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Dr Elena Cama
Research Associate

Dr Elena Cama

PhD, UNSW Sydney

Master of Public Health, University of Sydney

Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Hons Class 1), UNSW Sydney

Arts,Design & Architecture
Centre for Social Research in Health

Elena is a Research Associate at the Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales.

Her PhD thesis examined sexual violence facilitated through dating and hookup platforms, for which she was awarded a Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Theses in 2022.

She is currently working on a national study, which aims to develop and trial a new and novel stigma reduction intervention among health workers to reduce stigma and discrimination targeted at people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.
Phone
02 9385 0333
E-mail
e.cama@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    2021, 'Understanding Experiences of Sexual Harms Facilitated through Dating and Hook Up Apps among Women and Girls', in The Emerald International Handbook of Technology-Facilitated Violence and Abuse, pp. 333 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211025
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Factors associated with sharing equipment among people who inject drugs: The role of community attachment in harm reduction and health promotion', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 561 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13606
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Victim-blaming and image-based sexual abuse', Journal of Criminology, 56, pp. 7 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221135327
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'A universal precautions approach to reducing stigma in health care: getting beyond HIV-specific stigma', Harm Reduction Journal, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00658-w
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Addressing injecting related risks among people who inject both opioids and stimulants: Findings from an Australian survey of people who inject drugs', Addictive Behaviors Reports, 15, pp. 100398 - 100398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2021.100398
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Comparing Australian health worker and student attitudes and concerns about providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, pp. 282 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.475
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Deepfakes and Digitally Altered Imagery Abuse: A Cross-Country Exploration of an Emerging form of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (Dec, 10.1093/bjc/azab111, 2021)', BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac012
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Deepfakes and Digitally Altered Imagery Abuse: A Cross-Country Exploration of an Emerging form of Image-Based Sexual Abuse', British Journal of Criminology, 62, pp. 1341 - 1358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab111
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Image-based abuse: Gender differences in bystander experiences and responses', Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/ti78672
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Perceptions of Safety Among Taxi and Rideshare Service Patrons: Gender, Safekeeping And Responsibilisation', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/IJCJSD.2085
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The impact of sources of stigma on health care avoidance among gay and bisexual men in Australia', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2057410
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'What is known about the care and support provided for an ageing population with lived experience of chronic viral hepatitis as they near end-of-life: A scoping review', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e3775 - e3788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14066
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Australian health and medical workers’ concerns around providing care to people living with hepatitis B', Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, pp. e431 - e439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13368
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Online interventions to reduce stigma towards population groups affected by blood borne viruses in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, pp. 103292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103292
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Positive effects of community attachment on internalised stigma and wellbeing among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103323
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Rethinking the relationship between sex work, mental health and stigma: a qualitative study of sex workers in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113468
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, '‘I Wouldn’t call the cops if i was being bashed to death’: Sex work, whore stigma and the criminal legal system', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/IJCJSD.1894
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'HCV knowledge, disclosure practices, and risk perceptions among gay and bisexual men who do and do not engage in group sex while using drugs', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 1258 - 1261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1757023
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'HIV stigma by association among Australian gay and bisexual men.', AIDS, 34 Suppl 1, pp. S53 - S62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002565
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men in the era of direct-acting antivirals: implications for treatment and prevention', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 551 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1615125
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Stigma, Anxiety, and Depression Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Mixed-Orientation Marriages', Qualitative Health Research, 30, pp. 622 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732319862536
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Stigmatising attitudes towards people who inject drugs, and people living with blood borne viruses or sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of the Australian population', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0232218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232218
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Targeting cancer prevention and screening interventions to LGBTQ communities: a scoping review', Health and Social Care in the Community, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13257
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'The role of social support in moderating the relationship between HIV centrality, internalised stigma and psychological distress for people living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 32, pp. 850 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1659914
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Predictors of health care workers’ support for discriminatory treatment and care of people who inject drugs', Psychology, Health and Medicine, 24, pp. 439 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2018.1546018
    Journal articles | 2018
    Broady TR; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, 'Responding to a national policy need: development of a stigma indicator for bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 513 - 515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12809
    Journal articles | 2018
    Treloar C; Hopwood M; Cama E; Saunders V; Jackson LC; Walker M; Ooi C; Ubrihien A; Ward J, 2018, 'Evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program: Insights for roll-out and scale-up of a pilot program to engage Aboriginal Australians in hepatitis C and sexual health education, screening, and care', Harm Reduction Journal, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0209-y
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Sexual violence in a digital age, by Anastasia Powell and Nicola Henry, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 317 pp., €114.99 (hardback), €95.19 (e-Book), ISBN 978-1-137-58046-7 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-137-58047-4 (e-Book)', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24, pp. 134 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238x.2018.1438034
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'A nationwide study of the extent and factors associated with fentanyl use in Australia', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 14, pp. 303 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.04.002
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Patterns of Peer Distribution of Injecting Equipment at an Authorized Distribution Site in Sydney, Australia', Substance Use and Misuse, 53, pp. 2405 - 2412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2018.1480039
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Predictors of transitions across stages of heroin use and dependence prior to treatment-seeking among people in treatment for opioid dependence', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 191, pp. 145 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.056
    Journal articles | 2017
    Brener L; Cama E; Hull P; Treloar C, 2017, 'Evaluation of an online injecting drug use stigma intervention targeted at health providers in New South Wales, Australia', Health Psychology Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102917707180
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'O11 Hepatitis C: stigma indicators and patient reported outcome measures for DAA treatment', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30894-3
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'The relationship between negative responses to HIV status disclosure and psycho-social outcomes among people living with HIV', Journal of Health Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105317722404
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cama E; Brener L; Wilson H; von Hippel C, 2016, 'Internalized Stigma Among People Who Inject Drugs', Substance Use and Misuse, 51, pp. 1664 - 1668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1188951
    Journal articles | 2016
    Degenhardt L; Gisev N; Cama E; Nielsen S; Larance B; Bruno R, 2016, 'The extent and correlates of community-based pharmaceutical opioid utilisation in Australia', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25, pp. 521 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3931
    Journal articles | 2016
    Gisev N; Nielsen S; Cama E; Larance B; Bruno R; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'An ecological study of the extent and factors associated with the use of prescription and over-the-counter codeine in Australia', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 72, pp. 469 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-015-1995-8
    Journal articles | 2016
    Larney S; Cama E; Nelson E; Larance B; Degenhardt L, 2016, 'A cross-sectional study of correlates of imprisonment in opioid-dependent men and women in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 35, pp. 686 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12357
    Journal articles | 2015
    Brener L; Murphy DA; Cama EJ; Ellard J, 2015, 'Hepatitis C risk factors, attitudes and knowledge among HIV-positive, HIV-negative and HIV-untested gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 411 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14239
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cama E; Brener L; Slavin S; De Wit J, 2015, 'The impact of HIV treatment-related stigma on uptake of antiretroviral therapy', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 27, pp. 739 - 742, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2014.998614
    Journal articles | 2015
    Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Larance B; Cama E; Lintzeris N; Ali R; Bruno R, 2015, 'A typology of people who tamper with pharmaceutical opioids: responses to introduction of a tamper-resistant formulation of controlled-release oxycodone', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 24, pp. 1321 - 1333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3883
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Hepatitis C Stigma and Empowerment Through Positive Speaking in Sydney, Australia', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 25, pp. 418 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.2222
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Jurisdictional differences in opioid use, other licit and illicit drug use, and harms associated with substance use among people who tamper with pharmaceutical opioids', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 611 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12279
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'The characteristics of a cohort who tamper with prescribed and diverted opioid medications', Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 58, pp. 51 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2015.06.001
    Journal articles | 2014
    Cama E; Brener L; Bryant J, 2014, 'Characteristics and attendance patterns of a fixed-site NSP and nearby SVM: The benefits of 24-hour access to sterile injecting equipment', Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 21, pp. 476 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.956051
    Journal articles | 2014
    Newman C; Persson A; Miller A; Cama E, 2014, 'Bridging worlds, breaking rules: Clinician perspectives on transitioning young people with perinatally acquired HIV into adult care in a low prevalence setting', AIDS Patient Care and Stds, 28, pp. 381 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.2013.0346
    Journal articles | 2014
    Peacock A; Degenhardt L; Hordern A; Larance B; Cama E; White N; Kihas I; Bruno R, 2014, 'Methods and predictors of tampering with a tamper-resistant controlled-release oxycodone formulation', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1265 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.023
    Journal articles | 2013
    Rose G; Cama E; Brener L; Treloar C, 2013, 'Knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use among mental health support workers of a community managed organisation', Australian Health Review, 37, pp. 654 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH13134
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Makes you wanna do treatment: Benefits of a hepatitis C specialist clinic to clients in Christchurch, New Zealand', Health and Social Care in the Community, 21, pp. 216 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12009
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Mental health support workers' attitudes towards hepatitis C and injecting drug use: Barriers to recovery?', Mental Health and Substance Use, Advance online publication, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17523281.2013.806951
  • Working Papers | 2021
    2021, Hepatitis B-related stigma and health literacy in the DLM program, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org10.26190/35bw-p083
  • Reports | 2023
    2023, Stigma snapshot: Sex workers 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/fw6j-0m39
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Interventions to reduce stigma: Micro-learning interventions focusing on organisational issues for health workers, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/vg4n-r496
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma Indicators: Vietnamese and Chinese General Community and hepatitis B related knowledge, attitudes and health seeking behaviour., Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/2q1p-7d34
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot. Informing hepatitis B prevention, testing and treatment programs in Chinese and Vietnamese communities in Australia through the student body
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot. Vietnamese and Chinese Community: Hepatitis B related knowledge, attitudes and health seeking behaviour., http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/rs0t-b344
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: General public 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/f25r-zz61
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: Health care workers 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/p7np-fj60
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: Men who have sex with men 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/fcm6-7r15
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: People living with HIV 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/eycp-et57
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: People living with hepatitis C 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/rc20-kt75
    Reports | 2022
    2022, Stigma snapshot: People who inject drugs 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/e4wt-c720
    Reports | 2021
    2021, Interventions to reduce stigma: Social norms interventions for health care workers, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/ezkk-c785
    Reports | 2020
    2020, Evaluation of 1800RESPECT – Final Report, UNSW Social Policy Research Centre, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5e4f1f2561956, https://plan4womenssafety.dss.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1800RESPECT-Evaluation_20200219-wp-4496.pdf
    Reports | 2020
    2020, Interventions to reduce stigma: Contact-based interventions with the Australian general public, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/p66v-vd37
    Reports | 2020
    2020, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: Summary Report. Phase Two, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5ebca29f38662
    Reports | 2019
    2019, Hepatitis B-related stigma among Chinese Australians living in Sydney (Summary report), Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5cfeeed12fb4e
    Reports | 2018
    Cama E; Broady T; Brener L; Hopwood M; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2018, Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project: Summary Report, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    2018, 'The National Stigma Indicator Project: Key findings and lessons regarding people living with HCV and people who inject drugs', presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Adelaide, 13 August 2018 - 15 August 2018
    Reports | 2017
    Cama E; Durbach A, 2017, Local Perspectives: a case study on responses to sexual violence in a university setting, Australian Human Rights Centre, UNSW, The Caledonia Foundation
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Treloar C; de Wit J, 2016, 'Development of a brief indicator of stigma among people living with blood borne viruses and sexually transmitted infections in Australia', presented at 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; Treloar C; de Wit J, 2016, 'Stigma among people living with hepatitis C and people who inject drugs in Australia', presented at 10th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, Gold Coast, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016
    Reports | 2016
    Hopwood MN; Cama E; Treloar C, 2016, Methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men in Australia: A literature review, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/53/58d4418d0a14b
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Treloar C; Cama E; Brener L; Hopwood M; de wit J, 2016, 'Development of a national monitoring system of stigma among people living with HIV in Australia', presented at Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference (26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Cama E; Larance B; Nelson E; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'STIMULANT AND OPIOID DEPENDENCE AS PREDICTORS OF ADULT PERPETRATION OF VIOLENCE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 20 - 20, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800058&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2014
    Larance B; Cama E; Bruno R; Farrell M; Ali R; Lintzeris N; Peacock A; Kihas I; Hordern T; White N; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'PATTERNS OF OPIOID CONSUMPTION IN A COHORT OF PEOPLE WHO TAMPER WITH PHARMACEUTICAL OPIOIDS: BASELINE FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL OPIOID MEDICATION ABUSE DETERRENCE (NOMAD) STUDY', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 33, pp. 38 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800111&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Larance B; Cama E; Nelson E; Degenhardt L, 2014, 'TRANSITIONS FROM HEROIN USE, TO DEPENDENCE AND TREATMENT SEEKING AMONG AN OPIOID-DEPENDENT SAMPLE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 39 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800112&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Lord HL; Newland J; Cama E; Treloar C; Levy MT, 2014, 'Understanding the Phases of Chronic Hepatitis B; the problem and a novel solution using renamed phases, the Hepatitis B Bear and a video (see " Understanding Hepatitis B " on YouTube)', in HEPATOLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, MA, Boston, pp. 1001A - 1002A, presented at 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases, MA, Boston, 07 November 2014 - 11 November 2014, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344483804231&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

2022 Dean of Graduate Research Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis

2011 Faculty of Arts and Social Science's Dean's List for Academic Excellence