Petra K Staiger
Biographic Data
| ID | 2344521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petra K Staiger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petra K |
| FAMILY NAME | Staiger |
| SIGNATURE | STAIGER P K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6968-5015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Development of an SMS-based alcohol intervention program for same sex attracted women using an intervention mapping framework
BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that same-sex attracted women (SSAW) who engage in problem drinking often do not seek support. This is at least partially due to a lack of SSAW-tailored alcohol programs. This paper describes the co-development of a short message service (SMS) alcohol program culturally tailored for SSAW. METHOD: We applied the systematic stages of the Intervention Mapping framework to guide development, and used a combination of lite…
Evaluation of an SMS Based Alcohol Intervention for Same Sex Attracted Women
Purpose The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (Trial registration ID: redacted) was to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of the Step One program, an SMS-based alcohol intervention for same-sex attracted women (SSAW).Methods Ninety-seven SSAW who scored ≥8 on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were randomly allocated to receive the Step One program (n = 47; mean age = 36.79) or a weekly message conta…
A scoping review of suicide prevention initiatives for sexual and gender minority people
A scoping review of suicide prevention initiatives for sexual and gender minority people
Risk and protective factors for the development of gambling-related harms and problems among Australian sexual minority men
Lower frequency of gambling behaviours among SMM and similar risk factors predicting problem gambling severity/harms for both groups suggests that problem gambling is not pronounced among SMM. This study adds new evidence to the gambling literature which can be used as comparative benchmarks for future research
Examining Health-Related Effects of Refurbishment to Parks in a Lower Socioeconomic Area
Degraded parks in disadvantaged areas are underutilized for recreation, which may impact long-term health. Using a natural experiment, we examined the effects of local government refurbishments to parks (n = 3 intervention; n = 3 comparison) in low socioeconomic areas (LSEA) of Melbourne on park use, health behavior, social engagement and psychological well-being. Amenities promoting physical activity and sun protection included walking paths, pl…
Social Identity Mapping in Addiction Recovery (SIM-AR)
Background: The Social Identity approach offers a unifying framework for understanding recovery from addiction as a process of identity change, associated with change in social network composition. This paper introduces Social Identity Mapping in Addiction Recovery (SIM-AR) — a visual method for capturing social group memberships, extended to integrate the substance use ‘status’ of group members as an indicator of group substance use norms. The a…
Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities
Social relationships play a major role in recovery from substance dependence. To date, greater attention has been paid to the role of important individuals in a person’s life and their contribution to recovery following treatment. This study is the first to examine both individual and wider group-based social connections in the lead up to residential treatment for substance misuse in a therapeutic community (TC), and their influence both on a per…
Social identity differentiation predicts commitment to sobriety and wellbeing in residents of therapeutic communities
A randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of smoking-related response inhibition training in smokers
The trial was prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry 17th February 2017. Trial ID: ACTRN12617000252314
Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic treatment construct across anxiety, depression, substance, eating and borderline personality disorders
Perceived Health Benefits and Willingness to Pay for Parks by Park Users
Whilst a growing body of evidence demonstrates people derive a range of health and wellbeing benefits from visiting parks, only a limited number of attempts have been made to provide a complementary economic assessment of parks. The aim of this exploratory study was to directly estimate the perceived health and wellbeing benefits attained from parks and the economic value assigned to parks by park users in Victoria, Australia. The research employ…
Recovery under sail
Sail training refers to sea voyages designed to foster personal and social change. Such training has mainly involved young people but may have the potential to benefit adults who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. During the voyage described here clients in drug rehabilitation centres across the UK were given the opportunity to participate in a 5-day sail training voyage. Pre- and post-voyage interviews were conducted with 11 clients…
Introducing mental health and substance use screening into a community-based health service in Australia
Mental health issues such as depression or anxiety and alcohol or other drug (AOD) problems often remain undiagnosed and untreated despite their prevalence in the community. This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of an AOD and depression/anxiety screening programme within two Community Health Services (CHS) in Australia. Study 1 examined results from 5 weeks of screening (March-April 2008) using the Patient Health Questionnaire (…
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Rural Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use
PURPOSE: There are inconsistent research findings regarding the impact of rurality on adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substance use. Therefore, the current study reports on the effect of rurality on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among adolescents in 2 state representative samples in 2 countries, Washington State (WA) in the United States and Victoria (VIC) in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: The International Youth Development Study (IY…
Improving services for individuals with a dual diagnosis
Individuals with high prevalence mental health (HPMH) and concurrent alcohol and/or drug disorders are vulnerable to falling ‘between the gaps’ of existing service systems. The aim of the current qualitative study was to explore service experiences (barriers to treatment and suggestions for improvements) from the perspective of those with this type of dual diagnosis. Of the individuals, 44 with a HPMH dual diagnosis participated in qualitative in…
As long as it doesn't spill over into class”
Responsivity to food cues in bulimic women and controls
Informing Consent
This paper argues that most drug education is problematic as an ‘evidence-based’ intervention, as it either lacks sufficient empirical support for its implementation, or it continues in the face of negative results. It is argued that drug education is a good example of an entrenched but risky public health intervention which is unimpeded by any burden of evidence, but this fact is not well known in the purchasing communities which often mandate s…
Responsivity to food cues in bulimic women and controls
Social identity differentiation predicts commitment to sobriety and wellbeing in residents of therapeutic communities
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Informing Consent
This paper argues that most drug education is problematic as an ‘evidence-based’ intervention, as it either lacks sufficient empirical support for its implementation, or it continues in the face of negative results. It is argued that drug education is a good example of an entrenched but risky public health intervention which is unimpeded by any burden of evidence, but this fact is not well known in the purchasing communities which often mandate s…
Responsivity to food cues in bulimic women and controls
As long as it doesn't spill over into class”
Improving services for individuals with a dual diagnosis
Individuals with high prevalence mental health (HPMH) and concurrent alcohol and/or drug disorders are vulnerable to falling ‘between the gaps’ of existing service systems. The aim of the current qualitative study was to explore service experiences (barriers to treatment and suggestions for improvements) from the perspective of those with this type of dual diagnosis. Of the individuals, 44 with a HPMH dual diagnosis participated in qualitative in…
Rural Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use
PURPOSE: There are inconsistent research findings regarding the impact of rurality on adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substance use. Therefore, the current study reports on the effect of rurality on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among adolescents in 2 state representative samples in 2 countries, Washington State (WA) in the United States and Victoria (VIC) in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: The International Youth Development Study (IY…
Introducing mental health and substance use screening into a community-based health service in Australia
Mental health issues such as depression or anxiety and alcohol or other drug (AOD) problems often remain undiagnosed and untreated despite their prevalence in the community. This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of an AOD and depression/anxiety screening programme within two Community Health Services (CHS) in Australia. Study 1 examined results from 5 weeks of screening (March-April 2008) using the Patient Health Questionnaire (…
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Recovery under sail
Sail training refers to sea voyages designed to foster personal and social change. Such training has mainly involved young people but may have the potential to benefit adults who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. During the voyage described here clients in drug rehabilitation centres across the UK were given the opportunity to participate in a 5-day sail training voyage. Pre- and post-voyage interviews were conducted with 11 clients…
Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic treatment construct across anxiety, depression, substance, eating and borderline personality disorders
Perceived Health Benefits and Willingness to Pay for Parks by Park Users
Whilst a growing body of evidence demonstrates people derive a range of health and wellbeing benefits from visiting parks, only a limited number of attempts have been made to provide a complementary economic assessment of parks. The aim of this exploratory study was to directly estimate the perceived health and wellbeing benefits attained from parks and the economic value assigned to parks by park users in Victoria, Australia. The research employ…
A randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of smoking-related response inhibition training in smokers
The trial was prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry 17th February 2017. Trial ID: ACTRN12617000252314
Social Identity Mapping in Addiction Recovery (SIM-AR)
Background: The Social Identity approach offers a unifying framework for understanding recovery from addiction as a process of identity change, associated with change in social network composition. This paper introduces Social Identity Mapping in Addiction Recovery (SIM-AR) — a visual method for capturing social group memberships, extended to integrate the substance use ‘status’ of group members as an indicator of group substance use norms. The a…
Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities
Social relationships play a major role in recovery from substance dependence. To date, greater attention has been paid to the role of important individuals in a person’s life and their contribution to recovery following treatment. This study is the first to examine both individual and wider group-based social connections in the lead up to residential treatment for substance misuse in a therapeutic community (TC), and their influence both on a per…
Social identity differentiation predicts commitment to sobriety and wellbeing in residents of therapeutic communities
Examining Health-Related Effects of Refurbishment to Parks in a Lower Socioeconomic Area
Degraded parks in disadvantaged areas are underutilized for recreation, which may impact long-term health. Using a natural experiment, we examined the effects of local government refurbishments to parks (n = 3 intervention; n = 3 comparison) in low socioeconomic areas (LSEA) of Melbourne on park use, health behavior, social engagement and psychological well-being. Amenities promoting physical activity and sun protection included walking paths, pl…
Risk and protective factors for the development of gambling-related harms and problems among Australian sexual minority men
Lower frequency of gambling behaviours among SMM and similar risk factors predicting problem gambling severity/harms for both groups suggests that problem gambling is not pronounced among SMM. This study adds new evidence to the gambling literature which can be used as comparative benchmarks for future research
Evaluation of an SMS Based Alcohol Intervention for Same Sex Attracted Women
Purpose The purpose of this randomized controlled trial (Trial registration ID: redacted) was to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of the Step One program, an SMS-based alcohol intervention for same-sex attracted women (SSAW).Methods Ninety-seven SSAW who scored ≥8 on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were randomly allocated to receive the Step One program (n = 47; mean age = 36.79) or a weekly message conta…
A scoping review of suicide prevention initiatives for sexual and gender minority people
A scoping review of suicide prevention initiatives for sexual and gender minority people
Development of an SMS-based alcohol intervention program for same sex attracted women using an intervention mapping framework
BACKGROUND: Studies indicate that same-sex attracted women (SSAW) who engage in problem drinking often do not seek support. This is at least partially due to a lack of SSAW-tailored alcohol programs. This paper describes the co-development of a short message service (SMS) alcohol program culturally tailored for SSAW. METHOD: We applied the systematic stages of the Intervention Mapping framework to guide development, and used a combination of lite…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Nursing (5 works)