Faculty Member
Janice Du Mont Ed.D. Applied Psychology
- Email Address(es)
- Janice.DuMont(at)wchospital.ca
- Office Phone
- 416 351 3732 x2705
- Office Address
- Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital 7th Floor, 790 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 1N8
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Position
- Professor
- SGS Status
- Full Member
- Appointment Status
- Status Only
Research Interests
- gender-based violence
- health-based responses to sexual assault and domestic violence
- uses and impacts of medical forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
- HIV and sexual assault
- drug-facilitated sexual assault
- elder abuse
- health policy and health services delivery
- development and evaluation of online curricula
Other Affiliations
Director, Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health
Senior Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
Gender and Health (CHL 5109H)
Honours & Awards
Current Research Projects
Responding to violence against older women
Enhancing sexual assault services for trans persons
Enhancing sexual assault services for Indigenous survivors
Implementation of an elder abuse intervention in hospital-based violence services
Development of online curriculum on trans-affirming care for forensic nurse examiners
Representative Publications
Du Mont, J., Solomon, S., *Kosa, D., & +Macdonald, S. (2018). Development and evaluation of sexual assault training for emergency department staff in Ontario, Canada. Nurse Education Today, 70, 124-129. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.08.025
Mason R., Du Mont, J., Paterson, M., & Hyman, I. (2018). Experiences of child protection workers in collaborating with adult mental health providers: An exploratory study from Ontario, Canada. Children and Youth Services Review, 86, 271-276. doi: 1016/j.childyouth.2018.02.005
Du Mont, J., *Van, L., *Kosa, D, +Macdonald, S. (2018). Exploring receipt of HIV PEP counseling among women sexually assaulted by an intimate partner. The Open Aids Journal, 12, 1-5. doi: 2174/1874613601812010001
Du Mont, J., *Kosa, D., +Macdonald, S., & Mason, R. (2017). The promise of an interactive, online curriculum in improving the competence of those working in health care settings to address sexual assault. Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Care, 10, 425-427. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S148075
Du Mont, J., *Kosa, D., +Macdonald, S., Benoit, A., & Forte, T. (2017). A comparison of Indigenous and non-Indigenous survivors of sexual assault and their receipt of and satisfaction with specialized health care services. PLoS ONE, 12(11): e0188253. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188253
Balfour, G., Du Mont J., &White, D. (2017). “To this day she continues to struggle with the terror imposed upon her”: Rape narratives in victim impact statements. Women & Criminal Justice, 0, 1-20. doi: 10.1080/08974454.2017.1342744
Du Mont, J., *Wolde-Yohannes, M., +Macdonald, S., *Kosa, D., & Turner, L. (2017). A comparison of intimate partner and other sexual assault victims use of different types of specialized hospital-based violence services. BMC Women’s Health, 17(59). doi: 10.1186/s12905-017-0408-9
Du Mont, J., *Kosa, D., *Yang, R., Solomon, S., & +Macdonald, S. (2017). Determining the effectiveness of an elder abuse nurse examiner curriculum: A pilot study. Nurse Education Today, 55, 71-76. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.05.002
Du Mont, J., & Forte, T. (2016). Perceived discrimination and self-rated health in Canada: An exploratory study. BMC Public Health, 16(1). doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3344-y
*Lanthier, S., Du Mont, J., & Mason, R. (2016). Responding to delayed disclosure of sexual assault in health settings: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1-15. doi: 10.1177/1524838016659484
Du Mont, J., +Macdonald, S., & *Kosa, D. (2016). An examination of victim, assailant, and assault characteristics among cases classified as predatory drug-facilitated sexual assault. Women’s Health Issues, 26(4), 393-400. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.05.010.
Du Mont, J., +Macdonald, *Kosa, D., & Brown, R. (2016). Sexual assault of adolescent girls: Examining acute care service use. Paediatrics and Child Health, 21(3), 163-164.
Du Mont, J., +MacDonald, S., *Kosa, D., & Smith, T. (2016). Nonoffending guardian assessment of hospital-based sexual abuse/assault services for children. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 12(1), 35-38.
Du Mont, J., *Kosa, D., +Macdonald, S., Elliot, S., & Yaffe, M. (2016). Development of skills-based competencies for forensic nurse examiners providing elder abuse care. BMJ Open, 6: e009690.