Amy Baker

Dr Amy Baker

Lecturer, Occupational Therapy

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Wellbeing, particularly: prevention of ill-health; health promotion; social determinants of health

Mental health and wellbeing of: emergency services personnel, veterans and their families; changemakers; people living in rural communities; people of migrant and refugee backgrounds

Participatory, co-design and creative approaches within research and community engagement initiatives; qualitative approaches; mixed methods research

Environmental issues, sustainability and wellbeing, especially: community gardens and nature-based environments; impacts of climate change for wellbeing; sustainable practices; planetary flourishing

Human flourishing and virtue ethics, including: the role of relationships and a sense of purpose for wellbeing

Year Citation
2025 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2025). "I know I can do anything I set my mind to now." From the Invictus Pathways Program to representing Australia competitively: a qualitative analysis of the perceptions and experiences of veterans and their family support networks about the impact of participation. Journal of Military Social Work and Behavioral Health Services, 13(1), 1-8.
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2024 Bowen, H., Hutchinson, C., Kernot, J., Baker, A., Posselt, M., & Boshoff, K. (2024). Social value of culturally informed art therapy for military and emergency services. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 29(4), 205-214.
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2024 Turner, I., McMullen Roach, S., Baker, A., & Murray, C. M. (2024). 'Why is it not bringing me meaning and purpose?' Former occupational therapists' narratives of leaving the profession. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 71(5), 771-785.
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2023 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2023). Process evaluation of the Invictus Pathways Program. Plos One, 18(11 November), 25 pages.
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2023 Post, D., Baker, A., Milanese, S., Freegard, S., & Parfitt, G. (2023). The physical, psychological, and social impacts of participation in the Invictus Pathways Program: A qualitative analysis of veterans’ perceptions and experiences. Plos One, 18(10 October), 20 pages.
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2023 Kingsley, J., Donati, K., Litt, J., Shimpo, N., Baker, A., & Byrne, J. (2023). Pandemic gardening: a narrative review, vignettes and implications for future research. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 87(128062), 1-10.
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2023 Kernot, J., Baker, A., Oster, C., Petrakis, M., & Dawson, S. (2023). Employment interventions to assist people who experience borderline personality disorder: a scoping review. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, vol. 69(8), 1845-1855.
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2022 Post, D., van Agteren, J., Kasai, D., Barrett, A., Doyle, M., Kernot, J., . . . Parfitt, G. (2022). Caring for carers: Understanding the physical and psychological well-being of carers of veterans in Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(3), 793-803.
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2022 Bowen Salter, H., Whitehorn, A., Pritchard, R., Kernot, J., Baker, A., Posselt, M., . . . Boshoff, K. (2022). Towards a description of the elements of art therapy practice for trauma: a systematic review. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 27(1), 3-16.
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2022 Post, D., Barrett, A., Baker, A., Kernot, J., & Parfitt, G. (2022). A qualitative exploration of the physical and psychological wellbeing of family carers of veterans in Australia. Plos One, 17(6 June), 21 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2022 Chidgey, K., Procter, N., Baker, A., & Grech, C. (2022). Suicide deaths following police contact: a review of coronial inquest findings. Death Studies, 46(3), 675-683.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2021 Levitt, O., Gilbert Hunt, S., Baker, A., & Boshoff, K. (2021). A narrative inquiry study of the impact of international placement experience on graduate occupational therapy practice. The Allied Health Scholar, 2(2), 1-21.
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2021 Hutchesson, H., Dollman, J., Baker, A., & Kernot, J. (2021). Barriers and enablers to implementing mental well‐being programs through Australian rural football clubs - a qualitative descriptive study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(2), 326-334.
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2021 Levitt, O., Gilbert Hunt, S., Murray, C., Baker, A., & Boshoff, K. (2021). International allied health student placements: a meta-synthesis. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 28(4), 251-263.
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2021 Bowen Salter, H., Kernot, J., Baker, A., Posselt, M., & Boshoff, K. (2021). Self-reported outcome measures for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder: towards recommendations for clinical practice. Australian Journal of Psychology, 73(3), 282-292.
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2021 Hodge, L., & Baker, A. (2021). Purification, punishment and control: eating disorders, self-harm and child sexual abuse. Qualitative Health Research, 31(11), 1963-1975.
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2020 Scanlan, J. N., Logan, A., Arblaster, K., Haracz, K., Fossey, E., Milbourn, B. T., . . . Wright, S. (2020). Mental health consumer involvement in occupational therapy education in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 67(1), 83-93.
DOI Scopus28 WoS27 Europe PMC19
2020 Young, J., Bowen Salter, H., O'Dwyer, L., Stevens, K., Nottle, C., & Baker, A. (2020). A qualitative analysis of pets as suicide protection for older people. Anthrazoos, 33(2), 191-205.
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2020 Posselt, M., Baker, A., Deans, C., & Procter, N. G. (2020). Fostering mental health and well-being among workers who support refugees and asylum seekers in the Australian context. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28(5), 1658-1670.
DOI Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC5
2020 Ferguson, M., McIntyre, H., Martinez, L., Eygenraam, J., Baker, A., & Procter, N. (2020). Development of an evidence-based evaluation toolkit for suicide prevention networks in regional Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28(2), 224-228.
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2019 Chidgey, K., Procter, N., Baker, A., & Grech, C. (2019). Police response to individuals displaying suicidal or self-harming behaviours: an integrative review. Health and social care in the community, 27(3), e112-e124.
DOI Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC6
2019 Hazelwood, T., Baker, A., Murray, C., & Stanley, M. (2019). New graduate occupational therapists' narratives of ethical tensions encountered in practice. Australian occupational therapy journal, 66(3), 283-291.
DOI Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC10
2019 Posselt, M., Deans, C., Baker, A., & Procter, N. (2019). Clinician wellbeing: the impact of supporting refugee and asylum seeker survivors of torture and trauma in the Australian context. Australian psychologist, 54(5), 415-426.
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2019 Ong, M., Baker, A., Aguilar, A., & Stanley, M. (2019). The meanings attributed to community gardening: a qualitative study. Health & place, 59, 1-9.
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2019 Hazelwood, T., Murray, C. M., Baker, A., & Stanley, M. J. (2019). Ethical tensions: a qualitative systematic review of new graduate perceptions. Nursing ethics, 26(3), 884-902.
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2016 Wiles, L., Murray, C., Baker, A., Berndt, A. H., & Boshoff, K. (2016). Ethics education in allied health: a systematic review of learning outcomes for entry-level students. Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(2-1), 13-24.
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2016 Baker, A. E. Z., Procter, N. G., & Ferguson, M. S. (2016). Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety: a narrative review. Health and social care in the community, 24(4), 386-398.
DOI Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC16
2016 Ferguson, M., Baker, A., Young, S., & Procter, N. (2016). Understanding suicide among Aboriginal communities. Australian nursing and midwifery journal, 23(8), 36.
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2015 Baker, A., & Procter, N. (2015). 'You just lose the people you know': relationship loss and mental illness. Archives of psychiatric nursing, 29(2), 96-101.
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2014 Crawford, G., Robinson, J., Baker, A., & Crail, S. (2014). End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Survey of Recent Research to Support a Palliative Approach. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 31(3), 331-337.
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2014 Baker, A. E. Z., & Procter, N. G. (2014). Losses related to everyday occupations for adults affected by mental illness. Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy, 21(4), 287-294.
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2013 Baker, A. E. Z., & Procter, N. G. (2013). A qualitative inquiry into consumer beliefs about the causes of mental illness. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 20(5), 442-447.
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2010 Lane, A., Young, R., Baker, A. E. Z., & Angley, M. T. (2010). Sensory processing subtypes in autism : association with adaptive behavior. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 40(1), 112-122.
DOI Scopus426 WoS347 Europe PMC279
2009 Baker, A., Procter, N., & Gibbons, T. (2009). Dimensions of loss from mental illness. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 36(4), 25-52.
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2008 Baker, A. E. Z., Lane, A., Angley, M. T., & Young, R. (2008). The relationship between sensory processing patterns and behavioural responsiveness in autistic disorder: a pilot study. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 38(5), 867-875.
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Year Citation
2023 Baker, A., Aguilar, A., & Sellar, B. (2023). Green places in red spaces: broadening understanding of therapeutic gardening within rural Australia. In P. Marsh, & A. Williams (Eds.), Source details - Title: Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes: Gardening for Prevention, Restoration, and Equity (pp. 175-191). UK: Taylor & Francis Group.
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2022 Procter, N., Baker, A., Kenny, M. A., Macedo, D., & Ferguson, M. S. (2022). Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee backgrounds. In N. Procter (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental health: a person-centred approach (pp. 315-338). UK: Cambridge University Press.
2022 Procter, N., Baker, A., Baker, K., Hodge, L., Macedo, D., & Ferguson, M. (2022). Introduction to mental health and mental illness: human connectedness and the collaborative consumer narrative. In N. Procter (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach (3rd ed. ed., pp. 1-25). UK: Cambridge University Press.
2019 Ferguson, M., Baker, A., & Procter, N. (2019). A culturally competent approach to suicide research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In Source details - Title: Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences (pp. 1707-1722). Singapore: Springer.
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2018 Young, J., & Baker, A. (2018). From labour to leisure: The relocation of animals in modern Western society. In J. Young, & N. Carr (Eds.), Domestic Animals Humans and Leisure Rights Welfare and Wellbeing (pp. 128-145). ROUTLEDGE.
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2018 Young, J., Baker, A., Young, J., & Carr, N. (Eds.) (2018). From labour to leisure: the relocation of animals in modern Western society. In Source details - Title: Domestic animals, humans, and leisure: rights, welfare, and wellbeing (pp. 125-141). UK: Routledge.
2017 Procter, N., Ferguson, M., Baker, A., & Babakarkhil, A. (2017). Services and supports for refugees and asylum seekers. In M. Chambers (Ed.), Source details - Title: Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the craft of caring (3rd ed. ed., pp. 735-745). UK: Taylor and Francis.
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2017 Procter, N., Baker, A., Baker, K., Hodge, L., & Ferguson, M. (2017). Introduction to mental health and mental illness: human connectedness and the collaborative consumer narrative. In N. Procter (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental health: a person-centred approach (2 ed., pp. 1-28). UK: Cambridge University Press.
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2017 Procter, N., Baker, A., Kenny, M. A., & Ferguson, M. (2017). Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee background. In N. Procter (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental health: A person-centred approach (2 ed., pp. 238-259). UK: Cambridge University Press.
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2016 Procter, N., Baker, A., Ferguson, M., & Baker, K. (2016). Mental health within society and societies. In M. Steen, & M. Thomas (Eds.), Source details - Title: Mental health across the lifespan: a handbook (pp. 21-45). UK: Routledge.
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2014 Procter, N., Babakarkhil, A., Baker, A. E. Z., & Ferguson, M. S. (2014). Mental health of people of immigrant and refugee backgrounds. In H. P. Hamer (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental health: a person-centred approach (pp. 197-216). UK: Cambridge University Press.
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2013 Procter, N., Baker, A., Grocke, K., & Ferguson, M. (2013). Introduction to mental health and mental illness: human connectedness and the collaborative consumer narrative. In N. Procter (Ed.), Source details - Title: Mental health: a person-centred approach (pp. 1-24). Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press.
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  • Help-seeking of emergency service first responders for mental health concerns, The Road Home (formerly the Repat Foundation), 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2019
  • Developing a research protocol for evaluation of a suicide prevention network, Local Government Association of South Australia, 10/10/2016 - 31/03/2017

Courses I teach

  • REHB 3060 Advanced Community Occupational Therapy Practice and Chronic Conditions Management (2025)
  • REHB 3064 Primary Health Care Approaches in Occupational Therapy (2025)
  • REHB 5108 Evidence Based Practice Skills (2025)
  • REHB 6015 Participatory Community Practice GE: Implementation (2025)
  • REHB 2044 Therapeutic Communication and Group Work (2024)
  • REHB 3064 Primary Health Care Approaches in Occupational Therapy (2024)
  • REHB 6015 Participatory Community Practice GE: Implementation (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • IBOC - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
  • IMOG - Master of Occupational Therapy (Graduate Entry)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor 674 - Australian women and birthing parents experiences and use of digital health tools for psychosocial wellbeing in the perinatal period Master of Research (Health) Master Part Time Ms Alice Standfield
2026 Co-Supervisor 674 - Australian women and birthing parents experiences and use of digital health tools for psychosocial wellbeing in the perinatal period Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Ms Alice Standfield

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