By Professor Loren Brener

Journal articles

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 C; 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

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Kippax SC; Preacher K, 2010, 'The role of physician and nurse attitudes in the health care of injecting drug users', Substance Use and Misuse, 45, pp. 1007 - 1018, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826081003659543

Brener L; Gray R; Treloar C, 2009, 'CAPACITY BUILDING WITH FRONT-LINE HEALTH WORKERS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: IMPACT IN A SENSITIVE AREA', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A5 - A5, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Brener L; Treloar C, 2009, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C-positive and negative clients: implications for hepatitis C treatment', Australian Health Review, 33, pp. 100 - 106

Brener L; Resnick I; Ellard JM; Treloar C; Bryant J, 2009, 'Exploring the role of consumer participation in drug treatment', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 172 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.06.016

Treloar C; Brener L; Butow P; Lewis CR; Adams M; Davis J; Price T; Moloney A; Blackwell A, 2009, 'Identifying the needs and quality of ilfe experiences of advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients and their carers', The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 10, pp. 23 - 28

Newman CE; Treloar C; Brener L; Ellard JM; O Connell DL; Butow PN; Supramaniam R, 2008, 'Aboriginal patterns of cancer care: A five-year study in New South Wales', Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 32, pp. 6 - 7, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=326182515869080;res=IELFSC

Von Hippel WH; Brener L; Von Hippel CD, 2008, 'Implicit prejudice toward injecting drug users predicts intentions to change jobs among drug and alcohol nurses', Psychological Science, 19, pp. 7 - 11

Brener L; Von Hippel WH, 2008, 'Measuring attitudes toward injecting drug users and people with hepatitis C', Substance Use and Misuse, 43, pp. 295 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826080701202627

Brener L; Von Hippel WH, 2008, 'Measuring attitudes towards injecting drug users and people with hepatitis C', Substance Use and Misuse, 43, pp. 295 - 302

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Kippax SC, 2007, 'Prejudice among health care workers toward injecting drug users with hepatitis C: Does greater contact lead to less prejudice?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 18, pp. 381 - 387

Fraser S; Hopwood MN; Treloar C; Brener L, 2004, 'Needle fictions: Medical constructions of needle fixation and the injecting drug user', Addiction Research and Theory, 12, pp. 67 - 76

Pauw I; Brener L, 2003, '`You are just whores - you can`t be raped.` Barriers to safer sex practices among women street workers in Cape Town.', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 5, pp. 465 - 481

Brener L; Vallino-Napoli L; Reid J; Reilly S, 2003, 'Accessing the evidence to treat the dysphagic patient: Can we get it?  Is there time?', Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 8, pp. 36 - 43

Brener L; Vallino-Napoli LD; Reid J; Reilly S, 2003, 'Accessing the evidence to treat the dysphagic patient: Can we get it? Is there time?', Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 8, pp. 36 - 43

Pauw, I. ; Brener L, 1998, 'Naming the dangers of working on the street', Agenda, 13, pp. 80 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.1997.9675673

Pauw I; Brener L, 1997, 'Naming the Dangers of Working on the Street', Agenda, pp. 80 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4066227

Conference Papers

Adu C; Treloar C; Brener L; Broady T, 2025, 'Intersectional Stigma Among Migrant Women from Sub-Saharan African Communities Living with HIV in Australia', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 159 - 159

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2025, 'The Impact of Sources of Stigma and Stigma Sensitivity on Healthcare Avoidance Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 161 - 161

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2025, 'The Impact of Sources of Stigma and Stigma Sensitivity on Healthcare Avoidance Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING

De Jesus T; Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Brener L, 2023, 'eDeveloping a culturally and linguistically diverse organisational audit tool for drug and alcohol treatment services: Evaluation findings and insights from culturally and linguistically diverse experts', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S63 - S64

Clifford B; Acheson LS; Brener L; Siefried KJ; Steele M; Matthews G; Ezard N, 2022, 'A qualitative exploration of client and healthcare provider perspectives on why people who inject drugs with injecting-related infections discharge against medical advice', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S43 - S44, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000862018700077&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Brener L; Resnick I; Ellard J; Treloar C; Bryant J, 2009, 'EXPLORING THE ROLE OF CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN DRUG TREATMENT', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, pp. A5 - A5, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270916300016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Brener L; Treloar C, 2008, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C positive and hepatitis C negative clients: implications for the roll out of hepatitis C treatment', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, pp. A339 - A339, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000264953600017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Posters

Caruana T; Brener L; 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 [Poster Presentation]', Portugal, presented at Lisbon Addictions: European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Portugal, 23 October 2024 - 25 October 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30547

Conference Presentations

Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady T; Bavinton B; Keen P; Costello J; Heslop A; Hammoud M; Wells N; Murphy D; Saliba B; Dowell-Day A; Varma R; Watson L; Delpech V; Prain B; Treloar C; On behalf of the NSW HIV PRISM Partnership , 2025, 'Untransmittable scepticism and stigma: understanding gay and bisexual men’s perspectives towards sexual partners living with HIV', presented at Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 15 September 2025 - 17 September 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31735

Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady T; Saliba B; Keen P; Prain B; Treloar C; On behalf of the NSW HIV PRISM Partnership , 2024, 'Stigma and patient work: The challenges of accessing healthcare and HIV services amongst young and geographically diverse gay and bisexual men in New South Wales', presented at Tackling Stigma Conference, Sydney, Australia, 21 November 2024 - 22 November 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30724

Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady T; Saliba B; Keen P; Treloar C; On behalf of the NSW HIV PRISM Partnership , 2024, 'Stigma and patient work: the challenges of accessing healthcare and HIV services amongst young and geographically diverse gay and bisexual men in New South Wales', presented at Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2024 - 18 October 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30536

Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady T; Treloar C, 2023, 'Experiences with healthcare and HIV-related stigma amongst gay and bisexual men in Greater Western Sydney', presented at NSW HIV PRISM Partnership Symposium on HIV Prevention in Greater Western Sydney, Sydney, 28 November 2023 - 28 November 2023

Broady T; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, 'The National Stigma Indicator Project: Key findings and lessons regarding people living with HCV and people who inject drugs', presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Adelaide, 13 August 2018 - 15 August 2018

Treloar C; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de wit J, 2016, 'Development of a national monitoring system of stigma among people living with HIV in Australia', presented at Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference (26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

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