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Dr Alison Kennedy

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Medicine

Publications

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2023

Steering Straight: Adapting suicide risk safety planning as a prevention‐focused self‐management resource for the Australian farming community

Sonya Duke, Joanna Macdonald, Alison Kennedy

(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 471-483, Australian Journal of Rural Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Co-designing a peer-led model of delivering behavioural activation for people living with depression or low mood in Australian farming communities

A Kennedy, K Gunn, S Duke, M Jones, E Brown, K Barnes, J Macdonald, S Brumby, V Versace, R Gray

(2023), Vol. 31, pp. 556-568, Australian Journal of Rural Health, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Participant perspectives of an online co-design process to develop a prevention-focused mental health and well-being platform for primary producers

M Binder, H Beks, V Versace, J Macdonald, C Mckay, S Cunningham, G Wall, K Barnes, S Cornell, M Cock, A Kennedy, K Namara

(2022), Vol. 30, pp. 719-729, Australian Journal of Rural Health, C1

journal article

From co-design to co-production: Approaches, enablers, and constraints in developing a public health, capacity-building solution

C Cosgrave, A Kennedy, T Dietrich, K Gunn, J MacDonald, C McKay, S Cunningham, S Haren, J Lewis

(2022), Vol. 30, pp. 738-746, Australian Journal of Rural Health, Australia, C1

journal article

Utilizing the Delphi method to develop parent and child surveys to understand exposure to farming hazards and attitudes toward farm safety

J Adams, A Kennedy, J Cotton, S Brumby

(2022), Vol. 10, Frontiers in Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article
2021

Suicide and Accidental Death for Australia's Farming Families: How Context Influences Individual Response

A Kennedy, M Maple, K McKay, S Brumby

(2021), Vol. 83, pp. 407-425, Omega (United States), United States, C1

journal article

A comparison of farming- and non-farming-related suicides from the United States' National Violent Deaths Reporting System, 2003-2016

A Kennedy, J Cerel, A Kheibari, S Leske, J Watts

(2021), Vol. 51, pp. 504-514, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, England, C1

journal article

Translating co-design from face-to-face to online: An australian primary producer project conducted during covid-19

A Kennedy, C Cosgrave, J Macdonald, K Gunn, T Dietrich, S Brumby

(2021), Vol. 18, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Child farm-related injury in australia: A review of the literature

J Adams, A Kennedy, J Cotton, S Brumby

(2021), Vol. 18, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Rural suicide risk and physical ill health: A qualitative study of the Victorian Suicide Register, 2009-2015

A Kennedy, J Adams, J Dwyer, S Brumby

(2021), Vol. 29, pp. 927-938, Australian Journal of Rural Health, Australia, C1

journal article
2020

Suicide in rural Australia: Are farming-related suicides different?

A Kennedy, J Adams, J Dwyer, M Rahman, S Brumby

(2020), Vol. 17, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Does 20-min rounding reduce falls in an aged-care setting? A pilot intervention study

B Roberts, K Holloway-Kew, T Pretorius, S Hosking, A Kennedy, K Armstrong

(2020), Vol. 41, pp. 579-584, Geriatric Nursing, United States, C1

journal article

The ripple effect: A digital intervention to reduce suicide stigma among farming men

A Kennedy, S Brumby, V Versace, T Brumby-Rendell

(2020), Vol. 20, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article
2019

A pest to mental health? Exploring the link between exposure to agrichemicals in farmers and mental health

N Khan, A Kennedy, J Cotton, S Brumby

(2019), Vol. 16, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Development and evaluation of e-mental health interventions to reduce stigmatization of suicidality- A study protocol

M Dreier, J Ludwig, M Härter, O Von Dem Knesebeck, J Baumgardt, T Bock, J Dirmaier, A Kennedy, S Brumby, S Liebherz

(2019), Vol. 19, BMC Psychiatry, England, C1

journal article
2018

Online assessment of suicide stigma, literacy and effect in Australia's rural farming community

A Kennedy, S Brumby, V Versace, T Brumby-Rendell

(2018), Vol. 18, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article
2016

Research protocol for a digital intervention to reduce stigma among males with a personal experience of suicide in the Australian farming community

A Kennedy, V Versace, S Brumby

(2016), Vol. 16, BMC Public Health, England, C1

journal article
2015

Pulling people, places, pages and pathologies together through farm health

B Todd, S Brumby, A Kennedy

(2015), pp. 1-2, Proceedings of the 13th National Rural Health Conference : People, Places, Possibilities..., Darwin, Northern Territory, E1

conference
2014

Suicide and accidental death in Australia's rural farming communities: a review of the literature

A Kennedy, M Maple, K McKay, S Brumby

(2014), Rural and remote health, Australia, C1

journal article
2013

Training and experience of nurses in responding to alcohol misuse in rural communities

A Kennedy, D Mellor, M McCabe, L Ricciardelli, S Brumby, A Head, C Mercer-Grant

(2013), Vol. 30, pp. 332-342, Public health nursing, Hoboken, N. J., C1

journal article

Alcohol consumption, obesity, and psychological distress in farming communities - an Australian study

S Brumby, A Kennedy, A Chandrasekara

(2013), Vol. 29, pp. 311-319, Journal of rural health, Hoboken, N. J., C1

journal article

Evaluation of an alcohol intervention training program for nurses in rural Australia

D Mellor, M McCabe, L Ricciardelli, S Brumby, A Head, C Mercer-Grant, A Kennedy

(2013), Vol. 18, pp. 561-575, Journal of research in nursing, London, England, C1

journal article
2011

The Alcohol Intervention Training Program (AITP) : a response to alcohol misuse in the farming community

S Brumby, A Kennedy, D Mellor, M McCabe, L Ricciardelli, A Head, C Mercer-Grant

(2011), Vol. 11, pp. 1-6, BMC public health, London, C1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

A Whole of Community Systems Approach to Co-Designing and Implementing a Safe Spaces Model of Primary Healthcare for Sexuality Diverse Young People in Western Victoria

Dr Alison Kennedy, Dr James Lucas, Dr Amie O'Shea, Prof Susan Brumby, Mr Matt Dixon, Mrs Merrin Wake, Prof Suzanne Robinson, Prof Gary Rogers, A/Prof Andrew Giddy, Ms Holly Kercheval, Dr Joanna Macdonald

MRFF (NHMRC) - Models of care for Sexuality & Gender Diverse People & People with Innate Variations of Sex Characteristics

  • 2024: $529,189

Other Public Sector Funding

National Centre for Farmer Health research

Dr Alison Kennedy, Prof Gary Rogers, Prof Karen Dwyer, Dr Jacquie Cotton, Prof Susan Brumby

Western District Health Service

  • 2024: $202,702
  • 2023: $462,259
  • 2022: $263,096
  • 2021: $223,983
  • 2020: $119,514

Primary Producer Knowledge Network.

Dr Alison Kennedy, Prof Susan Brumby, Prof Vincent Versace, A/Prof Kevin Mc Namara

Victorian Workcover Authority (WorkSafe Vic) - Partnership

  • 2023: $75,000
  • 2022: $121,600
  • 2021: $143,200
  • 2020: $71,600

Research for National Centre for Farmer Health 2018-2020

Prof Karen Dwyer, Dr Alison Kennedy, Dr Jacquie Cotton, Prof Susan Brumby, Prof Gary Rogers

Western District Health Service

  • 2020: $668,421

Evaluation of Community Resilience and Rapid Review.

Dr Alison Kennedy, Prof Susan Brumby, Dr Jacquie Cotton

Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria

  • 2023: $325,955
  • 2022: $68,292
  • 2021: $158,708

Measuring the Culture of Safety on Farms Project.

Prof Susan Brumby, Dr Jacquie Cotton, Prof Vincent Versace, Dr Alison Kennedy

Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions

  • 2021: $147,722

Industry and Other Funding

The Ripple Effect - Reducing perceived stigma among farmers with a lived experience of suicide

Prof Susan Brumby, Dr Alison Kennedy

Beyondblue Grant - Research

  • 2017: $154,072
  • 2015: $154,734

Development and evaluation of e-mental health interventions to reduce stigmatization of suicidality.

Prof Susan Brumby, Dr Alison Kennedy

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)

  • 2020: $17,500
  • 2018: $30,653

Co-designing a peer-led approach to improve mental health in rural farming communities

Dr Alison Kennedy, Prof Susan Brumby, Prof Vincent Versace

Western Victoria Primary Health Network Limited

  • 2022: $17,968
  • 2021: $52,968
  • 2020: $75,000

"Resuming Employment after Stroke: Enhancement through Telecoordination" - RESET Rural Expansion

Dr Alyna Turner, Prof Olivia Dean, Dr Alison Kennedy, Dr Mohammadreza Mohebbi, A/Prof Lan Gao

Stroke Foundation Research Grant

  • 2021: $74,945

Drug and Alcohol Program Evaluation for Western Victoria Primary Health Network.

Prof John Toumbourou, Dr Elizabeth Clancy, Prof Peter Miller, Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Prof Cathy Mihalopoulos, Dr Alison Kennedy

Western Victoria Primary Health Network Limited

  • 2021: $118,513

Evaluation of Safety in Seafood - Saving lives through a culture of safety.

Dr Joanna Macdonald, Dr Alison Kennedy, Dr Jacquie Cotton, Dr Amity Dunstan

Seafood Industry Australia

  • 2024: $14,587
  • 2023: $21,763

Thankful4Farmers Literature Review - regenerative agriculture and farmer health and wellbeing.

Dr Alison Kennedy, Dr Jacquie Cotton, Dr Amity Dunstan

Thankful Foundation Australia Pty Ltd

  • 2024: $20,000
  • 2023: $24,900

Supervisions

Associate Supervisor
2024

Jessie Adams

Thesis entitled: Injury Risk and Safety Behaviours of Children on Victorian Farms

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine