Faculty Bio Detail
Michelle DeCoux Hampton - RN, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Email: mhampton@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN)
Telephone: 510 869-6511 x 3873
Address: 3100 Summitt St., 3rd Floor
Oakland - CA 94601
Michelle DeCoux Hampton has been a faculty member since the inception of the ABSN program at Samuel Merritt University in 2005. Prior to taking this position she worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient mental health programs in both administrative and direct care roles. She is an ANA certified clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing and completed her doctorate at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing in 2007.
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Nurses Association, member.
American Psychiatric Nurses Association, member.
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses, member.
Research Interests:
Her research interests include ethnic disparities in service utilization, treatment outcomes, and medical co-morbidity including HIV infection for African Americans with severe mental illness.
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
N129 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
N601 Research Methods
N125L Health Assessment I
N126L Health Assessment II
N181 Synthesis
Publications and Presentations:
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Email: mhampton@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN)
Telephone: 510 869-6511 x 3873
Address: 3100 Summitt St., 3rd Floor
Oakland - CA 94601
Michelle DeCoux Hampton has been a faculty member since the inception of the ABSN program at Samuel Merritt University in 2005. Prior to taking this position she worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient mental health programs in both administrative and direct care roles. She is an ANA certified clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing and completed her doctorate at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing in 2007.
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Nurses Association, member.
American Psychiatric Nurses Association, member.
International Society of Psychiatric Nurses, member.
Research Interests:
Her research interests include ethnic disparities in service utilization, treatment outcomes, and medical co-morbidity including HIV infection for African Americans with severe mental illness.
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
N129 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
N601 Research Methods
N125L Health Assessment I
N126L Health Assessment II
N181 Synthesis
Publications and Presentations:
Publications
Hampton, M.D., Chafetz, L., & White, M.C. (2008). Recruitment and retention of African Americans with severe mental illness in community research. Community Mental Health Journal, accepted for publication, 08/08.
Hampton, M.D., (2007). The role of acuity and treatment setting in the overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in African Americans with severe mental illness. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 21(6), 327-335.
Hampton, M.D., Chafetz, L. & White, M. Recruitment and retention of African Americans with severe mental illness in community research. In review.
DeCoux, M. (2005). Acute versus outpatient care: The decision making process for individuals with severe mental illness. Issues in Mental Health Nursing,26(9), 935-951.
Hampton, M.D. & Chafetz, L. (2002). Factors associated with residential placement in an assertive community treatment program. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 23, 677-689.
Hampton, M.D. (1997). Dialectical behavior therapy in the treatment of persons with borderline personality disorder. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, XI(2), 96-101.
Presentations
Hampton, M.D. (2007). Racial disparities in mental health service utilization among individuals with severe mental illness. Poster presentation at the International Society for Psychiatric Nurses Conference, Montreal, Quebec,Canada.
DeCoux, M. (2006). Recruitment and retention of African Americans with severe mental illness in community research. Presented at the 12th Annual Howard University, M. Elizabeth Carnegie Endowed Visiting Professorship in
Nursing Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Hampton, M.D. (2004). The healthcare decision making process for individuals with severe mental illness. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, HIV/AIDS Nursing Care and Prevention Training Post-doctoral Fellowship 2008
American Nurses Association, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, Minority Fellowship Program 2005-2007
Research Supplement for Underrepresented Minorities, National Institutes of Health 2002-2005
James B. Grubb Scholarship recipient, Oakland, CA, 1995-1996
National Institute of Mental Health, Summer Research Training Program Fellow,1994
Professional Nurse Traineeship, University of California, San Francisco, 1994