Peer Reviewed Publications:
Cooper Brathwaite, A., Versailles, D., Juüdi-Hope, D., Sinclair, D., Coppin, M., Jefferies, K., Thomas Obewu, O., Campbell, R., Bradley, R., LaRonde-Ogilve, C., Garraway, C., Groom, B. & Grinspun, D. RNAO Black Nurses Task Force. Black Nurses in Action: A Social Movement to End Racism and Discrimination. Nursing Inquiry. (Under Review) |
Paynter, M., Matheson, L., McVicar, L., Jefferies, K., Gebre, K., Marshall, P., Zylstra, G., MacEachern, D., Thomas, L. & Palliser-Nicholas, F. Peer Doula Support Training for Excluded Groups in Nova Scotia: A Community-Based Qualitative Study (Revisions requested February 2021). Public Health Nursing. |
Jefferies, K. African Nova Scotian Grit: A Scholarly Personal Narrative About Nursing Leadership. Health Populations Journal. (In Press) |
Jefferies, K. The Strong Black Woman: Insights and Implications for Nursing. The Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (Published – Available Online). doi: 10.1177/1078390320983900 |
Jefferies, K. Intersectionality Book Review. Atlantis, 41(2), 99-101. Available at: https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5544 |
Jefferies, K., Richards, T., Blinn, N., Sim, M., Kirk, K., Dhami, G., Helwig, M., Iduye, D., Moody, E., Macdonald, M., Tomblin Murphy, G. & Martin-Misener, R. Food security in African Canadian communities: A Scoping Review. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR). (Revisions Under Review) |
Moody, E., Ganann, R., Martin-Misener, R., Ploeg, J., Macdonald, M., Weeks, L., Orr, E., McKibbon, S. & Jefferies, K. Out-of-pocket expenses related to aging-in-place for older people with frailty: a scoping review. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR). (Revisions Under Review) |
Sim M, Rothfus M, Aston M, Kirk SFL, Frank L, Jefferies K, Macdonald M. Breastfeeding experiences among mothers living with food insecurity in high resource, Western countries: A protocol for the synthesis of qualitative evidence. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR). (Accepted – In Press) |
Macdonald, M., Yu, Z., Weeks, L. E., Moody, E., Wilson, B., Almukhaini, S., Martin-Misener, R., Sim, M., Jefferies, K., Iduye, D., Need, D. & McKibbon, S. Assistive technologies that support social interaction in long-term care homes: a scoping review. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR). (Accepted – In Press) |
Paynter, M., Jefferies, K. & Carrier, L. (2020). Nurses for police and prison abolition/ Infirmières pour l’abolition de la police et des prisons/ Enfermeras para la abolición de la policía y las prisiones. Public Health Nursing, 37(4), 471-474. |
Jefferies, K., Martin-Misener, R., Tomblin Murphy, G., Thomas Bernard, W., Gahagan, J. African Canadian nurses in the nursing profession in Canada: A scoping review protocol. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR). doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00376 (Accepted – Available Online). |
Paynter, M., Jefferies, K., McKibbon, S., Martin-Misener, R., Iftene, A., Tomblin Murphy, G. (2020). Mother Child Programs for Incarcerated Mothers and Children and Associated Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review. Nursing Leadership, 33(1), 81-99. doi:10.12927/cjnl.2020.26189 |
Searle, J., Carrier, L, Jefferies, K. & Yu, Z. (2019). Diverse representation in nursing leadership: Developing a shared position statement on allyship. Creative Nursing, 25(4). |
Jefferies, K., Tomblin Murphy, G., Helwig, M. (2019). Food security in African Canadian communities: A Scoping Review Protocol. Joanna Briggs Institute Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports (JBISRIR), 18(5), 1108-1115. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00069 |
Macdonald, D., Aston, M., Tomblin Murphy, G., Jefferies, K, Mselle, L., Price, S., O’Hearn, S., White, M., Mbekenga, C., Kohi, T. (2019). Providing postpartum care with limited resources: The experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians in Tanzania. Women and Birth, 32(3), 391-398. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.016. |
Jefferies, K. (2018). A Personal Leadership Development Plan for Black Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 31(4), 57-62. |
Jefferies, K., Aston, M. & Tomblin Murphy, G. (2018). Black Nurses Leaders in the Canadian Healthcare System. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 31(4), 50-56. |
Jefferies, K., Tamlyn, D., Aston, M., Tomblin Murphy, G. (2018). Promoting visible minority diversity in Canadian nursing. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 51(1) doi: 10.1177/0844562118795812 |
Jefferies, K., Goldberg, L., Aston, M., Tomblin Murphy, G. (2018). Understanding the invisibility of Black nurse leaders using a Black Feminist Poststructuralist Framework. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27 (15-16), 3225-3234. |
Mbekenga, C., Aston, M., Macdonald, D., Jefferies, K., Price, S., Mselle, L, Tomblin Murphy, G., Kohi, T., O’Hearn, S., White, M. (2018). How Tanzanian nurse-midwives and obstetricians develop postpartum relationships with women. International Journal of Childbirth, 8(1), 41-53. |
Kohi, T. W., Aston, M., Mselle, L. T., Macdonald, D., Mbekenga, C., Murphy, G. T., Jefferies, K. (2017). Saving lives with caring assessments: How Tanzanian nurse‐midwives and obstetricians negotiate postpartum practices. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 5004-5015. doi:10.1111/jocn.14000 |
Mselle, L. T., Aston, M., Kohi, T. W., Mbekenga, C., Macdonald, D., White, M., Jefferies, K. (2017). The challenges of providing postpartum education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Narratives of nurse-midwives and obstetricians. Qualitative Health Research, 27(12), 1792-1803. doi:10.1177/1049732317717695 |
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications:

Recognizing history of Black nurses a first step to addressing racism and discrimination in nursing
During the coronavirus pandemic, nurses are among the nation’s front-line workers. Over the years and to this day, the contributions of Black nurses are hard-fought, unrecognized and under-appreciated.

Voice of The City: Exposing privilege during a pandemic
In the past couple of weeks, Canadians have watched earnestly as COVID-19 developments rippled across the country and around the world. Like some of you, I have been glued to press releases, news updates, social media and commentaries

Kicking off Black History Month with a talk on anti-Black racism at Dalhousie
Anti-Black racism, or the policies, decisions and practices that intentionally or unintentionally oppress Black people, is pervasive in Nova Scotia. It is quite literally ingrained in the very fabric of our day-to-day lives.