Karen Martin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5899080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Martin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Martin |
| SIGNATURE | MARTIN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5700-9116 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 194 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nurturing Creativity whilst Caring
This example shows how Participatory Action Research can be an effective approach to designing courses for family carers in a Recovery College. We explore deeper understandings of self-care whilst caring, and the ways creativity can enable this and have wider reaching benefits. Our findings also add to the literature on implementing adult education in practice in Recovery College settings. Finally, we provide some implications for improving cours…
Children's views on outdoor advertising of unhealthy food and beverages near schools
Children are often exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements during the school commute. This exposure can have negative public health consequences given childhood weight gain has been linked to the marketing of energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods. This study aimed to explore schoolchildren's lived experiences and attitudes towards outdoor advertising surrounding their schools. Seven focus groups with children aged 10-16 years (n = 47) att…
How parents can help or hinder access to mental health services for young people
How does the school built environment impact students’ bullying behaviour? A scoping review
Energy drink intake is associated with insomnia and decreased daytime functioning in young adult females
Objective: To investigate the association between energy drink (ED) use and sleep-related disturbances in a population-based sample of young adults from the Raine Study. Design: Analysis of cross-sectional data obtained from self-administered questionnaires to assess ED use and sleep disturbance (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ-10) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Symptoms Questionnaire–Insomnia (PSSQ-I)). Regre…
Comparing adolescent and service provider perceptions on the barriers to mental health service use
A mixed methods randomised control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the journey to social inclusion – phase 2 intervention for chronically homeless adults
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12616000162415 (retrospectively registered 10-February-2016)
Vision led = vision fed
As the National Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network (NIRAKN) reaches its completion as an entity in 2016, this paper takes up the invitation to its members to write about the key learnings, benefits and challenges experienced as a member of NIRAKN’s Indigenous Sociology, Indigenous Knowledge and Technology node. The author discusses the role of NIRAKN in progressing the scholarship of Aboriginal early childhood education through its collab…
The Pet Factor - Companion Animals as a Conduit for Getting to Know People, Friendship Formation and Social Support
BACKGROUND: While companion animals have been previously identified as a direct source of companionship and support to their owners, their role as a catalyst for friendship formation or social support networks among humans has received little attention. This study investigated the indirect role of pets as facilitators for three dimensions of social relatedness; getting to know people, friendship formation and social support networks. METHODS: A t…
Virtually impossible
Current paediatric recommendations pertaining to SBMU may no longer be tenable because screen based media are central in the everyday lives of children and adolescents. In any reappraisal of SBMU exposure times, researchers, educators and health professionals need to take cognizance of the extent to which SBMU differs across specific screen activity, sex, and age
Prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight in Western Australian school-aged children; 2008 compared with 2003
Objective Due to rising rates of obesity globally, the present study aimed to examine differences in overweight and underweight prevalence in Western Australian schoolchildren in 2008 compared with 2003. Design Cross-sectional study at two time points; using two-stage stratified sampling, primary and secondary schools in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan Western Australia; sample selected was representative of the State's population figures.…
Conceptualising Loneliness in Adolescents
The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease
Variability in neighborhood greenness is a single metric that encapsulates two potential promoters of physical activity - an aesthetically pleasing natural environment and access to urban destinations. Variability in greenness within a neighborhood was negatively associated with coronary heart disease and stroke
Sensory Threads
Sensory Threads is a pair of interlinked experiences, which explore the way in which sensing can give us insight into how our bodies are a part of their wider environment. Sensory Threads seeks to investigate what happens when wearables move beyond being technologies designed for individuals and are transformed into tools of ‘collective sensing’. It aims to stimulate participants' behaviours through their own emergent and unpredictable actions in…
Occupational profile
Simone Foggo is a 39 year‐old wife, mother and student in the final two years of a five‐year Arts/Law Degree at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. Simone has four children aged 9, 11, 14 and 16. I selected Simone to be interviewed to discover the occupations she enjoys, why they are meaningful and how they have shaped her life. I was particularly interested in learning what strategies she uses to manage her various roles
Photo essay
Under the guidance of Alison Wicks, Jessica Malpage and Karen Martin participated in the Berry Men's Shed one day a week for 6 weeks in 2008. The shed experience was part of international fieldwork organised by the University of Western Ontario, Canada at the Australasian Occupational Science Centre at the University of Wollongong, Australia. As they worked alongside the men on their own woodwork projects, Jessica and Karen observed that the shed…
Cultural Perceptions of Finnish Nursing Students Regarding People and Nurses of the United States
This pilot study measures cultural awareness through perceptions of 139 Finnish nursing students regarding American people and nurses. Inquiry was guided by cultural dimensions depicted in Leininger’s Sunrise Model. Statements of highest agreement were that: U.S. citizens frequently initiate lawsuits, have strong national identity, eagerly try new technological equipment, U.S. nurses have less authority than physicians, the U.S. shares technologi…
Ways of knowing, being and doing
[Extract] The myth of terra nullius implied that this country was uninhabited and terra nullius social policy supported by research enabled for the dispossession of knowledges of Indigenous peoples. It must be remembered that university curriculum, teaching methodologies and research endeavours have a history of development that contributed to this dispossession. Has the time come for change
Information Sought on Omaha System
Information Sought on Omaha System Karen Martin CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.3.350-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Parent/Infant Play Group
I am one of a group of young Inala mothers who are involved in a playgroup in which we teach and learn with our children through their different stages of growth.Each Thursday we are visited by Margaret Henry and Jeannie Barney. They offer me advice concerning different and new methods of play or sometimes we exchange methods of play and communication.The play involved doesn't require a set time or any expensive toys. Cotton reels, plastic contai…
Ways of knowing, being and doing
[Extract] The myth of terra nullius implied that this country was uninhabited and terra nullius social policy supported by research enabled for the dispossession of knowledges of Indigenous peoples. It must be remembered that university curriculum, teaching methodologies and research endeavours have a history of development that contributed to this dispossession. Has the time come for change
Photo essay
Under the guidance of Alison Wicks, Jessica Malpage and Karen Martin participated in the Berry Men's Shed one day a week for 6 weeks in 2008. The shed experience was part of international fieldwork organised by the University of Western Ontario, Canada at the Australasian Occupational Science Centre at the University of Wollongong, Australia. As they worked alongside the men on their own woodwork projects, Jessica and Karen observed that the shed…
How parents can help or hinder access to mental health services for young people
Parent/Infant Play Group
I am one of a group of young Inala mothers who are involved in a playgroup in which we teach and learn with our children through their different stages of growth.Each Thursday we are visited by Margaret Henry and Jeannie Barney. They offer me advice concerning different and new methods of play or sometimes we exchange methods of play and communication.The play involved doesn't require a set time or any expensive toys. Cotton reels, plastic contai…
Parent/Infant Play Group
I am one of a group of young Inala mothers who are involved in a playgroup in which we teach and learn with our children through their different stages of growth.Each Thursday we are visited by Margaret Henry and Jeannie Barney. They offer me advice concerning different and new methods of play or sometimes we exchange methods of play and communication.The play involved doesn't require a set time or any expensive toys. Cotton reels, plastic contai…
Information Sought on Omaha System
Information Sought on Omaha System Karen Martin CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.3.350-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Ways of knowing, being and doing
[Extract] The myth of terra nullius implied that this country was uninhabited and terra nullius social policy supported by research enabled for the dispossession of knowledges of Indigenous peoples. It must be remembered that university curriculum, teaching methodologies and research endeavours have a history of development that contributed to this dispossession. Has the time come for change
Cultural Perceptions of Finnish Nursing Students Regarding People and Nurses of the United States
This pilot study measures cultural awareness through perceptions of 139 Finnish nursing students regarding American people and nurses. Inquiry was guided by cultural dimensions depicted in Leininger’s Sunrise Model. Statements of highest agreement were that: U.S. citizens frequently initiate lawsuits, have strong national identity, eagerly try new technological equipment, U.S. nurses have less authority than physicians, the U.S. shares technologi…
Occupational profile
Simone Foggo is a 39 year‐old wife, mother and student in the final two years of a five‐year Arts/Law Degree at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. Simone has four children aged 9, 11, 14 and 16. I selected Simone to be interviewed to discover the occupations she enjoys, why they are meaningful and how they have shaped her life. I was particularly interested in learning what strategies she uses to manage her various roles
Photo essay
Under the guidance of Alison Wicks, Jessica Malpage and Karen Martin participated in the Berry Men's Shed one day a week for 6 weeks in 2008. The shed experience was part of international fieldwork organised by the University of Western Ontario, Canada at the Australasian Occupational Science Centre at the University of Wollongong, Australia. As they worked alongside the men on their own woodwork projects, Jessica and Karen observed that the shed…
Sensory Threads
Sensory Threads is a pair of interlinked experiences, which explore the way in which sensing can give us insight into how our bodies are a part of their wider environment. Sensory Threads seeks to investigate what happens when wearables move beyond being technologies designed for individuals and are transformed into tools of ‘collective sensing’. It aims to stimulate participants' behaviours through their own emergent and unpredictable actions in…
The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease
Variability in neighborhood greenness is a single metric that encapsulates two potential promoters of physical activity - an aesthetically pleasing natural environment and access to urban destinations. Variability in greenness within a neighborhood was negatively associated with coronary heart disease and stroke
Conceptualising Loneliness in Adolescents
Prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight in Western Australian school-aged children; 2008 compared with 2003
Objective Due to rising rates of obesity globally, the present study aimed to examine differences in overweight and underweight prevalence in Western Australian schoolchildren in 2008 compared with 2003. Design Cross-sectional study at two time points; using two-stage stratified sampling, primary and secondary schools in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan Western Australia; sample selected was representative of the State's population figures.…
The Pet Factor - Companion Animals as a Conduit for Getting to Know People, Friendship Formation and Social Support
BACKGROUND: While companion animals have been previously identified as a direct source of companionship and support to their owners, their role as a catalyst for friendship formation or social support networks among humans has received little attention. This study investigated the indirect role of pets as facilitators for three dimensions of social relatedness; getting to know people, friendship formation and social support networks. METHODS: A t…
Virtually impossible
Current paediatric recommendations pertaining to SBMU may no longer be tenable because screen based media are central in the everyday lives of children and adolescents. In any reappraisal of SBMU exposure times, researchers, educators and health professionals need to take cognizance of the extent to which SBMU differs across specific screen activity, sex, and age
Vision led = vision fed
As the National Indigenous Knowledges and Research Network (NIRAKN) reaches its completion as an entity in 2016, this paper takes up the invitation to its members to write about the key learnings, benefits and challenges experienced as a member of NIRAKN’s Indigenous Sociology, Indigenous Knowledge and Technology node. The author discusses the role of NIRAKN in progressing the scholarship of Aboriginal early childhood education through its collab…
A mixed methods randomised control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the journey to social inclusion – phase 2 intervention for chronically homeless adults
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12616000162415 (retrospectively registered 10-February-2016)
Comparing adolescent and service provider perceptions on the barriers to mental health service use
Energy drink intake is associated with insomnia and decreased daytime functioning in young adult females
Objective: To investigate the association between energy drink (ED) use and sleep-related disturbances in a population-based sample of young adults from the Raine Study. Design: Analysis of cross-sectional data obtained from self-administered questionnaires to assess ED use and sleep disturbance (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ-10) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Symptoms Questionnaire–Insomnia (PSSQ-I)). Regre…
How does the school built environment impact students’ bullying behaviour? A scoping review
How parents can help or hinder access to mental health services for young people
Nurturing Creativity whilst Caring
This example shows how Participatory Action Research can be an effective approach to designing courses for family carers in a Recovery College. We explore deeper understandings of self-care whilst caring, and the ways creativity can enable this and have wider reaching benefits. Our findings also add to the literature on implementing adult education in practice in Recovery College settings. Finally, we provide some implications for improving cours…
Children's views on outdoor advertising of unhealthy food and beverages near schools
Children are often exposed to unhealthy outdoor food advertisements during the school commute. This exposure can have negative public health consequences given childhood weight gain has been linked to the marketing of energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods. This study aimed to explore schoolchildren's lived experiences and attitudes towards outdoor advertising surrounding their schools. Seven focus groups with children aged 10-16 years (n = 47) att…
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