Michelle Banfield

Biographic Data

ID5576192
NAMEMichelle Banfield
GIVEN NAMESMichelle
FAMILY NAMEBanfield
SIGNATUREBANFIELD M
AFFILIATIONSCentre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Starting conversations about mental health and wellbeing in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities

    Open AccessAlyssa R Morse, Dianna G Smith et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    Australia is a multicultural nation with nearly 30% of the population born overseas. Migrants’ mental health can be impacted by discrimination, racism and experiences relating to asylum and immigration. These can be compounded by low help-seeking caused by stigmatized beliefs and poor mental health literacy. My Mind, My Voice (MMMV) is a co-designed program aiming to promote awareness of mental health and wellbeing for people with a culturally an…

  • Co‐Creation in Research

    Open AccessScott J Fitzpatrick, Heather Lamb et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    BACKGROUND: Applied research using co-creation methods is rarely described or evaluated in detail. Practical evidence of co-creation processes and collaboration effectiveness is needed to better understand its complex and dynamic nature. METHODS: Using a case study design and survey method, we assessed processes of co-implementation and co-evaluation grounded in our own experiences from the Co-Creating Safe Spaces project. We examine these in the…

  • ‘Keeping it real’

    Open AccessJulia Dray, V J Palmer et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2024

    BACKGROUND: Historically, researchers have been apt at conducting research on, rather than with, the people who are the focus of their efforts. Such approaches often fail to effectively support and benefit the populations they are intended to. This study aimed to explore the preferences of people with lived experience for engagement with research either as research participants within studies, or through active involvement in mental health resear…

  • Co‐ideation and co‐design in co‐creation research

    Open AccessScott J Fitzpatrick, Heather Lamb et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2023

    INTRODUCTION: Numerous frameworks for defining and supporting co-created research exist. The practicalities of designing and conducting co-created research are clearly important, yet the utility of these frameworks and their operationalisation within local contexts and involving a diversity of stakeholders and interests are currently not well-researched. METHODS: Using an instrumental case study approach, we examined the utility of a published sy…

  • Whose story is it? Mental health consumer and carer views on carer participation in research

    Open AccessAlyssa R Morse, Owen Forbes et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2021

    BACKGROUND: Mental health carers contribute a unique set of perspectives and lived experiences to research; however, national research ethics guidelines do not specifically address the issues that affect informal carers as participants. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to explore Australian mental health consumer and carer views on the ethical conduct of research involving mental health carers. DESIGN: A public forum (n = 14; consumer = 5, carer = 9)…

  • Differences in mental health service use between urban and rural areas of Australia

    Open AccessPhilip J Batterham, Dominique Kazan et al.ARTICLEAustralian Psychologist2019References: 1

    ObjectiveTo examine differences in use of mental health services between residents of rural, regional, and metropolitan areas of Australia in a population‐based sample of adults who meet clinical criteria for a mental disorder.MethodParticipants in this study were drawn from the Assessing Mental Health survey, which included 2,374 participants who met criteria for one or more mental disorders or reported suicidal ideation in the past month. Rates…

  • What Drives Systemic Mental Health Advocates? Goals, Strategies, and Values of Australian Consumer and Carer Advocacy Organizations

    Open AccessAlison Gee, Craig Mcgarty et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2015

    The consumer participation movement has growing international recognition in policy and research. Focusing on the collective context, this research systematically examines how two advocacy organizations in the Australian mental health sector are organized and motivated to advance the cause. Qualitative studies analyzed 17 strategic communication documents and nine interviews with members and staff to identify major themes relating to goals, activ…