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Kelsey Hegarty is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their scholarly work focuses primarily within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, contributing 167 and 79 publications respectively. This includes substantial involvement in subfields such as Health, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, and General Health Professions.

The main research topics addressed by Hegarty center on intimate partner and family violence, with 162 publications, as well as child abuse and trauma with 72 works. Additional areas of study include sexual assault and victimization studies, migration, health and trauma, homicide, infanticide and child abuse, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Hegarty has contributed to numerous papers, among which recent notable works are:

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on intimate partner violence and mental health: advancing mental health services, research, and policy (2022) - The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Health practitioners' readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis (2020) - PLoS ONE
  • Categories and health impacts of intimate partner violence in the World Health Organization multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence (2020) - International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence (2020) - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Women's experiences and expectations after disclosure of intimate partner abuse to a healthcare provider: A qualitative meta-synthesis (2020) - BMJ Open

The researcher has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • BMC Public Health
  • Journal of Gender-Based Violence
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Primary Care

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Hegarty's work, having coauthored extensively with colleagues such as Laura Tarzia, Cathy Humphreys, Jacqui Cameron, Stephanie Brown, and Jane Koziol-McLain. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications contributing to the fields of violence, health, and social sciences research.

Best Publications

  • The health-systems response to violence against women

    Claudia García-Moreno;Kelsey Hegarty;Ana Flavia Lucas d'Oliveira;Jane Koziol-McLain

  • Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings

    Lorna O'Doherty;Kelsey Hegarty;Jean Ramsay;Leslie L Davidson

  • Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well‐being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Carol Rivas;Jean Ramsay;Laura Sadowski;Leslie L Davidson

  • The composite abuse scale: further development and assessment of reliability and validity of a multidimensional partner abuse measure in clinical settings.

    Kelsey Hegarty;Robert Bush;Mary C. Sheehan

  • A Multidimensional Definition of Partner Abuse: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Composite Abuse Scale

    Kelsey Hegarty;Mary C. Sheehan;Cynthia C. Schonfeld

  • Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional survey.

    Kelsey Hegarty;Jane Gunn;Patty Chondros;Rhonda Small

  • Screening and counselling in the primary care setting for women who have experienced intimate partner violence (WEAVE): a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Kelsey Hegarty;Lorna Jane O'Doherty;Angela Taft;Patty Chondros

  • A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary care

    Jane Gunn;Justine Diggens;Kelsey Hegarty;Grant Blashki

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on intimate partner violence and mental health: advancing mental health services, research, and policy

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  • Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lorna J O'Doherty;Angela Taft;Kelsey Hegarty;Jean Ramsay

  • The Composite Abuse Scale: Further Development and Assessment of Reliability and Validity of a Multidimensional Partner Abuse Measure in Clinical Settings

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  • Development of a brief measure of intimate partner violence experiences: the Composite Abuse Scale (Revised)—Short Form (CASR-SF)

    Marilyn Ford-Gilboe;C Nadine Wathen;Colleen Varcoe;Harriet L MacMillan

  • Health practitioners' readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis

    Kelsey Hegarty;Kelsey Hegarty;Gemma McKibbin;Mohajer Hameed;Jane Koziol-McLain

  • Overcoming the barriers to disclosure and inquiry of partner abuse for women attending general practice

    Kelsey L. Hegarty;Angela J. Taft

  • 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 Partners

    Kelsey Hegarty;Lorna Jane O'Doherty;Patty Chondros;Jodie Louise Valpied

  • Categories and health impacts of intimate partner violence in the World Health Organization multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence.

    Lucy C Potter;Richard Morris;Kelsey Hegarty;Claudia García-Moreno

  • Guidelines for the Primary Care of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People: A Systematic Review

    Ruth P. McNair;Kelsey Hegarty

  • 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 care

    Angela J Taft;Rhonda Small;Kelsey L Hegarty;Lyndsey F Watson

  • Domestic violence in Australia: definition, prevalence and nature of presentation in clinical practice.

    Kelsey Hegarty;Ellzabeth D Hindmarsh;Marisa T Gilles

  • Using reflexivity to enhance in-depth interviewing skills for the clinician researcher

    Ruth McNair;Angela Taft;Kelsey Hegarty

  • Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth: a prospective pregnancy cohort study.

    H Woolhouse;D Gartland;K Hegarty;S Donath

  • Ethical and safe: Research with children about domestic violence

    Anita Morris;Kelsey Hegarty;Cathy Humphreys

  • Prevalence and associations of partner abuse in women attending general practice: a cross-sectional survey

    Kelsey L. Hegarty;Robert Bush

  • Resilience and depression : perspectives from primary care

    Christopher Dowrick;Renata Kokanovic;Kelsey Hegarty;Frances E. Griffiths

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Taft
Angela Taft La Trobe University
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Helen Herrman
Helen Herrman University of Melbourne
Frances Griffiths
Frances Griffiths University of Warwick
Rhonda Small
Rhonda Small La Trobe University
Ruth McNair
Ruth McNair University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray University College London
Lena Sanci
Lena Sanci University of Melbourne
Rebecca Giallo
Rebecca Giallo Deakin University
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University

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