Elizabeth Halcomb
Biographic Data
| ID | 328066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Halcomb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Halcomb |
| SIGNATURE | HALCOMB E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8099-986X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Identification of Intimate Partner Violence, and Support for Victim-Survivors by Rural and Remote Primary Healthcare Clinicians: A Scoping Review
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health issue, with disproportionately higher rates outside of urban and metropolitan areas. Primary healthcare (PHC) services are the first point of contact into the healthcare system and where many victim-survivors present. However, regional, rural and remote PHC clinicians face unique challenges that hinder effective identification and support of IPV. The PRISMA-ScR and Arksey and O’Malley (…
Using Composite Narratives in Oral Presentations: A Novel Method to Humanise and Disseminate Qualitative Research
Composite narratives are derived from a synthesis of research findings and present key themes in a storied format. The story incorporates the researcher's critical reflections and data interpretation. This method uses individual voices to illustrate themes and experiences while protecting the anonymity of participants. The aim of this paper is to provide a worked example of a composite narrative and explore its utility for presenting qualitative …
Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults
OBJECTIVE: Decisional conflict is used increasingly as an outcome measure in advance care planning (ACP) studies. When the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) is used in anticipatory decision-making contexts, the scale is typically tethered to hypothetical scenarios. This study reports preliminary validation data for hypothetical scenarios relating to life-sustaining treatments and care utilisation to inform their broader use in ACP studies. METHODS:…
Understanding health literacy in men: A cross-sectional survey
This study provides new insight into men's health literacy and the factors impacting it. This knowledge can inform future strategies to promote men's engagement with health services and preventive care
Bringing Trauma Home: Reflections on Interviewing Survivors of Trauma while Working from Home
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became the new normal for many professionals. While this was beneficial in managing the rapidly spreading virus, it had varying impacts on the mental health of those previously not accustomed to remote work. This paper provides a critical reflection of the researcher's experience of conducting interviews with survivors of trauma while working from home. The research aimed to understand the e…
The impact of Covid‐19 on the delivery of care by Australian primary health care nurses
This qualitative study describes the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of care by Australian primary health care (PHC) nurses. Participants were purposefully recruited following completion of a national survey about PHC nurses' experiences during the pandemic. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted by two experienced researchers and professionally transcribed. The mean duration of interviews was 38.…
Cancer survivorship care and general practice: A qualitative study of roles of general practice team members in Australia
Primary care providers, including general practice teams (GPTs), are well positioned within the community to integrate cancer survivorship care into ongoing health management. However, roles of GPT members in delivery of cancer survivorship care have not been explored. The purpose of this study is to explore these roles from the perspectives of General Practitioners (GPs), Practice Nurses (PNs) and Practice Managers (PMs). An interpretive qualita…
Medical care in Australian residential aged care: Perspectives of residents, family, nurses and general practitioners
The importance of residential aged care facility (RACF)'s medical care is growing, driven by world-wide demographic trends in ageing populations. Despite this, there is a paucity of research into this care delivery from the perspective of those most involved. This study aimed to identify the enablers of and barriers to satisfactory RACF medical care by focusing on the general practitioner (GP) visit in the experience of residents, their family, r…
Implications for Covid-19: A systematic review of nurses’ experiences of working in acute care hospital settings during a respiratory pandemic
Lesbian Women Choosing Motherhood: The Journey to Conception
Increasingly, lesbian women are choosing to have children in the context of a same-sex relationship, and their journey to conception and on to motherhood involves a range of decisions that are unique to lesbian couples. While creating a de novo family is burdened with decisions, choosing to be parents was a deliberate and conscious decision made by lesbian women participating in our study. The findings presented in this article focus on choosing …
De Novo Lesbian Families: Legitimizing the Other Mother
This study aimed to explore the experiences of other mothers in de novo or planned lesbian-led families in Australia to elaborate on one theme: legitimizing our families. Little is known or understood about how lesbians construct mothering within their families. Even less is understood about the experiences of the often marginalized and invisible other mother; that is, the non-birth mother in lesbian families. Fifteen self-identified lesbian coup…
Perceptions of Long-Term Female Foster-Carers: I'm Not a Carer, I'm a Mother
The need for foster-carers has significantly increased in recent decades as growing numbers of children are in need of out-of-home care. However, despite their importance to the foster-care system, the foster-carer role is imbued with ambiguity. The perceptions and expectations of the foster-carer role differ greatly between child protection workers, the children in foster-care, the wider community and foster-carers themselves. This paper seeks t…
Literature review: Considerations in undertaking focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups
Aims. This integrated literature review seeks to identify the key considerations in conducting focus groups and discusses the specific considerations for focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups. Background. The focus group method is a technique of group interview that generates data through the opinions expressed by participants. Focus groups have become an increasingly popular method of data collection in health ca…
Is verbatim transcription of interview data always necessary?
Perceptions of Long-Term Female Foster-Carers: I'm Not a Carer, I'm a Mother
The need for foster-carers has significantly increased in recent decades as growing numbers of children are in need of out-of-home care. However, despite their importance to the foster-care system, the foster-carer role is imbued with ambiguity. The perceptions and expectations of the foster-carer role differ greatly between child protection workers, the children in foster-care, the wider community and foster-carers themselves. This paper seeks t…
The impact of Covid‐19 on the delivery of care by Australian primary health care nurses
This qualitative study describes the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of care by Australian primary health care (PHC) nurses. Participants were purposefully recruited following completion of a national survey about PHC nurses' experiences during the pandemic. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted by two experienced researchers and professionally transcribed. The mean duration of interviews was 38.…
Medical care in Australian residential aged care: Perspectives of residents, family, nurses and general practitioners
The importance of residential aged care facility (RACF)'s medical care is growing, driven by world-wide demographic trends in ageing populations. Despite this, there is a paucity of research into this care delivery from the perspective of those most involved. This study aimed to identify the enablers of and barriers to satisfactory RACF medical care by focusing on the general practitioner (GP) visit in the experience of residents, their family, r…
Is verbatim transcription of interview data always necessary?
Literature review: Considerations in undertaking focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups
Aims. This integrated literature review seeks to identify the key considerations in conducting focus groups and discusses the specific considerations for focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups. Background. The focus group method is a technique of group interview that generates data through the opinions expressed by participants. Focus groups have become an increasingly popular method of data collection in health ca…
De Novo Lesbian Families: Legitimizing the Other Mother
This study aimed to explore the experiences of other mothers in de novo or planned lesbian-led families in Australia to elaborate on one theme: legitimizing our families. Little is known or understood about how lesbians construct mothering within their families. Even less is understood about the experiences of the often marginalized and invisible other mother; that is, the non-birth mother in lesbian families. Fifteen self-identified lesbian coup…
Perceptions of Long-Term Female Foster-Carers: I'm Not a Carer, I'm a Mother
The need for foster-carers has significantly increased in recent decades as growing numbers of children are in need of out-of-home care. However, despite their importance to the foster-care system, the foster-carer role is imbued with ambiguity. The perceptions and expectations of the foster-carer role differ greatly between child protection workers, the children in foster-care, the wider community and foster-carers themselves. This paper seeks t…
Lesbian Women Choosing Motherhood: The Journey to Conception
Increasingly, lesbian women are choosing to have children in the context of a same-sex relationship, and their journey to conception and on to motherhood involves a range of decisions that are unique to lesbian couples. While creating a de novo family is burdened with decisions, choosing to be parents was a deliberate and conscious decision made by lesbian women participating in our study. The findings presented in this article focus on choosing …
Implications for Covid-19: A systematic review of nurses’ experiences of working in acute care hospital settings during a respiratory pandemic
Cancer survivorship care and general practice: A qualitative study of roles of general practice team members in Australia
Primary care providers, including general practice teams (GPTs), are well positioned within the community to integrate cancer survivorship care into ongoing health management. However, roles of GPT members in delivery of cancer survivorship care have not been explored. The purpose of this study is to explore these roles from the perspectives of General Practitioners (GPs), Practice Nurses (PNs) and Practice Managers (PMs). An interpretive qualita…
Medical care in Australian residential aged care: Perspectives of residents, family, nurses and general practitioners
The importance of residential aged care facility (RACF)'s medical care is growing, driven by world-wide demographic trends in ageing populations. Despite this, there is a paucity of research into this care delivery from the perspective of those most involved. This study aimed to identify the enablers of and barriers to satisfactory RACF medical care by focusing on the general practitioner (GP) visit in the experience of residents, their family, r…
The impact of Covid‐19 on the delivery of care by Australian primary health care nurses
This qualitative study describes the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of care by Australian primary health care (PHC) nurses. Participants were purposefully recruited following completion of a national survey about PHC nurses' experiences during the pandemic. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted by two experienced researchers and professionally transcribed. The mean duration of interviews was 38.…
Bringing Trauma Home: Reflections on Interviewing Survivors of Trauma while Working from Home
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became the new normal for many professionals. While this was beneficial in managing the rapidly spreading virus, it had varying impacts on the mental health of those previously not accustomed to remote work. This paper provides a critical reflection of the researcher's experience of conducting interviews with survivors of trauma while working from home. The research aimed to understand the e…
Validating care and treatment scenarios for measuring decisional conflict regarding future care preferences among older adults
OBJECTIVE: Decisional conflict is used increasingly as an outcome measure in advance care planning (ACP) studies. When the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) is used in anticipatory decision-making contexts, the scale is typically tethered to hypothetical scenarios. This study reports preliminary validation data for hypothetical scenarios relating to life-sustaining treatments and care utilisation to inform their broader use in ACP studies. METHODS:…
Understanding health literacy in men: A cross-sectional survey
This study provides new insight into men's health literacy and the factors impacting it. This knowledge can inform future strategies to promote men's engagement with health services and preventive care
Using Composite Narratives in Oral Presentations: A Novel Method to Humanise and Disseminate Qualitative Research
Composite narratives are derived from a synthesis of research findings and present key themes in a storied format. The story incorporates the researcher's critical reflections and data interpretation. This method uses individual voices to illustrate themes and experiences while protecting the anonymity of participants. The aim of this paper is to provide a worked example of a composite narrative and explore its utility for presenting qualitative …
Identification of Intimate Partner Violence, and Support for Victim-Survivors by Rural and Remote Primary Healthcare Clinicians: A Scoping Review
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health issue, with disproportionately higher rates outside of urban and metropolitan areas. Primary healthcare (PHC) services are the first point of contact into the healthcare system and where many victim-survivors present. However, regional, rural and remote PHC clinicians face unique challenges that hinder effective identification and support of IPV. The PRISMA-ScR and Arksey and O’Malley (…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Thematic analysis (3 works)