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Dr Cathy Banwell BA (Adelaide), MA (Auckland), PhD (Melbourne) Current Position: NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 0016 F: +61 2 6125 0740 E: Cathy.Banwell@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• concepts and practices of parenting among women, including those who use illicit drugs

Selected Recent Publications

Banwell C, Bammer G, Gifford S, O'Brien M. Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Social Experiences of Living with Hepatitis C. Health Care for Women International, 2005; 26, (4) 340-355.

lBanwell C, 'Methadone mothers': converging drug and mothering discourses and identities. Sites N.S. 2003; 1(1): 133-159.

Banwell C, O'Brien M, Hamilton M, Attewell R. Women's Alcohol Consumption in an Australian Urban Community. Drug and Alcohol Review 1999; 18:379-389.

Martin C, Banwell C, Broom D, Nisa M. Consultation length and chronic illness care in general practice: a qualitative study. MJA 1999; 171:77-81.

Banwell C. How many standard drinks are there in a glass of wine? Drug and Alcohol Review 1999; 18:99-103.

Banwell C, Guest C. Carnivores, Cannibals, Consumption and Unnatural Boundaries: the BSE - CJD Epidemic in the Australian Press. In: I. McCalman (Ed), Mad Cows and Modernity: the crisis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. 1998.

Stevenson M, Fitzgerald J, Banwell C. Chewing as a Social Act: An Overview of the Health Effects of Khat Consumption in the Australian Community. Drug and Alcohol Review 1996 ; 15:73-82.

Temple-Smith M J, Banwell CL, Gifford SM, Presswell NT. Promoting Health Beyond Recruitment: Beliefs and Attitudes to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Services Among Italian-born Women in Melbourne. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 1995; 5(2):31-37.

Banwell C, Young D. Rites of Passage, Smoking and the Construction of Social Identity. Drug and Alcohol Review 1993; 12 (4):377-385.