QUT - Academic profiles - Dr Niki Edwards

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Personal details

Keywords

intellectual disability, development disability, dual disability/dual diagnosis, psychopharmacology, chemical restraint, restrictive practices, international social work, disaster management, gender, disability

Research field

Social work, Policy and administration, Public health

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

PhD (University of Queensland)

Professional memberships and associations

Australian Association of Social Workers

Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Australian Relatives and Friends of People Living with Mental Illness (arafmi), Community Living Association

Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

National Association of Dual Diagnosis

European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability

Teaching

Dr Edwards is the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Social Work Programs at QUT. She teaches into:

SWH 202 Health Wellbeing and Social Work (Unit Coordinator)
SWB 105 Human Rights
SWB 306 People, Community and Disability
SWH 311 Mental Health Social Work (Unit Coordinator)
SWB221 Professional Practice Processes and Assessment
SWN 005 Health, Wellbeing and the Human Condition (Unit Coordinator)

Publications

Newcomb, M., Burton, J. & Edwards, N. (2017). Service user or service provider? How social work and human services students integrate dual identities. Social Work Education, 36(6), 678–689. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/108515
King, J., Edwards, N., Correa-Velez, I., Hair, S. & Fordyce, M. (2016). Disadvantage and disability: Experiences of people from refugee backgrounds with disability living in Australia. Disability and the Global South (DGS), 3(1), 843–864. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/221765
King, J., Edwards, N., Correa-Velez, I., Darracott, R. & Fordyce, M. (2016). Restrictive practices on refugees in Australia with intellectual disability and challenging behaviours: a family's story. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 10(4), 222–232. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/221997
Newcomb, M., Burton, J., Edwards, N. & Hazelwood, Z. (2015). How Jung's concept of the wounded healer can guide learning and teaching in social work and human services. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 17(2), 55–69. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91004
Venville, A., Sawyer, A., Long, M., Edwards, N. & Hair, S. (2015). Supporting people with an intellectual disability and mental health problems: A scoping review of what they say about service provision. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(3 - 4), 186–212. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100869
Edwards, N., Alexander, W. & Mutch, A. (2014). Psychotropics and challenging behaviour in people with an intellectual disability [Letter]. Medical Journal of Australia, 200(8), 456. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74769
Edwards, N., Bain, C., Mutch, A., Dean, J. & Lennox, N. (2014). A multi-level ecological model of psychotropic prescribing to adults with intellectual disability. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(1), 24–31. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74770
Edwards, N., (2008). Jane. Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 2(2), 49–54. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74773
Jess, G., Torr, J., Cooper, S., Lennox, N., Edwards, N., Galea, J. & O'Brien, G. (2008). Specialist versus generic models of psychiatry training and service provision for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 21(2), 183–193. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74771
Edwards, N., Lennox, N. & White, P. (2007). Queensland psychiatrists' attitudes and perceptions of adults with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(1), 75–81. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74772

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2023

Edwards, N., King, J., Pfeffer, S., Lovric, E. & Watling, H. (2023). Teaching disability using problem-based learning in the international context: utility for social work. European Journal of Social Work, 26(1), 3–15. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212918
King, J., Edwards, N. & Watling, H. (2023). Leadership for change: pathways to activism for African women with disability. Disability & Society, 38(7), 1164–1185. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214203
King, J., Edwards, N. & Watling, H. (2023). ‘There is power in the cry of a woman’: the approach of African women with disabilities to leadership. Journal of Gender Studies, 32(7), 719–730. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/233509
Edwards, N. & King, J. (2023). Neoliberal Capitalism and its Impact on Individual and Community Health: Implications for Critical Social Workers. In Petrakis, M. (Ed.), Social Work Practice in Health (pp. 25–36). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236707
Edwards, N. & King, J. (2023). Social Work Practice and People Living with Disability. In Petrakis, M. (Ed.), Social Work Practice in Health (pp. 118–131). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236708
Darracott, R., Edwards, N. & King, J. (2023). Health Social Work in Regional, Rural and Remote Settings: Responding to the Intersection of Location, Disadvantaged Populations and Communities. In Petrakis, M. (Ed.), Social Work Practice in Health (pp. 188–201). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236709
Nguyen, V., Edwards, N. & King, J. (2023). Maternal healthcare for women with physical disabilities in Northern Vietnam: perspectives of healthcare providers. Disability and Health Journal, Article 101439, 16(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238144
Edwards, N., Franklin, C., King, J. & Watling, H. (2023). Australian Psychiatrists and Trainee Psychiatrists’ Perceptions of Chemical Restraint of Adults with Intellectual Disability. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238865

2022

Newcomb, M., Burton, J. & Edwards, N. (2022). How to be yourself: Student perspectives on learning use of self. Clinical Social Work Journal, 50(4), 337–346. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202340
Nguyen, T. V., King, J., Edwards, N. & Dunne, M. (2022). 'Nothing suitable for us': experiences of women with physical disabilities in accessing maternal healthcare services in Northern Vietnam. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(4), 573–581. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202741
Nguyen, T. V., King, J., Edwards, N. & Dunne, M. P. (2022). Whose decision? Caesarean section and women with physical disabilities in Northern Vietnam: A qualitative study. Midwifery, Article 103175, 104. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214283

2021

Nguyen, T. V., King, J., Edwards, N. & Dunne, M. P. (2021). 'Under great anxiety': Pregnancy experiences of Vietnamese women with physical disabilities seen through an intersectional lens. Social Science and Medicine, Article 114231, 284. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212612
King, J., King, M., Edwards, N., Carroll, J., Watling, H., Anam, M., Bull, M. & Oviedo-trespalacios, O. (2021). Exploring women's experiences of gender-based violence and other threats to safety on public transport in Bangladesh. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10(4), 158–173. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226678
Bellini, M. I. B., Edwards, N. & King, J. (2021). Social work in Brazil and Australia: A look at the past to see the future (Serviço social no Brasil e na Austrália: visitando o passado e mirando o futuro). In Bellini, M. I. B. & Pinheiro, H. A. (Eds.), Serviço social e saúde pública em tempos sombrios: (in)certezas no presente e perspectivas para o futuro (Social work in Brazil and Australia: A look at the past to see the future) (pp. 57–82). Alexa Cultural. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238046

2020

Edwards, N., King, J., Williams, K. & Hair, S. (2020). Chemical restraint of adults with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour in Queensland, Australia: Views of statutory decision makers. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 24(2), 194–211. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119612

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Realities on the Ground: Human Trafficking Constructs in Thailand and the Implications on NGO Anti-Trafficking Prevention Strategies (2016)

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