Helen Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1095-5148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1939 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Indigenous women’s health and data sovereignty
This article explores Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRM) in the context of Indigenous women’s health, integrating principles of Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS) and theoretical ideas from Critical Indigenous Feminism (CIF) and Red Intersectionality (RI). Building on ongoing critiques of dominant Eurocentric health research paradigms, we advocate for IRM to guide quantitative methods that typically exclude Indigenous Peoples and perspectives…
Moving at the Speed of Trust
In this paper we describe the considerations, processes and resulting insights of a trauma-informed Participatory Action Research (PAR) storytelling workshop which aimed to support healing and dignity through strengths-based writing and storytelling with and for people who have been incarcerated in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Activist scholars walked alongside Facilitators and participating Storytellers as a mechanism to offer supports and wel…
Composing adult lives with a ventilator at the intersection of developmental and neoliberal discourses of time
This paper explores temporalities and experiences of time drawn from an analysis of interview data from a critical narrative inquiry of the experiences of young adults living with home mechanical ventilation (HMV). The analysis centers the ideological effects of dominant discourses that shape understandings of time in the Euro-Western world and the ways in which young adults' stories prompt a rethinking of time in health research and praxis. Data…
Weaving Structural Violence into Trauma-Informed Qualitative Health Research with Populations Considered Vulnerable
Trauma-informed approaches (TIA) are widely used in sensitive research to prevent re-traumatization and support the well-being of participants, often labelled as hard-to-reach or hidden populations . These labels reflect an individual-level framing, implying that certain groups have made themselves difficult to engage rather than acknowledging the structural barriers that limit their access to services and research participation. Trauma is deeply…
Shared experience makes this all possible”
The principles identified in this study can be used by UTGSS staff as a guide for checking-in on progress with clients and may be considered as a model for reflection on practice by staff providing similar peer-led services. These principles should not be applied in a prescriptive way, as relationship building is at the centre of peer support, and different applications will be required depending on clients' goals and the range of supports availa…
Beyond individual factors
Communities like DTES, facing precarious housing conditions, disadvantaged neighbourhoods, and complex health and social challenges, necessitate a comprehensive and holistic approach to fire prevention and safety. Recognizing the interplay between housing instability, mental and physical health issues, unregulated toxic drug supply, drug criminalization, and structural inequities allows practitioners from various sectors to develop contextually d…
Bringing an Equity Lens to Participant Observation in Critical Ethnographic Health Research
Critically-oriented health research often engages participants whose lives are shaped by structural inequities and structural violence. As scholars who engage in critical theoretical, praxis-oriented research, including research with social justice and decolonizing aims, we are cognizant of the histories of exploitation and structural violence often perpetuated through research. To engage in research that effectively promotes health equity, we ar…
Experiences of Assyrian refugee women seeking care for chronic pain
Exploring refugee women's experience of seeking care for chronic pain reinforces the need to explore hard to reach population's perspectives in research and helps to understand how vectors of disadvantage may intersect. For successful integration into health care systems of host countries, particularly for complex conditions such as chronic pain, there is a need to work with women community members to develop programs that are culturally aligned …
Estimating county level health indicators using spatial microsimulation
Given the importance of understanding health outcomes at fine spatial scales, iterative proportional fitting (IPF), a form of small area estimation, was applied to a fixed number of health-related variables (obesity, overweight, diabetes) taken from regionalized 2019 survey responses (n = 5474) from the Idaho Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Using associated county-level American Community Survey (ACS) census data, a set of con…
Involuntary psychiatric treatment and the erosion of consent
The Mental Health Act (1996) is legislation that directs voluntary and involuntary psychiatric treatment for people experiencing mental health issues in British Columbia (BC), Canada. This critical discursive analysis explores how BC's Mental Health Act (1996) and the Guide to the Mental Health Act (2005) structure involuntary psychiatric treatment and illustrates how the discourses within these texts constitute people experiencing mental health …
Examining Child-Led Tours and Child Standpoint Theory as a Methodological Approach to Mitigate Asymmetrical Adult-Child Power Dynamics in Ethnographic Research
Child-led tours alongside intersectional feminist theory and child standpoint theory provide promising methodological insights regarding meaningful engagement and research approaches with young children that can inform intersectoral pediatric healthcare practice and policy. However, research has paid little attention to the dynamics between children and adults during research and promising methods and theories that may mitigate asymmetrical relat…
The association between chronic pain and pre-and-post migration experiences in resettled humanitarian refugee women residing in Australia
Our results show that there is a high prevalence of chronic pain in refugee women across the initial years of resettlement in Australia. This may be in part due to pre-migration factors such as age and migration pathway, but more significantly the post migration context that these women settle into such as rurality of settlement, poorer general health and perceived discriminatory experiences. These findings suggest that there may be many unmet he…
A m x same’ su sa ‘Nawalakw (the supernatural spirit wraps around us)
In this article, we share findings from a community-based Participatory Action Research project, titled Sanala, which means to be whole in Kwak’wala—the language of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak̓wala-speaking people; a First Nation from what is now called Canada). In response to community priorities, the Sanala team initiated regalia as a weekly programme where people from the ‘Namgis tribe and other surrounding Kwakwaka’wakw Nations on the northwest c…
“I want to get better, but…”
These findings underscore several equity-oriented healthcare service delivery and clinician adaptations that are required to scale up DAAs among PWID living with HCV, including the provision of harm reduction-focused, non-stigmatizing, integrated, and peer-led care that responds to power differentials
Stigma is where the harm comes from”
Clinical Genomics
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The circle of gain and loss
This qualitative study aimed to explore Iranian women's life stories living with compulsive sexual behaviour. Data were collected between 2014 and 2016 in two cities. Forty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted by using theoretical sampling and constant comparative analysis. Four thematic categories were constructed from the data, including "scars left on the spirit and mind,"; "bizarre beliefs regarding sexuality and gender,"; "compensa…
"Healing on Both Sides"
This mixed methods study examined the impact of a prison–community partnership, entitled Work 2 Give. The partnership supports a program in which federally incarcerated men in Canada make items to donate to Indigenous communities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with participating men (n = 32), recipient community members (n = 29), and other prison and community stakeholders (n = 14). Selected outcomes (transfers to higher security, success…
Growing Beyond Nutrition
Many Indigenous communities in Canada experience disproportionate rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases impacted by historic and ongoing colonialism. Barriers to health and wellbeing associated with ongoing colonial processes also have resulted in inequities for Indigenous peoples within the criminal justice system. A prison garden program in British Columbia, Canada, attempts to address inmate rehabilitation and Indigenous community…
Ecological correlates of activity-related behavior typologies among adolescents
A range of intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental correlates appear to play a role in adolescent activity-related typology membership. The findings may inform public health interventions targeting unique adolescent subgroups most at risk of poor health outcomes based on their engagement in combinations of activity-related behaviors
Process evaluation of a classroom active break (Acti-BREAK) program for improving academic-related and physical activity outcomes for students in years 3 and 4
Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ( ACTRN12617000602325 ). Retrospectively registered on 27 April 2017
Wellbeing and Society
Cool Communities—Urban Density, Trees, and Health
A move towards more compact and climate-resilient cities is being encouraged around the world. As part of these plans, there is a need to manage the potential conflict between increasing urban densities and the extent of tree canopy in cities. Reductions in tree canopy are a major contributor to the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which will act to reduce rather than increase climate resilience in many cities. A systems thinking approach called C…
Navigating the Dangerous Terrain of Moral Distress
Moral distress is a well-recognized and ubiquitous aspect of health care professional practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) context. We used interpretive description methodology to guide a critical exploration of the dynamics of moral distress experience as reflected in the accounts of 28 health care professionals working in this setting. We learned about the kinds of clinical scenarios which triggered distressing experiences, and t…
I Depend More on Photographs to Help Me Along’
When Lore and History of the South Island Maori was published in 1952 it filled a vacuum in terms of accessible Ngāi Tahu history in the public domain. Despite its scholarly shortcomings, it remained one of the only readily available texts on Ngāi Tahu history for another thirty years. A major element of the publication was its inclusion of photographs, all taken by the author, William Anderson Taylor. Using the Ngāi Tahu portraits in Lore and Hi…
Women Teachers and Feminist Politics 1900-39
The attractions of teaching as a career for women - 1900-1939 work, family life and moving towards feminism fighting for equality 1900-1920 equal of different? - feminist strategies 1920-1939 thwarted spinsters? marital status and feminist politics
Wellbeing and Society
Adaptation strategies for health impacts of climate change in Western Australia
Bringing an Equity Lens to Participant Observation in Critical Ethnographic Health Research
Critically-oriented health research often engages participants whose lives are shaped by structural inequities and structural violence. As scholars who engage in critical theoretical, praxis-oriented research, including research with social justice and decolonizing aims, we are cognizant of the histories of exploitation and structural violence often perpetuated through research. To engage in research that effectively promotes health equity, we ar…
Reflections on Deconstructing Harry, or when is Good Art Bad Science
Three Kilwa Gold Coins
(1991). Three Kilwa Gold Coins. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 1-4
Weaving Structural Violence into Trauma-Informed Qualitative Health Research with Populations Considered Vulnerable
Trauma-informed approaches (TIA) are widely used in sensitive research to prevent re-traumatization and support the well-being of participants, often labelled as hard-to-reach or hidden populations . These labels reflect an individual-level framing, implying that certain groups have made themselves difficult to engage rather than acknowledging the structural barriers that limit their access to services and research participation. Trauma is deeply…
Involuntary psychiatric treatment and the erosion of consent
The Mental Health Act (1996) is legislation that directs voluntary and involuntary psychiatric treatment for people experiencing mental health issues in British Columbia (BC), Canada. This critical discursive analysis explores how BC's Mental Health Act (1996) and the Guide to the Mental Health Act (2005) structure involuntary psychiatric treatment and illustrates how the discourses within these texts constitute people experiencing mental health …
Understanding the meaning and role of gifts given to Ugandan mothers in maternity care settings
The provision of gifts to new mothers in Uganda is laden with significance that varies by the social location of the giver and receiver and the context and conditions under which the gift is made available. Here, we examine the act of gift giving and receiving within a Ugandan maternity care setting, describing the connections between these material objects and social relations. A study investigating the social organisation of maternity care in p…
Provocation As A Defence To Murder
(1999). Provocation As A Defence To Murder: To Abolish Or To Reform?. Australian Feminist Law Journal: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 137-141
After You’ve Seen the Fair
Essay| June 01 1939 After You’ve Seen the Fair Helen F. Brown Helen F. Brown Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1939) 50 (4): 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1939.50.4.55 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Helen F. Brown; After …
The World’s Fair and Housing
Essay| August 01 1939 The World’s Fair and Housing Helen F. Brown Helen F. Brown Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1939) 50 (6): 56–58. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1939.50.6.56 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Helen F. Brown; Th…
California Bound
Essay| July 01 1939 California Bound Helen F. Brown Helen F. Brown Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1939) 50 (5): 56–64. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1939.50.5.56 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Helen F. Brown; California Bound…
A Survey of Numismatic Research, 1966-1971
The Survey of Numismatic Research, provides bibliographies on numismatic studies. The latest edition covers 2014-2020 and is divided into two volumes: General Numismatics, the Greek world, Celtic and Roman coinages; Medieval and Modern coinages, Medals. It is also available for download and in print
Three Kilwa Gold Coins
(1991). Three Kilwa Gold Coins. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 1-4
Reaching a Consensus
Women's Autonomous Organising and The Law
Provocation As A Defence To Murder
(1999). Provocation As A Defence To Murder: To Abolish Or To Reform?. Australian Feminist Law Journal: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 137-141
Women Teachers and Feminist Politics 1900-39
The attractions of teaching as a career for women - 1900-1939 work, family life and moving towards feminism fighting for equality 1900-1920 equal of different? - feminist strategies 1920-1939 thwarted spinsters? marital status and feminist politics
The Cult of Individualism in Law School
Reflections on Deconstructing Harry, or when is Good Art Bad Science
Abandoned Children
The Late Medieval English College and its Context
A wide-ranging survey of the medieval secular college and its context.
Who Uses Television Captions, When, and Why? Analyses Based on the Australian Television Caption Users Survey
Despite the popularity of television captioning among deaf and hard-of-hearing Australians and its utility for other sections of the community (e.g., second language learners of English), there is little systematic research on relevant factors in captioning and patterns of caption use. This paper reports data from the Television Caption Users Survey (conducted October–December, 2000), the largest Australian survey to date of caption users' viewin…
A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds
ACTRN12609000715279; Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN83725066
Adaptation strategies for health impacts of climate change in Western Australia
P2-21 Ethnic inequalities in myocardial infarction incidence, interventions and survival in Scotland
Introduction Ethnic variations in coronary heart disease are large with a 50–70% excess consistently observed in South Asians. It is not clear whether this is attributable to increased incidence, poor survival, or both. We compared incidence and outcome of first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by ethnic group in Scotland in relation to cardiac intervention uptake, socioeconomic factors and proximity to hospital. Methods We used linkage methods …
O3-2.1 Linkage of data in the study of ethnic inequalities and inequities in health outcomes in Scotland
Background There are striking ethnic variations in health status, outcomes, and health service utilisation. Quantifying and understanding this variation is essential to identify the health needs of ethnically diverse populations and assess the extent to which healthcare is equitable. Incomplete ethnic coding in routine data collection in Scotland undermines these efforts. Methods We examined ethnic variations in cardiovascular, cancer, maternal a…
Human Health and Climate Change
The design of adaptation strategies that promote urban health and well-being in the face of climate change requires an understanding of the feedback interactions that take place between the dynamical state of a city, the health of its people, and the state of the planet. Complexity, contingency and uncertainty combine to impede the growth of such systemic understandings. In this paper we suggest that the collaborative development of conceptual mo…
A Health Impact Assessment Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning for Climate Change
This paper presents a detailed description of an approach designed to investigate the application of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) framework to assess the potential health impacts of climate change. A HIA framework has been combined with key climate change terminology and concepts. The fundamental premise of this framework is an understanding of the interactions between people, the environment and climate. The diversity and complexity of the…
Health Consequence Scales for Use in Health Impact Assessments of Climate Change
While health impact assessment (HIA) has typically been applied to projects, plans or policies, it has significant potential with regard to strategic considerations of major health issues facing society such as climate change. Given the complexity of climate change, assessing health impacts presents new challenges that may require different approaches compared to traditional applications of HIA. This research focuses on the development of health …
Understanding the meaning and role of gifts given to Ugandan mothers in maternity care settings
The provision of gifts to new mothers in Uganda is laden with significance that varies by the social location of the giver and receiver and the context and conditions under which the gift is made available. Here, we examine the act of gift giving and receiving within a Ugandan maternity care setting, describing the connections between these material objects and social relations. A study investigating the social organisation of maternity care in p…
Effect of classroom-based physical activity interventions on academic and physical activity outcomes
A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12616000899448 . Date of registration: July 7, 2016
Gaps in international nutrition and child feeding guidelines
Objective To examine the nutrition and young child feeding (YCF) education and training of nurses in public health clinics of Ghana’s Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem region (KEEA) in relation to global health guidelines, and how nurses served as educators for caregivers with children aged 0–5 years. Design A qualitative study of semi-structured one-on-one and group interviews ( n 21) following a questionnaire of closed- and open-ended questions addres…
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