Claire Blewitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6248348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Blewitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Blewitt |
| SIGNATURE | BLEWITT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4990-2334 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Australian Early Childhood Professionals
Amid ongoing workforce challenges in early childhood education, little is known about factors contributing to educator wellbeing, particularly in the context of supporting trauma-impacted children. This exploratory study aims to identify factors associated with compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue, as defined by burnout and secondary traumatic stress, among Australian early childhood educators. One hundred and thirty-five educators comp…
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Promote Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Childhood and Primary Education
Educational contexts play a critical role in identifying and responding to children impacted by trauma. However, with the multifaceted challenges experienced by teachers, this responsibility should not reside solely with them. This systematic scoping review examines the integration of cross-disciplinary collaboration in existing trauma-informed initiatives in early childhood and primary school settings. A systematic search of five online database…
Trauma-informed Interventions in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A Scoping Review
Trauma in early childhood is a significant public health concern. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services are uniquely positioned to buffer the negative impact of early childhood trauma on children. This scoping review synthesized studies evaluating trauma-informed interventions in ECEC settings through a systematic search of four relevant online databases (PsycINFO, Medline, ERIC, A+ Education). Fourteen studies met the inclusion crit…
Early childhood and primary school Teachers’ experiences and needs in working with trauma-impacted Children: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
Methods and Ethics in Qualitative Research Exploring Young Children’s Voice: A Systematic Review
Young children have rights; they are agents and active constructors of their social worlds. Despite well-established theoretical foundations, the ‘methods’ and ‘ethics’ of qualitative research to elicit young children’s voice require further exploration to ensure young children are central to our research endeavors. This systematic review examined studies that sought to capture young children’s (3–6 years) voice in Early Childhood Education and C…
Using Intervention Mapping to Develop a Workplace Digital Health Intervention for Preconception, Pregnant, and Postpartum Women: The Health in Planning, Pregnancy and Postpartum (HiPPP) Portal
Digital health interventions that specifically target working women across the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum (PPP) life stages may address the unique barriers to engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviours and self-care during this life phase. This paper describes the development of a workplace digital health intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and wellbeing for PPP women working at a community service organization in Australia. Int…
It's just the nature of the work’: Barriers and enablers to the health and well‐being of preconception, pregnant and postpartum working women in a community service organisation
Poor lifestyle practices, combined with excess weight gain and weight retention during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum periods can increase health risks for mothers and their children. Little is known about how workplaces impact the health and well-being of women of child-bearing age, particularly across work roles and settings. This qualitative descriptive study explored the enablers and barriers to the healthy lifestyle practices an…
Using a realist lens to understand the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification Response in the first year of implementation — Towards a better understanding of practice
It’s Embedded in What We Do for Every Child”: A Qualitative Exploration of Early Childhood Educators’ Perspectives on Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Learning
Early childhood educators play an important role in supporting children's social and emotional development. While a growing body of research has examined the impact of curriculum-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on child outcomes, the approaches educators use to strengthen children's social and emotional functioning through their everyday practices are less defined. This study explored Australian early childhood educators' persp…
Workplace Healthy Lifestyle Determinants and Wellbeing Needs across the Preconception and Pregnancy Periods: A Qualitative Study Informed by the COM-B Model
Overweight and obesity present health risks for mothers and their children. Reaching women during the key life stages of preconception and pregnancy in community settings, such as workplaces, is an ideal opportunity to enable health behavior change. We conducted five focus groups with 25 women aged between 25 and 62 years in order to investigate the determinants of healthy lifestyle behaviors, weight management, and wellbeing needs during the pre…
Theorising in the social care sector: Conceptualising theory development by frontline workers as they mobilise knowledge to improve outcomes
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how theories and practitioner-led theorising allow frontline workers to iteratively co-construct solutions that work in the real world. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the authors’ aim by proposing a social care theorising model Findings This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their…
Integrating Health and Educational Perspectives to Promote Preschoolers’ Social and Emotional Learning: Development of a Multi-Faceted Program Using an Intervention Mapping Approach
High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can strengthen the social and emotional skills that are crucial for children's ongoing development. With research highlighting an increasing prevalence of emotional and behavioural challenges in young children, there is emphasis on embedding teaching practices and pedagogies to support social and emotional skills within early learning programs. A growing body of research has examined the impa…
Maternal body dissatisfaction in pregnancy, postpartum and early parenting: An overlooked factor implicated in maternal and childhood obesity risk
Social and Emotional Learning Associated With Universal Curriculum-Based Interventions in Early Childhood Education and Care Centers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Importance: Social-emotional competence in early childhood influences long-term mental health and well-being. Interest in the potential to improve child health and educational outcomes through social and emotional learning (SEL) programs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings is increasing. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining the social, emotional, and early learning outcomes associated …
Theorising in the social care sector: Conceptualising theory development by frontline workers as they mobilise knowledge to improve outcomes
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how theories and practitioner-led theorising allow frontline workers to iteratively co-construct solutions that work in the real world. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the authors’ aim by proposing a social care theorising model Findings This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their…
Maternal body dissatisfaction in pregnancy, postpartum and early parenting: An overlooked factor implicated in maternal and childhood obesity risk
It's just the nature of the work’: Barriers and enablers to the health and well‐being of preconception, pregnant and postpartum working women in a community service organisation
Poor lifestyle practices, combined with excess weight gain and weight retention during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum periods can increase health risks for mothers and their children. Little is known about how workplaces impact the health and well-being of women of child-bearing age, particularly across work roles and settings. This qualitative descriptive study explored the enablers and barriers to the healthy lifestyle practices an…
Social and Emotional Learning Associated With Universal Curriculum-Based Interventions in Early Childhood Education and Care Centers: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Importance: Social-emotional competence in early childhood influences long-term mental health and well-being. Interest in the potential to improve child health and educational outcomes through social and emotional learning (SEL) programs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings is increasing. Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining the social, emotional, and early learning outcomes associated …
Integrating Health and Educational Perspectives to Promote Preschoolers’ Social and Emotional Learning: Development of a Multi-Faceted Program Using an Intervention Mapping Approach
High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can strengthen the social and emotional skills that are crucial for children's ongoing development. With research highlighting an increasing prevalence of emotional and behavioural challenges in young children, there is emphasis on embedding teaching practices and pedagogies to support social and emotional skills within early learning programs. A growing body of research has examined the impa…
Maternal body dissatisfaction in pregnancy, postpartum and early parenting: An overlooked factor implicated in maternal and childhood obesity risk
It’s Embedded in What We Do for Every Child”: A Qualitative Exploration of Early Childhood Educators’ Perspectives on Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Learning
Early childhood educators play an important role in supporting children's social and emotional development. While a growing body of research has examined the impact of curriculum-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on child outcomes, the approaches educators use to strengthen children's social and emotional functioning through their everyday practices are less defined. This study explored Australian early childhood educators' persp…
Workplace Healthy Lifestyle Determinants and Wellbeing Needs across the Preconception and Pregnancy Periods: A Qualitative Study Informed by the COM-B Model
Overweight and obesity present health risks for mothers and their children. Reaching women during the key life stages of preconception and pregnancy in community settings, such as workplaces, is an ideal opportunity to enable health behavior change. We conducted five focus groups with 25 women aged between 25 and 62 years in order to investigate the determinants of healthy lifestyle behaviors, weight management, and wellbeing needs during the pre…
Theorising in the social care sector: Conceptualising theory development by frontline workers as they mobilise knowledge to improve outcomes
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss how theories and practitioner-led theorising allow frontline workers to iteratively co-construct solutions that work in the real world. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the authors’ aim by proposing a social care theorising model Findings This study adopts a socio-ecological and epistemological lens when describing theorising and unpacks what this means when frontline workers adapt their…
Using Intervention Mapping to Develop a Workplace Digital Health Intervention for Preconception, Pregnant, and Postpartum Women: The Health in Planning, Pregnancy and Postpartum (HiPPP) Portal
Digital health interventions that specifically target working women across the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum (PPP) life stages may address the unique barriers to engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviours and self-care during this life phase. This paper describes the development of a workplace digital health intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and wellbeing for PPP women working at a community service organization in Australia. Int…
It's just the nature of the work’: Barriers and enablers to the health and well‐being of preconception, pregnant and postpartum working women in a community service organisation
Poor lifestyle practices, combined with excess weight gain and weight retention during the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum periods can increase health risks for mothers and their children. Little is known about how workplaces impact the health and well-being of women of child-bearing age, particularly across work roles and settings. This qualitative descriptive study explored the enablers and barriers to the healthy lifestyle practices an…
Using a realist lens to understand the Victorian Family Preservation and Reunification Response in the first year of implementation — Towards a better understanding of practice
Methods and Ethics in Qualitative Research Exploring Young Children’s Voice: A Systematic Review
Young children have rights; they are agents and active constructors of their social worlds. Despite well-established theoretical foundations, the ‘methods’ and ‘ethics’ of qualitative research to elicit young children’s voice require further exploration to ensure young children are central to our research endeavors. This systematic review examined studies that sought to capture young children’s (3–6 years) voice in Early Childhood Education and C…
Trauma-informed Interventions in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A Scoping Review
Trauma in early childhood is a significant public health concern. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services are uniquely positioned to buffer the negative impact of early childhood trauma on children. This scoping review synthesized studies evaluating trauma-informed interventions in ECEC settings through a systematic search of four relevant online databases (PsycINFO, Medline, ERIC, A+ Education). Fourteen studies met the inclusion crit…
Early childhood and primary school Teachers’ experiences and needs in working with trauma-impacted Children: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Australian Early Childhood Professionals
Amid ongoing workforce challenges in early childhood education, little is known about factors contributing to educator wellbeing, particularly in the context of supporting trauma-impacted children. This exploratory study aims to identify factors associated with compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue, as defined by burnout and secondary traumatic stress, among Australian early childhood educators. One hundred and thirty-five educators comp…
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Promote Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Childhood and Primary Education
Educational contexts play a critical role in identifying and responding to children impacted by trauma. However, with the multifaceted challenges experienced by teachers, this responsibility should not reside solely with them. This systematic scoping review examines the integration of cross-disciplinary collaboration in existing trauma-informed initiatives in early childhood and primary school settings. A systematic search of five online database…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Early childhood (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Political science (4 works)