Biography

• Research Interests
  • Home care
  • Aging
  • Family caregivers
  • Social interaction knowledge translation
  • Knowledge translation interventions
• Methodology
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Mixed methods

I am an Assistant Professor with the University of Saskatchewan, College of Nursing and a Doctoral Nursing Candidate at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. My prior administrative and direct care roles within rural community and long term care settings include program development and evaluation, interdisciplinary team facilitation, quality improvement, and regionalized health system accreditation.

My research experience includes the psychometric testing of an in-home urinary incontinence differential assessment instrument, coordination of the professional nursing association component of a Canadian community health interprofessional survey, analyses of a Statistics Canada Population Health Database, participation as a research trainee in a Canadian Dementia Care Study, and publication of a Cochrane Review with an interdisciplinary research team. The focus of my dissertation research is to explore in-home family caregivers' experiences of knowledge translation related to eldercare and the processes of knowledge translation among family caregivers, home care clients, and home health care providers. Ultimately, I plan to develop and test knowledge translation interventions to foster evidence-informed gerontological health promotion and chronic disease management practice and policy. Strategies to achieve this aim over the next five years include participation in: interprofessional education initiatives and curricula, interdisciplinary research teams, and collaborative community partnerships with health care recipients, family caregivers, interdisciplinary care providers, and policy decision-makers. Presently, I am teaching 3rd and 4th year theory courses related to community health and research methods for professional nursing practice.

Recent Publications

De Roche N.M. (2011). The 5th ISG Gerontechnology Master Class, Gerontechnology 10(1):60; doi:10.4017/gt.2011.10.01.008.00. (Acknowledged as one of the Master Class Gerontechnology CIHR and International contributors for this publication).

Jansen S.L., Forbes D., Duncan V., Morgan D.G., Malouf, R. (2011). Melatonin for the treatment of dementia (Review). The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD003802. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003802.pub3. (Original publication: 2006, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD003802. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003802.pub3).

Gray, M. & Jansen, L. (2009). Assessment and management of kidney problems. In S.M. Lewis, M.L. Heitkemper, S.R. Dirksen, M. Barry, S. Goldsworthy & D. Goodridge (Eds.). Medical surgical nursing in Canada (2nd Canadian edition). pp. 1157-1176. Elsevier: Toronto.

Gray, M. & Jansen, L. (2009). Assessment and Management of Urinary Clinical Problems. In S.M. Lewis, M.L. Heitkemper, S.R. Dirksen, M. Barry, S. Goldsworthy & D. Goodridge (Eds.). Medical surgical nursing in Canada (2nd Canadian edition). pp. 1177-1215. Elsevier: Toronto.

Peacock, S., Forbes, D., Markle-Reid, M., Hawranik, P., Morgan, D., Jansen, L., Henderson, S., & Leipert, B (2009). Positive aspects of the caregiving journey: Using a strengths-based perspective to reveal opportunities. Journal of Applied Gerontology Online, first published on August 25, 2009 as doi:10.1177/0733464809341471.

Jansen, L., Forbes, D.A., Markle-Reid, M., Hawranik, P., Kingston, D., Peacock, S., Henderson, S., & Leipert, B. (2009). Formal Care Providers' Perceptions of Home- and Community-Based Services: Informing Dementia Care Quality. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 28(1), 1-23.

Jansen L, Forbes , DA , Duncan V, Morgan DG. Melatonin for cognitive impairment.(Review) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003802. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003802.pub3.

Forbes, D., Jansen, L., Markle-Reid, M., Hawranik, P., Morgan, D., Henderson, S. Leipert, B., Peacock, P., & Kingston, D. (2008). Canadians with dementia: Gender differences in use and availability of home- and community-based health services. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 40(1), 38-59.

Forbes, D., Markle-Reid, M., Hawranik, P., Peacock, S., Kingston, D., Morgan, D., Henderson, S. Leipert, B., & Jansen, L. (2008). Availability and acceptability of Canadian home and community-based services: Perspectives of family caregivers of persons with dementia. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 27(2), 75-99.

Forbes, D. A. & Jansen, L. (2008). Family caregivers: Essential partners in dementia care. Canada's National Home Care Publication: The Family Caregiver Newsmagazine. Retrieved March 15, 2009 from www.thefamilycaregiver.com/pdf/TFCN_2008_09.pdf

Jansen, L. (2008). Collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare teams: Ready or not? Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(4), 218-227.

Jansen, L. & Forbes, D. (2006). The psychometric testing of an urinary incontinence nursing assessment instrument. Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 33(1), 69-76.

Jansen L, Forbes , DA , Duncan V, Morgan DG. Melatonin for cognitive impairment.(Review) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD003802. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003802.pub3.

Recent Grants

University of Saskatchewan Faculty Start-Up Grant ($5,000), 2009-2012

University of Western Ontario Graduate Studies National Travel Award ($400.00), 2011

University of Western Ontario Graduate Thesis Award ($795.00), 2011

National Initiative for Care of the Elderly Doctoral Travel Grant and Mentorship Award ($1000.00), 2010

Cochrane Centre, University of Oxford England Travel Grant ($200.00), 2009

Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship ($20,000.00 x 2 years), 2007-2009

University of Western Ontario Graduate Thesis Award ($1,333.33), 2009

University of Western Ontario Faculty of Health Sciences Scholarship ($8,000.00), 2008-2009

University of Western Ontario Graduate Studies Travel Grant (International) ($500.00), 2008

Canadian Nurses' Foundation Dr. Ann C. Beckingham Scholarship ($6,000), 2007-2008

Canadian Institute of Health Research Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training in Research - Primary Health Care ($47,500), 2004-2005