Karen Bell

Research output

Research output per year 2001 2014 2018 2021 2022 2023

• 22 Article
• 10 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 10 Presentation only
• 3 Commissioned report (public)
• 15 More
  • 3 Chapter in textbook/reference book
  • 3 Abstract
  • 2 Resource
  • 1 Edited book
  • 1 Conference paper
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Short-term study abroad programmes in social work: A scoping review of the literature on learning outcomes

  Moorhead, B., Ivory, N., Boetto, H. & Bell, K., 17 Nov 2022, In: Social Work Education. 41, 8, p. 1577-1591 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Program 100%
  • Learning Outcome 66%
  • Study Abroad 66%
  • Social Work 50%
  • Student Learning 33%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  Disaster preparedness in social work: A scoping review of evidence for future research, theory and practice

  Boetto, H., Bell, K. & Ivory, N., 27 Jul 2021, In: The British Journal of Social Work. 51, 5, p. 1623-1643 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work 100%
  • Practice 100%
  • Occupations 80%
  • Literature 60%
  • Disasters 60%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• International study abroad programmes: Exploring global south student perspectives, reciprocity and sustainability

  Bell, K., Cash, B., Boetto, H. & Thampi, K., 2021, In: Social Work Education. 40, 4, p. 492-504 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Program 100%
  • Reciprocity 71%
  • Experience 57%
  • Students 42%
  • Foreign Students 28%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Social work in Australian public libraries: An interdisciplinary approach to social justice

  Garner, J., Mitchell, L., Bell, K., Lockwood, A. & Wardle, S., 2021, In: Public Library Quarterly. 40, 6, p. 504-520 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Libraries 100%
  • Personnel 100%
  • Libraries 83%
  • Social Workers 50%
  • Work 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Preparation for practice: Embedding the development of professional identity within social work curriculum

  Moorhead, B., Bell, K., Jones-Mutton, T., Boetto, H. & Bailey, R., 2019, In: Social Work Education. 38, 8, p. 983-995 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Professional Personnel 100%
  • Identity 83%
  • Economic and Social Development 66%
  • Social Work 66%
  • Curriculum 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Climate change adaptation: Community action, disadvantaged groups and practice implications for social work

  Appleby, K., Bell, K. & Boetto, H., 02 Jan 2017, In: Australian Social Work. 70, 1, p. 78-91 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Adaptation 100%
  • Communities 66%
  • Community Action 66%
  • Social Functioning 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Social work students' reflections on gender, social justice and human rights during a short-term study programme to India

  Bell, K., Moorhead, B. & Boetto, H., Jan 2017, In: International Social Work. 60, 1, p. 32-44 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Justice 100%
  • Students 100%
  • Gender 100%
  • Program 100%
  • Human Rights 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

  129 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Exploring the development of professional identity with newly qualified social workers

  Moorhead, B., Bell, K. & Bowles, W., 2016, In: Australian Social Work. 69, 4, p. 456-467 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Workers 100%
  • Identity 100%
  • Experience 50%
  • Australia 50%
  • Economic and Social Development 25%
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  Environmental sustainability in social work education: An online initiative to encourage global citizenship

  Boetto, H. & Bell, K., May 2015, In: International Social Work. 58, 3, p. 448-462 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Social Work Education 100%
  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Program 100%
  • Student Learning 50%
  • Social Justice 50%
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  652 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Broadening the 'Environment' in Social Work: Impacts of a Study Abroad Program

  Boetto, H., Moorhead, B. & Bell, K., 2014, In: Critical Social Work. 15, 1, p. 1-17 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Program 100%
  • Study Abroad 66%
  • Social Work 66%
  • Environment 50%
  • Students 33%

• Exploring epistemic injustice through feminist social work research

  Bell, K., May 2014, In: Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work. 29, 2, p. 165-177 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Reproduction 100%
  • Work Research 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Women 66%
  • Feminist Theory 33%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  254 Downloads (Pure)

• India and Us: Student development of professional social work identity through a short-term study abroad program

  Moorhead, B., Boetto, H. & Bell, K., 2014, In: Social Work Education. 33, 2, p. 175-189 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Program 100%
  • Professional Personnel 83%
  • Identity 66%
  • Social Work 66%
  • Students 66%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Restoring meaning to supervision through a peer consultation group in rural Australia

  Bailey, I., Bell, K., Kalle, W. & Pawar, M., Mar 2014, In: Journal of Social Work Practice. 28, 4, p. 479-495 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Groups 100%
  • Consultation 100%
  • Peers 100%
  • Supervision 66%
  • Evaluation 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  92 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Constructions of 'infertility' and some lived experiences of involuntary childlessness

  Bell, K., Aug 2013, In: Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work. 28, 3, p. 284-295 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Childlessness 100%
  • Women 75%
  • Construction 75%
  • Social Work 50%
  • Lived Experience 50%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• International field experience in social work: Outcomes of a short-term study abroad program to India

  Bell, K. & Anscombe, A., Dec 2013, In: Social Work Education. 32, 8, p. 1032-1047 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Programs 100%
  • Program 83%
  • Social Work 50%
  • Experience 50%
  • Social Justice 33%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

  18 Downloads (Pure)

• Participants' motivations and co-construction of the qualitative research process

  Bell, K., Jul 2013, In: Qualitative Social Work. 12, 4, p. 523-539 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Motivation 100%
  • Research Worker 75%
  • Social Work 75%
  • Volunteers 75%
  • Research 50%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  256 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  An Exploration of Women's Psychosocial Support Needs in the Context of Assisted Reproduction

  Bell, K., Sept 2012, In: Social Work in Health Care. 51, 8, p. 695-709 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Service Industries 100%
  • Women 75%
  • Social Workers 50%
  • Reproduction 50%
  • Psychosocial Support 50%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards a post-conventional philosophical base for social work

  Bell, K., 2012, In: British Journal of Social Work. 42, 3, p. 408-423 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Paradigm 100%
  • Social Work 80%
  • Social Work Theory 30%
  • Social Workers 20%
  • Domains 20%
  47 Citations (Scopus)

  364 Downloads (Pure)
• 2006

  An overview of assisted reproduction in Australia and directions for social research

  Bell, K., 2006, In: International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society. 4, 1, p. 15-27 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Reproduction 100%
  • Research 83%
  • Expectations 66%
  • Social Research 50%
  • Technology 50%
  347 Downloads (Pure)

• Brutal neglect: Australian rural women's access to health services

  Alston, M., Allan, J., Dietsch, J., Wilkinson, J., Shankar, J., Osburn, L., Bell, K., Muenstermann, I., Giorgas, D., Moore, E., Jennett, C., Ritter, A., Gibson, R., Wallace, J., Harris, J. & Grantley, J., 01 Feb 2006, In: Rural and Remote Health. 6, 1, 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Woman 100%
  • Health Service 60%
  • Australia 60%
  • Domestic Violence 60%
  • Rural Women 40%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2005

  Help or hindrance? Outcomes of social work student placements

  Barton, H., Bell, K. & Bowles, W., 2005, In: Australian Social Work. 58, 3, p. 301-312 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Costs 57%
  • Social Work 28%
  • Supervision 14%
  • Pilot Projects 14%

• 'SERPS Up': support, engagement and retention of postgraduate students - a model of postgraduate support

  Alston, M., Allan, J., Bell, K., Brown, A., Dowling, J., Hamilton, P., McKinnon, N., Mitchell, R., Whittenbury, K., Valentine, B., Wicks, A. & Williams, R., 2005, In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning. 45, 2, p. 172-190 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Retention 100%
  • Postgraduates 80%
  • Support 80%
  • Studying 40%