Kelsey Hegarty is an academic general practitioner who holds the joint Chair in Family Violence Prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women's Hospital. She co chairs the Melbourne Research Alliance to End Violence against Women (MAEVe).
Her research includes the evidence base for interventions to prevent violence against women; educational and complex interventions around identification of domestic and family violence in primary care settings and early intervention with men, women and children exposed to abuse. Interventions are delivered through health care and through the use of new technologies.She has developed a measure of domestic violence the Composite Abuse Scale, validated multidimensional measure of partner abuse. It has been used extensively globally and is available in 10 languages. She has co-edited a book on Intimate partner abuse for health professionals and is on two Cochrane systematic reviews of screening and advocacy interventions for domestic violence. She led the development of Royal Australian College of General Practice White Book on Abuse and Violence and a GP learning module. She has developed an innovative domestic violence curriculum for health practitioners and she regularly teaches domestic violence and mental health issues to undergraduates and postgraduate medical and nursing practitioners. She provides regular expert advice to the World Health Organsiation. She is also Director of the Postgraduate Primary Care Nursing Course in the Department. She works in general practice 1 session per week.
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FEATURED Journal article
Intimate partner violence and maternal mental health ten years after a first birth: An Australian prospective cohort study of first-time mothers
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Project Types
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Research Grant
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Research Contracts
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Research Excellence Community Impact Award
Distinguished Paper
Distinguished Paper
Sir Benjamin F. Meaker Visiting Professorship
Norman Curry Award for Innovation and Excellence in Support of and Service to Teaching and Learning
Elsie Butler Wilkinson Prize in Child Health, and Carnation Company Prize in Child Health
FRACGP - Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Credentials
Positions
Chair Of Family Violence Prevention
General Practice
Racgp Abuse And Violence Special Interest Group
WONCA Steering Committee Special Interest Group on Family Violence
Member
AAAPC
Member
Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths, Dept. of Justice, Vic
Chair
Domestic Violence Resource Centre
Member
RACGP National Standing Committee on Research
Member
Domestic Violence Resource Centre management committee, Melbourne
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
The University of Queensland
Fellowship of RACGP
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
The University of Queensland