Brenda Happell
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 145883 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Brenda Happell |
| NOMBRES | Brenda |
| APELLIDO | Happell |
| FIRMA | HAPPELL B |
| AFILIACIONES | Central Queensland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7293-6583 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Physical Health and Health Behaviours of Australians with Psychosis
People living with psychosis live up to 20 years less compared to the general population. Cardiometabolic ill-health and barriers to health-related behaviour are significant contributors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of cardiometabolic health and health behaviours of consumers attending a public community mental health service in an Australian city. One hundred and fourteen consumers currently living with psychosis participated. St…
Sickness in Health
This book shines a light on bullying's human consequences and enhances health professionals understanding and strategies to cope with workplace bullying
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
An exploratory study of men’s access to mental health services
Men with mental ill health face multiple barriers to accessing support services. While there is existing work specifically addressing men’s individual help-seeking behaviors, health providers need to better understand broader contexts about access to mental health services. Men seeking help for health-related issues are often stigmatized, and increasingly so when seeking mental health services. This is thought to partly explain the disparities in…
Motivations for allyship with mental health consumer movements
People working within mental health organisations or systems but not in dedicated lived experience roles might still make contributions as allies to mental health consumer movements. The current study explores the motivations of such allies, specifically in relation to collaborations with consumers and targeting systemic change when providing support. Semi-structured interviews were held with 11 participants identified as allies to consumer movem…
Rhetoric of representation
Policy mandates consumer involvement in decisions at all levels of the mental health system. One barrier to this involvement is the expectation that consumers involved in systemic work represent broader consumer experiences. To examine how the rhetoric of 'representation' was used in relation to consumer involvement in mental health, a qualitative exploratory design was employed using interviews for data collection. Participants were consumers (n…
Social and material aspects of life and their impact on the physical health of people diagnosed with mental illness
BACKGROUND: People diagnosed with mental illness have shorter lives and poorer physical health, compared to the general population. These health inequities are usually viewed at an individual and clinical level, yet there is little research on the views of mental health consumers on clinical factors in broader contexts. OBJECTIVE: To elicit the views of consumers of mental health services regarding their physical health and experiences of accessi…
Addressing the physical health of people with serious mental illness
People with serious mental illness face significant inequalities in physical health care. As a result, the risk of cardiometabolic disorders and premature mortality is far greater than that observed in the general population. Contributiung to this disparity, is the lack of routine physical health screening by mental health clinicians. One possible solution is the implimentation of a physical health nurse consultant, whose role is to monitor and c…
Mental Health Consumer Experiences and Strategies When Seeking Physical Health Care
People with mental illness have higher rates of physical health problems and consequently live significantly shorter lives. This issue is not yet viewed as a national health priority and research about mental health consumer views on accessing physical health care is lacking. The aim of this study is to explore the experience of mental health consumers in utilizing health services for physical health needs. Qualitative exploratory design was util…
On exploratory factor analysis
Associations between occupational indicators and total, work-based and leisure-time sitting
Behaviour change interventions are needed to reduce sitting time as a means to prevent chronic disease. Workplace initiatives to reduce sitting time may be particularly important among individuals employed in white-collar and physical undemanding occupations, although other intervention strategies targeting leisure-time sitting are also required
Investigating Self-Reported Health Behaviors in Australian Adults with Mental Illness
To investigate self-reported health behaviors among Australian adults with mental illness, 1,935 Australian adults completed an online survey including the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale and instruments assessing health behaviors in October 2011. Participants with moderate or higher psychological distress reported significantly lower weekly physical activity levels ( p = .024), daily fruit ( p = .001) and vegetable ( p < .001) intakes, and …
John or Jane? Exploring How Clinical Judgment is Applied in Managing Access to Opioid Replacement Therapy
In Australia, access to Opioid Replacement Therapy (ORT) poses a problem for clinicians when confronted with multiple requests for ORT treatment. This article forms part of a broader grounded theory study exploring how clinicians apply clinical judgement in managing access to ORT programs. The focus of this article is to report on the codes generated from the study's data analysis and to discuss how they influence clinician responses to the proce…
Whatever It Takes
This research was conducted to examine experiences of nursing students in administering medication in the clinical setting. Grounded theory was utilized, involving in-depth interviews with 28 final-year students. In this article, we examine the importance participants attached to conforming to the prevailing culture, and their responses when offered what they considered inadequate supervision. Three main categories emerged: norming for the surviv…
The Value of Routine Outcome Measurement for Consumers of Mental Health Services
Background: Standardized instruments have been introduced for routine use within Victorian mental health services. The aim of routine outcome measurement (ROM) is to ensure the highest standard of service delivery as demonstrated through quality and accountability processes. Aims: The aim is to determine the extent to which ROM measure against the 12 principles of outcome measurement described by Smith et al. (1997). Method: The three ROM current…
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
Motivations for allyship with mental health consumer movements
People working within mental health organisations or systems but not in dedicated lived experience roles might still make contributions as allies to mental health consumer movements. The current study explores the motivations of such allies, specifically in relation to collaborations with consumers and targeting systemic change when providing support. Semi-structured interviews were held with 11 participants identified as allies to consumer movem…
The Value of Routine Outcome Measurement for Consumers of Mental Health Services
Background: Standardized instruments have been introduced for routine use within Victorian mental health services. The aim of routine outcome measurement (ROM) is to ensure the highest standard of service delivery as demonstrated through quality and accountability processes. Aims: The aim is to determine the extent to which ROM measure against the 12 principles of outcome measurement described by Smith et al. (1997). Method: The three ROM current…
Whatever It Takes
This research was conducted to examine experiences of nursing students in administering medication in the clinical setting. Grounded theory was utilized, involving in-depth interviews with 28 final-year students. In this article, we examine the importance participants attached to conforming to the prevailing culture, and their responses when offered what they considered inadequate supervision. Three main categories emerged: norming for the surviv…
Associations between occupational indicators and total, work-based and leisure-time sitting
Behaviour change interventions are needed to reduce sitting time as a means to prevent chronic disease. Workplace initiatives to reduce sitting time may be particularly important among individuals employed in white-collar and physical undemanding occupations, although other intervention strategies targeting leisure-time sitting are also required
Investigating Self-Reported Health Behaviors in Australian Adults with Mental Illness
To investigate self-reported health behaviors among Australian adults with mental illness, 1,935 Australian adults completed an online survey including the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale and instruments assessing health behaviors in October 2011. Participants with moderate or higher psychological distress reported significantly lower weekly physical activity levels ( p = .024), daily fruit ( p = .001) and vegetable ( p < .001) intakes, and …
John or Jane? Exploring How Clinical Judgment is Applied in Managing Access to Opioid Replacement Therapy
In Australia, access to Opioid Replacement Therapy (ORT) poses a problem for clinicians when confronted with multiple requests for ORT treatment. This article forms part of a broader grounded theory study exploring how clinicians apply clinical judgement in managing access to ORT programs. The focus of this article is to report on the codes generated from the study's data analysis and to discuss how they influence clinician responses to the proce…
On exploratory factor analysis
Addressing the physical health of people with serious mental illness
People with serious mental illness face significant inequalities in physical health care. As a result, the risk of cardiometabolic disorders and premature mortality is far greater than that observed in the general population. Contributiung to this disparity, is the lack of routine physical health screening by mental health clinicians. One possible solution is the implimentation of a physical health nurse consultant, whose role is to monitor and c…
Mental Health Consumer Experiences and Strategies When Seeking Physical Health Care
People with mental illness have higher rates of physical health problems and consequently live significantly shorter lives. This issue is not yet viewed as a national health priority and research about mental health consumer views on accessing physical health care is lacking. The aim of this study is to explore the experience of mental health consumers in utilizing health services for physical health needs. Qualitative exploratory design was util…
Social and material aspects of life and their impact on the physical health of people diagnosed with mental illness
BACKGROUND: People diagnosed with mental illness have shorter lives and poorer physical health, compared to the general population. These health inequities are usually viewed at an individual and clinical level, yet there is little research on the views of mental health consumers on clinical factors in broader contexts. OBJECTIVE: To elicit the views of consumers of mental health services regarding their physical health and experiences of accessi…
Rhetoric of representation
Policy mandates consumer involvement in decisions at all levels of the mental health system. One barrier to this involvement is the expectation that consumers involved in systemic work represent broader consumer experiences. To examine how the rhetoric of 'representation' was used in relation to consumer involvement in mental health, a qualitative exploratory design was employed using interviews for data collection. Participants were consumers (n…
Motivations for allyship with mental health consumer movements
People working within mental health organisations or systems but not in dedicated lived experience roles might still make contributions as allies to mental health consumer movements. The current study explores the motivations of such allies, specifically in relation to collaborations with consumers and targeting systemic change when providing support. Semi-structured interviews were held with 11 participants identified as allies to consumer movem…
An exploratory study of men’s access to mental health services
Men with mental ill health face multiple barriers to accessing support services. While there is existing work specifically addressing men’s individual help-seeking behaviors, health providers need to better understand broader contexts about access to mental health services. Men seeking help for health-related issues are often stigmatized, and increasingly so when seeking mental health services. This is thought to partly explain the disparities in…
Sickness in Health
This book shines a light on bullying's human consequences and enhances health professionals understanding and strategies to cope with workplace bullying
Interweaving Narratives of Lived Experience in Mental Health Social Work Curriculum
This study explored the metacurriculum of an undergraduate mental health social work subject that was developed and delivered collaboratively by lived experience and social work academics in a regional Australian university. Metacurriculum refers to implicit messages about how students learn how to learn that is, the ontological and epistemological positioning of curriculum. In this subject, students were invited to reflect on multiple, diverse, …
Physical Health and Health Behaviours of Australians with Psychosis
People living with psychosis live up to 20 years less compared to the general population. Cardiometabolic ill-health and barriers to health-related behaviour are significant contributors. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of cardiometabolic health and health behaviours of consumers attending a public community mental health service in an Australian city. One hundred and fourteen consumers currently living with psychosis participated. St…
Psychology (12 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Mental health (10 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Qualitative research (5 obras) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (5 obras)