Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Programme Leader & 4th Year Module Convenor Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice
Background and Interests
Dr Jonathan Kennedy is a general practitioner in Newtown, Wellington, and an academic lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice.
He has a special interest in the primary health care needs of refugee and migrant arrivals to New Zealand. This dates back to field experience with the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières, in South Sudan and Sri Lanka and to previous medical experience in Solomon Islands. He graduated with an MBChB (Otago) in 1997 and subsequently completed postgraduate diplomas in Obstetrics, Paediatrics and Public Health. He has been a fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners since 2007. Jonathan is also the Postgraduate Primary Health Care Lead within the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice.
Teaching Activities
Jonathan has enjoyed clinical teaching for University of Otago students through his working career, and has been tutoring medical students at the University of Otago Wellington since 2008. He co-convenes the MBChB 4th-year Primary Health Care & General Practice module and teaches across the undergraduate curriculum. He is co-convenor of the biennial distance-taught postgraduate paper: GENA720 Refugee and Migrant Health.
Research Activities
Jonathan has research interests focussed at the interface between primary health care and public health, and on refugee and migrant primary health care. He is involved in a range of research projects based in the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, and in collaboration with other departments and institutions.
Publications
Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Kennedy, J. D., Stanley, J., Malihi, A., Gibb, S., & Cunningham, R. (2023). Health service utilisation by quota, family-sponsored and convention refugees in their first five years in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(3). doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100064
Journal - Research Article
Officer, T. N., McKinlay, E., Imlach, F., Kennedy, J., Churchward, M., & McBride-Henry, K. (2022). Experiences of New Zealand public health messaging while in lockdown. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(6), 735-737. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13297
Journal - Research Article
Officer, T. N., Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Russell, L., … McBride-Henry, K. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and wellbeing: Experiences from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(4), 2269. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042269
Journal - Research Article
Jeffreys, M., Smiler, K., Ellison Loschmann, L., Pledger, M., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, J. (2022). Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand. SSM Population Health, 17, 101044. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101044
Journal - Research Article
Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Middleton, L., Cumming, J., & McBride-Henry, K. (2022). Seeking healthcare during lockdown: Challenges, opportunities and lessons for the future. International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 11(8), 1316-1324. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.26
Journal - Research Article
Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Kennedy, J., Morris, C., Pledger, M., Cumming, J., & McBride-Henry, K. (2021). E-prescribing and access to prescription medicines during lockdown: Experience of patients in Aotearoa/New Zealand. BMC Family Practice, 22, 140. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01490-0
Journal - Research Article
Kennedy, J., Kim, H., Moran, S., & McKinlay, E. (2021). Qualitative experiences of primary health care and social care professionals with refugee-like migrants and former quota refugees in New Zealand. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 27, 391-396. doi: 10.1071/py20285
Journal - Research Article
Morgan, S., Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Garrett, S., Kennedy, J., & Watson, B. (2021). Collaborative care in primary care: The influence of practice interior architecture on informal face-to-face communication: An observational study. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(1), 190-209. doi: 10.1177/1937586720939665
Journal - Research Article
Imlach, F., McKinlay, E., Middleton, L., Kennedy, J., Pledger, M., Russell, L., … McBride-Henry, K. (2020). Telehealth consultations in general practice during a pandemic lockdown: Survey and interviews on patient experiences and preferences. BMC Family Practice, 21(1), 269. doi: 10.1186/s12875-020-01336-1
Journal - Research Article
Kennedy, J. D., Moran, S., Garrett, S., Stanley, J., Visser, J., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Refugee-like migrants have similar health needs to refugees: A New Zealand post-settlement cohort study. BJGP Open, 4(1), bjgpopen20X101013. doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101013
Journal - Research Article
Kennedy, J. (2018, February). What's in a name? Primary health care after settlement for refugees and refugee-like migrants. Verbal presentation at the Global Migrations Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Yui, M., Pullon, S., Morris, C., Rose, S., & Kennedy, J. (2018, November). Refugee women's health-seeking behavioural change upon resettlement to a developed country, New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Refuge in the City Conference: Former Refugees in Urban New Zealand, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chan, M. Y. L., Kennedy, J., & Oakley, A. (2017). Erythema multiforme triggered by imiquimod 5% cream. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 58(4), e257-e258. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12578
Journal - Research Other
Mann, J., Beaglehole, R., Kennedy, J., Swinburn, B., & Te Morenga, L. (2017). Dietary guidelines are not beyond criticism: Authors' reply. Lancet, 389(10069), 598-599. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30279-9
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Kennedy, J., Moran, S., McKinlay, E., Visser, J., Garrett, S., & Stanley, J. (2017). Post-settlement refugee-like migrants and refugees, a comparative primary care health analysis. Proceedings of the Primary Health Care and General Practice Research Weekend. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/primaryhealthcaregeneralpractice/research/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Morris, C., McDonald, J., Cumming, J., Faasalele Tanuvasa, A., Russell, L., Smiler, K., Kennedy, J., & McKinlay, E. (2017). Exploring the development and impact of changes in community pharmacy services in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) 10th Health Services & Policy Research Conference: Shifting Priorities: Balancing Acute and Primary Care Services. (pp. 77). HSRAANZ. Retrieved from http://www.hsraanz.org/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kennedy, J. (2017, May). Connecting refugees to health services in the community. Panel discussion at the National Refugee Resettlement Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Mann, J., Te Morenga, L., McLean, R., Swinburn, B., Ni Mhurchu, C., Jackson, R., Kennedy, J., & Beaglehole, R. (2016). Dietary guidelines on trial: The charges are not evidence based. Lancet, 388(10047), 851-853. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31278-8
Journal - Research Other
Bourne, J., Kennedy, J., & Watson, P. (2013, July). Regular practice review: A new tool for CPD planning. Verbal presentation at the General Practice Conference: Generalism: The Heart of Health Care, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Kennedy, J., & Moran, S. (2013, July). Working with refugees. Verbal presentation at the General Practice Conference: Generalism: The Heart of Health Care, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Döbl, S., Kennedy, J., & Moran, S. (2012). Refugee children: Part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s healthy future. Children, 82, 19-52.
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles