Ruth Allen

University of Auckland — New Zealand

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Family Support in Illness(5), Mental Health Treatment and Access(4), Digital Mental Health Interventions(4), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving(4), Statistics Education and Methodologies(4)

Publications30 total

Systemic failures in New Zealand's child-welfare and Family Court proceedings underlie and perpetuate child offending
Journal of Criminology·2024
Fear of Birth and Childbirth Preferences in BIPOC Women Prior to Childbirth Education
The Journal of Perinatal Education·2024Open Access
‘Offending doesn't happen in a vacuum’: The backgrounds and experiences of children under the age of 14 years who offend
Journal of Criminology·2022· 8 cited
Editorial: Resilient, Steadfast and Forward-Looking: The Story of Social Work in the UK Told through 50 Years of the <i>British Journal of Social Work</i>
The British Journal of Social Work·2020· 6 cited
Social media and mental health social work
Policy Press eBooks·2020
Social media and mental health social work
Policy Press eBooks·2020
Social Media and Mental Health Social Work
2020· 1 cited
Conducting a family assessment
2017Open Access
Improving responses to domestic violence in secondary mental health services in Wandsworth, South West London - A mixed methods study to assess the recorded incidents of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in secondary mental health services and to explore stakeholders’ views on strategies to address DVA.
2017· 3 cited
Methodological considerations for researching the financial costs of family caregiving within a palliative care context
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care·2016· 9 citedOpen Access
563 Miles: A Matter of Distance in Long-Distance Caring by Siblings of Siblings with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2016· 2 cited
Owning my thoughts was difficult: Encouraging students to read and write critically in a tertiary qualitative research methods course
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice·2016· 13 citedOpen Access
Making the difference together: guidance on gathering and using feedback about the experience of social work from people who use services and their carers
Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London)·2016· 4 citedOpen Access
A rose by any other name: participants choosing research pseudonyms
Qualitative Research in Psychology·2015· 276 cited
‘No matter what the cost’: A qualitative study of the financial costs faced by family and whānau caregivers within a palliative care context
Palliative Medicine·2015· 79 citedOpen Access
The utility of positioning theory to the study of ageing: Examples from research with childless older people
Journal of Aging Studies·2013· 25 cited
How Older People Position Their Late‐Life Childlessness: A Qualitative Study
Journal of Marriage and the Family·2013· 65 citedOpen Access
Geography speaks: Performative aspects of geographyRobSullivan, Ashgate Publishing Company, Burlington, VT, USA, 2011. 189 pp. ISBN 9781‐409420095.
New Zealand Geographer·2012
Resilience from the point of view of older people: ‘There's still life beyond a funny knee’
Social Science & Medicine·2011· 185 cited
Resilience: thoughts on the value of the concept for critical gerontology
Ageing and Society·2011· 187 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Janine Wiles(9), Gillian Lancaster(3), Peter Buzzi(3), Ngaire Kerse(2), Kirsty Wild(2), Merryn Gott(2), Tess Moeke‐Maxwell(2), Clare Gardiner(2), Jackie Robinson(2), Andrew M. Folkard(2), Bev Abram(2), Jerome Reil(2), Ian Lambie(2), Anthea J. Palmer(1), Karen Hayman(1), Sally Keeling(1), John Read(1), Bridget Dolan(1), Kevin Polley(1), Kingsley Norton(1)