Anita Bralock, PhD, RN, CNM
Program Director, Prelicensure Programs; Adjunct Associate Professor

Professional Activities
2010-2016 | American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
2010-2016 | California Association of Colleges of Nursing |
2011-Present | National Black Nurses Association, Chair Women’s Health Committee |
2004-Present | Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing, Member |
1995-2004 | Chi Eta Phi International Nursing Sorority |
1995-2004 | American College of Nurse Midwives |
Education
Highland Park College, ADN, 1980
Chapman University, BS, 1988, Health Science
University of California, Los Angeles, MN, 1991, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Maternal Child Health Nursing
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1995, Certificate in Nurse Midwifery
University of California, Los Angeles, PhD, 2003, Nursing
Honors and Awards
2009 | UCLA School of Nursing, Distinguished Alumni |
2009 | Oasis Senior Center, City of Los Angeles, Department of Aging, Outstanding Service to the Community |
2009 | Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University |
2007 | Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University |
2006 | Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University |
2005 | Dean’s Emerging Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University |
2003 | Outstanding Clinical Nurse Educator Award, University of Southern California |
1999 | Outstanding Clinical Nurse Educator Award, University of Southern California |
1994 | Outstanding Nurse Educator Award, University of Southern California |
1992 | Outstanding Clinical Nurse Educator Award, University of Southern California |
Publications
RESEARCH PAPERS – PEER REVIEWED
Bralock, A. & Aruoma, O. (2013). Condom use predictors among Latina and African-American women in a large urban city. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association. 23(2): 24-33.
Bralock, A. & Koniak-Griffin, D. (2009). What do sexually active adolescent females say about relationship issues? Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 24, 131-140.
Bralock, A. & Koniak-Griffin, D. (2007). Relationships, power and other influences on self-protective sexual behaviors of African American female adolescents. Health Care for Women International. 28, 247 – 267.
Chapters
Bralock, A.R. & Smythe-Padgham, C. (2016). Jewish Americans, Chapter 21. In J. Giger., TRANSCULTURAL NURSING: ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION, 7th edition. St. Louis: Mosby, pp. 511 – 533.
Editorials
Bralock, A., & Newman Giger, J. (2015). Early Breast Cancer Screening for African-American Women: A Clarion Call to Arms. The Journal of the National Black Nurses Association.
26 (2), vii-viii.
Abstracts
Bralock, A. (2016). Promoting self-protective behaviors among female African-American and Latinas. The National Black Nurses Association, Inc. 44th Annual Institute and Conference. “Nursing: Advancing Healthcare Practices through Diversity and Collaboration.” Memphis, TN. Presented August 2016.
Non-Data Based Abstracts
Bralock, A., Brown Farr, N., Kay, J., Lee, M.J., Smythe-Padgham, C., Danced Scherlin, D., & Strickland, O. (2011). Issues in community-based care among homeless minorities. The Journal of the National Black Nurses Association. 22 (1). 57 – 67.