Bronwen Merner
Biographic Data
| ID | 243694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bronwen Merner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bronwen |
| FAMILY NAME | Merner |
| SIGNATURE | MERNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9263-362X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Moving People up the Sympathy Spectrum’: Building Hypotheses About How Abortion Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation (VCAT) Can Change Healthcare Provider Behaviours
Institutional objection to abortion care in Australia: Exploring the perspectives and experiences of key interest-holders
Each Australian jurisdiction has decriminalised abortion. Despite this, abortion-seekers face multiple barriers to access, among them is encountering objection by individual health practitioners (conscientious objection) or institutions (institutional objection [IO]). This article reports on a qualitative interview study that examined 41 key interest-holders’ perspectives and experiences of institutional objection to abortion. Framework analysis …
How Are Healthcare Providers Conscientiously Objecting to Abortion in Australia? A Qualitative Study
The findings demonstrated that conscientious objection provisions provided a flexible mechanism for healthcare providers to opt-out of providing abortion care at different times, in different contexts, and for different reasons (including reasons other than conscience). Education and guidelines may improve healthcare providers' understandings and interpretations of conscientious objection provisions. Destigmatizing interventions may also reduce t…
Stakeholder Involvement in Systematic Reviews: Lessons From Cochrane’s Public Health and Health Systems Network
Case study 1 describes stakeholder involvement in setting systematic review priorities
I'm Trying to Stop Things Before They Happen: Carers' Contributions to Patient Safety in Hospitals
Patient safety policies increasingly encourage carer (i.e., family or friends) involvement in reducing health care-associated harm in hospital. Despite this, carer involvement in patient safety in practice is not well understood-especially from the carers' perspective. The purpose of this article is to understand how carers of adult patients perceived and experienced their patient safety contributions in hospital. Constructivist grounded theory i…
The evolution of Cochrane evidence summaries in health communication and participation: Seeking and responding to stakeholder feedback
Knowledge translation resources that summarise and disseminate systematic review findings can support evidence into policy and practice. Since 2007, we have produced Evidence Bulletins; brief, web-based summaries of Cochrane Reviews published by Cochrane Consumers and Communication. Evidence Bulletins are designed for health decision makers employed by or in representational roles within policy and practice settings, that is, policy makers, healt…
The evolution of Cochrane evidence summaries in health communication and participation: Seeking and responding to stakeholder feedback
Knowledge translation resources that summarise and disseminate systematic review findings can support evidence into policy and practice. Since 2007, we have produced Evidence Bulletins; brief, web-based summaries of Cochrane Reviews published by Cochrane Consumers and Communication. Evidence Bulletins are designed for health decision makers employed by or in representational roles within policy and practice settings, that is, policy makers, healt…
The evolution of Cochrane evidence summaries in health communication and participation: Seeking and responding to stakeholder feedback
Knowledge translation resources that summarise and disseminate systematic review findings can support evidence into policy and practice. Since 2007, we have produced Evidence Bulletins; brief, web-based summaries of Cochrane Reviews published by Cochrane Consumers and Communication. Evidence Bulletins are designed for health decision makers employed by or in representational roles within policy and practice settings, that is, policy makers, healt…
I'm Trying to Stop Things Before They Happen: Carers' Contributions to Patient Safety in Hospitals
Patient safety policies increasingly encourage carer (i.e., family or friends) involvement in reducing health care-associated harm in hospital. Despite this, carer involvement in patient safety in practice is not well understood-especially from the carers' perspective. The purpose of this article is to understand how carers of adult patients perceived and experienced their patient safety contributions in hospital. Constructivist grounded theory i…
Stakeholder Involvement in Systematic Reviews: Lessons From Cochrane’s Public Health and Health Systems Network
Case study 1 describes stakeholder involvement in setting systematic review priorities
‘Moving People up the Sympathy Spectrum’: Building Hypotheses About How Abortion Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation (VCAT) Can Change Healthcare Provider Behaviours
Institutional objection to abortion care in Australia: Exploring the perspectives and experiences of key interest-holders
Each Australian jurisdiction has decriminalised abortion. Despite this, abortion-seekers face multiple barriers to access, among them is encountering objection by individual health practitioners (conscientious objection) or institutions (institutional objection [IO]). This article reports on a qualitative interview study that examined 41 key interest-holders’ perspectives and experiences of institutional objection to abortion. Framework analysis …
How Are Healthcare Providers Conscientiously Objecting to Abortion in Australia? A Qualitative Study
The findings demonstrated that conscientious objection provisions provided a flexible mechanism for healthcare providers to opt-out of providing abortion care at different times, in different contexts, and for different reasons (including reasons other than conscience). Education and guidelines may improve healthcare providers' understandings and interpretations of conscientious objection provisions. Destigmatizing interventions may also reduce t…
Health care (5 works) · Abortion (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (3 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (3 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Technology (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)