as school psychologists is infusing practice with actions that breakdown systems of inequity and incorporate systems of inclusion. The current manuscript provides a description of applying social justice as a framework in universal programming through child rights education.
An analysis of social justice research in school psychology
2017
The purpose of the current content analysis was to build upon previous empirical research both within school psychology and in other subdisciplines of psychology to refine the operationalized definition of social justice within school psychology research. Operationalizing the definition and substantiating it within the empirical literature is a critical next step for moving the discussion within the field of school psychology from the abstract to the concrete and measurable.
Group Couples' Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Among Married Women in a Low-Income Community in Mumbai, India
2017
This article describes the design and implementation of a group couples' intervention focused on improving women's sexual health as a component of a multilevel community, clinical, and counseling intervention project conducted in association with a gynecological service in a municipal urban health center in a low-income community in Mumbai, India.
Media Appearances
Mental scars showing on youngest victims of Louisiana floods
"Re-establishing the routine of school is going to be important for children. If they can resume normal routines, that helps them to feel more safe and more secure," Nastasi said.
