Ms Helene Diezel

Current project

- Leading the implementation of a social science study, 'The plurality of person-centred care in endocrinology: A video-reflexive ethnography into healthcare professionals and patients’ clinical encounters' in a government health setting including:

-  Nineteen participants - Ethnographic observations - Filming across 13 encounters  - Reflexive sessions and interviews held over 3 greater metropolitan regions - Managing the production and analysis of approximately 10 hours of data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Social Science, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane
• Certificate in Intermediate French Language, University of Besancon, France
• Graduate Diploma of Primary Education, Griffith University Brisbane
• Master's of Health Services by Research, University of Technology Sydney    

Past projects

Research contracting 

Supported the implementation of 2 research projects:

• Chronic pelvic pain experiences (NDA).
• Surgeons’ experiences of a mandatory education intervention regarding respectful professionalism (NDA). 

Office of Research (OoR), Endeavour College of Natural Health (ECNH) 

Supported implementation of these qualitative research projects:

• New complementary graduates’ experiences of practice.
• Clinical Education skill development project. 
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Maternity interviews.  
• Complementary alternative Medicine Outreach Clinic Project. 

University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) 

Supported implementation of 2 qualitative research projects:

• Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease.
• Contingency Management in Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment (including coordinating start up document management and ethics application).

Embrace Holistic Services 

Supported implementation of 5 research projects:

• Engaging in Birth.
• Complementary & Alternative Medicine Interprofessional Education. 
• Doula Care.
• Interprofessional Communication.
• Internal feedback forms - improvement & implementation systems analysis.

Embrace Holistic Services 

Supported implementation of 5 research projects:

ž Engaging in Birth.  ž Complementary & Alternative Medicine Interprofessional Education.  ž Doula Care. ž Interprofessional Communication. ž Internal feedback forms - improvement & implementation systems analysis.

Journal Articles [ORCHID ID orcid.org/0000-0002-6696-2996]

1. A Steel, H Diezel, M Leach, A Bugarcic (2023) Providing naturopathic care in the community: Perspectives of recent naturopathy graduates in Australia. Complementary therapies in clinical practice 51, 101737
2. A Hawkey, KJ Chalmers, S Micheal, H Diezel, M Armour (2022) “A day-to-day struggle”: A comparative qualitative study on experiences of women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. Feminism & Psychology 32 (4), 482-500
3. MJ Leach, LAJ Barnes, A McLintock, HM Diezel, K Ryan, AE Steel (2021) Transitioning to practice: a qualitative investigation of Australian graduate naturopath’s experiences of being in practice. BMC complementary medicine and therapies 21 (1), 298
4. Steel, A., Diezel, H., Frawley, J., Wardle, J., & Adams, J. (2020). Providing maternity care from outside the system: perspectives of complementary medicine practitioners. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-9.
5. McIntyre, E., Foley, H., Diezel, H., Harnett, J., Adams, J., Sibritt, D., & Steel, A. (2020). Development and preliminarily validation of the Complementary Medicine Disclosure Index. Patient Education and Counseling 103 (6), 1237-1244
6. Filbet, M., Schloss, J., Maret, J. B., Diezel, H., Palmgren, P. J., & Steel, A. (2020). The use of complementary medicine in palliative care in France: an observational cross-sectional study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-8.
7. Steel, A., Diezel, H., Wardle, J & Adams, J. (2019). Working with women: Semi-structured interviews with Australian complementary medicine maternity care practitioners. Women and Birth, in press.
8. Gray, A., Diezel, H., & Steels, A. (2019). The use of learning technologies in complementary medicine education: Results of a student technology survey. Advances in Integrative Medicine, in press.
9. Steel, A., Leach, M., Wardle, J., Sibbritt, D., Schloss, J., Diezel, H., & Adams, J. (2018). The Australian complementary medicine workforce: a profile of 1,306 practitioners from the PRACI study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 24(4), 385-394.
10. Steel A, Sibbritt D, Schloss J, Wardle J, Leach M, Diezel H & Adams J (2017) An Overview of the Practitioner Research and Collaboration Initiative (PRACI): a practice-based research network for complementary medicine. BMC CAM 17 (87): 1-12.
11. Steel A, Frawley J, Adams J & Diezel H (2015) Trained or professional doulas in the support and care of pregnant and birthing women: a critical integrative review. Health & Social care in the Community 23 (3): 225-241.
12. Steel A, Wardle J, Diezel H, Johnstone K & Adams J (2014) Educating for collaboration: The outcomes of an interprofessional education workshop for complementary and alternative maternity care providers. Advances in Integrative Medicine 1 (1):17-24.
13. Steel A, Diezel H, Wardle J and Johnstone K (2013). Patterns of inter-professional communication between complementary and conventional practitioners providing maternity care services: a preliminary examination of the perceptions of CAM practitioners. Aust J Herbal Med 25 (2): 57-61,73.
14. Diezel H, Steel A, Wardle J and Johnstone K (2013) Patterns and influences of interprofessional communication between midwives and CAM practitioners: a preliminary examination of the perceptions of midwives. Aust J Herbal Med. 25 (1): 4-10
15. Steel A, Diezel H, Johnstone K, Sibbritt D, Adams J and Adair R (2013) The value of care provided by student doulas: an examination of the perceptions of women in their care. Journal of Perinatal Education 22 (1): 39-48.

Published conference abstracts

1. H Diezel, A Steel, K Ryan, A McLintock, M Leach. (2019). Exploring the perceptions of new naturopathy graduates in clinical practice. Advances in Integrative Medicine 6, S14.
2. Diezel, H., Armour, M., Micheal, S., & Chalmers, J. (2019). The potential role of complementary medicine in women with pelvic pain. Advances in Integrative Medicine, S132-S133.
3. Diezel H, Adams J, Steel A & Wardle J. (2017). Measuring complementary medicine in Australian conventional healthcare education. World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017 p38.
4. Diezel H, Steel H, Frawley J, Wardle J, Broom A & Adams J. (2017). Providing maternity care in a silo: experiences of Complementary Medicine practitioners in Australia. World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health 2017 p39.
5. Diezel H & Steel A. (2015). Developing clinical supervision skills in clinical complementary medicine education: a mixed methods program evaluation. Integrative Medicine Research 4 (1): 111.
6. Steel A, Diezel H, Adams J & Sibbritt D (2015) Challenges associated with developing research capacity amongst complementary medicine (CM) practitioners: a case study from a CM higher education institution. Integrative Medicine Research 4 (1): 18.
7. Diezel H, Steel A, Johnstone K, Sibbritt D & Adams J (2105) Perceptions and practice behaviours of midwives and naturopaths after inter-professional’s education intervention. Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine 27 (1).
8. Diezel H & Steel A (2015) Clinical supervisor intervention fosters excellence in clinical herbal medicine education. Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine 27 (1).
9. Diezel H, Adams J, Wardle J & Steel A (2014) Does complementary and alternative medicine exist in Australian nursing and midwifery courses? The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 20 (5), A100-A100.
10. Diezel H, Steel A, Johnstone K (2013) Interprofessional communication between complementary medicine practitioners and midwives: A pilot study. Forschende Komplementarmedizin 20 (suppl 1): 108.

Research presentations

1. Diezel, H (2024)  Bodies, practice, and systems: de-colonial potentiality of video reflexive ethnography into person-centred care. University of Queensland (UQ) Postgraduate Research Conference

https://social-science.uq.edu.au/files/24321/2024%20UQ%20School%20of%20Social%20Science%20Postgraduate%20Conference%20Program.pdf (page 6)

2. Diezel H, Olson R, Noble C (2025) The multiplicity of VRE: a critical review. Video Reflexive Ethnography International Association (VREIA) Conference Canberra https://videoreflexiveethnography.com/vreia-conference-2025-program-wednesday/
3. Diezel H, Olson R, Noble C (2025) Emotionally reflexive patient practice. VREIA Conference Canberra
4. Diezel H, Olson R, Noble C  (2025) Impact blindness in participants of VRE studies. VREIA Conference Canberra
5. Diezel H, Steel A, Johnstone K, Sibbritt D, Adams J (2015) Perceptions and practice behaviours of midwives and naturopaths after inter-professional education intervention. 9th International Conference on Herbal Medicine
6. Diezel H, Steel A, Wardle J and Adams J (2012) Building bridges between complementary and conventional health care professionals for the safety of pregnant women: a pilot study. Australian College of Midwives State Conference QLD Branch September 2012 (Poster Presentation)
7. Diezel H, Steel A, Johnstone K, and Sibbritt D (2012) Does interprofessional education impact the practice behaviours of midwives towards complementary and alternative medicine. Breathing New Life into Maternity Care Conference. May 2012 (Poster Presentation)