Prof Karen Block
Professorial Fellow, Comm Engag & Soci Health Res
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
140 Scholarly works
43 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
Journal article
The sexual abuse of adolescent boys in humanitarian emergencies: A qualitative study of how international humanitarian organisations are responding
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.1073272024
Journal article
Domestic and Family Violence Affecting Children and Young People from Culturally and Racially Marginalized Migrant Backgrounds in Australia: A Scoping Review of Child Experiences and Service Responses
DOI: 10.1177/152483802412653862023
Journal article
Working with interpreters in the family violence sector in Australia: “It's very hard to be in between”
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.1018712023
Research grants (other domestic)
Strengthening Service System Responses to Family Violence Affecting Children From Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds
2023
Journal article
Count Me In: a sports participation intervention promoting inclusion for young people from migrant backgrounds in Australia
DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2022.21198462020
Research Grant
Co-Designing, Implementing and Evaluating an Intervention to Tackle Racism and Islamophobia in Junior Sport.
2018
Research Contracts
ReCap - Recovery Capital Project
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2026
Journal article
Impacts of coercive control on children: Perceptions of mothers from culturally and/or racially minoritized migrant background in Australia
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.1090222026
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“I Will Experience This Trauma Over and Over Again”: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Forced Migration and Structural Violence
DOI: 10.1177/088626052513387852026
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Have We Been Measuring Migrant Wellbeing all Wrong? Conceptualizing Migrant Wellbeing: A Systematic Review
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-025-01773-z2026
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Hospital-based services for survivors of sexual violence in Ethiopia: who is missing out? A mixed-methods study.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-0222452026
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(Re)construction of Identity and resilience among Afghan and Hazara adolescents following forced migration
DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2025.25266652026
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The Need for an Interpersonal and Institutional Ethic of Care when Working Alongside Lived Experience Researchers: “For me there’s no lived, it’s always living”
DOI: 10.1177/160940692614179022026
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‘Still Stood Adamant and Strong to Chase My Dream’: Sense of Identity and Resilience among Hazara Youth following Childhood Experiences of Forced Migration
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2023.22906442026
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Women’s experiences of gendered harm and im/mobility associated with temporary labour migration in the Asia Pacific
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2026.2656262