Selected key publications
Baloch, S., McLindon, E., Hameed, M., & Hegarty, K. (2025). South Asian women's lived experiences of health care after disclosure of family violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis review. Bmc Public Health, 25(1), 445. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21619-5
McLindon, E. V.-M., Brown, C., McKenzie, M., Tarzia, L., & Hegarty, K. (2025). Development and Validation of the Psychological Abuse in Relationships Scale. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0), 08862605251325912. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251325912
McLindon, E. V.-M., Kyei-Nimakoh, M., Giles, F. C., FitzPatrick, K. M., Tarzia, L., & Hegarty, K. (2025). Timelines of psychological, physical and sexual intimate partner violence among a nationally representative sample of Australian women. In Women's Health (Vol. 21, pp. 17455057251329640).
Tarzia, L., Navarro Medel, C., McLindon, E., Ezer, P., Forbes-Mewett, H., Tran, L. T., Murdolo, A., & Hegarty, K. (2025). Experiences of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Among Women International Students in Australia. Violence against Women, 0(0), 10778012251323267. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251323267
McLindon, E. V.-M., Spiteri-Staines, A., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Domestic, family and sexual violence polyvictimisation and health experiences of Australian nurses, midwives and carers: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2290. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19680-7
Peeren, S., McLindon, E., & Tarzia, L. (2024). “Counteract the gaslighting” – a thematic analysis of open-ended responses about what women survivors of intimate partner sexual violence need from service providers. BMC Women's Health, 24(1), 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-02943-1
Tarzia, L., Brown, C., McLindon, E., & Hegarty, K. (2024). Development and Validation of the Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Scale (IPSVS): A Multi-Dimensional Scale to Measure Sexual Violence in Intimate Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241287803
Hegarty K, McKenzie M, McLindon E, Addison M, Valpied J, Hameed M, et al. I just felt like I was running around in a circle”: Listening to the voices of victims and perpetrators to transform responses to intimate partner violence. ANROWS; 2022 22/2022
McLindon E, Diemer K, Kuruppu J, Spiteri-Staines A, Hegarty K. “You can’t swim well if there is a weight dragging you down”: cross-sectional study of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and child abuse prevalence against Australian nurses, midwives and carers. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):1731
Hegarty, K., McKibbin, G., Hameed, M., Koziol-McLain, J., Feder, G., Tarzia, L., & Hooker, L. (2020). Health practitioners' readiness to address domestic violence and abuse: A qualitative meta-synthesis. PloS One, 15(6), e0234067. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234067
Tarzia, L., Bohren, M., Cameron, J., Garcia-Moreno, C., Doherty, L., Fiolet, R., Hooker, L., Wellington, M., Parker, R., Koziol- McLain, J., Feder, G., & Hegarty, K. (2020). Women’s experiences and expectations after disclosure of intimate partner abuse to a healthcare provider: A qualitative meta-synthesis. BMJ Open, 10:e041339.