Lorna O’doherty

Biographic Data

ID84256
NAMELorna O’doherty
GIVEN NAMESLorna
FAMILY NAMEO’doherty
SIGNATUREO’DOHERTY L
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Melbourne
ORCID0000-0003-0816-9321
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • The impact of Covid-19 on recovery after sexual violence and abuse

    Open AccessEmma Sleath, Eleanor Lutman et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of Victimology2024References: 1

    We examined the impact of Covid-19 on service delivery within specialist sexual violence services and the healing journeys of survivors of sexual violence and abuse through the experiences of 22 professionals and 221 service users in England. The pandemic posed challenges across all sectors and economies across the globe, but practices and innovations that emerged at that time could enhance future services and user experiences. Thematic analysis …

  • It's the judicial equivalent of robbing Peter to pay Paul’—The implementation gap in section 28 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

    Open AccessVanessa E Munro, Ve Munro et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2024

    Section 28, the last of the special measures under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to be implemented, was rolled out across England and Wales between 2020 and 2022. This allows vulnerable and/or intimidated witnesses and complainants, who have first pre-recorded their evidence-in-chief through a police video-recorded interview, to pre-record their cross-examination, which is then presented to the court during the substantive tria…

  • Receiving care for intimate partner violence in primary care

    Open AccessLorna O’doherty, Ann Taket et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Cited by: 2References: 41

  • Fractured Identity in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence

    Open AccessLorna O’doherty, Lorna Jane O’Doherty et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2015Cited by: 6References: 14

    Intimate partner violence has profound effects on women's identities. However, detailed examination of how abuse affects identity is lacking. We interviewed 14 diverse women (Australia), applying social identity theory to analyze their experiences of identity and help-seeking in health settings. The destabilizing effect of violence on social identities was strongly supported. Women concealed abuse to preserve a public identity. However, when the …

  • What do Australian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Abuse Want From Family and Friends

    Open AccessAnn Taket, Lorna O’doherty et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2014Cited by: 3References: 38

    We analyzed the views of a diverse sample of women ( N = 254) living in the state of Victoria, Australia, who were experiencing fear of an intimate partner. We explored the women's views about their interactions with their family and friends to examine what women who have experienced fear of a partner or ex-partner want from their family and friends. The themes identified provide potentially useful guidance for what might be helpful and unhelpful…

  • Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice

    Open AccessKelsey Hegarty, Kelsey L Hegarty et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

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  • A brief counselling intervention by health professionals utilising the ‘readiness to change’ concept for women experiencing intimate partner abuse

    Kelsey Hegarty, Kelsey L Hegarty et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Studies2008Cited by: 3

    This paper describes a brief counselling intervention based on the ‘readiness to change’ concept for women experiencing intimate partner violence, and an educational program for training primary care health professionals in the delivery of such an intervention. We present a synthesis of the literature on the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour and the Psychosocial Readiness to Change Model as applied to intimate partner violence. We describe the …