Haryana M Dhillon
Biographic Data
| ID | 8983502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Haryana M Dhillon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Haryana M |
| FAMILY NAME | Dhillon |
| SIGNATURE | DHILLON H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Engaging Men in Psychological Treatment
Tailoring psychological treatments to men’s specific needs has been a topic of concern for decades given evidence that many men are reticent to seek professional health care. However, existing literature providing clinical recommendations for engaging men in psychological treatments is diffuse. The aim of this scoping review was to provide a comprehensive summary of recommendations for how to engage men in psychological treatment. Four electronic…
Improving health literacy through adult basic education in Australia
Adults with low literacy are less empowered to take care of their health, have poorer health outcomes and higher healthcare costs. We facilitated partnerships between adult literacy teachers and community health providers to deliver a health literacy training program in adult basic education classrooms. Following course completion we interviewed 19 adult education teachers (15 delivering the health literacy program; 4 delivering standard literacy…
Qualitative insights into the experience of teaching shared decision making within adult education health literacy programmes for lower‐literacy learners
BACKGROUND: Enhancing health literacy can play a major role in improving healthcare and health across the globe. To build higher-order (communicative/critical) health literacy skills among socially disadvantaged Australians, we developed a novel shared decision making (SDM) training programme for adults with lower literacy. The programme was delivered by trained educators within an adult basic education health literacy course. OBJECTIVE: To explo…
Men In and Out of Treatment for Depression
ObjectiveWhile the prevalence of major depressive disorder continues to rise, many men are reticent to seek and sustain psychotherapy. The current study explored Australian men's experiences with treatment for depression with a view to guiding recommendations for improving treatment engagement.MethodTwenty men (23–64-years) who had received psychotherapy for depressive symptoms in the past 3-years took part in individual, semi‐structured intervie…
The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression
Men In and Out of Treatment for Depression
ObjectiveWhile the prevalence of major depressive disorder continues to rise, many men are reticent to seek and sustain psychotherapy. The current study explored Australian men's experiences with treatment for depression with a view to guiding recommendations for improving treatment engagement.MethodTwenty men (23–64-years) who had received psychotherapy for depressive symptoms in the past 3-years took part in individual, semi‐structured intervie…
The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression
Qualitative insights into the experience of teaching shared decision making within adult education health literacy programmes for lower‐literacy learners
BACKGROUND: Enhancing health literacy can play a major role in improving healthcare and health across the globe. To build higher-order (communicative/critical) health literacy skills among socially disadvantaged Australians, we developed a novel shared decision making (SDM) training programme for adults with lower literacy. The programme was delivered by trained educators within an adult basic education health literacy course. OBJECTIVE: To explo…
Men In and Out of Treatment for Depression
ObjectiveWhile the prevalence of major depressive disorder continues to rise, many men are reticent to seek and sustain psychotherapy. The current study explored Australian men's experiences with treatment for depression with a view to guiding recommendations for improving treatment engagement.MethodTwenty men (23–64-years) who had received psychotherapy for depressive symptoms in the past 3-years took part in individual, semi‐structured intervie…
Engaging Men in Psychological Treatment
Tailoring psychological treatments to men’s specific needs has been a topic of concern for decades given evidence that many men are reticent to seek professional health care. However, existing literature providing clinical recommendations for engaging men in psychological treatments is diffuse. The aim of this scoping review was to provide a comprehensive summary of recommendations for how to engage men in psychological treatment. Four electronic…
Improving health literacy through adult basic education in Australia
Adults with low literacy are less empowered to take care of their health, have poorer health outcomes and higher healthcare costs. We facilitated partnerships between adult literacy teachers and community health providers to deliver a health literacy training program in adult basic education classrooms. Following course completion we interviewed 19 adult education teachers (15 delivering the health literacy program; 4 delivering standard literacy…
Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Health literacy (2 works) · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works)