By Associate Professor Loren Brener

Journal articles

Brener L; Horwitz R; Cama E; Vu HMK; Jin D; WU KOE; Rance J; Broady T; Treloar C; Mao L; Okeke S; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding stigma and attitudes towards hepatitis B among university students in Australia of Chinese and Vietnamese background', BMC Public Health, 24, pp. 2801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20226-0

Brener L; Caruana T; Cama E; Gilford C; Crawford S; Capell-Hattam T; von Hippel C, 2024, 'Stigma by association among alcohol and other drug and harm reduction workers: Implications for workplace outcomes', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 2035 - 2044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13861

Horwitz R; Brener L; Prankumar SK; de Jesus T; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding cultural inclusion in alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia and assessing the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1798 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13883

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, 43, pp. 1071 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13806

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, 43, pp. 853 - 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13815

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

Brener L; Vu HMK; Horwitz R; Cama E; Martin K; Rance J; Okeke S; Bryant J, 2024, '‘People Like Us Would Have No Clue If the Information Is Online’: Exploring Understanding and Sources of Hepatitis B Information Among Vietnamese Australians', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-02055-4

Cama E; Brener L; Horwitz R; Broady TR; Khoi Vu HM; Jin D; Wu KOE; Treloar C, 2024, 'Factors associated with hepatitis B knowledge among people of Vietnamese ethnicity in Australia', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 29, pp. 1536 - 1547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2024.2350703

Vu M; Okeke S; Horwitz R; Cama E; Brener L; Tu T, 2024, 'WED-501 “I go as much and to as many doctors I can trust to not be stigmatised”: factors in the experience of hepatitis B that affect linkage to care and treatment', Journal of Hepatology, 80, pp. S689 - S689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(24)01965-2

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

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 and Social Care in the Community, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5901128

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

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