Dennis Kao, Carleton University

Research

older adults health care equity ethnocultural minority communities key informants focus groups mapping

Latest papers

Oral Health Service Access in Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods: A Geospatial Analysis in Washington, DC, USA.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
Using GIS to Analyze Inequality in Access to Dental Care in the District of Columbia.
AMA journal of ethics · 2022
Stakeholder perspectives and sustainability of an integrated care model for the prevention and management of obesity: the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) project.
Translational behavioral medicine · 2021

All 5 publications

Latest funding

The Unmet Needs of Diverse Caregivers for Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: Implications for Multi-disciplinary Health Professionals
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$105,000
Exploring the accessibility of health services for seniors from emerging ethnic minority communities
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Design interventions to support IPAC in LTC
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Oral Health Service Access in Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods: A Geospatial Analysis in Washington, DC, USA.

Liu M, Kao D, Gu X, Holland W, Cherry-Peppers G

International journal of environmental research and public health2022

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19094988 PMID: 35564382

02

Using GIS to Analyze Inequality in Access to Dental Care in the District of Columbia.

Davis J, Liu M, Kao D, Gu X, Cherry-Peppers G

AMA journal of ethics2022

DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.41 PMID: 35133727

03

Stakeholder perspectives and sustainability of an integrated care model for the prevention and management of obesity: the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) project.

Lee RE, Parker NH, Hallett AM, Kao D, Modelska MJ, Rifai HS, Soltero EG, O'Connor DP

Translational behavioral medicine2021

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa058 PMID: 32667038

04

Clinical supervision in frontline health care: A survey of social workers in Ontario, Canada.

Sewell KM, Kao D, Asakura K

Social work in health care2021

DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2021.1880532 PMID: 33593244

05

Evaluating sustainability in the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration project: the model and process.

Lee RE, Kao D, Parker NH, Hallett AM, Kochi CY, Modelska MJ, Rifai HS, O'Connor DP

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2020

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-020-0397-2 PMID: 32082567

The Unmet Needs of Diverse Caregivers for Community-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: Implications for Multi-disciplinary Health Professionals

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: McMenemy, Claire

Keywords: Biopsychosocial Model Of Health; Caregiving; Community Health; Dementia; Domains Of Unmet Need; Home And Hospital Care Services; Intersectionality; Mixed Methodologies; Person And Family Centered Care; Social Determinants Of Health

$105,000

Exploring the accessibility of health services for seniors from emerging ethnic minority communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Kao, Dennis

Keywords: older adults; health care equity; ethnocultural minority communities; key informants; focus groups; mapping

$25,000

Design interventions to support IPAC in LTC

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care - Open

Principal investigators: Trudel, Chantal M; Donskov, Melissa; Hsu, Amy T; Thavorn, Kednapa

Keywords: Covid-19; Long-Term Care; Pandemic

$150,000

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

Kenta Asakura

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: older adults Dear Professor Kao, 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 "Oral Health Service Access in Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods: A Geospatial Analysis in Washington, DC, USA." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Exploring the accessibility of health services for seniors from emerging ethnic minority communities" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]