Assoc Prof Louise Farnworth - Researcher Profile

Biography

Louise works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Qualifications

OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE

Institution: University Southern California

Year awarded: 1998

MASTERS IN CRIMINOLOGY

Institution: Melbourne University

Year awarded: 1982

GRAD DIP CRIMINOLOGY

Institution: University of Menbourne

Year awarded: 1982

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE (OT)

Institution: Lincoln School of Health Sciences

Year awarded: 1978

DIPLOMA OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Institution: Lincoln School of Health Sciences

Year awarded: 1973

Publications

Book Chapters

Farnworth, L.J., Allen, R.L., 2012, Occupational Therapy: Working with individuals, groups and communites to enable occupation, in Understanding the Australian Health Care System, eds Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Elsevier, Australia, pp. 279-289.

Munoz, J., Farnworth, L., Hamilton, H., Rogers, S., White, J., Prioletti, G., 2011, Crossing borders in correctional institutions, in Occupational Therapy Without Borders, eds Frank Kronenberg, Nick Pollard, Dikaios Sakellariou, Elsevier, Edinsburgh, pp. 235-246.

Farnworth, L.J., Allen, R.L., 2009, Occupational therapy: Working with individuals, groups and communities to enable occupation, in Understanding the Australian Health Care System, eds Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds and Helen Kelleher, Elsevier Australia, Chatswood, NSW, Australia, pp. 233-242.

Farnworth, L.J., 2004, Time use and disability, in Occupation for Occupational Therapists, eds Matthew Molineux, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 46-65.

Journal Articles

White, C., Lentin, P.A., Farnworth, L.J., 2013, An investigation into the role and meaning of occupation for people living with on-going health conditions, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal [E], vol 60, Wiley Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 20-29.

Murad, M.S., O'Brien, E.J., Farnworth, L.J., Chien, C., 2012, Occupational competence and its relationship to emotional health in injured workers in return to work programs: A Malaysian study, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy [P], vol in press, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10.

Bacon, N., Farnworth, L., Boyd, R., 2012, The use of the Wii Fit in forensic mental health:exercise for people at risk of obesity, British Journal of Occupational Therapy [P], vol 75, issue 2, College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 61-68.

Bourke-Taylor, H., Farnworth, L., 2011, Australia-wide recognition of the service needs of our clients: Time for a united occupational therapy response, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal [E], vol 58, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 395-396.

Murad, M., Farnworth, L., O'Brien, L., 2011, Reliability and validation properties of the Malaysian language version of the Occupational Self Assessment version 2.2 for injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders, British Journal of Occupational Therapy [P], vol 74, issue 5, College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 226-232.

Barclay, L., Callaway, E., McDonald, R., Farnworth, L., Brown, G., Broom, L., 2011, Time use following spinal cord injury: An examination of the literature, British Journal of Occupational Therapy [P], vol 74, issue 12, College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 573-580.

Winkler, D., Farnworth, L., Sloan, S., Brown, G., 2011, Young people in aged care: Progress of the current national program, Australian Health Review [P], vol 35, issue 3, C S I R O Publishing, Australia, pp. 320-326.

Winkler, D., Farnworth, L., Sloan, S., Brown, T., Callaway, L., 2010, Comparison of people with ABI living in two accommodation settings: Shared supported accommodation and residential aged care, Brain Impairment [P], vol 11, issue 3, Australian Academic Press, Australia, pp. 313-325.

Farnworth, L.J., Rodger, S., Curtin, M., Brown, G.T., Hunt, S.G., 2010, Occupational therapy entry-level education in Australia: Which path(s) to take?, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal [P], vol 57, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 233-238.

O'Connell, M., Farnworth, L.J., Hanson, E.C., 2010, Time use in forensic psychiatry: A naturalistic inquiry into two forensic patients in Australia, International Journal of Forensic Mental Health [P], vol 9, Routledge, Canada, pp. 101-109.

Farnworth, L.J., Munoz, J.P., 2009, An occupational and rehabilitation perspective for institutional practice, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, vol 32, issue 3, Boston University, United States, pp. 192-198.

O'Connell, M., Farnworth, L.J., 2007, Occupational therapy in forensic psychiatry: a review of the literature and a call for a united and international response, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 70, issue 5, College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, UK, pp. 184-191.

Winkler, D., Farnworth, L.J., Sloan, S., 2006, People under 60 living in aged care facilities in Victoria., Australian Health Review, vol 30, issue 1, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Pyrmont NSW Australia, pp. 100-108.

Fortune, T., Farnworth, L.J., McKinstry, C., 2006, Project-focussed fieldwork: core business or fieldwork fillers?, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol 53, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 233-236.

Brown, G., Farnworth, L.J., Allen, R.L., Kirke, P.A., 2006, The effectiveness of interprofessional education in the health sciences: implications for occupational therapy education, Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 5, Japanese Association of Occupational Therapy, Seikou-Shinkou Building 1-5-9 Kotobuki Taito-ku Tokyo 111-0042, pp. 11-27.

Farnworth, L.J., Nikitin, L., Fossey, E., 2004, Being in a secure forensic psychiatric unit: every day is the same, killing time or making the most of it, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 67, issue 10, College of Occupational Therapists Ltd, UK, pp. 430-438.

Farnworth, L.J., Fossey, E., 2003, Occupational terminology interactive dialogue: explaining the concepts of time use, tempo and temporality, Journal of Occupational Science, vol 10, issue 3, University of South Australia, Australia, pp. 150-153.

Courtney, M., Farnworth, L.J., 2003, Professional competence for private practitioners in occupational therapy, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol 50, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 234-243.

Farnworth, L.J., 2003, Time use, tempo and temporality: Occupational therapy's core business or someone else's business, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol 50, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 116-126.

Ratcliff, E., Farnworth, L.J., Lentin, P., 2002, Journey to wholeness: the experience of engaging in physical occupation of women survivors of childhood abuse, Journal of Occupational Science, vol 9, issue 2, University of South Australia, School of Health Sciences, Australia, pp. 65-71.

Farnworth, L.J., 2000, Time Use and Leisure Occupations of Young Offenders, The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 54, issue 3, The American Occupational Therapy Association Inc., USA, pp. 315-325.

Other

Cummins, M., Farnworth, L., 2011, 'I've done my time, now what?' The case for living skills interventions for people with mental health issues at risk of, and beyond, custodial sentences, Newparadigm Newsletter of the Psychiatric Disability Service of Victoria (VICSERV), Psychiatric Disability Service of Victoria (VICSERV), Austrralia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

An investigation into the impact of activities and occupations on the health and well being of people with on-going health conditions.

Supervisors:

Lentin, P (Main), Farnworth, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Is there evidence of occupational deprivation for residents of supported residential services in the Inner South region?.

Supervisors:

Farnworth, L (Joint-co), Lentin, P (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Non-attendance at employment services - individual and organisational perspectives.

Supervisors:

Farnworth, L (Main), Thomacos, N (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The barriers and facilitators to the delivery of health and social care interventions that address quality of life of communitydwelling stroke survivors..

Supervisors:

Maybery, D (Main), Farnworth, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The concept and practice of case management pertaining to clients, workers and community workers in the Juvenile Justice System.

Supervisors:

Trotter, C (Main), Farnworth, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Understanding risk factors for injuries amongst the elderly population in long-term nursing care facilities and shelter homes in the Klang Valley area in Malaysia..

Supervisors:

Oxley, J (Main), Farnworth, L (Associate), Day, L (Associate), Nordin, R (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

O'Brien, E.

Program of Study:

Adherence to acute hand therapy treatment - application of a multi-dimensional model. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Brown, T (Main), Farnworth, L (Associate).

Student:

Winkler, D.

Program of Study:

Social inclusion of young people living in residential aged care. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Farnworth, L (Main), Brown, T (Associate).