基本信息
views: 5
![](https://originalfileserver.aminer.cn/sys/aminer/icon/show-trajectory.png)
Bio
Kirsti Haracz is a lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of Newcastle. Before entering academia Kirsti worked as an occupational therapist in both Australia and the United Kingdom for 13 years. Since coming to the University of Newcastle in 2006 Kirsti has been involved in designing and delivering courses about group processes, mental health, and leisure and lifestyle in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons) Program. Kirsti has also been involved in the delivery of a cross-disciplinary research methods course. Kirsti is currently co-supervising two PhD students and three honours students and has supervised 14 honours students in previous years. She is a member of the Critically Appraised Papers Advisory Board for the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal and a reviewer for a number of journals.
Kirsti’s area of specialty both in her clinical career and in her research and teaching, is the field of mental health. In particular Kirsti is interested in the nexus between physical and mental health and the role of lifestyle in promoting and maintaining health. Kirsti’s PhD research explored the experience of women with schizophrenia spectrum disorders of managing their weight. Kirsti has also been involved in other studies exploring related issues such as the role of occupational therapists in addressing issues of diet in people with mental illness, and the role of occupational therapy in addressing obesity.
Kirsti is also passionate about helping to effectively prepare future occupational therapists for mental health practice. She collaborated with academics from the school of performing arts to design a model for providing simulation in a mental health occupational therapy course. She is also a member of a group of mental health occupational therapy academics from across Australia and New Zealand researching curriculum design to prepare occupational therapists for mental health practice
Research Expertise
My major areas of research interest include: physical health of people with mental health disorders, occupational therapy in mental health, occupational therapy and obesity, and occupational therapy education.
Teaching Expertise
I have responsibility for curriculum development, teaching and course co-ordination of courses relating to mental health and psychosocial well being, group processes and groups as therapy and lifestyle and leisure in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons) Program. I have also been involved in the delivery of a cross disciplinary research methods course.
Research Interests
Papers共 41 篇Author StatisticsCo-AuthorSimilar Experts
By YearBy Citation主题筛选期刊级别筛选合作者筛选合作机构筛选
时间
引用量
主题
期刊级别
合作者
合作机构
A M J Denham,K Haracz,M L Bird, B Bonevski,N J Spratt, A Turner, W Z Chow, M Larkin, N Mabotuwana,H Janssen
Disability and rehabilitationpp.1-18, (2024)
Kelsey Philpott-Robinson,Kirsti Haracz, Dianne Blackwell,Carly Mallise,Carl Leonard, Alison Lane, Kylie Wales
Australian occupational therapy journal (2024)
Heidi Janssen,Maria Sammut, Rebekah Pickering, Jenelle Preece,Anne Sweetapple,Carlos Garcia-Esperon,John Attia,Neil Spratt,David Lambkin,Daniel Barker,Gillian Mason,Gary Crowfoot,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKEno. 2 (2023): 8-8
Cited0Views0Bibtex
0
0
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATIONno. 3 (2022): 337-352
Cited0Views0Bibtex
0
0
Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPTno. 3 (2022): 189-197
Cited0Views0Bibtex
0
0
Load More
Author Statistics
Co-Author
Co-Institution
D-Core
- 合作者
- 学生
- 导师
Data Disclaimer
The page data are from open Internet sources, cooperative publishers and automatic analysis results through AI technology. We do not make any commitments and guarantees for the validity, accuracy, correctness, reliability, completeness and timeliness of the page data. If you have any questions, please contact us by email: report@aminer.cn