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k.hegarty@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Chair of Family Violence Prevention
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Education
PhD
The University of Queensland

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Bachelors Degree
The University of Queensland
ORCID

0000-0002-7532-5147

Prof Kelsey Hegarty

Chair of Family Violence Prevention
Department of General Practice and Primary Care

346 Scholarly works
89 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Casting the Net for What Matters: The ALIVE National Consortium for Equitable WellBeing and Mental Health Systems Transformation
  • 2022

    Journal article

    “Walking on Eggshells:” A Qualitative Study of How Friends of Young Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence Perceive Their Role
    DOI: 10.1177/0886260520969238
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Indigenous People’s Experiences and Expectations of Health Care Professionals When Accessing Care for Family Violence: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
    DOI: 10.1177/1524838020961879
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Health Professionals’ Experiences of Providing Trauma-Informed Care in Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Settings: A Scoping Review
    DOI: 10.1177/1524838020903064
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Narrating the self-in-relation: How friends’ responses to intimate partner violence shape young women’s identities.
    DOI: 10.1037/qup0000211
  • 2018

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Responding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Aspirations to Foster Self-Determination and Social and Emotional Wellbeing
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Centre for Research Excellence to Promote Safer Families: Tailoring Early Identification and Novel Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence
Kelsey Hegarty

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2024
The University of Melbourne
2015
Research Excellence Community Impact Award The University of Melbourne
2012
Distinguished Paper North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans
2012
Distinguished Paper Primary Health Care and General Practice Conference

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Pathways to Safety: A qualitative evaluation of an Australian domestic violence training program for primary care
    DOI: 10.1186/s12875-026-03297-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A culturally-safe primary care intervention for migrant/refugee women suffering domestic violence and abuse: HARMONY—a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
    DOI: 10.1186/s12916-026-04802-2
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Systematic Review on Psychometric Properties of Instruments Assessing Intimate Partner Violence in South Asian Countries.
    DOI: 10.1177/15248380261443482
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Development and Validation of the Psychological Abuse in Relationships Scale
    DOI: 10.1177/08862605251325912
  • 2026

    Journal article

    General practitioner survivors' experiences working with family violence survivors: A qualitative study.
    DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2026.0032
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Experiences of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women International Students in Australia
    DOI: 10.1177/10778012251323267
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Experiences and Perceptions of Risk Among Australian Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Engage in Sexual Strangulation
    DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03328-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    “I Knew I was Going to Die …”: The Experiences of Non-Consensual Strangulation Amongst Australian Men Who Have Sex with Men
    DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2026.2651436

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