Dr. Jean Kozak

Primary Care of the Elderly Research Group, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC.

Research Director

School of Population and Public Health

University of British Columbia. (Academic Stream: Biostatistics & Epidemiology)

Adjunct Professor

Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

Research Scientist

Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Adjunct Professor

Email: jkozak@providencehealth.bc.ca, jean.kozak@ubc.ca

Qualifications

1987  Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Canada, Psychology

1980  M.A., University of British Columbia, Canada, Psychology

Publications

1. Kozak J. F., Mithani A., Development of a Family Medicine Screening Tool for Identifying Moral Distress in Family Caregivers. Accepted for publication in Journal of Canadian Family Physician (July, 2014).
2. Kozak J. F., Mithani A., Clinical challenges in residential care. BC Medical Journal, 2013; 55 (2): 82-83.
3. Mazowita G., Kozak J. F., ‘First do no harm’: Reflections on the application of consensus guidelines for diabetes and other chronic conditions in residential care. BC Medical Journal, 2013; 55 (2): 84-88.
4. McCleary, L., Persaud, M., Hum, S., Pimlott, N. J., Cohen, C. A., Koehn, S., Leung, K. K., Dalziel, W. B., Kozak, J. F., Emerson, V. F., Silvius, J. L., Garcia, L., Drummond, N., Pathways to Dementia Diagnosis Among South Asian Canadians. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 2013; 12: 769-789 (First published electronically on April 26, 2012).
5. MacEntee M., Kazanjian A., Kozak J. F., Hornby K., Thorne S., Kettratad-Pruksapong M. A scoping review and research synthesis on financing and regulating oral care in long-term care facilities. Gerodontology. 2012; 29(2): e41–e52.
6. Rush K., Murphy M. A., Kozak J. F.. A Photovoice Study of Older Adults' Conceptualizations of Risk. Journal of Aging Studies, 2012; 26: 448-458.
7. Garcia L. J., Hébert M., Kozak J., Sénécal I., Slaughter S. E., Aminzadeh F., Dalziel W., Charles J., Eliasziw M., Perceptions of family and staff on the role of the environment in long-term care homes for people with dementia. International Psychogeriatrics. 2012; 24(5):753-65. Epub 2012 Jan 23.
8. Koehn S., Kozak J. F., Drance E. ‘The problem with Leonard’: A critical constructionist view of need-driven dementia-compromised behaviours. Dementia. 2012; 11 (6): 725-741.
9. Leung K. K., Finlay J., Silvius J. L., Koehn S., McCleary L., Cohen C. A., Hum S., Garcia L., Dalziel W., Emerson V.F., Pimlott N. J., Persaud M., Kozak J., Drummond N., Pathways to diagnosis: exploring the experiences of problem recognition and obtaining a dementia diagnosis among Anglo-Canadians. Health Soc Care Community. 2011; 19(4): 372-81.
10. Rahim-Jamal, S., Sarte A., Kozak J., Bodell K., Barroetavena M., Gallagher R., Leis A. Hospice resident interest in and openness to personal and shared Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies at end-of-life: A pilot study in Canadian hospice residences. Journal of Palliative Care. 2011; 27(2): 134-40.
11. Sims-Gould J., Wiersma E., Kelley M. L., Kozak J. F., MacLean M., Habjan S., Arseneau, L., Dying with Dementia in Long Term Care: Barriers and Facilitators in the Provision of Whole Person Care. Journal of Palliative Care 2010; 26(2): 122-9.
12. Dodek, P., Kozak J. F., Norena M., Wong, H., More men than women are admitted to 9 intensive care units in British Columbia. Journal of Critical Care. 2009; 4(4): 630.e1-8. Epub 2009 May 7.

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Last Updated: July, 2014.