Laura Hart
Biographic Data
| ID | 3800762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Hart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Hart |
| SIGNATURE | HART L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5894-4520 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Classroom Practices for Supporting Students With Internalising Mental Health Difficulties in the Primary School Classroom
Primary schools can provide early intervention for students with internalising difficulties (e.g., anxiety), who can be less likely to receive classroom support than students experiencing externalising difficulties. However, an overview of what supportive classroom strategies could be used for students with internalising difficulties has not been established. This scoping review examined the existing literature on teacher practices for supporting…
How to Approach a Child About Concerns for Their Mental Health and Seeking Help
BACKGROUND: Adults who live or work with children are an important source of support and are gateways to professional help when a child is experiencing a mental health problem. This study aimed to develop consensus-based guidelines on how adults such as parents, educators or health professionals should approach a child aged 5-12 years to discuss concerns about the child's mental health and seek help. METHODS: A Delphi consensus method with three …
Association of federal poverty level with healthcare expenditures among opioids users in the United States (2008–2019)
Respondents across FPL groups consumed healthcare at various rates, particularly when stratified by insurance coverage, frequency of opioid prescriptions filled, and pain level. FPL plays an important role in healthcare consumption, but further research is needed to understand these mechanisms and their impact on the opioid crisis
Mental health literacy of adolescents in Bermuda, according to age, gender and race
Mental health literacy (MHL) is an important part of the help-seeking process, yet there is a lack of knowledge about the MHL of adolescents in the Caribbean. This region is important to study as it is underrepresented in mental health research globally. The aim of this study is to explore the ability of adolescents in Bermuda to recognize depression and social phobia (social anxiety) and their beliefs about the sources of help for a peer with th…
Effectiveness of teen Mental Health First Aid in Improving Teen‐to‐Teen Support Among American Adolescents
BACKGROUND: teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is an Australian school-based universal program for grade 10 to 12 students. tMHFA teaches teens how to recognize and respond to a peer in crisis or experiencing mental health concerns. METHODS: Schools implementing tMHFA in 2019 and 2020 were propensity score matched, yielding a sample of instructors (n = 130) and students (n = 1915) in 44 high schools in 24 American states. Effectiveness and acce…
Adolescent peer support for mental health problems
The MHSSA shows evidence of validity and reliability for use among adolescents for evaluating the quality of intentions to help peers with mental health problems
Teen Mental Health First Aid
This research was registered with Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12614000061639
Body image profiles and exercise behaviours in early motherhood. A latent profile analysis
Early motherhood may impact body image, and its relationship to exercise, potentially affecting mother and infant wellbeing. This study examined whether duration of weekly exercise differed according to body image profile (BIP) based on relative levels of body dissatisfaction and body appreciation. Survey data from 262 women, 0-5 years postpartum, were analysed. Latent profile analysis identified "average", "dissatisfied" and "appreciative" BIPs.…
Mumbod? A comparison of body image and dietary restraint among women with younger, older, and no children
Pregnancy and the postpartum period are times of significant body, and body image changes for women. Adult women ( N = 885) aged 21 to 47 years old completed an online questionnaire. Mothers of young children (0-5 years) had significantly lower levels of body shame, self-objectification, and dietary restraint than women without children, and women with school-aged (6-10 years) children had significantly lower self objectification than women witho…
A Pilot Trial of Confident Body, Confident Child in the United States
Confident Body, Confident Child (CBCC) is a parenting program designed to enhance knowledge of ways to promote body appreciation and sustainable health habits in 2- to 6-year-old children. Following a randomized controlled trial in Australia, the current study explores the international applicability of CBCC with the first pilot trial in the United States. Using an uncontrolled pretest–posttest design, this study examines (a) parental knowledge, …
What Factors Predict the Use of Coercive Food Parenting Practices among Mothers of Young Children? An Examination of Food Literacy, Disordered Eating and Parent Demographics
Parents have the most significant influence on the development of young children's eating patterns. Understanding what parental factors best predict specific negative feeding practices is important for designing preventive interventions. We examined the relationship between parents' use of coercive food parenting practices (pressure to eat and restriction) and parents' disordered eating, food literacy, Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-economic sta…
The Body Confident Mums challenge
The social media environment may therefore be a useful setting in which to implement brief intervention programs to improve body image and wellbeing
Quality of Feedback in Higher Education
In raising the standards for professional educators, higher educators must be prepared to provide the highest quality feedback on student performance and work products toward improved outcomes. This review of the literature examined the major findings of 70 quantitative, mixed methods, or qualitative studies found in higher education journals across a range of disciplines. Multiple recommendations and results for feedback emerged which fall into …
Developing expert consensus on how to address weight stigma in public health research and practice
Some public health practices, especially those focused on weight loss, have been found to increase weight stigma, which is harmful to physical and mental health. We used the Delphi method to establish expert consensus on how to address weight stigma in public health. Our participants were recruited from a convenience sample of individuals attending a single-day symposium on public health prevention of eating disorders, though they reported having…
Confident Body, Confident Child
Objective : A four-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Victoria, Australia, previously evaluated parent-report outcomes following Confident Body, Confident Child: a program for parents to promote healthful eating patterns and positive body image in pre-schoolers. This exploratory study evaluated data from children of parents in the trial at 18 months follow-up. Method : Participants were 89 children (58 girls, 31 boys) of parents a…
The association of disordered eating with health-related quality of life in U.S. young adults and effect modification by gender
Correlates of parental feeding practices with pre-schoolers
What parents know and want to learn about healthy eating and body image in preschool children
Results suggest future interventions need to stress the important role positive body image plays in encouraging healthy attitudes to food and weight management, and the benefits positive body image can have on the health and mental health of preschool children
Recognition of mental disorders and beliefs about treatment
The aim was to carry out a survey of Japanese high school students in order to assess recognition and beliefs about treatments for mental disorders.In 2011, 311 Japanese high school students aged 15-19 years filled out an anonymous self-report questionnaire containing a case vignette describing depression, schizophrenia or social phobia.Subsequent questions covered: what was wrong with the person, help-seeking intentions and the likely helpfulnes…
Parenting strategies for reducing adolescent alcohol use
A comprehensive set of parenting strategies for preventing or reducing adolescent alcohol consumption were identified. These strategies can be promoted to parents to help them implement national recommendations for use of alcohol by young people
The Impact of Context on Data
Mumbod? A comparison of body image and dietary restraint among women with younger, older, and no children
Pregnancy and the postpartum period are times of significant body, and body image changes for women. Adult women ( N = 885) aged 21 to 47 years old completed an online questionnaire. Mothers of young children (0-5 years) had significantly lower levels of body shame, self-objectification, and dietary restraint than women without children, and women with school-aged (6-10 years) children had significantly lower self objectification than women witho…
Correlates of parental feeding practices with pre-schoolers
Body image profiles and exercise behaviours in early motherhood. A latent profile analysis
Early motherhood may impact body image, and its relationship to exercise, potentially affecting mother and infant wellbeing. This study examined whether duration of weekly exercise differed according to body image profile (BIP) based on relative levels of body dissatisfaction and body appreciation. Survey data from 262 women, 0-5 years postpartum, were analysed. Latent profile analysis identified "average", "dissatisfied" and "appreciative" BIPs.…
The Impact of Context on Data
Parenting strategies for reducing adolescent alcohol use
A comprehensive set of parenting strategies for preventing or reducing adolescent alcohol consumption were identified. These strategies can be promoted to parents to help them implement national recommendations for use of alcohol by young people
Recognition of mental disorders and beliefs about treatment
The aim was to carry out a survey of Japanese high school students in order to assess recognition and beliefs about treatments for mental disorders.In 2011, 311 Japanese high school students aged 15-19 years filled out an anonymous self-report questionnaire containing a case vignette describing depression, schizophrenia or social phobia.Subsequent questions covered: what was wrong with the person, help-seeking intentions and the likely helpfulnes…
What parents know and want to learn about healthy eating and body image in preschool children
Results suggest future interventions need to stress the important role positive body image plays in encouraging healthy attitudes to food and weight management, and the benefits positive body image can have on the health and mental health of preschool children
Correlates of parental feeding practices with pre-schoolers
Quality of Feedback in Higher Education
In raising the standards for professional educators, higher educators must be prepared to provide the highest quality feedback on student performance and work products toward improved outcomes. This review of the literature examined the major findings of 70 quantitative, mixed methods, or qualitative studies found in higher education journals across a range of disciplines. Multiple recommendations and results for feedback emerged which fall into …
Developing expert consensus on how to address weight stigma in public health research and practice
Some public health practices, especially those focused on weight loss, have been found to increase weight stigma, which is harmful to physical and mental health. We used the Delphi method to establish expert consensus on how to address weight stigma in public health. Our participants were recruited from a convenience sample of individuals attending a single-day symposium on public health prevention of eating disorders, though they reported having…
Confident Body, Confident Child
Objective : A four-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Victoria, Australia, previously evaluated parent-report outcomes following Confident Body, Confident Child: a program for parents to promote healthful eating patterns and positive body image in pre-schoolers. This exploratory study evaluated data from children of parents in the trial at 18 months follow-up. Method : Participants were 89 children (58 girls, 31 boys) of parents a…
The association of disordered eating with health-related quality of life in U.S. young adults and effect modification by gender
A Pilot Trial of Confident Body, Confident Child in the United States
Confident Body, Confident Child (CBCC) is a parenting program designed to enhance knowledge of ways to promote body appreciation and sustainable health habits in 2- to 6-year-old children. Following a randomized controlled trial in Australia, the current study explores the international applicability of CBCC with the first pilot trial in the United States. Using an uncontrolled pretest–posttest design, this study examines (a) parental knowledge, …
What Factors Predict the Use of Coercive Food Parenting Practices among Mothers of Young Children? An Examination of Food Literacy, Disordered Eating and Parent Demographics
Parents have the most significant influence on the development of young children's eating patterns. Understanding what parental factors best predict specific negative feeding practices is important for designing preventive interventions. We examined the relationship between parents' use of coercive food parenting practices (pressure to eat and restriction) and parents' disordered eating, food literacy, Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-economic sta…
The Body Confident Mums challenge
The social media environment may therefore be a useful setting in which to implement brief intervention programs to improve body image and wellbeing
Teen Mental Health First Aid
This research was registered with Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12614000061639
Body image profiles and exercise behaviours in early motherhood. A latent profile analysis
Early motherhood may impact body image, and its relationship to exercise, potentially affecting mother and infant wellbeing. This study examined whether duration of weekly exercise differed according to body image profile (BIP) based on relative levels of body dissatisfaction and body appreciation. Survey data from 262 women, 0-5 years postpartum, were analysed. Latent profile analysis identified "average", "dissatisfied" and "appreciative" BIPs.…
Mumbod? A comparison of body image and dietary restraint among women with younger, older, and no children
Pregnancy and the postpartum period are times of significant body, and body image changes for women. Adult women ( N = 885) aged 21 to 47 years old completed an online questionnaire. Mothers of young children (0-5 years) had significantly lower levels of body shame, self-objectification, and dietary restraint than women without children, and women with school-aged (6-10 years) children had significantly lower self objectification than women witho…
Effectiveness of teen Mental Health First Aid in Improving Teen‐to‐Teen Support Among American Adolescents
BACKGROUND: teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is an Australian school-based universal program for grade 10 to 12 students. tMHFA teaches teens how to recognize and respond to a peer in crisis or experiencing mental health concerns. METHODS: Schools implementing tMHFA in 2019 and 2020 were propensity score matched, yielding a sample of instructors (n = 130) and students (n = 1915) in 44 high schools in 24 American states. Effectiveness and acce…
Adolescent peer support for mental health problems
The MHSSA shows evidence of validity and reliability for use among adolescents for evaluating the quality of intentions to help peers with mental health problems
Mental health literacy of adolescents in Bermuda, according to age, gender and race
Mental health literacy (MHL) is an important part of the help-seeking process, yet there is a lack of knowledge about the MHL of adolescents in the Caribbean. This region is important to study as it is underrepresented in mental health research globally. The aim of this study is to explore the ability of adolescents in Bermuda to recognize depression and social phobia (social anxiety) and their beliefs about the sources of help for a peer with th…
How to Approach a Child About Concerns for Their Mental Health and Seeking Help
BACKGROUND: Adults who live or work with children are an important source of support and are gateways to professional help when a child is experiencing a mental health problem. This study aimed to develop consensus-based guidelines on how adults such as parents, educators or health professionals should approach a child aged 5-12 years to discuss concerns about the child's mental health and seek help. METHODS: A Delphi consensus method with three …
Association of federal poverty level with healthcare expenditures among opioids users in the United States (2008–2019)
Respondents across FPL groups consumed healthcare at various rates, particularly when stratified by insurance coverage, frequency of opioid prescriptions filled, and pain level. FPL plays an important role in healthcare consumption, but further research is needed to understand these mechanisms and their impact on the opioid crisis
Classroom Practices for Supporting Students With Internalising Mental Health Difficulties in the Primary School Classroom
Primary schools can provide early intervention for students with internalising difficulties (e.g., anxiety), who can be less likely to receive classroom support than students experiencing externalising difficulties. However, an overview of what supportive classroom strategies could be used for students with internalising difficulties has not been established. This scoping review examined the existing literature on teacher practices for supporting…
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works)