Associate Professor Loren Brener

Deputy Director

MA, PhD

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)

Centre for Social Research in Health

Loren Brener an Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health. Her research focuses on stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with blood-borne viruses such as HIV and viral hepatitis and the impact of this on health outcomes and quality of care. Her research is grounded in social psychology and aims to advance theoretical understanding as well as practical outcomes for marginalised and vulnerable groups.

Phone

+61 2 9385 6530

E-mail

l.brener@unsw.edu.au

Location

316 Goodsell Building

Journal articles | 2024

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Harrod ME; Holly C; Caruana T; Beadman K; Treloar C, 2024, 'Experiences of stigma and subsequent reduced access to health care among women who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1071 - 1079,

Journal articles | 2024

Brener L; Caruana T; Cama E; Gilford C; Crawford S; Capell-Hattam T; von Hippel C, 2024, 'Stigma by association among alcohol and other drug and harm reduction workers: Implications for workplace outcomes', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 2035 - 2044,

Journal articles | 2024

Brener L; Horwitz R; Cama E; Vu HMK; Jin D; WU KOE; Rance J; Broady T; Treloar C; Mao L; Okeke S; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding stigma and attitudes towards hepatitis B among university students in Australia of Chinese and Vietnamese background', BMC Public Health, 24, pp. 2801,

Journal articles | 2024

Brener L; Vu HMK; Horwitz R; Cama E; Martin K; Rance J; Okeke S; Bryant J, 2024, '‘People Like Us Would Have No Clue If the Information Is Online’: Exploring Understanding and Sources of Hepatitis B Information Among Vietnamese Australians', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities,

Journal articles | 2024

Cama E; Brener L; Broady T; Horwitz R; Jin D; Khoi Vu HM; Wu KOE; Treloar C, 2024, 'Hepatitis B screening and knowledge among Chinese and Vietnamese students in Australia', PLoS ONE, 19,

Journal articles | 2024

Cama E; Brener L; Horwitz R; Broady TR; Khoi Vu HM; Jin D; Wu KOE; Treloar C, 2024, 'Factors associated with hepatitis B knowledge among people of Vietnamese ethnicity in Australia', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 29, pp. 1536 - 1547,

Journal articles | 2024

Caruana T; Brener L; Calabrese SK; Cama E; Treloar C; Broady T, 2024, 'Differences in stigma reduction related to injection drug use between people expressing conservative, moderate and progressive values following an online intervention', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 853 - 860,

Journal articles | 2024

Horwitz R; Brener L; Prankumar SK; de Jesus T; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding cultural inclusion in alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia and assessing the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1798 - 1808,

Journal articles | 2024

Vu M; Okeke S; Horwitz R; Cama E; Brener L; Tu T, 2024, 'WED-501 “I go as much and to as many doctors I can trust to not be stigmatised”: factors in the experience of hepatitis B that affect linkage to care and treatment', Journal of Hepatology, 80, pp. S689 - S689,

Journal articles | 2023

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'The impact of sources of stigma on health care avoidance among gay and bisexual men in Australia', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 35, pp. 663 - 671,

Journal articles | 2023

Broady TR; Brener L; Caruana T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'Factors associated with sharing equipment among people who inject drugs: The role of community attachment in harm reduction and health promotion', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 561 - 568,

Journal articles | 2023

Broady TR; Brener L; Horwitz R; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, 'Reducing stigma towards people living with HIV and people who inject drugs using social norms theory: An online study with Australian health care workers', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 249,

Journal articles | 2023

Rance J; Bryant J; Caruana T; Brener L, 2023, 'Practising care in a pandemic: Accounting for everyday life during COVID-19 among people who inject drugs', Sociology of Health and Illness, 45, pp. 791 - 809,

Journal articles | 2023

Storer D; Lafferty L; Graham S; Murphy D; Rance J; Brener L; Seale H; Hammoud MA; Prestage G; Beadman M; Gardner K; Blaxland M; Bolt R; Caruana T; Philpot S; Rule J; Bryant J, 2023, 'Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines: Lessons from Selected Populations Who Experience Discrimination in the Australian Healthcare System', Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, pp. 1 - 10,

Journal articles | 2022

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2022, 'Moderating Effects of Socio-Demographic Factors in Associations Between Acculturation and Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviours: a Study of Australian Residents Born in Sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23, pp. 2195 - 2217,

Journal articles | 2022

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2022, 'Comparing Australian health worker and student attitudes and concerns about providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, pp. 282 - 288,

Journal articles | 2022

Brener L; Caruana T; Broady T; Cama E; Ezard N; Madden A; Treloar C, 2022, 'Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, pp. 100398,

Journal articles | 2022

Brener L; Horwitz R; Rance J; Caruana T; Bryant J, 2022, 'Health worker perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on harm reduction services for people who inject drugs', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. 2320 - 2329,

Journal articles | 2022

Brener L; Horwitz R; Rance J; Gray R; Poeder F; Bryant J, 2022, 'Establishing the impact of consumer participation in alcohol and other drug treatment settings in Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e1183 - e1193,

Journal articles | 2022

Bryant J; Horwitz R; Gray RM; Lafferty L; Jops P; Blunden H; Hudson S; Brener L, 2022, 'Improving access to drug and alcohol treatment in NSW Australia: The role of self-determination and peer support', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e2050 - e2057,

Journal articles | 2022

Horwitz R; Brener L; Marshall AD; Caruana T; Newman CE, 2022, 'Optimising community health services in Australia for populations affected by stigmatised infections: What do service users want?', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e3686 - e3695,

Journal articles | 2022

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Hepatitis B-related stigma among Chinese immigrants living with hepatitis B virus in Australia: A qualitative study', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e5602 - e5611,

Journal articles | 2022

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Knowledge and beliefs about hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among Chinese migrants in Australia: The result of a quantitative study', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. 918 - 925,

Journal articles | 2022

Jin D; Brener L; Treloar C, 2022, 'Trust in healthcare providers among Chinese immigrants living with hepatitis B virus in Australia: A qualitative study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 29, pp. 968 - 975,

Journal articles | 2022

Jin D; Treloar C; Brener L, 2022, 'Hepatitis B virus related stigma among Chinese living in mainland China: a scoping review', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 27, pp. 1760 - 1773,

Journal articles | 2022

Treloar C; Cama E; Lancaster K; Brener L; Broady TR; Cogle A; O’Donnell D, 2022, 'A universal precautions approach to reducing stigma in health care: getting beyond HIV-specific stigma', Harm Reduction Journal, 19,

Journal articles | 2022

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G, 2022, 'Lived Experience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health Workers', Psychiatric Services, 73, pp. 999 - 1004,

Journal articles | 2021

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Hopwood M; Byrne J; Treloar C, 2021, 'Positive effects of community attachment on internalised stigma and wellbeing among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97,

Journal articles | 2021

Broady TR; Brener L; Vuong T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2021, 'Online interventions to reduce stigma towards population groups affected by blood borne viruses in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96,

Journal articles | 2021

Cama E; Brener L; Broady T; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2021, 'Australian health and medical workers’ concerns around providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, pp. e431 - e439,

Journal articles | 2021

Djordjevic F; Ryan K; Gunn J; Brener L; O’Keefe D; Draper B; Schroeder S; Gold J; Treloar C; Broady T; Dietze P; Hellard M; Pedrana A, 2021, 'Health service utilization and experiences of stigma amongst people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 28, pp. 1738 - 1743,

Journal articles | 2021

Lea T; Brener L; Lambert S; Whitlam G; Holt M, 2021, 'Treatment outcomes of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer alcohol and other drug counselling service in Australia: A retrospective analysis of client records', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1358 - 1368,

Journal articles | 2021

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G; Kjelsaas K; von Hippel W, 2021, 'No evidence that implicit identification with mental illness predicts recovery', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 60, pp. 530 - 545,

Journal articles | 2020

Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Hopwood M; de Wit JBF; Treloar C, 2020, 'The role of social support in moderating the relationship between HIV centrality, internalised stigma and psychological distress for people living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 850 - 857,

Journal articles | 2020

Brener L; Murphy DA; Cama E; Murray J; Fraser N; Ellard J, 2020, 'HCV knowledge, disclosure practices, and risk perceptions among gay and bisexual men who do and do not engage in group sex while using drugs', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 1258 - 1261,

Journal articles | 2020

Brener L; Murphy DA; Ellard J; Cama E; Fraser N; Murray J, 2020, 'Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men in the era of direct-acting antivirals: implications for treatment and prevention', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 551 - 567,

Journal articles | 2020

Broady TR; Brener L; Cama E; Hopwood M; Treloar C, 2020, 'Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of the Australian population', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0232218,

Journal articles | 2020

Broady TR; Brener L; Hopwood M; Cama E; Treloar C; Holt M, 2020, 'HIV stigma by association among Australian gay and bisexual men.', AIDS, 34 Suppl 1, pp. S53 - S62,

Journal articles | 2019

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Associations of post-migration dietary and physical activity behaviours with acculturation and social cognitive factors: A cross-sectional study of Australian residents born in sub-Saharan Africa', Journal of Ethnic Foods, 6,

Journal articles | 2019

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Determinants of post-migration changes in dietary and physical activity behaviours and implications for health promotion: Evidence from Australian residents of sub-Saharan African ancestry', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 30, pp. 62 - 71,

Journal articles | 2019

Addo IY; Brener L; Asante AD; de Wit J, 2019, 'Socio-cultural beliefs about an ideal body size and implications for risk of excess weight gain after immigration: a study of Australian residents of sub-Saharan African ancestry', Ethnicity and Health,

Journal articles | 2019

Brener L; Cama E; Broady T; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2019, 'Predictors of health care workers’ support for discriminatory treatment and care of people who inject drugs', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 24, pp. 439 - 445,

Journal articles | 2019

Bryant J; Brener L; Pepolim L; Harrod ME, 2019, 'Care, agency and criminality: Making sense of authorised extended distribution in the accounts of key stakeholders', International Journal of Drug Policy, 71, pp. 56 - 61,

Journal articles | 2019

Horwitz R; Brener L; Meissner F; Rothermund K; von Hippel W; von Hippel C, 2019, 'Identification with drug use among young adults who are at risk of transitioning to more serious use', Addictive Behaviors, 99,

Journal articles | 2019

Kjelsaas K; Mecklenburgh N; von Hippel C; Brener L, 2019, 'For Better or Worse: Facebook Use and Wellbeing Among Community Mental Health Care Clients', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 207, pp. 659 - 667,

Journal articles | 2019

von Hippel C; Brener L; Rose G; von Hippel W, 2019, 'Perceived inability to help is associated with client-related burnout and negative work outcomes among community mental health workers', Health and Social Care in the Community, 27, pp. 1507 - 1514,

Journal articles | 2018

Brener L; Bryant J; Cama E; Pepolin L; Harrod ME, 2018, 'Patterns of Peer Distribution of Injecting Equipment at an Authorized Distribution Site in Sydney, Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 53, pp. 2405 - 2412,

Journal articles | 2018

Brener L; Lea T; Rance J; Wilson H; Bryant J; Ezard N, 2018, 'Providing a model of health care service to stimulant users in Sydney', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 25, pp. 130 - 137,

Journal articles | 2018

Broady TR; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, 'Responding to a national policy need: development of a stigma indicator for bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 513 - 515,

Journal articles | 2018

Rose G; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel B, 2018, 'Attitudes of people working in mental health non-governmental organisations in Australia: A comparison with other mental health professionals', Health Psychology Open, 5, pp. 2055102918765413,

Journal articles | 2018

von Hippel C; Brener L; Horwitz R, 2018, 'Implicit and explicit internalized stigma: Relationship with risky behaviors, psychosocial functioning and healthcare access among people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors, 76, pp. 305 - 311,

Journal articles | 2017

Brener L; Cama E; Hull P; Treloar C, 2017, 'Evaluation of an online injecting drug use stigma intervention targeted at health providers in New South Wales, Australia', Health Psychology Open, 4,

Journal articles | 2017

Cama, E ; Brener L; Slavin, S ; de Wit J, 2017, 'The relationship between negative responses to HIV status disclosure and psycho-social outcomes among people living with HIV', Journal of Health Psychology,

Journal articles | 2017

Newman CE; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson LC; Dillon A; Saunders V; Johnson P; Treloar C, 2017, '“I Had a Little Bit of a Bloke Meltdown…But the Next Day, I Was Up”: Understanding Cancer Experiences Among Aboriginal Men', Cancer Nursing, 40, pp. E1 - E8,

Journal articles | 2017

Treloar C; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Dewit J; Madden A; Neale J, 2017, 'O11 Hepatitis C: stigma indicators and patient reported outcome measures for DAA treatment', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 5,

Journal articles | 2017

Wilson H; Brener L; Jackson LC; Saunders V; Johnson P; Treloar C, 2017, 'HCV knowledge among a sample of HCV positive Aboriginal Australians residing in New South Wales', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 22, pp. 625 - 632,

Journal articles | 2016

Brener L; Wilson H; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Treloar C, 2016, 'Experiences of diagnosis, care and treatment among Aboriginal people living with hepatitis C', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, pp. S59 - S64,

Journal articles | 2016

Brener L; von Hippel C; Wilson H; Hopwood M, 2016, 'Health workers' support for hepatitis C treatment uptake among clients with a history of injecting.', Journal of Health Psychology,

Journal articles | 2016

Cama E; Brener L; Wilson H; von Hippel C, 2016, 'Internalized Stigma Among People Who Inject Drugs', Substance Use and Misuse, 51, pp. 1664 - 1668,

Journal articles | 2016

Treloar C; Jackson C; Gray R; Newland J; Wilson H; Saunders V; Johnson P; Brener L, 2016, 'Care and treatment of hepatitis C among Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: Implications for the implementation of new treatments', Ethnicity and Health, 21, pp. 39 - 57,

Journal articles | 2016

Treloar C; Jackson LC; Gray R; Newland J; Wilson H; Saunders V; Johnson P; Brener L, 2016, 'Multiple stigmas, shame and historical trauma compound the experience of Aboriginal Australians living with hepatitis C', Health Sociology Review, 25, pp. 18 - 32,

Journal articles | 2016

Wilson H; Brener L, 2016, 'Current Perspectives on Consumer Participation among Non Government Drug and Alcohol Service Staff in New South Wales', Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, 06,

Journal articles | 2015

Brener L; Horwitz R; Von Hippel C; Bryant J; Treloar C, 2015, 'Discrimination by health care workers versus discrimination by others: Countervailing forces on HCV treatment intentions', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 20, pp. 148 - 153,

Journal articles | 2015

Brener L; Murphy DA; Cama EJ; Ellard J, 2015, 'Hepatitis C risk factors, attitudes and knowledge among HIV-positive, HIV-negative and HIV-untested gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 411 - 417,

Journal articles | 2015

Brener L; Wilson H; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Treloar C, 2015, 'The role of Aboriginal community attachment in promoting lifestyle changes after hepatitis C diagnosis', Health Psychology Open, 2,

Journal articles | 2015

Cama E; Brener L; Slavin S; De Wit J, 2015, 'The impact of HIV treatment-related stigma on uptake of antiretroviral therapy', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 27, pp. 739 - 742,

Journal articles | 2015

Cama EJ; Wilson H; Mackenzie A; Brener L, 2015, 'Hepatitis C Stigma and Empowerment Through Positive Speaking in Sydney, Australia', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 25, pp. 418 - 431,

Journal articles | 2015

Wolff N; Von Hippel C; Brener L; Von Hippel W, 2015, 'Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29, pp. 136 - 141,

Journal articles | 2015

Wolff N; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2015, 'Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs.', Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 20, pp. 148 - 153

Journal articles | 2014

Cama E; Brener L; Bryant J, 2014, 'Characteristics and attendance patterns of a fixed-site NSP and nearby SVM: The benefits of 24-hour access to sterile injecting equipment', Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 21, pp. 476 - 481,

Journal articles | 2014

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson C; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris M; Butow P; Newman C, 2014, 'Health literacy in relation to cancer: addressing the silence about and absence of cancer discussion among Aboriginal people, communities and health services', Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10, pp. 81 - 81,

Journal articles | 2014

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L, 2014, 'A piece of the jigsaw of primary care: Health professional perceptions of an integrated care model of hepatitis C management in the community', Journal of Primary Health Care, 6, pp. 129 - 134,

Journal articles | 2014

Wilson H; Brener L; Mao L; Treloar C, 2014, 'Perceived discrimination and injecting risk among people who inject drugs attending Needle and Syringe Programmes in Sydney, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 144, pp. 274 - 278,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Callander D; Slavin S; de Wit J, 2013, 'Experiences of HIV stigma: the role of visible symptoms, HIV centrality and HIV-positive community attachment for people living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Ellard JM; Murphy DA; Callander D, 2013, 'Perceptions and deflections: Associations between attitudes towards people with hepatitis C and testing for hepatitis C among Australian gay and bisexual men', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 268 - 274,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Gray RM; Cama EJ; Treloar C, 2013, 'Makes you wanna do treatment: Benefits of a hepatitis C specialist clinic to clients in Christchurch, New Zealand', Health and Social Care in the Community, 21, pp. 216 - 223,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Rose G; Treloar C; Cama EJ; Whiticker M, 2013, 'Mental health support workers' attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use: Barriers to recovery?', Mental Health and Substance Use, Advance online publication, pp. 1 - 13,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Rose G; Von Hippel C; Wilson H, 2013, 'Implicit attitudes, emotions and helping intentions of mental health workers towards their clients', Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; Wilson H; Slavin S; De Wit J, 2013, 'The impact of living with HIV: Differences in experiences of stigma for heterosexual and homosexual people living with HIV in Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 316 - 319,

Journal articles | 2013

Brener L; von Hippel C; Horwitz R; Hamwood J, 2013, 'The impact of pluralistic ignorance on the provision of health care for people who inject drugs.', Journal of Health Psychology,

Journal articles | 2013

Newman CE; Gray RM; Brener L; Jackson LC; Johnson P; Saunders V; Harris M; Butow PN; Treloar C, 2013, 'One size fits all? The discursive framing of cultural difference in health professional accounts of providing cancer care to Aboriginal people', Ethnicity and Health, 18, pp. 433 - 447,

Journal articles | 2013

Rose G; Cama E; Brener L; Treloar C, 2013, 'Knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use among mental health support workers of a community managed organisation', Australian Health Review

Journal articles | 2013

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson C; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris M; Butow P; Newman C, 2013, 'Health literacy in relation to cancer: Addressing the silence about and absence of cancer discussion among Aboriginal people, communities and health services', Health and Social Care in the Community, 21, pp. 655 - 664,

Journal articles | 2013

Treloar C; Gray RM; Brener L; Jackson LC; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris MI; Butow PN; Newman CE, 2013, '"I can't do this, it's too much": Building social inclusion in cancer diagnosis and treatment experiences of Aboriginal people, their carers and health workers', International Journal of Public Health

Journal articles | 2012

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Von Hippel C, 2012, 'Exploring the relationship between implicit self-representation and drug use', Addiction Research and Theory, 20, pp. 133 - 137,

Journal articles | 2012

Brener L; Wilson H; Rose G; Mackenzie A; de Wit J, 2012, 'Challenging stereotypes and changing attitudes: improving quality of care for people with hepatitis C through Positive Speakers programs', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 18, pp. 242 - 249,

Journal articles | 2012

Hopwood MN; Brener L; Wilson H, 2012, 'Vaccine, transmission and treatment: an exploratory study of viral hepatitis knowledge among attendees at a metropolitan Australian university', Drugs - Education Prevention and Policy, 19, pp. 346 - 350,

Journal articles | 2012

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C, 2012, 'Evaluation of an integrated care service facility for people living with hepatitis C in New Zealand', International Journal of Integrated Care, 12,

Journal articles | 2012

Resnick I; Brener L; Treloar C; Hull PB, 2012, 'Health worker attitudes towards peer workers in hepatitis C prevention', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 17, pp. 659 - 666,

Journal articles | 2012

Rose G; Beale I; Malone J; Higgin J; Whiticker M; Brener L, 2012, 'Problematic substance use in two mental health NGOs, and staff, client and general public attitudes towards problematic substance use amongst people with mental illness', Mental Health and Substance Use: Dual Diagnosis, 5, pp. 275 - 286,

Journal articles | 2012

Seear K; Gray RM; Fraser S; Treloar C; Bryant J; Brener L, 2012, 'Rethinking safety and fidelity: the role of love and intimacy in hepatitis C transmission and prevention', Health Sociology Review, 21, pp. 272 - 286,

Journal articles | 2012

de Wit J; Brener L; Slavin S, 2012, 'Resilience as a mediator of the mental health impacts of HIV-related stigma', PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, 27, pp. 32 - 32,

Journal articles | 2011

Von Hippel C; Brener L, 2011, 'Specificity of discrimination: Does it matter from whence it comes?', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, pp. 1029 - 1042,

Journal articles | 2010

Brener L; Spooner CJ; Treloar C, 2010, 'Preventing transitions to injecting amongst young people: What is the role of Needle and Syringe Programmes?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 21, pp. 160 - 164,

Journal articles | 2010

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Kippax SC; Preacher K, 2010, 'The role of physician and nurse attitudes in the health care of injecting drug users', Substance Use and Misuse, 45, pp. 1007 - 1018,

Journal articles | 2010

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Von H; Treloar C, 2010, 'Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: utility of a mixed methods approach', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 491 - 497,

Journal articles | 2010

Bryant J; Brener L; Hull PB; Treloar C, 2010, 'Needle sharing in sexual relationships: serodiscordance and the gendered character of injecting', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 107, pp. 182 - 187,

Journal articles | 2010

Hopwood MN; Brener L; Frankland A; Treloar C, 2010, 'Assessing community support for harm reduction services: comparing two measures', Drug and Alcohol Review, 29, pp. 385 - 391,

Journal articles | 2010

Hopwood MN; Bryant J; Brener L, 2010, 'Evolving knowledge and practice: hepatitis C and illicit drug use', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 543 - 547,

Journal articles | 2010

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C; Sabri W; Moreton R; Sedrak A, 2010, 'Australian Egyptian community’s understanding of hepatitis C, their knowledge of virus transmission and treatment and attitudes towards people with hepatitis C', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 659 - 683

Journal articles | 2010

Horwitz R; Brener L; Treloar C; Sabri W; Moreton R; Sedrak A, 2010, 'Hepatitis C in an Australian migrant community: knowledge of and attitudes towards transmission and infection', Contemporary Drug Problems, 37, pp. 659 - 683,

Journal articles | 2009

Brener L; Gray R; Treloar C, 2009, 'CAPACITY BUILDING WITH FRONT-LINE HEALTH WORKERS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: IMPACT IN A SENSITIVE AREA', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 28, pp. A5 - A5,

Journal articles | 2009

Brener L; Resnick I; Ellard JM; Treloar C; Bryant J, 2009, 'Exploring the role of consumer participation in drug treatment', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 105, pp. 172 - 175,

Journal articles | 2009

Brener L; Treloar C, 2009, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C-positive and negative clients: implications for hepatitis C treatment', Australian Health Review, 33, pp. 100 - 106

Journal articles | 2009

Treloar C; Brener L; Butow P; Lewis CR; Adams M; Davis J; Price T; Moloney A; Blackwell A, 2009, 'Identifying the needs and quality of ilfe experiences of advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients and their carers', The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 10, pp. 23 - 28

Journal articles | 2008

Brener L; Von Hippel WH, 2008, 'Measuring attitudes toward injecting drug users and people with hepatitis C', Substance Use and Misuse, 43, pp. 295 - 302,

Journal articles | 2008

Brener L; Von Hippel WH, 2008, 'Measuring attitudes towards injecting drug users and people with hepatitis C', Substance Use and Misuse, 43, pp. 295 - 302

Journal articles | 2008

Newman CE; Treloar C; Brener L; Ellard JM; O Connell DL; Butow PN; Supramaniam R, 2008, 'Aboriginal patterns of cancer care: A five-year study in New South Wales', Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 32, pp. 6 - 7,

Journal articles | 2008

Von Hippel WH; Brener L; Von Hippel CD, 2008, 'Implicit prejudice toward injecting drug users predicts intentions to change jobs among drug and alcohol nurses', Psychological Science, 19, pp. 7 - 11

Journal articles | 2007

Brener L; Von Hippel WH; Kippax SC, 2007, 'Prejudice among health care workers toward injecting drug users with hepatitis C: Does greater contact lead to less prejudice?', International Journal of Drug Policy, 18, pp. 381 - 387

Journal articles | 2004

Fraser S; Hopwood MN; Treloar C; Brener L, 2004, 'Needle fictions: Medical constructions of needle fixation and the injecting drug user', Addiction Research and Theory, 12, pp. 67 - 76

Journal articles | 2003

Brener L; Vallino-Napoli L; Reid J; Reilly S, 2003, 'Accessing the evidence to treat the dysphagic patient: Can we get it? Is there time?', Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 8, pp. 36 - 43

Journal articles | 2003

Brener L; Vallino-Napoli LD; Reid J; Reilly S, 2003, 'Accessing the evidence to treat the dysphagic patient: Can we get it? Is there time?', Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 8, pp. 36 - 43

Journal articles | 2003

Pauw I; Brener L, 2003, '`You are just whores - you can`t be raped.` Barriers to safer sex practices among women street workers in Cape Town.', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 5, pp. 465 - 481

Journal articles | 1998

Pauw, I. ; Brener L, 1998, 'Naming the dangers of working on the street', Agenda, 13, pp. 80 - 83,

Journal articles | 1997

Pauw I; Brener L, 1997, 'Naming the Dangers of Working on the Street', Agenda, pp. 80 - 80,
Preprints | 2024

Brener L; Horwitz R; Cama E; Vu HMK; Jin D; WU E; Rance J; Broady T; Treloar C; Mao L; Okeke S; Bryant J, 2024, “We are studying abroad and need to protect ourselves first”: A mixed-methods study of attitudes towards hepatitis B among university students in Australia of Chinese and Vietnamese background,

Reports | 2024

Broady T; Adam P; Cama E; Brener L; Treloar C, 2024, Stigma snapshot: Sexually transmissible infections 2023,

Reports | 2024

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Xie Y; Treloar C, 2024, Stigma snapshot: General public 2024,

Reports | 2024

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Xie Y; Treloar C, 2024, Stigma snapshot: Health care workers 2024,

Reports | 2024

Broady T; MacGibbon J; Brener L; Cama E; Holt M; Treloar C, 2024, Stigma snapshot: Men who have sex with men 2023,

Reports | 2024

Broady T; Rance J; Cama E; Lafferty L; Brener L; Treloar C; Mao L; Holt M, 2024, Annual report of trends in behaviour 2024: Viral hepatitis, HIV, STIs and sexual health in Australia,

Reports | 2024

Horwitz R; Brener L; Cama E; Wu E; Vu HMK; de Romas E; Baek Y; Hau LW; Broady T; Treloar C, 2024, Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing, and linkage to care in four migrant communities: Filipino, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Australia., Sydney UNSW,

Conference Presentations | 2024

Smith AKJ; Brener L; Broady T; Saliba B; Keen P; Treloar C; On behalf of the NSW HIV PRISM Partnership , 2024, 'Stigma and patient work: the challenges of accessing healthcare and HIV services amongst young and geographically diverse gay and bisexual men in New South Wales', presented at Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2024 - 18 October 2024,

Reports | 2023

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, Stigma snapshot: People living with hepatitis C 2023,

Reports | 2023

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, Stigma snapshot: People who inject drugs 2023,

Reports | 2023

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2023, Stigma snapshot: Sex workers 2022,

Reports | 2023

Broady T; Cama E; Rance J; Lafferty L; Brener L; Treloar C; Holt M; Mao L, 2023, Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2023: Viral Hepatitis, HIVSTIs and Sexual Health in Australia, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney., Sydney,

Reports | 2023

Horwitz R; Brener L; Cama E; Wu KOE; Romas E; Baek Y; Lee HW; Broady T; Treloar C, 2023, Stigma Snapshot: Filipino and Korean Community: Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing, and treatment programs,

Reports | 2023

Horwitz R; Brener L; Cama E; Wu KOE; de Romas E; Baek Y; Lee HW; Broady T; Treloar C; Brener L, 2023, Stigma Indicators: Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing, and treatment programs in Filipino and Korean communities in Australia.,

Reports | 2023

Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; De Jesus T; Jaworski A; Brener L, 2023, Cultural Inclusion Evaluation Report: Assessing cultural inclusion in AOD services and the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit at four pilot sites.,

Reports | 2023

Treloar C; Bradbury B; Naidoo Y; Cama E; Brener L; Caruana T; Calabrese S; Dorsch P; Philips J; Goldie C; Broady T; Treloar C, 2023, Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality 2023: Snapshot report, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and UNSW Sydney, ,

Reports | 2022

Brener L; Bryant J; Horwitz R; Rance J; Broady T; Vu H; Jin D; Wu KOE; Yuan J; Mao L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot. Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing and treatment programs in Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Australia through the student body,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Norman T; Power J; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: People living with HIV 2022,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Interventions to reduce stigma: Micro-learning interventions focusing on organisational issues for health workers,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: General public 2021,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: Health care workers 2022,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: Men who have sex with men 2021,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: People living with hepatitis C 2021,

Reports | 2022

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot: People who inject drugs 2021,

Conference Presentations | 2022

Caruana T; Brener L; Bryant J; Zwar N; Griffiths K, 2022, 'Consumer and pharmacist experiences of opioid agonist treatment in New South Wales community pharmacies', presented at Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference, Darwin, Australia, 10 October 2022 - 12 October 2022,

Conference Papers | 2022

Clifford B; Acheson LS; Brener L; Siefried KJ; Steele M; Matthews G; Ezard N, 2022, 'A qualitative exploration of client and healthcare provider perspectives on why people who inject drugs with injecting-related infections discharge against medical advice', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S43 - S44,

Reports | 2022

Horwitz R; Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Jin D; Vu H; Wu E; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma Indicators: Vietnamese and Chinese General Community and hepatitis B related knowledge, attitudes and health seeking behaviour., Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2022

Horwitz R; Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Jin D; Vu H; Wu KOE; Treloar C, 2022, Stigma snapshot. Vietnamese and Chinese Community: Hepatitis B related knowledge, attitudes and health seeking behaviour.,

Conference Abstracts | 2022

Treloar C; Broady T; Drysdale K; Brener L; Schroeder SE; Lafferty L; Marshall AD; Dietze PM; Higgs P; Stoove M; Baldry E, 2022, 'Changing attitudes of the general public towards people with prison and injecting drug use histories: A research-informed, co-designed, arts-based intervention', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, Vol. 41, pp. S136 - S137,

Reports | 2022

Brener L; Bryant J; Horwitz R; Rance J; Broady T; Vu HMK; Jin D; Wu E; Yuan J; Mao L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2022, Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing and treatment programs in Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Australia through the student body., Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2021

Brener L; Rance J; Caruana T; Horwitz R; Bryant J, 2021, Assessing the impact of COVID on harm reduction services, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2021

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Horwitz R; Lancaster K; Treloar C, 2021, Interventions to reduce stigma: Social norms interventions for health care workers,

Reports | 2021

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2021, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: General Public - Western Australia, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health

Reports | 2021

Broady T; Brener L; Cama E; Treloar C, 2021, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: Health Care Workers - Western Australia, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health

Reports | 2021

Bryant J; Murphy D; Rance J; Storer D; Lafferty L; Brener L; Seale H; Bolt R, 2021, Summary 1: COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among priority populations, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2021

Rance J; Bryant J; Caruana T; Brener L, 2021, Perspectives of COVID vaccines among people who inject drugs among people who inject drugs, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2020

Brener L; Horwitz R; Marshall A; Newman C, 2020, Impact of stigma and discrimination experienced by priority populations affected by STIs and BBVs in the ACT, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney

Reports | 2020

Broady T; Brener L; Hopwood M; Cama E; Treloar C, 2020, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: Summary Report. Phase Two, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2020

Broady T; Brener L; Vuong T; Hopwood M; Cama E; Treloar C, 2020, Interventions to reduce stigma: Contact-based interventions with the Australian general public,

Reports | 2020

Bryant J; Horwitz R; Gray R; Lafferty L; Jops P; Blunden H; Brener L, 2020, Barriers and enablers associated with access and equity in alcohol and other drug treatment in NSW, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2020

Lea T; Brener L; Whitlam G; Gray R; Lambert S; Holt M, 2020, Evaluation of ACON’s Substance Support Service, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney,

Reports | 2019

Brener L; Gray R; Rance J; Bryant J; Horwitz R, 2019, Consumer Participation Project, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney,

Reports | 2019

Hopwood M; Cui J; Chen C; Brener L; Broady T; Cama E; Treloar C, 2019, Hepatitis B-related stigma among Chinese Australians living in Sydney (Summary report), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney,

Conference Presentations | 2018

Broady T; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, 'The National Stigma Indicator Project: Key findings and lessons regarding people living with HCV and people who inject drugs', presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Adelaide, 13 August 2018 - 15 August 2018

Reports | 2018

Cama E; Broady T; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: Summary Report, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney,

Reports | 2017

Brener L; Horwitz R; von Hippel , 2017, Pluralistic Ignorance – a report on a different approach to understanding stigma and discrimination, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney,

Reports | 2017

Brener L; von Hippel C; Horwitz R, 2017, Implicit and explicit internalised stigma: Relationship with risky behaviours, psychosocial functioning and healthcare access among people who inject drugs, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney,

Reports | 2016

Brener L; Bryant J; Wilson H; Lea T; Rance J, 2016, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Drug and Alcohol Service, S-Check Clinic: Evaluation Report, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney,

Reports | 2016

Brener L; Treloar C; Hull P, 2016, Stigma, Discrimination and Injecting Drug Use HETI eLearning Module for NSW Health Staff: Evaluation Report, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney,

Conference Presentations | 2016

Brener L, 2016, 'Experiences of diagnosis, treatment and care among Aboriginal people living with hepatitis C', presented at 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Gold Coast, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016

Conference Presentations | 2016

Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Treloar C; de Wit J, 2016, 'Development of a brief indicator of stigma among people living with blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections in Australia', presented at 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Conference Presentations | 2016

Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Treloar C; de Wit J, 2016, 'Stigma among people living with hepatitis C and people who inject drugs in Australia', presented at 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Gold Coast, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016

Reports | 2016

Rose GJ; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2016, Inclusion and mental health: professionals compared (report 1), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney

Reports | 2016

Rose GJ; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2016, Inclusion and mental health: professionals compared (report 2), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney

Reports | 2016

Rose GJ; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2016, Inclusion and mental health: professionals compared (report 3), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney

Reports | 2016

Rose GJ; von Hippel C; Brener L; von Hippel W, 2016, Inclusion and mental health: professionals compared (report 4), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney

Conference Presentations | 2016

Treloar C; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de wit J, 2016, 'Development of a national monitoring system of stigma among people living with HIV in Australia', presented at Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference (26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

Reports | 2015

Bryant J; Brener L; Wilson H, 2015, Final report of the evaluation of the NSW Extended Distribution Pilot Project

Reports | 2013

Treloar C; Jackson C; Wilson H; Saunders V; Johnson P; Brener L; Gray R; Newland J, 2013, Evaluation of NSW Health Aboriginal Hepatitis C Program, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australi, Sydney, MONOGRAPH 5/2014,

Conference Presentations | 2012

Newman C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson L; Saunders V; Johnson P; Harris M; Butow P; Treloar C, 2012, 'One size fits all? The discursive framing of cultural difference in health professional accounts of providing cancer care to Aboriginal people', presented at COSA’s 39th Annual Scientific Meeting and IPOS 14th World Congress, Brisbane, -

Conference Presentations | 2012

Treloar C; Gray R; Brener L; Jackson L; Johnson P; Saunders V; Harris M; Butow P; Newman C, 2012, '"I can't do this, it’s too much": Building social inclusion in cancer diagnosis and treatment experiences of Aboriginal people, their carers and health workers', presented at COSA’s 39th Annual Scientific Meeting and IPOS 14th World Congress, Brisbane, -

Conference Papers | 2009

Brener L; Resnick I; Ellard J; Treloar C; Bryant J, 2009, 'EXPLORING THE ROLE OF CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN DRUG TREATMENT', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, pp. A5 - A5,

Reports | 2008

Brener L; Spooner C; Treloar C, 2008, Prevention of transition to injecting among young people: the role of the needle and syringe program, Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney

Conference Papers | 2008

Brener L; Treloar C, 2008, 'Alcohol and other drug treatment experiences of hepatitis C positive and hepatitis C negative clients: implications for the roll out of hepatitis C treatment', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, pp. A339 - A339,

Other | 2005

Fraser S; Hopwood MN; Treloar C; Brener L, 2005, The power of naming: A reply to McBride and Pates, Taylor & Francis Ltd

Reports | 2004

Treloar C; Cao W; Brener L; Kippax SC; Schultz L; Schultz M; Bath N, 2004, Barriers and incentives to treatment for illicit drug users, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra

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