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Overview

Jayne Lucke is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and social sciences, emphasizing public health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, gender studies, and sociology and political science.

Their scholarly output includes a focus on topics such as reproductive health and contraception, global maternal and child health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, gender roles and identity studies, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, maternal and fetal healthcare, and maternal and perinatal health interventions.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Please Teach Students that Sex is a Healthy Part of Growing Up": Australian Students' Desires for Relationships and Sexuality Education (2020) - Sexuality Research and Social Policy
  • The significance and expectations of HIV cure research among people living with HIV in Australia (2020) - PLoS ONE
  • Understanding how the Australian vaccine-refusal movement perceives itself (2020) - Health & Social Care in the Community
  • 'It's kinda bad, honestly': Australian students' experiences of relationships and sexuality education (2020) - Health Education Research
  • Suicidal behaviours in the peripartum period: a systematic scoping review of data linkage studies (2021) - Archives of Women's Mental Health

Jayne Lucke frequently collaborates with several co-authors including Marion Haas, Angela Taft, Kirsten Black, Kevin McGeechan, and Danielle Mazza.

Their work has appeared most often in venues such as Sexuality Research and Social Policy and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, with additional publications in Health & Social Care in the Community, PLoS ONE, and Health Education Research.

Best Publications

  • Smart Drugs “As Common As Coffee”: Media Hype about Neuroenhancement

    Bradley J. Partridge;Stephanie K. Bell;Jayne C. Lucke;Sarah Yeates

  • Transitions into informal caregiving and out of paid employment of women in their 50s.

    Janneke Berecki-Gisolf;Jayne Lucke;Richard Hockey;Annette Dobson

  • Intersex: Stories and Statistics from Australia

    Tiffany Jones;Bonnie Hart;Morgan Carpenter;Gavi Ansara

  • Circulating interleukin‐6 concentration and cognitive decline in old age: the PROSPER study

    S. P. Mooijaart;N. Sattar;S. Trompet;J. Lucke

  • Continuation rates and reasons for removal among Implanon users accessing two family planning clinics in Queensland Australia.

    Caroline Harvey;Charrlotte Seib;Jayne Lucke

  • Recruiting Online: Lessons From a Longitudinal Survey of Contraception and Pregnancy Intentions of Young Australian Women

    Melissa L. Harris;Deborah Loxton;Britta Wigginton;Jayne C. Lucke

  • Depression: an emotional obstacle to seeking medical advice for infertility.

    Danielle L. Herbert;Jayne C. Lucke;Annette J. Dobson

  • How have the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants affected suicide mortality

    Wayne D. Hall;Jayne Lucke

  • How is acceptance of the brain disease model of addiction related to Australians' attitudes towards addicted individuals and treatments for addiction?

    Carla Meurk;Adrian Nicholas Carter;Bradley J Partridge;Jayne Lucke

  • Factors influencing women’s decisions to drink alcohol during pregnancy: findings of a qualitative study with implications for health communication

    Carla S Meurk;Alex Broom;Jon Adams;Wayne Hall

  • The prevalence and nature of the use of preconception services by women with chronic health conditions: an integrative review.

    Amie Steel;Amie Steel;Jayne Lucke;Jayne Lucke;Jon Adams

  • Food Addiction and Its Impact on Weight-Based Stigma and the Treatment of Obese Individuals in the U.S. and Australia

    Natalia M Lee;Wayne Dallas Hall;Jayne Lucke;Cynthia Forlini

  • Australian university students' attitudes towards the use of prescription stimulants as cognitive enhancers: perceived patterns of use, efficacy and safety

    Brad Partridge;Stephanie Bell;Jayne Lucke;Wayne Hall

  • Australian University Students’ Attitudes Towards the Acceptability and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals to Improve Academic Performance

    Stephanie Bell;Brad Partridge;Jayne Lucke;Wayne Hall

  • The enhancement use of neuropharmaceuticals: more scepticism and caution needed.

    Wayne D. Hall;Jayne C. Lucke

  • Public views on food addiction and obesity: implications for policy and treatment.

    Natalia M Lee;Jayne Lucke;Wayne Dallas Hall;Carla Meurk

  • Gender roles and sexual behavior among young women.

    Jayne C. Lucke

  • Unintended and unwanted pregnancy in Australia: a cross-sectional, national random telephone survey of prevalence and outcomes.

    Angela J Taft;Angela J Taft;Mridula Shankar;Kirsten I Black;Kirsten I Black;Danielle Mazza

  • How Do Previous Mental Health, Social Support, and Stressful Life Events Contribute to Postnatal Depression in a Representative Sample of Australian Women?

    Catherine Chojenta;Deborah Loxton;Jayne Lucke

  • The feminisation of contraceptive use: Australian women’s accounts of accessing contraception:

    Britta Wigginton;Melissa L. Harris;Deborah Loxton;Danielle Herbert

  • Infertility, medical advice and treatment with fertility hormones and/or in vitro fertilisation: a population perspective from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

    Danielle L. Herbert;Jayne C. Lucke;Annette J. Dobson

  • Psychosocial and demographic characteristics relating to vaccine attitudes in Australia.

    Tomas Rozbroj;Anthony Lyons;Jayne Lucke

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Loxton
Deborah Loxton University of Newcastle Australia
Angela Taft
Angela Taft La Trobe University
Graham Brown
Graham Brown University of Melbourne
William R. Leonard
William R. Leonard Northwestern University
Beverley Raphael
Beverley Raphael Australian National University
Marion Haas
Marion Haas University of Technology Sydney
Anthony Lyons
Anthony Lyons La Trobe University
Michael P. Dunne
Michael P. Dunne Queensland University of Technology
Eric Racine
Eric Racine McGill University
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University

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