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Grace, Sandra. "Integrative Medicine in Contemporary Australian Health Care." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4048.
Full textGrace, Sandra. "Integrative Medicine in Contemporary Australian Health Care." Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4048.
Full textABSTRACT Integrative medicine (IM) is a dynamic and increasingly prevalent model of primary health care that combines complementary and alternative medicine with mainstream medicine. This research is about the practice of IM and its value to primary health care in Australia. It locates IM within Australian health care by revealing its processes and outcomes in terms of: practice styles, interactions between practitioners and clients and among practitioners, range of diagnostic and treatment options, and health benefits. In this research I examine the nature of integrative medicine (IM) in co-located primary health care practices and consider the influence that integrating mainstream medicine and CAM can have on the perceived quality of primary health care in Australia. My goal was to contribute the knowledge of the phenomenon of IM through a deeper understanding and interpretation of IM gained by investigating the perceptions of core stakeholders, in this case clients and practitioners of IM. This research was situated in the interpretive paradigm and used two research methodologies: hermeneutics (to interpret the value of IM as reported in the literature) and hermeneutic phenomenology (to understand meanings and significance that clients and practitioners attach to their experiences of IM). Data collection involved the collation of existing literature texts and by cumulative case studies (using semi-structured interviews and observation), focus groups, and key informant interviews. Using a blend of methodologies provided a rich and powerful means of understanding the processes and outcomes of IM through the interpretations of its core stakeholders’ lived experiences. In particular I sought perceptions of clients and practitioners of IM about their health and health care including assessment and treatment options, health outcomes, congruence with beliefs and values, collaborative practices and power sharing. Data analysis was conducted concurrently with and subsequent to data collection so that questioning, observation and textual interpretation were progressively guided by the data. A set of meta-themes emerged from the fusion of findings from all phases of the research. These meta-themes represented answers to key research questions. They are: • Power/authority • Mutual respect • Professionalism • Ontological perspectives • Duty of care. This thesis identifies IM practice styles according to different levels of client agency and degrees of power sharing that exist among CAM and mainstream medical practitioners. A theorised model based on the research findings which depicts quality of health care as a variable consequence of diverse practice styles of IM is produced in two parts: Part 1 acknowledges that IM is a variable phenomenon in practice with different levels of collaboration, power-sharing and quality of health care; Part 2 presents an optimum mode of IM practice. Authentically client-centred health care is at the core of all of these practice styles. This thesis has significant implications for the way IM is practised and for primary health care delivery more broadly. IM that is mutually respectful and genuinely collaborative is flexible, inclusive, and socially relevant and has a substantial and far-reaching contribution to make to the quality of primary health care.
MURPHY, CATHRYN LOUISE School of Health Services Management UNSW. "INFECTION CONTROL IN THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE SETTING." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Health Services Management, 1999. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17600.
Full textBadrick, Tony Cecil. "Implementing total quality management in Australian health care organizations." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997.
Find full textMcCabe, Helen, and res cand@acu edu au. "The Ethical Implications of Incorporating Managed Care into the Australian Health Care Context." Australian Catholic University. School of Philosophy, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp48.29082005.
Full textMcCabe, Helen Mary. "The ethical implications of incorporating managed care into the Australian health care context." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/d50b168254fc36e931bd3b650cbb4c07af91aa95b70a93080a6ccdbd53a2d651/2401581/64983_downloaded_stream_208.pdf.
Full textLansingh, Van Charles. "Primary health care approach to trachoma control in Aboriginal communities in Central Australia." Connect to thesis, 2005. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/984.
Full textThe communities, Pipalyatjara and Mimili, with populations slightly less than 300 each, are located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AP) lands of Central Australia, in the northwest corner of the South Australia territory. At Pipalyatjara, a full SAFE-type intervention was undertaken, with the ‘E’ component designed and implemented by the NHC (Nganampa Health Council Inc.). At Mimili, only a SAF-type of intervention was implemented.
Baseline data was gathered for 18 months from March 1999 through September 2000 (five visits to Pipalyatjara and four at Mimili), and included determining trachoma prevalence levels using the WHO system, facial cleanliness, and nasal discharge parameters. A trachoma health program was implemented at the end of this period and a one-time dose of azithromycin was given in September of 2000. The chief focus of the study was children under 15 years of age.
Improvements in road sealing, landscaping, and the creation of mounds were started to improve dust control. Concurrently, efforts were made in the houses of the residents to improve the nine healthy living practices, which were scored in two surveys, in March 1999 and August 2001. Trachoma prevalence, and levels of facial cleanliness and nasal discharge were determined at 3, 6, and 12 months following antibiotic administration.
In children less than 15 years of age, the pre-intervention prevalence level of TF (Trachoma Follicular) was 42% at Pipalyatjara, and 44% at Mimili. For the 1-9 year age group, the TF prevalence was 47% and 54% respectively. For TI (Trachoma Intense), the pre-intervention prevalence was 8% for Pipalyatjara, and 9% for Mimili. The TF prevalence, adjusted for clustering, and using only individuals present at baseline and follow-up (3, 6, and 12 months post-intervention), was 41.5%, 21.2%, 20.0%, and 20.0% at Pipalyatjara respectively. For Mimili, the corresponding prevalence figures were 43.5%, 18.2%, 18.2%, and 30%.
In the 1-9 year age group, a lower TF prevalence existed between the pre-intervention and 12-month post-intervention points at Pipalyatjara compared to Mimili. The TF prevalence after the intervention was also lower for males compared to females, when the cohorts were grouped by gender, rather than community. It is posited that reinfection was much higher at Mimili within this age group, however, in both communities, there appeared to be a core of females whose trachoma status did not change. This is speculated as mainly being caused by prolonged inflammation, though persistent infection C. Trachomatis cannot be ruled out.
Facial cleanliness and nasal discharge continued to improve throughout the intervention at both communities, but at the 3-month post-intervention point no longer became a good predictor of trachoma.
It is not known whether the improvements in the environment at Pipalyatjara were responsible for the reduction in trachoma prevalence 12 months after the intervention, relative to Mimili.
Clarke, Susan Elizabeth. "Gatekeeping and General Practice in the Australian Health System." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/24623.
Full textMcLaine, Catherine Clare. "Diabetes and oral health complications: Australian diabetes health care professionals' knowledge and scope of practice." Thesis, Curtin University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2373.
Full textBoyce, Rosalie A. "The organisation of allied health professionals in Australian general hospitals." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107083/1/T%28BS%29%20134%20The%20organisation%20of%20allied%20health%20professionals%20in%20Australian%20general%20hospitals.pdf.
Full textFleming, Brian James. "The social gradient in health : trends in C20th ideas, Australian Health Policy 1970-1998, and a health equity policy evaluation of Australian aged care planning /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phf5971.pdf.
Full textFares, Julian. "Modelling Stakeholder Integration Using Social Networks: An Australian Integrated Health Care Project." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20455.
Full textPrzezdziecka, Krystyna. "Profile of Australian dentistry." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4687.
Full textRogers, Gary. "Feeling queer can a primary health care approach mitigate health inequity experienced by homosexually active South Australian men? /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://thesis.library.adelaide.edu.au/public/adt-SUA20060726.161708/.
Full textRyan, John Joseph. "Strategy transformation and change : changing paradigms in Australian Catholic health and aged care." Thesis, Curtin University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1296.
Full textRyan, John Joseph. "Strategy transformation and change : changing paradigms in Australian Catholic health and aged care." Curtin University of Technology, Graduate School of Business, 2001. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=12141.
Full textA purposive sample was obtained. The data collection methods included qualitative interviews, attendance as an observer at two of the three day National Conferences of Catholic Health Australia and document analysis (see Chapter Three).A key focus of the research was the identification of planning models used to set the strategic context of organisations in Catholic health. The research showed that the prescriptive design and planning models were not used to plan broad strategy, but to implement strategies already formed by an emergent/learning process which, in Mintzberg et al's (1998) terms, would fit the learning, cultural and environmental schools of thought. Pinpointing a strategy school may not be a particularly fruitful exercise in this particular arena. It assumes that the distinctive act of deciding the future shape and the strategic management context of organisations charged with fulfilling a sacred mission can be classified into one school or another. The research also explored the perceptions of the Integration 2000 process, including the compatibility between the espoused philosophies and values of Catholic health and aged care and the behaviours evidenced during the Integration 2000 process. A diagnostic model was used to perform this evaluation. Rather than uncovering major discrepancies, this revealed some differences and some potential challenges.
The espoused philosophies and values of Catholic health and aged care are those of compassion, collaboration, sense of community and, of course, financial viability. Pre-Integration 2000, particularly in health care, theories of organising and practices reflected values of independence and competitiveness, both between and even within religious orders. The findings from post-Integration 2000 suggested that theories of organising and practices were becoming more aligned with the original and continuing values, at the same time as responsibility for sustaining these values was being handed over from religious to lay trusteeship. There are still some outstanding issues before the Integration 2000 process achieves its objectives. The progress to date in bringing together so many components of such a disparate sector attests to the strength of the underlying value systems of Catholic health and aged care.
Ferguson, Lorraine J. "Health care reform and structural interests: Casemix as a tool for reform in the Australian health industry." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36766/1/36766_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
Full textRushton, Carole. "Performing Health Partnerships: A Critique." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367579.
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Henderson, Joan Veronica. "The effect of computerisation on the quality of care in Australian general practice." University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2649.
Full textThis thesis describes a study of the utilisation of computers by individual general practitioners (GPs) in Australia, and compares the practice behaviour of GPs who use a computer as a clinical tool, either by prescribing, ordering tests, or storing patient data in an electronic medical record format, with those who do not use a computer for these functions. A survey of individual GP’s use of computers was conducted among 1,336 GPs who participated in the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program between October 2003 and March 2005. The GPs were then assigned to groups according to their clinical use (or not) of a computer, and were compared on a range of variables including the characteristics of the GPs themselves, their practices, their patients, the morbidity they managed for their patients, and the managements they provided. Their behaviour was also compared, using a set of quality indicators designed for use with the BEACH data, and applicable in a primary care setting, to determine whether the clinical use of a computer has an affect on the quality of care GPs provide to their patients. Finally, GPs who use clinical software with embedded pharmaceutical advertising were compared with GPs not exposed to advertisements via this media, to determine whether such advertising influences the prescribing behaviour of GPs to favour advertised brands. From 44 quality indicators examined, clinical computer users performed ‘better’ on four and ‘worse’ on four. For the remaining 36 they exhibited no difference. Exposure to pharmaceutical advertising embedded in clinical software did not influence the prescribing behaviour of the GPs so exposed. Despite the belief espoused in the literature that computer use will improve the quality of patient care, I have found no evidence to demonstrate that the use of a computer for clinical activity has (as yet) affected, either positively or negatively, the quality of care GPs provide to their patients. The current push to computerise general practice will mean that this method of assessment will be difficult to replicate in the future, given the absence of control groups. Other research methods will need to be developed.
Henderson, Joan. "The effect of computerisation on the quality of care in Australian general practice." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2649.
Full textMcGregor, Rodney. "Introduction of a Sonographer Practitioner Role in the Australian Health Care System: Opportunities and Barriers." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10136.
Full textVan, Loggerenberg Valerie. "Australian volunteers in the health sector : antecedents to volunteers' intention to leave /." Murdoch University Digital Theses Program, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20090409.113755.
Full textBakker, Susette. "Covert violence in nursing: A Western Australian experience." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/455.
Full textMenzies, Allan R., and n/a. "Attitudes to euthanasia amongst health care professionals in the Australian Capital Territory : issues towards a policy." University of Canberra. Administrative Studies, 1991. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061017.152535.
Full textYeoman, Sara. "Do neo-liberal ideologies disadvantage those with mental illness within the Australian mental health care system?" Thesis, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7143.
Full textPuspitasari, Hanni Prihhastuti. "Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Health Care: the Role of Australian and Indonesian Pharmacists." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14335.
Full textJamieson, Rachel. "Parent-mediated pathways to care for rural adolescents with depression." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2008. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/54314.
Full textAngell, Blake Joseph. "Health Economics and Indigenous Health: measuring value beyond health outcomes." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17287.
Full textvan, Eyk Helen, and helen vaneyk@health sa gov au. "Power, Trust and Collaboration: A case study of unsuccessful organisational change in the South Australian health system." Flinders University. Medicine, 2005. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20060130.095828.
Full textMcCullough, Kylie. "The delivery of Primary Health Care in remote Australian communities: A Grounded Theory study of the perspective of nurses." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2018. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2153.
Full textBennett, Paul J. "An investigation into the health related outcomes of surgery performed by Fellows of the Australian College of Podiatric Surgeons." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36746/1/36746_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
Full textCoorey, Genevieve. "Evaluation of a Consumer-Focused eHealth Strategy for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction in Australian Primary Care Attendees." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/22079.
Full textIbell, Bernadette Mary, and res cand@acu edu au. "An Analysis of Mental Health Care in Australia From a Social Justice and Human Rights Perspective, With Special Reference to the Influences of England and the United States of America: 1800-2004." Australian Catholic University. School of Philosophy, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp113.25102006.
Full textWilliams, Anne-Marie M. "Trace elements in nineteenth-century Australian children's teeth in relation to diet, health and the environment." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27919.
Full textVuong, Kylie. "Transforming melanoma prevention: The development, validation and efficacy of model-generated risk predictions in Australian primary care." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17876.
Full textKelly, Janet, and janet kelly@flinders edu au. "Moving Forward Together in Aboriginal Womens Health: A Participatory Action Research Exploring Knowledge Sharing, Working Together and Addressing Issues Collaboratively in Urban Primary Health Care Settings." Flinders University. School of Nursing & Midwifery, 2009. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20090324.084222.
Full textPaul, David. "Casting shadows and struggling for control : silence, resistance and negotiation in Australian Aboriginal health." University of Western Australia. School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0015.
Full textWynaden, Dianne Gaye. "The primary carer's experience of caring for a person with a mental disorder in the Western Australian community: a grounded theory study." Thesis, Curtin University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/883.
Full textLea, Dorothy University of Ballarat. "Spiritual awareness of professional nurses in the western region of Victoria: Investigation of a significant component of holistic heath care." University of Ballarat, 2005. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12789.
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Lea, Dorothy. "Spiritual awareness of professional nurses in the western region of Victoria: Investigation of a significant component of holistic heath care." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2005. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/40615.
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Lea, Dorothy. "Spiritual awareness of professional nurses in the western region of Victoria: Investigation of a significant component of holistic heath care." University of Ballarat, 2005. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14624.
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Mussett, Janis. "An analysis of quality practices and business outcomes in Western Australian hospitals." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1651.
Full textNicholas, Jennifer. "The roles and responsibilities of WA general practice nurses in diabetes care and management." Thesis, Curtin University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1313.
Full textSmith, Allan. "The psychological wellbeing, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and supportive care needs of Australian testicular cancer survivors: a quantitative and qualitative investigation." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12806.
Full textWynaden, Dianne Gaye. "The primary carer's experience of caring for a person with a mental disorder in the Western Australian community: a grounded theory study." Curtin University of Technology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=15910.
Full textIn order to address the problem of being consumed, participants engaged in a basic social psychological process of "seeking balance". When participants were engaged in this process they moved from a state of being consumed to one whereby they established and consolidated a balanced life perspective that incorporated their caregiving role. The process of seeking balance consisted of three phases: "utilising personal strategies to reduce the problem of being consumed', "restoring self- identity", and "reaching out to make a difference". In addition, data analysis identified the presence of a three phase sub-process entitled "trying to make sense of what was happening". Phases one of the core and sub- processes occurred primarily in the period prior to the time when a psychiatric diagnosis was made on the affected family member. Participants became engaged in the remaining two phases of the core and sub-processes when they became aware that their affected family member had a mental disorder. At the time of being interviewed for this study some participants were not yet engaged in the final phase of the process of seeking balance. Participants' experience of seeking balance was not related to the length of their caregiving experience but rather to their experience of seeking balance and the conditions influencing that process. Four conditions were identified as influencing participants' experience of seeking balance.
This thesis presents the substantive theory of seeking balance to overcome being consumed. While the findings support existing scientific literature, the substantive theory also presents a new insight on caring from the primary carer's perspective. In particular, the findings challenge health professionals to actively pursue strategies to reduce carers' experience of being consumed. The findings of this study have implications for service provision and clinical practice, policy and planning, research, education, the general population, mental health consumers, and carers.
Murphy, Angela University of Ballarat. "When urban policy meets regional practice : Evidence based practice from the perspective of multi-disciplinary teams working in rural and remote health service provision." University of Ballarat, 2004. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/12747.
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Murphy, Angela. "When urban policy meets regional practice : Evidence based practice from the perspective of multi-disciplinary teams working in rural and remote health service provision." Thesis, University of Ballarat, 2004. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/67365.
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Murphy, Angela. "When urban policy meets regional practice : Evidence based practice from the perspective of multi-disciplinary teams working in rural and remote health service provision." University of Ballarat, 2004. http://archimedes.ballarat.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/14586.
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O'Meara, Carmel M., and n/a. "Childbirth and parenting education in the ACT: a review and analysis." University of Canberra. Education, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060710.161652.
Full textBell, Francesca A. "The requirement to be fit and proper: What does it mean to Australian psychologists?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2072.
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