Recent publications
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Brown A, Haregu T, Gee G, Mensah F, Waters L, Brown SJ, Nicholson JM, Hegarty K, Smith D, D’Amico S, Ritte R. Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Aboriginal controlled social housing. BMC public health. 2023 Oct 6;23(1):1935.
Reilly L, Adams M, Diamond B, Deemal P, Diamond J, Koometra C, et al. Enabling dads and improving First Nations adolescent mental health: a pragmatic randomised controlled study. BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 1;13(7):e072202.
Glover K, Gartland D, Leane C, Nikolof A, Weetra D, Clark Y, et al. Development, acceptability and construct validity of the Aboriginal Women's Experiences of Partner Violence Scale (AEPVS): a co-designed, multiphase study nested within an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander birth cohort. BMJ Open. 2022 Aug;12(8):e059576.
Andrews S, Hamilton B, Humphreys C. A Global Silence: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Aboriginal Mothering Through Domestic and Family Violence. Affilia. 2021 Nov 10;088610992110555.
Children
Kuruppu J, Humphreys C, McKibbin G, Hegarty K. Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings. Children and Youth Services Review. 2023 Jul 1;150:107029–9.
Kuruppu J, Humphreys C, McKibbin G, Hegarty K. Tensions in the therapeutic relationship: emotional labour in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare. BMC Primary Care. 2022 Mar 17;23(1).
Conway LJ, Cook F, Cahir P, Brown S, Reilly S, Gartland D, et al. Children's language abilities at age 10 and exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: Results of an Australian prospective pregnancy cohort study. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2020 Nov;104794.
Kuruppu J, McKibbin G, Humphreys C, Hegarty K. Tipping the Scales: Factors Influencing the Decision to Report Child Maltreatment in Primary Care. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2020 Apr 7;21(3):427–38.
Lived Experience
Tarzia L, Lamb K, McKibbin G, Parker R, Hegarty K. Using digital storytelling with women who have experienced intimate partner abuse: a qualitative exploration of participant experiences in Australia. Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 2023 Oct 1;7(3):414–34.
Vicarious trauma
Neil J, Barton C, Hegarty K. Should we be concerned? A qualitative study of educators’ perceptions of medical student wellbeing in domestic violence training. Medical Teacher. 2023 Aug 14;1–7.
Survivor and Health Practitioner Qualitative Metasynthesis
Tarzia L, Bohren MA, Cameron J, Garcia-Moreno C, O’Doherty L, Fiolet R, et al. Women’s experiences and expectations after disclosure of intimate partner abuse to a healthcare provider: A qualitative meta-synthesis. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov;10(11):e041339.
Hegarty K, McKibbin G, Hameed M, Koziol-McLain J, Feder G, Tarzia L, et al. Health practitioners’ readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Munro-Kramer ML, editor. PLOS ONE. 2020 Jun 16;15(6):e0234067.
Hudspeth N, Cameron J, Baloch S, Tarzia L, Hegarty K. Health Practitioners’ perceptions of structural barriers to the identification of intimate partner abuse: a qualitative meta-synthesis. BMC Health Services Research. 2022 Jan 22;22(1).
Korab-Chandler E, Kyei-Onanjiri M, Cameron J, Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Women's experiences and expectations of intimate partner abuse identification in healthcare settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Open. 2022 Jul;12(7):e058582.
Tarzia L, Cameron J, Watson J, Fiolet R, Baloch S, Robertson R, et al. Personal barriers to addressing intimate partner abuse: a qualitative meta-synthesis of healthcare practitioners’ experiences. BMC Health Services Research. 2021 Jun 9;21(1).
Health professionals who have experienced domestic violence
Dheensa S, McLindon E, Spencer C, Pereira S, Shresta S, Emsley E, et al. Healthcare Professionals’ Own Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Systematic Review of Risk Markers and Consequences. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2022 Jan 3;152483802110617.
McLindon E, Diemer K, Kuruppu J, Spiteri-Staines A, Hegarty K."You can't swim well if there is a weight dragging you down": cross-sectional study of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and child abuse prevalence against Australian nurses, midwives and carers. BMC Public Health. 2022 Sep 12;22(1).
Dheensa S, McLindon E, Spencer C, Pereira S, Shresta S, Emsley E, et al. Healthcare Professionals' Own Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Systematic Review of Risk Markers and Consequences. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2022 Jan 3;152483802110617.
Knowledge Translation
Cameron J, Humphreys C, Kothari A, Hegarty K. Creating an action plan to advance knowledge translation in a domestic violence research network: a deliberative dialogue. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. 2021.
Cameron J, Humphreys C, Kothari A, Hegarty K. Exploring the knowledge translation of domestic violence research: A literature review 2020 Jul 2;28(6):1898–914.
Males Victims of Domestic Abuse
Huntley AL, Potter L, Williamson E, Malpass A, Szilassy E, Feder G. Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Open. 2019 May;9(6):e021960.
Alcohol and or Other Drugs
Kertesz M, Humphreys C, Fogden L, Scott K, Laslett A-M, Tsantefski M. KODY, an all-of-family response to co-occurring substance use and domestic violence: protocol for a quasi-experimental intervention trial. BMC Public Health. 2022 Feb 12;22(1).
Heward-Belle SL, Kertesz M, Humphreys C, Tsantefski M, Isobe J. Participatory practice guideline development at the intersections of domestic and family violence, mental distress and/or parental substance use. Advances in Dual Diagnosis. 2022 Feb 16;15(1):51–65.
Risk Assessment and Management
Lamb K, Forsdike K, Humphreys C, Hegarty K. Drawing upon the evidence to develop a multiagency risk assessment and risk management framework for domestic violence. Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 2022.
Technology Facilitated abuse
Fiolet R, Brown C, McKay D, Marsden S, Leins K, Harris B. Perpetrator Perceptions on the Emotions and Motivations Driving Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Relationships: A Story Completion Study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2023 Aug 2.
Brown C, Hegarty K. Development and validation of the TAR Scale: A measure of technology-facilitated abuse in relationships. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 2021 Jan;3:100059.
Fiolet R, Brown C, Wellington M, Bentley K, Hegarty K. Exploring the Impact of Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Its Relationship with Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Study on Experts' Perceptions. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 2021 Jan;8:233339362110281.
Brown C, Sanci L, Hegarty K. Technology-facilitated abuse in relationships: Victimisation patterns and impact in young people. Computers in Human Behavior. 2021 Jun;106897.
Men Who Use Violence
Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Navarro Medel C, Hameed M, Chondros P,
Gold L. Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a healthy relationship tool for men who use intimate partner violence (BETTER MAN). BMC Public Health. 2023 Dec 2;23(1).
Tarzia L, McKenzie M, Addison MJ, Hameed MA, Hegarty K. “Help Me Realize What I’m Becoming”: Men’s Views on Digital Interventions as a Way to Promote Early Help-Seeking for Use of Violence in Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2023 Feb 10;088626052311538.
Humphreys C, Healey L, Heward‐Belle S. Fathers who use domestic violence: Organisational capacity building and practice development. Child & Family Social Work. 2019 Nov 13;
Humphreys C, Diemer K, Bornemisza A, Spiteri‐Staines A, Kaspiew R, Horsfall B. More present than absent: Men who use domestic violence and their fathering. Child & Family Social Work. 2018 Nov 20;24(2):321–9.
Smith J, Humphreys C. Child protection and fathering where there is domestic violence: Contradictions and consequences. Child & Family Social Work. 2018 Sep 3;24(1):156–63.
Mother-Child
FitzPatrick KM, Brown S, Hegarty K, Mensah F, Gartland D. Timing of Physical and Emotional Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Women’s Health in an Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study. Violence Against Women. 2023 Feb 7;107780122211479-107780122211479.
Hooker L, Toone E, Raykar V, Humphreys C, Morris A, Westrupp E, et al. Reconnecting mothers and children after violence (RECOVER): a feasibility study protocol of child–parent psychotherapy in Australia. BMJ Open. 2019 May;9(5):e023653.
Brown SJ, Gartland D, Woolhouse H, Giallo R, McDonald E, Seymour M, et al. The maternal health study: Study design update for a prospective cohort of first-time mothers and their firstborn children from birth to age ten. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2021 May 6;35(5):612–25.
Gartland D, Conway LJ, Giallo R, Mensah FK, Cook F, Hegarty K, et al. Intimate partner violence and child outcomes at age 10: a pregnancy cohort. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2021 Apr 21;archdischild-2020-320321.
Hegarty K, Spangaro J, Kyei-Onanjiri M, Valpied J, Walsh J, Chapman J, et al.Validity of the ACTS intimate partner violence screen in antenatal care: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Sep 24;21(1).
Brown SJ, Conway LJ, FitzPatrick KM, Hegarty K, Mensah FK, Papadopoullos S, et al. Physical and mental health of women exposed to intimate partner violence in the 10 years after having their first child: an Australian prospective cohort study of first-time mothers. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec;10(12):e040891.
Online interventions
Hegarty K, Tarzia L, Valpied J, Murray E, Humphreys C, Taft A, et al. An online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing intimate partner violence (I-DECIDE): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health. 2019 Jun;4(6):e301–10.
Health care settings
Kuruppu J, Novy K, Fetter L, Oo S, Hegarty K. “Family court…sucks out your soul”: Australian general practitioners’ experiences supporting domestic violence survivors through family court. BMC Primary Care. 2023 Apr 11;24(1).
Hegarty KL, Andrews S, Tarzia L.Transforming health settings to address gender-based violence in Australia. 2022 Jul 7;217(3).
Lucchesi V, Signorelli M, Priotto E, Hooker L, Taft A, Hegarty K. Capacity building primary care responses to domestic violence in Brazil: designing a training model. European Journal of Public Health. 2021 Oct 1;31(Supplement_3).
Hooker L, Nicholson J, Hegarty K, Ridgway L, Taft A. Maternal and Child Health nurse's preparedness to respond to women and children experiencing intimate partner violence: A cross sectional study. Nurse Education Today. 2021 Jan;96:104625.
Taft A, Young F, Hegarty K, Yelland J, Mazza D, Boyle D, et al. HARMONY: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a culturally competent systems intervention to prevent and reduce domestic violence among migrant and refugee families in general practice: study protocol . BMJ Open. 2021 Jul;11(7):e046431.
Marsden S, Humphreys C, Hegarty K. Why Does He Do It? What Explanations Resonate During Counseling for Women in Understanding Their Partner’s Abuse?. 2021 Jan 23;088626052198985.
Marsden S, Humphreys C, Hegarty K. Women survivors’ accounts of seeing psychologists: harm or benefit? Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 2020.
Reproductive coercion
Wellington M, Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Women’s Lived Experiences of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse. Journal of Family Violence. 2023 Oct 6.
Sheeran N, Tarzia L, Douglas H. Communicating Reproductive Coercion in the Context of Domestic and Family Violence: Perspectives of Service Providers Supporting Migrant and Refugee Women. Journal of Family Violence. 2022 Jan 12.
Tarzia L, Hegarty K. A A conceptual re-evaluation of reproductive coercion: centring intent, fear and control. Reproductive Health. 2021 Apr 27;18(1).
Tarzia L, Douglas H, Sheeran N. Reproductive coercion and abuse against women from minority ethnic backgrounds: views of service providers in Australia. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 2021 Jan 11;1–28.
Wellington M, Hegarty K, Tarzia L. Barriers to responding to reproductive coercion and abuse among women presenting to Australian primary care. BMC Health Services Research. 2021 May 4;21(1).
Sexual Violence
Jiménez Aceves J, Tarzia L. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of male perpetrators of sexual violence against women: a scoping review and thematic synthesis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2024:15248380241241014.
Tarzia L, Henderson-Brooks K, Baloch S, Hegarty K. Women Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Sexual Violence: A Scoping Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2023 Apr 10;152483802311629.
Tarzia L. “It Went to the Very Heart of Who I Was as a Woman”: The Invisible Impacts of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence“. Qualitative Health Research. 2020 Oct 29;104973232096765.
Tarzia L. Toward an Ecological Understanding of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2020 Jan 20;36(23-24):088626051990029.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Baloch S, Hameed M, Hegarty K. Health Care Providers Views on Identifying and Responding to South Asian Women Experiencing Family Violence: A Qualitative Meta Synthesis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. 2022 Jan 19;152483802110438.