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Kate Jongbloed

ResearcherUniversity of British Columbia

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Kate Jongbloed

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Bipoc Equity Indicators Public Health Racism

Latest papers

Using a metaphor of baskets and copper pots to identify "what work, whose work" in truth, rights, responsibilities, and reconciliation in public health.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026 · senior author
Unlearning clubs: creating environments of cultural safety, anti-racism, and trustworthiness in population and public health.
BMC public health · 2025 · senior author
The Cedar Project: Racism and its impacts on health and wellbeing among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC.
PLOS global public health · 2023

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Decolonizing Approaches to the Governance and Leadership of Public Health Crises in the Context of Climate Change
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$750,000
When the Land Speaks: BC First Nations Sovereignty, Language, and Public Health Governance in Climate Emergencies
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,357,876
A Path Forward for Measuring Racism in British Columbia's Population Health and Wellness Reporting
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$2,500

All 10 grants and awards

19 publications.

Using a metaphor of baskets and copper pots to identify "what work, whose work" in truth, rights, responsibilities, and reconciliation in public health.

Behn Smith D, Chenery J, Dove N, Jongbloed K

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01116-3 PMID: 41107696

Unlearning clubs: creating environments of cultural safety, anti-racism, and trustworthiness in population and public health.

Hendry J, Guercio GD, Smith DB, Louie A, Henry B, Jongbloed K

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22034-6 PMID: 40128733

The Cedar Project: Racism and its impacts on health and wellbeing among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC.

Sharma R, Pooyak S, Thomas V, Zamar DS, Jongbloed K, Pearce ME, Mazzuca A, Cassidy-Mathews C, Bizzotto RN, Jafari G, Christian KWM, Teegee M, Schechter MT, Spittal PM

PLOS global public health2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001914 PMID: 37647286

Towards untying colonial knots in Canadian health systems: A net metaphor for settler-colonialism.

Jongbloed K, Hendry J, Behn Smith D, Gallagher Kʷunuhmen J

Healthcare management forum2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704231168843 PMID: 37194453

Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant): Probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in Northern Uganda five years after a violent conflict.

Luo J, Zamar DS, Ogwang MD, Muyinda H, Malamba SS, Katamba A, Jongbloed K, Schechter MT, Sewankambo NK, Spittal PM

Journal of migration and health2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100125 PMID: 35832466

The Cedar Project: exploring the role of colonial harms and childhood maltreatment on HIV and hepatitis C infection in a cohort study involving young Indigenous people who use drugs in two Canadian cities.

Pearce ME, Jongbloed K, Pooyak S, Christian WM, Teegee MGWWM, Caron NR, Thomas V, Henderson E, Zamar D, Yoshida EM, Schechter MT, Spittal PM

BMJ open2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042545 PMID: 34244246

The Cedar Project: Relationship between child apprehension and attempted suicide among young Indigenous mothers impacted by substance use in two Canadian cities.

Ritland L, Thomas V, Jongbloed K, Zamar DS, Teegee MP, Christian WK, Richardson CG, Guhn M, Schechter MT, Spittal PM, Cedar Project Partnership

PloS one2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252993 PMID: 34111186

The "Sticky Notes" Method: Adapting Interpretive Description Methodology for Team-Based Qualitative Analysis in Community-Based Participatory Research.

Burgess H, Jongbloed K, Vorobyova A, Grieve S, Lyndon S, Wesseling T, Salters K, Hogg RS, Parashar S, Pearce ME

Qualitative health research2021

DOI: 10.1177/10497323211002489 PMID: 33825561

Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant): Chronic Hepatitis B Virus among post-conflict affected populations living in mid-Northern Uganda.

Malamba SS, Muyinda H, Ogwang DM, Katamba A, Zamar DS, Jongbloed K, Sewankambo NK, Schechter MT, Spittal PM

PloS one2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251573 PMID: 34043637

The Cedar Project - Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability of Mobile Health Among Young Indigenous People Who Have Used Drugs in British Columbia, Canada: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study.

Jongbloed K, Pearce ME, Thomas V, Sharma R, Pooyak S, Demerais L, Lester RT, Schechter MT, Spittal PM, Cedar Project Partnership

JMIR mHealth and uHealth2020First author

DOI: 10.2196/16783 PMID: 32716311

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Kate Jongbloed

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Using a metaphor of baskets and copper pots to identify "what work, whose work" in truth, rights, responsibilities, and reconciliation in public health.

Unlearning clubs: creating environments of cultural safety, anti-racism, and trustworthiness in population and public health.

The Cedar Project: Racism and its impacts on health and wellbeing among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC.

Towards untying colonial knots in Canadian health systems: A net metaphor for settler-colonialism.

Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant): Probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in Northern Uganda five years after a violent conflict.

The Cedar Project: exploring the role of colonial harms and childhood maltreatment on HIV and hepatitis C infection in a cohort study involving young Indigenous people who use drugs in two Canadian cities.

The Cedar Project: Relationship between child apprehension and attempted suicide among young Indigenous mothers impacted by substance use in two Canadian cities.

The "Sticky Notes" Method: Adapting Interpretive Description Methodology for Team-Based Qualitative Analysis in Community-Based Participatory Research.

Cango Lyec (Healing the Elephant): Chronic Hepatitis B Virus among post-conflict affected populations living in mid-Northern Uganda.

The Cedar Project - Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability of Mobile Health Among Young Indigenous People Who Have Used Drugs in British Columbia, Canada: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study.

Decolonizing Approaches to the Governance and Leadership of Public Health Crises in the Context of Climate Change

When the Land Speaks: BC First Nations Sovereignty, Language, and Public Health Governance in Climate Emergencies

A Path Forward for Measuring Racism in British Columbia's Population Health and Wellness Reporting

The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in Vancouver, BC

The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in two Canadian cities

Identifying a path forward to measure racism as a determinant of health within BC population health and wellness reporting

The Cedar Project: Preparing for culturally-safe, trauma informed COVID-19 response among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC

Designing targeted interventions to address HIV vulnerabilities and improve clinical outcomes among conflict affected adolescent girls and young women under 25 in Northern Uganda

The Cedar Project: Providing culturally-safe, strengths-based case management for the delivery of optimal hepatitis C care and treatment among Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia

Reducing HIV risk, increasing access to treatment and promoting resilience in Indigenous communities in Canada and globally

Frequent collaborators

Kate Jongbloed

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Charlotte Loppie

Bonnie Henry

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