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Juanita-Dawne Bacsu

Juanita-Dawne BacsuCanada Research Chair

Email: jbacsu@tru.ca
Phone: 250-371-5538

Research Interests

  • Rural Health, Gerontology, Dementia, Stigma, Cognitive Health Promotion, Health Policy, Social Media, Ageism, Frailty, Age-Friendly Environments

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Team 15/ Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina
  • PhD, Community and Population Health Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
  • Master of Arts, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan

Publications

    Recent Journal Articles

  • Bacsu, J. D., Cammer, A., Ahmadi, S., Azizi, M., Grewal, K. S., Green, S., Gowda-Sookochoff, R., Berger, C., Knight, S., Spiteri, R. J., & O'Connell, M. E. (2022). Examining the Twitter Discourse on Dementia During Alzheimer's Awareness Month in Canada: Infodemiology Study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(10), e40049. https://doi.org/10.2196/40049
  • Bacsu J., O Connell, M.E., Cammer, A., Ahmadi, S., Berger, C., Azizi, M., Gowda-Sookochoff, R., Grewal, K.S., Green, S., Knight, S., Spiteri, R.J. (2022). Examining the Evolving COVID-19 impact on people with dementia from the perspective of family and friends. JMIR Aging, 5(2), e38363. https://doi.org/10.2196/38363.
  • Bacsu, J., Fraser, S., Chasteen, A. L., Cammer, A., Grewal, K., Bechard, L. E., Bethell, J., Green, S., McGilton, K. S., Morgan, D., O'Rourke, H. M., Poole, L., Spiteri, R. J., & O Connell, M. E. (2022). Using Twitter to examine stigma against people with dementia during COVID-19: Infodemiology study. JMIR Aging, JMIR aging, 5(1), e35677. https://doi.org/10.2196/35677.
  • Bacsu, J., O'Connell, M. E., & Wighton, M. B. (2022). Improving the health equity and the human rights of Canadians with dementia through a social determinants approach: A call to action in the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian journal of public health Revue canadienne de sante publique, 113(2), 204 208. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00618-8.
  • Bacsu, J., Johnson, S., O Connell, M. E., Viger, M., Muhajarine, N., Hackett, P., Jeffery, B., Novik, N., &
  • McIntosh, T. (2022). Stigma Reduction Interventions of Dementia: A Scoping Review. Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement, 41(2), 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000192
  • Chakanyuka, C., Bacsu, J., DesRoches, A., Dame, J., Carrier, L., Symenuk, P., O Connell, M. E., Walker, J., Crowshoe, L., & Bourque Bearskin L. (2022). Indigenous-specific cultural safety within health and dementia care: A scoping review of reviews. Social Science and Medicine, 293(2022), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114658
  • Chakanyuka, C., Bacsu, J., Desroches, A., Walker, J., OConnell, M. E., Dame, J., Carrier, L., Symenuk, P.,
  • Crowshoe, L., Bourque Bearskin, L. (2022). Appraising Indigenous cultural safety within healthcare: Protocol of a scoping review of reviews. Journal of advanced nursing, 78(1), 294-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15096
  • Bacsu, J., O Connell, M. E., Webster, C., Poole, L., Wighton, M. B., & Sivananthan, S., Cammer, A., Azizi, M., Grewal, K., Green, S., Gowda-Sookochoff, R., Spiteri, R. (2021). Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on people with dementia and their carers. In Chapter 21. Impact of global pandemic on diagnosis. 2021 World Alzheimer Report: Journey Through the Diagnosis of Dementia. Montreal, Quebec: Alzheimers Disease International and McGill University, pp. 251-253. Available from, https://www.alzint.org/u/World-Alzheimer-Report-2021-Chapter-21.pdf
  • Bacsu, J., O'Connell, M. E., Webster, C., Poole, L., Wighton, M. B., & Sivananthan, S. (2021). A scoping review of COVID-19 experiences of people living with dementia. Canadian Journal of Public Health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 112(3). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00500-z
  • Johnson, S., Bacsu, J., McIntosh, T., Jeffery, B., & Novik, N. (2021). Competing challenges for Immigrant seniors social isolation and the pandemic. Healthcare Management Forum, 34(5), 266-271. https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704211009233
  • Bacsu, J., O Connell, M. E., Cammer, A., Grewal, K., Green, S., Poole, L., Azizi, M., Spiteri, R. (2021). Using Twitter to understand the COVID-19 experiences of people with dementia: Infodemiology study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2), e26254. https://doi.org/10.2196/26254

Professional Affiliations

  • Research Associate: Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging
  • Member: Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Team 15
  • Member: CCNA Stigma and Social Inclusion Work Group
  • Co-host: Career Conversation Webinars, Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
  • Co-host: Science and Storytelling: A GSA 75th Anniversary Podcast Series on Aging
  • Research Associate: Saskatchewan Population Health & Evaluation Research Unit
  • Innovation Support Unit Scholar: Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
  • Board Member: Canadian Rural Health Research Society (CRHRS)
  • Reviewer: Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Reviewer: Canadian Geriatrics Society
  • Reviewer: The Gerontologist
  • Reviewer: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • Reviewer: Canadian Journal on Aging
  • Reviewer: Journal of Rural and Community Development
  • Reviewer: Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Reviewer: Journal of Gerontological Social Work
  • Reviewer: Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Reviewer: JMIR Aging
  • Reviewer/Member: Canadian Association on Gerontology
  • Reviewer/Member: Gerontological Society of America
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