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List of works by Mary Breheny

'Breaking the cycle': constructing intergenerational explanations for disadvantage

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Barriers to effective contraception and strategies for overcoming them among adolescent mothers

scientific article published in May 2004

Capability to care: supporting the health of informal caregivers for older people.

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

Constructions of adolescent motherhood : discourse analysis of the health professional literature and health professionals' talk about young mothers

2006 doctoral thesis by Mary Rose Breheny at Massey University

Diverse experiences among older adults in Aotearoa/New Zealand during COVID‐19 lockdown: A qualitative study

scientific article published in 2021

Healthy ageing from the perspective of older people: a capability approach to resilience

scientific article

Individual responsibility and social constraint: the construction of adolescent motherhood in social scientific research

scientific article published on July 2007

Irreconcilable differences: health professionals' constructions of adolescence and motherhood

scientific article published on 29 September 2006

Is social isolation a public health issue? A media analysis in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Knowledge of, and attitude to, hormone replacement therapy and menopause among mid-aged New Zealand women

1999 master's thesis by Mary Breheny at Massey University

Menopause and the virtuous woman: the importance of the moral order in accounting for medical decision making.

scientific article

Negotiating a moral identity in the context of later life care

scientific article published on 27 June 2012

Pursuing security: economic resources and the ontological security of older New Zealanders

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Quality of life among older people with a disability: the role of purpose in life and capabilities

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Responding to Risk: Regulation or Prohibition? New Zealand Media Reporting of Thoroughbred Jumps Racing 2016-2018.

scientific article

Social inequalities over the lifecourse and healthy ageing in Aotearoa/New Zealand: differences by Māori ethnicity and gender

Spending time: the discursive construction of leisure in later life

Still being ‘Mother’? Consumption and identity practices for women in later life

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Tabulating experiences of racism and racial discrimination across the life course.

The Bonds and Burdens of Family Life: Using Narrative Analysis to Understand Difficult Relationships

journal article

The Parental Experience of Caring for a Child with Type 1 Diabetes

The experience of animal therapy in residential aged care in New Zealand: a narrative analysis

Volunteering as reciprocity: beneficial and harmful effects of social policies to encourage contribution in older age.

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

Youth or disadvantage? The construction of teenage mothers in medical journals

scientific article published on April 2010

‘Broad consensus across the divide’: rhetorical constructions of climate change in mainstream news media

scientific article published in August 2018

“I choose to go without everything really”: Moral imperatives, economic choice and ageing

scientific article published on 28 May 2018