Jennifer White, University of Victoria

Research

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Youth suicide prevention ethics discourses of professionalism constructionist methodologies collaborative research narrative practices professional development praxis-oriented pedagogy

Latest papers

The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Algorithm for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics · 2020
Re-Thinking Ethics and Politics in Suicide Prevention: Bringing Narrative Ideas into Dialogue with Critical Suicide Studies.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019 · first author
Falling through the cracks. A thematic evaluation of unmet needs of adult survivors of childhood cancers.
Psycho-oncology · 2018 · first author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Suicide, extractivism, and terrains of struggle for Indigenous life
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$104,493
Virtue Alignment Theory: A Unified Approach to Moral Judgment and Action
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$114,361
Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$39,511

All 3 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Algorithm for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

He C, Levis B, Riehm KE, Saadat N, Levis AW, Azar M, Rice DB, Krishnan A, Wu Y, Sun Y

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics2020117 citations

DOI: 10.1159/000502294

02

Re-Thinking Ethics and Politics in Suicide Prevention: Bringing Narrative Ideas into Dialogue with Critical Suicide Studies.

White J, Morris J

International journal of environmental research and public health2019First author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16183236 PMID: 31487801

03

Falling through the cracks. A thematic evaluation of unmet needs of adult survivors of childhood cancers.

White J, Park J, Russell KB, Reynolds KA, Madani A, Carlson LE, Giese-Davis J

Psycho-oncology2018First author

DOI: 10.1002/pon.4754 PMID: 29740904

04

Seeing suicidology in a new light.

Kral MJ, Morris J, White J

Death studies2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1332898 PMID: 28657826

05

What can critical suicidology do?

White J

Death studies2017First author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1332901 PMID: 28524765

06

Why an alternative to suicide prevention gatekeeper training is needed for rural Indigenous communities: presenting an empowering community storytelling approach.

Wexler L, White J, Trainor B

Critical public health2015

DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.904039 PMID: 36779086

07

Precarious spaces: risk, responsibility and uncertainty in school-based suicide prevention programs.

White J, Morris J

Social science & medicine (1982)2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.046 PMID: 21050629

Suicide, extractivism, and terrains of struggle for Indigenous life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ansloos, Jeffrey P.

Keywords: suicide; environment and health; extractivism; social and health impacts; ecological dimensions of suicide; settler colonialism; mental health

$104,493

Virtue Alignment Theory: A Unified Approach to Moral Judgment and Action

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Samuel G.B.

Keywords: moral psychology; social cognition; moral judgment; prosocial behaviour

$114,361

Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Prendergast, Monica

Keywords: theatre education; drama education; playbuilding; collective creation; Canadian Theatre for Young Audiences; performance ethnography; arts-based research; research-based theatre; applied theatre; ethnography

$39,511

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

School of Child and Youth Care
Infectious Diseases
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Family Medicine
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Psychiatry
Rheumatology

Co-authors at University of Victoria, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Joanne Park

Child and Adolescent Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Danielle Rice

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Ian Shrier

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Marie Hudson

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Murray Baron

Rheumatology

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Andrea Benedetti

Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Youth suicide prevention Dear Professor White, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Algorithm for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis" (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]