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Publications by topic*

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Adult Education

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Du Plessis, K., & Green, E. (2013). Financial awareness education with apprentices in the Australian construction industry: Program evaluation. International Journal of Training Research, 11(3), 225-233., doi: 10.5172/ijtr.2013.11.3.225.

  2. Du Plessis, K., Anstey, K.J., & Schlumpp, A. (2011). Older adults’ training courses: Considerations for course design and the development of learning materials. Australian Journal of Adult Learning,51(1), 161-174.

  3. Du Plessis, K. (2008). Web-enhanced distance teaching in early childhood teacher education: Lecturers’ experiences and implications for professional development. He Kupu, 1(5), 8 – 16, http://www.nztertiarycollege.ac.nz/HeKupu

  4. Du Plessis, K., Walker, L., & Naughton, C. (2008). Ready, steady, study: Implications of online learning for early childhood education. Journal of Distance Learning, 12(1), 27 - 33.

  5. Walker, L. & Du Plessis, K. (2007). Preparing early childhood student teachers for web-enhanced distance learning: Student perceptions. He Kupu, 1(3), 7 – 21.

 

Attachment and/or Couples-related

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Du Plessis, K. (2009). Early childhood teacher-child attachment: A brief review of the literature. He Kupu, 2(1), 45-53. http://www.nztertiarycollege.ac.nz/HeKupu.

  2. Du Plessis, K., & Clarke, D. (2008). Couples’ helpful, unhelpful and ideal conflict resolution strategies: Secure and insecure attachment differences and similarities. Interpersona, 2(1), 65-88, doi: 10.5964/ijpr.v2i1.18.

  3. Du Plessis, K., Clarke, D., & Woolley, C.C. (2007). Secure attachment conceptualizations: The influence of general and specific relational models on conflict beliefs and conflict resolution styles. Interpersona, 1(1), 25-44, doi: 10.5964/ijpr.v1i1.3.

 

Books

  1. Du Plessis, K., Clarke, D., & Woolley, C.C. (2011). Attachment and conflict in close relationships: Conflict resolution, conflict beliefs, communication accuracy and relationship satisfaction. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-8443-0288-2.

  2. Du Plessis, K. (2007). And they lived happily ever after...Literature and research exploring the psychology of intimate relationships. Morrisville, NC: Lulu (http://www.lulu.com/content/1347432). ISBN 978-0-473-13004-6.

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Congenital Heart Disease - Fontan Operation

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Rubenis, I., Tran, D., Bullock, A., Wijesekera, V., Baker, D., d'Udekem, Y., Du Plessis, K., Katz, D., Lowy, M., Zentner, D., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R. (2021). Sexual function in men living with a Fontan circulation. Frontiers in Pediatrics, November, 9, doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.765380.

  2. Daems, J.J.N., Attard, C., Van Den Helm, S., Breur, J.M.P.J., d’Udekem, Y., Du Plessis, K., Wilson, T.G., Iyengar, A.J., Winlaw, D.S., Gentles, T.L., Monagle, P., Ignjatovic, V. (2021). Cross-sectional assessment of haemostatic profile and hepatic dysfunction in Fontan patients. Open Heart, May, 8(1). doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001460

  3. Tran, D., Rodrigues, C., Du Plessis, K., Zannino, D., Davis, G., Celermajer, D., d'Udekem, Y., Cordina, R. (2021). Decline is not inevitable: Exercise capacity trajectory in an Australian and New Zealand Fontan cohort. Heart, Lung and Circulation, March, doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.01.004

  4. Verrall, C.E., Yang, J.Y.M., Chen, J., Schembri, A., d'Udekem, Y., Zannino, D., Kasparian, N., Du Plessis, K., Grieve, S., Barton, B., Gentles, T., Rice, K., Celermajer, D.S., Attard, C., Rice, K., Ayer, J., Mandelstam, S., Winlaw, D., MacKay, M., Cordina, R. Neurocognitive dysfunction and smaller brain volumes in adolescents and adults with a Fontan circulation. Circulation, November, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048202.

  5. Tran, D., Rodrigues, C., Du Plessis, K., Zannino, D., Davis, G., Celermajer, D., d'Udekem, Y., Cordina, R. (2020). Not an inevitable decline: Exercise capacity trajectory of the Australian and New Zealand Fontan population. Heart, Lung and Circulation, November, 29, (conference paper) doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.680

  6. Marathe, S.P., Iyengar, A.J., Betts, K.S., Du Plessis, K., Salve, G., Justo, R.N., Venugopal, P., Winlaw, D.S., d'Udekem, Y., Alphonson, N. (2020). Long-term outcomes following Fontan takedown in Australian and New Zealand. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October, doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.09.074.

  7. Verrall, C.E., Yang, J.Y.M., Chen, J., Schembri, A., d'Udekem, Y., Zannino, D., Kasparian, N., Du Plessis, K., Grieve, S., Barton, B., Gentles, T., Rice, K., Celermajer, D.S., Attard, C., MacKay, M., Winlaw, D., Cordina, R. (2020). Adolescents and adults with a Fontan circulation have impaired neurocognitive function that is associated with reduced brain volume. Journal of American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 548, March, doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(20)31175-X.

  8. Huang, L., Dalziel, K.M., Du Plessis, K., Winlaw, D.S., Cordina, R., Pflaumer, A., Justo, R.N., Wheaton, G.R., Bullock, A., Verrall, C., d’Udekem, Y. (2020). Long-term Out-of-Hospital Health Care Use for Fontan Survivors Across Childhood, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, February, doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.030.

  9. Poh, C., Iyengar, A.J., Celermajer, D.S., Hornung, T., Radford, D., Justo, R., Andrews, D., Du Plessis, K., Winlaw, D., d'Udekem, Y. (2020). Modes of late mortality in patients with a Fontan circulation, Heart , February, doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315862.

  10. Daley, M., Du Plessis, K., Zannino, D., Hornung, T., Disney, P.J., Cordina, R., Grigg, L., Radford, D., Bullock, A., d'Udekem, Y (2020). Reintervention and survival in 1,428 patients in the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry, Heart, October, doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315430.

  11. Marathe, S.P., Zannino, D., Cao, J.Y., Du Plessis, K., Marathe, S., Ayer, J., Celermajer, D.S. Gentles, T.L, Sholler, G.F., Justo, R.N., Alphonso, N., d'Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D.S. (2019), Heterotaxy is not a risk factor for adverse long-term outcomes in Fontan survivors, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.01.

  12. Zentner, D., Celermajer, D.S., Gentles, T., d'Udekem, Y., Ayer, J., Blue, G.M., Bridgman, C., Burchill, L., Cheung, M., Cordina, R., Culnane, E., Davis, A., Du Plessis, K., Eagleson, K., Finucane, K., Frank, B., Greenway, S., Grigg, L., Hardikar, W., Hornung, T., Hynson, J., Iyengar, A.J., James, P., Justo, R., Kalman, J., Kasparian, N., Le, B., Marshall, K., Mathew, J., McGiffin, D., McGuire, M., Monagle, P., Moore, B., Neilsen, J., O'Connor, B., O'Donnell, C., Pflaumer, A., Rice, K., Sholler, G., Skinner, J.R., Sood, S., Ward, J., Weintraub, R., Wilson, T., Wilson, W., Winlaw ,D., Wood, A. (2019). Management of people with a Fontan circulation: A Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement. Heart Lung Circulation, November, doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.09.010.

  13. Du Plessis, K., d’Udekem, Y. (2019), The neurodevelopmental outcomes of patients with single ventricles across the lifespan, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November, 108(5), 1565-1572 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.043.

  14. Yong, M.S., Zhu, M.Z.L., Du Plessis, K., Weintraub, R.G., Bullock, A., Hornung, T., Winlaw, D., Alphonso, N., d'Udekem, Y., Konstantinov, I.E. (2019). Long term outcomes of Fontan operation in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June, doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.073.

  15. Dennis, M., Zannino, D., Du Plessis, K., Bullock, A., Disney, P., Radford, D.J., Hornung, T., Griggs, L., d’Udekem, Y., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R. (2019). A “good” Fontan circulation at transition to adult care: Late clinical outcomes and risk for systolic ventricular dysfunction. Heart, Lung and Circulation, June, doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.493.

  16. Poh, C., Celermajer, D.S., Grigg, L.E., Kalman, J.M., McGuire, M.A., Gentles, T.L., Radford, D.J., Bullock, A., Disney, P.J., Winlaw, D., Du Plessis, K., d'Udekem, Y. (2019). Pacemakers are associated with a higher risk of late death and transplantation in the Fontan population, International Journal of Cardiology, May; 282:33-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.088.

  17. Marathe, S.P., Zannino, D.,  Shi, W.Y., Du Plessis, K., Kehr, J., Perumal, G., Sun, J., Gentles, T.L., Ayer, J., Sholler, G., Verrall, C., Alphonso, N., Andrews, D., d' Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D.S. (2019). Two ventricles are not better than one in the Fontan circulation: Equivalent late outcomes, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March; 107(3):852-859. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.024.

  18. Wilson, T.G., d'Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D.S., Cordina, R.L., Ayer, J., Gentles, T.L., Weintraub, R.G., Grigg, L.E., Hardiker, W., Cheung, M., Cain, T.M., Rao, P., Verrall, C., Du Plessis, K., Chapman, J., Rice, K., Iyengar, A.J.  (2019). Creatinine-based estimation of glomerular filtration rate in patients with a Fontan circulation. Congenital Heart Disease, 2019;00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/chd.12746

  19. Daley, M., d'Udekem, Y., Du Plessis, K., Zannino., D., Hornung, T., Disney, P.J., Cordina, R., Grigg, L., Radford, D., Bullock, A. (2019). Reoperations after single-ventricle palliation: The Fontan may not be the final procedure. Heart, Lung and Circulation, January, doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.02.066. 

  20. Moore, B.J., Anderson, R., Nisbet, A.M., Kalla, M., Du Plessis, K., d'Udekem, Y., Bullock, A., Cordina, R.L., Celermajer, D.S., Kalman, J., McGuire, M.A. (2018). Ablation of atrial arrhythmias after the atriopulmonary Fontan procedure: Mechanisms of arrhythmia and outcomes. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Oct;4(10):1338-1346. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.08.012.

  21. Wilson, T.G., d'Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D.S., Cordina, R.L., Celermajer, D.S., Wheaton, G.R., Bullock, A., Gentles, T.L., Weintraub, R.G., Justo, R.N., Grigg, L.E., Hardiker, W., Cheung, M., Cain, T.M., Rao, P., Alexander, S.I., Ayer, J., Verrall, C., Du Plessis, K., Chapman, J., Rice, K., Barry, J., Zannino, D., Iyengar, A.J. (2018). Hepatic and renal end-organ damage in the Fontan circulation: A report from the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry. International Journal of Cardiology, 273:100-107 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.118.

  22. Sutherland, N.D., Jones, B., Weskamp Aguero, S., Melchiori, T., Du Plessis, K., Konstantinov, I., Cheung, M., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). Home and hospital-based exercise training program after Fontan surgery. Cardiology in the Young, Aug: 1-7. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118001166.

  23. Sutherland, N.D., Jones, B., Du Plessis, K., Cheung, M., Konstantinov, K., d’Udekem, Y. (2018). Hospital and home-based cardiac rehabilitation following Fontan surgery.  European Heart Journal, August, 39(suppl 1), doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.P706

  24. Du Plessis, K., Culnane, E., Peters, R., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). Traversing the liminal: What can Fontan adults' transition experiences and perspectives teach us about optimizing healthcare? International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0020

  25. Du Plessis, K., Peters, B., King, I., Robertson, K., Mackley, J., Maree, R., Stanley, T., Pickford, L, Rose, B., Orchard, M., Stewart, H., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). "Will she live a long happy life?" Parents' greatest concerns for their children with a Fontan circulation. International Journal of Cardiology Heart & Vasculature, 18, 65-70.

  26. Du Plessis, K., Peters, B., King, I., Robertson, K., Mackley, J., Maree, R., Stanley, T., Pickford, L, Rose, B., Orchard, M., Stewart, H., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). "How long will I continue to be normal?" Adults with a Fontan circulation's greatest concerns. International Journal of Cardiology, 260(1):54-59.

  27. Elias, P., Poh, C.L., du Plessis, K., Zannino, D., Rice, K., Radford, D.J., Bullock, A., Wheaton, G.R., Celermajer, D.S., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). Long-term outcomes of single-ventricle palliation for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: Fontan survivors remain at risk of late coronary ischaemia and death. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezy038.

  28. Dennis, M., Zannino, D., Du Plessis, K., Bullock, A., Disney, A., Radford, D., Hornung, T., Grigg, L., Cordina, R., d'Udekem Y., Celermajer, D. (2018). Clinical outcomes in adolescents and adults after the Fontan procedure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March, 71(9): 1009-1017. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.054.

  29. d'Udekem, Y., Fernando, N., Du Plessis, K. (2018). Ask not what your Fontan can do for you, ask what you can do for your Fontan! The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.122.

  30. Marathe, S.P., Shi, W.Y., Verrall, C., Kehr, J., Perumal, G., Sun, J., Gentles, T., Alphonso, N., Andrews, D., Ayer, J., Zannino, D., Du Plessis, K., d’Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D. (2018). Are two ventricles better than one in the Fontan circulation, Heart Lung Circulation, January, 27:S523, doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.04.062

  31. Sutherland, N.D., Jones, B., Du Plessis, K., Cheung, M., Konstantinov, K., d’Udekem, Y. (2018). Hospital and home-based cardiac rehabilitation following Fontan surgery. Heart Lung Circulation, January, 27:S396, doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.0795.

  32. Cordina, R., Du Plessis, K., Tran, D., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). Super Fontan: Is it possible? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.047.

  33. Marathe, S.P., Shi, W.Y., Verrall, C., Kehr, J., Perumal, G., Sun, J., Gentles, T., Alphonso, N., Andrews, D., Ayer, J., Zannino, D., Du Plessis, K., d’Udekem, Y., Winlaw, D. (2017). Two ventricles are not better than one in the Fontan circulation: Equivalent late outcomes. Circulation, November, 136(Suppl 1).

  34. d'Udekem, Y., Forsdick, V., Du Plessis, K. (2017). Involvement of patients and parents in research generated by the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry. Cardiology in the Young, August, doi: 10.1017/S1047951117001494.

  35. Du Plessis, K., Culnane, E., Peters, R., d'Udekem, Y. (2017). Adolescent and parent perspectives prior to involvement in a Fontan transition program. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, May, doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0021.

  36. Huang, L., Schilling, C., Dalziel, K.M., Xie, S., Celermajer, D.S., McNeil, J.J., Winlaw, D., Hornung, T.S., Radford, D.J., Grigg, L.E., Bullock, A., Wheaton, G.R., Justo, R.N., Blake, J., Bishop, R., Du Plessis, K., d'Udekem, Y. (2017). Hospital inpatient costs for single ventricle patients surviving the Fontan procedure. American Journal of Cardiology, 120(3), 467-472, doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.04.04.

  37. Huang, L., Dalziel, K.M., Schilling, C., Celermajer, D.S., McNeil, J.J., Winlaw, D., Gentles, T., Radford, D.J., Cheung, M., Bullock, A., Wheaton, G.R., Justo, R.N., Selbie, L.A., Forsdick, V., Du Plessis, K., d'Udekem, Y. (2017). Hospital costs and cost implications of co-morbid condition for patients with single ventricle in the period through to Fontan completion. International Journal of Cardiology, 240, 178-182, doi http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.04.056

  38. Poh, C. L., Zannino, D., Weintraub, R. G., Winlaw, D. S., Grigg, L. E., Cordina, R., Hornung, T., Bullock, A., Justo, R.N., Gentles, T.L., Verrall, C., Du Plessis, K., Celermajer, D.S., d'Udekem, Y. (2017). Three decades later: the fate of the population of patients who underwent the Atriopulmonary Fontan procedure. International Journal of Cardiology, 231, 99-104, doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.057.

  39. Schilling, C., Dalziel, K., Nunn, R., Du Plessis, K., Shi, W.Y., Winlaw, D., Weintraub, R.G., Grigg, L.E., Radford, D.J., Bullock, A., Gentles, T.L., Wheaton, G.R., Hornung, T., Justo, R.N., d'Udekem, Y. (2016). The Fontan epidemic: Population projections from the Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry. International Journal of Cardiology, 219, 14-9, doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.035.

  40. Poh, C.L., Cochrane, A., Galati, J.C., Bullock, A., Celermajer, D.S., Gentles, T., Du Plessis, K., Winlaw, D.S., Hornung, T., Finucane, K., & d’Udekem, Y. (2016) Ten-year outcomes of Fontan conversion in Australia and New Zealand demonstrate the superiority of a strategy of early conversion. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 49(2), 530-535. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezv112.

Consumer Involvement in Research

Peer reviewed manuscript

  1. d'Udekem, Y., Forsdick, V., Du Plessis, K. (2017). Involvement of patients and parents in research generated by the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry. Cardiology in the Young, August, doi: 10.1017/S1047951117001494

Diet and Nutrition

Peer reviewed manuscript

  1. Du Plessis, K. (2012). Factors influencing Australian construction industry apprentices’ dietary behaviours. American Journal for Men’s Health, 6(1), 59-66. doi: 10.1177/1557988311417613

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Chapter in Book

  1. Du Plessis, K. (2011). Diet and nutrition: A literature review of factors influencing blue-collar apprentices, in T. Corney & K. du Plessis (Eds.), Apprentices – Young people in Transition. Melbourne: Incolink and Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. [also available on www.nutritionaustralia.org]

Financial Awareness & Help-Seeking

Peer reviewed manuscript

  1. Du Plessis, K., & Green, E. (2013). Financial awareness education with apprentices in the Australian construction industry: Program evaluation. International Journal of Training Research, 11(3), 225-233., doi: 10.5172/ijtr.2013.11.3.225

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​Senate/Government Submission

  1. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Green, E., Hauptmann, K. (August 2012). Supporting construction workers who are ‘at-risk’ for problem gambling: The importance of using financial awareness education as an opportunity for early identification and treatment of problem gambling. Incolink Response to FaHCSIA 2012 Discussion Paper: Financial Counselling to Support People Affected by Problem Gambling.

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Research Report

  1. Du Plessis, K. (March 2010). Financial help-seeking behaviour of unemployed building workers. Incolink Foundation Fund (research funded by Westpac Bank) 

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Non-peer reviewed manuscript

  1. Du Plessis, K., Lawton, J., & Corney, T. (2010). Unemployed and struggling: The lack of financial help-seeking behaviour exhibited by male construction workers. Australian Journal of Financial Planning, March.

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Living with Chronic Disease/Fear of Death

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Du Plessis, K., Peters, B., King, I., Robertson, K., Mackley, J., Maree, R., Stanley, T., Pickford, L, Rose, B., Orchard, M., Stewart, H., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). "Will she live a long happy life?" Parents' greatest concerns for their children with a Fontan circulation. International Journal of Cardiology Heart & Vasculature, 18, 65-70.

  2. Du Plessis, K., Peters, B., King, I., Robertson, K., Mackley, J., Maree, R., Stanley, T., Pickford, L, Rose, B., Orchard, M., Stewart, H., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). "How long will I continue to be normal?" Adults with a Fontan circulation's greatest concerns. International Journal of Cardiology, 260(1):54-59.

Men's Health and Mental Health

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Green E., & Burnside, L. (2014). Australian construction industry apprentices’ alcohol use and its relation to their experiences of alcohol-related harm. Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, 2(2), doi: 10.4172/2329-6488.1000154

  2. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., & Armatas, C. (2014). Consumption of energy drinks, and alcohol mixed with energy drinks among Australian construction industry apprentices. Journal of Health, Safety & Environment, 30(1) – March.

  3. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., & Burnside, L. (2013). Harmful drinking and experiences of alcohol-related violence in Australian male construction industry apprentices. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(5), 423-426, doi: 10.1177/1557988313479965.

  4. Broadbent, R., Corney, T., Du Plessis K., & Papadopoulos, T (2013). Using generalist youth work practice in an industry-specific suicide prevention program with young construction workers, Youth Studies Australia, 32(1), 46-54.

  5. Du Plessis, K., Cronin, D., Corney, T., & Green, E. (2012). Australian blue-collar men’s health and wellbeing: Contextual issues for workplace health promotion interventions. Health Promotion Practice, 14(5), 715-720, doi: 10.1177/1524839912464046.

  6. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Broadbent, R., & Papadopoulos, T. (2012). Socio-emotional support of apprentices during the school-to-work transition. Education + Training, 54(5), 344 – 354. doi: 10.1108/00400911211244650.

  7. Du Plessis, K. (2012). Factors influencing Australian construction industry apprentices’ dietary behaviours. American Journal for Men’s Health, 6(1), 59-66. doi: 10.1177/1557988311417613

  8. Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (2011). Construction industry apprentices’ substance use: A survey of prevalence rates, reasons for use, and regional and age differences. Youth Studies Australia, 30(4), 40-50.

  9. Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (2011). Trust, respect and friendship: The key attributes of significant others in the lives of young working men. Youth Studies Australia, 30(1), 17 – 26.

  10. Corney, T., & Du Plessis, K. (2010). Apprentices’ mentoring relationships: The role of ‘significant others’ and supportive relationships across the work-life domains. Youth Studies Australia, 29(3), 18 - 26.

  11. Du Plessis, K., Hoiles, L., Field, D., Corney, T., & Napthine, M. (2009). “I can cope”: Young men’s strengths and barriers to seeking help. Counselling Australia, 9(4), 93 – 99.

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Books

  1. Corney, T., & Du Plessis, K. (2011). Apprentices: Youth in transition. Melbourne: Incolink & Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. ISBN 978-0-646-55188-3

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Chapters in Books

  1. Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (2011). Blue-collar apprentices and bullying: Experiences of bullying and its relation to resilience, satisfaction and self-rated health, In T. Corney & K. du Plessis (Eds.), Apprentices – Young people in Transition. Melbourne: Incolink and Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies.

  2. Du Plessis, K. (2011). Diet and nutrition: A literature review of factors influencing blue-collar apprentices, in T. Corney & K. du Plessis (Eds.), Apprentices – Young people in Transition. Melbourne: Incolink and Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies. [also available on www.nutritionaustralia.org]

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Senate/Government Submissions

  1. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Green, E., Hauptmann, K. (August 2012). Supporting construction workers who are ‘at-risk’ for problem gambling: The importance of using financial awareness education as an opportunity for early identification and treatment of problem gambling. Incolink Response to FaHCSIA 2012 Discussion Paper: Financial Counselling to Support People Affected by Problem Gambling.

  2. Green, E., Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (November 2009). Incolink Submission: The importance of early intervention programs for young men. Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee.

Neurodevelopment

Peer reviewed manuscript

  1. Du Plessis, K., d’Udekem, Y. (2019), The neurodevelopmental outcomes of patients with single ventricles across the lifespan, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November, 108(5), 1565-1572 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.05.043

Substance Use

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Corney, T., & Du Plessis, K. Australian first year university college residents’ alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms. (2022). Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, April, doi:10.1177/14550725221090037.

  2. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Green E., & Burnside, L. (2014). Australian construction industry apprentices’ alcohol use and its relation to their experiences of alcohol-related harm. Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, 2(2), doi: 10.4172/2329-6488.1000154

  3. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., & Armatas, C. (2014). Consumption of energy drinks, and alcohol mixed with energy drinks among Australian construction industry apprentices. Journal of Health, Safety & Environment, 30(1) – March.

  4. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., & Burnside, L. (2013). Harmful drinking and experiences of alcohol-related violence in Australian male construction industry apprentices. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(5), 423-426, doi: 10.1177/1557988313479965.

  5. Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (2011). Construction industry apprentices’ substance use: A survey of prevalence rates, reasons for use, and regional and age differences. Youth Studies Australia, 30(4), 40-50.​

Suicide Prevention in Young Men

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Broadbent, R., Corney, T., Du Plessis K., & Papadopoulos, T (2013). Using generalist youth work practice in an industry-specific suicide prevention program with young construction workers, Youth Studies Australia, 32(1), 46-54.

  2. Du Plessis, K., Corney, T., Broadbent, R., & Papadopoulos, T. (2012). Socio-emotional support of apprentices during the school-to-work transition. Education + Training, 54(5), 344 – 354. doi: 10.1108/00400911211244650.

  3. Corney, T., & Du Plessis, K. (2010). Apprentices’ mentoring relationships: The role of ‘significant others’ and supportive relationships across the work-life domains. Youth Studies Australia, 29(3), 18 - 26.

  4. Du Plessis, K., Hoiles, L., Field, D., Corney, T., & Napthine, M. (2009). “I can cope”: Young men’s strengths and barriers to seeking help. Counselling Australia, 9(4), 93 – 99.

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Chapter in Book

  1. Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (2011). Blue-collar apprentices and bullying: Experiences of bullying and its relation to resilience, satisfaction and self-rated health, In T. Corney & K. du Plessis (Eds.), Apprentices – Young people in Transition. Melbourne: Incolink

 

Senate/Government Submission

  1. Green, E., Du Plessis, K., & Corney, T. (November 2009). Incolink Submission: The importance of early intervention programs for young men. Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee.

Transition to Adult Healthcare

Peer reviewed manuscripts

  1. Du Plessis, K., Culnane, E., Peters, R., d'Udekem, Y. (2018). Traversing the liminal: What can Fontan adults' transition experiences and perspectives teach us about optimizing healthcare? International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0020

  2. Du Plessis, K., Culnane, E., Peters, R., d'Udekem, Y. (2017). Adolescent and parent perspectives prior to involvement in a Fontan transition program. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, May, doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0021

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Work health and safety

Research reports​

  1. Bywood, P., Du Plessis, K., Moo, A., McMillan, J. (September 2020). Fatigue and burnout in healthcare: Prevalence, impact and interventions - Evidence Review. Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR). (Report)

  2. Du Plessis, K. McMillan, J. (April 2020). Medicinal Cannabis - Snapshot Review. Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) (Report)

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