Susan Jack

Bio

Dr. Susan Jack is Professor, School of Nursing, Associate Member, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, and a Core Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies.  She is the program lead for the Public Health Nursing Practice, Research and Education Program (PHN-PREP). Dr. Jack’s clinical background is in community health and public health nursing, and her program of research focuses on the development and evaluation of public health interventions. She completed her post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences (McMaster) and the Centre for Knowledge Translation (University of Alberta). Dr. Jack has been a full-time faculty member since 2003 and has taught in all levels of the BScN undergraduate and graduate program. Dr. Jack is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing and served as the President, Board of Directors, Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (2016-2020).

Twitter:  @jacksm08

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/susan-jack-08a3511

Website: Public Health Nursing Practice, Research and Education Program https://phnprep.ca 

Select Publications

•  Jack, S.M., Kimber, M., Davidov, D., Ford-Gilboe, M., Wathen, C.N., McKee, C., Tanaka, M., Boyle, M., Johnston, C., Coben, J., Gasbarro, M., McNaughton, D., O’Brien, R., Olds, D.L., Scribano, P., & MacMillan, H.L. (2021). Nurse-Family Partnership nurses’ attitudes and confidence in identifying and responding to intimate partner violence; A mixed methods evaluation. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(9), 3894-3910. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14979

• Jack, S.M., Gonzalez, A., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., Van Borek, N., Sheehan, D., MacKinnon, K., Campbell, K., Catherine, N., Kurtz Landy, C., MacMillan, H., & Waddell, C. (2021). Public health nurses’ professional practices to prevent, recognize and respond to suspected child maltreatment in home visiting: An interpretive descriptive study. Global Qualitative Nursing Research.  https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393621993450
• Jack, S.M., Munro-Kramer, M., Roberts Williams, J., Schminkey, D, Tomlinson, E., Jennings Mayo-Wilson L., Bradbury-Jones, C., & Campbell, J.C. (2020). Recognizing and responding to intimate partner violence using telehealth: Practical guidance for nurses and midwives. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(3-4), 588-602. doi:10.1111/jocn.15554

• Jack, S.M., Olds, D.L., & MacMillan, H.L. (2019). Incorporating intimate partner violence interventions in nurse home visitation programs -Reply. JAMA, 322(11), 1103-1104.

•  Jack, S.M. (2019). Nursing leadership in qualitative health research (Editorial). Professioni Infermieristiche, 72(1), 3-4.

•  Luciani M., Jack S.M., Campbell K., Orr E., Durepos P., Lin L., Strachan P., & Di Mauro S. (2019). An introduction to qualitative health research. Professioni Infermieristiche, 72(1), 60-68.  

• Jack, S.M., Ford-Gilboe, M., Davidov, D., & MacMillan, H.L. (2016). Identification and assessment of intimate partner violence in nurse home visitation. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Doi:10.1111/jocn.13392

• Jack, S.M., Catherine, N., Gonzalez, A., MacMillan, H.L., Sheehan, D., Waddell C for the BCHCPScientific Team. (2015). Adapting, piloting and evaluating complex public health interventions: Lessons learned from Nurse-Family Partnership. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 35, (8/9), 151-159.

• Jack, S.M., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., MacMillan, H.L., Catherine, N., Waddell, C. for the BCHCP Process Evaluation Research Team (2015). British Columbia Healthy Connections project process evaluation: A mixed methods protocol to describe the implementation and delivery of the Nurse-Family Partnership in Canada. BMC Nursing, 14:47. DOI:10.1186/s12912-015-0097-3

• Dmytryshyn, A.L., Jack, S.M., Ballantyne, M., Wahoush, O., & MacMillan, H.L. (2014). Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: An interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses. BMC Nursing, 14:12. 

• Jack, S.M., & MacMillan, H.L. (2014). Adaptation and evaluation of the Nurse-Family Partnership in Canada. Early Childhood Matters, June, 43-46
• Jack, S.M., Busser, L.D., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Zwygers, E.J., & MacMillan, H. (2012). Adaptation and implementation of the Nurse-Family Partnership in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103(Suppl.1): S42-S48.
• Jack, S.M., Ford-Gilboe, M., Wathen C.N., Davidov, D.M., McNaughton, D.B., Coben, J.H., Olds, D.L., MacMillan, H.L. for the NFP IPV Research Team (2012). Development of a nurse home visitation intervention for intimate partner violence. BMC Health Services Research, 12: 50.
• Jack, S.M. (2010). The role of public health in addressing child maltreatment in Canada. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 31(1), 39-44.
• Jack, S.M. & Tonmyr, L. (2008). Knowledge transfer and exchange: Disseminating Canadian child maltreatment surveillance findings to decision makers. Child Indicators Research. Published online January 2008.
• Jack, S.M. (2006). The utility of qualitative research findings in evidence-based public health practice. Public Health Nursing, 23(3), 278-284.

Honours

• 2021: Fellow, Canadian Academy of Nursing

• 2015 and 2019: Faculty of Health Sciences (McMaster) Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision Award

• 2007-2012: Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Reproduction and Child Health New Investigator Personnel Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Grants

• Jack, S.M. Ontario public health nursing home visitation practice and education program. Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (August 2021-March 31, 2022) 
• Jack, S., (nominated principal investigator), Orr, E. (co-principal investigator), Ballantyne, M., &
• Gonzalez, A. NICU-to-home transitions study. Hamilton Community Foundation Grant [start and end dates of grant]. $14,845 (May 2019-December 2020).

• Jack, S.M., & Mackie, C. (co-principal investigators). Development and evaluation of the Canadian Nurse-Family Partnership Education Model. Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy (2015-2018), $350,000.
• Jack, S.M., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., MacMillan, H.L., Marcellus, L.,Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., & Waddell, C. Process evaluation of British Columbia Healthy Connections Project, Public Health Agency of Canada. Notified December 17, 2013, Funding for January, 2014-January 2018, $866,396.
• Jack, S.M. Intimate partner violence: Nurse Education (Child Welfare Collaboration Grant, State of Colorado). University of Colorado at Denver, Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health. March 31, 2014-June 30, 2015, $29,936.

• Waddell, C., (PI) MacMillan, H. (PI), Jack, S.M. (co-PI), Sheehan, D (co-PI), Barr, R., Boyle, M., Gafni, A., Gonzales, A., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., & Varcoe, C. Scientific evaluation of Nurse-Family Partnership in British Columbia. BC Ministry of Health and BC Ministry of Children and Family Development. 2011-2016, $5,000,000.
• Jack, S. M., Sheehan, D., Kurtz Landy, C., & MacMillan, H. The Acceptability of the Nurse-Family Partnership Home Visitation Program to Families, Nurses and Stakeholders in Hamilton, ON. Nursing Research Fund, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. 2009, $76,449.

Research

Dr. Jack’s program of research is focused on the evaluation of nurse home visitation programs, the prevention of family violence (intimate partner violence and child maltreatment), and knowledge translation. Dr. Jack, along with her colleagues Dr. Harriet MacMillan and Debbie Sheehan, was responsible for developing and implementing the first Canadian study of the Nurse-Family Partnership program.  She has expertise in both qualitative and mixed methods research.

Courses

Graduate Teaching

Dr. Jack’s expertise is in teaching research methods at the graduate level.

 
NUR HRM 745 Qualitative Health Research Methods

NUR HRM 770 Mixed Methods Research Design for Health Services and Policy Research

Undergraduate Teaching

She also has experience in teaching community health and research in the undergraduate BScN program. Dr. Jack has supervised a large number of PhD and Masters students and will continue to seek new students who are interested in engaging in research related to public health interventions for socially disadvantaged families.