Menka Tsantefski
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1256000 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Menka Tsantefski |
| PRENOMES | Menka |
| SOBRENOME | Tsantefski |
| ASSINATURA | TSANTEFSKI M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4811-8369 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
“Alone in my head, I did my best not to feel anything”
The over-representation of males as survivors of institutional child sexual abuse is increasingly accepted in the research literature. Despite this, there is little in the research that considers the lived experience of male survivors. This study examines the experience of male survivors through their narratives that emerged from the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013–2017). A qualitative content …
Male Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Male child sexual abuse is over-represented in institutional settings. This realization has increasingly come into public focus in recent decades initially through lived experience, often with male survivors’ stories told in the media and subsequently through court cases and government inquiries. Beginning at the turn of the century with the Irish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (1999–2009), numerous national and state inquiries into insti…
Healthcare and legal systems responses to coercive control
This paper uses a drama-based method to illustrate the responses of healthcare and legal systems to women experiencing coercive control. This approach involved writing a play using the first-person narrative voice of a victim-survivor. We presented the play at the Stop Domestic Violence Conference (Gold Coast, Australia) in 2021. The central character, 'Kate', provided an embodied performance that enabled the conference participants to see, feel …
Differential Intervention Outcomes Among Fathers Who Commit Domestic and Family Violence
Background In Western contexts, the behavior of domestically violent men is largely addressed through legal sanctions and standardised men’s behavior change programs. When domestically violent fathers remain together or in contact with their families, safety is an ongoing concern. However, program evaluations have failed to provide clear evidence for their effectiveness in addressing family violence in relation to parenting status. Part of the pr…
Bearing Witness as a Process for Responding to Trauma Survivors
Bearing witness is a means for trauma survivors to give voice to lived experience. Bearing witness has been used in national and international commissions, inquiries, and tribunals to hear directly from survivors of abuse and trauma. This scoping review examines the documented research on the experience of survivors of trauma bearing witness. In 2021, six electronic data bases were searched—EBSCO, Informit, CINHAL, Clarivate, ProQuest, and Sage—a…
The social support systems of mothers with problematic substance use in their infant's first year
The infants of women with histories of problematic alcohol and other drug use are among the most vulnerable children known to statutory child protection services, which they enter at a younger age, and in which they remain longer. The net results include overwhelmed child protection systems and the birth of subsequent children conceived to ease women's grief at the loss their infants. Without adequate and appropriate support to the mother and her…
Worker Safety in High-risk Child Protection and Domestic Violence Cases
Purpose Few studies have investigated how high-risk domestic and family violence perpetrators threaten staff, how organizations support staff, and whether communities of practice improve service coordination and the safety of workers and the families they serve. The purpose of this article is to explore worker safety among practitioners involved in high-risk domestic and family violence and child protection cases. Methods Participatory action res…
Sustainable social networks for mothers in recovery
As a profession, social work is concerned with the person in the social context; yet, interventions typically involve formal service provision while the informal network is rarely a focal point. This well-established approach has implications across all fields of social work practice, but perhaps nowhere more so than in the alcohol and other drug treatment and child welfare sectors, as both support socially isolated individuals and families. This…
Kody, an all-of-family response to co-occurring substance use and domestic violence
An application for registration with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ( https://www.anzctr.org.au/ ) was lodged on 20 December 2021 (Request number: 383206)-prospectively registered
Beyond co‐occurrence
This paper reports an Australian project designed to simultaneously explore and capacity build professional practice when working at the intersection of parental mental health and/or problematic substance use and domestic violence (DV). Data from this paper are derived from two main sources: observations and ethnographic notes obtained during 28 Community of Practice (CoP) meetings and semi‐structured interviews with 28 CoP participants. Particip…
High-Risk Cases at the Intersection of Domestic/Family Violence and Child Protection
Invisible Practices
Data from this article are derived from responses to questionnaires provided by 232 frontline workers and team leaders from a range of organizations across four Australian states who participated in The Invisible Practices Project: Engaging With Fathers Who Use Violence. This project was designed to explore the practices of workers who see perpetrators of domestic violence outside the relative safety of group-work programs. Thematic analysis was …
Inclusivity in Interagency Responses to Domestic Violence and Child Protection
The integrated response model offers opportunities for agencies to unite to address domestic violence and its intersections with other elements of oppression including colonialism, racism, and heterosexism. This article explores the workings of a well-established integrated response in relation to minoritised populations. Thirty staff from member organisations of the integrated response participated in semi-structured interviews. Using qualitativ…
Interagency Working in Child Protection and Domestic Violence
Integrated responses to domestic violence bring together key related areas such as child protection. This study examined important learning from an established integrated response in Queensland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 members of the integrated response regarding the operation of the model. Progress was evident in the operation of the model, often harnessed by increased collaboration and trust. Challenges remained regard…
A space of safety
Owing to a shift in alcohol and other drug practice towards a more ecological understanding of the impact of problematic parental substance use, children who were previously forgotten by practitioners are increasingly being included in alcohol and other drug service provision. Occurring concurrently with these changes has been a boom in interest in non‐talk‐based therapies to enhance child well‐being. Examples of such therapeutic interventions in…
An open trial of equine-assisted therapy for children exposed to problematic parental substance use
Children exposed to problematic parental substance use (PPSU) often face a number of deleterious developmental outcomes, yet these children are less likely to become known to child protection and welfare services. Although there is a growing evidence base for equine-assisted therapy (EAT) as an effective treatment modality for atypically developing children and adolescents, scant research has explored the benefit of EAT for children exposed to PP…
Infant risk and safety in the context of maternal substance use
Identifying Children's Needs When Parents Access Drug Treatment
This study evaluated whether a brief screening measure of child psychosocial functioning completed by parents could assist drug and alcohol workers to identify which of their client's children needed follow-up support. As part of a broader research and intervention program for 4–13 year old children with substance dependent parents, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and a broader clinical assessment were completed with the famili…
Interagency Working in Child Protection and Domestic Violence
Integrated responses to domestic violence bring together key related areas such as child protection. This study examined important learning from an established integrated response in Queensland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 members of the integrated response regarding the operation of the model. Progress was evident in the operation of the model, often harnessed by increased collaboration and trust. Challenges remained regard…
Inclusivity in Interagency Responses to Domestic Violence and Child Protection
The integrated response model offers opportunities for agencies to unite to address domestic violence and its intersections with other elements of oppression including colonialism, racism, and heterosexism. This article explores the workings of a well-established integrated response in relation to minoritised populations. Thirty staff from member organisations of the integrated response participated in semi-structured interviews. Using qualitativ…
Invisible Practices
Data from this article are derived from responses to questionnaires provided by 232 frontline workers and team leaders from a range of organizations across four Australian states who participated in The Invisible Practices Project: Engaging With Fathers Who Use Violence. This project was designed to explore the practices of workers who see perpetrators of domestic violence outside the relative safety of group-work programs. Thematic analysis was …
High-Risk Cases at the Intersection of Domestic/Family Violence and Child Protection
Worker Safety in High-risk Child Protection and Domestic Violence Cases
Purpose Few studies have investigated how high-risk domestic and family violence perpetrators threaten staff, how organizations support staff, and whether communities of practice improve service coordination and the safety of workers and the families they serve. The purpose of this article is to explore worker safety among practitioners involved in high-risk domestic and family violence and child protection cases. Methods Participatory action res…
Beyond co‐occurrence
This paper reports an Australian project designed to simultaneously explore and capacity build professional practice when working at the intersection of parental mental health and/or problematic substance use and domestic violence (DV). Data from this paper are derived from two main sources: observations and ethnographic notes obtained during 28 Community of Practice (CoP) meetings and semi‐structured interviews with 28 CoP participants. Particip…
Healthcare and legal systems responses to coercive control
This paper uses a drama-based method to illustrate the responses of healthcare and legal systems to women experiencing coercive control. This approach involved writing a play using the first-person narrative voice of a victim-survivor. We presented the play at the Stop Domestic Violence Conference (Gold Coast, Australia) in 2021. The central character, 'Kate', provided an embodied performance that enabled the conference participants to see, feel …
A space of safety
Owing to a shift in alcohol and other drug practice towards a more ecological understanding of the impact of problematic parental substance use, children who were previously forgotten by practitioners are increasingly being included in alcohol and other drug service provision. Occurring concurrently with these changes has been a boom in interest in non‐talk‐based therapies to enhance child well‐being. Examples of such therapeutic interventions in…
Infant risk and safety in the context of maternal substance use
Identifying Children's Needs When Parents Access Drug Treatment
This study evaluated whether a brief screening measure of child psychosocial functioning completed by parents could assist drug and alcohol workers to identify which of their client's children needed follow-up support. As part of a broader research and intervention program for 4–13 year old children with substance dependent parents, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and a broader clinical assessment were completed with the famili…
Infant risk and safety in the context of maternal substance use
A space of safety
Owing to a shift in alcohol and other drug practice towards a more ecological understanding of the impact of problematic parental substance use, children who were previously forgotten by practitioners are increasingly being included in alcohol and other drug service provision. Occurring concurrently with these changes has been a boom in interest in non‐talk‐based therapies to enhance child well‐being. Examples of such therapeutic interventions in…
An open trial of equine-assisted therapy for children exposed to problematic parental substance use
Children exposed to problematic parental substance use (PPSU) often face a number of deleterious developmental outcomes, yet these children are less likely to become known to child protection and welfare services. Although there is a growing evidence base for equine-assisted therapy (EAT) as an effective treatment modality for atypically developing children and adolescents, scant research has explored the benefit of EAT for children exposed to PP…
Inclusivity in Interagency Responses to Domestic Violence and Child Protection
The integrated response model offers opportunities for agencies to unite to address domestic violence and its intersections with other elements of oppression including colonialism, racism, and heterosexism. This article explores the workings of a well-established integrated response in relation to minoritised populations. Thirty staff from member organisations of the integrated response participated in semi-structured interviews. Using qualitativ…
Interagency Working in Child Protection and Domestic Violence
Integrated responses to domestic violence bring together key related areas such as child protection. This study examined important learning from an established integrated response in Queensland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 members of the integrated response regarding the operation of the model. Progress was evident in the operation of the model, often harnessed by increased collaboration and trust. Challenges remained regard…
Invisible Practices
Data from this article are derived from responses to questionnaires provided by 232 frontline workers and team leaders from a range of organizations across four Australian states who participated in The Invisible Practices Project: Engaging With Fathers Who Use Violence. This project was designed to explore the practices of workers who see perpetrators of domestic violence outside the relative safety of group-work programs. Thematic analysis was …
Beyond co‐occurrence
This paper reports an Australian project designed to simultaneously explore and capacity build professional practice when working at the intersection of parental mental health and/or problematic substance use and domestic violence (DV). Data from this paper are derived from two main sources: observations and ethnographic notes obtained during 28 Community of Practice (CoP) meetings and semi‐structured interviews with 28 CoP participants. Particip…
High-Risk Cases at the Intersection of Domestic/Family Violence and Child Protection
Sustainable social networks for mothers in recovery
As a profession, social work is concerned with the person in the social context; yet, interventions typically involve formal service provision while the informal network is rarely a focal point. This well-established approach has implications across all fields of social work practice, but perhaps nowhere more so than in the alcohol and other drug treatment and child welfare sectors, as both support socially isolated individuals and families. This…
Kody, an all-of-family response to co-occurring substance use and domestic violence
An application for registration with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ( https://www.anzctr.org.au/ ) was lodged on 20 December 2021 (Request number: 383206)-prospectively registered
Bearing Witness as a Process for Responding to Trauma Survivors
Bearing witness is a means for trauma survivors to give voice to lived experience. Bearing witness has been used in national and international commissions, inquiries, and tribunals to hear directly from survivors of abuse and trauma. This scoping review examines the documented research on the experience of survivors of trauma bearing witness. In 2021, six electronic data bases were searched—EBSCO, Informit, CINHAL, Clarivate, ProQuest, and Sage—a…
The social support systems of mothers with problematic substance use in their infant's first year
The infants of women with histories of problematic alcohol and other drug use are among the most vulnerable children known to statutory child protection services, which they enter at a younger age, and in which they remain longer. The net results include overwhelmed child protection systems and the birth of subsequent children conceived to ease women's grief at the loss their infants. Without adequate and appropriate support to the mother and her…
Worker Safety in High-risk Child Protection and Domestic Violence Cases
Purpose Few studies have investigated how high-risk domestic and family violence perpetrators threaten staff, how organizations support staff, and whether communities of practice improve service coordination and the safety of workers and the families they serve. The purpose of this article is to explore worker safety among practitioners involved in high-risk domestic and family violence and child protection cases. Methods Participatory action res…
Healthcare and legal systems responses to coercive control
This paper uses a drama-based method to illustrate the responses of healthcare and legal systems to women experiencing coercive control. This approach involved writing a play using the first-person narrative voice of a victim-survivor. We presented the play at the Stop Domestic Violence Conference (Gold Coast, Australia) in 2021. The central character, 'Kate', provided an embodied performance that enabled the conference participants to see, feel …
Differential Intervention Outcomes Among Fathers Who Commit Domestic and Family Violence
Background In Western contexts, the behavior of domestically violent men is largely addressed through legal sanctions and standardised men’s behavior change programs. When domestically violent fathers remain together or in contact with their families, safety is an ongoing concern. However, program evaluations have failed to provide clear evidence for their effectiveness in addressing family violence in relation to parenting status. Part of the pr…
Male Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Male child sexual abuse is over-represented in institutional settings. This realization has increasingly come into public focus in recent decades initially through lived experience, often with male survivors’ stories told in the media and subsequently through court cases and government inquiries. Beginning at the turn of the century with the Irish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (1999–2009), numerous national and state inquiries into insti…
“Alone in my head, I did my best not to feel anything”
The over-representation of males as survivors of institutional child sexual abuse is increasingly accepted in the research literature. Despite this, there is little in the research that considers the lived experience of male survivors. This study examines the experience of male survivors through their narratives that emerged from the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013–2017). A qualitative content …
Medicine (13 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (10 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (9 obras) · Psychiatry (9 obras) · Domestic violence (8 obras) · Poison control (8 obras) · Public relations (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras)