Dr Neil Hall is a senior academic from Western Sydney University, where his teaching expertise is in group work. He has significant experience as a social work practitioner with men and boys, and is now Director of Programs for Social Work and Lead Academic for the University's Men's Health Information & Resource Centre. He oversees the Commonwealth Male Health Initiative grant for Men's Health Week and Mengage website, and his main research areas are in the social determinants of health, wellbeing and suicide prevention for men and boys.
Research areas:
- Adults
- Children or young people
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
- Target groups (CALD, LGBTI, Rural/remote, Lived experience)
- Suicidal behaviour(suicidal ideation, suicidal risk, suicide attempt)
- Mental health, mental ill health
- Interventions
- Settings (workplaces, mental health services, education, communities)
Available for:
- Research opportunities
- Funding
- Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
- Connecting with post-graduate candidates
- Collaboration with Australian suicide prevention services, programs and resources
- Support for discussions about suicide
Notable Research
Situational approach to Suicide Prevention among Australian males: the role of unemployment
Guntuku S, Hall N & Smith A
International Journal of Social Science Research, 2021, Vol 9 (1): 93-101.
View at
doi.org
Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on men's mental health services in Australia
Guntuku S, Hall N & Poole G
Men’s Health Journal, 2020, Vol 4 (1): e22
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doi.org
Suicide Prevention – collaborating with older people in Independent Living Units
Sussman T, Hall N and Hanna A
Research Report, Wesley Mission, 2020
View at
www.wesleymission.org.au
The Health of Young Men 2019 Scoping Study Report
Hall N, Jones J, Jaffar D & Capobianco M
Western Sydney University and Conviction Group, 2020
View at
www.convictiongroup.org.au
“In Our Words”: Stories from The Shed
Panagiotaros C, Hall N & Macdonald JJ, 2020
Western Sydney University Men’s Health Information & Resource Centre, 2020
View at
researchdirect-westernsydney-edu-au.ezproxy.uws.edu.au
Please note: this is not a complete list of papers this researcher has contributed to. If the research you are interested in is not listed above, please contact the researcher for more information.