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| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | MacDonald |
First name: | Marjorie A |
| Address: | University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
HSD Room A402a
Victoria (British Columbia)
V8P 5C2 |
Fax: | (250) 472--5406 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of Victoria |
| Department: | School of Nursing |
| E-mail address: |
marjorie@uvic.ca |
BC research location(s): |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus
University of Victoria |
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
15/03/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Community Health and Health Promotion |
1998 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Master's |
Health Studies |
1982 |
University of Waterloo |
| Bachelor's |
Nursing and Community Health |
1980 |
The University of Calgary |
| Registered Nurse |
Nursing |
1973 |
Holy Cross Hospital |
| Last update: |
31/10/2007
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Nursing |
| Research disciplines: |
Nursing |
| Research topics: |
Community Health / Public Health (Population Health)
Health Policies (Health Services)
Health Promotion (Population Health)
Social Determinants of Health (Population Health)
Health Prevention (Population Health) |
| Fields of application: |
Public Health
Health System Management |
| Last update: |
15/03/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Last update: |
15/03/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
public health, adolescent health, primary health care, health promotion, community health nursing, substance use prevention, school health, advanced practice nursing, health literacy, mixed methods research |
| Research interests: |
Health Services Research - implementation of core public health functions and programs in BC
Adolescent Health - measuring health literacy in adolescents, and evaluating the impact of health education on health literacy among secondary school students
Smoking and drug use intervention research with adolescent and marginalized populations |
| Last update: |
15/03/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
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Volume |
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Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Marjorie MacDonald and Jennifer Mullett |
| "The dilemmas of participation and empowerment in health promotion evaluation" |
| 2008 |
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Health promotion evaluation practice in the Americas: Values and Research |
Potvin, L., McQueen, D. & Hall, M., Anderson, L., Di Salazar, L., Hartz, Z. |
New York: Springer |
| MacDonald, M., Davidson, H., Schreiber, R., Crickmore, J., Moss, L., Pinelli, J., Regan, S., Pauly, B. |
| "Advancing the nurse practitioner role in British Columbia" |
| 2006 |
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pp. 65-69 |
Evidence in Action, Acting on Evidence: A casebook of health services and policy research knowledge translation stories |
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Ottawa: CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Researc |
| MacDonald, M. (2004). |
| "From miasma to fractals: The epidemiology revolution and public health nursing." |
| 2004 |
21 |
4 |
pp. 380-391 |
Public Health Nursing |
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| Last update: |
15/06/2009
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English, French |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
15/03/2010
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