Lise Lafferty
Biographic Data
| ID | 257822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lise Lafferty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lise |
| FAMILY NAME | Lafferty |
| SIGNATURE | LAFFERTY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8533-2957 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Caring infrastructures for sexual health and the implications of antibiotic-resistant STIs
Infrastructures fundamentally shape sexual health, but their gaps and failings often only come into view during moments of crisis. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a looming microbiological and global societal crisis, and one that is posing increasing challenges and risks for medical practice and public health alike. In sexual health, concerns have been raised about growing resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the less well-known Mycoplasma g…
Social Correlates of Social Capital Access Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Japan
Significant health disparities exist between gay and bisexual men (GBM) and the general population in Japan and internationally. Social capital is recognized as a key factor for positive health and well‐being outcomes, including HIV prevention behaviors, among GBM. However, limited research examines how the sexual orientation of alters (i.e., possessors of resources within social capital networks) impacts access to these resources. In this study,…
Navigating harm reduction and security mandates: Prison leadership perspectives on implementing prison needle exchange programs in Canada
Addressing outer context barriers and clarifying responsibilities between health and corrections are critical to PNEP sustainability. Leadership engagement is essential to enabling system-wide adoption
Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment for hepatitis C infection in prison: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Reinfection following direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C infection among people in prison with recent injecting drug use: The SHARP-P study
The high HCV reinfection incidence in prisons emphasises the need to enhance prison-based harm reduction measures including access to sterile injecting equipment, currently prohibited in Australian prisons. The finding that reinfection accounts for most recurrent viremia could assist retreatment clinical decision-making in prison
Friendship and the Sociality of GBTQ+ Sexual Health in Times of Resistance
Sexual health has always been a social matter. While the science of disease transmission remains a focus for public health stakeholders, for social scientists, the sociality of infections, both enduring and emerging, remains central. That is, friendships and relationships are core to health, risk and illness. Yet, there has been virtually no work on how friendships and their varying contours are interplaying with (increasingly) antibiotic resista…
Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: Interviews with various family members
Background Research on the perspectives of various family members of people who use methamphetamine is limited. We draw from Family Systems Theory to examine how families navigate these relationships.Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Australia with 19 participants identifying as parents (n = 9), siblings (n = 5), partners (n = 4), and/or friends (n = 3) of a person who uses methamphetamine (i.e. ‘their person’).Results We ident…
Co‐creating and implementing a novel pre‐conference event to promote equity and inclusivity among academic researchers and people who use drugs
This commentary draws on our experience organising a targeted networking event at the 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, in Glasgow, Scotland in October 2022. The event, held the day before the conference, brought together people with lived and living experiences of drug use and early‐ and mid‐career researchers on an equitable basis. We offer reflections, focussing on how the event promoted community‐academ…
Using the socioecological model to guide service delivery improvements to the prison needle exchange program in Canada: Insights from multi-level stakeholders
Several multi-level modifiable barriers to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were shared among key stakeholders. Structural changes to PNEP delivery, including supervised/safe injecting sites and peer-led programs, were proposed as solution-driven enablers to increasing PNEP uptake among incarcerated people who inject drugs. These data will inform Canadian efforts to expand PNEP provision
Implications of the fragility of opioid agonist treatment continuity on hepatitis C re-exposure concerns among people in prison: A qualitative study
Continuity of OAT and HCV care remains a fragile experience for people who cycle in and out of incarceration. People who miss their OAT appointment in the community might wait several months upon re-incarceration to re-enter the OAT program. This leaves people vulnerable to injection sharing in custody and, subsequently, increased risk of HCV (re-)exposure while waiting to recommence OAT or to return to the optimal dosing level
It's not just running the test”: Operator experiences of implementing a decentralised hepatitis C point-of-care testing program in Australia
This study illustrates several challenges to and enablers of adopting a decentralised HCV point-of-care testing program, highlighting the need to further explore what providers require to effectively implement these interventions
Reinfection following successful direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection among people with recent injecting drug use: The SHARP-C study
The relatively high incidence of reinfection seen in this study underscores the importance of targeted harm reduction measures and monitoring for HCV reinfections within the first year following successful treatment among people who inject drugs. Additional research into integrated models of care incorporating harm reduction and supporting reducing risk of reinfection and HCV treatment are needed
Acceptability of hepatitis C testing using point-of-care testing and dried blood spot collection among people at risk of hepatitis C infection
Applying Sekhon's acceptability framework highlighted remaining service gaps to bridge client HCV testing experiences, including enhanced education on testing modalities and their results, an increased need for non-judgemental care, and the use of peer support in community settings
Sexual healthcare to meet the needs of sexuality and gender diverse aboriginal young people: Imagined Possibilities
In Australia, Aboriginal young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or otherwise sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) are recognised within several overlapping priority populations in state and federal sexually transmissible infection and HIV strategies. However, limited research has documented their unique sexual health experiences, needs and preferences. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 1…
Mediated Urgency: Exploring GBTQ+ Perceptions of Antibiotic‐Resistant Sexually Transmitted Infections
Often, research takes place once a health issue is already at ‘crisis’ point. However, health professionals and populations can have different understandings of ‘urgency’. At present, health authorities, scientists and other medical professionals are increasingly concerned about escalating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the context of STIs. Clinicians worry about Neisseria gonorrhoeae becoming progressively resistant to last‐line treatment, as…
GBTQ+ safe sex entanglements: Finding the bacterial in the age of resistant STIs and prevention innovation
Few studies have explored community experiences of our increasingly resistant bacterial landscape, and, in the sphere of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and antimicrobial resistance, there is even greater absence of community-centred research. This is despite a growth in STI transmission worldwide, which, alongside accelerated resistance, will disproportionately affect GBTQ+ (gay, bisexual, trans, queer+) populations. In this article, dr…
Treatment 'cultures', sexually transmitted infections and the rise of antimicrobial resistance
In this article, we examine the current management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in the context of rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), through the lens of 'treatment cultures'. Prevailing treatment cultures-including the prominence of syndromic care for STIs-foster certain possibilities and foreclose others, with important consequences for countering AMR. Drawing on qualitative interviews with STI professionals, experts and indust…
The ‘missing’ in the ‘endgame’ of hepatitis C elimination: A qualitative study in New South Wales, Australia
Using nominal group technique to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to improving uptake of the Prison Needle Exchange Program in Canadian federal prisons by correctional officers and healthc…
Multiple modifiable barriers and solutions to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were identified by correctional employees. Both participant groups identified the potential for safe injection sites and education to correctional officers as enabling PNEP uptake. These data will inform Canadian efforts to improve engagement and to expand PNEP coverage
Using nominal group technique with people who are incarcerated in Canadian federal prisons to identify barriers and solutions to improving Prison Needle Exchange Program uptake
Barriers to increasing PNEP coverage in Canadian federal prisons proposed by participants highlight the importance of trust and perceived repercussions surrounding program participation. These barriers and proposed solutions highlight a need for changes in implementation to PNEP delivery if the potential health benefits of PNEPs are to be realised
Development of an evidence-based hepatitis C education program to enhance public health literacy in the Australian prison sector: The Hepatitis in Prisons Education program (HepPEd)
Significant gaps in HCV health literacy were perceived amongst the target audience groups. The comprehensive co-design and development processes utilised in HepPEd suggest the program will be well-placed to improve the HCV public health literacy of the prison sector and thereby enhance HCV testing and treatment rates amongst people in prison
Patient and healthcare provider perceptions of acceptability of fingerstick point-of-care hepatitis C testing at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Australia
The SCALE-C intervention was broadly perceived to be acceptable among both healthcare providers and patients within ACCHS. Whilst the prioritisation of HCV was viewed as increasing patient engagement, it was also regarded as an opportunity for addressing other healthcare needs within Aboriginal communities. HCV test-and-treat models of care delivered by ACCHS simplify the HCV care pathway and ensure all HCV care is provided in a culturally safe s…
Understanding hepatitis C virus (HCV) health literacy and educational needs among people in prison to enhance HCV care in prisons
Gaps in HCV health literacy among people in prison were evident, indicating opportunities for improvement. A targeted HCV education program for people in prison, addressing the gaps identified in this analysis, may enhance HCV testing, treatment, and prevention by fostering stronger HCV health literacy among people in prison
Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People in Regional NSW, Australia
Owing to the historical and ongoing impacts of colonisation, there is a large health equity gap in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non‐Indigenous populations. Whilst qualitative research has identified the barriers and enablers to sexual healthcare engagement among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote settings, little is known about the ways in which y…
Emerging Dilemmas in the Age of Resistance: The Case of Sexually Transmitted Infections
The stage is set for a new era of precariousness in modern medicine, driven by the increasing failure of a key pharmaceutical pillar-antimicrobials. In the context of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the rise of antimicrobial resistance is introducing urgent questions around what might constitute "best practice" in a rapidly evolving scene, including the value of asymptomatic screening (test and treat), and the consequent downstream collat…
Contextualising the social capital of Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men in prison
Sexual healthcare to meet the needs of sexuality and gender diverse aboriginal young people: Imagined Possibilities
In Australia, Aboriginal young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer or otherwise sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQ+) are recognised within several overlapping priority populations in state and federal sexually transmissible infection and HIV strategies. However, limited research has documented their unique sexual health experiences, needs and preferences. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 1…
Treatment 'cultures', sexually transmitted infections and the rise of antimicrobial resistance
In this article, we examine the current management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), in the context of rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR), through the lens of 'treatment cultures'. Prevailing treatment cultures-including the prominence of syndromic care for STIs-foster certain possibilities and foreclose others, with important consequences for countering AMR. Drawing on qualitative interviews with STI professionals, experts and indust…
GBTQ+ safe sex entanglements: Finding the bacterial in the age of resistant STIs and prevention innovation
Few studies have explored community experiences of our increasingly resistant bacterial landscape, and, in the sphere of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and antimicrobial resistance, there is even greater absence of community-centred research. This is despite a growth in STI transmission worldwide, which, alongside accelerated resistance, will disproportionately affect GBTQ+ (gay, bisexual, trans, queer+) populations. In this article, dr…
Emerging Dilemmas in the Age of Resistance: The Case of Sexually Transmitted Infections
The stage is set for a new era of precariousness in modern medicine, driven by the increasing failure of a key pharmaceutical pillar-antimicrobials. In the context of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the rise of antimicrobial resistance is introducing urgent questions around what might constitute "best practice" in a rapidly evolving scene, including the value of asymptomatic screening (test and treat), and the consequent downstream collat…
Unlocking dimensions of social capital in the prison setting
BACKGROUND: Social capital has been shown to be a valuable resource for improving health outcomes. However, it has received little attention in the prison setting. Dimensions of social capital in mainstream society are likely to function differently among inmates in prison. This study seeks to identify and understand social capital dimensions among incarcerated men living with hepatitis C. METHODS: In-depth interviews were conducted across three …
Contextualising the social capital of Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men in prison
Behind closed doors, no one sees, no one knows’: Hepatitis C, stigma and treatment-as-prevention in prison
The recent advent of new, highly effective, direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) is dramatically reshaping the hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment landscape and prisons are set to play an important role. While there is a substantial literature addressing the centrality of stigma to experiences of living with HCV in the community, including as a barrier to treatment, scant attention has been paid to documenting how HCV-stigma figures within the distinct …
Perceptions and concerns of hepatitis C reinfection following prison-wide treatment scale-up: Counterpublic health amid hepatitis C treatment as prevention efforts in the prison setting
Hepatitis C treatment as prevention in the prison setting: Assessments of acceptability of treatment scale up efforts by prison correctional and health personnel
Structural competency in the post-prison period for people who inject drugs: A qualitative case study
Progress and remaining challenges to address hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms to improve the health of people who use drugs
Improving access to drug and alcohol treatment in NSW Australia: The role of self‐determination and peer support
One of the key issues in the alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment sector concerns the reported difficulties that clients have in accessing treatment. This paper draws on qualitative interview data collected from clients undergoing treatment (n = 20) and stakeholders (n = 15) of five specialist non-government AOD treatment services in New South Wales, Australia, to offer an in-depth perspective about treatment entry experiences. We identified fo…
Associations Between Social Capital and HIV Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Japan
Barriers and facilitators to HIV and syphilis rapid diagnostic testing in antenatal care settings in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review
Vulnerability and antimicrobial resistance
It is now well-recognised that antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the ability of organisms to resist currently available antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs, represents one of the greatest dangers to human health in the 21st Century. As of 2022, AMR is a top-10 global public health threat. Various national and transnational initiatives have been implemented to address accelerating AMR, and the pressure to find local and global solutions is …
You need a designated officer” – Recommendations from correctional and justice health personnel for scaling up hepatitis C treatment-as-prevention in the prison setting
It's a revolving door”: Ego-depletion among prisoners with injecting drug use histories as a barrier to post-release success
That was quick, simple, and easy”: Patient perceptions of acceptability of point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing at a reception prison
Navigating the dynamics of trust, rapport and power while conducting social health research with people in prison
This paper critically reflects on conducting research with people in prison, including gaining trust and building rapport, and the power imbalances of conducting research in the prison setting. Navigating trust and power is key to successful prison-based research, but these navigations are not confined to the researcher–participant interaction and extend to include researcher entry into the prison and earlier processes such as the ethics applicat…
Sex, drugs and superbugs: The rise of drug resistant STIs
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a swiftly advancing challenge to a wide range of healthcare and health promotion practices. While rising rates of AMR share some dimensions across contexts, the specificities of field, practice, place and population shape – and at times hinder attempts to stem – the rising tide of this health threat. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one area of healthcare where the threat of AMR has traditionally …
Economies of resistance
The social organisation of economic life plays a pivotal role in assembling many emerging and enduring health problems. Yet throughout the recent history of global health challenges, an emphasis on the influence of economic systems has frequently been sidelined in favour of research that interrogates the behavioural and/or cultural dimensions of these problems. The global crisis of antimicrobial resistance provides a striking example of this tren…
Perceptions of Covid-19 Vaccines: Lessons from Selected Populations Who Experience Discrimination in the Australian Healthcare System
COVID-19 vaccination is particularly challenging among populations who have experienced discrimination in healthcare settings. This paper presents qualitative findings from in-depth interviews about COVID-19 vaccination conducted in Australia between October 2020 and November 2021. Data from four different studies are presented; each population has unique experiences of discrimination within the healthcare system: Aboriginal people; people who in…
Trust and service engagement among people who inject drugs after release from prison
The ‘missing’ in the ‘endgame’ of hepatitis C elimination: A qualitative study in New South Wales, Australia
Using nominal group technique to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to improving uptake of the Prison Needle Exchange Program in Canadian federal prisons by correctional officers and healthc…
Multiple modifiable barriers and solutions to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were identified by correctional employees. Both participant groups identified the potential for safe injection sites and education to correctional officers as enabling PNEP uptake. These data will inform Canadian efforts to improve engagement and to expand PNEP coverage
Using nominal group technique with people who are incarcerated in Canadian federal prisons to identify barriers and solutions to improving Prison Needle Exchange Program uptake
Barriers to increasing PNEP coverage in Canadian federal prisons proposed by participants highlight the importance of trust and perceived repercussions surrounding program participation. These barriers and proposed solutions highlight a need for changes in implementation to PNEP delivery if the potential health benefits of PNEPs are to be realised
Development of an evidence-based hepatitis C education program to enhance public health literacy in the Australian prison sector: The Hepatitis in Prisons Education program (HepPEd)
Significant gaps in HCV health literacy were perceived amongst the target audience groups. The comprehensive co-design and development processes utilised in HepPEd suggest the program will be well-placed to improve the HCV public health literacy of the prison sector and thereby enhance HCV testing and treatment rates amongst people in prison
Patient and healthcare provider perceptions of acceptability of fingerstick point-of-care hepatitis C testing at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Australia
The SCALE-C intervention was broadly perceived to be acceptable among both healthcare providers and patients within ACCHS. Whilst the prioritisation of HCV was viewed as increasing patient engagement, it was also regarded as an opportunity for addressing other healthcare needs within Aboriginal communities. HCV test-and-treat models of care delivered by ACCHS simplify the HCV care pathway and ensure all HCV care is provided in a culturally safe s…
Understanding hepatitis C virus (HCV) health literacy and educational needs among people in prison to enhance HCV care in prisons
Gaps in HCV health literacy among people in prison were evident, indicating opportunities for improvement. A targeted HCV education program for people in prison, addressing the gaps identified in this analysis, may enhance HCV testing, treatment, and prevention by fostering stronger HCV health literacy among people in prison
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (27 works) · Medicine (27 works) · Political science (22 works) · Psychology (22 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Prison (19 works) · Hepatitis C virus research (16 works) · Criminology (15 works) · Hepatitis C (15 works) · Hepatitis B Virus Studies (12 works)