
Kate Gunn
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Kate Gunn - TITLEHOLDER. Dr Gunn is a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at The University of Adelaide and works as a Senior Research Fellow in the University of South Australia Department of Rural Health. She carries out both qualitative and quantitative research in psycho-oncology, rural health and rural mental health, and supervises student projects in these fields, drawing upon her experience from rural living and work as a Clinical Psychologist.
Dr Gunn's main research interests include addressing the psychosocial needs of rural people affected by cancer, rural help-seeking behaviour and online and telephone-based cancer support interventions. She is also interested in farmers' health and mental health, the application of behaviour change theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and the use of participatory action research methods.
The impact of Dr Gunn's work has been recognized through the receipt of various awards, for example the Premier's/ Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year Award (2013), a Churchill Fellowship (2018), a SA Tall Poppy Science Excellence Award (2017), the Rural, Regional and Remote Winnovation Award (2017), and via a commendation in the national Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher of the Year Awards (2018).
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2015 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow University of South Australia -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title The University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide Australia Master of Psychology (Clinical) The University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychology (First Class Honours) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Skaczkowski, G., Hughes-Barton, D., Loxton, S., & Gunn, K. (2025). Recognising and Managing Distress Among Farming Clients: An Evaluation of Brief Training for Rural Financial Counsellors and Other Non-Clinical Rural Support Workers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(2), 9 pages.
2025 Koralegedera, I., Skaczkowski, G., Moseley, G. L., & Gunn, K. M. (2025). Investigating the Prevalence and Level of Pain Experienced by Australian Farmers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(2), 9 pages.
2024 Graham, K., Fitzpatrick, K., Agius, J., Loughry, C., Ong, E., McMillan, N., . . . Fitridge, R. (2024). A qualitative exploration of the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using a real-time video-based telehealth service for diabetes-related foot disease. Rural Remote Health, 24(1), 7970-1-7970-9.
Scopus1 Europe PMC22024 Fletcher, C. M. E., Woolford, D., Gladigau, J., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). A ‘Vocal Locals’ social network campaign is associated with increased frequency of conversations about mental health and improved engagement in wellbeing-promoting activities in an Australian farming community. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 17 pages.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12024 van der Kruk, S. R., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). ‘It sort of broke me’: A thematic analysis of the psychological experiences and coping strategies employed by Australian fire-affected farmers. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32(2), 299-310.
2024 Downing, N. J., Skaczkowski, G., Hughes-Barton, D., Stone, H., Robinson, L., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). A qualitative exploration of the role of a palliative care pharmacist providing home-based care in the rural setting, from the perspective of health care professionals. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32(3), 510-520.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12024 Post, D., Parfitt, G., Baldock, K., Gunn, K. M., Field, C., & Reggett, D. (2024). Understanding the emotional and practical support needs of family care-partners of Veterans to promote well-being. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 10(2), 109-121.
2024 Hughes-Barton, D., Skaczkowski, G., Starick, H., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). Mental Health and Wellbeing Helplines for Farmers: A Scoping Review of Usage, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of Those Currently in Operation Around the World. Journal of Agromedicine, 24 pages.
2024 Wells, E., Gunn, K., Velasquez, D., Kaeding, J., & Hutchinson, A. (2024). A bibliotherapy intervention to improve emotional wellbeing during cancer treatment: a pilot study. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 7(1).
2024 Tyler, S., Hunkin, H., Pusey, K., Gunn, K., Clifford, B., McIntyre, H., & Procter, N. (2024). Disentangling Rates, Risk, and Drivers of Suicide in the Construction Industry A Systematic Review. Crisis, 45(1), 74-83.
Scopus10 WoS4 Europe PMC72024 Polson, B., Crozier, A. J., Dollman, J., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). ‘If you want something to happen, you have to do it yourself’: Understanding rural Australian's perspectives of health volunteering. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(2), 311-320.
2024 Skaczkowski, G., Hull, M., Smith, A. E., Dollman, J., Jones, M., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). Understanding farmers’ barriers to health and mental health-related help-seeking: The development, factor structure, and reliability of the Farmer Help-Seeking Scale. Journal of Rural Health, 40(1), 64-74.
Scopus6 Europe PMC22024 Fletcher, C. M. E., Trenerry, C., Wilson, C., & Gunn, K. M. (2024). ‘Being a farmer, I mostly always think there is something more important to do’: A mixed methods analysis of the skin cancer detection practices of Australian farmers. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35(3), 672-682.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12024 Dadich, A., Van Der Kruk, S., Cornell, V., Nobes, K., Gunn, K., Eliott, J., & Laurence, C. (2024). Models of palliative care for under-served populations in high-income countries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 22(1), 132-143.
2023 Hughes-Barton, D., Skaczkowski, G., Fletcher, C., Turnbull, D., McMahon, J., & Gunn, K. M. (2023). What consumers, general practitioners and mental health professionals want: the co-design and prototype testing of a transdiagnostic, acceptance and commitment therapy-based online intervention to reduce distress and promote wellbeing among Australian adults.. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-19.
Scopus1 Europe PMC22023 Van Der Kruk, S. R., Gunn, K. M., Macdougall, H., Milne, D., Smith, K., & Zielinski, R. (2023). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of virtual reality as a patient education tool for people with cancer undergoing immunotherapy: A protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study in a regional setting. BMJ Open, 13(6), 11 pages.
Scopus4 Europe PMC62023 Skaczkowski, G., Barrett, A., Olver, I., Dollman, J., & Gunn, K. M. (2023). ‘It is a life changing experience’: The experiences of living kidney donors who live in rural Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(5), 866-877.
Scopus3 Europe PMC32023 Wells, E., Velasquez, D., Hutchinson, A., & Gunn, K. (2023). Psycho-oncology Bibliotherapy Program for Improving the Emotional Wellbeing of People Undergoing Cancer Treatment: Literature Review and Preliminary Findings. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 72(3), 1-24.
Scopus2 WoS12023 Graham, K., Siatis, C. M., Gunn, K. M., Ong, E., Loughry, C., Mcmillan, N., & Fitridge, R. (2023). The experiences of health workers using telehealth services for diabetes-related foot complications: a qualitative exploration. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 16(1), 47-1-47-14.
Scopus4 Europe PMC22023 Gunn, K. M., Skaczkowski, G., Dollman, J., Vincent, A. D., Brumby, S., Short, C. E., & Turnbull, D. (2023). A Self-Help Online Intervention Is Associated With Reduced Distress and Improved Mental Wellbeing in Australian Farmers: The Evaluation and Key Mechanisms of www.ifarmwell.com.au.. J Agromedicine, 28(3), 378-392.
Scopus7 WoS1 Europe PMC52023 Hill, K., Neylon, K., Gunn, K., Sharplin, G., & Eckert, M. (2023). The Australian and New Zealand nephrology nursing workforce: clinical pressure and organisational culture. Contemporary Nurse, 59(1), 16-24.
Scopus3 WoS12023 Fletcher, C. M. E., Stewart, L., & Gunn, K. M. (2023). Stressors, Barriers and Facilitators Faced by Australian Farmers When Transitioning to Retirement: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2588.
Scopus7 Europe PMC22023 Rose, H., Skaczkowski, G., & Gunn, K. M. (2023). Addressing the challenges of early career rural nursing to improve job satisfaction and retention: Strategies new nurses think would help. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(9), 3299-3311.
Scopus15 Europe PMC82023 Kennedy, A. J., Gunn, K. M., Duke, S., Jones, M., Brown, E., Barnes, K., . . . Gray, R. (2023). Co-designing a peer-led model of delivering behavioural activation for people living with depression or low mood in Australian farming communities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(3), 556-568.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12023 Fletcher, C. M. E., Flight, I., Gunn, K. M., Patterson, P., & Wilson, C. (2023). Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Perceptions of Parental Illness Questionnaire for Cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 32(7), 1130-1141.
2023 Tyler, S., Gunn, K., Clifford, B., & Procter, N. (2023). “And you feel like you’re suffocating … how the fuck am I going to get out of all this?” Drivers and experiences of suicidal ideation in the Australian construction industry. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 13 pages.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22023 Hill, K., Neylon, K., Gunn, K., Sharplin, G., & Eckert, M. (2023). Understanding burnout in the current nephrology nursing workforce and health service ‘magnet’ qualities that may help address it: a discreet choice experiment. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 19(2), 87-92.
2022 Tyler, S., Gunn, K., Esterman, A., Clifford, B., & Procter, N. (2022). Suicidal Ideation in the Australian Construction Industry: Prevalence and the Associations of Psychosocial Job Adversity and Adherence to Traditional Masculine Norms. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 16 pages.
Scopus11 WoS1 Europe PMC92022 Herselman, M. F., Bailey, S., Deo, P., Zhou, X. F., Gunn, K. M., & Bobrovskaya, L. (2022). The Effects of Walnuts and Academic Stress on Mental Health, General Well-Being and the Gut Microbiota in a Sample of University Students: A Randomised Clinical Trial. Nutrients, 14(22), 35 pages.
Scopus13 WoS2 Europe PMC72022 Bandiera, C., Skrabal Ross, X., Cardoso, E., Wagner, D., Csajka, C., Olver, I., . . . Schneider, M. (2022). Interventions to support adherence to oral anticancer therapies: research challenges, lessons learned, and strategies to overcome them from Australia and Switzerland. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(5), 3655-3659.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Gunn, K. M., Skaczkowski, G., Dollman, J., Vincent, A. D., Short, C. E., Brumby, S., . . . Turnbull, D. (2022). Combining Farmers' Preferences With Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent and Lower Farmers' Distress: Co-design and Acceptability Testing of ifarmwell.. JMIR human factors, 9(1), 1-23.
Scopus14 WoS4 Europe PMC82022 Skrabal Ross, X., Gunn, K. M., Suppiah, V., Patterson, P., Boyle, T., Carrington, C., . . . Olver, I. (2022). A smartphone program to support adherence to oral chemotherapy in people with cancer: Proof-of-concept trial. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18(5), e378-e387.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12022 Skaczkowski, G., van der Kruk, S., Loxton, S., Hughes-Barton, D., Howell, C., Turnbull, D., . . . Gunn, K. (2022). Web-Based Interventions to Help Australian Adults Address Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation, and General Mental Well-being: Scoping Review.. JMIR Ment Health, 9(2), 1-33.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC42022 Gunn, K. M., Weeks, M., Spronk, K. J. J., Fletcher, C., & Wilson, C. (2022). Caring for someone with cancer in rural Australia. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(6), 4857-4865.
Scopus12 WoS4 Europe PMC72022 van der Kruk, S. R., Zielinski, R., MacDougall, H., Hughes-Barton, D., & Gunn, K. M. (2022). Virtual reality as a patient education tool in healthcare: A scoping review. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 1928-1942.
Scopus82 WoS30 Europe PMC402022 Trenerry, C., Fletcher, C., Wilson, C., & Gunn, K. (2022). “She’ll Be Right, Mate”: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Skin Cancer Prevention Practices among Australian Farmers—An At-Risk Group. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 16 pages.
Scopus8 WoS2 Europe PMC32022 Walsh, S., Moseley, G. L., Gray, R. J., Gillam, M., Gunn, K. M., Barker, T., . . . Jones, M. (2022). Use of behavioural activation to manage pain: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open, 12(6), e056404-1-e056404-13.
Scopus7 WoS2 Europe PMC32022 Leach, M. J., Gunn, K., & Muyambi, K. (2022). The determinants of healthcare utilisation in regional, rural and remote South Australia: A cross-sectional study.. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e4850-e4863.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 van der Kruk, S. R., Butow, P., Mesters, I., Boyle, T., Olver, I., White, K., . . . Clinical Oncological Society of Australia. (2022). Psychosocial well-being and supportive care needs of cancer patients and survivors living in rural or regional areas: a systematic review from 2010 to 2021.. Support Care Cancer, 30(2), 1021-1064.
Scopus47 WoS20 Europe PMC352022 Gunn, K. M., & Hughes-Barton, D. (2022). Understanding and addressing psychological distress experienced by farmers, from the perspective of rural financial counsellors. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30(1), 34-43.
Scopus11 WoS4 Europe PMC22022 Muyambi, K., Dennis, S., Parange, N., Walsh, S. M., Gray, R., Martinez, L., . . . Jones, M. (2022). Rural health workers' perspectives and experience with an online educational program in behavioural activation: A thematic analysis.. Health & social care in the community, 30(6), e5539-e5548.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22022 Hull, M. J., Gunn, K. M., Smith, A. E., Jones, M., & Dollman, J. (2022). “We’re Lucky to Have Doctors at All”; A Qualitative Exploration of Australian Farmers’ Barriers and Facilitators to Health-Related Help-Seeking. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 16 pages.
Scopus23 WoS5 Europe PMC102022 Woolford, D. D., Smout, M. F., Turnbull, D., & Gunn, K. M. (2022). Male Farmers’ Perspectives on Psychological Wellbeing Self-Management Strategies That Work for Them and How Barriers to Seeking Professional Mental Health Assistance Could Be Overcome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12247.
Scopus14 WoS3 Europe PMC72022 Cosgrave, C., Kennedy, A., Dietrich, T., Gunn, K., MacDonald, J., McKay, C., . . . Lewis, J. (2022). From co-design to co-production: Approaches, enablers, and constraints in developing a public health, capacity-building solution. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 30(6), 738-746.
Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC22022 Tyler, S., Hunkin, H., Pusey, K., Gunn, K., Clifford, B., & Procter, N. (2022). Suicide in the Construction Industry: A Targeted Meta-analysis. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(4), 1-13.
Scopus11 WoS3 Europe PMC102021 Gunn, K. M., Luker, J., Ramanathan, R., Skrabal Ross, X., Hutchinson, A., Huynh, E., & Olver, I. (2021). Choosing and Managing Aged Care Services from Afar: What Matters to Australian Long-Distance Care Givers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), 1-17.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC32021 Gunn, K. M., Skaczkowski, G., Dollman, J., Vincent, A. D., Short, C. E., Brumby, S., . . . Turnbull, D. (2021). Combining Farmers’ Preferences With Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent and Lower Farmers’ Distress: Co-design and Acceptability Testing of ifarmwell (Preprint).
2021 Skaczkowski, G., van der Kruk, S., Loxton, S., Hughes-Barton, D., Howell, C., Turnbull, D., . . . Gunn, K. (2021). Web-Based Interventions to Help Australian Adults Address Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation, and General Mental Well-being: Scoping Review (Preprint).
2021 Fletcher, C., Flight, I., Gunn, K., Patterson, P., & Wilson, C. (2021). Comparative systematic review of the psychometric properties of measures of illness perceptions in family members of individuals diagnosed with a chronic physical illness. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35(1), 3-19.
Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC22021 Agarwal, V., Corsini, N., Eckert, M. C., Sharplin, G., Ramsey, I., Gunn, K., . . . Koczwara, B. (2021). A pilot study of population-based, patient-reported outcome collection in cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(8), 4239-4247.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC32021 Gunn, K. M., Skrabal Ross, X., McLoughlin, M., McDonald, S., & Olver, I. (2021). The psychosocial experiences and supportive care preferences of organ transplant recipients and their carers who live in regional Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29(1), 92-105.
Scopus9 WoS4 Europe PMC72021 van der Kruk, S. R., Gunn, K. M., Mesters, I., Lynch, B. M., Vallance, J. K., & Boyle, T. (2021). Associations between baseline demographic, clinical and lifestyle factors, and changes in fatigue, depression, and health-related quality of life in long-term cancer survivors: a cohort study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(8), 4711-4722.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC22021 Gunn, K. M., Turnbull, D. A., Dollman, J., Kettler, L., Bamford, L., & Vincent, A. D. (2021). Why are some drought-affected farmers less distressed than others? The association between stress, psychological distress, acceptance, behavioural disengagement and neuroticism.. Aust J Rural Health, 29(1), 106-116.
Scopus9 WoS4 Europe PMC62021 Skrabal Ross, X., Gunn, K. M., & Olver, I. (2021). Understanding the strategies rural cancer patients and survivors use to manage financial toxicity and the broader implications on their lives.. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(9), 10 pages.
Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC52021 Gunn, K. M., Olver, I., Skrabal Ross, X., Harrison, N., Livingston, P. M., & Wilson, C. (2021). Improving Survivors’ Quality of Life Post-Treatment: The Perspectives of Rural Australian Cancer Survivors and Their Carers. Cancers, 13(7), 1600.
Scopus24 WoS13 Europe PMC172021 Dollman, J., Gunn, K. M., & Hull, M. J. (2021). Sociodemographic Predictors of Attitudes to Support Seeking From a Medical Doctor or Other Health Provider Among Rural Australians. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(5), 616-626.
Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC42021 Kennedy, A., Cosgrave, C., Macdonald, J., Gunn, K., Dietrich, T., & Brumby, S. (2021). Translating Co-Design from Face-to-Face to Online: An Australian Primary Producer Project Conducted during COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4147.
Scopus48 WoS22 Europe PMC222021 Walsh, S., Jones, M., Gray, R. J., Gillam, M., Gunn, K. M., Barker, T., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2021). Use of behavioural activation to manage pain: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(6), e041036-1-e041036-5.
Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC32021 Gunn, K. M., Barrett, A., Hughes-Barton, D., Turnbull, D., Short, C. E., Brumby, S., . . . Dollman, J. (2021). What farmers want from mental health and wellbeing-focused websites and online interventions. Journal of Rural Studies, 86, 298-308.
Scopus32 WoS172021 Hill, K., Neylon, K., Gunn, K., Jesudason, S., Sharplin, G., Britton, A., . . . Eckert, M. (2021). Sustaining the renal nursing workforce. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 17(2), 39-45.
Scopus7 WoS52020 Gunn, K. M., Ross, X. S., & Olver, I. (2020). Optimizing Rural People's Access to Relevant Cancer Education and Support Using Peer-Led YouTube Films.. Journal of Cancer Education, 37(4), 10 pages.
Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC52020 Olver, I. N., Gunn, K. M., Knott, V. E., Chong, A., Spronk, K., & Cunningham, J. (2020). Communicating cancer and its treatment to Australian Aboriginal patients with cancer: a qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 38(15), 1-2.
Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC22020 Skrabal Ross, X., Gunn, K. M., Suppiah, V., Patterson, P., & Olver, I. (2020). A review of factors influencing non-adherence to oral antineoplastic drugs. Support Care Cancer, 28(9), 4043-4050.
Scopus31 WoS17 Europe PMC152020 Gunn, K. M., Berry, N. M., Meng, X., Wilson, C. J., Dollman, J., Woodman, R. J., . . . Koczwara, B. (2020). Differences in the health, mental health and health-promoting behaviours of rural versus urban cancer survivors in Australia. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28(2), 633-643.
Scopus31 WoS23 Europe PMC252020 Harrison, N. J., Gunn, K. M., & Wilson, C. J. (2020). Can targeting information on cancer-related psychosocial services by male gender and rurality improve attitude to service use in this difficult-to-engage population?. Psycho-Oncology, 29(12), 2075-2083.
Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC22019 Fletcher, C., Wilson, C., Flight, I., Gunn, K., & Patterson, P. (2019). Illness Cognitions Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Have a Parent with Cancer: a Qualitative Exploration Using the Common-Sense Model of Self-regulation as a Framework. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(5), 531-541.
Scopus7 WoS3 Europe PMC32019 Skrabal Ross, X., Gunn, K. M., Olver, I., Willems, R. A., Lechner, L., Mesters, I., & Bolman, C. A. W. (2019). Online psychosocial interventions for posttreatment cancer survivors: an international evidence review and update.. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care, 14(1), 40-50.
Scopus28 WoS11 Europe PMC192019 Willems, R. A., Bolman, C. A. W., Lechner, L., Mesters, I., Gunn, K. M., Ross, X. S., & Olver, I. (2019). Online interventions aimed at reducing psychological distress in cancer patients: evidence update and suggestions for future directions.. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 14(1), 27-39.
Scopus27 WoS15 Europe PMC192019 Ross, X. S., Gunn, K. M., Patterson, P., & Olver, I. (2019). Development of a smartphone program to support adherence to oral chemotherapy in people with cancer. Patient Preference and Adherence, 13, 2207-2215.
Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC12019 Richards-Jones, S., Mihalopoulos, C., Heckel, L., Gunn, K. M., Tan, M., & Livingston, P. M. (2019). An economic evaluation of a telephone outcall intervention for informal carers of cancer patients in Australia: an assessment of costs and quality-adjusted-life-years. Psycho-Oncology, 28(3), 525-532.
Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC42019 Heathcote, L. C., Allen, J. M., Gunn, K. M., Fox, S., Harvie, D. S., Olver, I., . . . Moseley, G. L. (2019). Pain Education for Adolescents and Young Adults Living Beyond Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Meeting Report. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT ONCOLOGY, 8(5), 5 pages.
Scopus6 WoS9 Europe PMC32019 Fennell, K. M., Bamford, L., Olver, I., & Wilson, C. J. (2019). Good training, systems and funding, not good luck: what hematologists and oncologists believe would make it easier for them to refer their cancer patients to psychosocial care.. Translational behavioral medicine, 9(1), 139-146.
Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC52018 Heckel, L., Fennell, K., Reynolds, J., Boltong, A., Botti, M., Osborne, R., . . . Livingston, P. (2018). Efficacy of a telephone outcall program to reduce caregiver burden among caregivers of cancer patients [PROTECT]: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Cancer, 18(1), 59-1-59-13.
Scopus46 WoS28 Europe PMC332018 Ross, X. S., Gunn, K. M., Patterson, P., & Olver, I. (2018). Mobile-based oral chemotherapy adherence–enhancing interventions: Scoping review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(12), 11 pages.
Scopus18 WoS12 Europe PMC132018 Heckel, L., Gunn, K. M., & Livingston, P. M. (2018). The challenges of recruiting cancer patient/caregiver dyads: informing randomized controlled trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 146-1-146-10.
Scopus22 WoS12 Europe PMC182018 Fennell, K. M., Hull, M., Jones, M., & Dollman, J. (2018). A comparison of barriers to accessing services for mental and physical health conditions in a sample of rural Australian adults. Rural and Remote Health, 18(1), 4155-1-4155-12.
Scopus48 WoS32 Europe PMC272018 Heckel, L., Fennell, K. M., Orellana, L., Boltong, A., Byrnes, M., & Livingston, P. M. (2018). A telephone outcall program to support caregivers of people diagnosed with cancer: utility, changes in levels of distress, and unmet needs. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26(11), 3789-3799.
Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC92018 Skrabal Ross, X., Gunn, K. M., Patterson, P., & Olver, I. (2018). Mobile-Based Oral Chemotherapy Adherence–Enhancing Interventions: Scoping Review (Preprint).
2017 Abstracts of the 2017 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 14-18 August 2017, Berlin, Germany. (2017). Psycho-oncology, 26 Suppl 3(S3), 3-167.
Europe PMC12017 Fennell, K. M., Turnbull, D. A., Bidargaddi, N., Mcwha, J. L., Davies, M., & Olver, I. (2017). The consumer-driven development and acceptability testing of a website designed to connect rural cancer patients and their families, carers and health professionals with appropriate information and psychosocial support. European Journal of Cancer Care, 26(5), 1-15.
Scopus30 WoS21 Europe PMC182017 Fletcher, C., Flight, I., Chapman, J., Fennell, K., & Wilson, C. (2017). The information needs of adult cancer survivors across the cancer continuum: A scoping review. Patient Education and Counseling, 100(3), 383-410.
Scopus104 WoS85 Europe PMC652017 Linehan, K., Fennell, K. M., Hughes, D. L., & Wilson, C. J. (2017). Use of the Distress Thermometer in a cancer helpline context: Can it detect changes in distress, is it acceptable to nurses and callers, and do high scores lead to internal referrals?. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 26, 49-55.
Scopus25 WoS19 Europe PMC192017 Fennell, K., Martin, K., Wilson, C., Trenerry, C., Sharplin, G., & Dollman, J. (2017). Barriers to seeking help for skin cancer detection in Rural Australia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 6(2), 19-1-19-13.
Scopus25 WoS19 Europe PMC102017 Heckel, L., Fennell, K. M., Mohebbi, M., Byrnes, M., & Livingston, P. M. (2017). Demographic characteristics, call details and psychosocial support needs of the family/friends of someone diagnosed with cancer who access Australian Cancer Council telephone information and support services. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 28, 86-91.
Scopus13 WoS8 Europe PMC72017 Hull, M., Fennell, K., Vallury, K., Jones, M., & Dollman, J. (2017). A comparison of barriers to mental health support-seeking among farming and non-farming adults in rural South Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 25(6), 347-353.
Scopus74 WoS56 Europe PMC372017 Garrard, E. D., Fennell, K. M., & Wilson, C. (2017). ‘We’re completely back to normal, but I’d say it’s a new normal’: a qualitative exploration of adaptive functioning in rural families following a parental cancer diagnosis. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25(11), 3561-3568.
Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC72016 Short, C., Hayman, M., Rebar, A., Gunn, K., De Cocker, K., Duncan, M., . . . Vandelanotte, C. (2016). Physical activity recommendations from general practitioners in Australia. Results from a national survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(1), 83-90.
Scopus45 WoS32 Europe PMC312016 Fennell, K., Jarrett, C., Kettler, L., Dollman, J., & Turnbull, D. (2016). "Watching the bank balance build up then blow away and the rain clouds do the same": A thematic analysis of South Australian farmers' sources of stress during drought. Journal of Rural Studies, 46, 102-110.
Scopus50 WoS412016 Fennell, K. M., Heckel, L., Wilson, C., Byrnes, M., & Livingston, P. M. (2016). How calls from carers, friends and family members of someone affected by cancer differ from those made by people diagnosed with cancer; analysis of 4 years of South Australian Cancer Council Helpline data. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(6), 2611-2618.
Scopus23 WoS17 Europe PMC132016 Fennell, K. (2016). Call of duty: an exploration of the factors influencing NHS professionals to report adult protection concerns. Journal of Adult Protection, 18(3), 161-171.
Scopus32016 Jarvis, A., Fennell, K., & Cosgrove, A. (2016). Are adults in need of support and protection being identified in emergency departments?. Journal of Adult Protection, 18(1), 3-13.
Scopus12015 Heckel, L., Fennell, K., Reynolds, J., Osborne, R., Chirgwin, J., Botti, M., . . . Livingston, P. (2015). Unmet needs and depression among carers of people newly diagnosed with cancer. European Journal of Cancer, 51(14), 2049-2057.
Scopus75 WoS67 Europe PMC552015 Heckel, L., Fennell, K. M., Botti, M., Reynolds, J., Chirgwin, J., Ashley, D. M., . . . Livingston, P. M. (2015). ACCEPTABILITY AND UTILITY OF A TELEPHONE OUTCALL PROGRAM FOR CARERS OF PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11, 156.
WoS12014 Livingston, P. M., Osborne, R. H., Botti, M., Mihalopoulos, C., McGuigan, S., Heckel, L., . . . Williams, M. (2014). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an outcall program to reduce carer burden and depression among carers of cancer patients [PROTECT]: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), 5-1-5-8.
Scopus23 WoS20 Europe PMC172013 Gunn, K., Turnbull, D., McWha, J., Davies, M., & Olver, I. (2013). Psychosocial service use: a qualitative exploration from the perspective of rural Australian cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 21(9), 2547-2555.
Scopus50 WoS42 Europe PMC322012 Gunn, K., Kettler, L., Skaczkowski, G., & Turnbull, D. (2012). Farmers' stress and coping in a time of drought. Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 1-16.
Scopus48 WoS35 Europe PMC172006 Callen, J. L., Fennell, K., & McIntosh, J. H. (2006). Attitudes to, and use of, evidence-based medicine in two Sydney divisions of general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 12(1), 40-46.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2018 Fennell, K. M., Ross, X. S., & Olver, I. (2018). Rural cancer stories: The power of online, video-based, peer-directed information and support. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 14 (pp. 134). WILEY. 2018 Fennell, K. M. (2018). Improving outcomes for rural cancer survivors in Australia: New research questions from an International Churchill Fellowship. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 14 (pp. 112). WILEY. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2020 Olver, I. N., Gunn, K. M., Knott, V. E., Chong, A., Spronk, K., & Cunningham, J. (2020). Communicating cancer and its treatment to Australian Aboriginal patients with cancer: A qualitative study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO, 2020) as published in Journal of Clinical Oncology. Virtual Online: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
DOI2019 Ross, X. S., Gunn, K. M., Patterson, P., & Olver, I. (2019). Development and proof-of-concept trial of a smartphone-based program to support oral chemotherapy adherence in young and adult cancer patients. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2019 Gunn, K. M. (2019). Improving outcomes for rural cancer survivors: Reflections from a Churchill Fellowship. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2017 Newman, L., Wilson, C., Harrison, N., Browne-Yung, K., & Fennell, K. (2017). E-health use and non-use among "disadvantaged" mothers in Australia: Implications for cancer care. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2017 Fletcher, C., Wilson, C., Flight, I., Fennell, K., & Patterson, P. (2017). An exploration of cancer-related beliefs and perceptions in adolescents and young adults who have a parent with cancer. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2017 Flight, I., Harrison, N., Koczwara, B., Bull, J., Christensen, C., Chapman, J., . . . Wilson, C. (2017). Identifying information needs post-diagnosis for oesophageal and gastric cancer survivors and their main supporters: An exploratory survey study. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2017 Heckel, L., Fennell, K., Reynolds, J., Boltong, A., Byrnes, M., & Livingston, P. (2017). A telephone outcall program to support caregivers of persons diagnosed with cancer: Acceptability, changes in levels of distress, and supportive care needs.. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2017 Harrison, N., Trenerry, C., Hull, M., Dollman, J., & Fennell, K. (2017). Self-report measures of help-seeking barriers in the context of cancer: A systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY. 2016 Fennell, K., Bamford, L., Olver, I., & Wilson, C. (2016). Good systems not good luck: what oncologists and haematologists believe would make it easier for them to refer their patients to psychosocial care. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2016 Fennell, K., Over, I., Livingston, P. M., & Wilson, C. (2016). The supportive care needs and intervention preferences of rural cancer survivors who have completed active treatment. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2016 Harrison, N., Fennell, K., & Wilson, C. (2016). "Ways we can help men like you": Developing and testing targeted psychosocial service information for rural men affected by cancer in South Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2016 Fennell, K., Meng, R., Berry, N., Wilson, C., Dollman, J., Clark, R., . . . Koczwara, B. (2016). Understanding the urban-rural health divide: a comparison of self-reported physical health, mental health and participation in health-promoting behaviours, between rural and urban Australian cancer survivors. Poster session presented at the meeting of PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2016 Fennell, K. M., Bamford, L., Vincent, A., Dollman, J., & Turnbull, D. A. (2016). FARMERS' COPING DURING DROUGHT: WHICH STATEGIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW LEVELS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS?. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. SPRINGER. 2016 Fennell, K. M., Martin, K., Wilson, C., Trenerry, C., Sharplin, G., & Dollman, J. (2016). CONTEXTUAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO HELP-SEEKING FOR SKIN CANCER DETECTION IN RURAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. SPRINGER. 2016 Heckel, L., Fennell, K. M., Botti, M., Reynolds, J., Chirgwin, J., Ashely, D. M., . . . Livingston, P. M. (2016). ACCEPTABILITY AND UTILITY OF A TELEPHONE OUTCALL PROGRAM FOR CARERS OF PERSONS WITH CANCER. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. SPRINGER. 2015 Heckel, L., Fennell, K. M., Reynolds, J., Ashley, D. M., Botti, M., Chirgwin, J., . . . Livingston, P. M. (2015). RECRUITMENT OF CARER/PERSON WITH CANCER DYADS INTO A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-PARTICIPATION AND REASONS FOR DECLINE. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2014 Heckel, L., Gunn, K. M., Mohebbi, M., & Livingston, P. M. (2014). DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, INFORMATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT NEEDS OF CARERS WHO ACCESSED AUSTRALIAN CANCER COUNCIL HELPLINES FROM JANUARY 2010-DECEMBER 2012. Poster session presented at the meeting of ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2014 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Group Skills Training for Borderline Personality Disorder in Regional Community Mental Health Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Brooke Packham
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