By Professor Loren Brener

Journal articles

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, 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, 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

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

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, 2014, '“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, 59, pp. 373 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0466-1

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, 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

Brener L; Rose G; Von Hippel C; Wilson H, 2013, 'Implicit attitudes, emotions, and helping intentions of mental health workers toward their clients', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201, pp. 460 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e318294744a

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, 37, pp. 654 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH13134

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; 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

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