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Helen Winefield
PhD, FAPS
Title: Dr
Position: Professor (joint appointment in School of Psychology and Discipline of Psychiatry)
 

 

Professional Affiliations:
Australian Psychological Society SA Branch Committee and College of Health Psychologists
Health, Disability and Lifespan Development research group, School of Psychology
Centre for Intergenerational Health Scientific Advisory Committee

Teaching:
Co-ordinator, Master of Psychology (Health) 
Postgraduate Coordinator, Discipline of Psychiatry
MBBS Third Year Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences


Research:

  • the role of psychosocial support (lay and professional) in chronic condition self-management
  • family care-giving in illness & disability
  • management and prevention of work stress in human service professionals
  • psychological development from early to late adulthood including work-life balance and the effects of unemployment and underemployment
  • psychological treatments for anxiety and depression in general practice settings

 

Key Publications:

Winefield, H. (2003)  Work stress and its effects in general practitioners.  In Dollard, M., Winefield, A.H. and Winefield, H.R. (Eds)  Occupational stress in the service professions. London: Taylor & Francis (pp. 187-207)2006.

Winefield HR, Coventry BJ and Lambert V, 2004. Setting up a health education website: Practical advice for health professionals. Patient Education and Counseling 53, 175-182.

Winefield, H.R.  (2004)  Developing and evaluating training and teaching.  in S. Michie and C. Abraham (Eds) Health Psychology in Practice.  London: Blackwell. Pp 317-336.

Gooden, R.J. & Winefield, H.R. (2007).  Breast and prostate cancer online discussion boards: A thematic analysis of gender differences and similarities.  Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 103-114.

Winefield, H. R., Turnbull,D.A., Seiboth, C. & Taplin, J.E. (2007).  Evaluating a program of psychological interventions in primary health care: consumer distress, disability and service usage.  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 31, 264-269. 

National and International Collaborations:
Professor Anne Hammarstrom, Centre for Gender Research, Public Health, Umae University, Sweden.

Declaration of Financial Interest:
I receive no financial support from pharmaceutical companies.

Contact Details:
(Monday and Tuesday) School of Psychology, (Room 506, Hughes Building), University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005.
Telephone: +61 8 8303 3172
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 3770
(Wednesday and Friday) Discipline of Psychiatry, Room 4-50, Eleanor Harrald Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Telephone: +61 8 8222 5153
Facsimile: +61 8 8222 2865
Email: helen.winefield@adelaide.edu.au