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  • 1956 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lynn Kemp is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in psychology, health professions, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Kemp's research primarily addresses topics such as maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child abuse and trauma, family and disability support, infant development and preterm care, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, and family support in illness.

Frequent collaborators include Sharon Goldfeld, Rebekah Grace, Anna Price, Stacy Blythe, and Tracey Bruce. Their work has appeared predominantly in journals such as BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Public Health Nursing.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Clinical, financial and social impacts of COVID-19 and their associations with mental health for mothers and children experiencing adversity in Australia, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Nurse Home Visiting and Maternal Mental Health: 3-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial, 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Parent satisfaction with sustained home visiting care for mothers and children: an integrative review, 2022, BMC Health Services Research
  • Nurse home visiting to improve child and maternal outcomes: 5-year follow-up of an Australian randomised controlled trial, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Influential factor combinations leading to language outcomes following a home visiting intervention: A qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), 2020, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

Lynn Kemp's research focuses on sustained home visiting programs and their impact on child and maternal health outcomes. These studies analyze long-term effects on mental health and developmental progress, particularly in vulnerable populations facing adversity or trauma.

Their work intersects multiple disciplines and serves as a foundation for ongoing studies in public health interventions, clinical psychology, and child development. Kemp has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Best Publications

  • Mosaics, Triangles, and DNA Metaphors for Integrated Analysis in Mixed Methods Research

    Patricia Bazeley;L Kemp

  • Child and family outcomes of a long-term nurse home visitation programme: a randomised controlled trial

    Lynn A Kemp;Elizabeth Harris;Catherine M McMahon;Stephen Matthey;Stephen Matthey

  • The nature and impact of collaboration and integrated service delivery for pregnant women, children and families

    Virginia Schmied;Annie Mills;Sue Kruske;Lynn Kemp

  • Maternal mental health in Australia and New Zealand: A review of longitudinal studies

    Virginia Schmied;Maree Johnson;Norell Naidoo;Marie-Paule Austin;Marie-Paule Austin

  • Relationship of postnatal depressive symptoms to infant temperament, maternal expectations, social support and other potential risk factors: findings from a large Australian cross-sectional study.

    John G Eastwood;Bin B Jalaludin;Lynn A Kemp;Hai N Phung

  • Nurse Home Visiting for Families Experiencing Adversity: A Randomized Trial.

    Sharon Goldfeld;Sharon Goldfeld;Anna Price;Anna Price;Charlene Smith;Tracey Bruce

  • Using socioeconomic evidence in clinical practice guidelines

    Rosemary Aldrich;Lynn Kemp;Jenny Stewart Williams;Elizabeth Harris

  • An exploration of how clinician attitudes and beliefs influence the implementation of lifestyle risk factor management in primary healthcare: a grounded theory study

    Rachel A Laws;Lynn A Kemp;Mark F Harris;Gawaine Powell Davies

  • Prevalence and determinants of cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in the early postnatal period in Sydney, Australia.

    Felix A. Ogbo;John Eastwood;Andrew Page;Amit Arora

  • Realist explanatory theory building method for social epidemiology: a protocol for a mixed method multilevel study of neighbourhood context and postnatal depression

    John G Eastwood;Bin B Jalaludin;Lynn A Kemp

  • Uptake and implementation of Advance Care Planning in Australia: findings of key informant interviews.

    Joel J. Rhee;Nicholas A. Zwar;Lynn A. Kemp

  • Health impact assessment: a practical guide.

    Harris P;Harris-Roxas B;Harris E;Kemp L

  • “We wouldn’t of made friends if we didn’t come to Football United”: the impacts of a football program on young people’s peer, prosocial and cross-cultural relationships

    Sally Nathan;Lynn Kemp;Anne Bunde-Birouste;Julie MacKenzie

  • A systematic review of the prevalence of parental concerns measured by the Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) indicating developmental risk

    Susan Woolfenden;Susan Woolfenden;Valsamma Eapen;Katrina Williams;Andrew Hayen

  • Human health and wellbeing in environmental impact assessment in New South Wales, Australia: Auditing health impacts within environmental assessments of major projects

    Patrick J. Harris;Elizabeth Harris;Susan Thompson;Ben Harris-Roxas

  • Social cohesion through football: a quasi-experimental mixed methods design to evaluate a complex health promotion program

    Sally Nathan;Anne Bunde-Birouste;Clifton Evers;Lynn Kemp

  • Developing a critical realist informed framework to explain how the human rights and social determinants of health relationship works

    Fiona Haigh;Lynn Kemp;Patricia Bazeley;Neil Haigh

  • Changes in community nursing in Australia: 1995-2000.

    Lynn A. Kemp;Elizabeth Harris;Elizabeth J. Comino

  • Types and timing of breastfeeding support and its impact on mothers' behaviours

    Beth E Kervin;Lynn A Kemp;Lisa Jackson Pulver

  • Digging over that old ground: an Australian perspective of women's experience of psychosocial assessment and depression screening in pregnancy and following birth

    Mellanie Rollans;Virginia Schmied;Lynn Kemp;Tanya Meade

  • Implementing a national approach to universal child and family health services in Australia: professionals' views of the challenges and opportunities.

    Virginia Schmied;Caroline Homer;Cathrine Fowler;Kim Psaila

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Harris
Elizabeth Harris University of New South Wales
Sharon Goldfeld
Sharon Goldfeld University of Melbourne
Stephen Matthey
Stephen Matthey University of Sydney
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Katrina Williams
Katrina Williams University of Melbourne
Marie-Paule Austin
Marie-Paule Austin University of New South Wales
Fran Baum
Fran Baum University of Adelaide
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales
J. Proudfoot
J. Proudfoot Argonne National Laboratory
Catherine McMahon
Catherine McMahon Macquarie University

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