Tiffany Kim, Northeastern University

Tiffany Kim

PhD, RN

Assistant Clinical Professor

Nursing


Research Interests

The major goal of my program of research is to better understand how international migration influences women and children’s vulnerability to violence, and how these experiences of both migration and exposure to violence impact health. I have investigated intimate partner sexual violence among undocumented Mexican women, workplace sexual harassment and assault among indigenous Mexican migrant farmworkers, and am currently engaged in a study to understand the mental health needs of unaccompanied minors from Central American seeking asylum in the U.S. My research has contributed to a better understanding of the multitude of intersecting factors, which influence immigrant women/children’s health and provided a foundation from which to develop evidence-based interventions to promote wellness in this underserved population.

Selected Publications

(* Denotes data-based)

Song, J. E., Roh, E. H., Chae, H. J., & Kim, T. (2022). Ecological factors influencing parenting self-efficacy among working mothers with a child under 36 months old in South Korea: A cross sectional and correlational study. BMC Women’s Health, 22(62). doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01639-8

Ahn, J.A., Roh, E.H., Kim, T., Lee, J.H., & Song, J.E. (2021). Maternal adaptation of working mothers with infants and toddlers in South Korea: A systematic review. BMC Women’s Health, 21(213). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01357-7.

Song, J.E., Chae, H., Ko, J.M., Yang, J.I., & Kim, T. (2020). Effects of a maternal role adjustment program for first time mothers who use postpartum care centers (Sanhujoriwon) in South Korea: A quasi-experimental study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20, 277. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-02923-x

Ahn, J., Kim, T., Roh, E., & Song, J. (2017). A systematic review about the health of international marriage immigrant women in South Korea. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10903-017-0604-6.

Song, J., Ahn, J., Kim, T., & Roh, E. (2016). A qualitative review of immigrant women’s maternal adaptation in South Korea. Midwifery, 39, 35-43.

Kim, T., Draucker, C. B., Bradway, C., Grisso, J. A., & Sommers, M. S. (2016). Somos hermanas del mismo dolor (we are sisters of the same pain): Intimate partner sexual violence narratives among Mexican immigrant women. Violence Against Women. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1177/1077801216646224.

Funding

Migration, Violence, Trauma and the Health of Immigrant Children. Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program Grant, Northeastern University. 2014. PI.

Immigration and Human Rights. Humanities Collaborative Research Cluster Grant, Northeastern University. 2013. Co-PI.

Somos Hermanas del Mismo Dolor (We are Sister of the Same Pain): Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Narratives Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Philadelphia. Rosemary Berkel Crisp Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing. 2010. PI.

Somos Hermanas del Mismo Dolor (We are Sister of the Same Pain): Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Narratives Among Mexican Immigrant Women in Philadelphia. The Evelyn Jacobs   Ortner Center on Family Violence. 2010. PI.