Heather Morris
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 220147 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Heather Morris |
| NOMBRES | Heather |
| APELLIDO | Morris |
| FIRMA | MORRIS H |
| AFILIACIONES | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7758-1091 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use
BACKGROUND: This article investigates the potential links between housing instability and unregulated drug use at the intersection of the housing affordability crisis, drug poisoning emergency, and the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: = 406, April-September 2023). This study examines the associations between housing instability, the severity of individual drug use patterns, as measured through the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) score, …
Implementation Determinants of Transition Planning in Residential Out-of-Home Care for Young People with Disability and from Multicultural and Multifaith Backgrounds
Transition planning is mandated to support young people (YP) in residential out-of-home care (OoHC) to prepare them for independent living by age 18. Yet, it often falls short of meeting YP’s developmental and material needs, particularly for overrepresented cohorts with additional and intersecting needs. Two such cohorts are those living with disability and those from multicultural and multifaith (MCMF) backgrounds. The overall aim of this study…
Understanding Trauma-Informed Care Across Settings
The evolution of trauma-informed care (TIC) since its inception has resulted in myriad models and frameworks across a variety of settings. However, there is a lack of a consistent definition and understanding of what constitutes TIC. We conducted an integrative review, using a rapid review methodology, concept and content analysis, and thematic synthesis to identify the existing models and frameworks of TIC and their common values, components and…
Exploring the Implementation of Transition Planning in Residential Out-of-Home Care
‘You Can't Muck Around With Transplant’
BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation improves survival and quality of life in young people with end-stage lung disease. Few studies have investigated the clinical care experiences of young people after lung transplantation. DESIGN: This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of young people who underwent lung transplantation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 lung transplant recipients (< 25 years at transplant). Interview…
Bereaved mothers’ media coverage and public support for harm reduction in Canada
Background Mothers whose child’s death is related to substance use have emerged as prominent and outspoken critics of Canadian drug policy in the news media. We examined the extent to which, and who among, the general public has seen or heard mothers bereaved by substance use in the media; predicted factors associated with exposure to such media; and explored associations with public acceptance of harm reduction.Methods We analyzed data from a 20…
Engaging families and parent advocates in research on substance use and drug policy reform
Canada is in the midst of a public health emergency in drug poisoning (overdose) deaths. In this context parents, and especially mothers, of those who have died from drug poisoning have mobilised to advocate for urgent responses and drug policy reforms. To document this emerging women‐led advocacy, we initiated a community‐academic research partnership with three parent groups representing families in Canada bereaved by drug‐related deaths. In th…
Early childhood and primary school Teachers’ experiences and needs in working with trauma-impacted Children
Social care
In this debate piece (written by UK and Australian academics), we discuss the utility of the term ‘social care’. This term has been used in the UK for more than 20 years. While not as widely used in Australia, it is understood in both countries to describe the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services for those with needs arising from illness, disability, old age and/or poverty. We conclude that there is space…
Adding Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to a Workforce Wellbeing Model
Children and young people who live in out-of-home care (OoHC) can display aggressive behaviours when their emerging self-regulation and executive functioning systems are overwhelmed. Consequently, their carers can experience incidents that may cause some carers' ongoing stress symptoms. Early intervention with occupational health supports is important; however, including a specific trauma treatment such as Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reproce…
A mixed-method evaluation of Cradle to Kinder
Cradle to Kinder is an Australian intensive, long-term, home visitation program that supports young families experiencing multiple stressors, including poverty, family violence, mental illness, substance use, childhood trauma, intellectual disability, child projection involvement, teenage pregnancy, or social isolation, which places them at high risk of child removal. The program adopts a multidisciplinary, whole-of-family and trauma-informed app…
Public support for safer supply programs
Variation in Alanine Aminotransferase in Children with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background: Pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major public health concern. Aminotransferase (ALT) is frequently used for screening and monitoring, but few studies have reported typical patterns of ALT elevation in children. Methods: TARGET-NASH is a real-world longitudinal observational cohort of patients with NAFLD receiving care across the United States. Analyses included children enrolled between 1 August 2016, and 12 Oc…
Early intervention for residential out-of-home care staff using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
This study provides evidence for the efficacy of EMDR in reducing traumatic stress symptom severity for residential OoHC staff. A larger, prospective research study is needed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Residential Out-of-Home Care Staff Perceptions of Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Resistance to Assimilation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into child protection and out-of-home care (OOHC) systems via the connection element of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP). This article focuses on cultural connection in Australian child protection and OOHC systems over time, from its inception to its contemporary use to improve health and wellbeing and ameliorate cultural disconnection. An e…
Using a realist lens to understand the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification Response in the first year of implementation — Towards a better understanding of practice
Changing educational paradigms
“I'm not your reality show
North America's overdose crisis is one of the most urgent public health issues of our time and parents bereaved from substance use are a prominent voice within the news media. To date, however, the experiences of bereaved mothers who have shared their stories with the media has not been well-documented, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of their political advocacy efforts. In 2017, we conducted qualitative interviews with 43 mothers …
Rapid Review of Men’s Behavior Change Programs
Family violence is recognized as the violence toward a family member that is threatening, coercive, controlling, dominating, and causes people to fear for their safety and well-being; this complex problem primarily affects women and children. In order to enhance women and children’s safety, Men’s Behavior Change Programs (MBCPs) aim to achieve change in perpetrators’ violent behaviors, by making men accountable and responsible for their actions. …
A Conceptual Model of Protective Factors Within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture That Build Strength
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian population have endured immense hardship since the colonization of Australia characterized by the loss of lands, language, leadership, and family that contributes to the health and social inequities experienced today. Culture plays a significant role in shaping the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, however the processes and mechanisms of cultural connect…
Australian Educators’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards a Trauma-Responsive School-Wide Approach
It’s Embedded in What We Do for Every Child”
Early childhood educators play an important role in supporting children's social and emotional development. While a growing body of research has examined the impact of curriculum-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on child outcomes, the approaches educators use to strengthen children's social and emotional functioning through their everyday practices are less defined. This study explored Australian early childhood educators' persp…
MacKillop Family Services’ Family Preservation and Reunification Response for Vulnerable Families—Protocol for an Effectiveness-Implementation Study
International evidence supports the effect of intensive family preservation and reunification services in preventing children's placement in out-of-home care (OOHC). Evidence within Australia is scarce. This protocol paper describes a hybrid effectiveness-implementation evaluation of the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Response implemented by MacKillop Family Services. Participants include families engaged in the program and…
Economic evaluation methods used in home‐visiting interventions
Home-visiting interventions are used to improve outcomes for families experiencing disadvantage. As scarce resources must be allocated carefully, appropriate methods are required to provide accurate information on the effect of these programmes. We aimed to investigate: economic evaluation/analysis methods used in home-visiting programmes for children, young people and families, study designs and methods suitable in situations where randomised-co…
Resistance to Assimilation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into child protection and out-of-home care (OOHC) systems via the connection element of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP). This article focuses on cultural connection in Australian child protection and OOHC systems over time, from its inception to its contemporary use to improve health and wellbeing and ameliorate cultural disconnection. An e…
It’s Not What You Said, It’s How You Said It’
Theorising in the social care sector
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how theories and practitioner-led theorising allow frontline workers to iteratively co-construct solutions that work in the real world. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the authors’ aim by proposing a social care theorising model Findings This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their…
Adding Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to a Workforce Wellbeing Model
Children and young people who live in out-of-home care (OoHC) can display aggressive behaviours when their emerging self-regulation and executive functioning systems are overwhelmed. Consequently, their carers can experience incidents that may cause some carers' ongoing stress symptoms. Early intervention with occupational health supports is important; however, including a specific trauma treatment such as Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reproce…
Public support for safer supply programs
I’m dealing with all these health issues that could have been addressed when I was younger’. Delivery of health services to Australian young people in out‐of‐home care
Care-experienced young people demonstrate significantly poor physical, social and mental health outcomes during and beyond their time in care, yet they have rarely been consulted or included in research examining their health needs to date. This qualitative paper explores care-experienced young people's perceptions of health in care, including accessing healthcare and interacting with health professionals. The research methodology was informed by…
Implementation of The Sanctuary Model in residential out-of-home care
It's a Bit of a Double-Edged Sword
North America's overdose crisis is an urgent public health issue that has resulted in thousands of deaths. As the crisis began to take hold across Canada in 2016, bereaved parents, mainly mothers, emerged as vocal advocates for drug policy reform and harm reduction, using their stories to challenge the stigma of drug-related death. In 2017, we launched a qualitative research partnership with leading family organizations in Canada, conducting inte…
A pilot efficacy study of Parents Building Solutions
It’s Not What You Said, It’s How You Said It’
A pilot efficacy study of Parents Building Solutions
Systematic Review of School-Wide Trauma-Informed Approaches
Integrating Health and Educational Perspectives to Promote Preschoolers’ Social and Emotional Learning
High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can strengthen the social and emotional skills that are crucial for children's ongoing development. With research highlighting an increasing prevalence of emotional and behavioural challenges in young children, there is emphasis on embedding teaching practices and pedagogies to support social and emotional skills within early learning programs. A growing body of research has examined the impa…
Surviving not thriving”
Children in care (CiC) experience poorer health outcomes than their same-aged peers without an experience of care. Despite growing recognition of the importance of listening to the voices of children and young people (YP), to date, the voices of CiC are not well represented in research examining their health. This study aimed to explore the experiences and perceptions of health among YP who have previously lived in care. A co-design approach was …
“I'm not your reality show
North America's overdose crisis is one of the most urgent public health issues of our time and parents bereaved from substance use are a prominent voice within the news media. To date, however, the experiences of bereaved mothers who have shared their stories with the media has not been well-documented, leaving a significant gap in our understanding of their political advocacy efforts. In 2017, we conducted qualitative interviews with 43 mothers …
Rapid Review of Men’s Behavior Change Programs
Family violence is recognized as the violence toward a family member that is threatening, coercive, controlling, dominating, and causes people to fear for their safety and well-being; this complex problem primarily affects women and children. In order to enhance women and children’s safety, Men’s Behavior Change Programs (MBCPs) aim to achieve change in perpetrators’ violent behaviors, by making men accountable and responsible for their actions. …
A Conceptual Model of Protective Factors Within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture That Build Strength
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian population have endured immense hardship since the colonization of Australia characterized by the loss of lands, language, leadership, and family that contributes to the health and social inequities experienced today. Culture plays a significant role in shaping the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, however the processes and mechanisms of cultural connect…
Australian Educators’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards a Trauma-Responsive School-Wide Approach
It’s Embedded in What We Do for Every Child”
Early childhood educators play an important role in supporting children's social and emotional development. While a growing body of research has examined the impact of curriculum-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on child outcomes, the approaches educators use to strengthen children's social and emotional functioning through their everyday practices are less defined. This study explored Australian early childhood educators' persp…
MacKillop Family Services’ Family Preservation and Reunification Response for Vulnerable Families—Protocol for an Effectiveness-Implementation Study
International evidence supports the effect of intensive family preservation and reunification services in preventing children's placement in out-of-home care (OOHC). Evidence within Australia is scarce. This protocol paper describes a hybrid effectiveness-implementation evaluation of the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification (FPR) Response implemented by MacKillop Family Services. Participants include families engaged in the program and…
Economic evaluation methods used in home‐visiting interventions
Home-visiting interventions are used to improve outcomes for families experiencing disadvantage. As scarce resources must be allocated carefully, appropriate methods are required to provide accurate information on the effect of these programmes. We aimed to investigate: economic evaluation/analysis methods used in home-visiting programmes for children, young people and families, study designs and methods suitable in situations where randomised-co…
Bereaved mothers’ engagement in drug policy reform
To date, efforts to address the drug poisoning epidemic have done little to curb casualties. Mothers whose child's death is related to substance use are one group who are bringing their experiences to advocacy efforts aimed at generating new solutions, including calls for decriminalization and legal regulation of drugs. This and other lived experience perspectives represent a critical voice in decision-making and hold the potential to inform more…
Theorising in the social care sector
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how theories and practitioner-led theorising allow frontline workers to iteratively co-construct solutions that work in the real world. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the authors’ aim by proposing a social care theorising model Findings This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their…
I’m dealing with all these health issues that could have been addressed when I was younger’. Delivery of health services to Australian young people in out‐of‐home care
Care-experienced young people demonstrate significantly poor physical, social and mental health outcomes during and beyond their time in care, yet they have rarely been consulted or included in research examining their health needs to date. This qualitative paper explores care-experienced young people's perceptions of health in care, including accessing healthcare and interacting with health professionals. The research methodology was informed by…
Implementation of The Sanctuary Model in residential out-of-home care
Barriers to nutrition and physical activity participation for Australian children in foster and kinship care
It's a Bit of a Double-Edged Sword
North America's overdose crisis is an urgent public health issue that has resulted in thousands of deaths. As the crisis began to take hold across Canada in 2016, bereaved parents, mainly mothers, emerged as vocal advocates for drug policy reform and harm reduction, using their stories to challenge the stigma of drug-related death. In 2017, we launched a qualitative research partnership with leading family organizations in Canada, conducting inte…
Variation in Alanine Aminotransferase in Children with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background: Pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major public health concern. Aminotransferase (ALT) is frequently used for screening and monitoring, but few studies have reported typical patterns of ALT elevation in children. Methods: TARGET-NASH is a real-world longitudinal observational cohort of patients with NAFLD receiving care across the United States. Analyses included children enrolled between 1 August 2016, and 12 Oc…
Early intervention for residential out-of-home care staff using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
This study provides evidence for the efficacy of EMDR in reducing traumatic stress symptom severity for residential OoHC staff. A larger, prospective research study is needed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Residential Out-of-Home Care Staff Perceptions of Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach
Resistance to Assimilation
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are integrated into child protection and out-of-home care (OOHC) systems via the connection element of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP). This article focuses on cultural connection in Australian child protection and OOHC systems over time, from its inception to its contemporary use to improve health and wellbeing and ameliorate cultural disconnection. An e…
Using a realist lens to understand the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification Response in the first year of implementation — Towards a better understanding of practice
Changing educational paradigms
A mixed-method evaluation of Cradle to Kinder
Cradle to Kinder is an Australian intensive, long-term, home visitation program that supports young families experiencing multiple stressors, including poverty, family violence, mental illness, substance use, childhood trauma, intellectual disability, child projection involvement, teenage pregnancy, or social isolation, which places them at high risk of child removal. The program adopts a multidisciplinary, whole-of-family and trauma-informed app…
Psychology (22 obras) · Medicine (21 obras) · Sociology (17 obras) · Nursing (15 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Psychiatry (12 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (11 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 obras) · Qualitative research (8 obras) · Focus group (7 obras)