Lee Ann Hoff is a nurse-anthropologist and mental health professional with extensive clinical, management, teaching, research, and consulting experience in crisis and mental health care, women’s health, and sociocultural issues affecting health. Dr. Hoff holds degrees in nursing (BSN – St. Louis University; MSN – Catholic University of America); a certificate in suicidology and crisis (Johns Hopkins University); a diploma/MA in social anthropology (London School of Economics); interdisciplinary PhD, social science (Boston University). Her current and recent work includes:
Research expertise: Field methods, focus groups, cross-cultural immersion; outcome studies on health education and practice.
In the 1970s, Dr. Hoff pioneered in the development of community mental health centers and specialized crisis services in the USA. She has developed and taught courses in the U.S. and Canada in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing; Social, Cultural, and Policy Issues in Health Care; Community Mental Health; Crisis Theory and Practice; Anthropology of Health; Women’s Health; Theory, Role, Research, and Contemporary Issues in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and in university departments of psychology, anthropology, sociology and women’s studies.
She has conducted numerous continuing education courses and workshops on crisis, violence, and suicide prevention nationally and internationally for health and mental health professionals, police officers, paraprofessional and peer counselors, and the general public. Dr. Hoff’s presentations of research and education projects have been at national and international conferences in nursing, women’s health, anthropology, public health, psychiatry, suicidology, and victimology.
Acknowledging her work in initiating and developing national standards for crisis programs, and for spearheading the certification program for individual crisis workers, the American Association of Suicidology bestowed on her its first national service award in 1985. In 2000 Dr. Hoff received an Honorary Recognition Award from the American Nurses Association, recognizing her pioneering work on violence issues.
Major publications include the award-winning book, People in Crisis: Clinical and Diversity Perspectives. 6th Ed. (2009, Routledge, NY); Battered Women As Survivors (1990, Routledge, London). Currently, Dr. Hoff is Research Consultant at the University of Massachusetts Lowell; Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Health Sciences; and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Applied Psychology – ISPA, and Advisory Board Member of the Research Unit on Psychology and Health recognized by the National Foundation for Science and Technology. (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/) at ISPA, Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Hoff is a member of several professional organizations and is active in peace and anti-violence movements.
Hoff, L.A. (2006, 2002). Foreword. Best practice: Crisis intervention. RNAO – Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Canada.
Hoff, L.A. (2000). Interpersonal violence. In C. E. Koop, C. E. Pearson, & Schwarz, M.R. (Eds.), Critical issues in global health (pp. 260-271). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Hoff, L.A. (2000). Crisis care in the context of abuse. In B. Everett & R. Gallop, Childhood trauma and mental illness (pp. 227-251). Thousand Oaks: CA: Sage.
Hoff, L.A. (1999). Violence against women and children: A Portuguese and international perspective. (Espacos: Revista de Educacao Social 1998). Portugal: Instituto superior de Ciencias Educativas.
Hoff, L.A. & Adamowski, K.). Creating excellence in crisis care: A guide to effective training and service designs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ross, M., Hoff, L.A., McComas, J., Carswell, A., & Bunn, H. (1998). Strengthening the interdisciplinary education of nurses in violence prevention, detection and intervention. Nurse Educator, 23(3), 17-18.
Ross, M., Hoff, L.A., & Coutu-Wakulczyk, G. (1998). Nursing curricula and violence issues. Journal of Nursing Education, 37(2), 53-60.
Dangor, Z., Hoff, L.A., & Scott, R. (1998). Woman abuse in South Africa: An exploratory study. Violence against Women: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 4(2), 125-152.
Hoff, L.A. (1997). Delphi Panel member for: Guidelines for primary care physicians in managing wife abuse when both the male and female partners are patients. L.E. Ferris, et al. JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association, 278(10), 851-857.
Hoff, L.A. (1994). Violence issues: An interdisciplinary curriculum guide for health professionals. Ottawa: Health Canada.
Hoff, L.A. & Ross, M. (1995). Violence content in nursing curricula: Strategic issues and implementation. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 21, 137-142.
Hoff, L.A. & Rosenbaum, L. (1994). A victimization assessment tool: Instrument development and clinical implications. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(4), 627-634.
Hoff, L.A. (1994). Comments on race, gender and class bias in nursing. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 8(1), 96-99.
Hoff, L.A. & Ross, M. (1993). Curriculum guide for nursing: Violence against women and children. Ottawa: School of Nursing, University of Ottawa.
Hoff, L.A. (1993). Battered women: Intervention and prevention – A psychosociocultural perspective. Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 5(1), 34-39.
Hoff, L.A. (1992). Review essay: Wife-beating in Micronesia. Isla: A Journal of Micronesian Studies, 1(2), 199-221.
Hoff, L.A. (1992). Battered women: Understanding, identification, and assessment – A psychosociocultural perspective. Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 4(4), 148-155.
Hoff, L.A. 1991. Wife-battering: Anthropological perspectives. In C. Sampselle (Ed.). Nursing research on violence against women (pp. 17-31). Washington: Hemisphere.
Hoff, L.A. 1990. Battered women as survivors. London: Routledge.
Hoff, L.A. 1990. Human abuse and nursing’s response. In P. Holden (Ed.). Nursing and anthropology (pp. 130-147). London: Routledge.
Hoff, L.A. 1988. The myth of neutrality: Feminist analysis of research designs in family violence. In K. Yllo & M. Bograd (Eds.). Feminist perspectives on wife abuse. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
See companion web sites:
For People in Crisis www.routledgementalhealth.com/people-in-crisis
For Violence and Abuse Issueswww.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415465724