Kate Alexander
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Alexander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Alexander |
| SIGNATURE | ALEXANDER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | NSW Department of Communities and Justice |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8847-7799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers to Vaccination in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic created significant social, economic and health-related challenges. The rapid development of vaccines that could help curb transmission and mortality from the virus was vital. The University of Johannesburg/Human Sciences Research Council (UJ/HSRC) COVID-19 Democracy survey was established as a cross-sectional online and telephone survey designed to provide rapid response data to inform the pandemic response. Between Decembe…
The attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce and why they matter to children who live with violence
In Australia, like other developed countries, there has been an increase in reports to child protection services about children experiencing domestic violence. While there is research on the importance of the skills and knowledge of the child protection workforce for this growing problem, little is available about practitioner attitudes and beliefs. This paper presents findings on research undertaken in New South Wales, which is the most populate…
Bringing Dignity to the Assessment of Safety for Children who Live with Violence
Fear dominates women and children’s experience of domestic violence. Fear of harm, and the consequences of others finding out, can mean mothers are reluctant to seek help. Ironically, these survival behaviours can be understood as non-protective by child protection practitioners. This article describes research undertaken in New South Wales (NSW) Australia to determine the impact on child protection practitioner perceptions of child safety when R…
There was something that wasn't right because that was the only place I ever got treated like that: Children and young people's experiences of emotional harm in sport
The article reports findings from a study of negative and harmful experiences of children participating in organised sport in the UK focusing in particular on emotional harm. A convenience sample of 6124 young people (age 18-22) completed an online survey about their experiences of sport as children (up to age 16); 89 follow-up telephone interviews were conducted. The article provides information about the emotional harm of children in sport and …
Gender, by Harriet Bradley
Cambridge, Polity Press, 2007, ix + 224 pp., ISBN 0745623778 As an education postgraduate student with an interest in gender, I struggled to find books that could outline some of the key concepts a
Poverty and Politics in Peru
There was something that wasn't right because that was the only place I ever got treated like that: Children and young people's experiences of emotional harm in sport
The article reports findings from a study of negative and harmful experiences of children participating in organised sport in the UK focusing in particular on emotional harm. A convenience sample of 6124 young people (age 18-22) completed an online survey about their experiences of sport as children (up to age 16); 89 follow-up telephone interviews were conducted. The article provides information about the emotional harm of children in sport and …
The attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce and why they matter to children who live with violence
In Australia, like other developed countries, there has been an increase in reports to child protection services about children experiencing domestic violence. While there is research on the importance of the skills and knowledge of the child protection workforce for this growing problem, little is available about practitioner attitudes and beliefs. This paper presents findings on research undertaken in New South Wales, which is the most populate…
Bringing Dignity to the Assessment of Safety for Children who Live with Violence
Fear dominates women and children’s experience of domestic violence. Fear of harm, and the consequences of others finding out, can mean mothers are reluctant to seek help. Ironically, these survival behaviours can be understood as non-protective by child protection practitioners. This article describes research undertaken in New South Wales (NSW) Australia to determine the impact on child protection practitioner perceptions of child safety when R…
Poverty and Politics in Peru
Gender, by Harriet Bradley
Cambridge, Polity Press, 2007, ix + 224 pp., ISBN 0745623778 As an education postgraduate student with an interest in gender, I struggled to find books that could outline some of the key concepts a
There was something that wasn't right because that was the only place I ever got treated like that: Children and young people's experiences of emotional harm in sport
The article reports findings from a study of negative and harmful experiences of children participating in organised sport in the UK focusing in particular on emotional harm. A convenience sample of 6124 young people (age 18-22) completed an online survey about their experiences of sport as children (up to age 16); 89 follow-up telephone interviews were conducted. The article provides information about the emotional harm of children in sport and …
The attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce and why they matter to children who live with violence
In Australia, like other developed countries, there has been an increase in reports to child protection services about children experiencing domestic violence. While there is research on the importance of the skills and knowledge of the child protection workforce for this growing problem, little is available about practitioner attitudes and beliefs. This paper presents findings on research undertaken in New South Wales, which is the most populate…
Bringing Dignity to the Assessment of Safety for Children who Live with Violence
Fear dominates women and children’s experience of domestic violence. Fear of harm, and the consequences of others finding out, can mean mothers are reluctant to seek help. Ironically, these survival behaviours can be understood as non-protective by child protection practitioners. This article describes research undertaken in New South Wales (NSW) Australia to determine the impact on child protection practitioner perceptions of child safety when R…
Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers to Vaccination in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic created significant social, economic and health-related challenges. The rapid development of vaccines that could help curb transmission and mortality from the virus was vital. The University of Johannesburg/Human Sciences Research Council (UJ/HSRC) COVID-19 Democracy survey was established as a cross-sectional online and telephone survey designed to provide rapid response data to inform the pandemic response. Between Decembe…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Child protection (2 works) · Domestic violence (2 works) · Harm (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)