Dr Kate Davies
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Email:kate.davies@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:4055 3106
Fighting social inequities with research
Dr Kate Davies is a sociologist with a fierce commitment to social justice. Her work aims to break the cycle of social disadvantage and poorer life and health outcomes by empowering and respecting marginalised voices.
When it comes to social justice, Dr Kate Davies describes herself as “unapologetically idealistic and passionate”.
Her research is helping to improve crucial human services such as housing, employment and child protection by ensuring that the people they serve have power over policy and program decisions. It then seeks to understand what difference this type of citizen involvement might make for people’s health and social outcomes.
“Those people whose lives are changed by the decisions made at policy and program levels must be involved in that decision-making process,” asserts Kate.
“Citizen involvement in human services is a human right and is ethical. But increasingly we are also seeing that where people are involved in the decisions that affect them, the outcomes are better for everyone.”
The true impact of hardship
Kate points to the evidence, which shows again and again, that people who experience complex hardship, such as poverty, violence or living with a disability, tend to have worse outcomes in areas such as health, crime, employment and education.
“The explanation for such unequal outcomes is that discrimination and prejudice is ingrained in the structure of our society. That won’t change unless we understand what is happening and develop evidence on what works to improve equality.”
Kate’s passion for equality permeates every area of her life. She is a respected tertiary educator and researcher, a foster carer, research partner and funder, and a board member for Community Disability Alliance Hunter and Nova for Women and Children. Kate’s research is also purposefully collaborative, inviting input from non-academic partners.
“Working in partnership with people who live the experiences we are studying is important; people aren’t just the subjects of research. However, collaboration takes time; slow relationship building is crucial to effective human services research.”
Kate acknowledges that time can be costly, and research funding difficult to secure. Nevertheless, she rarely lets a lack of funding stand in the way of much-needed progress. With Nova for Women and Children, Kate recently commissioned a piece of local research to be conducted by University of Newcastle researchers on assertive outreach for women. She is also working in collaboration with her law and social work colleagues to explore the importance of parent and family inclusion in child protection practice.
“The evidence tells us that children’s lives are better when they have meaningful connections with their families. I see this in my research work, and I experience it as a foster carer.”
Valuing lived experience
Kate’s research is built on extensive firsthand experience working alongside people during some of the most difficult times of their lives. Over the years, she has worked and volunteered in urban, rural and remote Australian communities and around the world in disaster management, public health and community development.
Kate’s community involvement has given her a deep appreciation for people’s lived experience expertise, which can lead to interventions such as peer support, peer mentoring, advocacy, and community leadership. While there is limited evidence to show whether shifting power to people with lived experience makes a difference to outcomes, Kate is determined to build this evidence base for the future.
“My work in peer support, in particular, has offered clear guidance to community organisations about what it takes to not only employ people with lived experience—for example, lived experience of mental illness—but to ensure that such employment changes organisations for the better.”
Kate has also used her research skills to evaluate and refine mental health and suicide prevention programs, predominantly in rural Australia, creating a cycle of quality improvement. Additionally, her skills as an evaluator and advisor have contributed to several international development programs, particularly within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Creating hope and change
Throughout her vibrant career, Kate has seen “shocking inequalities” but also incredible triumphs. Her work is paving the way to a better future for our communities, one where marginalised voices are respected, valued, and hold power within decisions, policies and programs.
“Once you open your eyes to inequality in the world, it’s impossible to look away.
“I have had the privilege of witnessing community leaders take power, children and young people stand up and advocate for their rights, people living with disability hold their societies to account, women defy oppression and violence, and individuals and families quietly go about their lives with strength and dignity.”
“Through my research and teaching, I hope to make a tiny contribution to the goal of social justice and making the world a more equal place.”
Fighting social inequities with research
Dr Kate Davies is a sociologist with a fierce commitment to social justice. Her work aims to break the cycle of social disadvantage and poorer life and health outcomes by empowering and respecting marginalised voices.
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Kate Davies is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Human Services with the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences. She is currently the Policy and Research Manager with peak body Homelessness NSW.
Kate is a sociologist whose research seeks to better understand and address inequalities that shape people’s experiences of health and wellbeing. Her current research includes a study on human services practice within Housing First programs and ethical approaches to trauma-informed lived experience research. She works closely with government and non-government partners to ensure translation of research into policy and practice. Recent collaborative research projects have explored placemaking and community housing, family inclusion in child protection, disability and lived experience research, and young people’s experiences of debt. Kate’s previous research has produced evidence-based models and strategies for enhancing the participation of people who experience mental health issues in policymaking and service delivery. She has evaluated organisational learning approaches to integrating peer workers into community-based mental health teams and examined lived-experience as a valuable and crucial source of knowledge and expertise. Kate was previously a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health where she led evaluations of various rural and remote mental health and suicide prevention programs.
Kate has developed and taught a wide range of courses in areas such as youth justice, human rights, social policy and child protection. She is also an experienced community development practitioner and has worked throughout the Asia Pacific region with the Red Cross Movement.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Newcastle
Keywords
- community development
- disability
- evaluation
- homelessness
- human services
- international aid and development
- mental health
- peer support
- service-user participation and lived experience
- sociology of health
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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440405 | Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing | 40 |
440712 | Social policy | 20 |
441012 | Sociology of inequalities | 40 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities and Social Science Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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31/3/2016 - | Research Associate | Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Medicine and Public Health Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/4/2012 - 20/12/2013 | International Advisor | Australian Red Cross Tonga |
Teaching
Code | Course | Role | Duration |
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SOCA2505 |
Sociology and Psychology of Mental Health for Occupational Therapy School of Humanities and Social Science - Faculty of Education and Arts - The University of Newcastle |
Lecturer, Tutor, Course Coordinator (2019) | 1/2/2018 - 17/7/2019 |
GEOG1030 |
Global Poverty and Development The University of Newcastle |
Lecturer and tutor | 1/3/2014 - 20/7/2016 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (2 outputs)
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2017 |
Gray MMA, Coates J, Davies K, 'Social development, the environment and the future of the planet', Future Directions in Social Development, Palgrave, London 141-164 (2017) [B1]
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2014 |
Gray M, Agllias K, Davies K, 'Social justice feminism', The Routledge International Handbook of Social Justice 173-187 (2014)
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Journal article (31 outputs)
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2023 |
Coffey J, Senior K, Haro A, Farrugia D, Threadgold S, Cook J, et al., 'Embodying debt: youth, consumer credit and its impacts for wellbeing', JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES, [C1]
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2023 |
Cook J, Davies K, Farrugia D, Threadgold S, Coffey J, Senior K, et al., 'Buy now pay later services as a way to pay: credit consumption and the depoliticization of debt', Consumption Markets & Culture, 26 245-257 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Davies K, Ross N, Cocks J, Foote W, 'Family inclusion in child protection: Knowledge, power and resistance', Children and Youth Services Review, 147 (2023) [C1] The inclusion of families throughout the child protection process can improve lifelong outcomes for children who have been removed from their parents¿ care. However, child protect... [more] The inclusion of families throughout the child protection process can improve lifelong outcomes for children who have been removed from their parents¿ care. However, child protection authorities have struggled to prioritize principles of family inclusion within systems that position families as risky. While parents¿ experiences of powerlessness within child protection systems have been well documented, little is known about parents¿ perspectives on family inclusion specifically. We engaged six parents who had experienced removal of children from their care in interviews and focus groups as part of a larger study that examined practitioners¿, carers¿, lawyers¿ and parents¿ views on family inclusion in Australia. In this article we report on parents¿ experiences and recommendations for improving family inclusion. Through the analytical framework of Foucauldian concepts of power, knowledge and acts of resistance we highlight the complexities of parents¿ lives and intersections in their experiences of systemic and social exclusion. In identifying the importance of collaboration, decision making and parental identity these findings suggest that the advocacy of parents for inclusion in the lives of their children is an underutilized asset in child protection systems.
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2023 |
Brosnan C, Tickner C, Davies K, Heinsch M, Steel A, Vuolanto P, 'The salutogenic gaze: Theorising the practitioner role in complementary and alternative medicine consultations.', Sociol Health Illn, 45 1008-1027 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Pryer S, Davies K, Hislop L, 'The Connected Lives We Live: Autoethnographic Accounts of Disability, Mental Illness and Power', BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 53 1525-1543 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Davies K, Butler K, '(Under)valuing lived experience in the disability workforce: A snapshot of Australian job recruitment', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES, 58 425-440 (2023) [C1]
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2023 |
Hislop L, Davies K, Pryer S, 'Taking Power, Telling Stories: Using Collaborative Autoethnography to Explore Transitions to Adulthood with and without Disability Identities', Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 25 78-91 (2023)
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2022 |
Akter S, Rich JL, Davies K, Inder KJ, 'Reflexivity Conducting Mixed Methods Research on Indigenous Women's Health in Lower and Middle-Income Countries-An Example From Bangladesh', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, 21 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Davies K, Heinsch M, Tickner C, Brosnan C, Steel A, Patel G, Marsh M, 'Classifying knowledge used in complementary medicine consultations: a qualitative systematic review.', BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 22 212 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Akter S, Davies K, Rich JL, Inder KJ, 'Community perspectives of barriers indigenous women face in accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh', Ethnicity and Health, 27 1222-1240 (2022) [C1] Objectives: Bangladesh has achieved notable success in improving maternal health by increasing women¿s access to good quality and low-cost maternal health care (MHC) services. How... [more] Objectives: Bangladesh has achieved notable success in improving maternal health by increasing women¿s access to good quality and low-cost maternal health care (MHC) services. However, the health system of Bangladesh has earned criticism for not ensuring equitable MHC access for all women, particularly for Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Little is known about Indigenous communities¿ perspectives on these inequalities in MHC service access in the CHT. Therefore, this study aimed to explore Indigenous communities¿ perspectives on challenges and opportunities for improving MHC service access in the CHT. Design: This qualitative descriptive study was conducted in two sub-districts of Khagrachhari between September 2017 and February 2018. Eight Indigenous key informants from three Indigenous communities (Chakma, Marma and Tripura) were recruited via snowballing and purposive techniques and participated in face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. Key informants comprised community leaders and health care providers. Data were analysed thematically using Nvivo12 software. Results: Findings suggest that distance, poor availability of resources and infrastructure, lack of community engagement in the design of health interventions, Indigenous cultural beliefs, misconceptions about MHC services, and maltreatment from health care providers were the key barriers to accessing MHC services; all are interconnected. Indigenous women faced humiliation and maltreatment from MHC staff. Failure to provide a culturally-safe environment suggests a lack of cultural competency among health staff, including Indigenous staff. Conclusion: Findings suggest that cultural competency training for all health care providers is needed to improve cultural appropriateness and accessibility of services. Refresher training and undisrupted supply of basic MHC services for front-line care providers will benefit the entire community and will likely be cost-effective for the government. Designing health programmes through extensive community consultation is essential.
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2022 |
Farrugia D, Cook J, Senior K, Threadgold S, Coffey J, Davies K, et al., 'Youth and the consumption of credit', Current Sociology, Online Early (2022) [C1]
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2020 |
Davies K, Read DMY, Booth A, Turner N, Gottschall K, Perkins D, 'Connecting with social and emotional well-being in rural Australia: An evaluation of We-Yarn , an Aboriginal gatekeeper suicide prevention workshop', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28 579-587 (2020) [C1] Objective: This evaluation considered the potential of We-Yarn, a suicide prevention gatekeeper training workshop, to contribute to Aboriginal suicide prevention in rural New Sout... [more] Objective: This evaluation considered the potential of We-Yarn, a suicide prevention gatekeeper training workshop, to contribute to Aboriginal suicide prevention in rural New South Wales. Design: A mixed methods approach included surveys, in-depth interviews and workshop observations. Setting: Aboriginal suicide prevention training in rural New South Wales, Australia. Participants: Attendees at We-Yarn training. Intervention: We-Yarn provided culturally safe suicide prevention skills training for Aboriginal people and for those who work with Aboriginal communities and persons in rural New South Wales. Training workshops were delivered across multiple locations for 6 hours in one day. Workshops were facilitated by two facilitators with lived and professional experience; one Aboriginal and one non-Aboriginal facilitator. We-Yarn content was developed by staff from the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, and in consultation with Aboriginal Elders and representatives of Aboriginal Medical Services to ensure relevance and cultural appropriateness. Main outcome measures: Pre and post-workshop surveys captured capacity and participants¿ confidence in identifying and responding to a person at risk of suicide. Interviews explored participants' experiences of workshops, implementation of learning, and attitudes regarding social and emotional wellbeing and suicide. Observations detailed the workshop environment, participants' engagement, and participants' responses to facilitators and content. Results: We-Yarn was considered culturally appropriate. Participants responded to facilitators' lived experiences. Participants reported significant improvements in understanding the links between cultural strengths, social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention. However, health professionals with existing knowledge wanted a stronger focus on clinical training. Conclusion: We-Yarn promoted discussion of suicide prevention within a holistic health framework, building on participants' pre-existing knowledge about social and emotional wellbeing. Importantly, skilful facilitators with lived experience were vital to the success of the workshops. Consideration should be given to attracting people with low suicide prevention knowledge to the workshops, developing tailored workshops for health professionals and ensuring prolonged engagement with communities. Multifaceted and long term responses in addition to this type of training are important.
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2020 |
Akter S, Davies K, Rich JL, Inder KJ, 'Barriers to accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A qualitative descriptive study of Indigenous women's experiences.', PloS one, 15 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Akter S, Rich JL, Davies K, Inder KJ, 'Prevalence and factors associated with knowledge and access to delivery services at primary health care facilities amongst indigenous women in Khagrachhari district Bangladesh - A cross-sectional study', MIDWIFERY, 90 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Akter S, Rich JL, Davies K, Inder KJ, 'Prevalence and factors associated with antenatal care service access among Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study', PLOS ONE, 15 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Cheesmond N, Davies K, Inder KJ, 'The role of the peer support worker in increasing rural mental health help-seeking', Australian Journal of Rural Health, 28 203-208 (2020) [C1] Objective: Mental health peer support workers draw on lived experience to provide benefit to people experiencing mental distress. People living in rural areas are less likely than... [more] Objective: Mental health peer support workers draw on lived experience to provide benefit to people experiencing mental distress. People living in rural areas are less likely than their urban counterparts to seek professional help for psychological distress. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived value of rural peer support workers as facilitators to rural mental health help-seeking. Design: Data were gathered through a cross-sectional survey distributed by a social media boosted post. Setting: A total of 349 ¿small¿ rural towns in New South Wales as defined by the Modified Monash Model classification system as MMM5. Participants: A total of 765 adult, rural residents completed the survey. Main outcome measure(s): Participants were asked to select, from a list of potential facilitators, those which they felt would make mental health help-seeking easier or harder. Results: Study participants felt that a help provider with lived experience of mental illness or distress would make mental health help-seeking easier. Similarly, rural life experience in a help provider was thought to facilitate help-seeking. Participants also believed that flexible and informal meeting settings would make it easier to seek help for mental distress. Conclusions: Engaging rural mental health peer support workers in a flexible/informal setting, as a complement to conventional health service provision, may increase rural help-seeking for mental distress. Increased mental health help-seeking is likely to have a positive impact on instances of serious mental illness.
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2019 |
Cheesmond NE, Davies K, Inder KJ, 'Exploring the role of rurality and rural identity in mental health help-seeking behavior: A systematic qualitative review.', Journal of Rural Mental Health, 43 45-59 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Akter S, Rich J, Davies K, Inder K, 'Access to maternal healthcare services among Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 9 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Akter S, Davies K, Rich JL, Inder KJ, 'Indigenous women s access to maternal healthcare services in lower- and middle-income countries: a systematic integrative review', International Journal of Public Health, 64 343-353 (2019) [C1] Objectives: Globally, Indigenous people have lower-health status compared to non-Indigenous people due to unequal access to health care. Barriers or enablers to accessing maternal... [more] Objectives: Globally, Indigenous people have lower-health status compared to non-Indigenous people due to unequal access to health care. Barriers or enablers to accessing maternal health services by Indigenous women are not well researched. This review aims to determine accessibility and utilisation of maternal primary healthcare services among Indigenous women in lower- and middle-income countries. Methods: We conducted a systematic integrative review of published and grey literature published between 2000 and 2017. Studies on maternal healthcare service utilisation by Indigenous women in lower- and middle-income countries were included. From 3092 articles identified, 10 met the eligibility criteria. Results: The most prominent barrier to accessing maternal primary healthcare services was the top-down nature of intervention programmes, which made programmes culturally unfriendly for Indigenous women. Distance, cost, transport, accommodation, language barriers and lack of knowledge about existing services also impacted access. Conclusions: Findings provided insights into understanding the gaps in existing policies for Indigenous women and their access to maternal health services. Results suggested that efforts be made to ensure appropriate programmes for Indigenous women¿s maternal health right.
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2019 |
Dalton H, Read DMY, Booth A, Perkins D, Goodwin N, Hendry A, et al., 'Formative Evaluation of the Central Coast Integrated Care Program (CCICP), NSW Australia.', International journal of integrated care, 19 15 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Handley T, Rich J, Davies K, Lewin T, Kelly B, 'The Challenges of Predicting Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours in a Sample of Rural Australians with Depression.', International journal of environmental research and public health, 15 1-9 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Davies K, Gray M, 'The place of service-user expertise in evidence-based practice', JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 17 3-20 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Rich JL, Handley T, Davies K, Perkins D, 'Understanding the Mental Health of Rural Young Adults: Risk and Protective Factors', International Journal of Mental Health and Psychiatry, 3 1-4 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Gray M, Davies K, Butcher L, 'Finding the right connections: Peer support within a community-based mental health service', International Journal of Social Welfare, 26 188-196 (2017) [C1] Gray M., Davies K., Butcher L. Finding the right connections: Peer support within a community-based mental health service. This article reports on a qualitative study that examine... [more] Gray M., Davies K., Butcher L. Finding the right connections: Peer support within a community-based mental health service. This article reports on a qualitative study that examined the organisational enablers and barriers to implementing peer support work in an Australian, rural, community-based mental health service. Interviews with 19 peer and non-peer staff were conducted to identify attitudes towards peer support and whether there were organisational values, practices and strategies that might support the implementation of peer support. The findings revealed that peer support workers were valued for their ability to build trusting connections with clients and to accept client choice in a non-judgemental way. However, peer support workers tended to ¿fill service gaps¿ within intensive, administrative case-management environments. These findings highlight the importance of an organisational-wide approach to integrating peer support, where the responsibilities for adopting new ways of working fall to all staff, not just the peer support workers themselves. Key Practitioner Message: ¿ Practitioners placed high value on the peer support workers on their teams due to their unique personalised engagement with clients; ¿ The roles of peer support workers were poorly understood by team members; ¿ Organisational integration of peer support principles could improve the way all staff engage with clients to reflect a recovery orientation.
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2016 |
Ariong SB, Gray M, Davies K, 'Sociocultural context and the success of international aid on National Agricultural Advisory Services program in eastern Uganda', Journal of Social Development in Africa, 31 165-195 (2016) [C1]
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2015 |
Davies K, Gray M, 'Mental health service users' aspirations for recovery: Examining the gaps between what policy promises and practice delivers', British Journal of Social Work, 45 i45-i61 (2015) [C1] This paper draws on findings from an Australian study of mental health service users' perspectives on service user participation to examine the challenges for translating rec... [more] This paper draws on findings from an Australian study of mental health service users' perspectives on service user participation to examine the challenges for translating recovery policy into practice. It considers the ways in which national mental health policies and developing welfare reforms reflect and/or contradict the highly personal mode of recovery important to service users; though they seemingly signal potential wins for service user empowerment, they are accompanied by losses for those who do not fit neatly into clinical categorisations. The service users (n = 11) and service providers (n = 6) interviewed for this exploratory qualitative study revealed that recovery was a lifelong process of fluctuating capacity and described a system poorly equipped and often unwilling to move beyond tokenistic modes of participation. The analysis of service user perspectives against the backdrop of policy reform reveals the ongoing tensions between personal and clinical definitions of recovery.
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2014 |
Davies K, Gray M, Butcher L, 'Lean on me: the potential for peer support in a non-government Australian mental health service', Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 24 109-121 (2014) [C1]
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2014 |
Davies K, Gray M, Webb SA, 'Putting the parity into service-user participation: An integrated model of social justice', International Journal of Social Welfare, 23 119-127 (2014) [C1]
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Review (1 outputs)
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2009 | Davies K, 'Book Review of Frontiers of Social Research: Japan and Beyond (2009) |
Conference (20 outputs)
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2021 |
Brosnan C, Davies K, Heinsch L, Steel A, Tickner C, 'The CAM Clinical Gaze: Theorising the practitioner role in complementary medicine consultations', Online (2021)
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2019 |
Akter S, Inder K, Davies K, Rich J, 'Antenatal care (ANC) service utilisation among Indigenous women in Chittagong Hill Tracts Bangladesh', Cairns (2019)
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2019 |
Akter S, Davies K, Rich J, Inder K, 'Attitudes towards & experiences of accessing maternal health care services among the Indigenous women in Khagrachhari district, Bangladesh', Kuala Lampur, Malaysia (2019)
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2017 |
Davies K, Handley T, Livingstone F, de Jaeger A, '"Making the journey easier": An evaluation of community- and clinician-targeted rural suicide prevention workshops', "Making the journey easier": An evaluation of community- and clinician-targeted rural suicide prevention workshops, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia (2017) [E1]
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Other (1 outputs)
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2022 |
Davies K, Butler K, 'Working in the disability sector: Why is it important to include people with lived experience?', (2022)
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Report (21 outputs)
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2023 |
Cook J, Davies K, Threadgold S, Farrugia D, Coffey J, Matthews B, Healy J, 'How do organisations in the Hunter and Central Coast support young people experiencing debt?', University of Newcastle (2023)
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2023 |
Davies K, Harvey N, Dimmock A, Buykx P, Krogh C, 'Together Home practitioners perspectives on building resilience and relationships', Pacific Link Housing, 36 (2023)
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2022 |
Blakemore T, Stuart G, Louise D, McGregor J, Hansen K, Davies K, et al., 'The Wisdom of Women and Workers : Practice Considerations for Designing Assertive Outreach Services for Women Experiencing Homelessness', Nova for Women and Children, 77 (2022)
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2020 |
Davies K, Buykx P, Curryer C, Krogh C, 'Client-centric commissioning: an Evidence Check rapid review', NSW Department of Communities and Justice, 71 (2020)
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
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2012 | Davies K, Service-user perspectives on evidence: Shaping participatory mental health and homelessness services, University of Newcastle (2012) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 20 |
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Total funding | $703,352 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20231 grants / $4,982
Exploring the impacts of research on lived-experience researchers$4,982
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Pilot Research Scheme: Projects, Pivots, Partnerships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20225 grants / $79,917
The RYSS Youth Hub as novel local youth service delivery: researching implementation and outcomes$40,000
Funding body: Regional Youth Support Services
Funding body | Regional Youth Support Services |
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Project Team | Doctor Chris Krogh, Associate Professor Penny Buykx, Doctor Kate Davies |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2024 |
GNo | G2201019 |
Type Of Funding | C3200 – Aust Not-for Profit |
Category | 3200 |
UON | Y |
Entrepreneurial debt and young people’s investments in their future$14,000
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr Julia Cook (lead), A/Prof Steven Threadgold, Dr David Farrugia, Dr Julia Coffey, Dr Ben Matthews, Dr Kate Davies, Dr Joshua Healy |
Scheme | CHSF - Pilot Research Scheme: Projects, Pivots, Partnerships |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Together Home practitioners’ perspectives on building resilience and relationships $12,180
Funding body: Pacific Link Housing
Funding body | Pacific Link Housing |
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Project Team | Doctor Kate Davies, Associate Professor Penny Buykx, Doctor Chris Krogh |
Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G2200539 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
“I don’t want to be let down again”: Together Home practitioners’ perspectives on building resilience and relationships$12,180
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | K Davies (lead), C Krogh, P Buykx |
Scheme | CHSF - Matched Funding |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
CHSF Conference Travel Grant$1,557
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Conference Travel Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20211 grants / $2,500
Research output Scheme Funding$2,500
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | 2021 CHSF Research Output Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
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Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20204 grants / $112,955
Regional youth in precarious times: Work, wellbeing and debt$70,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr David Farrugia (Lead); Dr Julia Cook; A/Prof Kate Senior; Dr Steven Threadgold; Dr Julia Coffey; Dr Kate Davies; Dr David Savage; Prof Helen Cahill (University of Melbourne). |
Scheme | Research Programs Pilot Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Evidence check review: Client-centric commissioning$25,000
Funding body: The Sax Institute
Funding body | The Sax Institute |
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Project Team | Doctor Kate Davies, Associate Professor Penny Buykx, Doctor Chris Krogh |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | G1901481 |
Type Of Funding | C1700 - Aust Competitive - Other |
Category | 1700 |
UON | Y |
Knowledge and its use in complemetary and alternative medicine: Practitioners' perspectives and practices$12,955
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | A/Prof Caragh Brosnan (Lead), Dr Kate Davies, Dr Milena Heinsch, Dr Amie Steel and Dr Pia Vuolanto |
Scheme | Strategic Network and Pilot Project Grants Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Faculty of Education and Arts New Start Grant$5,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | New Start Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20181 grants / $21,700
Parent engagement in child protection processes project$21,700
Funding body: NSW Department of Family and Community Services
Funding body | NSW Department of Family and Community Services |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Nicola Ross (UON, lead), Jessica Cocks (Life Without Barriers), Wendy Foote (UON), Kate Davies (UON) |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C2220 - Aust StateTerritoryLocal - Other |
Category | 2220 |
UON | N |
20175 grants / $342,468
Central Coast LHD Integrated Care Formative Evaluation$133,604
Funding body: Central Coast Local Health District
Funding body | Central Coast Local Health District |
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Project Team | Professor David Perkins, Doctor Hazel Dalton, Doctor Kate Davies, Doctor Tonelle Handley, Doctor Donna Read, Mrs Angela Booth |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1700888 |
Type Of Funding | C2300 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Own Purpose |
Category | 2300 |
UON | Y |
GP’s with a Special Interest in Mental Health$100,000
Funding body: Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network
Funding body | Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network |
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Project Team | Doctor Tonelle Handley, Doctor Hazel Dalton, Professor David Perkins, Louise Upton, Sarah Connor, Jane Connolly, Sean Mutchmor, Doctor Kate Davies |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | G1701306 |
Type Of Funding | C2100 - Aust Commonwealth – Own Purpose |
Category | 2100 |
UON | Y |
Early career research PhD scholarship$78,864
Funding body: The University of Newcastle
Funding body | The University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Kate Davies |
Scheme | Early Career Researcher PhD Support |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
IMHpact evaluation$20,000
Funding body: Mid North Coast Local Health District
Funding body | Mid North Coast Local Health District |
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Project Team | Pamela Johnson, Lee Ridoutt, Victoria Hirst, Donna Read, Kate Davies, David Perkins |
Scheme | Mid North Coast Local Health District Research Support program |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Local |
Category | 2OPL |
UON | N |
Evaluation of We-Yarn Aboriginal suicide prevention workshops$10,000
Funding body: Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC)
Funding body | Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC) |
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Project Team | Kate Davies, Nicole Turner, Donna Read, Angela Booth, Tonelle Handley |
Scheme | Mental health |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Local |
Category | 2OPL |
UON | N |
20162 grants / $48,830
Needs Analysis Study - Mental Health of Port Stephens Youth$41,330
Funding body: Caring for Our Port Stephens Youth (COPSY)
Funding body | Caring for Our Port Stephens Youth (COPSY) |
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Project Team | Doctor Tonelle Handley, Doctor Kate Davies, Doctor Jane Rich |
Scheme | Research Project |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1601159 |
Type Of Funding | C3200 – Aust Not-for Profit |
Category | 3200 |
UON | Y |
Farm-Link evaluation$7,500
Funding body: Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC)
Funding body | Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC) |
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Project Team | Kate Davies, Angela Booth, Tonelle Handley, David Perkins |
Scheme | Mental health |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Local |
Category | 2OPL |
UON | N |
20141 grants / $90,000
Social Work$90,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Emeritus Professor Mel Gray, Doctor Kylie Agllias, Doctor Amanda Howard, Doctor Tamara Blakemore, Doctor Leanne Schubert, Doctor Milena Heinsch, Doctor Kate Davies, Ms Tiani Hetherington |
Scheme | Research Programme 2014 |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1400923 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | PhD | Lived Experiences of Protracted Displacement from a Natural Hazard Induced Disaster in Australia | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | PhD | Making Mental Health Help-Seeking Easier: A Rural Perspective | PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Examining Access to Health Services for Women of Reproductive Age from Ethnic Communities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh | PhD (Public Health & BehavSci), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Kate Davies
Position
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Contact Details
kate.davies@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 4055 3106 |
Office
Room | W342 |
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Building | Behavioural Sciences Building |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |