By Associate Professor Loren Brener

Journal articles

Cama E; Brener L; Broady T; Horwitz R; Jin D; Khoi Vu HM; Wu KOE; Treloar C, 2024, 'Hepatitis B screening and knowledge among Chinese and Vietnamese students in Australia', PLoS ONE, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299224

Caruana T; Brener L; Calabrese SK; Cama E; Treloar C; Broady T, 2024, 'Differences in stigma reduction related to injection drug use between people expressing conservative, moderate and progressive values following an online intervention', Drug and Alcohol Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13815

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Harrod ME; Holly C; Caruana T; Beadman K; Treloar C, 2024, 'Experiences of stigma and subsequent reduced access to health care among women who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13806

Storer D; Lafferty L; Graham S; Murphy D; Rance J; Brener L; Seale H; Hammoud MA; Prestage G; Beadman M; Gardner K; Blaxland M; Bolt R; Caruana T; Philpot S; Rule J; Bryant J, 2023, 'Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines: Lessons from Selected Populations Who Experience Discrimination in the Australian Healthcare System', Health & Social Care in the Community, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5901128

Broady TR; Brener L; Horwitz R; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'Reducing stigma towards people living with HIV and people who inject drugs using social norms theory: An online study with Australian health care workers', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109953

Rance J; Bryant J; Caruana T; Brener L, 2023, 'Practising care in a pandemic: Accounting for everyday life during COVID-19 among people who inject drugs', Sociology of Health and Illness, 45, pp. 791 - 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13612

Broady TR; Brener L; Caruana T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'Factors associated with sharing equipment among people who inject drugs: The role of community attachment in harm reduction and health promotion', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 561 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13606

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'The impact of sources of stigma on health care avoidance among gay and bisexual men in Australia', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 35, pp. 663 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2057410

Treloar C; Cama E; Lancaster K; Brener L; Broady TR; Cogle A; O’Donnell D, 2022, 'A universal precautions approach to reducing stigma in health care: getting beyond HIV-specific stigma', Harm Reduction Journal, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00658-w

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2022, 'Moderating Effects of Socio-Demographic Factors in Associations Between Acculturation and Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviours: a Study of Australian Residents Born in Sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23, pp. 2195 - 2217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00930-1

Brener L; Horwitz R; Rance J; Caruana T; Bryant J, 2022, 'Health worker perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on harm reduction services for people who inject drugs', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. 2320 - 2329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13782

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Hepatitis B-related stigma among Chinese immigrants living with hepatitis B virus in Australia: A qualitative study', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e5602 - e5611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13986

Horwitz R; Brener L; Marshall AD; Caruana T; Newman CE, 2022, 'Optimising community health services in Australia for populations affected by stigmatised infections: What do service users want?', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e3686 - e3695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14037

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Trust in healthcare providers among Chinese immigrants living with hepatitis B virus in Australia: A qualitative study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 29, pp. 968 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13736

Bryant J; Horwitz R; Gray RM; Lafferty L; Jops P; Blunden H; Hudson S; Brener L, 2022, 'Improving access to drug and alcohol treatment in NSW Australia: The role of self-determination and peer support', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e2050 - e2057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13639

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G, 2022, 'Lived Experience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health Workers', Psychiatric Services, 73, pp. 999 - 1004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/APPI.PS.202100468

Brener L; Horwitz R; Rance J; Gray R; Poeder F; Bryant J, 2022, 'Establishing the impact of consumer participation in alcohol and other drug treatment settings in Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e1183 - e1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13525

Brener L; Caruana T; Broady T; Cama E; Ezard N; Madden A; Treloar C, 2022, 'Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, pp. 100398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100398

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Knowledge and beliefs about hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among Chinese migrants in Australia: The result of a quantitative study', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. 918 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13239

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2022, 'Comparing Australian health worker and student attitudes and concerns about providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, pp. 282 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.475

Jin D; Treloar C; Brener L, 2022, 'Hepatitis B virus related stigma among Chinese living in mainland China: a scoping review', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 27, pp. 1760 - 1773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.1944651

Djordjevic F; Ryan K; Gunn J; Brener L; O’Keefe D; Draper B; Schroeder S; Gold J; Treloar C; Broady T; Dietze P; Hellard M; Pedrana A, 2021, 'Health service utilization and experiences of stigma amongst people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28, pp. 1738 - 1743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13612

Cama E; Brener L; Broady T; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2021, 'Australian health and medical workers’ concerns around providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, pp. e431 - e439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13368

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G; Kjelsaas K; von Hippel W, 2021, 'No evidence that implicit identification with mental illness predicts recovery', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60, pp. 530 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12312

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Hopwood M; Byrne J; Treloar C, 2021, 'Positive effects of community attachment on internalised stigma and wellbeing among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103323

Broady TR; Brener L; Vuong T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2021, 'Online interventions to reduce stigma towards population groups affected by blood borne viruses in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103292

Lea T; Brener L; Lambert S; Whitlam G; Holt M, 2021, 'Treatment outcomes of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer alcohol and other drug counselling service in Australia: A retrospective analysis of client records', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1358 - 1368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13303

Brener L; Murphy DA; Cama E; Murray J; Fraser N; Ellard J, 2020, 'HCV knowledge, disclosure practices, and risk perceptions among gay and bisexual men who do and do not engage in group sex while using drugs', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 1258 - 1261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1757023

Broady TR; Brener L; Hopwood M; Cama E; Treloar C; Holt M, 2020, 'HIV stigma by association among Australian gay and bisexual men.', AIDS, 34 Suppl 1, pp. S53 - S62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002565

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Hopwood M; de Wit JBF; Treloar C, 2020, 'The role of social support in moderating the relationship between HIV centrality, internalised stigma and psychological distress for people living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 850 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1659914

Brener L; Murphy DA; Ellard J; Cama E; Fraser N; Murray J, 2020, 'Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men in the era of direct-acting antivirals: implications for treatment and prevention', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 551 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1615125

Broady TR; Brener L; Cama E; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2020, 'Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of the Australian population', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0232218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232218

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Determinants of post-migration changes in dietary and physical activity behaviours and implications for health promotion: Evidence from Australian residents of sub-Saharan African ancestry', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 30, pp. 62 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.233

Horwitz R; Brener L; Meissner F; Rothermund K; von Hippel W; von Hippel C, 2019, 'Identification with drug use among young adults who are at risk of transitioning to more serious use', Addictive Behaviors, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106072

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G; von Hippel W, 2019, 'Perceived inability to help is associated with client-related burnout and negative work outcomes among community mental health workers', Health and Social Care in the Community, 27, pp. 1507 - 1514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12821

Bryant J; Brener L; Pepolim L; Harrod ME, 2019, 'Care, agency and criminality: Making sense of authorised extended distribution in the accounts of key stakeholders', International Journal of Drug Policy, 71, pp. 56 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.06.008

Kjelsaas K; Mecklenburgh N; von Hippel C; Brener L, 2019, 'For Better or Worse: Facebook Use and Wellbeing Among Community Mental Health Care Clients', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 207, pp. 659 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001025

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2019, 'Predictors of health care workers’ support for discriminatory treatment and care of people who inject drugs', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 24, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2018.1546018

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Associations of post-migration dietary and physical activity behaviours with acculturation and social cognitive factors: A cross-sectional study of Australian residents born in sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of Ethnic Foods, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42779-019-0039-x

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Socio-cultural beliefs about an ideal body size and implications for risk of excess weight gain after immigration: a study of Australian residents of sub-Saharan African ancestry', Ethnicity and Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2019.1607261

Brener L; Bryant J; Cama E; Pepolin L; Harrod ME, 2018, 'Patterns of Peer Distribution of Injecting Equipment at an Authorized Distribution Site in Sydney, Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 53, pp. 2405 - 2412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1480039

Broady TR; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, 'Responding to a national policy need: development of a stigma indicator for bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 513 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12809

Brener L; Lea T; Rance J; Wilson H; Bryant J; Ezard N, 2018, 'Providing a model of health care service to stimulant users in Sydney', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 130 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1221061

Rose G; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel B, 2018, 'Attitudes of people working in mental health non-governmental organisations in Australia: A comparison with other mental health professionals', Health Psychology Open, 5, pp. 2055102918765413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102918765413

von Hippel C; Brener L; Horwitz R, 2018, 'Implicit and explicit internalized stigma: Relationship with risky behaviors, psychosocial functioning and healthcare access among people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors, 76, pp. 305 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.08.036

Wilson H; Brener L; Jackson LC; Saunders V; Johnson P; Treloar C, 2017, 'HCV knowledge among a sample of HCV positive Aboriginal Australians residing in New South Wales', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 22, pp. 625 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2016.1189582

Brener L; Cama E; Hull P; Treloar C, 2017, 'Evaluation of an online injecting drug use stigma intervention targeted at health providers in New South Wales, Australia', Health Psychology Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102917707180

Newman CE; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson LC; Dillon A; Saunders V; Johnson P; Treloar C, 2017, '“I Had a Little Bit of a Bloke Meltdown…But the Next Day, I Was Up”: Understanding Cancer Experiences Among Aboriginal Men', Cancer Nursing, 40, pp. E1 - E8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000399

Treloar C; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Dewit J; Madden A; Neale J, 2017, 'O11 Hepatitis C: stigma indicators and patient reported outcome measures for DAA treatment', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30894-3

Cama, E ; Brener L; Slavin, S ; de Wit J, 2017, 'The relationship between negative responses to HIV status disclosure and psycho-social outcomes among people living with HIV', Journal of Health Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105317722404

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