Joy Johnson (nurse)

Joy Johnson
Nationality Canadian
Fields Nursing, Public Health, Gender
Institutions
Simon Fraser University
Alma mater University of Alberta, University of British Columbia
Spouse Pam Ratner, PhD, FCAHS, Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President Enrolment and Academic Facilities, University of British Columbia

Joy Louise Johnson (FCAHS) is a Canadian nurse and medical researcher. She is researcher in gender and health and a professor of nursing who became the first woman to be appointed Vice-President Research for Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada in 2014.[1]

Academic Work and Life

Johnson graduated with a PhD in Nursing from the University of Alberta in 1993.[2] She worked as a nurse at St. Paul's Hospital and other facilities before returning to graduate school.[2][3]

From 2003 until 2007, she was the UBC Unit Director, Centre for Addictions Research of BC.[2] From 2008 until 2014, she was the Scientific Director for the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.[4]

Johnson held a professorship in the University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, with a focus on health promotion and health behaviour change.[5] She is on the editorial board of the journal Advances in Nursing Science. Johnson also served on the boards of Women's Health Research Institute and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

In 2014, she became SFU's first female Vice President of Research.[1] She succeeded Mario Pinto.[6]

Research Program

Johnson’s research program, rooted in UBC’s school of nursing,[7] is geared toward promoting health and modifying health-related behaviours.[8]

Her program highlights the need to integrate sex and gender differences in research design. In particular, women and men exhibit different health behaviours and react differently to drugs and other therapies. Medical devices or other equipment physically fit the sexes differently. Ignoring these differences compromises treatment quality.[7]

One reason for ignoring sex differences in drug therapies, for example, is the standard of controlling for extraneous variables such as hormones. This is done in order to attribute health changes to the drug being tested. Because female hormones fluctuate more than do males’, experiments typically use male subjects. The obvious problem is that we then have comparatively little data about how women respond to the same drug therapies, which compromises women’s health.[7]

Johnson’s solution for researchers of any health area is to ask how sex and gender affect the issue in question. The goal of this approach is to improve the quality of health research and in turn quality of life regardless of sex or gender.[7]

Recognition

Selected Publications

Haines-Saah, R. J., Johnson, J. L., Repta, R., & Ostry, A. (2014). The privileged normalization of marijuana use - an analysis of Canadian newspaper reporting, 1997-2007. Critical Public Health, 24(1), 47–61. doi:10.1080/09581596.2013.771812

Maggi, S., Lovato, C. Y., Hill, E. M., & Johnson, J. L. (2014). Adolescents’ Perceptions of Parental Influences on Their Smoking Behavior: A Content Analysis. Youth and Society, 46(1), 132. Moffat, B. M., Jenkins, E. K., & Johnson, J. L. (2013). Weeding out the information: an ethnographic approach to exploring how young people make sense of the evidence on cannabis. Harm Reduction Journal, 10(1), 34.

Tarlier, D. S., Johnson, J. L., Browne, A. J., & Sheps, S. (2013). Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes and Nursing Practice in a Remote First Nations Community in Northern Canada. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 45(2), 1.

Bottorff, J. L., Oliffe, J. L., Kelly, M. T., & Johnson, J. L. (2013). Reconciling Parenting and Smoking in the Context of Child Development. Qualitative Health Research, 23(8), 1042.

Johnson, J. L. (1996). A dialectical analysis concerning the rational aspect of the art of nursing. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 28, 169-175.

Johnson, J. L. (1996). The perceptual aspect of nursing art: Sources of accord and discord. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 10, 307-322.

Johnson, J. L., Green, L. W., Frankish, C. J., Maclean, D. R., & Stachenko, S. (1996). A dissemination research agenda to strengthen health promotion and disease prevention. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 87(supp. 2), S5-S10.

Johnson, J. L., Ratner, P. A., & Bottorff, J. L. (1995). Urban-rural differences in the health-promoting behaviours of Albertans. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86, 103-108.

Johnson, J. L., & Morse, J. M. (1990). Regaining control: The process of adjustment after myocardial infarction. Heart and Lung, 19, 126-135.

Johnson, J. L. (1991). Nursing science: Basic, applied or practical? Implications for the art of nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 14(1), 7-16. [Reprinted in: Johnson, J. L. (1996). Nursing science: Basic, applied or practical? Implications for the art of nursing. In J. W. Kenney (Ed.), Philosophical and theoretical perspectives for advanced nursing practice (pp. 101–109). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett]

Johnson, J. L., Ratner, P. A., Bottorff, J. L., & Hayduk, L. A. (1993). An exploration of Pender's Health Promotion Model using LISREL. Nursing Research, 42, 132-128.

Johnson, J. L., Budz, B., Mackay, M., & Miller, C. (1999). Evaluation of a nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention for hospitalized cardiac patients. Heart and Lung, 28, 55-64.

Johnson, J. L., Bottorff, J. L., Balneaves, L., Grewal, S., Bhagat, R., Hilton B. A., & Clarke, H. (1999). South Asian women’s views on the causes of breast cancer: Images and explanations. Patient Education and Counseling, 37, 243-254.

References

  1. 1 2 "Joy Johnson named SFU's new VP Research". SFU Public Affairs & Media Relations. Feb 11, 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "The University of British Columbia Curriculum Vitae for Faculty members - Joy Johnson" (PDF). Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. ↑ cmartin (September 27, 2012). "Dr Joy Johnson, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health". ResearchMediaLtd. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Canadian Institutes of Health Research. IGH Scientific Director: Dr. Joy Johnson Biography. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  5. ↑ University of British Columbia Official Webpage. "School of Nursing". Biography.2014-07-07.
  6. ↑ Roach, Melissa (Feb 24, 2014). "Joy Johnson will succeed Mario Pinto after two five-year terms in the position". The Peak. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 UBC School of Nursing leading the way by considering sex and gender in research web
  8. ↑ SFU, Office of the Vice-President, Vice-President's Bio web
  9. ↑ "Killam Research Prize Winner (2006)". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Women of influence: Science and medicine". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Professor Dr. Joy Johnson Awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal". UBC Nursing News. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Directory of Fellowships". Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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