Dr Kay Jones

Senior Research Fellow

BSW, MT&D, PhD

Profile

Kay Jones is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University.  Her research areas include chronic disease management (osteoarthritis, obesity, mental health), and knowledge translation including uptake of guidelines and information technology.  In addition, her interests include women’s health, family violence and child protection.  She completed her PhD in 2000 studying ‘The emotional effects on custodial and non-custodial parents of being involved with the Child Support Agency in Australia’.  Current research and education development include online activities about osteoarthritis, depression and bipolar disorder.

Kay has significant experience in developing research that includes an education component, particularly for general practitioners; she previously worked at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in the Quality Assurance and Continuing Professional Development (QA&CPD) program and has strong links with many Divisions of General Practice, particularly in Victoria.

Professional Activities

• Current Appointment: Senior Research Fellow/Project Manager, Department of General Practice
• Deputy Safety Officer, OH&S, Department of General Practice,
• Library liaison person in the Department of General Practice
• Accredited provider for Monash University in the RACGP QA&CPD program
• Involved in the university’s Mentor’s program for the past four years.

Recent Publications

Piterman L, Jones K, Castle D.  Bipolar disorder in general practice: challenges and opportunities.  Accepted MJA 1/6/2010

Jones KM, Dawson MT, Piterman L.  Patients’ perceptions of a quality improvement program Submitted to AFP 25 May 2010 (AFP-05-10-1524)

Jones KM, Dixon ME, Falkingham L, Piterman L, Dixon JB.  Barriers to recruitment of professionals into a general practice childhood obesity program.  Submitted to AJPH (PY10017) 18/5/2010

Costa BM, Fitzgerald KJ, Jones K, Dunning AM T.  Effectiveness of IT-based diabetes management interventions: exploring mixed findings in the literature.  BMC Family Practice 2009, 10:72doi:10.1186/1471-2296-10-72

Jones K, Dixon M, Dixon J.  childhood obesity, BMI calculators, and medical software – time for an upgrade? AFP, 38(9):731-732

Coles J, Jones K.  Universal Precautions.  Perinatal touch and examination after childhood sexual abuse.  Birth 2009, 36:230-236..

Dixon JB, Jones KM, Dixon M.  Medical versus surgical interventions for the metabolic complications of obesity in children.  Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 2009, 18; 168-175

RACGP Working Group (Brand C, Buchbinder R, Wluka A, Jones K, Ruth D, McKenzie S, Bucknall T, Ung L, McColl G, Hinman R, Grimmer-somers K, Jasper A, Haesler E.  Guidelines for the Non-Surgical Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis (To be released by NHMRC, Commonwealth of Australia 2009).

Adaji A, Schattner P, Jones K. The use of information technology to enhance diabetes management in primary care: a literature review.  Informatics in Primary Care Journal; 2008; 16(3):229-237.

Misso M, Pitt V, Jones K, Barnes H, Piterman L, Green S.  Quality and consistency of clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: a descriptive overview of published guidelines.  MJA 2008; 189:394-399.

Jones K and Piterman L.  The Effectiveness of the Breakthrough Series Methodology.  AJPH; 14(1) April 2008:59-65.

Jones K and Piterman L.  Promoting Best practice in General Practitioner Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Quality Improvement Pilot Program (AMQuIP).  AJPH.13(2) August 2007:104-112.

Jones K and Piterman L.  GP Focus Groups.  A Report for the Traffic Accident Commission and Victorian Workcover Authority 2007, Monash University, Clayton.