Publications

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2023 Publications

Harms, L., Kosta, L. & Gibbs, L. (2023). The Black Saturday bushfires: Recovering from trauma and loss after bushfires. In D. Balk, T. Wong & J. Balk (Eds.). A Professional's Guide to Understanding Trauma and Loss (pp. 118-140). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, ISBN: 978-1-5275-0218-5.
Quinn, P., Munari, S., Block, K., Walker, S., Liberman, J., Wallace, J., Horyniak, D., Oliver, J., Hellard, M., Fletcher‐Lartey, S., Gibbs, L., 2023. COVID‐19 disaster recovery capitals: A conceptual framework to guide holistic and strengths‐based support strategies. Health Promotion Journal of Australia.
Marinkovic Chavez K, Quinn P, Block K, Gibbs L, Leppold C, Stanley J, & Vella-Brodrick D. Growing up in Victoria, Australia, in the midst of the climate emergency. International Journal of Behavioral Development (accepted 31 May 2023)
Tse WC, Altermatt A, Saich F, Wilkinson AL, Heath K, Young K, Pedrana A, Hill S, Gibbs L, Stoové M, Gibney KB, Hellard M. I know what you did last summer: a cross-sectional study of personal COVID-19 risk reduction strategies used by Victorian adults, December 2021-January 2022. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2023 Jun;47(3):100068. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100068. Epub 2023 Jun 2. PMID: 37271059; PMCID: PMC10237149.
Harms, L., Molyneaux, R., Nguyen, H., Pope, D., Block, K., Gallagher, H. C., Kavanagh, S. A., Quinn, P., O'Donnell, M., & Gibbs, L. (2023). Individual and community experiences of posttraumatic growth after disaster: 10 years after the Australian Black Saturday bushfires. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.
Brady, K., Gibbs, L., Harms, L. (2023). Who is worst off after a disaster? Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 38(1), 21.
Kellett C, Gibbs L, Harms L. Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision. Australian Social Work. 2023:1-13.
Harms, L., Kosta, L. & Gibbs, L. (2023). The Black Saturday Bushfires: Recovering from Trauma and Loss after Bushfires. In Balk, D., Wong, T. & Balk, J. (Eds.) A Professional's Guide to Understanding Trauma and Loss (1st ed., pp. 117-140) Cambridge Scholars Press.
Gibbs L, Thomas AJ, Coelho A, Al-Qassas A, Block K, Meagher N, Eisa L, Fletcher-Lartey S, Ke T, Kerr P, Kwong EJ. Inclusion of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in COVID-19 Public Health Research: Research Design Adaptations to Seek Different Perspectives in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Jan 28;20(3):2320.

2022 Publications

Quinn P, Williamson B, Gibbs L. Indigenous-informed disaster recovery: addressing collective trauma using a healing framework. Progress in Disaster Science, 100257.
Gibbs L, Jehangir HB, Kwong EJL, Little A. 2022. Universities and multiple disaster scenarios: A transformative framework for disaster resilient universities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103132
Marinkovic K, Kosta L, Mergelsberg E, Newnham E, Nursey J, Gibbs L. Climate change and disasters: new challenges to supporting child mental health and wellbeing in Australia. In: Grace R, editor. Children, Families and Communities: Oxford University Press; (in press).
Newnham E, Mergelsberg E, Marinkovic Chavez K, Kosta L, Nursey J, Bullen J, Nursey J, Gibbs L. Supporting Families Affected by Disasters. In: Heward-Belle S, Tsantefski M, editors. Working with Vulnerable Families. 3rd ed. Sydney, Australia (in press).
Learmonth YC, Hunter A, Gibbs L, Walker D, Kermode AG, Marck CH. The impact of the Australian Black Summer Bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic on wellbeing in persons with multiple sclerosis; preparation for future and ongoing crises. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2022:1-14.
Leppold C, Gibbs L, Block K, Reifels L, Quinn P. Public health implications of multiple disaster exposures The Lancet Public Health. 2022;7:e274-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-667(21)00255-3.
Newnham E, Chen Y, Gibbs L, Dzidic P, Guragain B, Balsari S, Mergelsberg E, Leaning J. The Mental Health Implications of Domestic Violence during COVID-19. International Journal of Public Health, 2022; 66 https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604240
Quinn P, Gibbs L, Blake D, Campbell E, Johnston D, Richardson J, et al. Recovery Capitals: A Collaborative Approach to Post-Disaster Guidance. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2022;37(2):52-62. www.doi.org/10.47389/37.2.52

2021 Publications

Brady, K., Gibbs, L., & Harms, L. (2021). Hierarchies of affectedness after disasters. Health & Place, 72, 102687. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102687
Bryant, R. A., Gibbs, L., Colin Gallagher, H., Pattison, P., Lusher, D., MacDougall, C., Harms, L., Block, K., Ireton, G., Richardson, J., Forbes, D., Molyneaux, R., & O’Donnell, M. (2021). The dynamic course of psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55(7), 666–677. https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867420969815
Cowlishaw, S., Metcalf, O., Varker, T., Stone, C., Molyneaux, R., Gibbs, L., Block, K., Harms, L., MacDougall, C., Gallagher, H. C., Bryant, R., Lawrence-Wood, E., Kellett, C., O’Donnell, M., & Forbes, D. (2021). Anger Dimensions and Mental Health Following a Disaster: Distribution and Implications After a Major Bushfire. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(1), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/ jts.22616
Gibbs, L., Marinkovic, K., Nursey, J., Tong, L. A., Tekin, T., Ulubasoglu, M., Callard, N., Cowlishaw, S., & Cobham, E. V. (2021). Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Support Programs Following Natural Disasters—A Scoping Review of Emerging Evidence. Current Psychiatry Reports, 23(12), 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920- 021-01293-1
Harms L, Gibbs L, Ireton G, MacDougall C, Brady K, Kosta L, Block K, Baker E, Gallagher HC, Kellett C, Forbes D. Stressors and Supports in Postdisaster Recovery: Experiences After the Black Saturday Bushfires. Australian Social Work. 2021 Mar 3:1-6.
Kosta, L., Harms, L., Gibbs, L., & Rose, D. (2021). Being a Parent after a Disaster: The New Normal after the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(5), 1759-1778. (pre-publication manuscript available here)
Krishna, R. N., Ronan, K., Spencer, C., & Alisic, E. (2021). The lived experience of disadvantaged communities affected by the 2015 South Indian floods: Implications for disaster risk reduction dialogue. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 54, 102046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102046
Leppold, C., Gibbs, L., Block, K., Reifels, L., & Quinn, P. (2022). Public health implications of multiple disaster exposures. The Lancet. Public Health, 7(3), e274–e286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468- 2667(21)00255-3
Marck CH, Hunter A, Heritage B, Gibbs L, Kermode AG, Walker DI, Learmonth YC. The effect of the Australian bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviours in people with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2021; 53, Article 103042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103042
Newnham E, Reifels L, Gibbs L. Disaster Mental Health Research. In WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. (Eds) Mike Clarke, Virginia Murray, Emily Chan, Ryoma Kayano, Jonathan Abrahams, and Tracey O’Sullivan. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345591
Nomura, S., Murakami, M., Ozaki, A., Sawano, T., Leppold, C., Nishikawa, Y., Saito, H., Oikawa, T., & Tsubokura, M. (2021). Comparative risk assessment of non-communicable diseases by evacuation scenario– a retrospective study in the 7 years following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Global Health Action, 14(1), 1918886. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1918886
Shearer FM, Meagher N, Marinkovic Chavez K, Carpenter L, Pirrone A, Quinn P, Alisic E, McCaw JM, MacDougall C, Price DJ, Gibbs L: Promoting resilience while mitigating disease transmission: An Australian COVID-19 study; in Rajabifard A, Páez D, Britton I, Foliente G (eds): COVID –19 : Geospatial Information and Community Resilience (Open Access) Oxford, United Kingdom, CRC Press, 2021, pp 347-359.

2020 Publications

Bryant RA, Gibbs L, Colin Gallagher H, Pattison P, Lusher D, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Ireton G, Richardson J, Forbes D. The dynamic course of psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2020.
Eriksen C, Simon GL, Roth F, Lakhina SJ, Wisner B, Adler C, Thomalla F, Scolobig A, Brady K, Bründl M, Neisser F, Grenfell M, Maduz L, Prior T. Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity. Climatic Change. 2020. pp.1-15.
Gibbs, L. Witness Statement in the matter of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. 22 May 2020. Melbourne.
Molyneaux R, Gibbs L, Bryant R, Humphreys C, Hegarty K, Kellett C, Gallagher HC, Block K, Harms L, Richardson J, Alkemade N, Forbes D. Interpersonal violence and mental health outcomes following disaster. BJPsych Open, 2020; 6(1), E1.
Newnham EA, Dzidic PL, Mergelsberg E, Guragain B, Chan EYY, Kim Y, Leaning J, Kayano R, Wright M, Kaththiriarachchi L, Kato H, Osawa T, Gibbs L. The Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network: Setting a Health EDRM Mental Health Agenda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(17),6144; https://doi. org/10.3390/ijerph17176144.
Newnham E, Reifels L, Gibbs L. Disaster Mental Health Research. In WHO guidance on research methods for health emergency and disaster risk management. (Eds) Mike Clarke, Virginia Murray, Emily Chan, Ryoma Kayano, Jonathan Abrahams, and Tracey O’Sullivan (2020).

2019 Publications

Block K, Molyneaux R, Gibbs L, Alkemade N, Baker E, MacDougall C, Ireton G, Forbes D. The role of the natural environment in disaster recovery: “We live here because we love the bush”. Health & Place. 2019; 57:61-69.
Gallagher HC, Block K, Gibbs L, Forbes D, Lusher D, Molyneaux R, Richardson J, Pattison P, MacDougall C and Bryant RA. The effect of group involvement on post-disaster mental health: A longitudinal multilevel analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 2019; 220:167-175.
Gibbs L, Nursey J, Cook J , Ireton G, Alkemade N, Roberts M, Gallagher HC, Bryant R, Block K, Molyneaux R and Forbes D. Delayed Disaster Impacts on Academic Performance of Primary School Children. Child Development. 2019.

2018 Publications

Gibbs L, Ireton G, Block K, Taunt E, Pirrone A, Morrice H. Children as bushfire educators - Just be calm, and stuff like that. Journal of International Social Studies. 2018.
Gibbs L, Molyneaux R, Whiteley S, Block K, Harms L, Bryant R.A., Forbes D, Gallagher H. C., MacDougall C, Ireton G. Distress and satisfaction with research participation: impact on retention in longitudinal disaster research. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2018) 27: 68-74
Gibbs L, Block K, MacDougall C, Harms L, Baker E, Richardson J, Ireton G, Gallagher HC, Bryant R, Lusher D and Pattison. Ethical use and impact of participatory approaches to research in post-disaster environments: an Australian bushfire case study. BioMed research international. 2018.
Bryant RA, Gibbs L, Gallagher HC, Pattison P, Lusher D, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Richardson J. Longitudinal study of changing psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2018 Jun;52(6):542-51.

2017 Publications

Bryant RA, Gibbs L, Gallagher H C, Pattison P, Lusher D, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Snowdon E, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Richardson J, Forbes D. Longitudinal Study of Changing Psychological Outcomes Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2017; DOI: 10.1177/0004867417714337
Block K, Gibbs L, and MacDougall C. Participant-guided mobile methods. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Research Methods in Health Social Sciences: Springer. 2017. DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2779-6_25-1
Gibbs L, MacDougall C, Mutch C, O’Connor P. Child citizenship in disaster risk and affected environments. In Disaster Resilience: An integrated approach (2nd Ed). Eds Douglas Paton & David Johnston. Springfield, Illinois, USA: Charles C. Thomas Publisher . 2017: 138-157
Van Kessel G, MacDougall C, Gibbs L. Public testimony as a source of naturally occurring data: An ethical and rigorous approach to investigating resilience in the face of a natural disaster. SAGE Research Method. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473959439
Bryant RA, Gallagher HG, Waters E, Gibbs L, Pattison P, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Baker E, Sinnott BA, Ireton G, Richardson J, Forbes D, and Lusher D. Mental Health and Social Networks Following Disaster. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2017: 174 (3): 277-285
Gallagher HC, Lusher D, Gibbs L, Pattison P, Forbes D, Block K, Harms L, MacDougall C, Kellett C, Ireton G, Bryant R. Dyadic effects of attachment on mental health: Couples in a post-disaster context. Journal of Family Psychology. 2017; 31(2): 192-202

2016 Publications

Gibbs L, Bryant R, Harms L, Forbes D, Block K, Gallagher HC, Ireton G, Richardson J, Pattison P, MacDougall C, Lusher D, Baker E, Kellett C, Pirrone A, Molyneaux R, Kosta L, Brady K, Lok M, Van Kessell G, Waters E. Beyond Bushfires: Community Resilience and Recovery Final Report. November 2016, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Gallagher HC, Richardson J, Forbes D, Harms L, Gibbs L, Alkemade N, MacDougall C, Waters E, Block K, Lusher D, Snowdon E, Bryant R. Mental health following separation in a disaster: The role of attachment style.Psychological Medicine 2016. 29: 1-9.
Gibbs L, Gallagher HC, Block K, Snowdon E, Bryant R, Harms L, Ireton G, Kellett C, Sinnott V, Richardson J, Lusher D, Forbes D, MacDougall C, Waters E. Post-bushfire relocation decision-making and personal wellbeing: A case study from Victoria, Australia. In Adenrele Awotona (Ed). Planning for Community-based Disaster Resilience Worldwide: Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents. Ashgate Publishing Limited. 2016.
Richardson JF, Snowdon E, Gallagher HC, Gibbs L, Block K, Lusher D, Kellett C, MacDougall C, Smith M. Separation and reunification in disasters: the importance of understanding the psycho-social consequences. In Adenrele Awotona (Ed). Planning for Community-based Disaster Resilience Worldwide: Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents. Ashgate Publishing Limited. 2016: 357-372.

2015 Publications

Forbes D, Alkemade N, Waters E, Gibbs L, Gallagher H C, Pattison P, Lusher D, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Snowdon E, Kellett C, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Richardson J, & Bryant R. Anger and major life stressors as predictors of psychological outcomes following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2015; 49(8); 706-713.
Gibbs L, Block K, Harms L, MacDougall C, Snowdon E, Ireton G, Forbes D, Richardson J, Waters E. Children and young people’s wellbeing post-disaster: Safety and stability are critical. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2015; 14(2): 195-201.
Gibbs L, Harms L, Howell-Meurs S, Block K, Lusher D, Richardson J, MacDougall C, Waters E. Measuring community wellbeing: applications for a disaster context. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2015. 30 (3); 20-24.
Gibbs L, Sia K-L, Block K, Baker E, Nelsson C, Gilbert J, Cook A, MacDougall C. Cost and outcomes associated with participating in the Community Fireguard Program: experiences from Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2015;13; 375-380.
Harms L, Gibbs L, Bryant R, Lusher D, Richardson J, MacDougall C, Block K, Snowdon E, Gallagher C, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Forbes D, & Waters E. Conceptualising post-disaster recovery: Incorporating experiences of grief and loss. British Journal of Social Work. 2015; 45(supl1): i170-i187.
van Kessel G, Gibbs L & MacDougall C. Strategies to enhance resilience post natural disaster: A qualitative study of experiences with Australian floods and fires. Journal of Public Health. 2015, 37 (2), 328-336.
van Kessel G, MacDougall C, & Gibbs L. The Process of Rebuilding Human Resilience in the Face of the Experience of a Natural Disaster: A Multisystem Model. IJEMHHR. 2015, 17(4), 678-687.

2014 Publications

Block K, Gibbs L, Snowdon E, and MacDougall C. Participant guided mobile methods: Investigating personal experiences of communities. SAGE Research Methods Cases. London: Sage Publications, Ltd. 2014.
Bryant R, Waters E, Gibbs L, Gallagher C, Pattison P, Lusher D, MacDougall C, Harms L, Block K, Snowdon E, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Richardson J, Forbes D. Psychological Outcomes Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2014. 48 (7) 634-643.
Gibbs L, Di Pietro M, Harris A, Ireton G, Mordech S, Roberts M, Sinclair J, Wraith R. Core principles for a community based approach to supporting child disaster recovery. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 2014; 29(1): 17-24.
Gibbs L, MacDougall C, Block K. Political reflexivity in post-bushfire research. Qualitative Research Journal. 2014; 14(3).
Gibbs L, Snowdon E, Block K, Gallagher HC, MacDougall C, Ireton G, Pirrone-Savona A, Forbes D, Richardson J, Harms L, Waters E.Where do we start? A proposed post disaster intervention framework for children and young people. Pastoral Care in Education. 2014; 32 (1): 68-87.
Gibbs L, Waters E, Bryant R, Pattison P, Lusher D, Harms L, Richardson J, MacDougall C, Block K, Snowdon E, Gallagher H C, Sinnott V, Ireton G, Forbes D. Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery – A longitudinal mixed method study of the medium to long term impacts of bushfires on mental health and social connectedness. BMC Public Health. 2014; 14:7; 634-643
Van Kessel G, MacDougall C, Gibbs L. Resilience - rhetoric to reality: a systematic review of intervention studies following natural disasters. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2014.

2013 Publications

Gibbs L, MacDougall C, Harden J. Development of an ethical methodology for post-bushfire research with children. Health Sociology Review. 2013. 22(2): 114–123.