Assoc Prof Sharon Lawn

Position/s:Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Health Sciences
Phone: +61 8 84042321
Email:
Location: Margaret Tobin Centre (4T:306)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

In 2011, Sharon gave the Annual Memorial Bruce Woodcock Lecture at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, for MI Fellowship, in recognition of her leadership in teh are of physical health and mental health research.

Qualifications

PhD, MSW, Dip Ed., BA

Honours, awards and grants

Exceptional contribution to Mental Health Services in Australia by an Individual - The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Conference 2007.

Key responsibilities

Course Coordinator for the Post Graduate Program in Chronic Condition Management and Self-Management

Executive member of the Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Dept of Psychhiatry, Flinders University

Teaching

Teaching interests

Chronic Conditions
Mental Health
Addictions / Tobacco
Person Centred Approaches

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Chronic Condition Management and Self-Management
Consumer and Carer Perspectives
Interprofessional Learning and Practice
Mental Health Systems and Care
Smoking
Resilience

Postgraduate research supervision

Supervision across a range of topic areas to Honours, Masters and PhD students.

Examples include:
  • Engagement between consumers and mental health workers
  • Physical health and mental health
  • Organisational resilience
  • Chronic condition self-management policy analysis
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) applied across numerous populations and contexts
  • Gambling

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Lawn, S.J., 2012. In it together: Physical health and well-being for people with mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(1), 14-17.

Pulvirenti, M., McMillan, J.R., & Lawn, S.J., 2012. Empowerment, patient centred care and self-management. Health Expectations.

Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never-smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 1140-1148.

Lawrence, D., Lawn, S.J., Kisely, S., Bates, A., Mitrou, F., & Zubrick, S., 2011. The potential impact of smoke-free facilities on smoking cessation in people with mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(12), 1053-1060.

Oakes, J.E., Pols, R.G., Battersby, M.W., Lawn, S.J., Pulvirenti, M., & Smith, D.P., 2011. A focus group study of predictors of relapse in electronic gaming machine problem gambling, part 2:factors that 'pull' the gambler away from relapse. Journal of Gambling Studies.

Trudgen, M. & Lawn, S.J., 2011. What is the threshold of teachers' recognition and report of concerns about anxiety and depression in students? An exploratory study with teachers of adolescents in regional Australia. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 21(2), 126-141.

Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people diagnosed with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.

Lawn, S.J., 2011. Habit or addiction: the critical tension in deciding who should enforce hospital smoke-free policies: CMAJ. Canadian Medical Assosciation Journal, 183(18), 2085-2086.

Lawn, S.J. & Lawton, K., 2011. Chronic condition self-management support within a respiratory nursing service. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 3(4), 372-380.

Lawn, S.J., McMillan, J.R., & Pulvirenti, M., 2011. Chronic condition self-management: Expectations of responsibility. Patient Education and Counseling, 84, e5-e8.

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Refereed journal articles

Lawn, S.J., 2012. In it together: Physical health and well-being for people with mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(1), 14-17.

Pulvirenti, M., McMillan, J.R., & Lawn, S.J., 2012. Empowerment, patient centred care and self-management. Health Expectations.

Lawn, S.J., Hersh, D.J., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., Muller, R., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. 'I just saw it as something that would pull you down, rather than lift you up': resilience in never-smokers with mental illness. Health Education Research, 26(1), 26-38.

Lawn, S.J., McMillan, J.R., & Pulvirenti, M., 2011. Chronic condition self-management: Expectations of responsibility. Patient Education and Counseling, 84, e5-e8.

Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72(7), 1140-1148.

Oakes, J.E., Pols, R.G., Battersby, M.W., Lawn, S.J., Pulvirenti, M., & Smith, D.P., 2011. A focus group study of predictors of relapse in electronic gaming machine problem gambling, part 1:factors that 'push' towards relapse. Journal of Gambling Studies.

Oakes, J.E., Pols, R.G., Battersby, M.W., Lawn, S.J., Pulvirenti, M., & Smith, D.P., 2011. A focus group study of predictors of relapse in electronic gaming machine problem gambling, part 2:factors that 'pull' the gambler away from relapse. Journal of Gambling Studies.

Trudgen, M. & Lawn, S.J., 2011. What is the threshold of teachers' recognition and report of concerns about anxiety and depression in students? An exploratory study with teachers of adolescents in regional Australia. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 21(2), 126-141.

Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people diagnosed with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.

Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, T., Hersh, D., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia with people with depression. Health and Social Care in The Community, 19(3), 299-306.

Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., Hersh, D., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., & Coveney, J.D., 2011. Additive and subtractive resilience strategies as enablers of biographical reinvention: a qualitative study of ex-smokers and never-smokers. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 1140-1148.

Lawn, S.J., 2011. Habit or addiction: the critical tension in deciding who should enforce hospital smoke-free policies: CMAJ. Canadian Medical Assosciation Journal, 183(18), 2085-2086.

Lawn, S.J. & Lawton, K., 2011. Chronic condition self-management support within a respiratory nursing service. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 3(4), 372-380.

Lawrence, D., Lawn, S.J., Kisely, S., Bates, A., Mitrou, F., & Zubrick, S., 2011. The potential impact of smoke-free facilities on smoking cessation in people with mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(12), 1053-1060.

Ashton, M., Lawn, S.J., & Hosking, J.R., 2010. Mental health workers views on addressing se. tobacco use. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(9), 846-851.

Bennett, P.N., Gum, L.F., Lindemann, I.C., Lawn, S.J., McAllister, S.M., Richards, J.N., Kelton, M.F., & Ward, H.M., 2010. Faculty perceptions of interprofessional education. Nurse Education Today, On line.

Tsourtos, G., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Lawn, S.J., Winefield, A.H., Hersh, D.J., & Coveney, J.D., 2010. The importance of resilience and stress to maintaining smoking abstinence and cessation: a qualitative study in Australia. Health and Social Care in The Community.

Lawn, S.J., McMillan, J.R., & Pulvirenti, M., 2010. Chronic condition self-management: Expectations of responsibility. Patient Education and Counseling.

Lawn, S.J., 2010. Top Tips for Embedding Chronic Condition Self-Management (CCSM) Support into Practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16(4), 334-343.

Lawn, S.J. & Schoo, A.M., 2010. Supporting self-management of chronic health conditions : common approaches. Patient Education and Counseling, 1-7.

Lawn, S.J. & Campion, J., 2010. Factors Associated With Success of Smoke-Free Initiatives in Australian Psychiatric Inpatient Units. Psychiatric Services, 61(3), 300-305.

Lawn, S.J., 2009. Motivational Interviewing. COMPLIMENTARY MEDICINE, 8(4), 20-22.

Lawn, S.J., Battersby, M.W., Lindner, H., Mathews, R., Morris, S., Wells, L., Litt, J.C., & Reed, R.L., 2009. What skills do primary health care professionals need to provide effective self-management support?: seeking consumer perspectives. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 15(1), 37-44.

Lawn, S.J., Pols, R.G., & Battersby, M.W., 2009. Working effectively with patients with comorbid mental illness and substance abuse: a case study using a structured motivational behavioural approach. BMJ Case Reports.

Muller, R., Ward, P.R., Winefield, A.H., Tsourtos, G., & Lawn, S.J., 2009. The importance of resilience to primary care practitioners: an interactivie psycho-social model. Australasian Medical Journal, 1(1), 1-15.

Lawn, S.J., 2008. The person's perspective of chronic condition self-management: Time to shift from rhetoric to reality. Health Issues, Summer 08(97), 22-24.

Lawn, S.J., 2008. The Needs of Strangers: Understanding Determinants of Mental Health. Social Alternatives, 27(4), 36-41.

Campion, J., Lawn, S.J., Brownlie, A., Hunter, E., Gynther, B., & Pols, R.G., 2008. Implementing smoke-free policies in mental health inpatient units: learning from unsuccessful experience. Australasian Psychiatry, 16(2), 92-97.

Lawn, S.J., Smith, A., & Hunter, K., 2008. Mental health peer support for hospital avoidance and early discharge: an Australian example of consumer driven and operated service. Journal of Mental Health, 17(5), 498-508.

Lawn, S.J., Battersby, M.W., Pols, R.G., Lawrence, J.S., Parry, T., & Urukalo, M., 2007. The mental health expert patient: findings from a pilot study of a generic chronic condition self-management programme for people with mental illness. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 53(1), 63-74.

Lawn, S.J., Battersby, M.W., & Pols, R.G., 2006. Self-management of chronic conditions: everybody's business. Public Health Bulletin South Australia, 3, 23-25.

Lawn, S.J. & Condon, J.A., 2006. Psychiatric nurses' ethical stance on cigarette smoking by patients: determinants and dilemmas in their role in supporting cessation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 15(2), 111-118.

Lawn, S.J. & Pols, R.G., 2005. Smoking bans in psychiatric inpatient settings? a review of the research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39(10), 866-885.

Lawn, S.J., 2005. Cigarette smoking in psychiatric settings: occupational health, safety, welfare and legal concerns. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39(10), 886-891.

Lawn, S.J., 2004. Systemic barriers to quitting smoking among institutionalised public mental health service populations: a comparison of two Australian sites. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 50(3), 204-215.

Lawn, S.J. & Pols, R.G., 2003. Nicotine withdrawal: pathway to aggression and assault in the locked psychiatric ward?. Australasian Psychiatry, 11(2), 199-203.

Lawn, S.J., Pols, R.G., & Barber, J.G., 2002. Smoking and quitting: a qualitative study with community-living psychiatric clients. Social Science and Medicine, 54(1), 93-104.

Lawn, S.J., 2001. Australians with mental illness who smoke. British Journal of Psychiatry, 178(1), 85-85.

Books

Lawn, S.J., Walsh, J., & Barbara, A., 2010. The bond we share: experiences of caring for a person with mental and physical health conditions. A resource for mental health services, primary health care, educators and carers., Adelaide, South Australia: Flinders Human Behaviour and Heatlh Research Unit.

Lawn, S.J., 2010. The Culture of Smoking in Mental Health Service Populations, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.

Lawn, S.J. & Battersby, M.W., 2009. Capabilities for supporting prevention and chronic condition self-management: A resource for educators of primary health care professionals., Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australian: Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit.

Book chapters

Lawn, S.J., Smith, A., Hunter, K., Smith, J., Hirst, N., Nanai, M., & Neate, K., 2010. Training peers to provide low-intensity CBT support: the value of personal experience. In Oxford Guide to Low Intensity CBT Interventions. London: Oxford University Press, pp. 437-444.

Battersby, M.W., Lawn, S.J., & Pols, R.G., 2010. Conceptualisation of self-management. In Battersby, M.B., Lawn, S. & Pols, R.G. Translating chronic illness research into practice. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 155-201.

Lawn, S.J. & Battersby, M.W., 2009. Skills for person-centred care: Health Professionals Supporting Chronic Condition Prevention and Self-Management. In Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: MultiDisciplinary Perspectives. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp. 161-192.

Journal articles

Lawn, S.J., 2011. Compliance, concordance, and patient-centered care. Patient Preference and adherence, 89-90.

Lawn, S.J., 2011. Mental illness is no excuse for turning a blind eye to smoking. The Conversation.

Lawn, S.J., Battersby, M.W., Pols, R.G., & Harvey, P., 2009. A behavioural therapy approach to self-managing chronic conditions : the Flinders Program. Diabetes Voice, 54(Special issue), 30-32.

Johnson, A.E., Lawn, S.J., & Struber, J., 2007. Consumer and citizen participation in health care: where are the principles for ethical conduct?. Health Issues, 91(Winter), 12-13.

Lawn, S.J., 2007. Should psychiatric facilities be smoke free, and are we even asking the right questions?. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(3), 246-246.

Lawn, S.J., 2005. Noarlunga chronic disease self-management (CDSM) project: outcomes with people with chronic mental illness. PARC Update, 2(2), 9-9.

Lawn, S.J., 2001. White Pages misses important population segments. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25(5), 472-472.

Conference publications

Lawn, S.J., Battersby, M.W., Hood, C.D., Reschke, K., & Stapleton, C., 2011. The Coordinated VeteranĂ¢€™s Care Program: Improving the care of Veterans with complex chronic conditions. Conference Program (http://www.phcris.org.au/events/research_activity.php?eventId=8864).

Coveney, J.D., Martin, A., & Lawn, S.J., 2010. Paradigm lost: What is the role of physical health in psychiatric rehabilitation?. Brain, Behaviour & Mind 2010, 20(4), 67-68.

Lawn, S.J., 2010. Factors associated with success of smokefree initiatives in Australian psychiatric inpatient units: Lessons for progressing smokefree mental health in the UK. UK National Smoking Cessation Conference 2010.

Muir-Cochrane, E.C., McMillan, J.R., Lawn, S.J., Barkway, P.M., Roberts, L., & Green, D.J., 2010. Mental health education for the future: Learning together through Second Life. Creating Futures 2010, 46-46.

Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Winefield, A.H., Lawn, S.J., & Tsourtos, G., 2009. Smoking, depression and resilience: Quitting and the process of biographical reinvention. PHAA 39th Annual Conference: making a difference, intervening to improve health outcomes.

Lawn, S.J., Muller, R., Ward, P.R., Tsourtos, G., & Winefield, A.H., 2009. Resilience in primary health care: a multi-factorial model. General Practice & Primary Health Care Research Conference 2009.

Lawn, S.J., Ward, P.R., Muller, R., Tsourtos, G., & Hersh, D.J., 2009. "Just because they do, doesn't mean I have to": the resilience of non-smokers in a high prevalence smoking population. Oceania Tobacco Control Conference.

Lawn, S.J. & Battersby, M.W., 2006. Improving Self-Management of Co-morbid Mental Health and Physical Health Conditions Through Shared Care Planning. Change Champions HealthCare Without Walls.

Lawn, S.J., Smith, A., & Hunter, K., 2006. Mental health peer supported hospital-to-home service. Proceedings of the Suicide Prevention Australia National Conference.

Lawn, S.J. & Battersby, M.W., 2006. Improving self-management of co-morbid mental health and physical health conditions through shared care planning. Healthcare Without Walls: Delivering the Best Care in the Best Place.

Lawn, S.J., Urukalo, M., Parry, T., & Lawrence, J.S., 2003. Genuine Partnerships In Care With Consumers In The Driver's Seat: The Rewards, Opportunities And Challenges Of Chronic Disease Self-Management (Cdsm) Principles Applied To Mental Health Populations. From Rhetoric to Reality', 162-170.

Lawn, S.J. & Abram, L., 2002. Quitline Workers and Mental Health Services: A Rewarding Partnership. 'There's No Health Without Mental Health'.

Other public research outputs

Blunden, S.L., Battersby, M.W., Pols, R.G., Lawn, S.J., Williams, A.S., & Agnew, D.J., 2005. Submission to Australian Government Productivity Commission based on proposals included in The Position Paper from the Australia's Health Workforce Study. Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit, 1-28.

Lawn, S.J., 2003. Is it time to consider the sociology of nicotine addiction?. In Touch, 20(1), 9-9.

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Professional and community engagement

SA Health Human Research Ethics Committee
SA Health Mental Health Carer Advisory Group
Member Mental Illness Fellowship of South Australia (MIFSA)
Member of Carers SA
International Early Psychosis Association, South Australia
International Network on Tobacco and Mental Health
International Chronic Disease Self Management Research Network
Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network (TCLN),Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School for Health Professionals, 2009; 2010.
Judging Panel for The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Conference Inc of Australia and New Zealand

Expertise for media contact

  • Smoking and Mental Health
  • Chronic Condition Management adn Self-Management
  • Health Service Consumer and Carer Issues

Subject/s

  • Addiction
  • Health/Medical education
  • Mental health
  • Schizophrenia


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