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Therapeutic Interventions and Practices

Health interventions that people want and need

The aim of this stream is to develop, apply and measure effective practices, techniques and technologies that support early intervention, prevention, optimise community participation and improve quality of life for people with disability. It includes evaluation and implementation of complex interventions related to biomedical and clinical therapeutic techniques, clinical assessment, screening practices and tools, psychosocial strategies, and family and group based programs.

New and adapted rehabilitation practices addressing clinical challenges, innovation and early intervention across of key populations: State wide Spinal Injury population, Statewide Brain Injury Population, Musculoskeletal health Persistent pain, Amputees, Early Childhood, Cardiac disability, Degenerative disability
Person-centered practice looks at respectful and dignified practices for all.

Research Stream Leaders:

Academic Lead: Clinical Lead:
Professor Michele Coppieters Kerrin Watters

Contact them at hopkinscentre@griffith.edu.au

Featured Projects

Singing Cords: Peer led group singing to enhance breathing, voice and wellbeing

Published 14th July 2017

Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP)

Published 28th June 2017

Effective pain management in everyday life: Developing a model of peer support for persistent pain

Published 20th July 2018
Evaluating the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary hypertonicity service to inform the development of a state-wide service model for management of hypertonicity post brain injury

Published 16th August 2018

Transforming a research idea to a research project and beyond: the impact of a masterclass on facilitating research participation among rehabilitation nurses

Published 23rd April 2018

HabITec Lab

Published 7th May 2019
Potential of smartphone apps to assist people with spinal cord injury

Published 24th April 2018

The feasibility of using mouthpiece ventilation post-extubation for acute tetraplegia in the Intensive Care Unit

Published 28th June 2017

Integrating an Evidence-Based Clinical Exercise Physiology Service Model into a Comprehensive Multiprofessional Rehabilitation Service for People with Brain Impairment: A Translation Approach

Published 31st July 2018
Person-centred care in a digital environment: An exploration of health professional use and experience of integrated electronic medical records (ieMRs) in spinal injury rehabilitation settings

Published 28th June 2017

Nerang Alliance

Published 7th March 2019

Compassion in rehabilitation nursing: A study of nurses’ perceptions and experiences of compassion in caring in the inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Published 28th June 2017
Understanding family workload and capacity following catastrophic injury

Published 29th June 2017

Validity testing of a new conceptual framework for rehabilitation, post spinal cord injury

Published 5th June 2017

Integrating an Evidence-Based Clinical Exercise Physiology Service Model into a Comprehensive Multiprofessional Rehabilitation Service for People with Brain Impairment: An Integrated Knowledge Transla

Published 24th April 2018
Optimising the delivery of persistent pain management to people with a refugee background in a multicultural context: A retrospective chart audit

Published 4th September 2017

HCQ Consumer Engagement Evaluation

Published 19th March 2019

Assault and Brain Injury (Aabi) Project

Published 1st July 2013
Profiles of Vocalisation Change in Children with Autism receiving Early Intervention

Published 17th July 2018

Impact of central obesity and body composition on energy needs and wound healing in people with spinal cord injury undergoing surgical repair of chronic pressure injuries

Published 17th May 2018

Back2Work Project

Published 30th August 2018
Creating an inpatient peer support group to enhance the psychosocial functioning of brain injured patients

Published 3rd June 2013

Understanding family workload following traumatic injury

Published 17th May 2018

Participation in life after traumatic spinal cord injury – an analysis of person perceived determinants and the implications for rehabilitation

Published 28th June 2017
Developing an evidence-based framework for vocational rehabilitation in early transitional brain injury service

Published 4th June 2018

Predictors of Self-Rated Health Post-Injury: Findings from claimants in Queensland

Published 17th July 2018

Featured Publications

Coordinated care: What does that really mean?

Published 20th May 2015

Person-centred care in a digital hospital: observations and perspectives from a specialist rehabilitation setting

Published 24th January 2019

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) monitoring and evaluation methods and tools: a literature review

Published 21st August 2013
Teaching culturally competent social work practice trhough black and white pedagogical partnerships

Published 20th May 2015

Music, Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Music for Health Equity and Social Justice.

Published 17th January 2019

Understanding adjustment following traumatic brain injury: Is the Goodness-of-Fit coping hypothesis useful?

Published 13th July 2008
Factors that influence the sustainability of structured allied health journal clubs: a qualitative study

Published 3rd January 2019

Art processes: a research tool for acquired brain injury and residential design

Published 8th August 2017

Distorted distance perception to reachable points in people with chronic shoulder pain

Published 7th May 2019
Effects of a formula with a probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis Supplement on the gut microbiota of low birth weight infants

Published 13th June 2019

‘Chemo brain’: Research findings indicate the need for caution

Published 26th May 2011

Can goal attainment scaling (GAS) accurately identify changes in social communication impairments following TBI?

Published 10th April 2019
Evaluation of a Template for Countering Misinformation—Real-world Autism Treatment Myth Debunking

Published 18th December 2018

Improving policy and practice responses for men sexually abused in childhood

Published 26th May 2012

Translating knowledge into practice and policy: The role of knowledge networks in primary health care.

Published 26th May 2010
Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Partnerships and Collaboration.

Published 20th May 2009

Positive airway pressure for sleep-disordered breathing in acute quadriplegia: a randomised controlled trial

Published 11th December 2018

Profiles of vocalization change in children with autism receiving early intervention

Published 7th March 2019
Choice of a suicide method: Trends and characteristics

Published 15th November 2017

Systematic review of the effectiveness, barriers and facilitators to general practitioner engagement with specialist secondary services in integrated palliative care

Published 14th February 2017

The importance of staying connected: Mediating and moderating effects of social group memberships on psychological well‐being after brain tumor

Published 21st May 2019
‘In this Day and Age’: Social Facts, Common Sense and Cognition in Tort Law Judging in the United Kingdom

Published 16th January 2018

Quadriceps Muscle Strength and Body Mass Index are Associated with Estimates of Physical Activity Postheart Transplantation

Published 17th October 2018

When guidelines need guidance: Considerations and strategies for improving the adoption of chronic disease evidence by general practitioners

Published 20th May 2015
The move towards community-based rehabilitation in industrialised countries: Are we equipped for the challenge?

Published 20th May 2015

The new Millennium Development Goals and Inclusive Development

Published 21st August 2012

The longitudinal experience of the transition to home following a mild stroke-a case study of a spousal dyad

Published 5th November 2018
General practitioner management of chronic diseases in adults with severe mental illness: a community intervention trial

Published 16th December 2016

Translating research to practice in prelinguistic communication

Published 6th May 2016

Core competencies of Community Rehabilitation

Published 26th May 2010
Protocol for a prospective longitudinal study investigating the participation and educational trajectories of Australian students with autism

Published 23rd January 2018

Compassion in rehabilitation nurses who provide direct patient care: principles to pragmatics.

Published 15th April 2019

Translating the Elements of Health Governance for Integrated Care from Theory to Practice: A Case Study Approach

Published 31st January 2018
Verbal learning and memory following stroke. Brain injury

Published 15th July 2014

Relational processing following stroke

Published 21st August 2013

An introduction to the knowledge-to-action strategic framework for disseminating evidence-based practice in autism spectrum disorder early intervention centers and its relevance to the National Disabi

Published 28th December 2018
Translating knowledge into practice and policy: The role of knowledge networks in primary health care.

Published 16th July 2010

Understanding Dysphagia Care in the Community Setting

Published 7th January 2019

Culturally appropriate methods for enhancing the participation of Aboriginal Australians in health-promoting programs

Published 15th September 2011
Are Hearing Voices Networks Compatible with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis?

Published 8th January 2017

Front-line worker perspectives on Indigenous youth suicide in Central Australia: initial treatment and response

Published 15th March 2016

The critical role of community-based micro-grants for disability aids and equipment: results from a needs analysis

Published 16th July 2015
NCDs in low and middle-income countries - assessing the capacity of health systems to respond to population needs

Published 1st August 2014

Perceived Evidence and Use of Autism Intervention Strategies in Early Intervention Providers

Published 20th February 2019

A study of whether individual and dyadic relations between spirituality and resilience contribute to psychological adjustment among individuals with spinal cord injuries and their family members

Published 6th May 2019
Intercultural communication challenges confronting female Sudanese former refugees in Australia

Published 26th May 2010

Experiences of Australian men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer: a qualitative study

Published 17th February 2018

Past, Present, and Future of eHealth and mHealth Research to Improve Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors

Published 1st March 2016
Are emergency department clinical pathway interventions adequately described, and are they delivered as intended? A systematic review

Published 27th September 2017

Pain Education for Adolescents and Young Adults Living Beyond Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Meeting Report

Published 31st May 2019

“What is the work of Recovery Oriented Practice? A systematic literature review”

Published 3rd May 2016
What is known about sexual health after pediatric acquired brain injury: A scoping review

Published 14th October 2017

Employee experience of workplace supervisor contact and support during long-term sickness absence

Published 17th December 2018

The Person-Environment Profile: Preliminary Development of a Clinical Tool for Enhancing Goal-Based Rehabilitation Programs

Published 17th October 2016
Understanding patient engagement in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs using the Model of Therapeutic Engagement

Published 24th January 2019

What does the term ‘survivor’ mean to individuals diagnosed with a haematological malignancy? Findings from Australia

Published 26th May 2012

Inspiring hope through social work practice

Published 23rd May 2017
Identity transition following traumatic brain injury: A dynamic process of contraction, expansion and tentative balance

Published 3rd July 2009

I'll Paint you a Picture and You'll Hear my Story: Broadening the Scope of Narrative Research for Arts-Based Service Learning

Published 1st August 2016

CJCheck Stage 1: development and testing of a checklist for reporting community juries–Delphi process and analysis of studies published in 1996–2015

Published 24th May 2018
Realizing person-centred care in residential care facilities for young adults with complex and chronic disabilities: the understanding, perception and beliefs of workers

Published 21st August 2013

Can Older Women Self-Select Walking Speeds Congruent With Optimal Health Outcomes?

Published 4th March 2019

Health Care Practice in Australia: Policy, Context and Innovations.

Published 16th January 2009
Automated e-Coaching System Architecture Framework for Promoting Physical Activity.

Published 18th October 2018

Extended release methylphenidate for treatment of amphetamine/ methamphetamine dependence: a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial

Published 21st August 2013

Environmental social work: A concept analysis

Published 22nd June 2016
SCIPA Full-On: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Intensive Whole-Body Exercise and Upper Body Exercise After Spinal Cord Injury

Published 7th May 2018

Do people with severe traumatic brain injury benefit from making errors? A randomized controlled trial of error-based and errorless learning

Published 15th November 2017

Reliability of the Client-Centeredness of Goal Setting (C–COGS) Scale in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Published 9th May 2016
Perspectives of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: participants’ knowledge and expectations of the scheme

Published 7th March 2018

You say treatment, I say hard work: treatment burden among people with chronic illness and their carers in Australia

Published 21st August 2013

Sentinel Events During the Transition From Hospital to Home: A Longitudinal Study of Women With Traumatic Brain Injury

Published 1st February 2016
Experiences of communication changes following spinal cord injury: a qualitative analysis

Published 29th January 2019

The effect of childhood sexual abuse on psychosexual functioning during adulthood

Published 26th May 2011

Practice-based chronic condition care coordination: challenges and opportunities

Published 26th May 2011
Generating mutual recovery in creative spaces.

Published 20th August 2018

Assessment of individual patient preferences to inform clinical practice

Published 8th June 2017

Mapping the experiences and needs of deep brain stimulation for people with Parkinson’s disease and their family members

Published 4th March 2019
Receptivity: An important factor impacting on supportive care provision

Published 21st August 2013

An Evaluation of Training General Practitioners to Screen and Manage Physical Comorbidity in Adults with Severe Mental Illness

Published 1st September 2016

Educational needs and workplace opportunities of allied health assistants: A qualitative pilot

Published 4th December 2018
The adoption of social media to recruit participants for the Cool Runnings randomized controlled trial in Australia

Published 24th October 2017

An unconventional path to greater social-communication skills and independence for an adolescent on the autism spectrum

Published 24th January 2019

Integrated services and early intervention in the vocational rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries.

Published 2nd February 2017
The impact on sexuality after diagnosis and treatment for a haematological malignancy: Findings from Australia

Published 21st August 2012

Low back pain: Can we mitigate the inadvertent psycho-behavioural harms of spinal imaging?

Published 24th September 2018

Exploring similarities and differences among the self-reported academic integrity of Australian occupational therapy domestic and international students.

Published 1st November 2018
Toolkit for success: The Griffith Health suite of online student support resources. A Practice Report

Published 19th July 2018

Men who were sexually abused in childhood and subsequent suicidal ideation: Community comparison, explanations and practice implications.

Published 20th May 2009

Primary Care Practice Improvement Tool (PC-PIT) process for organisational improvement in primary care: application by Australian Primary Health Networks

Published 1st March 2019
Nurses' perceived barriers to bedside handover and their implication for clinical practice

Published 31st July 2017

Community navigators’: Making a difference by promoting health in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Logan

Published 26th May 2011

Programs for men who perpetrate domestic violence: An examination of the issuesunderlying the effectiveness of intervention programs

Published 20th May 2015
Designing integrative learning on placement: A study of student experiences

Published 1st May 2018

Using Smart Socks to Detect Step-count at Slow Walking Speeds in Healthy Adults

Published 13th December 2018

Raising Awareness and Appreciation: Employee Perspectives on Disability Management in Swiss Companies

Published 6th May 2019
Exploring the lived experience of acquiring life skills with congenital total blindness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Published 13th June 2019

Reading assessment in children with autism spectrum disorder

Published 4th July 2016

Pre Transplant Quadriceps Strength is a Modifiable Predictor of Functional Outcomes Following Lung Transplantation

Published 15th March 2019
Utilising a Post-Placement Critical Assessment Task to Consolidate Interprofessional Learning

Published 26th February 2019

Design Principles in housing for people with complex physical and cognitive disability: towards an integrated framework for practice

Published 26th May 2016

Rethinking health planning: A framework for organising information to underpin collaborative health planning

Published 1st June 2010
The Adapted Physical Activity Program: A Theory-Driven, Evidence-Based Physical Activity Intervention for People with Brain Impairment.

Published 5th November 2018

Evaluation of the State-Wide Implementation of an Allied Health Workforce Redesign System: Utilisation of the Calderdale Framework.

Published 20th December 2018

Relational processing following stroke. Brain and cognition

Published 5th June 2013
The gender of damages and compensation

Published 9th April 2019

Exercise and sports science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise and spinal cord injury

Published 9th March 2016

The integration of social responsibility and sustainability in practice: Exploring attitudes and practices in Higher Education Institutions

Published 20th May 2019
The impact of Professional Boundaries for Health Professionals (PBHP) training on knowledge, comfort, experience, and ethical decision-making: a longitudinal randomized controlled trial

Published 14th October 2016

Thematic analysis of key factors associated with Indigenous and non-Indigenous suicide in the Northern Territory, Australia

Published 26th May 2012

Randomized trial of three strategies to promote physical activity in general practice

Published 13th August 2009
Health status after traumatic injury

Published 13th August 2012

A qualitative study of high level wellness, health and happiness

Published 4th December 2017

Clinical outcomes of an integrated primary–secondary model of care for individuals with complex type 2 diabetes: a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

Published 7th January 2019
Breaking free of the neoliberal paradigm: refocusing the lens for social work and the social work curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand (part II)

Published 21st May 2019

A capability framework to develop leadership for evidence-informed therapies in publicly-funded mental health services

Published 20th February 2017

And tell yourself, "This is not me, it's the drug": Coping with the psychological impact of corticosteroid treatments in hematology - Further results from a pilot study.

Published 20th May 2015
Beyond the rhetoric of participatory research in Indigenous communities: Advances in Australia over the last decade

Published 26th May 2011

What prevents doctors from seeking help for stress and burnout? A mixed-methods investigation among metropolitan and regional-based australian doctors

Published 15th November 2018

Quantification of biventricular strain and assessment of ventriculo–ventricular interaction in pulmonary arterial hypertension using exercise cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and myocardial featur

Published 24th October 2018
The Influence of Social Support and Social Integration Factors on Return to Work Outcomes for Individuals with Work-Related Injuries: A Systematic Review

Published 22nd January 2019

Young people’s safety beliefs after a spinal cord injury health promotion and awareness presentation

Published 25th September 2017

Fermented foods: fad or favourable addition to the diet?

Published 1st January 2019
Orthopaedic Podiatry Triage: Process outcomes of a skill mix initiative.

Published 21st August 2013

Making sense of self‐care practices at the intersection of severe mental illness and physical health—An Australian study

Published 18th December 2017

Making sense of change: patients’ views of diabetes and GP-led integrated diabetes care

Published 5th December 2014
Incorporating Demoralization into Social Work Practice

Published 31st January 2019

Validity of the Apple Watch® for monitoring push counts in people using manual wheelchairs

Published 27th February 2019

The Assessment of Social Problem-Solving Ability Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Published 2nd June 1997
The Chemo Club: Insights on facilitating participation in an exercise club for cancer patients

Published 21st August 2012

Perspectives of self‐direction: a systematic review of key areas contributing to service users’ engagement and choice‐making in self‐directed disability services and supports

Published 6th April 2018

The dishes can wait: A young mother's reflection post-PhD

Published 26th May 2012
Third-party disability in carers of people with dysphagia following non-surgical management for head and neck cancer

Published 18th May 2015

Corrigendum to Ventilation distribution and lung recruitment with speaking valve use in tracheostomised patient weaning from mechanical ventilation in intensive care

Published 20th September 2018

What constitutes back pain flare? A cross sectional survey of individuals with low back pain

Published 31st August 2017
Procedural care for adult bone marrow aspiration: Qualitative findings from Australia

Published 21st August 2013

Exploring scale validity and measurement invariance of the Toronto Mindfulness Scale across levels of meditation experience and proficiency.

Published 15th November 2018

Moral outrage: social workers in the Third Space

Published 11th March 2016
Relating exercise-induced desaturation and gas-exchange in pulmonary artery hypertension.

Published 23rd July 2018

Factors associated with graduated return to work following injury in a road traffic crash

Published 8th August 2018

Evaluating the effectiveness of PrepSTART for promoting oral language and emergent literacy skills in disadvantaged preparatory students

Published 19th September 2016
Experiences of adults with high-care needs and their family members with housing and support pathways in Australia

Published 23rd September 2016

Factors which facilitate or impede interpersonal interactions and relationships after spinal cord injury: a scoping review with suggestions for rehabilitation

Published 28th June 2017

Investigating changes in quality of life and function along the lifespan for people with spinal cord injury

Published 21st August 2012
How is this working for you? Early insights from a masterclass to advance frontline rehabilitation nursing research

Published 24th January 2019

Establishing a regional paediatric videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) clinic via telehealth to improve outcomes for children with oropharyngeal dysphagia

Published 24th January 2019

Understanding Dysphagia Care in the Community Setting

Published 7th January 2019
'We don't have anyone with dementia here': A case for better intersectoral collaboration

Published 26th May 2012

Quality circles for quality improvement in primary health care: Their origins, spread, effectiveness and lacunae– A scoping review

Published 17th December 2018

Can health partnerships re-orientate health care toward prevention?

Published 26th May 2011
Men who were sexually abused in childhood: Coping strategies and comparisons in psychological functioning

Published 20th May 2009

Navigating Ethical Challenges in Social Media: Social Work Student and Practitioner Perspectives

Published 1st March 2018

End-of-life care in hematology: Update from Australia

Published 21st August 2013
‘Listening to my body’ to ‘look after my body’: A theory of information use for self‐management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Published 26th May 2010

Spatially-defined motor deficits in people with unilateral complex regional pain syndrome

Published 14th July 2017

Preparing Social Work Graduates for Digital Practice: Ethical Pedagogies for Effective Learning

Published 11th December 2016

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