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| K L HegartySummaryAffiliation: University of Melbourne Country: Australia Publications
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Identifying intimate partner violence when screening for health and lifestyle issues among women attending general practiceKelsey L Hegarty
The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
Aust J Prim Health 18:327-31. 2012..All health and lifestyle issues predicted fear of a partner. Primary care practitioners should be aware of this complex major public health issue especially when carrying out preventive health care...
Effect of type and severity of intimate partner violence on women's health and service use: findings from a primary care trial of women afraid of their partnersKelsey L Hegarty
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
J Interpers Violence 28:273-94. 2013..Health practitioners should take a history of type and severity of abuse for women with mental health issues to assist access to appropriate specialist support...- The relationship between abuse and depressionKelsey L Hegarty
Department of General Practice, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3068, Australia
Nurs Clin North Am 46:437-44, vi. 2011..Furthermore, depression often improves over time, when women manage to escape the abuse and violence in the relationship... - Intimate partner violence - identification and response in general practiceKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 40:852-6. 2011..Abused women frequently present with physical and psychosocial issues. Yet intimate partner violence often remains concealed and addressing it poses challenges for the clinician and patient alike... 
Embedding effective depression care: using theory for primary care organisational and systems changeJane M Gunn
Primary Care Research Unit, The Department of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Implement Sci 5:62. 2010..We set out to develop a conceptual framework to guide change and the implementation of best practice depression care in the primary care setting...- Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)--non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary careAngela J Taft
Associate Professor, Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:178. 2011.... - MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothersAngela J Taft
Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:159. 2009..This paper describes the development, design and implementation of a trial of mentor mother support set in primary care, including baseline characteristics of participating women... - Using reflexivity to enhance in-depth interviewing skills for the clinician researcherRuth McNair
The Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, 3053, Victoria, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:73. 2008..The PhD study used critical phenomenology through in-depth interviews to understand the experience of the patient-doctor relationship between same-sex attracted women and their usual GP in Australia... - A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary careJane Gunn
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 6:88. 2006..We undertook this study to identify and assess the quality of RCTs testing system level depression management interventions in primary care and to determine whether these interventions improve recovery... - The association between intimate partner violence, alcohol and depression in family practiceGail Gilchrist
Substance Use Disorders Research Group, Neuropsychopharmacology Programme, Institut Municipal d Investigació Mèdica Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
BMC Fam Pract 11:72. 2010..Depressive symptoms, intimate partner violence and hazardous drinking are common among patients attending general practice. Despite the high prevalence of these three problems; the relationship between them remains relatively unexplored... - Women's evaluation of abuse and violence care in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial (weave)Kelsey L Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:2. 2010..It examines the effect on women's quality of life, mental health and safety behaviours... - How could depression guidelines be made more relevant and applicable to primary care? A quantitative and qualitative review of national guidelinesKelsey Hegarty
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Br J Gen Pract 59:e149-56. 2009..Many guidelines have been developed in the area of depression but there has been no systematic assessment of their relevance to general practice... - Violence between intimate partners: working with the whole familyKelsey Hegarty
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
BMJ 337:a839. 2008 - Physical and social predictors of partner abuse in women attending general practice: a cross-sectional studyKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Br J Gen Pract 58:484-7. 2008..Currently there is insufficient evidence for screening all women but case finding of women at risk of intimate partner abuse is recommended... - Overcoming the barriers to disclosure and inquiry of partner abuse for women attending general practiceK L Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust N Z J Public Health 25:433-7. 2001..To determine the barriers to and rates of disclosure of partner abuse by women attending GPs... - Prevalence and associations of partner abuse in women attending general practice: a cross-sectional surveyKelsey L Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Carlton
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:437-42. 2002..To determine the prevalence and socio-demographic associations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by a partner or ex-partner for women attending Australian general practices... - The composite abuse scale: further development and assessment of reliability and validity of a multidimensional partner abuse measure in clinical settingsKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Violence Vict 20:529-47. 2005..These four factors exhibited good internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.85) and the corrected item-total correlations were high (> 0.5). Evidence of criterion and construct validity is presented... - Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional surveyKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
BMJ 328:621-4. 2004..To explore the association between depression and physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by partners or ex-partners of women attending general practice... - Women teaching women's health: issues in the establishment of a clinical teaching associate program for the well woman checkKathryn Robertson
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
Women Health 37:49-65. 2003..This paper describes the methods of recruitment and training of CTAs, use of CTAs in the medical course, preliminary evaluation, and ethical and other issues in the Melbourne and Queensland University programs... - The decision to enter general practiceChris Pearce
University of Melbourne
Aust Fam Physician 32:1013-5. 2003 - Guidelines for the primary care of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people: a systematic reviewRuth P McNair
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
Ann Fam Med 8:533-41. 2010.... - How do Victorian GPs manage patients with depression?Heather McGarry
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 34:603-6. 2005..Government initiatives are targeting general practitioners' provision of mental health care... - Diverse voices, simple desires: a conceptual design for primary care to respond to depression and related disordersVictoria Palmer
Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Fam Pract 27:447-58. 2010..Little information is provided about tasks GPs can undertake outside of guidelines that suggest to prescribe medication and refer to specialists... - How do Australian patients rate their general practitioner? A descriptive study using the General Practice Assessment QuestionnaireMaria Potiriadis
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 189:215-9. 2008..To report patient responses to the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire (GPAQ) as a measure of satisfaction with health care received from Australian general practitioners... - Putting woman-centered care into practice: a new (ANEW) approach to psychosocial risk assessment during pregnancyJane Gunn
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
Birth 33:46-55. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The program increased the self-reported comfort and competency of health professionals to identify and care for women with psychosocial issues... - Use of antidepressant medications in the general practice setting. A critical reviewKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 32:229-34, 236-7, 239 passim. 2003..However, in treating conditions other than depression, the efficacy of the antidepressant drug can be the primary issue of drug choice... - Women's views and outcomes of an educational intervention designed to enhance psychosocial support for women during pregnancyKelsey Hegarty
Department of General Practice, Murdoch Children s Research Institute, University of Melbourne, and Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth 34:155-63. 2007..This paper evaluates if a health professional education program, a new (ANEW) approach, improves pregnant women's ratings of care and practitioner's listening skills and comfort to disclose psychosocial issues... - Tackling partner violence in familiesAngela J Taft
Med J Aust 185:535-6. 2006..New guidelines extend opportunities for GPs to respond... - Who is identified when screening for depression is undertaken in general practice? Baseline findings from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) longitudinal studyJane M Gunn
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 188:S119-25. 2008..To report the baseline characteristics of the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) study cohort and discuss the implications for depression care in general practice...