Publications

Publications for Definition, prevalence and natural history of abuse and violence in primary care

Hegarty, K., Bush R., Sheehan, M., (2005) The Composite Abuse Scale: Further development and assessment of reliability and validity of a multidimensional partner abuse measure in two clinical settings. Violence and Victims 20, 5:529-547:

Hegarty, K., Bush R.  (2002) Prevalence of partner abuse in women attending Australian General Practice: A cross-sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 26 (5), 437-442.
Taft A, Hegarty K, Flood M. (2001) Are men and women equally violent? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25 (6), 498-500.

Hegarty, K., Taft, A. (2001) Overcoming the barriers to disclosure and inquiry of partner abuse for women attending general practice. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25 (5), 433-438.

Hegarty, K., Hindmarsh, E., Gilles, M. (2000) Domestic violence in Australia: Definition, prevalence and nature of presentation in clinical practice. Medical Journal of Australia, 173 (7), 363-367.

Hegarty, K., Sheehan, M., Schonfeld, C. (1999) Towards a multidimensional definition of partner abuse: Development and preliminary validation of the Composite Abuse Scale. Journal of Family Violence, 14(4), 399-415.
Hegarty, K., Roberts, G. (1998). How common is domestic violence against women? The definition of partner abuse in prevalence studies. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 22 (1), 55-60.

Wong WCW, Holyrod EA, Griffiths S, Chan EY. The double standards in “One Country Two Systems”: Socio-political implications on female migrant sex workers in Hong Kong. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2009. 8:13 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-8-13.

Wong WCW, Chen WQ, Tang CSK, Goggins WB, Leung PWS. Individual, Family and Community determinants of child maltreatment in China. Social Science & Medicine 2009. (Accepted for publication)

Wong WCW, Chen WQ, Tang CTK, Lee A, Ling DC. Prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment among high school students in Southern China: A large scale school based survey. Child Abuse & Neglect 2008. (Acepted for publications)

Leung PWS, Wong WCW, Chen WQ, Tang CSK. Prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment among high school students in Southern China: A large scale school based survey. BMC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008. 2:27doi:10.1186/1753-2000-2-27

Publications for Health consequences of abuse and violence

Hegarty K, Gunn J, Chondros P, Taft A Physical and social predictors of partner abuse in women attending general practice: A cross-sectional survey BJGP 2008,58, 552, 484-487(4)

Hegarty K., Gunn J, Chondros P, Small R (2004) Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional survey. British Medical Journal, 328:621-624. Senior author, Involvement in publication: 80%, C1.

Hegarty K. (2003) What are the health consequences of Child Sexual Abuse and Partner Abuse for women attending General Practice? Australian Family Physician, 32, 9:760. C3.

Publications for Screening and interventions for partner abuse in primary care

Hegarty, K, Taft, A, Feder, G. Working with the whole family when domestic violence is present: what do generalists need to know? BMJ 2008, 337, 346-351.

Hegarty, K, O’Doherty, L, Gunn, J, Pierce, D, Taft, A. A brief counseling intervention by health professionals utilising the ‘readiness to change’ concept for women experiencing intimate partner abuse: The weave project. Journal of Family Studies 2008, 14, 2-3, 376-388.

Taft AJ, Hegarty K, Ramsay J, Feder G, Carter YH, Davidson LL, Warburton A. Screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings. (Protocol) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD007007. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007007.

Hegarty K, Brown S, Gunn J, Forster D, Nagle C, Lumley J. Women’s views and outcomes of an educational intervention designed to enhance psychosocial support for women during pregnancy. Birth 2007, 34, 2, 155-163.

Gunn J, Hegarty K, Nagle C, Forster D, Brown S, Lumley J. Putting woman-centred care into practice: a new (ANEW) approach to psychosocial risk assessment during pregnancy. Birth, 2006:33(1);46-55.

Taft A, Hegarty K. (2002) "Safe health care system needs to be in place" BMJ; 325; 1417, 14th Dec. (letter).
Confronting partner violence in families: new international clinical consensus guidelines. Taft  A, Hegarty K, Feder G. MJA 2006; 185 (10): 535-536

Ramsay J, Feder, G, Rivas C, Carter Y, Davidson L, Hegarty K, Taft A, Warburton A. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Protocols 2005 Issue 1 John Wiley and sons, Ltd Chicester, UK

Partner Abuse Book Publications

Hegarty K. (2008) Domestic violence. Integrative Medicine, 2009, in press

Hegarty K. (2006) Definitional issues: What is intimate partner abuse and how common is it? In Roberts G, Hegarty K, Feder G, editors. Intimate partner abuse and health professionals. Elsevier, London, UK

Hegarty K, Feder G, Ramsay J. (2006) Identification of partner abuse in health care settings: Should health professionals be screening? In Roberts G, Hegarty K, Feder G, editors. Intimate partner abuse and health professionals. Elsevier, London, UK

Hegarty K, Feder G, G Roberts.(2006) Future Directions. In Roberts G, Hegarty K, Feder G, editors. Intimate partner abuse and health professionals Elsevier, London, UK

Miller D, Taft A, Hegarty K, (2005) Violence against women and girls. In Finn M, Bowyer L, Carr S, O’Connor V, Vollenhoven B (eds) Women’s Health: A Core Curriculum. Elsevier Australia.280-2.

Hegarty K. (2004) Abuse. In O’Connor V, Kovacs G (eds). A Textbook of Women’s Health. Cambridge University Press. 99-104.