Kevin Brazil
BA (Hons) (Carleton), MA (Carleton), PhD (Toronto - OISE)
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Member, Dept of Family Medicine, Div of Palliative Care
Site Director, Ontario Training Centre Health Services and Policy Research
Director, St. Joseph's Health System Research Network
Investigator, Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit
Member, Centre for Evaluation of Medicines
Investigator, Palliative Care Research Group, Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, A University of Ottawa and SCO Health Service Partnership
Associate Investigator, Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health, Lakehead University
CIHR/Ontario Ministry of Health Investigator Award (2001-2006)
St. Joseph's Health System Research Network
105 Main Street East, Level P1
Hamilton, ON L8N 1G6
Tel: 905-522-1155 x 35154
Fax: 905-521-6010
E-mail: brazilk@mcmaster.ca
Contact
Carol Conroy
905-522-1155 x35155
Fax: 905-521-6010
E-mail: conroyc@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests
Dr. Brazil's interests include:
- Health care of the older adult
- End of life care
- Program evaluation
- Health services research
- Community/long-term care
Current HRM Graduate Students
Daryl Bainbridge (MSc)
Adnan Qureshi (MSc)
Selected Publications
- Brazil K , Vohra J. Identifying educational priorities in end-of-life care for staff and families of residents in long-term care facilities, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2005, 11(8) 410 – 415.
- Loeb M, Brazil K, Lohfeld L, McGeer A, Simor A, Stevenson K, Zoutman D, Smith S, Liu X, Walter S. Effect of a multifaceted intervention for reducing antimicrobial use in nursing home residents: A randomised trial, British Medical Journal, 2005, Sept 24, 311 (7518):669. Epub 2005, Sep 8.
- Brazil K, Howell D, Bedard M, Krueger P, Heidebrecht C. Preferences for place of care and place of death among informal caregivers of the terminally ill, Palliative Medicine, 2005, 19 (6) 1-8
- Lemieux-Charles L, Chambers L, Cockerill R, Jaglal S, Brazil K , Cohen C, LeClair K, Dalzeil B, Schulman B. Evaluating the effectiveness of community-based dementia care networks: the dementia care networks’ study. The Gerontologist, 2005, 45 (4) 456-464.
- Howell D, Brazil K . Reaching common ground: A patient-family based conceptual framework on quality end-of-life care, Journal of Palliative Care, 2005, 1(21) 19-26.
- Brazil K . Un cadre pour amelioer la qualite des soins des mourants dans les institutions de long sejour, Revue de la Societe Suisse de medecine et des Soins Palliatifs, 2005, 1: 28 – 30.
- Brazil K, Ozer E, Cloutier M, Levine R, Stryer D. From theory to practice: Improving the impact of health services research, BMC Health Services Research, 2005, 5:1.
- Brazil K, Bedard M, Krueger P, Abernathy T, Lohfeld L, Willison K. Service preferences among family caregivers of the terminally ill. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2005, 8:1 69 – 78.