Cross, Ruth

Ruth Cross is a nurse by profession with 10 years nursing experience in acute and emergency medicine and HIV/AIDS. She has a BSc inPsychology, an MSc in Health Education and Health Promotion, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education and a PhD in the socialconstruction of risk in health by young women and the implications of this for health promotion policy and practice. She has lived andworked in Sub-Saharan Africa and maintains an interest in the health issues of that region, working as course leader for the MSc PublicHealth Promotion course in both Zambia and Ghana. She is involved in nu...