By Associate Professor Loren Brener

Journal articles

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

Cama E; Brener L; Wilson H; von Hippel C, 2016, 'Internalized Stigma Among People Who Inject Drugs', Substance Use and Misuse, 51, pp. 1664 - 1668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1188951

Brener L; von Hippel C; Wilson H; Hopwood M, 2016, 'Health workers' support for hepatitis C treatment uptake among clients with a history of injecting.', Journal of Health Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105316642002

Brener L; Wilson H; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Treloar C, 2016, 'Experiences of diagnosis, care and treatment among Aboriginal people living with hepatitis C', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, pp. S59 - S64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12402

Treloar C; Jackson C; Gray R; Newland J; Wilson H; Saunders V; Johnson P; Brener L, 2016, 'Care and treatment of hepatitis C among Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: Implications for the implementation of new treatments', Ethnicity and Health, 21, pp. 39 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2015.1004870

Treloar C; Jackson LC; Gray R; Newland J; Wilson H; Saunders V; Johnson P; Brener L, 2016, 'Multiple stigmas, shame and historical trauma compound the experience of Aboriginal Australians living with hepatitis C', Health Sociology Review, 25, pp. 18 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2015.1126187

Wilson H; Brener L, 2016, 'Current Perspectives on Consumer Participation among Non Government Drug and Alcohol Service Staff in New South Wales', Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, 06, http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0711.1000400

Brener L; Wilson H; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Treloar C, 2015, 'The role of Aboriginal community attachment in promoting lifestyle changes after hepatitis C diagnosis', Health Psychology Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102915601581

Cama E; Brener L; Slavin S; De Wit J, 2015, 'The impact of HIV treatment-related stigma on uptake of antiretroviral therapy', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 27, pp. 739 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2014.998614

Wolff N; Von Hippel C; Brener L; Von Hippel W, 2015, 'Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, pp. 136 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0000004

Brener L; Horwitz R; Von Hippel C; Bryant J; Treloar C, 2015, 'Discrimination by health care workers versus discrimination by others: Countervailing forces on HCV treatment intentions', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 20, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2014.923103

Cama EJ; Wilson H; Mackenzie A; Brener L, 2015, 'Hepatitis C Stigma and Empowerment Through Positive Speaking in Sydney, Australia', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 25, pp. 418 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2222

Brener L; Murphy DA; Cama EJ; Ellard J, 2015, 'Hepatitis C risk factors, attitudes and knowledge among HIV-positive, HIV-negative and HIV-untested gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 411 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14239

Wolff N; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2015, 'Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs.', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20, pp. 148 - 153

Cama E; Brener L; Bryant J, 2014, 'Characteristics and attendance patterns of a fixed-site NSP and nearby SVM: The benefits of 24-hour access to sterile injecting equipment', Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 21, pp. 476 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.956051

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson C; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris M; Butow P; Newman C, 2014, 'Health literacy in relation to cancer: addressing the silence about and absence of cancer discussion among Aboriginal people, communities and health services', Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10, pp. 81 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajco.12303

Wilson H; Brener L; Mao L; Treloar C, 2014, 'Perceived discrimination and injecting risk among people who inject drugs attending Needle and Syringe Programmes in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 144, pp. 274 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.08.018

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L, 2014, 'A piece of the jigsaw of primary care: Health professional perceptions of an integrated care model of hepatitis C management in the community', Journal of Primary Health Care, 6, pp. 129 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc14129

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson C; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris M; Butow P; Newman C, 2013, 'Health literacy in relation to cancer: Addressing the silence about and absence of cancer discussion among Aboriginal people, communities and health services', Health and Social Care in the Community, 21, pp. 655 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12054

Brener L; Wilson H; Slavin S; De Wit J, 2013, 'The impact of living with HIV: Differences in experiences of stigma for heterosexual and homosexual people living with HIV in Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 316 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12170

Treloar C; Gray RM; Brener L; Jackson LC; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris MI; Butow PN; Newman CE, 2013, '"I can't do this, it's too much": Building social inclusion in cancer diagnosis and treatment experiences of Aboriginal people, their carers and health workers', International Journal of Public Health

Brener L; Callander D; Slavin S; de Wit J, 2013, 'Experiences of HIV stigma: the role of visible symptoms, HIV centrality and HIV-positive community attachment for people living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2012.752784

Brener L; Rose G; Von Hippel C; Wilson H, 2013, 'Implicit attitudes, emotions and helping intentions of mental health workers towards their clients', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Rose G; Cama E; Brener L; Treloar C, 2013, 'Knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use among mental health support workers of a community managed organisation', Australian Health Review

Brener L; Gray RM; Cama EJ; Treloar C, 2013, 'Makes you wanna do treatment: Benefits of a hepatitis C specialist clinic to clients in Christchurch, New Zealand', Health and Social Care in the Community, 21, pp. 216 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12009

Brener L; Rose G; Treloar C; Cama EJ; Whiticker M, 2013, 'Mental health support workers' attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use: Barriers to recovery?', Mental Health and Substance Use, Advance online publication, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17523281.2013.806951

Newman CE; Gray RM; Brener L; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Harris M; Butow PN; Treloar C, 2013, 'One size fits all? The discursive framing of cultural difference in health professional accounts of providing cancer care to Aboriginal people', Ethnicity and Health, 18, pp. 433 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2012.754408

Brener L; Ellard JM; Murphy DA; Callander D, 2013, 'Perceptions and deflections: Associations between attitudes towards people with hepatitis C and testing for hepatitis C among Australian gay and bisexual men', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 268 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12179

Brener L; von Hippel C; Horwitz R; Hamwood J, 2013, 'The impact of pluralistic ignorance on the provision of health care for people who inject drugs.', Journal of Health Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313510336

de Wit J; Brener L; Slavin S, 2012, 'Resilience as a mediator of the mental health impacts of HIV-related stigma', PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 27, pp. 32 - 32, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307232000075&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Brener L; Wilson H; Rose G; Mackenzie A; de Wit J, 2012, 'Challenging stereotypes and changing attitudes: improving quality of care for people with hepatitis C through Positive Speakers programs', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 18, pp. 242 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2012.701753

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C, 2012, 'Evaluation of an integrated care service facility for people living with hepatitis C in New Zealand', International Journal of Integrated Care, 12, http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/819/1924

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Von Hippel C, 2012, 'Exploring the relationship between implicit self-representation and drug use', Addiction Research and Theory, 20, pp. 133 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2011.580067

Resnick I; Brener L; Treloar C; Hull PB, 2012, 'Health worker attitudes towards peer workers in hepatitis C prevention', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 17, pp. 659 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2012.656660

Rose G; Beale I; Malone J; Higgin J; Whiticker M; Brener L, 2012, 'Problematic substance use in two mental health NGOs, and staff, client and general public attitudes towards problematic substance use amongst people with mental illness', Mental Health and Substance Use: Dual Diagnosis, 5, pp. 275 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17523281.2012.702518

Seear K; Gray RM; Fraser S; Treloar C; Bryant J; Brener L, 2012, 'Rethinking safety and fidelity: the role of love and intimacy in hepatitis C transmission and prevention', Health Sociology Review, 21, pp. 272 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/hesr.2012.1803

Hopwood MN; Brener L; Wilson H, 2012, 'Vaccine, transmission and treatment: an exploratory study of viral hepatitis knowledge among attendees at a metropolitan Australian university', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 19, pp. 346 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2012.675530

Von Hippel C; Brener L, 2011, 'Specificity of discrimination: Does it matter from whence it comes?', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, pp. 1029 - 1042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00851.x

Hopwood MN; Brener L; Frankland A; Treloar C, 2010, 'Assessing community support for harm reduction services: comparing two measures', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 385 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00151.x

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C; Sabri W; Moreton R; Sedrak A, 2010, 'Australian Egyptian community’s understanding of hepatitis C, their knowledge of virus transmission and treatment and attitudes towards people with hepatitis C', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 659 - 683

Hopwood MN; Bryant J; Brener L, 2010, 'Evolving knowledge and practice: hepatitis C and illicit drug use', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 543 - 547, https://www.federallegalpublications.com/contemporary-drug-problems/201106/cdp-2010-37-4-01-hopwood-editors%E2%80%99-introduction-evolving-knowledge-

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C; Sabri W; Moreton R; Sedrak A, 2010, 'Hepatitis C in an Australian migrant community: knowledge of and attitudes towards transmission and infection', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 659 - 683, http://www.federallegalpublications.com/contemporary-drug-problems/201012/cdp-2010-37-4-contemporary-drug-problems-vol-37-no-4-winter-2010

Bryant J; Brener L; Hull PB; Treloar C, 2010, 'Needle sharing in sexual relationships: serodiscordance and the gendered character of injecting', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107, pp. 182 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.10.007

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Von H; Treloar C, 2010, 'Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: utility of a mixed methods approach', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 491 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00173.x

Brener L; Spooner CJ; Treloar C, 2010, 'Preventing transitions to injecting amongst young people: What is the role of Needle and Syringe Programmes?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 160 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.03.003

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