Helen Bourke-Taylor

Associate Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor is an occupational therapist and academic at Monash University. Helen is a Fellow of the Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy and her research has lead to the development of Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF), a research based program designed to support, empower and encourage mothers of a child with a disability to learn about, and create a healthy lifestyle that fosters their own health and well-being, alongside a healthy family life. ⁠
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See https://healthymothers-healthyfamilies.com/. ⁠
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Helen has developed measurement instruments that capture participation in healthy behaviour, assistance that children need to participate, challenging behaviour and community inclusion.