Kacey Martin
贰尘补颈濒:听kacey.martin@unsw.edu.au
Supervisors: Joanne Bryant, Emma Kirby, Chris Cunningham
Kacey Martin is a doctoral researcher, research officer, and lived experience advocate, living and working on Gadigal, Wangal, and Bedegal land. Born in Australia, Kacey is of M膩ori (Ng膩ti Pikiao) and European ancestry.
Kacey's postgraduate research takes a sociological approach to studying eating disorders, with her doctoral research focusing specifically on M膩ori understandings and experiences of eating disorders in Aotearoa and Australia.
Since 2018, Kacey has worked as a research assistant/officer at the University of New South Wales. In this role, she has been involved in various research projects exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sexual wellbeing and relationships, youth and IUD drug use, sex worker wellbeing in decriminalised contexts, BBV stigma in CALD communities, and effective practices in public education.
Additionally, Kacey works as a First Year Advisor and Tutor for Indigenous students at Macquarie University through Walanga Muru.
As a lived experience advocate, Kacey uses her expertise to guide social and health research, services, and promotion. She currently serves on lived experience committees at The Butterfly Foundation and ACON.
- Research area
- Research outputs
- Mental health
- Indigenous wellbeing
- Social stigma
- Sex and relationships
- Cultural sociology
- Intersectionality
Journal papers
- Brener, L., Vu, H., Horwitz, R., Cama, E., Martin, K., Rance, J., Okeke, S. & Bryant, J. 2024, 鈥淧eople like us would have no clue if the information is online鈥: exploring understanding and sources of hepatitis B information among Vietnamese Australians鈥, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, published online.
- Bryant, J., Bolt, R., Martin, K., Beadman, M., Doyle, M., Treloar, C., Bell, S., Murphy, D., Newman, C., Browne, A., Aggleton, P., Beetson, K., Brooks, M., Wilms, J., Leece, B., Stanbury, L., Botfield, J., Davis, B. & Graham, S 2023, 鈥榊arning as a method for building sexual wellbeing among urban Aboriginal young people in Australia鈥, Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 26, no. 7.
- Martin, K., Bryant, J., Beetson, K., Wilms, J., Briggs, T., Treloar, C. & Newman, C 2023, 'Normalising sex and resisting shame: young Aboriginal women's views on sex and relationships in an urban setting in Australia', Journal of Youth Studies, published online.
- Graham, S., Martin, K., Gardner, K., Beadman, M., Doyle, M., Bolt, R., Murphy, D., Newman, C., Bell, S., Treloar, C., Browne, A., Aggleton, P., Beetson, K., Brooks, M., Botfield, J., Davis, B., Wilms, J., Leece, B., Stanbury, L. & Bryant, J. 2023, 'Aboriginal young people's perspectives and experiences of accessing sexual health services and sex education in Australia: a qualitative study', Global Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1.
- Graham, S., Blaxland, M., Bolt R., Beadman, M., Gardner, K., Martin, K., Doyle, M., Beetson, K., Murphy, D., Bell, S., Newman, C. & Bryant, J. 2023, 鈥楢boriginal peoples' perspectives about COVID-19 vaccines and motivations to seek vaccination: a qualitative study', BMJ Global Health, vol. 7, no. 7.
- Graham, S., Martin, K., Beadman, M., Doyle, M., & Bolt, R. 2022, 鈥極ur relationships, our culture, our community 鈥 Aboriginal young men鈥檚 views about relationships in the 鈥楩ostering Sexual Wellbeing of Aboriginal Young People鈥 study鈥, Culture, Health & Sexuality, vol. 25, no. 3.
- Bryant, J., Bolt, R., Botfield, J. R., Martin, K., Doyle, M., Murphy, D., Graham, S., Newman, C. E., Bell, S., Treloar, C., Browne, A. J., & Aggleton, A. 2021, 鈥楤eyond deficit: 鈥榮trengths-based approaches鈥 in Indigenous health research鈥, Sociology of Health and Illness, vol. 3, no. 6.
Media articles
- Martin, K., Gardner, K., Bryant, J., Bolt, R., Doyle, M., Murphy, D., Graham, S., & Beadman, M. 2020, 鈥樷橶hat we do well鈥: strengths-based research about Aboriginal young people鈥檚 sexual wellbeing in Western Sydney鈥, HIV Australia, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, Sydney.
Conference presentations
- Bolt, R., Bryant, J., & Martin, K. 2019, 鈥楨mploying the peer-interview method to engage urban-based Indigenous Australian young peoples in conversations about identity鈥, TASA Conference 2019, Sydney, 26 November 2019.
- Martin, K. & Wilms, J. 2022, 鈥楢gency and the positive role of community and culture in fostering sexual wellbeing for Aboriginal young women鈥, ASHM Sexual Health Conference 2023, Sunshine Coast, 1 September 2023.