A5080330907- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
UNSW Sydney
2024-2025
University of Technology Sydney
2023-2024
The University of Sydney
2017-2023
University of Newcastle Australia
2020-2021
University College Cork
2021
The University of Melbourne
2019
Abstract Holistic and person‐centred nursing care is commonly regarded as fundamental to practice. These approaches are complementary recovery which rapidly becoming the preferred mode of practice within mental health. The willingness ability nurses adopt recovery‐oriented essential services realizing goals. Involving consumers (referred herein Experts by Experience) in health education has demonstrated positive impact on skills attitudes students. A qualitative exploratory research project...
●Expert by Experience participation in mental health services is embedded policy many countries. The negative attitudes of nurses and other professionals to consumer poses a significant obstacle this goal. ●Involving Experts the education nursing students demonstrates positive attitudinal change.●The paper presents perspectives from about unique knowledge expertise they derive their lived experience distress service use. As result, can make essential contribution education. They utilize...
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Consumer participation in mental health services is embedded policy many countries. The negative attitudes of nurses and other professionals to consumer poses a significant obstacle this goal Involving "Experts by Experience" the education nursing students demonstrates positive attitudinal change THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: More detailed understanding students' experiences perspectives about being taught An international focus, extending...
Purpose To examine nursing students' perceptions of Experts by Experience impact on theoretical and practical learning. Design Methods Qualitative exploratory study involving focus groups with undergraduate students from five European countries Australia. Data were analyzed thematically. Findings Participants described positive impacts as: bridging the theory practice gap through first-hand experience, including sub-themes: bringing to life; can't be taught any other way, innovative teaching...
Expert by Experience involvement in mental health nursing education is increasing popularity as a teaching technique. The emerging literature attests to its benefits enriching the educational experience for students. Much less attention has been devoted from perspective of Experts themselves. To address this gap and ensure important captured considered, aim paper present perceptions experiences delivering an module A qualitative exploratory approach was adopted, involving in-depth individual...
Abstract Hope is essential to mental health recovery, yet little known about how services can foster hope. This paper addresses the question: How influence sense of hope experienced by people who access their services? Sixty-one accessed a new service were interviewed experiences, including had influenced Interviews analysed using constant comparative analysis. The data revealed that increased when perceived positive changes in themselves and circumstances: developing understandings...
This paper uses secondary analysis to understand how COVID-19 shaped people's experiences with psychosocial support services in Australia. Data are drawn from questionnaires (n = 66) and semi-structured interviews 62), conducted for a national service evaluation, 121 people living enduring mental health conditions using services. relating were inductively coded analysed constant comparative analysis. Most included tele-support. While some described minimal disruption their support, many...
Recovery oriented service provisions means focusing on outcomes that are important to consumers themselves rather than clinicians or services. Partners in (PIR) is an Australia-wide initiative designed provide coordination and brokerage for individuals with severe persistent mental illness. One PIR engaged a consumer-led research team evaluate the from perspective of consumers. This study was established explore consumers' perceptions they achieved through their involvement PIR. Data were...
Expert by experience involvement in mental health education for professional programmes has increased recent decades. The related literature articulated the benefits, and changes attitudes have been measured some studies. Less attention devoted to ways this learning approach could be improved. aim of paper is present nursing students perspectives on how Experience input into curricula enhanced. Qualitative exploratory research was undertaken, involving focus groups with who had completed a...
Background: Prevention and Recovery Care services are residential sub-acute in Victoria, Australia, guided by a commitment to recovery-oriented practice. The evidence regarding the effectiveness of this service model is limited, largely relying on small, localised evaluations. This study involved state-wide investigation into personal recovery, perceived needs for care, well-being quality-of-life outcomes experienced services’ consumers. Methods: A longitudinal cohort design examined...
Research into co-designers' experience of co-design processes is uncommon, despite expanding use to improve and innovate in healthcare. This study aimed identify how an online was experienced, it achieved its outcomes the implications for healthcare co-design. Eleven co-designers were interviewed about their participation online, lived co-led, that physical mental health service users primary care settings. Analysis group individual interviews documentation involved initial inductive coding...
Abstract Consumer collaboration in mental health research has demonstrated significant benefits and reflects both contemporary practice policy goals for the expected genuine involvement of consumers all aspects service delivery. Notable barriers have been identified as impeding consumer researcher positions that must be better understood ultimately addressed. The aim this was to understand these from perspectives non‐consumer researchers who worked collegially with researchers. We developed...
Introduction Consumer-led and collaborative research is consistent with occupational therapy principles of inclusion client-centredness, increasingly valued in mental health. Our team three therapists consumers was funded to conduct a consumer-led health service evaluation. Because lack previous guide our practice, we engaged autoethnography gather information about the process research. We discovered that systematic reflective processes played critical part shaping very experiences being...
Mental health nursing skills and knowledge are vital for the provision of high-quality healthcare across all settings. Negative attitudes nurses, towards both mental illness as a profession, limit recognition value these knowledge. Experts by Experience have significant role in enhancing education. The impact this involvement on to has not been well researched.To explore Expert Experience-led teaching students' perceptions nursing.Qualitative exploratory study involving focus groups with...
Purpose To explore the views and opinions of nonconsumer researchers to concept an Expert Consumer Researcher Group. Design Methods Qualitative exploratory involving individual interviews with mental health experienced in working collaboratively consumer researchers. Data were analyzed thematically. Findings Participants viewed positively, albeit caution. Perceived advantages included: greater visibility enhanced access; collegiality; sharing creating expertise; broader acceptance; making it...
COVID-19 prompted widespread transition of face-to-face mutual-help groups to virtual delivery. Current understanding the experience is limited 12-step approaches or asynchronous (e.g., forums). This paper explores participant and facilitator perspectives regarding benefits challenges accessing SMART Recovery virtually via videoconference.A self-selected convenience sample participants (n = 29) facilitators 15) from in Australia were enrolled. Participants sampled reflect delivered...
To examine preferences for telehealth versus in-person services people who sought mental health support from an unfamiliar service during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify factors that influenced these preferences.Data are drawn semi-structured interviews with 45 participants (32 accessed services, 7 informal people, 6 themselves as well identifying supports). Data relating experiences of telehealth, comparisons were coded inductively analysed using qualitative content analysis.Just over...
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify aspects the consumer-provider relationship that consumers saw as important in a care coordination service model.Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted, between October 2015 and March 2016, with 20 people living severe persistent mental illness who used Sydney, Australia. Data analysed using constant comparative analysis.Results: Participants described five specific they deemed within their experience: rapport listening; an...
A range of barriers that impede collaborations between consumer researchers and other have been identified, despite clear acknowledgement the benefits this approach in literature. Recent research has questioned whether costs collaborative outweigh benefits. The overarching aim current study is to better understand non-consumer researchers’ attitudes to, issues concerning, engagement with researchers. Non-consumer from mental health disciplines were invited participate cross-sectional...
Abstract Purpose Sub-acute recovery-oriented facilities offer short-term residential support for people living with mental illness. They are generally highly regarded by consumers, emerging evidence indicating that these services may recovery. The aim of the current study was to explore relationship between personal recovery and consumers’ satisfaction sub-acute services, views about service features aid Methods Consumers at 19 adult Prevention Recovery Care Services in Victoria, Australia,...
The COMMUNE (co-produced mental health nursing education) was an international project established to embed EBE perspectives in education by developing and delivering a specific module. underlying intention of this go well beyond ad hoc implementation tokenistic approaches involvement. Standards for co-production Education (Mental Health Nursing) (SCo-PE [MHN]) developed provide guidance the increasing number academics seeking genuine meaningful involvement Experts Experience professionals....
Abstract Purpose: Sub-acute recovery-oriented facilities offer short-term residential support for people living with mental illness. They are generally highly regarded by consumers, emerging evidence indicating that these services may recovery. The aim of the current study was to explore relationship between personal recovery and consumers’ satisfaction sub-acute services, views about service features aid Method: Consumers at nineteen adult Prevention Recovery Care Services in Victoria,...