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Introduction
I research in the social determinants of men's health & wellbeing and suicide prevention, and how sport, leisure and the arts contribute to wellbeing.
I am co-founder of Western Sydney University's Centre for Male Health, and Executive Board Member of Western Sydney University World Lesire Centre of Excellence.
My teaching has generally been in group work and I am Co-Chair of the Australia New Zealand Chapter of International Association for Social Work with Groups.
Skills and Expertise
Current institution
Education
May 1999 - May 2009
Western Sydney University
Field of study
- Sociology of Sport
January 1994 - November 1995
Western Sydney University
Field of study
- Public Health
January 1987 - November 1988
Publications
Publications (34)
Community services groupwork significantly changed throughout COVID-19 due to the use of online practice. Relationships Australia NSW (RANSW), a relationship and counselling service in NSW Australia, found that the same level of client feedback and outcomes were achieved using online groupwork as compared to in-person groupwork. Often the problems...
This chapter provides a discussion of the benefits and constraints to utilizing podcasts in research skill development and draws on empirical research conducted with social work students, as well as practice examples from the Social Work Discoveries podcast (www.swdiscoveries.com). Hyperlinks to episodes will be embedded throughout the chapter, alo...
OBJECTIVES
Developing the capacity of the health system, and the practitioners within it, to provide quality gender responsive care to men and boys remains critical to advancing men's health, and reducing health inequities amongst men. The aim for this study was to undertake a formative evaluation of Australian university health curricula for men's...
An evaluation of a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program in the manufacturing industry
A scoping evaluation of Stuart O'Neill's book 'Just One Reason'
This article explores the mental health lived experiences of fifty-five Australian National Rugby League (NRL) contracted top 30 players. It focuses on the risk and protective factors that impact on athletes’ experiences of mental health, patterns of help-seeking behavior, prevalence of self-reported mental illness,and an evaluation of common suppo...
The Building Young Men group mentoring program is a new and innovative youth intervention program located in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Funded and facilitated by a professional sporting organization, the program incorporates the practices of group work, youth work, and mentoring to support adolescent males in exploring safe and healthy...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training amongst the Nepalese community in Australia by exploring the impact on knowledge about mental health first aid, confidence and intentions to help, willingness to have contact and stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness. We hypothesiz...
The field placement is a milestone in every social work student’s journey towards degree completion. The experience influences career choices as students develop their professional identities and emerge as accredited practitioners in the broad and dynamic social work field. While there is a growing body of knowledge regarding field education and it...
The introduction of COVID-19 disrupted almost every facet of global societies, including institutions of higher education. With limited time to prepare for the emergent shift to virtual instruction, few educators had the time or emotional energy to invest in course redesign to meet established standards of quality online education. Strained by lack...
Report on a scoping study of 15-16 year old males of their perspectives on mental health and wellbeing
https://www.convictiongroup.org.au/research.html
Consultation report in aprtnership with Australia Nepal Public Link inc.
http://www.anpl.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Reflections-on-Chinta.-Nepalese-community-consultation-on-mental-health.pdf
There is considerable current policy debate and public discourse about the nature of health, wellbeing and sui-cide in boys and young men. Unfortunately, little of the discussion seems to be founded on established modelsof best practice for working with young males in this space. Further, arguments proffered, and decisions made regularly tend to om...
This paper reflects the collective experiences of fourteen internationally based social group work educators who met weekly and virtually for seven months during the transition to online teaching necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic. The meetings functioned as a mutual aid support group sponsored by the International Association of Social Work...
available from http://www.wscf.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WSCF_GamblingRelatedHarm_pages.pdf
Available from https://lifeinmindaustralia.imgix.net/assets/src/uploads/Final-Advice-Mens-Lived-Experiene-of-Suicide-and-its-Prevention.pdf
This article contends that the prevention of suicide, particularly in Australia, needs to be re-imagined, by expanding a medical/crisis response to take into account social factors that contribute to the incidence of suicide and suicidal ideation. The particular area of unemployment/underemployment provides one such example of the social determinan...
This poster explores concepts of discomfort and messiness in terms of what they mean for participants, facilitators and auspicing agencies of group work. Where 'tidy' theory does not prepare social workers for the 'messiness' of group work practice, this poster proposes a model for working with group processes that captures both linear and organic...
Introduction: Mental health services in Australia have faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic in adopting the new changes to reach service users. The rapid changes in the situation and surge in the number of people seeking help or in crisis have led services to use many strategies which they would not have considered in normal si...
Available from https://www.wesleymission.org.au/assets/Uploads/media/Suicide-prevention-Collaborating-with-older-people-in-independent-living-units.pdf
Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 20 (1), 185-203.
The Scoping Study reports on a range of issues related to international mentoring standards, the process of group work, the notion of ‘rites of passage’ and messages about manhood. It was found that a number of the recognised mentoring benchmarks were met by the program from the beginning (e.g. recruitment, screening & training for mentors; combina...
Available from http://researchdirect.uws.edu.au/islandora/object/uws%3A36147/datastream/PDF/view
Conferences provide excellent opportunities for academics, HDR students and social work practitioners to network, learn and contribute to the general body of knowledge, and establish or maintain credibility, yet there is little research about the possible opportunities conferences may provide to undergraduate students. This article introduces the n...
Australians have often been described as being obsessed with sport. Whether this is true may be uncertain, but it does raise sport’s role in how young males view themselves and their place in the world. Similar doubt exists about the cliché: ‘Sport builds character’, although it does allude to sport’s role in young males’ identity development. Curr...
"Sport builds character" is a phrase often heard throughout Australian society, but whether it really reflects what happens for young males through sport is debatable. This paper reports on doctoral research with young males. The stories of their sporting experiences provide rich insight into the ways that sport does, and does not, build resilience...
Hall, N., 2007, ‘Finding touch: young males, sport and civic engagement in Australia’, Scottish Youth Issues Journal, Issue No 9, Spring 2007.
‘Safety in Numbers.’ Young people’s perspectives on community safety in a suburban context, Scottish Youth Issues Journal, Issue No 8, Summer 2004.
