Catherine O’mullan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2379376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine O’mullan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | O’mullan |
| SIGNATURE | O’MULLAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Queensland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2882-3087 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Indian Immigrants
This scoping review examined mental health help-seeking preferences and factors influencing formal help-seeking among Indian immigrants. Conducted using the PRISMA-ScR framework, searches were undertaken in PubMed, PsychINFO, Ovid’s Embase and CINAHL using combinations of keywords relating to mental health, help-seeking, and Indian immigrants. Studies were eligible if they focused on Indian immigrants’ mental health help-seeking, were conducted i…
Resistance in health and healthcare
In this article, we explore the act of resistance by nurses and midwives at the nexus of abortion care and gender‐based violence. We commence with a brief overview of a multiphased extended grounded theory doctoral project that analysed the individual, situational and socio‐political experiences of Australian nurses and midwives who provide abortion care to people victimised by gender‐based violence. We then turn to Essex's conceptualisation of r…
A design approach for financial literacy curriculum targeting smallholders in Papua New Guinea
Agricultural extension plays a vital role in closing the capacity gaps of smallholder farmers throughout low- and middle-income countries, and there is an increasing interest to improve extension outcomes due to its central role in improving livelihood outcomes. Central to this interest is widening the scope of extension content to cover essential agribusiness skills, which, due to the challenges in breaking down this nuanced content into cultura…
Strengthening the service experiences of women impacted by gambling-related intimate partner violence
Effective service responses are dependent on understanding how problem gambling and IPV intersect. Importantly, service providers must recognise and address the many facets of each woman's situation and the shame associated with resolving interdependent and complex issues. Responding to the needs of women impacted by gambling related IPV requires both individual-level awareness and organisational support; recommendations to strengthen service pro…
Impacts of Male Intimate Partner Violence on Women
The nature and extent of the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on victims are well documented, particularly male partner violence against women. However, less is known about how these impacts might change over time, including their legacy after women leave an abusive relationship and the lasting effects in their later lives. The purpose of this study was to examine women's experiences of IPV at different stages over their life courses. I…
Problem gambling and economic abuse against women
Problem gambling provides a strong motivation for perpetrating economic abuse. This study explores the interaction between problem gambling and economic abuse, and how this economic abuse is reinforced by other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) and underpinned by gendered drivers of violence against women. Interviews were conducted with 18 women with lived experience of economic abuse perpetrated by a male partner with a gambling problem a…
Understanding the Determinants of Gambling-Related Intimate Partner Violence
Rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization are higher among women with a gambling problem. However, women's experiences of this violence, from a gendered perspective, have not been examined. Based on interviews with 24 women, this study explored how problem gambling contributes to IPV against women across three levels of influence. Findings reveal that problem gambling did not directly cause IPV, but interacts where gendered drivers a…
Farmer to farmer education
The article captures the perceived impacts of participation in an international study tour (IST). Using interpretive case-based methodology, the article explored how participation has contributed to improved management practices relating to sweet potato production and marketing in Papua New Guinea. Findings from the paper provide insight into how a thoughtfully designed IST incorporating social cohesion can support practice change and development…
“I’m in control
The rates of STIs in women over 45 years have been steadily increasing in Australia and other Western countries. Traditionally sexual health and STI prevention and research has positioned young people as the priority population; to date, insufficient attention has been paid to the sexual health of women over 45 years. Using a strengths-based approach, the objective of this study was to explore the factors and mechanisms that enable Australian wom…
Moving beyond the individual
Increases in risk-taking behaviour, including alcohol, drugs and violence, are often associated with the cyclical nature of the mining sector in Australia. To date, such behaviour has been portrayed by mining companies and governments as an individual problem; little attention has been paid to the social contexts of such behaviour. This research uses a case study approach to explore the social determinants of risk taking in three mining communiti…
Sexual and Family Violence
Despite the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities typically experience a high prevalence of sexual and family violence, service responses have mostly been culturally inappropriate and ineffective. This article reports on a collaborative, participatory research project aimed at exploring barriers to service access by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients when they have been affected by sexual and family violence. The …
Perceptions of Community Resilience After Natural Disaster in a Rural Australian Town
Individual resilience is a well‐established concept within the field of psychology. However, community resilience is an emerging field of study particularly within the context of natural disasters and other adversities. This article reports a qualitative study related to community resilience in a rural Australian town. This particular community was affected by a series of flood events in 2010/2011, one of which necessitated the total evacuation o…
Knowing me, knowing you’
Rural leadership programmes have proliferated in the past 15 years in countries, including Australia. Whilst most programmes have focussed on transactional leadership which aims to develop individual leaders, increased attention is being paid to transformational approaches to leadership which aim to enhance social networks, cohesiveness and civic activity within communities. In this way, leadership can enhance community resilience. This article u…
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Perceptions of Community Resilience After Natural Disaster in a Rural Australian Town
Individual resilience is a well‐established concept within the field of psychology. However, community resilience is an emerging field of study particularly within the context of natural disasters and other adversities. This article reports a qualitative study related to community resilience in a rural Australian town. This particular community was affected by a series of flood events in 2010/2011, one of which necessitated the total evacuation o…
Knowing me, knowing you’
Rural leadership programmes have proliferated in the past 15 years in countries, including Australia. Whilst most programmes have focussed on transactional leadership which aims to develop individual leaders, increased attention is being paid to transformational approaches to leadership which aim to enhance social networks, cohesiveness and civic activity within communities. In this way, leadership can enhance community resilience. This article u…
Sexual and Family Violence
Despite the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities typically experience a high prevalence of sexual and family violence, service responses have mostly been culturally inappropriate and ineffective. This article reports on a collaborative, participatory research project aimed at exploring barriers to service access by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients when they have been affected by sexual and family violence. The …
Farmer to farmer education
The article captures the perceived impacts of participation in an international study tour (IST). Using interpretive case-based methodology, the article explored how participation has contributed to improved management practices relating to sweet potato production and marketing in Papua New Guinea. Findings from the paper provide insight into how a thoughtfully designed IST incorporating social cohesion can support practice change and development…
Knowing me, knowing you’
Rural leadership programmes have proliferated in the past 15 years in countries, including Australia. Whilst most programmes have focussed on transactional leadership which aims to develop individual leaders, increased attention is being paid to transformational approaches to leadership which aim to enhance social networks, cohesiveness and civic activity within communities. In this way, leadership can enhance community resilience. This article u…
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Sexual and Family Violence
Despite the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities typically experience a high prevalence of sexual and family violence, service responses have mostly been culturally inappropriate and ineffective. This article reports on a collaborative, participatory research project aimed at exploring barriers to service access by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients when they have been affected by sexual and family violence. The …
Perceptions of Community Resilience After Natural Disaster in a Rural Australian Town
Individual resilience is a well‐established concept within the field of psychology. However, community resilience is an emerging field of study particularly within the context of natural disasters and other adversities. This article reports a qualitative study related to community resilience in a rural Australian town. This particular community was affected by a series of flood events in 2010/2011, one of which necessitated the total evacuation o…
Moving beyond the individual
Increases in risk-taking behaviour, including alcohol, drugs and violence, are often associated with the cyclical nature of the mining sector in Australia. To date, such behaviour has been portrayed by mining companies and governments as an individual problem; little attention has been paid to the social contexts of such behaviour. This research uses a case study approach to explore the social determinants of risk taking in three mining communiti…
“I’m in control
The rates of STIs in women over 45 years have been steadily increasing in Australia and other Western countries. Traditionally sexual health and STI prevention and research has positioned young people as the priority population; to date, insufficient attention has been paid to the sexual health of women over 45 years. Using a strengths-based approach, the objective of this study was to explore the factors and mechanisms that enable Australian wom…
Impacts of Male Intimate Partner Violence on Women
The nature and extent of the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) on victims are well documented, particularly male partner violence against women. However, less is known about how these impacts might change over time, including their legacy after women leave an abusive relationship and the lasting effects in their later lives. The purpose of this study was to examine women's experiences of IPV at different stages over their life courses. I…
Problem gambling and economic abuse against women
Problem gambling provides a strong motivation for perpetrating economic abuse. This study explores the interaction between problem gambling and economic abuse, and how this economic abuse is reinforced by other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) and underpinned by gendered drivers of violence against women. Interviews were conducted with 18 women with lived experience of economic abuse perpetrated by a male partner with a gambling problem a…
Understanding the Determinants of Gambling-Related Intimate Partner Violence
Rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization are higher among women with a gambling problem. However, women's experiences of this violence, from a gendered perspective, have not been examined. Based on interviews with 24 women, this study explored how problem gambling contributes to IPV against women across three levels of influence. Findings reveal that problem gambling did not directly cause IPV, but interacts where gendered drivers a…
Farmer to farmer education
The article captures the perceived impacts of participation in an international study tour (IST). Using interpretive case-based methodology, the article explored how participation has contributed to improved management practices relating to sweet potato production and marketing in Papua New Guinea. Findings from the paper provide insight into how a thoughtfully designed IST incorporating social cohesion can support practice change and development…
Strengthening the service experiences of women impacted by gambling-related intimate partner violence
Effective service responses are dependent on understanding how problem gambling and IPV intersect. Importantly, service providers must recognise and address the many facets of each woman's situation and the shame associated with resolving interdependent and complex issues. Responding to the needs of women impacted by gambling related IPV requires both individual-level awareness and organisational support; recommendations to strengthen service pro…
Resistance in health and healthcare
In this article, we explore the act of resistance by nurses and midwives at the nexus of abortion care and gender‐based violence. We commence with a brief overview of a multiphased extended grounded theory doctoral project that analysed the individual, situational and socio‐political experiences of Australian nurses and midwives who provide abortion care to people victimised by gender‐based violence. We then turn to Essex's conceptualisation of r…
A design approach for financial literacy curriculum targeting smallholders in Papua New Guinea
Agricultural extension plays a vital role in closing the capacity gaps of smallholder farmers throughout low- and middle-income countries, and there is an increasing interest to improve extension outcomes due to its central role in improving livelihood outcomes. Central to this interest is widening the scope of extension content to cover essential agribusiness skills, which, due to the challenges in breaking down this nuanced content into cultura…
Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Indian Immigrants
This scoping review examined mental health help-seeking preferences and factors influencing formal help-seeking among Indian immigrants. Conducted using the PRISMA-ScR framework, searches were undertaken in PubMed, PsychINFO, Ovid’s Embase and CINAHL using combinations of keywords relating to mental health, help-seeking, and Indian immigrants. Studies were eligible if they focused on Indian immigrants’ mental health help-seeking, were conducted i…
Sociology (13 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Domestic violence (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Poison control (5 works)