E Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 69408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | SULLIVAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8718-2753 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exposure to Childhood Adversity and Intimate Partner Violence in a Sample of Incarcerated Women in Australia
Women who use violence represent one of the fastest growing groups within the Australian prisoner population, including Aboriginal women who are more likely to be incarcerated than non-Aboriginal women for violent crimes. Many incarcerated women report histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence. This exploratory study examines baseline data from a sample of 167 women in 3 Western Australia women’s prisons enro…
A Better Future Beyond the Walls
Increasing imprisonment rates globally and in Australia have led to more individuals trapped in the cycles of incarceration, reinforcing disadvantage and criminal behavior. Although programs exist to support individuals during their transition post prison, there is limited knowledge about these programs, warranting further research. We conducted a narrative analysis of the program components via a systematic literature search, identifying similar…
A rapid review of the evidence on models of service delivery for correctional centre-based mothers and children’s units
BACKGROUND: Incarcerated mothers are a marginalised group who experience substantial health and social disadvantage and routinely face disruption of family relationships, including loss of custody of their children. To support the parenting role, mothers and children's units (M&Cs) operate in 97 jurisdictions internationally with approximately 19 000 children reported to be residing with their mothers in custody-based settings. AIM: This rapid re…
Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-Covid conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC)
These data can help identify which groups are most affected by PCC, and what health differences among demographic groups exist, as well as indicate potential barriers to care. These additional levels of granularity can inform public health action and help direct needed clinical care for patients
The healthcare experiences of women with cardiac disease in pregnancy and postpartum
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac disease affects an estimated 1%-4% of all pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. There is a lack of data on the healthcare experiences of affected women to inform health service delivery and person-centred care. This study sought to explore and understand the healthcare experiences of women with cardiac disease in pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS: This qualitative study used semi-structured …
Understanding health and social service accessibility for young people with problematic substance use exiting prison in Australia
Incarcerated young people (aged 18-24) with a history of problematic substance use are a particularly vulnerable group, with a higher risk of mortality and return to custody compared to their older counterparts. Yet, there is limited research investigating service accessibility for this population. This study aimed to address this gap by investigating the characteristics of young people exiting prison on the 'Connections Program' (Connections) an…
Collections Space
To address storage challenges, the Smithsonian undertook a multi-year, highly collaborative, and Institution-wide planning initiative in 2010 to document, analyse, and plan for addressing current and projected collections space needs in a pragmatic, strategic and integrated manner. This case study provides an overview of the planning process, illustrates the innovative methodologies utilised in the initiative, and highlight outcomes which have ma…
The role of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in the information‐seeking pathway of vaccine‐hesitant parents in the Blue Mountains area, Australia
While immunisation rates were 94.63% for the whole Nepean Blue Mountains region of New South Wales in 2017, coverage for 1 year olds in the upper Blue Mountains was under 80%. There is a known relationship between vaccine-hesitant parents and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use; however, little is known about how CAM practitioners fit within the information-seeking pathway of parents. This exploratory study sought to address this kno…
Incarcerated Aboriginal women’s experiences of accessing healthcare and the limitations of the ‘equal treatment’ principle
Equal treatment' is an inappropriate strategy for providing equitable healthcare, which is required because incarcerated Aboriginal women experience significantly poorer health. Taking a decolonizing approach, we unpack and demonstrate the systems level changes needed to make health and justice agencies culturally relevant and safe.
Residential programmes for mothers and children in prison
Like the United Kingdom and New Zealand, all eight Australian jurisdictions have legal provisions for the full-time accommodation of young children with their mothers in prison. Whether and how these laws are enacted varies, and there are no national or international norms. This article integrates a review of policies, principles and operating models with findings from a qualitative study, to describe the current landscape in residential programm…
Holistic Conceptualizations of Health by Incarcerated Aboriginal Women in New South Wales, Australia
While there has been extensive research on the health and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) of Aboriginal women in prison, there are few qualitative studies where incarcerated Aboriginal women have been directly asked about their health, SEWB, and health care experiences. Using an Indigenous research methodology and SEWB framework, this article presents the findings of 43 interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal women in New South Wales, Aust…
Systematic review of qualitative evaluations of reentry programs addressing problematic drug use and mental health disorders amongst people transitioning from prison to communities
BACKGROUND: The paper presents a systematic review and metasynthesis of findings from qualitative evaluations of community reentry programs. The programs sought to engage recently released adult prison inmates with either problematic drug use or a mental health disorder. METHODS: Seven biomedical and social science databases, Cinahl, Pubmed, Scopus, Proquest, Medline, Sociological abstracts and Web of Science and publisher database Taylor and Fra…
Counting Dead Women in Australia
Informed Power
In the early American South, a region without a regular mail system or print culture prior to the 1730s, information exchange was not easy. Yet its inhabitants—Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans—created powerful channels of communication across colonial space. In Informed Power, Dubcovsky demonstrates how these largely face-to-face networks both facilitated and complicated the dissemination of news and the redistribution of power within an…
Violence in the Lives of Incarcerated Aboriginal Mothers in Western Australia
Drawing on in-depth interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers in Western Australia, we report on the women's use of violence in their relationships with others. Results reinforce that Aboriginal women are overwhelmingly victims of violence; however, many women report also using violence, primarily as a strategy to deal with their own high levels of victimization. The "normalization" of violence in their lives and …
Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Substance Abuse and Perinatal Outcomes
Consumption of alcohol, opioids or cannabinoids during peri-conception or pregnancy significantly increased the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes
Length of Stay for Mental and Behavioural Disorders Postpartum in Primiparous Mothers
MBD, especially unipolar depressions, adjustment disorders, acute psychotic episodes, and schizophrenia, or schizophrenia-like disorders during the first year after birth, placed a significant burden on hospital services due to long hospital stays and large number of admissions
Emotional catharsis and aggression revisited
The authors tested two components of the catharsis theory of aggression: physiological tension reduction and aggressive drive reduction. On the basis of work in the stress-aggression literature, they also examined the moderating effect of impersonal stress exposure on cathartic reductions in heart rate following aggressive responding. Participants were instructed to administer nonaggressive (correct button) or aggressive (shock button) responses …
Caesarean birth
Effectiveness of Postmigration Screening in Controlling Tuberculosis Among Refugees
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of postmigration screening for the control of tuberculosis (TB) among refugee migrants. Methods. We conducted a historical cohort study among 24 610 predominantly Southeast Asian refugees who had arrived in Sydney, Australia, between 1984 and 1994. All had been screened for TB before arrival and had radiologic follow-up for 18 months after arrival. Incident cases of TB were identified by record li…
Gallows humour in social work practice
This article suggests that the use of 'gallows' humour to deal with stress in social work is a common occurrence. By exploring possibly less obviously repugnant forms of behaviour than racism and sexism, such as the relating of an incident which casts a client in an unfavourable or comical light, the social psychological perspective employed here offers subtleties of understanding additional to those in the sociological arena related to racism. U…
Discrimination and ‘meta-discrimination’
This study looks at how social workers conceptualise discrimination through the way they talk or write about what discrimination means in practice. Two issues for social work emerging from this study are discussed. First, discrimination arising as a direct result of social work intervention is identified and described, introducing the notion of ‘meta-discrimination’. Secondly, the use of humour about service users, as a mechanism for dealing with…
Caesarean birth
Counting Dead Women in Australia
Gallows humour in social work practice
This article suggests that the use of 'gallows' humour to deal with stress in social work is a common occurrence. By exploring possibly less obviously repugnant forms of behaviour than racism and sexism, such as the relating of an incident which casts a client in an unfavourable or comical light, the social psychological perspective employed here offers subtleties of understanding additional to those in the sociological arena related to racism. U…
Holistic Conceptualizations of Health by Incarcerated Aboriginal Women in New South Wales, Australia
While there has been extensive research on the health and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) of Aboriginal women in prison, there are few qualitative studies where incarcerated Aboriginal women have been directly asked about their health, SEWB, and health care experiences. Using an Indigenous research methodology and SEWB framework, this article presents the findings of 43 interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal women in New South Wales, Aust…
Violence in the Lives of Incarcerated Aboriginal Mothers in Western Australia
Drawing on in-depth interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers in Western Australia, we report on the women's use of violence in their relationships with others. Results reinforce that Aboriginal women are overwhelmingly victims of violence; however, many women report also using violence, primarily as a strategy to deal with their own high levels of victimization. The "normalization" of violence in their lives and …
Residential programmes for mothers and children in prison
Like the United Kingdom and New Zealand, all eight Australian jurisdictions have legal provisions for the full-time accommodation of young children with their mothers in prison. Whether and how these laws are enacted varies, and there are no national or international norms. This article integrates a review of policies, principles and operating models with findings from a qualitative study, to describe the current landscape in residential programm…
Effectiveness of Postmigration Screening in Controlling Tuberculosis Among Refugees
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of postmigration screening for the control of tuberculosis (TB) among refugee migrants. Methods. We conducted a historical cohort study among 24 610 predominantly Southeast Asian refugees who had arrived in Sydney, Australia, between 1984 and 1994. All had been screened for TB before arrival and had radiologic follow-up for 18 months after arrival. Incident cases of TB were identified by record li…
Understanding health and social service accessibility for young people with problematic substance use exiting prison in Australia
Incarcerated young people (aged 18-24) with a history of problematic substance use are a particularly vulnerable group, with a higher risk of mortality and return to custody compared to their older counterparts. Yet, there is limited research investigating service accessibility for this population. This study aimed to address this gap by investigating the characteristics of young people exiting prison on the 'Connections Program' (Connections) an…
Discrimination and ‘meta-discrimination’
This study looks at how social workers conceptualise discrimination through the way they talk or write about what discrimination means in practice. Two issues for social work emerging from this study are discussed. First, discrimination arising as a direct result of social work intervention is identified and described, introducing the notion of ‘meta-discrimination’. Secondly, the use of humour about service users, as a mechanism for dealing with…
Discrimination and ‘meta-discrimination’
This study looks at how social workers conceptualise discrimination through the way they talk or write about what discrimination means in practice. Two issues for social work emerging from this study are discussed. First, discrimination arising as a direct result of social work intervention is identified and described, introducing the notion of ‘meta-discrimination’. Secondly, the use of humour about service users, as a mechanism for dealing with…
Gallows humour in social work practice
This article suggests that the use of 'gallows' humour to deal with stress in social work is a common occurrence. By exploring possibly less obviously repugnant forms of behaviour than racism and sexism, such as the relating of an incident which casts a client in an unfavourable or comical light, the social psychological perspective employed here offers subtleties of understanding additional to those in the sociological arena related to racism. U…
Effectiveness of Postmigration Screening in Controlling Tuberculosis Among Refugees
Objectives. This study assessed the effectiveness of postmigration screening for the control of tuberculosis (TB) among refugee migrants. Methods. We conducted a historical cohort study among 24 610 predominantly Southeast Asian refugees who had arrived in Sydney, Australia, between 1984 and 1994. All had been screened for TB before arrival and had radiologic follow-up for 18 months after arrival. Incident cases of TB were identified by record li…
Caesarean birth
Emotional catharsis and aggression revisited
The authors tested two components of the catharsis theory of aggression: physiological tension reduction and aggressive drive reduction. On the basis of work in the stress-aggression literature, they also examined the moderating effect of impersonal stress exposure on cathartic reductions in heart rate following aggressive responding. Participants were instructed to administer nonaggressive (correct button) or aggressive (shock button) responses …
Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Substance Abuse and Perinatal Outcomes
Consumption of alcohol, opioids or cannabinoids during peri-conception or pregnancy significantly increased the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes
Length of Stay for Mental and Behavioural Disorders Postpartum in Primiparous Mothers
MBD, especially unipolar depressions, adjustment disorders, acute psychotic episodes, and schizophrenia, or schizophrenia-like disorders during the first year after birth, placed a significant burden on hospital services due to long hospital stays and large number of admissions
Informed Power
In the early American South, a region without a regular mail system or print culture prior to the 1730s, information exchange was not easy. Yet its inhabitants—Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans—created powerful channels of communication across colonial space. In Informed Power, Dubcovsky demonstrates how these largely face-to-face networks both facilitated and complicated the dissemination of news and the redistribution of power within an…
Violence in the Lives of Incarcerated Aboriginal Mothers in Western Australia
Drawing on in-depth interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers in Western Australia, we report on the women's use of violence in their relationships with others. Results reinforce that Aboriginal women are overwhelmingly victims of violence; however, many women report also using violence, primarily as a strategy to deal with their own high levels of victimization. The "normalization" of violence in their lives and …
Systematic review of qualitative evaluations of reentry programs addressing problematic drug use and mental health disorders amongst people transitioning from prison to communities
BACKGROUND: The paper presents a systematic review and metasynthesis of findings from qualitative evaluations of community reentry programs. The programs sought to engage recently released adult prison inmates with either problematic drug use or a mental health disorder. METHODS: Seven biomedical and social science databases, Cinahl, Pubmed, Scopus, Proquest, Medline, Sociological abstracts and Web of Science and publisher database Taylor and Fra…
Counting Dead Women in Australia
Residential programmes for mothers and children in prison
Like the United Kingdom and New Zealand, all eight Australian jurisdictions have legal provisions for the full-time accommodation of young children with their mothers in prison. Whether and how these laws are enacted varies, and there are no national or international norms. This article integrates a review of policies, principles and operating models with findings from a qualitative study, to describe the current landscape in residential programm…
Holistic Conceptualizations of Health by Incarcerated Aboriginal Women in New South Wales, Australia
While there has been extensive research on the health and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) of Aboriginal women in prison, there are few qualitative studies where incarcerated Aboriginal women have been directly asked about their health, SEWB, and health care experiences. Using an Indigenous research methodology and SEWB framework, this article presents the findings of 43 interviews with incarcerated Aboriginal women in New South Wales, Aust…
Incarcerated Aboriginal women’s experiences of accessing healthcare and the limitations of the ‘equal treatment’ principle
Equal treatment' is an inappropriate strategy for providing equitable healthcare, which is required because incarcerated Aboriginal women experience significantly poorer health. Taking a decolonizing approach, we unpack and demonstrate the systems level changes needed to make health and justice agencies culturally relevant and safe.
Collections Space
To address storage challenges, the Smithsonian undertook a multi-year, highly collaborative, and Institution-wide planning initiative in 2010 to document, analyse, and plan for addressing current and projected collections space needs in a pragmatic, strategic and integrated manner. This case study provides an overview of the planning process, illustrates the innovative methodologies utilised in the initiative, and highlight outcomes which have ma…
The role of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in the information‐seeking pathway of vaccine‐hesitant parents in the Blue Mountains area, Australia
While immunisation rates were 94.63% for the whole Nepean Blue Mountains region of New South Wales in 2017, coverage for 1 year olds in the upper Blue Mountains was under 80%. There is a known relationship between vaccine-hesitant parents and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use; however, little is known about how CAM practitioners fit within the information-seeking pathway of parents. This exploratory study sought to address this kno…
The healthcare experiences of women with cardiac disease in pregnancy and postpartum
INTRODUCTION: Cardiac disease affects an estimated 1%-4% of all pregnancies and is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. There is a lack of data on the healthcare experiences of affected women to inform health service delivery and person-centred care. This study sought to explore and understand the healthcare experiences of women with cardiac disease in pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS: This qualitative study used semi-structured …
Understanding health and social service accessibility for young people with problematic substance use exiting prison in Australia
Incarcerated young people (aged 18-24) with a history of problematic substance use are a particularly vulnerable group, with a higher risk of mortality and return to custody compared to their older counterparts. Yet, there is limited research investigating service accessibility for this population. This study aimed to address this gap by investigating the characteristics of young people exiting prison on the 'Connections Program' (Connections) an…
A rapid review of the evidence on models of service delivery for correctional centre-based mothers and children’s units
BACKGROUND: Incarcerated mothers are a marginalised group who experience substantial health and social disadvantage and routinely face disruption of family relationships, including loss of custody of their children. To support the parenting role, mothers and children's units (M&Cs) operate in 97 jurisdictions internationally with approximately 19 000 children reported to be residing with their mothers in custody-based settings. AIM: This rapid re…
Tracking the burden, distribution, and impact of Post-Covid conditions in diverse populations for children, adolescents, and adults (Track PCC)
These data can help identify which groups are most affected by PCC, and what health differences among demographic groups exist, as well as indicate potential barriers to care. These additional levels of granularity can inform public health action and help direct needed clinical care for patients
Exposure to Childhood Adversity and Intimate Partner Violence in a Sample of Incarcerated Women in Australia
Women who use violence represent one of the fastest growing groups within the Australian prisoner population, including Aboriginal women who are more likely to be incarcerated than non-Aboriginal women for violent crimes. Many incarcerated women report histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence. This exploratory study examines baseline data from a sample of 167 women in 3 Western Australia women’s prisons enro…
A Better Future Beyond the Walls
Increasing imprisonment rates globally and in Australia have led to more individuals trapped in the cycles of incarceration, reinforcing disadvantage and criminal behavior. Although programs exist to support individuals during their transition post prison, there is limited knowledge about these programs, warranting further research. We conducted a narrative analysis of the program components via a systematic literature search, identifying similar…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Criminology (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 works)