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Social Sciences and Humanities
Australia
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 59 Citations 16,412 281 World Ranking 928 National Ranking 70

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social science
  • China
  • Social psychology

Her primary areas of investigation include Injury prevention, Occupational safety and health, Environmental health, Suicide prevention and Public health. Her Injury prevention research incorporates themes from Demography, Proportional hazards model, Pediatrics and Hazard ratio. Karen Hughes combines subjects such as Psychological intervention, Psychiatry and Health promotion with her study of Occupational safety and health.

Karen Hughes has researched Environmental health in several fields, including Nightlife, Ecstasy, Recreational drug use, Mental health and Harm. Karen Hughes has included themes like Cannabis, Neglect, Gerontology and Human factors and ergonomics in her Suicide prevention study. Her Public health study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cross-sectional study and Reproductive health.

Her most cited work include:

  • The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis (857 citations)
  • Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. (639 citations)
  • Effects of backpacking holidays in Australia on alcohol, tobacco and drug use of UK residents (430 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Karen Hughes mainly investigates Injury prevention, Suicide prevention, Public health, Occupational safety and health and Environmental health. The various areas that Karen Hughes examines in her Injury prevention study include Mental health and Demography. Her research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Human factors and ergonomics and Suicide prevention.

Her work is dedicated to discovering how Public health, Cross-sectional study are connected with Young adult and other disciplines. Her Occupational safety and health study combines topics in areas such as Psychological intervention and Medical emergency. Her study focuses on the intersection of Environmental health and fields such as Nightlife with connections in the field of Social psychology.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Injury prevention (20.27%)
  • Suicide prevention (20.27%)
  • Public health (18.56%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Occupational safety and health (19.59%)
  • Public health (18.56%)
  • Injury prevention (20.27%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Occupational safety and health, Public health, Injury prevention, Suicide prevention and Tourism. Occupational safety and health is frequently linked to Human factors and ergonomics in her study. The concepts of her Public health study are interwoven with issues in Neglect, Environmental health, Public relations, Public administration and Criminology.

The Environmental health study combines topics in areas such as Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Population health and Binge drinking. Her work deals with themes such as Mental health, Psychiatry, Mental illness and Demography, which intersect with Injury prevention. Her Suicide prevention research incorporates themes from Health economics, Epidemiology and Finance.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis (73 citations)
  • Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis (73 citations)
  • The evidence base for routine enquiry into adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review. (18 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • China
  • Social psychology

Karen Hughes mostly deals with Occupational safety and health, Mental health, MEDLINE, Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. Her Occupational safety and health study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention and Human factors and ergonomics. Her MEDLINE research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Response rate, Life course approach and Family medicine.

Her research integrates issues of Demography and Mental illness in her study of Injury prevention. Her research in CINAHL intersects with topics in Environmental health, Quality of life, Meta-analysis, Disease and Depression. Her studies deal with areas such as Psychiatry and Prison as well as Suicide attempt.

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Best Publications

The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Karen Hughes;Mark A Bellis;Katherine A Hardcastle;Dinesh Sethi.
The Lancet. Public health (2017)

2306 Citations

Prevalence and risk of violence against children with disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Lisa Jones;Mark A Bellis;Sara Wood;Karen Hughes.
The Lancet (2012)

769 Citations

Effects of backpacking holidays in Australia on alcohol, tobacco and drug use of UK residents

Mark A Bellis;Karen E Hughes;Paul Dillon;Jan Copeland.
BMC Public Health (2007)

660 Citations

Developing Procedures for Implementing Peer Assessment in Large Classes Using an Action Research Process

Roy Ballantyne;Karen Hughes;Aliisa Mylonas.
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (2002)

450 Citations

Tourists' support for conservation messages and sustainable management practices in wildlife tourism experiences

Roy Ballantyne;Jan Packer;Karen Hughes.
Tourism Management (2009)

414 Citations

Conservation learning in wildlife tourism settings: lessons from research in zoos and aquariums

Roy Ballantyne;Jan Packer;Karen Hughes;Lynn Dierking.
Environmental Education Research (2007)

405 Citations

Population-based interventions for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people

Roderick J McClure;Cathy Turner;Nancye Peel;Anneliese Barclay Spinks.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2005)

384 Citations

Adverse childhood experiences: retrospective study to determine their impact on adult health behaviours and health outcomes in a UK population.

Mark A. Bellis;Helen Lowey;Nicola Leckenby;Karen Hughes.
Journal of Public Health (2014)

348 Citations

Alcohol, nightlife and violence: the relative contributions of drinking before and during nights out to negative health and criminal justice outcomes

Karen Hughes;Zara Anderson;Michela Morleo;Mark A. Bellis.
Addiction (2008)

323 Citations

Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: a cross sectional study of young people in nine European cities.

Mark A Bellis;Karen Hughes;Amador Calafat;Montse Juan.
BMC Public Health (2008)

316 Citations

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