Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Research Statement
The purpose of my program of research is to assess and promote quality care for family carers and patients as they near the end-of-life. My research focusses on the structure, process, and outcomes in service delivery. As part of this work I examine how personal, social, and environmental factors affect care. This work is designed to assist in the development, evaluation and translation of new and innovative interventions to improve access, quality and outcomes in this population.
Research Interests
Health services research, health systems research, chronic illness, palliative care, aged care, supportive cancer care, organizational change, ethics, and research methodology
Teaching
Evidence based nursing – level 3 (NFY3005), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Post Graduate Diploma Specialist Practice (Oncology Nursing), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast.
Issues in Dementia Care – (HSN3022), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Model of Dementia Care – (HSN3031), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Current Projects
Co-investigator, Feasibility Study of an On-Line Intervention for Family Caregivers of Residential-Living Frail Older Persons. Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, Canada (Principal Investigator: Duggleby W, Co-investigators: Ploeg J, McAiney C, Parmar J, Holroyd-Leduc J, Peacock S, Nekolaichuk C, Ghosh S, Forbes D, Kassalainen S) 2016-2017.
Co-investigator, Reducing hospital admissions of people with dementia in nursing homes: The role of anticipatory care planning. GAIN: Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (Principal Investigator: McLaughlin D, Co-investigators: Carter G) 2016
Co-investigator, Advance care planning with older adults who have end-stage kidney diseases. Feasibility of a deferred entry randomised controlled trial incorporating a mixed methods process evaluation. The Dunhill Medical Trust (Principal Investigator: O’Halloran P, Co-investigators: Noble H, Fogarty P, Murtagh F, Brown J, Shields J, Mordon S) 2015-2017
Co-investigator, Partnering together to improve palliative care in Long Term Care. Co-funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Partnerships in Health System Improvement; Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions; Manitoba Health Research Council; Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (Principal Investigator: Kaasalainen S, Co-investigator: Costello A, Hunter P, Neves P, Sussman T, Thompson G, Venturato L. Co-Investigators: Akhtar-Danesh N, Bourgeois-Guérin V, Chochinov H, dal Bello-Haas V, Duggleby W, Earl M, Goodridge D, Hadjistavropoulos T, Holtslander L, McCleary L, McClement S, O’Leary J, Papaioannou A, Parker D, Ploeg J, Sinclair S, Strachan P, Thorpe L, Touchette C, Trinidad G, You J, Young L.) 2015-2018.
Co-investigator, ‘Improving Palliative Care in Long Term Care Homes Using Participatory Action Research’. Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, Canada (Principal investigator: Kassalinen S, Co-investigators: Sussman T, Neves P, O’Leary J, Akhtar-Danesh N, Brazil K, Bonifas R, Bourgeois Guérin V, dal Bello-Haas V, Earl M, Kelley ML, McCleary L, McKee M, Papaioannou A, Parker D, Ploeg J, Sinclair S, Strachan P, Thompson G, Venturato L, Wickson-Griffiths A, You J, Young L) 2015-2017
Principal Investigator, “Promoting informed decision making and effective communication through advance care planning for people living with dementia and their family carers”. The Atlantic Philanthropies and HSC Public Health (Co-investigators: Clarke M, Froggatt K, Hudson P, Kernohan G, McLaughlin D, Passmore P) 2014-2016
Co-Lead, “Costs and effectiveness of UK palliative care day services: a three-centre mixed methods study of impact upon patients and family carers”. Marie Curie Cancer Care Research (Project lead: Kernohan G, Co-investigators: Hasson F, McCorry N, Coast J, McIlFatrick S) 2014-2017
Co-investigator, ‘Pain assessment and management for persons with advanced dementia nearing the end of life’. The Atlantic Philanthropies and HSC Public Health (Principal Investigator: Parsons C, Co-investigators: Bannin De Witt J, Passmore P, McIlfatrick S, Watson M, Morgan S, Maxwell D, Buchanan H.) 2014-2017.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
R4079NUR: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Research Partnership for Northern Ireland
O'Halloran, P., Brazil, K., McConnell, T., McVeigh, C., Noble, H. & Reid, J.
06/01/2022 → …
Project: Research
-
R4893NUR: Necessary discussions: Advance care planning for nursing homes in a COVID-19 outbreak
Brazil, K., Carter, G., McCann, A. & Mitchell, G.
14/06/2020 → …
Project: Research
-
R2568NUR: Scaling up the Family Carer Decision Support Intervention: A multi-site implementation evaluation
Brazil, K., Brown Wilson, C. & Carter, G.
13/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
-
Implementing palliative care teams specialized in dementia in two countries: experiences of failure and success
van der Steen, J. T., van Leussen, C. A., Ballentine, J., Gribben, L., Reid, J., Hasson, F., Brazil, K., The, B. A-M. & McLaughlin, D., 17 Jan 2023, In: JAD: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 91, 2, p. 551-557 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure) -
The impact of the mySupport advance care planning intervention on family caregivers' perceptions of decision-making and care for nursing home residents with dementia: pretest-posttest study in six countries
Bavelaar, L., Visser, M., Walshe, C., Preston, N., Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., Cornally, N., Hartigan, I., Loucka, M., di Giulio, P., Brazil, K., Achterberg, W. P. & van der Steen, J. T., 01 Mar 2023, In: Age and Ageing. 52, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Downloads (Pure) -
A family carer decision support intervention for people with advanced dementia residing in a nursing home: a study protocol for an international advance care planning intervention (mySupport study)
Harding, A. J. E., Doherty, J., Bavelaar, L., Walshe, C., Preston, N., Kaasalainen, S., Sussman, T., van der Steen, J. T., Cornally, N., Hartigan, I., Loucka, M., Vlckova, K., Di Giulio, P., Gonella, S., Brazil, K. & mySupport study group, 26 Oct 2022, In: BMC Geriatrics. 22, 10 p., 822.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile20 Downloads (Pure) -
An eHealth intervention (ManGuard) to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in male taxi drivers: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
McMahon, J., Thompson, D. R., Brazil, K. & Ski, C. F., 14 Sep 2022, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 10 p., 209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile23 Downloads (Pure) -
Anticipatory care planning for community-dwelling older adults at risk of functional decline: a feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial
Brazil, K., Cardwell, C., Carter, G., Clarke, M., Corry, D. A. S., Fahey, T., Gillespie, P., Hobbins, A., McGlade, K., O’Halloran, P., O’Neill, N., Wallace, E. & Doyle, F., 25 May 2022, In: BMC Geriatrics. 22, 452.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile22 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
-
Addressing Moral Distress Experienced Among HealthCare Workers Providing Home-based Palliative Care. An Interprofessional Perspective ($49,509.00, Greenshield Foundation)
Brazil, Kevin (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
An evaluation of Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit from a family caregiver’s perspective ($169,729.00, Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Brazil, Kevin (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Anti-microbial use and resistance in seniors ($1,254,360.00, Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Brazil, Kevin (Recipient), 2003
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
A review of hospice palliative care in the province of Ontario (50,000.00 Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division)
Brazil, Kevin (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
-
Assessing end of life care in long term care facilities ($32,000.00 Richard Greenshield Foundation)
Brazil, Kevin (Recipient), 2001
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
-
A feasibility study of an Online Educational Intervention for Adult Child Carers of People Living with Dementia in a Low-middle Income Country: lessons to be learnt
Azam Saifullah (Presenter), Christine Brown Wilson (Advisor), Gillian Carter (Advisor) & Kevin Brazil (Advisor)
13 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
File -
Research: care for today, cure for tomorrow
Kevin Brazil (Invited speaker)
21 Aug 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
-
Supporting family carer decision-making at the end of life: The Family Carer Decision Support Intervention’
Kevin Brazil (Invited speaker)
09 May 2019 → 10 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
-
Northern Ireland Public Health Agency (External organisation)
Kevin Brazil (Advisor)
2019 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
-
Supporting the person living with dementia as they near the end of life’
Kevin Brazil (Invited speaker)
14 Nov 2018 → 15 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference