Jennifer Petkovic

PhD

Affiliate Investigator

Research Associate
The Ottawa Centre for Health Equity

About:

Jennifer Petkovic, PhD is the Coordinator of the Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group and the MuSE Consortium. She is an Affiliate Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute. Petkovic earned her PhD in Public Health at the University of Split in Croatia in 2017 and her MSc in Population and Public Health (Global Health) from Simon Fraser University in 2007. Her research interests include systematic review methods for disadvantaged populations, multi-stakeholder engagement in research and guidelines and knowledge translation.

Research Interests:

Health equity, systematic reviews, knowledge translation, engagement methods.

Select Publications:

Tugwell P, Welch V, Magwood O, Todhunter-Brown A, Akl EA, Concannon TW, Khabsa J, Morley R, Schunemann H, Lytvyn L, Agarwal A, Antequera A, Avey MT, Campbell P, Chang C, Chang S, Dans L, Dewidar O, Ghersi D, Graham ID, Hazlewood G, Hilgart J, Horsley T, John D, Jull J, Maxwell LJ, McCutcheon C, Munn Z, Nonino F, Pardo Pardo J, Parker R, Pottie K, Rada G, Riddle A, Synnot A, Ghogomu ET, Tomlinson E, Toupin-April K, Petkovic J. (2023). Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses. Systematic Reviews.

Petkovic J, Magwood O, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Concannon TW, Welch V, Todhunter-Brown A, Palm ME, Akl EA, Mbuagbaw L, Arayssi T, Avey MT, Marusic A, Morley R, Saginur M, Slingers N, Texeira L, Ben Brahem A, Bhaumik S, Bou Akl I, Crowe S, Dormer L, Ekanem C, Lang E, Kianzad B, Kuchenmüller T, Moja L, Pottie K, Schünemann H, Tugwell P. (2023). Key issues for stakeholder engagement in the development of health and healthcare guidelines. Research Involvement and Engagement.

Petkovic J, Duench S, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Pardo Pardo J, Simeon R, DesMeules M, Gagnon D, Hatcher Roberts J, Hossain A, Pottie K, Rader T, Tugwell P, Yoganathan M, Presseau J, Welch V. (2021). Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Petkovic J, Riddle A, Akl EA, Khabsa J, Lytvyn L, Atwere P, Campbell P, Chalkidou K, Chang SM, Crowe S, Dans L, Jardali FE, Ghersi D, Graham ID, Grant S, Greer-Smith R, Guise JM, Hazlewood G, Jull J, Katikireddi SV, Langlois EV, Lyddiatt A, Maxwell L, Morley R, Mustafa RA, Nonino F, Pardo JP, Pollock A, Pottie K, Riva J, Schünemann H, Simeon R, Smith M, Stein AT, Synnot A, Tufte J, White H, Welch V, Concannon TW, Tugwell P. (2020). Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation. Systematic Reviews.

Petkovic J, Jull J, Yoganathan M, Dewidar O, Baird S, Grimshaw JM, Johansson KA, Kristjansson E, McGowan J, Moher D, Petticrew M, Robberstad B, Shea B, Tugwell P, Volmink J, Wells GA, Whitehead M, Cuervo LG, White H, Taljaard M, Welch V. (2020). Reporting of health equity considerations in cluster and individually randomized trials. Trials.

Contact:

jennifer.petkovic@uottawa.ca

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