Jonathan Berkowitz
University of British Columbia
74 Papers
614 Citations
Jonathan Berkowitz is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 67 publications.
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Papers
Psychosocial factors predictive of occupational low back disability: towards development of a return-to-work model.
Izabela Z. Schultz,Joan Crook,G. R. Meloche,Jonathan Berkowitz,Ruth Milner,Oonagh A. Zuberbier,W Meloche +6 more
TL;DR: The key psychosocial predictors identified were expectations of recovery and perception of health change and occupational stability, skill discretion at work, co‐worker support, and the response of the workers' compensation system and employer to the disability.
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Assessing Information and Decision Preferences of Men With Prostate Cancer and Their Partners
B. Joyce Davison,Martin E. Gleave,S. Larry Goldenberg,Lesley F. Degner,Doug Hoffart,Jonathan Berkowitz +5 more
TL;DR: The computer program has been shown to be a reliable and acceptable method of assessing information and decision preferences of these couples and an individualized approach is suggested, given the high reliability of individual’s profiles.
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Mental health, job satisfaction, and intention to relocate. Opinions of physicians in rural British Columbia.
TL;DR: Physicians working in British Columbia's Northern and Isolation Allowance communities suffer from high levels of depression and veryhigh levels of burnout and are dissatisfied with their current jobs.
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Biopsychosocial Multivariate Predictive Model of Occupational Low Back Disability
Izabela Z. Schultz,Joan Crook,Jonathan Berkowitz,G. R. Meloche,Ruth Milner,Oonagh A. Zuberbier,Wendy Meloche +6 more
TL;DR: The “winning” variables identified in the integrated model are dominated by cognitions, which are accompanied by disability behaviors, which is favored for early intervention with high-risk workers since cognitions are amenable to change.
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Fertility intentions of women of reproductive age living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada
Gina Ogilvie,Anita Palepu,Valencia P. Remple,Evelyn J. Maan,Kate Heath,Glenda MacDonald,Jan Christilaw,Jonathan Berkowitz,William A. Fisher,David R. Burdge +9 more
TL;DR: It is found that the predictors of fertility intention of women with HIV were age, ethnicity and marital status, and non-aboriginal ethnicity, younger age and having a regular partner were associated with an increased likelihood of reporting the intention to have children in the future.
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