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Biography
Becca is a population focused Occupational Therapist with expertise in mental health services, international development, evaluation and research. She has 30yrs experience in public mental health services, as a clinician, practice-based researcher and service development, and more than 20yrs using research as a practice change tool related to mental health, families and lived experience.
Completing her PhD on sustainability and family-focused practice in 2020, she currently works part-time at both Monash University in research translation as a Research Fellow, and Eastern Health Mental Health and Wellbeing Program in service development as FaPMI (Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness) coordinator. Becca’s dual role and long history of industry-research partnerships has given her extensive experience in collaborating with local and international stakeholders to translate research into family-focused practice. A member of the Prato International Research Collaborative for Change in Parent & Child Mental Health since 2016, Becca leads a project group of senior international researchers exploring the spread and sustainability of family-focused interventions and is lead author on a perspective publication published in a special issue of Frontiers in Psychiatry April 2024.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, Exploring the implementation and sustainability of Let's Talk about Children, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 24 Nov 2020
MAVP AID AND DEVELOPMENT
Award Date: 28 Nov 2014
BAAPPSC OT, La Trobe University
Award Date: 28 Apr 1990
External positions
FaPMI (Families where a parent has Mental Ill-health) Coordinator, Mental Health and Wellbeing Program, Eastern Health
9 Jan 2009 → …
Research area keywords
- Family, Parent and Child Wellbeing
- Implementation Science
- Participatory research
- Research translation
- Occupational Therapy
- International Development
- Family mental health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Embedding Core Functions of Family Focused interventions into practice
Goodyear, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Allchin, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hine, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))
7/11/22 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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Evaluation Support for the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health
Goodyear, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maybery, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Beauchamp, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Allchin, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/06/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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A Sustainability Model for Family-Focused Practice in Adult Mental Health Services
Allchin, B., Weimand, B. M., O'Hanlon, B. & Goodyear, M., 18 Jan 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 8 p., 761889.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus) -
Promoting Self-Determination in Parents With Mental Illness in Adult Mental Health Settings
Goodyear, M. J., Allchin, B., Burn, M., von Doussa, H., Reupert, A., Tchernegovski, P., Sheen, J., Cuff, R., Obradovic, A., Solantaus, T. & Maybery, D., May 2022, In: Journal of Family Nursing. 28, 2, p. 129-141 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus) -
Standards of practice for the adult mental health workforce: meeting the needs of families where a parent has a mental illness
Goodyear, M. J., Hill, T.-L., Allchin, B., McCormick, F., Hine, R., Cuff, R. & O'Hanlon, B., 2015, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 24, 2, p. 169-180 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
82 Citations (Scopus) -
Sustaining efforts to improve family well-being with parents with mental ill health and substance (mis)use
Allchin, B., Albermann, K., Blake-Holmes, K., Gatsou, L., Hine, R., van Doesum, K. & Nicholson, J., 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15, 6 p., 1376409.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access -
Supporting Service Recipients to Navigate Complex Service Systems: An Interdisciplinary Scoping Review
Davidson, G., Allchin, B., Blake-Holmes, K., Grant, A., Lagdon, S., McCartan, C., Maybery, D., Nicholson, J. & Reupert, A. E., 19 Oct 2023, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 2023, 24 p., 8250781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)