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Gwynnyth Llewellyn

Gwynnyth Llewellyn

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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
8260
World Ranking
5736
National Ranking
334

Overview

Gwynnyth Llewellyn is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and medicine, with a particular focus on health and disability studies. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including health, general health professions, clinical psychology, demography, and epidemiology.

The main research themes in Gwynnyth Llewellyn's body of work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Chronic disease management strategies
  • Family and disability support research
  • Elder abuse and neglect
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges
  • Disability rights and representation

Among the recent papers are:

  • "Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross-sectional study" (2020, Disability and Health Journal)
  • "Improving health care for disabled people in COVID-19 and beyond: Lessons from Australia and England" (2020, Disability and Health Journal)
  • "The impact of disability on employment and financial security following the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the UK" (2020, Journal of Public Health)
  • "I had every right to be there: discriminatory acts towards young people with disabilities on public transport" (2020, Disability & Society)
  • "The wellbeing of working-age adults with and without disability in the UK: Associations with age, gender, ethnicity, partnership status, educational attainment and employment status" (2020, Disability and Health Journal)

Gwynnyth Llewellyn frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Disability and Health Journal
  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Llewellyn include:

  • Eric Emerson
  • Roger J. Stancliffe
  • Nicola Fortune
  • Anne Kavanagh
  • Zoe Aitken

The focus of Llewellyn's research addresses critical issues such as social isolation and wellbeing in disabled populations, the impact of disability on employment and financial security particularly in crisis contexts like the COVID-19 pandemic, and experiences of discrimination against young people with disabilities. Their work draws on interdisciplinary approaches combining social science and medical perspectives to explore health inequities and advocate for improved disability rights and healthcare services.

Best Publications

  • Loneliness, social support, social isolation and wellbeing among working age adults with and without disability: Cross sectional study.

    Eric Emerson;Eric Emerson;Nicola Fortune;Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Roger Stancliffe

  • Socio‐economic position, household composition, health status and indicators of the well‐being of mothers of children with and without intellectual disabilities

    E. Emerson;C. Hatton;G. Llewellyn;J. Blacker

  • Stereotypes, parents with intellectual disability and child protection

    David McConnell;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Review of Parent Training Interventions for Parents with Intellectual Disability

    Catherine Wade;Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Jan Matthews

  • The health of disabled people and the social determinants of health

    Eric Emerson;Ros Madden;Hilary Graham;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Mothers with learning difficulties and their support networks

    G Llewellyn;D McConnell

  • Prevalence and outcomes for parents with disabilities and their children in an Australian court sample.

    Gwynnyth Llewellyn;David McConnell;Luisa Ferronato

  • Promoting health and home safety for children of parents with intellectual disability: a randomized controlled trial

    Gwynnyth Llewellyn;David McConnell;Anne Honey;Rachel Mayes

  • Setting-based interventions to promote mental health at the university: a systematic review

    A. Fernandez;E. Howse;M. Rubio-Valera;K. Thorncraft

  • The mental health of young people with disabilities: impact of social conditions

    Anne Honey;Eric Emerson;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • The psychosocial impact on siblings of people with lifelong physical disability : a review of the literature

    Angela Dew;Susan Balandin;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Children of parents with intellectual disability: Facing poor outcomes or faring okay?

    Susan Collings;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Protection from harm: the experience of adults after therapy with prolonged-speech.

    Angela Cream;Mark Onslow;Ann Packman;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Women with intellectual disability at risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.

    D. McConnell;R. Mayes;G. Llewellyn

  • Prevalence and risk of violence against people with and without disabilities:findings from an Australian population-based study

    Lauren Krnjacki;Eric Broughton Emerson;Eric Broughton Emerson;Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Anne M. Kavanagh

  • To Feel Belonged: The Voices of Children and Youth with Disabilities on the Meaning of Wellbeing

    K.R. Foley;K.R. Foley;A.M. Blackmore;S. Girdler;S. Girdler;Melissa O'Donnell

  • Disability and Discrimination in Statutory Child Protection Proceedings

    David McConnell;Gwynnyth Llewellyn

  • Family factors influencing out-of-home placement decisions.

    Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Peter Dunn;Matthew Fante;Liz Turnbull

  • Lower well-being of young Australian adults with self-reported disability reflects their poorer living conditions rather than health issues

    Eric Emerson;Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Anne Honey;Maina Kariuki

  • Context‐contingent decision‐making in child protection practice

    David McConnell;Gwynnyth Llewellyn;Luisa Ferronato

  • The Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

    Gwynnyth Llewellyn

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Emerson
Eric Emerson Lancaster University
Roger J. Stancliffe
Roger J. Stancliffe University of Sydney
Chris Hatton
Chris Hatton Manchester Metropolitan University
Helen Leonard
Helen Leonard Telethon Kids Institute
Stewart L. Einfeld
Stewart L. Einfeld University of Sydney
Anita Bundy
Anita Bundy Colorado State University
Janet Robertson
Janet Robertson Lancaster University
Elias Mpofu
Elias Mpofu University of North Texas
Ann Packman
Ann Packman University of Technology Sydney
Maurice A. Feldman
Maurice A. Feldman Brock University

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