Dr Kate Young
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Dr Kate Young is a social and behavioural scientist who researches the psychosocial experiences and care needs of women and families. She has explored this within gynaecology, maternity, palliative, and paediatric cancer settings. Kate is particularly interested in the production of knowledge about the human body, who defines which knowledge to be ‘true,’ and the influence of gender on these social processes.Her background in psychology and public health informs her unique and creative approach to this research. From in-depth interviews and Photovoice to population-based surveys and randomised-controlled trails, she has a wide range of skill and experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Kate is also a skilled science communicator having been interviewed about her research across a range of media outlets including ABC Radio National and The Drum, and having been a freelance writer including for The Guardian and SBS Online.
Kate’s current fellowship sees her leading Stage 2 of the ‘Survivorship and Palliative Care in Child and Adolescent Brain Cancer’ project within the Child Brain Cancer Centre. Working with families, she will use novel research methods to scope their psychosocial healthcare needs. This research will cumulate in the co-development of an intervention to improve family experiences and outcomes.
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Research field
Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Monash University)
Professional memberships and associations
Adjunct Positions
- Chief Investigator, QUT Design Lab, Queensland University of Technology
Memberships
- Member, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)
- Member, International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP)
- Member, Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG)
- Member, Queensland Collaborative for Cancer Survivorship (QCCS)
- Member, Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4)
Publications
- Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M. (2020). Partners instead of patients: Women negotiating power and knowledge within medical encounters for endometriosis. Feminism and Psychology, 30(1), 22–41. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/137009
- Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M. (2019). “Do mad people get endo or does endo make you mad?”: Clinicians’ discursive constructions of Medicine and women with endometriosis. Feminism and Psychology, 29(3), 337–356. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/136613
- Young, K., Kirkman, M., Holton, S., Rowe, H. & Fisher, J. (2018). Fertility experiences in women reporting endometriosis: Findings from the Understanding Fertility Management in Contemporary Australia survey. The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 23(6), 434–440. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/136614/
- Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M. (2017). Clinicians’ perceptions of women's experiences of endometriosis and of psychosocial care for endometriosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 57(1), 87–92.
- Hammarberg, K., Collins, V., Holden, C., Young, K. & McLachlan, R. (2017). Men's knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating to fertility. Human Reproduction Update, 23(4), 458–480.
- Kirkman, M., Young, K., Evans, S., Millar, J., Fisher, J., Mazza, D. & Ruseckaite, R. (2017). Men's perceptions of prostate cancer diagnosis and care: Insights from qualitative interviews in Victoria, Australia. BMC Cancer, 17, 1–12.
- Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M. (2016). Endometriosis and fertility: women's accounts of healthcare. Human Reproduction, 31(3), 554–562.
- Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M. (2015). Women's experiences of endometriosis: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 41(3), 225–234.
- Young, K. & Kruske, S. (2013). How valid are the common concerns raised against water birth? A focused review of the literature. Women and Birth, 26(2), 105–109. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/196780/
- Kruske, S., Young, K., Jenkinson, B. & Catchlove, A. (2013). Maternity care providers' perceptions of women's autonomy and the law. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, 1–6.
QUT ePrints
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