School of Social Science

Ms Helene Diezel

PhD Candidate
School of Social Science

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:

ž  Chronic pelvic pain experiences (NDA). ž 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:

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

  

University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) 

Supported implementation of 2 qualitative research projects:

 ž Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease.  ž 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:

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)

  1. 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/
  2. Diezel H, Olson R, Noble C (2025) Emotionally reflexive patient practice. VREIA Conference Canberra
  3. Diezel H, Olson R, Noble C  (2025) Impact blindness in participants of VRE studies. VREIA Conference Canberra
  4. 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
  5. 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)
  6. 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)

Publications

Journal Article (1)
Conference Paper (1)

Journal Article

Leach, Matthew J., Barnes, Larisa A. J., McLintock, Andy, Diezel, Helene M., Ryan, Kimberley and Steel, Amie E. (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, 298. doi: 10.1186/s12906-021-03475-z

Conference Paper

Carter, Adrian, Bell, Peter, Diezel, Helene, Dissanayaka, Nadeeka, O'Sullivan, John and Hall, Wayne (2013). Patient perspectives on treatment-induced impulse control disorders. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 24-27 November 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/dar.12077