Title/Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical
Profile:Credentials
Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, PhD, MSN, RN
School of Nursing & Health Studies
M. Christine Schwartz Center for Nursing Education
Telephone: (305) 284-9069
Fax: (305) 284-4249
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Education
BSN, Nurse Midwife, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2007
MSN, Master of Science in Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 2009
PhD, Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 2012
Clinical Specialties
Midwifery
Research and Academic Interests
Women’s Health
STI and HIV Prevention
Use of technology for STI and HIV Prevention
Health Disparities
International Health
Honors & Awards
Golden Key International Honour Society, University of Miami, 2012
Sigma Theta Tau Beta Chapter, 2010.
Funded Grants (Active)
Principal Investigator, “Developing and piloting an internet based STI and HIV prevention intervention among young Chilean women”. Dissertation support provided by EL CENTRO (Center of Excellence for Hispanic Health Disparities Research), School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, U.S. National Institutes of Health: P60 MD002266 (PI Peragallo), and Sigma Theta Tau Beta Chapter, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida. 2010-2012.
Publications (selected)
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Kaelber L., Peragallo, N., Yaya, A. (2012). Prevención de VIH para mujeres Hispanas de 50 años y más [HIV prevention for Hispanic women 50 years and older]. Horizonte de Enfermería (accepted for publication).
Cianelli, R., Lara, L., Villegas, N., Bernales, M., Ferrer, L., Kaelber, L., Peragallo, N. (2012). Impact of Mano a Mano Mujer, an HIV Prevention Intervention, on Depressive Symptoms among Chilean Women. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01907.x
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Gonzalez-Guarda R., Kaelber L., Ferrer, L., Peragallo, N. (2012). Predictors of Self-Efficacy for HIV prevention among Hispanic Women in South Florida. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (accepted for publication).
Villegas, N., Ferrer, L., Cianelli, R., Miner, S., Lara, L., Peragallo, N. (2011). Conocimientos y autoeficacia asociados a VIH y SIDA en Mujeres Chilenas [Knowledge and self efficacy associated to HIV and AIDS among Chilean women]. Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2(29), 212-221.
Cianelli, R., Villegas, N., Gonzalez-Guarda R., Kaelber L., Peragallo, N. (2010). HIV Susceptibility among Hispanic Women in South Florida. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 27(4)1-9.
Urrutia, M.T., Villegas, N., Poupin, L. (2010). Garantías Explicitas en Salud: Conocimiento y Fuentes de Información de un grupo de mujeres atendidas en el programa AUGE Cáncer Cérvico-uterino [Explicit guarantees in health: knowledge and knowledge sources in women attending in the AUGE cervical cancer program] Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología, 74(3), 221-226.
Cabieses, B., Miner, S., Villegas, N. (2010). Análisis reflexivo del cuidado en reflexología y masoterapia centrado en la persona, por parte del profesional de enfermería [A reflective analysis of nursing care in reflexology and massage therapy focusing on the person] Ciencia y Enfermería, XVI (1): 59-67.
Villegas, N., Aguilera, M., Poupin, L., Cabieses, B. (2009). Terapias integrativas en la salud perinatal [Integrative therapies used in perinatal health]. Revista Horizonte de Enfermería. 20(2), 35-43.
Urrutia, M.T., Villegas, N., Poupin, L. (2009). Garantías Explicitas en Salud del Programa Cáncer Cervicouterino: Grado de acuerdo de los profesionales del servicio de salud metropolitano sur oriente [Explicit health guarantees of the cervical cancer program: Degree of agreement among health care professionals from the Metropolitan South East Service in Santiago, Chile]. Revista Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología, 74(3), 143-150.
Cianelli, R., Urrutia, M.T., Ferrer, L., Poupin, L., Masalán, P., Villegas, N., Arratia, A., Ferrer, L. (2009). Desarrollo de la Investigación en Enfermería: Estudio Diagnóstico [Nursing research development: analysis study]. Revista Investigación y Educación en Enfermería. XXVII (1), 112-119.
Lara, L., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Bernales, M., Villegas, N. (2008) Comunicación de Pareja y VIH en Mujeres en Desventaja Social (Partner communication and HIV among socially disadvantanged women). Revista Horizonte de Enfermería. 19(2)35-43.
Presentations (selected)
Cianelli, R., Villegas, N., Ferrer, L., Peragallo, N. Adapting SEPA, an HIV prevention intervention for younger and older Hispanic women. RNAO International Nursing Conference Nursing: Caring to Know, Knowing to Care
Jerusalem, Israel June, 2012
Cianelli, R., Villegas, N., Gonzalez-Guarda, R., Peragallo, N. Assessing Intimate Partner Violence, depression and HIV prevention related outcomes among older Hispanic women in South Florida. Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International Conference March 4-6, 2012, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Villegas, N., Santisteban, D., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Ambrosia, T., Lara, L., Peragallo, N. Development and Pilot-Testing of an Internet based STI and HIV Prevention Intervention (I-STIPI) among Chilean Young Women. Sigma Theta Tau International 41st biennial convention. October 29- November 2, 2011, Grapevine, Texas USA
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Peragallo, N. Reducing health disparities in a minority population: Assessing the needs for HIV prevention among the older Hispanic women in South Florida. Caribbean Exploratory NIMHD Research Center’s Fourth Health Disparities Institute: “Partnerships, Collaborations, and Models to Reduce Health Disparities in the USVI and the Caribbean”. October 19-22, 2011, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Peragallo, N. Educación en prevención de VIH para mujeres Hispanas de 50 años y más [Education in HIV prevention for Hispanic women 50 years and older]. 11th Iberoamerican Conference on Nursing Education of ALADEFE. September 18-23, Coimbra-Portugal, 2011.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Peragallo, N. Stigma related to HIV among health care workers in Chile. Sigma Theta Tau International’s 22nd International Nursing Research Congress, July 10-15, Cancun Mexico, 2011.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Norr, K., Miner, S., Bernales, M., Peragallo, N. (Hand to Hand): Health care initiative to prevent HIV among Chilean women. International Healthcare services academic conference (CIBER). Miami, Florida, January 12, 2011.
Villegas, N., Santisteban, D., Cianelli, R., Ferrer, L., Ambrosia, T. Desarrollo y piloto de una intervención en internet para la prevención de ITS y VIH en jóvenes chilenas [Developing and piloting an STI and HIV prevention intervention among young chilean women]. III Encuentro Internacional de Autocuidado y Promocion de la Salud: Innovaciones interdisciplinarias en VIH y SIDA. December, 2-3, Santiago, Chile, 2010.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Peragallo, N. Mujeres Hispanas de 50 años y más: VIH un problema emergente [Hispanic women 50 years and older: HIV an emergent problem]. III Encuentro Internacional de Autocuidado y Promocion de la Salud: Innovaciones interdisciplinarias en VIH y SIDA. December, 2-3, Santiago, Chile, 2010.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Peragallo, N., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. Evidence Based Practice Research: Predictors of HIV Self Efficacy. South Florida Research Consortium Conference. Miami, FL, October, 2010.
Villegas, N., Cianelli, R., Peragallo, N., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. HIV Self efficacy among Latina women in South Florida. 2010 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research (CANS). Washington, DC, September 27- 29, 2010.
