Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell

Associate Research Professor UniSA Justice & Society

email Melissa.O'Donnell@unisa.edu.au

Research

Research focus

Public Health and Health Services
Medical and Health Sciences
Social Work
Criminology
Psychology

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2019	Harries, M & O'Donnell, M 2019, 'Risks and obstacles in implementing a public health approach to the well-being and protection of children?', in B Lonne et al. (eds), Re-Visioning Public Health Approaches for Protecting Children, Springer, Switzerland, ch. 15, pp. 237-251.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Fairthorne, J, Bourke, J, O'Donnell, M, Wong, K, de Klerk, N, Llewellyn, G & Leonard, H 2020, 'Pregnancy and birth outcomes of mothers with intellectual disability and their infants: Advocacy needed to improve well-being', Disability and Health Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, article no. 100871, pp. 1-7. 1 1
2020	Hamilton, S, Maslen, S, Best, D, Freeman, J, O'Donnell, M, Reibel, T, Mutch, R & Watkins, R 2020, 'Putting 'justice' in recovery capital: yarning about hopes and futures with young people in detention', International Journal For Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 20-36. Open access 3
2020	Hamilton, S, Reibel, T, Maslen, S, Watkins, R, Jacinta, F, Passmore, H, Mutch, R, O'Donnell, M, Braithwaite, V & Bower, C 2020, 'Disability 'in-justice': the benefits and challenges of 'yarning' with young people undergoing diagnostic assessment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in a youth detention center', Qualitative Health Research, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 314-327. 3 3
2020	Lima, F, Sims, S & O'Donnell, M 2020, 'Harmful drinking is associated with mental health conditions and other risk behaviours in Australian young people', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 201-207. Open access
2020	Orr, C, Fisher, CM, Glauert, R, Preen, DB & O'Donnell, M 2020, 'A demographic profile of mothers and their children who are victims of family and domestic violence: using linked police and hospital admissions data', Journal of Interpersonal Violence: Concerned With the Study and Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Physical and Sexual Violence, in press, pp. 1-26. 3
2020	Parsons, L, Chung, D, Cordier, R, Hodgson, D, Lund, S, Mendes, P, O'Donnell, M, Parsons, R & Thoresen, S 2020, 'Research protocol of a multifaceted prospective mixed-method longitudinal study: Navigating Through Life - Western Australian study of transitions from out-of-home care', BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. article no. 1180, pp. 1-15. Open access
2020	Sims, S, Preen, D, Pereira, G, Fatovich, D, Livingston, M & O'Donnell, M 2020, 'Alcohol-related harm in emergency departments: linking to subsequent hospitalizations to quantify under-reporting of presentations', Addiction, online, pp. 1-10.
2020	Sims, S, Preen, D, Pereria, G, Fatovich, D, Livingston, M & O'Donnell, M 2020, 'Alcohol‐related harm in emergency departments: linking to subsequent hospitalisations to quantify under‐reporting of presentations', Addiction, online, pp. 1-20.
2019	Balogh, R, Leonard, H, Bourke, J, Brameld, K, Downs, J, Hansen, M, Glasson, E, Lin, E, Lloyd, M, Lunsky, Y, O'Donnell, M, Shooshtari, S, Wong, K & Krahn, G 2019, 'Data Linkage: Canadian and Australian perspectives on a valuable methodology for intellectual and developmental disability research', Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Journal of Policy, Practice, and Perspectives, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 439-462. Open access 4 2
2019	Cant, RL, O'Donnell, M, Sims, S & Harries, M 2019, 'Overcrowded housing: one of a constellation of vulnerabilities for child sexual abuse', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 93, pp. 239-248. 2 2
2019	Hamilton, SL, Reibel, T, Watkins, R, Mutch, RC, Kippin, NR, Freeman, J, Passmore, HM, Safe, B, O'Donnell, M & Bower, C 2019, ''He has problems; he is not the problem...' a qualitative study of non-custodial staff providing services for young offenders assessed for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in an Australian youth detention centre', Youth Justice: An International Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 137-157. 3 3
2019	Lima, F, Shepherd, C, Wong, J, O'Donnell, M & Marriott, R 2019, 'Trends in mental health related contacts among mothers of Aboriginal children in Western Australia (1990-2013): a linked data population-based cohort study of over 40 000 children', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1-10. Open access 4 2
2019	Maclean, MJ, Sims, SA & O'Donnell, M 2019, 'Role of pre-existing adversity and child maltreatment on mental health outcomes for children involved in child protection: population-based data linkage study', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 7, article no. e029675, pp. 1-13. Open access
2019	O'Donnell, M, Taplin, S, Marriott, R, Lima, F & Stanley, FJ 2019, 'Infant removals: the need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another 'stolen generation'', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 90, pp. 88-98. 13 11
2019	Orr, C, Fisher, C, Sims, S, Preen, D, Glauert, R & O'Donnell, M 2019, 'Hospitalisations for maternal assault are associated with increased risk of child protection involvement', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 95, article no. 104014, pp. 1-14. 1 1
2019	Orr, C, Preen, D, Fisher, C, Sims, S & O'Donnell, M 2019, 'Trends in hospital admissions for intimate partner violence in Australian mothers with children born from 1990 to 2009', Journal of Interpersonal Violence: Concerned With the Study and Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Physical and Sexual Violence, online, pp. 1-20. Open access 6
2018	Maclean, MJ, Taylor, CL & O'Donnell, M 2018, 'Out-of-home care and the educational achievement, attendance, and suspensions of maltreated children: a propensity-matched study', Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 198, pp. 287-293.e2. 6 4
2017	Hafekost, K, Lawrence, D, O'Leary, C, Bower, C, O'Donnell, M, Semmens, J & Zubrick, SR 2017, 'Maternal alcohol use disorder and subsequent child protection contact: a record-linkage population cohort study', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 72, pp. 206-212. Open access 9 7
2017	Maclean, MJ, Sims, S, Bower, C, Leonard, H, Stanley, FJ & O'Donnell, M 2017, 'Maltreatment risk among children with disabilities', Pediatrics, vol. 139, no. 4, article no. e20161817 pp. 1-12. Open access 38 35
2017	Maclean, MJ, Taylor, CL & O'Donnell, M 2017, 'Relationship between out-of-home care placement history characteristics and educational achievement: a population level linked data study', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 70, pp. 146-159. Open access 16 15
2017	O'Donnell, M, Sims, S, Maclean, MJ, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Gilbert, RE & Stanley, FJ 2017, 'Trends in alcohol-related injury admissions in adolescents in Western Australia and England: population-based cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 1-7. Open access 3 2
2017	Wong, JW, O'Donnell, M, Bayliss, D, Fletcher, J & Glauert, R 2017, 'Patterns of participation in year 9 academic testing and factors predicting absence on the day of test', Educational Research for Policy and Practice, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 109-127. 1 1
2016	Davies, H, Gilbert, RE, Johnson, K, Petersen, I, Nazareth, I, O'Donnell, M, Guttmann, A & Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A 2016, 'Neonatal drug withdrawal syndrome: cross-country comparison using hospital administrative data in England, the USA, Western Australia and Ontario, Canada', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, vol. 101, no. 1. pp. 26-30. 39 36
2016	Maclean, MJ, Sims, S, O'Donnell, M & Gilbert, R 2016, 'Out-of-home care versus in-home care for children who have been maltreated: a systematic review of health and wellbeing outcomes', Child Abuse Review, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 251-272. 27 24
2016	Maclean, MJ, Taylor, CL & O'Donnell, M 2016, 'Pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance predict educational outcomes in a longitudinal study', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 51, pp. 120-131. Open access 23 22
2016	O'Donnell, M, Maclean, MJ, Sims, S, Brownell, M, Ekuma, O & Gilbert, RE 2016, 'Entering out-of-home care during childhood: cumulative incidence study in Canada and Australia', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 59, pp. 78-87. Open access 14 18
2015	O'Donnell, M, Maclean, MJ, Sims, S, Morgan, VA, Leonard, H & Stanley, FJ 2015, 'Maternal mental health and risk of child protection involvement: mental health diagnoses associated with increased risk', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 1175-1183. 22 24
2015	Sims, S & O'Donnell, M 2015, 'Identifying families most likely to have missing paternal details in birth registrations using linked data', Journal of Family Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 163-177. Open access 7 5
2013	Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Ward, A, O'Donnell, M, Li, L, Roposch, A, Stanley, F & Gilbert, RE 2013, 'Cross-country comparison of victimisation-related injury admission in children and adolescents in England and Western Australia', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-9. Open access 8 9
2013	Leonard, H, Glasson, E, Bebbington, A, Hammond, G, Croft, D, Pikora, T, Fairthorne, J, O'Donnell, M, O'Leary, C, Hansen, M, Watson, L, Francis, RW, Carter, KW, McKenzie, A, Bower, C & Bourke, J 2013, 'Application of population-based linked data to the study of intellectual disability and autism', Academic Press, US, ch. 8, pp. 281-327. 12
2013	O'Donnell, M, Anderson, D, Morgan, VA, Nassar, N, Leonard, HM & Stanley, FJ 2013, 'Trends in pre-existing mental health disorders among parents of infants born in Western Australia from 1990 to 2005', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 198, no. 9, pp. 485-489. Open access 14 15
2012	Foley, K-R, Blackmore, A, Girdler, S, O'Donnell, M, Glauert, R, Llewellyn, G & Leonard, H 2012, 'To feel belonged: the voices of children and youth with disabilities on the meaning of wellbeing', Child Indicators Research, vol.5, no. 2, pp. 375-391. 44 38
2012	Gilbert, R, Fluke, J, O'Donnell, M, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Brownell, M, Gulliver, P, Janson, S & Sidebotham, P 2012, 'Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries', The Lancet, vol. 379, no. 9817 pp. 758-772. 179 165
2012	Gilbert, R, Fluke, J, O'Donnell, M, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, A, Brownell, M, Gulliver, P, Janson, S & Sidebotham, P 2012, 'Trends in child maltreatment - authors' reply', The Lancet, vol. 379, no. 9831, pp. 2049-2049. 1
2012	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Jacoby, P & Stanley, F 2012, 'Western Australian emergency department presentations related to child maltreatment and intentional injury: population level study utilising linked health and child protection data', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 57-65. 19 18
2011	Stanley, F, Glauert, R, Mckenzie, A & O'Donnell, M 2011, 'Can joined-up data lead to joined-up thinking? The Western Australian Developmental Pathways Project', Healthcare Policy, v. 6, SI, pp. 63-73. Open access 14
2010	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Leonard, H, Jacoby, P, Mathews, R, Patterson, Y & Stanley, F 2010, 'Characteristics of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children and families with substantiated child maltreatment: a population-based study', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 921-928. Open access 38 36
2010	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Leonard, H, Jacoby, P, Mathews, R, Patterson, Y & Stanley, F 2010, 'Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection system: a population based case-control study', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 784-788. 19 18
2010	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Leonard, H, Mathews, R, Patterson, Y & Stanley, F 2010, 'Monitoring child abuse and neglect at a population level: patterns of hospital admissions for maltreatment and assault', Child Abuse and Neglect, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 823-832. 25 23
2010	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Leonard, HM, Mathews, RP, Patterson, YG & Stanley, FJ 2010, 'The use of cross-jurisdictional population data to investigate health indicators of child maltreatment', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 142-145. 5 5
2009	O'Donnell, M, Nassar, N, Leonard, H, Hagan, R, Mathews, R, Patterson, Y & Stanley, F 2009, 'Increasing prevalence of neonatal withdrawal syndrome: population study of maternal factors and child protection involvement', Pediatrics, vol. 123, no. 4, pp. E614-E621. 71 70
2009	O'Donnell, M, Scott, D & Stanley, F 2009, 'Authors' response to letter regarding a public health approach to child abuse and neglect', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 195-196.
2008	O'Donnell, M, Scott, DA & Stanley, F 2008, 'Child abuse and neglect: is it time for a public health approach?', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 325-330. Open access 57 58

Reports

Year	Output
2018	Lima, F, Maclean, MJ & O'Donnell, M 2018, Exploring outcomes for young people who have experienced out-of-home care, Telethon Kids Institute, Australia. Open access
2018	O'Donnell, M 2018, WA Youth Health Policy 2018-2023 companion resource: understanding young people in Western Australia, WA Department of Health, Australia. Open access
2017	O'Donnell, M, Sims, S & Bell, M 2017, Utilising linked government data to monitor and support progress towards the UN sustainable development goals, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), India. Open access
2010	O'Donnell, M 2010, World perspectives in child abuse population level cross-jurisdictional data: broadening the monitoring and surveillance of child abuse and neglect, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, US.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
American Humane Association	UNITED STATES
Australian Catholic University	AUSTRALIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario	CANADA
Centre for Cerebral Palsy	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Department for Education	AUSTRALIA
Department of Health WA	AUSTRALIA
Government of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	CANADA
Karlstad University	SWEDEN
La Trobe University	AUSTRALIA
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	UNITED KINGDOM
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Murdoch University	AUSTRALIA
Ontario Tech University	CANADA
Oregon State University	UNITED STATES
Royal Perth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Telethon Kids Institute	AUSTRALIA
UCL Institute of Child Health	UNITED KINGDOM
University College London	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Canberra	AUSTRALIA
University of Derby	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Manitoba	CANADA
University of Otago	NEW ZEALAND
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Warwick	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Merit Award Department of Health, Western Australia	2019
Western Australian Premiers Award for Early Career Scientist of the Year Government of Western Australia	2018

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Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell

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External engagement & recognition

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Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Merit Award

Western Australian Premiers Award for Early Career Scientist of the Year

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