Nancy Gordon, ScD
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
2000 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 891-3587 (phone)
nancy.gordon@kp.org
Nancy Gordon, ScD, has been a research scientist and program evaluation consultant in the Health Care Effectiveness group at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research since 1985. She has a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara; and a doctor of science in applied behavioral sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Gordon’s experience includes being director of the triennial Kaiser Permanente Northern California Adult Member Health Survey and serving as an evaluation consultant/director for many patient education/health promotion and innovative primary care health services sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. She has also frequently served as a consultant for the evaluation of programs aimed at improving knowledge and practices of clinical staff.
Current Position(s):
- Research Scientist II, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
- Evaluation Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Primary Research Interests:
- Evaluation of health services and health education programs, with special focus on who uses them, how effective they are, and whether they are more effective for some types of people than others
- Factors associated with changes in behavioral health risks and health status over time in a health plan membership
- Trends in CAM and nutritional supplement use among health plan members
- Disparities in behavioral and psychosocial health risks and health status related to age, gender, race/ethnicity, and education
- Member and physician health surveys
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