Rate My Professor Jonathan Kennedy

Kennedy's research interests center on the interface between primary health care and public health, particularly the primary health care needs of refugee and migrant arrivals to New Zealand. He participates in collaborative research projects within the department and beyond. Notable publications include "Developing integrated extended pharmacist roles and services for equitable access and outcomes in primary healthcare: A realist evaluation" (Officer et al., International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2025), "Primary care clinicians' perspectives on migraine management in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study" (Randerson et al., Journal of Primary Health Care, 2025), "Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children and caregivers" (Jeffreys et al., SSM - Population Health, 2022), and "Refugee-like migrants have similar health needs to refugees" (Kennedy et al., BJGP Open, 2020). In 2024, he co-authored "Refugee Health Care: A Handbook for Health and Social Care Providers." Kennedy has served as an expert consultant for the World Health Organization's Health and Migration Programme on "Refugee and Migration Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers." In recognition of 20 years at Newtown Union Health Service, including roster duties and expertise for public health, he received the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Community Service Medal in 2025. He co-convenes the distance-taught postgraduate paper GENA720 Refugee and Migrant Health.