Annette Braunack-Mayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 204348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annette Braunack-Mayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annette |
| FAMILY NAME | Braunack-Mayer |
| SIGNATURE | BRAUNACK-MAYER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4427-0224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Towards Evidence of Rigour in Empirical Deliberative Democratic Methods: Development and Piloting of the C‐JuRI Framework
BACKGROUND: Deliberative democratic methods are increasingly being used to involve the public in health policy decision-making. These methods are rooted in deliberative democratic theory, which proposes the methods as democratic, inclusive and relevant ways to involve the public in policy decisions. Many practitioners have created methods for evaluating aspects of deliberative democratic engagement, but there are few practical guidelines for eval…
Barriers and Enablers to Supporting the Healthy Ageing Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Within Aged Care: A Qualitative Study
There is a growing understanding of how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia define healthy ageing. Little is known however about how aged care services can support their healthy ageing needs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore community and service provider perspectives on how home‐based and residential aged care services can best support the healthy ageing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples…
Practical, epistemic and normative implications of algorithmic bias in healthcare artificial intelligence: A qualitative study of multidisciplinary expert perspectives
BACKGROUND: There is a growing concern about artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare that can disadvantage already under-represented and marginalised groups (eg, based on gender or race). OBJECTIVES: Our objectives are to canvas the range of strategies stakeholders endorse in attempting to mitigate algorithmic bias, and to consider the ethical question of responsibility for algorithmic bias. METHODOLOGY: The study involves in-dept…
Understanding Public Judgements on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Dialogue Group Findings From Australia
INTRODUCTION: There is a rapidly increasing number of applications of healthcare artificial intelligence (HCAI). Alongside this, a new field of research is investigating public support for HCAI. We conducted a study to identify the conditions on Australians' support for HCAI, with an emphasis on identifying the instances where using AI in healthcare systems was seen as acceptable or unacceptable. METHODS: We conducted eight dialogue groups with 4…
How community engaged practices are applied in interventions promoting human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for culturally and linguistically diverse (Cald) children and adolescents: A systematic re…
Public values to guide childhood vaccination mandates: A report on four Australian community juries
OBJECTIVE: Governments use vaccination mandates, of different degrees of coerciveness, to encourage or require childhood vaccination. We elicited the views of well-informed community members on the public acceptability of using childhood vaccination mandates in Australia. METHODS: Four community juries were conducted in Canberra, Launceston, Cairns and Melbourne, Australia between 2021 and 2022. We recruited 51 participants from diverse backgroun…
Using World Cafés to engage an Australian culturally and linguistically diverse community around human papillomavirus vaccination
INTRODUCTION: Internationally, cultural factors are associated with vaccine uptake and completion in ethnic minority communities. Whilst Australia has achieved high human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, little is known about how culture or ethnicity influences HPV vaccination engagement. To address these gaps, we partnered with our Local Health District to explore how one culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community engages with schoo…
Sharing precision medicine data with private industry: Outcomes of a citizens' jury in Singapore
Precision medicine is an emerging approach to treatment and disease prevention that relies on linkages between very large datasets of health information that is shared amongst researchers and health professionals. While studies suggest broad support for sharing precision medicine data with researchers at publicly funded institutions, there is reluctance to share health information with private industry for research and development. As the private…
Sharing administrative health data with private industry: A report on two citizens' juries
BACKGROUND: There is good evidence of both community support for sharing public sector administrative health data in the public interest and concern about data security, misuse and loss of control over health information, particularly if private sector organizations are the data recipients. To date, there is little research describing the perspectives of informed community members on private sector use of public health data and, particularly, on …
Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool
Student and Staff Perspectives on the Use of Big Data in the Tertiary Education Sector: A Scoping Review and Reflection on the Ethical Issues
While universities routinely use student data to monitor and predict student performance, there has been limited engagement with student and staff views, social and ethical issues, policy development, and ethical guidance. We reviewed peer-reviewed and grey-literature articles of 2007 to 2018 describing the perspectives of staff and students in tertiary education on the use of student-generated data in data analytics, including learning analytics…
Aboriginal community controlled health organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia
This study provides evidence of the considerable efforts of the ACCHO sector, as a primary health care provider, in addressing the social determinants of health and health inequity experienced by Indigenous communities. For the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, ACCHOs not only have an essential role in addressing immediate healthcare needs but also invest in driving change in the more entrenched structural determinants of health. …
Good and bad sugars: Australian adults’ perspectives on sugar in their diet
This study analyses the relationship between food choices and morality by exploring how Australian adults conceptualise and negotiate their sugar intake. Fifteen in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with English speaking adults residing in South Australia. Participants were purposively sampled from a national survey based on their sugar consumption levels, age and gender. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Participants…
What makes a beverage healthy? A qualitative study of young adults’ conceptualisation of sugar-containing beverage healthfulness
Australia’s sugar tale
Objective: To establish high intake of free sugars and its related disease burden as a significant public health challenge in Australia. Design: We discuss five key actions to reduce intake of free sugars tailored to the Australian context. These strategies are informed by reviewing the global scientific evidence on the effectiveness of a range of policy responses to reduce intake of free sugars at the population level. Setting: Australia. Partic…
Industry use of ‘better-for-you’ features on labels of sugar-containing beverages
Objective To examine the ways in which sugar-containing beverages are being portrayed as ‘better-for-you’ (BFY) via features on product labels. Design Cross-sectional audit of beverage labels. Setting Adelaide, Australia. Data on beverage labels were collected from seventeen grocery stores during September to November 2016. Subjects The content of 945 sugar-containing beverages labels were analysed for explicit and implicit features positioning t…
Determinants of knowledge and attitudes about sugar and the association of knowledge and attitudes with sugar intake among adults: A systematic review
Intersectoral collaboration to implement school-based health programmes: Australian perspectives
Understanding the processes and the factors influencing intersectoral collaboration is vital for the ongoing success of programmes that rely on effective partnerships between sectors, such as the school-based immunization programme, the school dental health programme and health promotion interventions delivered in school settings. We studied school-based health programmes delivered by partnerships between health, education and the local governmen…
HPV.edu study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12614000404628 , 14.04.2014
Targeting population nutrition through municipal health and food policy: Implications of New York City’s experiences in regulatory obesity prevention
Ethical Challenges in School-Based Immunization Programs for Adolescents: A Qualitative Study
Objectives. We investigated ethical issues in school-based immunization programs for adolescents and how they are addressed. Methods. We used qualitative methods and an ethnographic approach to observe 9 secondary schools on immunization days in South Australia in 2011; concurrently, we conducted 9 focus groups with female secondary school students, 6 semistructured interviews with parents, and 10 interviews with nurses and teachers. We explored …
It's our lot: How Resilience Influences the Experience of Depression in Women With Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Incontinence has been associated with psychological effects such as depression. We aimed in this study to explore the subjective experience of the burden of urinary incontinence, in relation to mental health, in order to explain how these conditions interact. A qualitative study was undertaken using the Framework Approach to analyse in-depth interviews with nineteen women regarding their experiences with psychosocial outcomes for those wi…
Intergenerational learning about keeping health: A qualitative regional Australian study
Understanding the conditions under which families try to influence members' health-related practices can provide information to build concepts adding to models of health promotion. This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative study examining the influences of intergenerational relationships in shaping beliefs, knowledge and practices about health and illness in a regional Australian city. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 adults…
The use of citizens' juries in health policy decision-making: A systematic review
Understanding the school community’s response to school closures during the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic
We conclude that school closures during an influenza pandemic represent both a challenge for public health officials and a litmus test for the level of trust in public officials, government and the school as institution. In our study, trust was the foundation upon which effective responses to the school closure were built. Trust relations within the school were the basis on which different values and beliefs were used to develop and justify the p…
I've been independent for so damn long!”: Independence, masculinity and aging in a help seeking context
Credit where credit is due? Regulation, research integrity and the attribution of authorship in the health sciences
Spaces of care in the third sector: Understanding the Effects of Professionalization
Increasingly the health and welfare needs of individuals and communities are being met by third sector, or not-for-profit, organizations. Since the 1980s third sector organizations have been subject to significant, sector-wide changes, such as the development of contractual funding and an increasing need to collaborate with governments and other sectors. In particular, the processes of 'professionalization' and 'bureaucratization' have received s…
What makes a beverage healthy? A qualitative study of young adults’ conceptualisation of sugar-containing beverage healthfulness
Casuistry as bioethical method: An Empirical Perspective
A Role for Communities in Primary Prevention of Chronic Illness? Case Studies in Regional Australia
In regional Australia "communities of place," defined as bounded geographic locations with a local society, undertake community-wide primary prevention programs. In helping to prevent chronic illness, communities provide valuable resources to the health system. To understand the role of community-health sector partnerships for primary prevention and the community contextual factors that affect them, we studied eight partnerships. We used an embed…
Sharing precision medicine data with private industry: Outcomes of a citizens' jury in Singapore
Precision medicine is an emerging approach to treatment and disease prevention that relies on linkages between very large datasets of health information that is shared amongst researchers and health professionals. While studies suggest broad support for sharing precision medicine data with researchers at publicly funded institutions, there is reluctance to share health information with private industry for research and development. As the private…
Community and health sector partnerships for primary prevention in Australia: Developing a typology
The Australian health system requires novel strategies to implement widespread primary prevention to reduce the burden of chronic illness. One approach is for health sectors to draw on resources available in communities of place and to form partnerships which maximize the relevance and uptake of initiatives designed to promote healthy lifestyles. This article presents a typology of conceptual approaches to community and health sector partnerships…
Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers
Annual influenza vaccination for health care workers has the potential to benefit health care professionals, their patients, and their families by reducing the transmission of influenza in the health care setting. Furthermore, staff vaccination programs are cost-effective for health care institutions because of reduced staff illness and absenteeism. Despite international recommendations and strong ethical arguments for annual influenza immunizati…
Casuistry as bioethical method: An Empirical Perspective
A New Voice in Science. Patient participation in decision‐making on biomedical research
By Francisca Caron-Flinterman , 2005 ISBN 978 90 9019996 2 , 192 pp. Free copies can be requested from the author directly at: [email protected] This book sits at the intersection between science and technology studies and the emerging field of public participation in health decision-making. The focus, as the title suggests, is on the involvement of patients in decision-making about biomedical research. The starting point is the simple observatio…
I've been independent for so damn long!”: Independence, masculinity and aging in a help seeking context
Virtual community consultation? Using the literature and weblogs to link community perspectives and health technology assessment
Background Community views, expressed in social impact assessments and collected through community consultation, should play an important role in health technology assessment (HTA). Yet HTA methodologists have been slow to include outcomes of these forms of inquiry in analyses, in part because collecting community views is time‐consuming and resource intensive. Objective To explore how community views sourced from published studies, grey literatu…
Pandemic influenza communication: Views from a deliberative forum
Objective To use a deliberative forum to elicit community perspectives on communication about pandemic influenza planning, and to compare these findings with the current Australian national communication strategy. Design Deliberative forum of 12 persons randomly selected from urban South Australia. Forum members were briefed by experts in infection control, virology, ethics and public policy before deliberating on four key questions: what, how an…
Resilience in re-entering missionaries: Why do some do well
Re-entry to their country of origin is a significant disruption for a number of sojourners including missionaries. Although missionary re-entry has been studied in depth for over 20 years, little is known about what makes a missionary resilient to the challenges experienced in the stressful re-entry environment. Research suggests there are psychological, social, spiritual, and biological constructs connected with resilience. The aim of this paper…
Back Home: A Qualitative Study Exploring Re-Entering Cross-Cultural Missionary Aid Workers' Loss and Grief
Over 200 Australian, American, and British Non-Government Organizations send aid workers overseas including missionaries. On re-entry, they may suffer psychological distress; however, there is little research about their psychosocial issues and management in the family practice setting. Research suggests loss and grief as a suitable paradigm for family practitioners dealing with psychosocial issues. The aim of this study was to explore loss and g…
Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers
Annual influenza vaccination for health care workers has the potential to benefit health care professionals, their patients, and their families by reducing the transmission of influenza in the health care setting. Furthermore, staff vaccination programs are cost-effective for health care institutions because of reduced staff illness and absenteeism. Despite international recommendations and strong ethical arguments for annual influenza immunizati…
Spaces of care in the third sector: Understanding the Effects of Professionalization
Increasingly the health and welfare needs of individuals and communities are being met by third sector, or not-for-profit, organizations. Since the 1980s third sector organizations have been subject to significant, sector-wide changes, such as the development of contractual funding and an increasing need to collaborate with governments and other sectors. In particular, the processes of 'professionalization' and 'bureaucratization' have received s…
An ethical justification for the Chronic Care Model (CCM)
Background: Chronic diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Their effects can be mitigated by high quality evidence‐based care, but this is not the norm in most systems. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an evidence‐based policy response to this practice gap, which uses multiple strategies to promote the quality of chronic care. Objective: To review CCM with an ethical lens. Methods: We reviewed the published em…
Including the public in pandemic planning: A deliberative approach
The recommendations from the forums suggest that the implementation of pandemic plans in a severe pandemic will be challenging, but not impossible. Implementation may be more successful if the public is engaged in pandemic planning before a pandemic, effective communication of key points is practiced before and during a pandemic and if judicious use is made of supportive measures to assist those in quarantine or affected by social isolation measu…
Credit where credit is due? Regulation, research integrity and the attribution of authorship in the health sciences
Special People? An Exploratory Study into Re-entering Missionaries’ Identity and Resilience
Factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake in teenage girls: A systematic review
Community and health sector partnerships for primary prevention in Australia: Developing a typology
The Australian health system requires novel strategies to implement widespread primary prevention to reduce the burden of chronic illness. One approach is for health sectors to draw on resources available in communities of place and to form partnerships which maximize the relevance and uptake of initiatives designed to promote healthy lifestyles. This article presents a typology of conceptual approaches to community and health sector partnerships…
Understanding the school community’s response to school closures during the H1N1 2009 influenza pandemic
We conclude that school closures during an influenza pandemic represent both a challenge for public health officials and a litmus test for the level of trust in public officials, government and the school as institution. In our study, trust was the foundation upon which effective responses to the school closure were built. Trust relations within the school were the basis on which different values and beliefs were used to develop and justify the p…
A Role for Communities in Primary Prevention of Chronic Illness? Case Studies in Regional Australia
In regional Australia "communities of place," defined as bounded geographic locations with a local society, undertake community-wide primary prevention programs. In helping to prevent chronic illness, communities provide valuable resources to the health system. To understand the role of community-health sector partnerships for primary prevention and the community contextual factors that affect them, we studied eight partnerships. We used an embed…
Intergenerational learning about keeping health: A qualitative regional Australian study
Understanding the conditions under which families try to influence members' health-related practices can provide information to build concepts adding to models of health promotion. This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative study examining the influences of intergenerational relationships in shaping beliefs, knowledge and practices about health and illness in a regional Australian city. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 adults…
The use of citizens' juries in health policy decision-making: A systematic review
HPV.edu study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled evaluation of education, decisional support and logistical strategies in school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12614000404628 , 14.04.2014
Targeting population nutrition through municipal health and food policy: Implications of New York City’s experiences in regulatory obesity prevention
Ethical Challenges in School-Based Immunization Programs for Adolescents: A Qualitative Study
Objectives. We investigated ethical issues in school-based immunization programs for adolescents and how they are addressed. Methods. We used qualitative methods and an ethnographic approach to observe 9 secondary schools on immunization days in South Australia in 2011; concurrently, we conducted 9 focus groups with female secondary school students, 6 semistructured interviews with parents, and 10 interviews with nurses and teachers. We explored …
It's our lot: How Resilience Influences the Experience of Depression in Women With Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Incontinence has been associated with psychological effects such as depression. We aimed in this study to explore the subjective experience of the burden of urinary incontinence, in relation to mental health, in order to explain how these conditions interact. A qualitative study was undertaken using the Framework Approach to analyse in-depth interviews with nineteen women regarding their experiences with psychosocial outcomes for those wi…
Intersectoral collaboration to implement school-based health programmes: Australian perspectives
Understanding the processes and the factors influencing intersectoral collaboration is vital for the ongoing success of programmes that rely on effective partnerships between sectors, such as the school-based immunization programme, the school dental health programme and health promotion interventions delivered in school settings. We studied school-based health programmes delivered by partnerships between health, education and the local governmen…
Industry use of ‘better-for-you’ features on labels of sugar-containing beverages
Objective To examine the ways in which sugar-containing beverages are being portrayed as ‘better-for-you’ (BFY) via features on product labels. Design Cross-sectional audit of beverage labels. Setting Adelaide, Australia. Data on beverage labels were collected from seventeen grocery stores during September to November 2016. Subjects The content of 945 sugar-containing beverages labels were analysed for explicit and implicit features positioning t…
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