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Segrave, Marie, Dean Wilson, and Kate Fitz-Gibbon. "Policing intimate partner violence in Victoria (Australia): Examining police attitudes and the potential of specialisation." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 51, no. 1 (November 24, 2016): 99–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816679686.
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The adequacy of police responses to intimate partner violence has long animated scholarly debate, review and legislative change. While there have been significant shifts in community recognition of and concern about intimate partner violence, particularly in the wake of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, it nonetheless remains a significant form of violence and harm across Australian communities and a key issue for police, as noted in the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission. This article draws on findings from semi-structured interviews (n = 163) with police in Victoria and pursues two key inter-related arguments. The first is that police attitudes towards incidents of intimate partner violence remain overwhelmingly negative. Despite innovations in policy and training, we suggest that this consistent dissatisfaction with intimate partner violence incidents as a policing task indicates a significant barrier, possibly insurmountable, to attempts to reform the policing of intimate partner violence via force-wide initiatives and the mobilisation of general duties for this purpose. Consequently, our second argument is that specialisation via a commitment to dedicated intimate partner violence units – implemented more consistently and comprehensively than Victoria Police has to date – extends the greatest promise for effective policing of intimate partner violence in the future.
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Adams, Karen, Chris Halacas, Marion Cincotta, and Corina Pesich. "Mental health and Victorian Aboriginal people: what can data mining tell us?" Australian Journal of Primary Health 20, no. 4 (2014): 350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py14036.
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Nationally, Aboriginal people experience high levels of psychological distress, primarily due to trauma from colonisation. In Victoria, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) provide many services to support mental health. The aim of the present study was to improve understanding about Victorian Aboriginal people and mental health service patterns. We located four mental health administrative datasets to analyse descriptively, including Practice Health Atlas, Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Service (AODTS), Kids Helpline and Close The Gap Pharmaceutical Scheme data. A large proportion of the local Aboriginal population (70%) were regular ACCHO clients; of these, 21% had a mental health diagnosis and, of these, 23% had a Medicare Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP). There were higher rates of Medicare MHCP completion rates where general practitioners (GPs) had mental health training and the local Area Mental Health Service had a Koori Mental Health Liaison Officer. There was an over-representation of AODTS episodes, and referrals for these episodes were more likely to come through community, corrections and justice services than for non-Aboriginal people. Aboriginal episodes were less likely to have been referred by a GP or police and less likely to have been referrals to community-based or home-based treatment. There was an over-representation of Victorian Aboriginal calls to Kids Helpline, and these were frequently for suicide and self-harm reasons. We recommend primary care mental health programs include quality audits, GP training, non-pharmaceutical options and partnerships. Access to appropriate AODTS is needed, particularly given links to high incarcerations rates. To ensure access to mental health services, improved understanding of mental health service participation and outcomes, including suicide prevention services for young people, is needed.
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Tinsley, Yvette. "Identification Procedures and Options for Reform." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 31, no. 1 (April 3, 2000): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v31i1.5959.
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This article was presented as a Victoria University of Wellington Centennial Lecture during Law Festival Week in 1999. The author notes that while the identification parade is officially the preferred method of identification in New Zealand, very few live parades are organised. Police officers prefer to use photographic identification, for which there is little procedural guidance or training resulting in an ad hoc development of police practice. It is argued in this article that regardless of the method used, a review of the supervision and training of police officers in the area of witness identification is urgently required.This article incorporates qualitative research on identification procedures in New Zealand, funded by a Victoria University Internal Grant. More extensive research in the United Kingdom was completed for the author’s doctoral thesis.
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Bismark, Marie M., Simon J. Walter, and David M. Studdert. "The role of boards in clinical governance: activities and attitudes among members of public health service boards in Victoria." Australian Health Review 37, no. 5 (2013): 682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah13125.
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Objectives To determine the nature and extent of governance activities by health service boards in relation to quality and safety of care and to gauge the expertise and perspectives of board members in this area. Methods This study used an online and postal survey of the Board Chair, Quality Committee Chair and two randomly selected members from the boards of all 85 health services in Victoria. Seventy percent (233/332) of members surveyed responded and 96% (82/85) of boards had at least one member respond. Results Most boards had quality performance as a standing item on meeting agendas (79%) and reviewed data on medication errors and hospital-acquired infections at least quarterly (77%). Fewer boards benchmarked their service’s quality performance against external comparators (50%) or offered board members formal training on quality (53%). Eighty-two percent of board members identified quality as a top priority for board oversight, yet members generally considered their boards to be a relatively minor force in shaping the quality of care. There was a positive correlation between the size of health services (total budget, inpatient separations) and their board’s level of engagement in quality-related activities. Ninety percent of board members indicated that additional training in quality and safety would be ‘moderately useful’ or ‘very useful’. Almost every respondent believed the overall quality of care their service delivered was as good as, or better than, the typical Victorian health service. Conclusions Collectively, health service boards are engaged in an impressive range of clinical governance activities. However, the extent of engagement is uneven across boards, certain knowledge deficits are evident and there was wide agreement among board members that further training in quality-related issues would be useful. What is known about the topic? There is an emerging international consensus that effective board leadership is a vital element of high-quality healthcare. In Australia, new National Health Standards require all public health service boards to have a ‘system of governance that actively manages patient safety and quality risks’. What does this paper add? Our survey of all public health service Boards in Victoria found that, overall, boards are engaged in an impressive range of clinical governance activities. However, tensions are evident. First, whereas some boards are strongly engaged in clinical governance, others report relatively little activity. Second, despite 8 in 10 members rating quality as a top board priority, few members regarded boards as influential players in determining it. Third, although members regarded their boards as having strong expertise in quality, there were signs of knowledge limitations, including: near consensus that (additional) training would be useful; unfamiliarity with key national quality documents; and overly optimistic beliefs about quality performance. What are the implications for practitioners? There is scope to improve board expertise in clinical governance through tailored training programs. Better board reporting would help to address the concern of some board members that they are drowning in data yet thirsty for meaningful information. Finally, standardised frameworks for benchmarking internal quality data against external measures would help boards to assess the performance of their own health service and identify opportunities for improvement.
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Yaping nad Pauline Stanton, Dong. "Evaluation of the health services management training course of Jiangsu, China." Australian Health Review 25, no. 3 (2002): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah020161.
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Health service management education programs emerged in the early 1980s in China as a result of changing demands on health service managers created by new directions in health policy. This paper reports on an evaluation of the Jiangsu-Victoria Health Management Training Program and discusses five of the main findings. Participants in the study believed that the Program has impacted positively on the health management practice of Jiangsu Province, and has made a significant contribution to health services management education in China. However, certain areas in teaching practice need to be improved and participants in the study provided suggestions to achieve this. The study also found that there were limitations to the impact of managerial education due to administrative and environmental factors.
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Joyce, Catherine M., Jo Wainer, Frank Archer, Andrea Wyatt, and Leon Pitermann. "Trends in the paramedic workforce: a profession in transition." Australian Health Review 33, no. 4 (2009): 533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah090533.
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Ambulance services play a key role in the Australian health system, as the primary providers of pre-hospital clinical care, emergency care and specialised transport.1 Although at present there is a strong focus on broad health system reform, and health workforce reform specifically, little attention has been paid to the place of pre-hospital clinical care and the paramedic workforce that provides these services. Despite their significant role in the health system, there is no strategic national approach by government to the development of ambulance services or the paramedic workforce. In this paper, we review current and emerging trends impacting on the paramedic workforce. We examine changes in patterns of ambulance service provision and the nature of clinical work undertaken by paramedics, as well as developments in education, training and career pathways. We focus on the current situation in Victoria to illustrate and identify a number of important implications of current changes, for the profession, service and training providers, and policy makers.
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J. Black, Kirsten, and Patricia L. Buckley. "Developing a Consistent Approach to Determining Priority for HACC Services." Australian Journal of Primary Health 9, no. 1 (2003): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py03010.
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This paper reports on the development of a Priority of Access tool for Home and Community Care services provided by local governments in the Western Metropolitan Region of Victoria. Managing the demand for these services requires an equitable approach to service allocation decisions. The Priority of Access tool was developed with input from Western Metropolitan Region local government HACC representatives and the Department of Human Services. A literature review identified indicators of need that predicted use of community services; however, no substantial contributions were identified relating to prioritising access to health services in the home. The tool developed relies on cross-referencing responses from the Service Coordination tools developed through the Victorian Primary Care Partnership initiative. A pilot was conducted with assessment staff and their feedback led to modification of the tool. Staff found the tool a useful method of increasing objectivity in assessments and providing a framework to consistently determine priority. The importance of training in the use of the tool was reinforced during piloting of the tool. The Priority of Access tool provides a simple and consistent, yet comprehensive, approach for Western Metropolitan Region local government HACC services to equitably determine priority of access for clients.
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Williams, A. "70. A NEW SPIN ON 'FOOTY TRAINING' - TAKING SEXUAL ASSAULT TALKS TO THE AFL." Sexual Health 4, no. 4 (2007): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/shv4n4ab70.
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RESPECTFUL BEHAVIOURS: PEOPLE IN SPORT - ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT - was a presentation that was developed by Dr Angela Williams and Patrick Tidmarsh in conjunction with the Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault, (established by the Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria, Christine Nixon), to address the issue of sexual assault in the broader community. The education package was the first element to be implemented of a broader policy to be announced later this year. The package was designed to best educate men in our community whilst identifying specific needs of AFL elite players. It aimed to air the topics of sexual assault, violence against women and respectful behaviours. The education package was delivered to every club from May through to August 2005. Education of our community on these issues is extremely important and essential to cultural change. This discussion will address one effective way of educating our community as it looks more specifically at educating men on these topics. Style and content of education package What the education package covers Identifiable risk factors and scenarios Assessments and evaluations WHERE TO FROM HERE?
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Wriedt, Kimberley, Daryl Oehm, Brendon Moss, and Prem Chopra. "Perinatal mental health cultural responsiveness training – an evaluation." Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 9, no. 2 (June 3, 2014): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-05-2013-0020.
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Purpose – Women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities face barriers to accessing perinatal mental health care. Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) is a state-wide service in Victoria, Australia, that supports specialist mental health service providers to improve cultural responsiveness. VTMH provided training for perinatal health professionals in cultural responsiveness. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A curriculum was specifically developed based on a literature review, consultation forum, and input from members of an industry-based reference group. An Evaluation Tool was designed to collect participants’ feedback regarding the perceived relevance of the training content and its impact on practice. Responses were analysed using quantitative techniques and thematic analysis. Findings – Nine face-to-face training sessions were provided, in metropolitan and rural regions. In all, 174 professionals of various backgrounds (including midwives, mental health professionals, and maternal child health nurses) attended. In all, 161 completed evaluations were received and responses indicated that the training was of high relevance to the target workforce, that the training would have implications for their practice, and support was given for further training to be delivered using online methods. Research limitations/implications – First, an assessment of the cultural competence of participants prior to enrolment in the course was not conducted, and no matched control group was available for comparison with the participants. Second, generalisability of these findings to other settings requires further investigation. Third, the sustainability of the project is an area for further study in the future. Fourth, other methods including direct interviews of focus groups with participants may have yielded more detailed qualitative feedback regarding the effectiveness of the programme. Practical implications – To facilitate the sustainability of the project, following the face-to-face training, an online training module and a resource portal were developed, offering links to relevant web sites and resources for health professionals working in this field. Originality/value – The training addressed a significant unmet need for cultural responsiveness training for a diverse range of practitioners in the field of perinatal mental health. Online training can be adapted from face-to-face training and it is anticipated that online training will facilitate the sustainability of this initiative.
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Farmer, Clare. "Invisible Powers to Punish: Licensee-barring Order Provisions in Victoria and South Australia." International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 8, no. 1 (February 18, 2019): 70–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v8i1.1038.
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Problems associated with excessive alcohol consumption have prompted a range of legislative, regulatory and operational responses. One provision empowers licensees, in Australian jurisdictions such as Victoria and South Australia, to formally exclude patrons from their venues and the surrounding public area. The imposition of a licensee-barring order requires no demonstrable offence to be committed. No proof needs to be documented and the ban takes effect immediately. Non-compliance is subject to police enforcement and possible criminal breach proceedings. The process through which a barring order may be challenged can be ambiguous and time consuming, and the punishment is typically served regardless of the review outcome. However, limited data are available to enable assessment of the way in which barring orders are used. As such, this paper examines how licensee-barring orders extend to non-judicial and non-law enforcement officers an on-the-spot and pre-emptive power to punish. Yet, with no formal training, monitoring or meaningful oversight of their use, barring orders are open to abuse and constitute a summary power to punish that is opaque to scrutiny.
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Sutton, Keith, Anton N. Isaacs, Kim Dalziel, and Darryl Maybery. "Roles and competencies of the Support Facilitator in Australia’s recovery-oriented mental health initiative: a qualitative study from Gippsland, Victoria." Australian Health Review 41, no. 1 (2017): 91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah15183.
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Objective This study explored the roles and competencies of Support Facilitators (SFs) engaged in the implementation of the Partners in Recovery initiative in a rural region of Victoria. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 stakeholders involved in the initiative, of which 15 were SFs. Results Two main themes and 10 subthemes emerged from the data: (1) SF competencies (which included an understanding of local services as well as administrative and social skills); and (2) the SF role (which included them being a single point of contact, providing care coordination, assisting the client to become self-reliant, achieving good outcomes for clients with confronting behaviours, judiciously using flexible funding, clearly outlining their role with clients and maintaining boundaries and performing a different role from that of the mental health case manager). Conclusions The roles and competencies of the SF in the Partners in Recovery initiative in Gippsland were congruent with the defined characteristics of a care coordination approach. The results highlight how the SF role differs from that of traditional clinical case managers. These findings are important for future mental health service policy development, education and training of mental health practitioners and recruitment of personnel to care coordination roles. What is known about the topic? There is a growing body of literature highlighting the importance of care coordination in delivery of positive outcomes for people with chronic and complex health problems. However, little is documented about the care coordination role of SFs as part of the Partners in Recovery initiative in Australia. What does this paper add? This paper identifies the roles and competencies of SFs in the Partners in Recovery initiative in a rural region of Victoria. The paper highlights that the emergent competencies and role functions are congruent with the defined characteristics of a care coordination approach but differ from that of mental health case managers. What are the implications for practitioners? These findings are important for future mental health service policy development, education and training of mental health practitioners and recruitment of personnel to care coordination roles.
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Yoon, Yeohyun, and Kyoung Cheon Cha. "A Qualitative Review of Cruise Service Quality: Case Studies from Asia." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (September 30, 2020): 8073. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12198073.
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Although the cruise sector is considered an ‘unreplaceable’ form of tourism, with the cruise industry recording steady growth over the years, there is a lack of research and analysis on cruise ships themselves. Accordingly, this study sought to determine whether service quality differences among ships operating in the Asian market could suggest broader implications for the sustainability of the cruise industry. We chose the SERVQUAL framework for the analysis; we also employed the multiple case study method and topic synthesis to compare the service quality of three ships. Of the ships investigated—the Costa Victoria, Diamond Princess, and Superstar Virgo—the Diamond Princess had the highest service quality. Based on the results, we outlined suggestions for improving the quality of cruise services, including introducing the latest large ships and high-tech facilities, complying with the departure and arrival times of sailing schedules, improving the ratio of crew members per passenger, establishing a cruise personnel training system, and expanding membership program operations.
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Reavley, Nicola J., Allison J. Milner, Angela Martin, Lay San Too, Alicia Papas, Katrina Witt, Tessa Keegel, and Anthony D. LaMontagne. "Depression literacy and help-seeking in Australian police." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 52, no. 11 (February 5, 2018): 1063–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417753550.
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Objective: To assess depression literacy, help-seeking and help-offering to others in members of the police force in the state of Victoria, Australia. Methods: All staff in police stations involved in a cluster randomised controlled trial of an integrated workplace mental health intervention were invited to participate. Survey questions covered sociodemographic and employment information, recognition of depression in a vignette, stigma, treatment beliefs, willingness to assist co-workers with mental health problems, help-giving and help-seeking behaviours, and intentions to seek help. Using the baseline dataset associated with the trial, the paper presents a descriptive analysis of mental health literacy and helping behaviours, comparing police station leaders and lower ranks. Results: Respondents were 806 staff, comprising 618 lower-ranked staff and 188 leaders. Almost 84% of respondents were able to correctly label the problem described in the vignette. Among those who had helped someone with a mental health problem, both lower ranks and leaders most commonly reported ‘talking to the person’ although leaders were more likely to facilitate professional help. Leaders’ willingness to assist the person and confidence in doing so was very high, and over 80% of leaders appropriately rated police psychologists, general practitioners, psychologists, talking to a peer and contacting welfare as helpful. However, among both leaders and lower ranks with mental health problems, the proportion of those unlikely to seek professional help was greater than those who were likely to seek it. Conclusion: Knowledge about evidence-based interventions for depression was lower in this police sample than surveys in the general population, pointing to the need for education and training to improve mental health literacy. Such education should also aim to overcome barriers to professional help-seeking. Interventions that aim to improve mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviour appear to be suitable targets for better protecting police member mental health.
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Guzys, Diana, Guinever Threlkeld, Virginia Dickson-Swift, and Amanda Kenny. "Rural and regional community health service boards: perceptions of community health – a Delphi study." Australian Journal of Primary Health 23, no. 6 (2017): 543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py16123.
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Much has been written about the composition of health service boards and the importance of recruiting people with skills appropriate for effective and accountable governance of health services. Governance training aims to educate directors on their governance responsibilities; however, the way in which these responsibilities are discharged is informed by board members’ understanding of health within their communities. The aim of this study was to identify how those engaged in determining the strategic direction of local regional or rural community health services in Victoria, Australia, perceived the health and health improvement needs of their community. The Delphi technique was employed to facilitate communication between participants from difference geographic locations. The findings of the study highlight the different ways that participants view the health of their community. Participants prioritised indicators of community health that do not align with standard measures used by government to plan for, fund or report on health. Devolved governance of healthcare services aims to improve local healthcare responsiveness. Yet, if not accompanied with the redistribution of resources and power, policy claimed to promote localised decision-making is simply tokenistic.
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McEwan, Troy E., Stuart Bateson, and Susanne Strand. "Improving police risk assessment and management of family violence through a collaboration between law enforcement, forensic mental health and academia." Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 3, no. 2 (June 12, 2017): 119–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcrpp-01-2017-0004.
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Purpose Police play an essential role in reducing harms associated with family violence by identifying people at increased risk of physical or mental health-related harm and linking them with support services. Yet police are often poorly trained and resourced to conduct the kind of assessments necessary to identify family violence cases presenting with increased risk. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This paper describes a multi-project collaboration between law enforcement, forensic mental health, and academia that has over three years worked to improve risk assessment and management of family violence by police in Victoria, Australia. Findings Evaluation of existing risk assessment instruments used by the state-wide police force showed they were ineffective in predicting future police reports of family violence (AUC=0.54-0.56). However, the addition of forensic psychology expertise to specialist family violence teams increased the number of risk management strategies implemented by police, and suggested that the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk assessment instrument may be appropriate for use by Australian police (AUC=0.63). Practical implications The practical implications of this study are as follows: police risk assessment procedures should be subject to independent evaluation to determine whether they are performing as intended; multidisciplinary collaboration within police units can improve police practice; drawing on expertise from agencies external to police offers a way to improve evidence-based policing, and structured professional judgement risk assessment can be used in policing contexts with appropriate training and support. Originality/value The paper describes an innovative collaboration between police, mental health, and academia that is leading to improved police practices in responding to family violence. It includes data from the first evaluation of an Australian risk assessment instrument for family violence, and describes methods of improving police systems for responding to family violence.
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Fennessy, Paul, Vanessa Clements, and Olivia Hibbitt. "OP44 Robot-Assisted Surgery: Joint HTA To Inform Australian Policy And Funding." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 35, S1 (2019): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462319001107.
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IntroductionRobot-Assisted Surgery (RAS) has been available in Australia since 2003. There are 50 da Vinci RAS systems in Australia (18 in NSW and 12 in Victoria) with most in the private hospital sector. In Australia the capital cost of a da Vinci RAS system is up to AUD 4 million (USD 2.8 million), which excludes annual maintenance fees of AUD 250,000 (USD 175,000) and consumable costs of AUD 3,500 (USD 2,450) for each procedure.MethodsThe NSW Ministry of Health and Victorian Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a health technology assessment (HTA) to explore the benefits, risks and economic implications of surgical robotics, which involved a review of the peer reviewed literature, a cost benefit analysis of public sector patients who received RAS and broad stakeholder consultation to document current perspectives on RAS applications.ResultsRAS is as safe and effective as other surgical modalities when performed by sufficiently skilled surgeons, although evidence generally comes from small studies with limited follow-up time and few studies report long term mortality, morbidity or patient-reported outcomes. Comparative benefits of RAS are uncertain as most studies conclude little or no difference in procedure related or functional outcomes. While RAS reduces length of stay, which offers patient and health system benefits, this is insufficient to fully offset high capital and consumable costs currently charged to Australian providers. Government and clinical stakeholders identified that establishing an RAS service requires consideration of important factors, including: i) Governance is critical; ii) Higher case volumes may improve financial viability; and iii) a need for state-wide/national standards for surgeon training and credentialing.ConclusionsRAS is as safe and effective as other modalities when performed by skilled surgeons. However, uncertainty remains around long-term outcomes and clinical and cost effectiveness. An accredited training program, monitoring and evaluation will be critical to ensure outcomes data inform ongoing evidence assessment and government policy and investment.
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Ruth, Denise, Rosalind Hurworth, and Nabil Sulaiman. "Moving towards meaningful local population health data: The service provider perspective." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 2 (2005): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05029.
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Increasingly, primary care services are required to use data to assess their local population's health needs and plan services. This paper reports focus group discussions of service providers' perceived current practice, issues and needs related to obtaining and using data for planning services in two local government areas of Melbourne. Six groups were conducted with nominees from two municipal councils, four divisions of general practice, three community health services, three hospital networks and eight community organizations. Two groups were conducted with planners and data providers from the Department of Human Services, Victoria. The 66 participants had a broad range of experience in using data to assess local population health needs. Participants reported that issues limiting the use of data related to: access to data (lack of awareness, contacting the right person, poor communication between data providers and users, resource constraints, lack of central access); gaps in data; quality of data (inconsistent definitions and collection, currency, ties to funding); applicability of data (unfriendly format, problems with aggregated versus small area data, non-matching data sets, lack of contextual information); and support for data use in local population health planning. If local population needs assessment is to lead to better health outcomes, service providers need access to high quality data presented in formats that are applicable to their communities. They also need practicable planning methods, skills training and support in using data for local population needs assessment and service planning.
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MacPhail, Aleece, Carmel Young, and Joseph Elias Ibrahim. "Workplace-based clinical leadership training increases willingness to lead." Leadership in Health Services 28, no. 2 (May 5, 2015): 100–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhs-01-2014-0002.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon a workplace-based, interdisciplinary clinical leadership training programme (CLP) to increase willingness to take on leadership roles in a large regional health-care centre in Victoria, Australia. Strengthening the leadership capacity of clinical staff is an advocated strategy for improving patient safety and quality of care. An interdisciplinary approach to leadership is increasingly emphasised in the literature; however, externally sourced training programmes are expensive and tend to target a single discipline. Design/methodology/approach – Appraisal of the first two years of CLP using multiple sourced feedback. A structured survey questionnaire with closed-ended questions graded using a five-point Likert scale was completed by participants of the 2012 programme. Participants from the 2011 programme were followed up for 18 months after completion of the programme to identify the uptake of new leadership roles. A reflective session was also completed by a senior executive staff that supported the implementation of the programme. Findings – Workplace-based CLP is a low-cost and multidisciplinary alternative to externally sourced leadership courses. The CLP significantly increased willingness to take on leadership roles. Most participants (93 per cent) reported that they were more willing to take on a leadership role within their team. Fewer were willing to lead at the level of department (79 per cent) or organisation (64 per cent). Five of the 11 participants from the 2011 programme had taken on a new leadership role 18 months later. Senior executive feedback was positive especially around the engagement and building of staff confidence. They considered that the CLP had sufficient merit to support continuation for at least another two years. Originality/value – Integrating health-care professionals into formal and informal leadership roles is essential to implement organisational change as part of the drive to improve the safety and quality of care for patients and service users. This is the first interdisciplinary, workplace-based leadership programme to be described in the literature, and demonstrates that it is possible to deliver low-cost, sustainable and productive training that increases the willingness to take on leadership roles.
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Dwyer, Alison J. "Roles, attributes and career paths of medical administrators in public hospitals: survey of Victorian metropolitan Directors of Medical Services." Australian Health Review 34, no. 4 (2010): 506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09750.
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Aim. To document the roles, the perceived skills and attributes and experience required of Medical Administrators in contemporary public hospitals. Method. Interviews with Directors of Medical Services (DMS) from Victorian metropolitan public hospitals between March 2005 and May 2005. Results. A total of 14 of the 21 DMS in Victoria were interviewed. Key roles: Managing Medical Staff; Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement; Strategy and Service development; and Medical advisor to CEO. Key attributes and skills aligned with roles. Most respondents hold Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA) with over half employed for less than 2 years. Discussion. Core roles identified mirrored in key international literature. Recommendations for further study includes systematic review of literature; the influence of the medically-trained Chief Executive on roles; and further analysis of high turnover. Conclusion. This study clarifies the roles undertaken and skills required by Medical Administrators in contemporary public hospitals, providing: (1) role benchmarking for Chief Executives; (2) reduced ambiguity among the broader medical staff of the roles, to assist those who may need Medical Administrator assistance with providing patient care; (3) assisting the Medical Administration profession and RACMA to provide tailored education and training; and (4) to inform aspiring future Medical Administrators of the broad nature of such roles. What is known about the topic? There is little current Australian literature surrounding the roles and skills and experience required of Medical Administrators in Director of Medical Service positions within contemporary healthcare organisations. The roles are often poorly understood by the greater medical profession and other health professionals. This study provides clarity around the current roles and skills and experience required. What does this paper add? This study illustrates the key roles for Medical Administrators in contemporary public hospitals as (1) Managing Medical Staff (2) Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement (3) Strategy and organisational service development (4) Clinical and Medical advisor to CEO. This study also highlights the key attributes and skills that reflect the needs of the roles, with most respondents holding a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA). In addition, there is a high turnover with more than 50% having been in the roles less than 2 years. What are the implications for practitioners? This study clarifies the roles undertaken and skills required by Medical Administrators in contemporary public hospitals. This study (1) assists Chief Executives to benchmark appropriate roles for Medical Administrators in their hospital (2) reduces ambiguity and increases awareness amongst the broader medical staff within a hospital of the roles of a Medical Administrator. The medical staff often need to access the skills of a Medical Administrator to assist them with providing patient care (3) assists the Medical Administration profession and RACMA to tailor education and training for such roles and (4) provides aspiring future Medical Administrators with an understanding of the broad nature of such roles in hospitals.
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Callister, Valerie, and Julie Geilman. "Getting it Together: A Rural Health Promotion Program." Australian Journal of Primary Health 6, no. 4 (2000): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py00053.
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The Getting It Together Rural Health Promotion project was established by a group of community health providers in Gippsland, Victoria. The overall aim of Getting It Together was to extend and improve health promotion practice amongst participating organisations. This was achieved through collaboration around health promotion training and planning. Complementary strategies addressing Cardio-Vascular Disease (CVD) were developed across four Local Government Areas (LGAs). Central resourcing was provided for coordination of the project, and for marketing and network support tasks. The project was based on an integrated and coordinated health promotion model, which contained overlapping strategies combining to create a broadly based partnership of action. At the commencement of the project, health promotion workers from each LGA were provided with a three-day training course conducted by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT). Participants developed Action Plans based around the three driving strategies of community wide-strategies, targeted strategies and marketing. A special feature of Getting It Together was a common media strategy, to support and reinforce action at the local level. An overall slogan was adopted, 'Slicker Ticker - A Gippsland Healthy Heart Project'. Uniting themes included 'Stress Less Week' and 'Gippsland Get Up and Go'. Latrobe Community Health Service facilitated the project and senior managers from the partnering agencies formed a Steering Committee, which met at key intervals to monitor the project.
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Finlay, Sarah, Elizabeth Meggetto, Anske Robinson, and Claire Davis. "Health literacy education for rural health professionals: shifting perspectives." Australian Health Review 43, no. 4 (2019): 404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah18019.
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Health literacy is a major issue for improving health outcomes of clients. In rural Victoria, Australia, the Gippsland Health Literacy Project (GHLP) educated local health services staff about health literacy and provided tools and techniques for health literacy implementation in services. This paper reports the outcomes of this project. Participants’ change in knowledge was measured through pre- and post-project surveys and interviews. Descriptive analysis of survey data and analysis of interviews using qualitative description enabled exploration of individual and organisational shifts in health literacy perspectives. Healthcare professionals’ knowledge of health literacy has improved as a result of the health literacy education. Health service organisations are also taking greater responsibility for health literacy responsiveness in their services. Systematic changes to policy and procedures that support health literacy are required. Although health literacy education provides more accessible health care for consumers, where projects had executive-level support the changes implemented were more likely to be successful and sustainable. What is known about this topic? Low health literacy is a strong predictor of health status and it is important for health organisations to ensure they provide health care and information in a way that can be understood, interpreted and acted on by all clients, regardless of their health literacy levels. What does this paper add? This paper presents findings on staff training and resources that can effectively support staff to improve health literacy practices. What are the implications for practitioners? Addressing health literacy issues appears to result in more accessible health care for consumers. Executive support and health literacy champions are key requirements to successfully address health literacy issues.
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McConachy, Diana, and Karalyn McDonald. "Issues for Primary, Informal, Home-based Carers of People Living with AIDS." Australian Journal of Primary Health 5, no. 1 (1999): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py99004.
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Central to the Australian national strategic response to HIV/AIDS is the need for training and support for volunteer carers of people with HIV/AIDS. However, the role of primary, informal, home-based carers of people with AIDS (PWA) is not clearly defined and the research about carers undertaken in Australia has not specifically looked at this group. The aim of the study described was to examine the experiences of primary, home-based carers of people with AIDS in order to inform policy and program development. Data were collected from 47 carers in New South Wales and Victoria between August and November, 1996. A short self-administered questionnaire collecting demographic information was followed by a longer questionnaire with mostly closed questions on preparation for caregiving, caregiving tasks, symptom management, service use, coping strategies, and impact of caregiving. Open-ended questions were about the provision of emotional support by the carer to the PWA, the carer's health and positive aspects of caregiving. Two key findings emerge from the content and thematic analyses. The first relates to the study respondents, who differ from the national profile of informal carers in two areas, gender and age. The second relates to the diverse nature of the caregiving experience, including the vast array of symptoms and diseases that an AIDS diagnosis can entail, the complexity of the relationship between the carer and care recipient and the experience of multiple caregiving. These findings highlight the difficulty in identifying simple, singular strategies for carer support and information.
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Nancarrow, Susan A., Gretchen Young, Katy O'Callaghan, Mathew Jenkins, Kathleen Philip, and Kegan Barlow. "Shape of allied health: an environmental scan of 27 allied health professions in Victoria." Australian Health Review 41, no. 3 (2017): 327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah16026.
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Objective In 2015, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services commissioned the Victorian Allied Health Workforce Research Program to provide data on allied health professions in the Victorian public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Herein we present a snapshot of the demographic profiles and distribution of these professions in Victoria and discuss the workforce implications. Methods The program commenced with an environmental scan of 27 allied health professions in Victoria. This substantial scoping exercise identified existing data, resources and contexts for each profession to guide future data collection and research. Each environmental scan reviewed existing data relating to the 27 professions, augmented by an online questionnaire sent to the professional bodies representing each discipline. Results Workforce data were patchy but, based on the evidence available, the allied health professions in Victoria vary greatly in size (ranging from just 17 child life therapists to 6288 psychologists), are predominantly female (83% of professions are more than 50% female) and half the professions report that 30% of their workforce is aged under 30 years. New training programs have increased workforce inflows to many professions, but there is little understanding of attrition rates. Professions reported a lack of senior positions in the public sector and a concomitant lack of senior specialised staff available to support more junior staff. Increasing numbers of allied health graduates are being employed directly in private practice because of a lack of growth in new positions in the public sector and changing funding models. Smaller professions reported that their members are more likely to be professionally isolated within an allied health team or larger organisations. Uneven rural–urban workforce distribution was evident across most professions. Conclusions Workforce planning for allied health is extremely complex because of the lack of data, fragmented funding and regulatory frameworks and diverse employment contexts. What is known about this topic? There is a lack of good-quality workforce data on the allied health professions generally. The allied health workforce is highly feminised and unevenly distributed geographically, but there is little analysis of these issues across professions. What does this paper add? The juxtaposition of the health workforce demographics and distribution of 27 allied health professions in Victoria illustrates some clear trends and identifies several common themes across professions. What are the implications for practitioners? There are opportunities for the allied health professions to collectively address several of the common issues to achieve economies of scale, given the large number of professions and small size of many.
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Kordaczuk-Wąs, Marzena, and Sebastian Sosnowski. "Police in-service training and self-education in Poland." Police Practice and Research 12, no. 4 (August 2011): 317–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2011.563967.
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CHOROMAŃSKA, AGNIESZKA, and Justyna Jurczak. "POLICE OPERATIONS SIMULATOR IN THE CONTEXT OF EVALUATION RESEARCH CARRIED OUT AT THE POLICE ACADEMY IN SZCZYTNO IN 2014–2019." PRZEGLĄD POLICYJNY 138, no. 2 (August 27, 2020): 83–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.3671.
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The main objective of the article is to present the results of the evaluation carried out among participants of a specialist training course for police operations commanders which was offered by the Police Academy in Szczytno in 2014–2019. The course in question uses a police operations simulator as a modern technology tool for responding to emergencies. Both the functionality of the simulator and a modern form of simulation training, which has replaced the previous theoretical work based on paper maps, have completely changed the methods employed for in-service training, thanks to which teaching outcomes can be achieved more effectively, and police offi cers’ skills can be developed and refi ned with practice. The use of the police operations simulator for training purposes improves police command and control systems and increases the level of in-service training received by commanding offi cers, which in turn results in an effective management of human and material resources while carrying out police operations targeted at the maintenance of public order and safety at major events, including sports events, public gatherings and ceremonies, and any different forms of disturbance to public order. Evaluated have been the following issues: assessment of the training course curriculum, the knowledge and practical skills acquired during the course, and the level of satisfaction of the respondents with their participation in the course. Of key importance has been to identify the extent to which the Police Academy’s training efforts and research projects in the area of internal security affect the development of the system of in-service training offered to police offi cers.
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Liang, Zhanming, Felicity Blackstock, Peter Howard, Geoffrey Leggat, Alison Hughes, Janny Maddern, David Briggs, Godfrey Isouard, Nicola North, and Sandra G. Leggat. "A health management competency framework for Australia." Australian Health Review 44, no. 6 (2020): 958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah19006.
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ObjectiveThis study examined whether the management competency framework for health service managers developed in the Victorian healthcare context is applicable to managers in other Australian states. MethodsAn online questionnaire survey of senior and middle-level health service managers in both community health services and hospitals was conducted in New South Wales and Queensland. ResultsThe study confirmed that the essential tasks for senior and middle-level managers are consistent across health and social care sectors, as well as states. Core competencies for health services managers identified in the Victorian healthcare context are relevant to other Australian states. In addition, two additional competencies were incorporated into the framework. ConclusionThe Management Competency Assessment Program competency framework summarises six competencies and associated behaviours that may be useful for guiding performance management and the education and training development of health service managers in Australia. What is known about the topic?The evidence suggests that competency-based approaches can enhance performance and talent management, and inform education and training needs, yet there has been no validated competency framework for Australian health service managers. What does the paper add?This paper explains the process of the finalisation of the first management competency framework for guiding the identification of the training and development needs of Australian health service managers and the management of their performance. What are the implications for practice?The Management Competency Assessment Program competency framework can guide the development of the health service management workforce in three Australian states, and may be applicable to other jurisdictions. Further studies are required in the remaining jurisdictions to improve the external validity of the framework.
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Cohen, Galia. "Public Administration Training in Basic Police Academies: A 50-State Comparative Analysis." American Review of Public Administration 51, no. 5 (April 1, 2021): 345–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0275074021999872.
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Recent controversial interactions of police with the public have become an issue of important concern for public and governmental leaders, who have openly questioned current models of police training and their effectiveness. This study is asking whether basic police academies utilize curricula that reflect the contemporary challenges of modern policing today and prepare recruits to become not only police officers but also competent and skilled, street-level bureaucrats who can provide an effective and impartial service to their increasingly diverse communities. The aim of this study is to quantify, analyze, and compare the content dedicated to the public administration domain in state-mandated basic training curricula across all 50 states. The study utilizes a mixed-methods research design with content analysis. Data were generated from 49 basic training curricula (with one state not having mandated training standards) and 17 interviews with police training officials. The result shows that despite the paradigm shift in the role of the modern-day police officer, police academies have made little to no progress in bridging the gap between the academy curriculum and the practicality of police work. On average, only 3.21% of basic training curricula are explicitly dedicated to public administration training—a training focused on public service values of fundamental importance to the practice of law enforcement. This article gives public administration scholars a voice in the national debate about the crisis in police–public relations by contributing to the literature on police training reform from a much-needed public administration lens.
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Wang, Ting, and Shujie Zhang. "A Qualitative Study of Chinese Police Officers’ In-service Training." International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning 1, no. 2 (October 2005): 18–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/ijpl.1.2.18.
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Panova, Olga, Sergey Struganov, and Dmitry Gavrilov. "Comparative characteristics of requirements for physical training of female police officers in Russia and foreign countries." KANT 35, no. 2 (June 2020): 293–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.24923/2222-243x.2020-35.61.
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This work is devoted to topical issues of physical training of female police officers in Russia. The work is devoted to the study of the main factors that contribute to the admission of female police officers to the service in the police Department of Russia and foreign countries. The features of training sessions for women police officers are revealed. The authors identified the main requirements for physical training of employees of internal Affairs agencies in Russia and foreign countries. A comprehensive analysis of the basic requirements for the level of physical training of police officers in Russia and foreign countries.
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Seleznev, Vladimir Igorevich. "Training of police officers in Russia: review of the 2010 - 2020 professional training programs." Полицейская деятельность, no. 1 (January 2022): 17–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0692.2022.1.37131.
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The research subject is theoretical review of professional training programs for newly enrolled police officers, implemented in the last decade in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The review covers 15 professional training programs for police officers underlying the educational process at a particular educational institution. The research analyzes the dynamics of gradually adopted changes to professional training programs for police officers. The author emphasizes the necessity and feasibility to clearly substantiate the adoption of various changes to the current programs in modern conditions. The author concludes that preparation of police officers for their future service in modern conditions according to various programs, and changes to these programs, should be aimed at the formation of the personality of the officer as a professional. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the conclusion that the renewal of the human capacity of internal affairs bodies aimed at the development of a police officer as a person with formed personal qualities, skills and expertise, is impossible without radical transformation of the current professional training programs.
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Wright, Benjamin S., and Jeffrey D. Senese. "An Analysis of Selected Aspects of Police Training." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 12, no. 3 (August 1996): 235–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104398629601200303.
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The present study attempts to determine if the retention of police in-service training information is affected by the type of content presented in the training session. A group of mid-level police managers (e.g., mostly lieutenants) attended two in-service training sessions on the same day that were devoted to Personnel Management and Multicultural Police Strategies. The police managers were given three objective tests related to the content of the two training sessions. Through the use of an experimental design the police managers were administered a pre-test immediately before each training session; a posttest immediately following each training session; and a second posttest three months after the completion of the training sessions. These objective tests focused on both perceptions of information retained as well as the ability to demonstrate actual knowledge in the two training areas. The results show that there were significant differences in the perceptions of police information retention across the two contents, but there were no differences in demonstrated knowledge. Recommendations for future research on police training involve improving the panel design and broadening the training content focus.
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Mofokeng, Jacob, and Mmabatho Aphane. "Exploring influence between employee motivation and service quality in the South African Police Service." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 11, no. 2 (March 22, 2022): 487–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v11i2.1692.
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The South African Police Service (SAPS) Training College, Paarl is facing challenges to reward, motivate and ensure service delivery at the Academy. In any organisation, employees are working to provide service to both internal and external clients for this it is important to take care of employees because they are interacting with these clients. Thus, a cardinal question is how can organisations retain and motivate employees in order to offer a quality service to their clients? The aim of this study was to determine the influence between rewards, motivation and service quality at the SAPS Training College, Paarl. Semi-structured interviews with 10 managers and supervisors utilizing purposive sampling were conducted. The findings revealed that participants at the Training College, Paarl are motivated by only intrinsic as the morale is slow due to a lack of extrinsic factors with particular emphasis on pay or remuneration. Lack of recognition or perceived favouritism with the SAPS where rewards are not linked to performance was identified to be the best de-motivating factor for employees at the SAPS Training College, Paarl. The quality of academic services has a significant effect on the consumer behavior of customers, the students.
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Reid, Carol, and Kaye Ervin. "Prevalence of adolescent violence in the home and service system capacity in rural Victoria." Australian Journal of Primary Health 21, no. 2 (2015): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py14079.
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Adolescent violence in the home (AVITH) is increasing. In Victoria alone, police call-out data indicates a consistent 9% rise per annum from 2006. Community services are struggling to provide a cohesive response to this issue. This study examined the prevalence, risk factors and service system capacity regarding AVITH in Mitchell Shire, a geographical location in central Victoria. The results of the study revealed that specific funding was perceived by organisations to be the single highest need in regards to this phenomenon. Recommendations for the service system in Mitchell Shire included a collaborative approach to establish assessment guidelines, referral pathways and protocols for responding to the disclosure of AVITH. To effectively support workers in Mitchell Shire, a quality service system response would involve the development of common standards of practices across these processes. The methodology used with the AVITH Service System Capacity Assessment Survey, specifically developed for this study, may provide a useful tool for other locations investigating service gaps and needs in relation to adolescent family violence.
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Cunha, Olga Soares, and Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves. "Attitudes of police officers toward offenders: implications for future training." Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management 40, no. 2 (May 15, 2017): 265–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-02-2016-0013.
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Purpose Police officers’ attitudes toward criminals are critical to the justice system’s response to crime. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes toward offenders (ATOs) among police officers. Design/methodology/approach To assess police officers ATOs, the authors adapted the Attitudes Toward Prisoner scale to produce the ATO scale. The scale was completed by 431 male police officers in a Portuguese police institution. Findings The results revealed that police officers hold more negative ATOs than correctional officers and graduate students. Moreover, the results revealed significant differences in average ATO scores according to police officers’ age, years of service, marital status and education; namely, police officers who were older, married, less educated, and with more years of police service had more positive ATOs. However, the results revealed that these demographic factors had a limited value in predicting attitudes, as none of them emerged as a predictor of ATOs. Originality/value Nonetheless, considering the relevance of attitudes in law enforcement procedures, the implications for training police officers are provided, specifically using critical incident technique strategies.
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Attoe, C., M. Fisher, A. Vishwas, and S. Cross. "Mental health simulation training in psychiatric skills for police and ambulance service personnel." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.942.
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IntroductionUK healthcare policy has highlighted a shift in mental health services from hospital to community, stressing the importance of training for professions not traditionally associated with healthcare. Recommendations have been made to introduce training for the police force designed with experts. Similarly, the value of further training for ambulance clinicians in assessing mental health, capacity, and understanding legislation has been highlighted.AimsTo investigate the effect of simulation training on the confidence, knowledge, and human factors skills of police and ambulance service personnel in working with people experiencing mental health conditions.MethodsOn completion of data collection from 14 training courses, approximately 90 police and 90 ambulance personnel (n = 180) will have completed the human factors skills for healthcare instrument, confidence and knowledge self-report measures, and post-course qualitative evaluation forms. A version of the hfshi for non-clinical professions will hopefully be validated following data collection. Results will also be compared by profession.ResultsAnalyses have not been fully completed, although preliminary statistical analyses demonstrate promising findings, with increases post-course for human factors skills, confidence and knowledge. Furthermore, qualitative feedback initially illustrates valuable learning outcomes and interesting findings from comparisons by professions.ConclusionsMental health simulation training appears to have a promising impact on the confidence, knowledge, and human factors skills of police and ambulance personnel for working with people experiencing mental health conditions.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Zhou, Wenyu, Anthony Lin Zhang, Brian H. May, Vivian K. Lin, Anne-Louise Carlton, and Charlie Changli Xue. "The Victorian experience of transitional registration for Chinese Medicine practitioners and its implications for national registration." Australian Health Review 36, no. 1 (2012): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09861.
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Background. Statutory registration of Chinese Medicine (CM) practitioners was introduced in Victoria in 2000. The application assessment process for those who were granted registration during the transitional period (2002–04) was resource intensive, as little was known about their age, education, practice and language proficiency. This study offers insights that may be useful for the planning of national registration to commence in 2012. Methods. Data were extracted from registration application forms submitted to the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria (CMRB) between 2002 and 2004, using pre-defined data collection forms. Results. In 2006, 639 ‘grandparented’ Victorian CM practitioners had been registered, with a median age of 44 years old (range 23–86). There was a higher proportion of younger female, English-speaking, acupuncturists v. a higher proportion of older male, non-English-speaking, Chinese herbalists. There were few CM practitioners in rural areas, particularly herbalists. More than one-third of practitioners had obtained qualifications overseas and almost half of these practitioners provided no evidence of past study in professional issues and medical ethics. Conclusions. Ageing, diversity in qualifications and training, English proficiency, and level of study in professional issues and medical ethics represent major challenges for the implementation of CM national registration in 2012. What is known about the topic? Statutory registration of Chinese Medicine (CM) practitioners was introduced in the state of Victoria in 2000. The process of registering practitioners during the transitional period was resource intensive, because of the diverse background of the workforce. In May 2009, Health Ministers of all States and Territories and the Commonwealth agreed to include the CM profession, from 1 July 2012, in the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the health professions. What does this paper add? This paper, based on data from the registration application forms submitted to the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria (CMRB) between 2002 and 2004, provides a demographic and geographic profile of the 639 Victorian CM practitioners grandparented under the transitional arrangements of the Chinese Medicine Registration Act 2000. This study offers insights that may be useful for the planning of national registration for the Chinese Medicine profession. What are the implications for practitioners? With the introduction of national registration for the CM profession, this study provides critical data for developing effective strategies to implement the grandparenting process in all states and territories in Australia. Particularly, data collected in this study will help to deal with assessing knowledge in ethics and the healthcare system, biomedical sciences and language proficiency as part of the assessment process for a substantial number of applicants during the national registration of CM practitioners.
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Sumina, Ekaterina, Leonid Grischenko, and Ekaterina Sepiashvili. "Features of training of police employee in the USA." Applied psychology and pedagogy 7, no. 1 (January 14, 2022): 97–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2500-0543-2022-7-1-97-106.
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The complexities of modern policing require internal affairs agencies to expand the training opportunities for police officers to carry out the tasks assigned to internal affairs agencies. It is not enough to focus solely on the law or on perishable skills such as arrest and control; defensive tactics; driving; and firearms. This article discusses the experience of building and developing the psychological skills required by the United States police force. Police training in the United States focuses on developing the skills needed to deal with the modern challenges that arise in the performance of official tasks. Training involves building and developing skills such as cognitive, emotional, social and moral skills that can improve the condition of police officers, as well as foster relationships between police officers and members of the community. Trained police officers need to develop critical thinking skills, effective communication, and emotional intelligence. The presented article reveals professional competencies for police officers, graduates of the police academy, which were developed by the Law Enforcement Foundation in the United States (Ohio). It also discusses aspects of psychological screening developed by the California Commission on Peacekeeping Training Standards to Consider When Recruiting Police Officers. The authors emphasize that when training police officers in any country, it is necessary to pay special attention to the continuity between training and practical service activities of the police officer.
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Troyan, Evgeniy, and Nikolay Silkin. "Training of police patrol officers to use physical force based on the situation method." Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia 2020, no. 4 (December 11, 2020): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.35750/2071-8284-2020-4-207-214.
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The professional activity of the police patrol officers makes high demands on their level of possession of fighting. Training in combat techniques within the framework of the discipline «Physical training» of the main programs of professional training takes place without taking into account the situations of their application. Demonstration of techniques is also strongly abstracted from the situations of practical activities of police officers. The problem of the research is to resolve the contradiction between the need to develop skills of using combat techniques of fighting in situations of operational activity among the officers of the patrol and guard service of the police and the lack of a scientific methodology for situational training of police officers in the use of physical force in the study of professional training programs for police officers. The study was conducted to substantiate the effectiveness and features of using the situational method for training police patrol officers in the use of combat methods of fighting in situations of official activity. As a result of the study, three levels of complexity were developed for the use of combat techniques in situations of operational and service activities of police patrol officers for use in the main training programs for the position of a «Police Officer». According to the results of the final testing, the effectiveness of the use of techniques in typical situations of official activity of the police patrol officers increased by 27.8%, which confirmed the research hypothesis. The special feature of using the situational method is the structuring of situations according to the levels of difficulty of performing of combat techniques. The educational and training process of physical training of the police patrol officers begins in the professional cycle and continues in the variable educational discipline «Actual issues of the activities of the police patrol and guard service units» of the professional-specialized cycle of professional training programs for «Police Officer».
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Gol'chevskii, Vitalii Feliksovich. "Aspects of firearms training of road traffic police officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia." Полицейская деятельность, no. 4 (April 2021): 10–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0692.2021.4.36352.
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The research subject is social relations in the field of the development of basic skills of road traffic police officers of Russia in using firearms during operations and for stopping drivers attempting to escape from the crime scene. The research object is the formation and development of firearms using skills of internal affairs officers during the professional training of middle and major commanders enrolled in internal affairs bodies of Russia. The topicality of the research is determined by the tasks of improvement of professional training of specialists in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and ensuring personal safety of internal affairs officers and the safety of civilians during operative actions. The research contains the analysis of use of service weapons by police officers during operative actions. Based on the example of apprehension of a vehicle, the author analyzes the effectiveness of use of service weapons by road traffic police officers. The research methodology is based on the analysis of the use of service weapons by police officers, and experiments. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the following: a) the analysis of statistical data of the use of service weapons by internal affairs officers; b) the task to organize a comprehensive firearms training of internal affairs officers; c) the list of measures aimed at the improvement of firearms training of internal affairs officers. In conclusion, the author substantiates the necessity to improve the basic professional training program in terms of raising the effectiveness of firearms training of internal affairs officers. The analysis of the use of service weapons by road traffic police officers, as well as experiments, prove the importance of the research in the field of public safety protection and effective prevention of criminal offences by police officers with the help of service weapons.
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Krastev, Krastyu, and Marya Doncheva. "Methodology of Crime Prevention Training." International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION 24, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 200–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2018-0090.
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Abstract According to the Military Police Act the Military Police Service, alone or in collaboration with other security services and public order services, carries out activities to prevent crimes. The purpose of this report is to represent the methodology of crime prevention training of the military police cadets at Vasil Levski NMU. In order to achieve the research goals, the theoretical and methodological aspects are analyzed as well as the main pedagogical tools and the possibilities of applying modern training methods. The methodology of the research includes an analysis of the current legal and regulatory legislation, comparative analysis and formulation of some general conclusions for improving crime prevention training
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TOMASZEK, ARKADIUSZ. "PREPARATION OF POLICE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING TRAINING." PRZEGLĄD POLICYJNY 142, no. 2 (September 2, 2021): 303–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.2512.
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Armed forces are characterised, among other things, by an extensive process of preparing offi cers to carry out the tasks imposed. Training, and then in-service training in the police, is based primarily on the experience and expertise of those responsible for it. A signifi cant role among police teachers is played by instructors, including police shooting instructors. The article describes the process of acquiring the authority to teach the indicated classes with police offi cers. Additionally, on the basis of evaluation research conducted at the Police Academy in Szczytno, taking into consideration such elements as course program evaluation, acquired knowledge and practical skills, the level of adaptation of the content of specialist course for police shooting instructors to the needs of course participants has been established.
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Popinako, Ekaterina, Kirill Zlokazov, and Valeriy Sitnikov. "Influence of representation of social space on psychological adaptation to police service." Applied psychology and pedagogy 6, no. 3 (July 1, 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2500-0543-2021-6-3-1-14.
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The article studies police officers' perceptions of other people, analyzes the change in these perceptions during adaptation to service during on the period of training for the profession of "Policeman". The article described the influence of perceptions of social space on adaptation in officers first hired into the internal affairs service. In addition, the influence of this perception on the prospects of service in the police was studied.
The method of collecting information was a standardized self-report, studying the qualities and properties of the representation of the social space. The study involved 219 police officers.
As a result, it was found that at the beginning of professional training employees who plan to continue their service in police are characterized by a wider range of social interaction, which remains throughout the training. These employees feel support from different social groups. Employees who are not motivated to continue their professional activities in police have no changes in the representation of the properties of social interaction, but by the end of training there is an increase in the quality of interaction, consisting in the manifestation of a more responsible attitude to the close social environment. These employees perceive the social space as impeding and hindering further professional development. The analysis of qualities and properties of employees' social space in the future can contribute to the improvement of psychological work on adaptation of employees to the conditions of educational and service activity during the period of professional training.
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KIUNGA, NICKSON. "INFLUENCE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE IN PREVENTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMES IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 10 (October 29, 2021): 321–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.810.10889.
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This paper uses data collected for an MA Thesis on influence of the Performance of National Police Service in Prevention of organized Crimes in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study was necessitated by continued rise of criminal gangs despite police service efforts to contain the problem. The study was guided by three specific objectives, but for this paper first and second objectives will be discussed. First, the examined the influence of resource capacity on the performance of national police service in prevention of organized crimes in Mombasa County. Secondly, the study examined the influence of motivation on the performance of national police service in prevention of organized crimes. Thirdly, the last objective assessed the influence of external environment on the performance of National Police Service in prevention of organized crimes in Mombasa County, Kenya. The survey utilized Expectancy theory and Crime Pattern Theory and adopted a descriptive research design employing a mixed method paradigm.
The study sample size comprised 306 National Police Service officers (NPS); Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers, Kenya Police service (KP), and Administration Police (AP) officers both senior and junior. Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis derived from the study objectives. On the other hand, quantitative data was analyzed through descriptive statistics. According to the findings, 17% of the police officers still undertake operations without intelligence briefing, and that despite the availability of criminal intelligence. Besides, access to criminal intelligence was still a major challenge to 45% of the officers while inter-agency coordination was a rare part of the fight against organized crime to 56% of the officers who were not involved. The findings also revealed that despite the importance of training towards the prevention of organized crime, 33% of police officers did not have access to these trainings. Furthermore, 53% of the officers, cited lack of recognition and motivation that could go a long way in raising performance of the police officers. The study makes two major recommendations; special attention to training and curriculum review that addresses the demands of emerging global security challenges. Secondly, officer’s welfare remains a thorny issue which can potentially stifle any crime prevention initiative. Welfare issues of concern such as merit and fairness in promotions, rewards and other incentives, and better compensation were said to be an integral part of any serious police reform agenda.
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Cheurprakobkit, Sutham, and Sarit Puthpongsiriporn. "Service Culture for the Implementation of Community Policing: A Case Study of the Malaysian Police." International Journal of Police Science & Management 7, no. 4 (December 2005): 286–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijps.2005.7.4.286.
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Although a police service function is a key component of community policing, very few studies on service culture have been conducted, especially in the Royal Malaysian Police which has adopted and practised the concept of community policing since 1979. This study surveyed 297 Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan police officers regarding their attitudes toward the concept of service culture in their police force and the impact service culture has on community policing. Overall, the study's results show that Malaysian police support community policing and believe service culture is part of their police organisation. However, only two of the seven cultural values (internal communication and service orientation) were positively and significantly correlated with commitment to practising community policing. The study recommends proper training on community policing (particularly for police administrators and new recruits) and creation of relevant service culture conducive to the implementation of community policing.
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Wassermann, Ariami, Deon Meiring, and Jurgen Renier Becker. "Stress and coping of police officers in the South African Police Service." South African Journal of Psychology 49, no. 1 (March 13, 2018): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0081246318763059.
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Working in the police service can be physically and emotionally demanding. Officers use various coping methods to deal with the stressors. The main aim of this study was to investigate which coping responses are used most by police officers in the South African Police Service and to investigate how the prevalence of these coping responses changes over time. A longitudinal approach was used where data were collected at three different points in time. The final sample ( n = 120) was used for this study. The results indicate that police officers predominantly use planful problem-solving, positive reappraisal, and confrontive coping to deal with their daily stress. Planful problem-solving and positive reappraisal are seen as adaptive ways of dealing with stress, while the outcomes of confrontive coping are context dependent. The coping responses of seeking social support, escape avoidance, and accepting responsibility were used less frequently. The results indicate that coping styles change over time as police officers accepted significantly less responsibility, made less use of confrontive coping, and relied more on planful problem-solving, positive reappraisal, and escape avoidance. The findings of this study have important implications for the diagnosis and treatment of stress of active police officers. It is recommended that interventions such as emotional competence training be used to reinforce and refresh positive coping strategies to enhance the emotional well-being of police officers.
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Хамазюк, Ольга, and Ігор Блощинський. "COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TRAINING OF LOW-RANKING BORDER GUARDS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF SLOVAKIA AND UKRAINE." Збірник наукових праць Національної академії Державної прикордонної служби України. Серія: педагогічні науки 30, no. 3 (December 22, 2022): 537–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.32453/pedzbirnyk.v30i3.1179.
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The article reveals the content of the professional training of police officers of the Republic of Slovakia, in particular, providing the professional education to future low-ranking border guard specialists at the Secondary Vocational School of the Police Corps in the city of Kosice, which is the departmental training center for the Slovak border police. The educational curriculums and peculiarities of the training of future border police officers in the following specializations: “General Training” and “Border and Aliens Police” have been described. The peculiarities of providing the qualification training and training for professional development have been highlighted. It has been concluded that the content of the professional training of future border guard specialists of the Republic of Slovakia in departmental educational institutions allows to provide them with the basic knowledge, skills, abilities and competences necessary for carrying out professional activities in the border and migration service in accordance with the generally pted European standards for the training of border guards and the adopted Unified Program basic level for the training of border guard specialists (Common Core Curriculum), developed by the FRONTEX agency (European Border and Coast Guard Agency). A comparative analysis of the professional training of low-ranking border guards of the Police Corps of the Slovak Republic and junior personnel of the State Border Service of Ukraine has been conducted. It has been concluded that the content of the training of specialists of the above-mentioned countries has both common and different features. It has been revealed that the partial discrepancy is due to the peculiarity of the national legislation of Ukraine in the part that is related to the separation of the functions of state bodies performing their activities on the state border.
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Bondarenko, Valentyn V., Ivan М. Okhrimenko, Natalia A. Lyakhova, Ihor V. Klymenko, Dmytro V. Shvets, and Yurii V. Aleksandrov. "Means of police Officers’ physical and psychological Rehabilitation in the Conditions of their service Activities." Acta Balneologica 63, no. 4 (2021): 273–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.36740/abal202104105.
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Aim: To determine the negative factors of police of f i cers’ service activities and to theoretically substantiate the available means of police officers' physical and psychological rehabilitation in the conditions of their service activities. Materials and methods: To analyse the peculiarities of police service activities, we conducted the survey of police officers (n=237) of various structural units of the National Police of Ukraine. The expert assessment was conducted in order to determine the effective means of police officers' physical and psychological rehabilitation, which involved 18 experts. The research was conducted in 2016-2021. Results: Negative factors were identified that lead to a deterioration in police officers' service activities, including: overtime at work, frequent involvement in public safety and public order maintenance, day’s duties, frequent injuries and injurious effects during the detention of offenders and other events. The expert survey of the specialists involved in professional training, medical examination, psychological support of police officers showed that pedagogical (33.2%), physical (39.6%), psychological (39.2%) means are highly effective in police officers' physical and psychological rehabilitation. Conclusions: It was found that the negative factors of police of f i cers’ service activities collectively result in fatigue, excessive fatigue, lead to deterioration of physical working ability, mental status and require introduction of physical and psychological rehabilitation means.
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Seliukov, V. S. "Origin and Development of Service Cynology in Modern Ukraine." Law and Safety 76, no. 1 (February 20, 2020): 89–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.32631/pb.2020.1.12.
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The history of the origin and formation of service cynology in Ukraine has quite interesting aspects. First of all, at the time when the territory of modern Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire, and eventually the Soviet Union, the police service cynology was originated in Ukraine. Thus, the beginning of the XX century was marked by the activities of H. M. Rudyi, who being a part of the detective police in 1904 organized the breeding station and began to use dogs to search for criminals. Besides, H. M. Rudyi organized training of a cynologist O. Erhant, who was objectively considered the first certified cynologist in Ukraine, and who graduated training in Schwelm. Heorhii Mykhailovych also developed an Instruction for the officials of Kyiv Detective Police, which defined the procedure and methods of involving dogs in the fight against crime.
Further development of service police cynology throughout the Empire took place with the support and admiration of V. I. Lebediev, an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire, who contributed to the creation of the All-Russian Society for the Promotion of Dogs in Police and Guard Service, as well as certain associations within the Empire.
The author of the article has also studied the historical stages of the development of cynology, which are offered to be divided according to the criteria of methods of using dogs, as well as new turning points in training. Thus, the next stage has offered to allocate the time, when the process of dog training began to be based on the results of research accomplished by I. P. Pavlov, who described the reflexes in general (conditioned and unconditioned); indicative reactions and their nature; stimuli and their types; types and principles of higher nervous activity of dogs; processes of inhibition and excitation; deviations in the activity of the dog’s brain. All this has increased the arsenal of human abilities in the process of preparing dogs for service.
Particular attention has been paid to the fact that police cynology during the wars is somewhat re-profiled, but does not lose its relevance. Unfortunately, the development of cynology after the Second World War underwent significant regression due to the changes in public attitudes and the post-war situation, but this did not prevent further use and improvement of the use of dogs.
The emphasis has been placed on the peculiarities of the next stage in the development of cynology, which is associated with the development of odor methods of selection and preservation of odors, as well as the emergence of dogs-detectors who are further used in odor examination.
It has been also noted that the current stage of development of cynology is very diverse, i.e. service dogs are used in almost all areas of law enforcement activity.
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Cordwell, Lauren. "Advancing consumer participation in primary health: The case of a Victorian Primary Care Partnership." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 2 (2005): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05020.
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This paper presents an overview of the North Central Metro Primary Care Partnership (NCMPCP) process to strengthen consumer participation. The NCMPCP is a voluntary alliance of 60 health and community services in Melbourne's Northern metropolitan region that aims to make positive, sustainable improvements to services from the perspective of clients, their carers and their families. The population of the NCMPCP catchment includes significant cultural and linguistic diversity and social and economic disadvantage. In strengthening consumer participation, consumers and service providers from NCMPCP member agencies identified the need for a consumer participation training resource to be developed to support the ongoing engagement of consumers in participation opportunities in primary health services. The development of a consumer participation training resource involved consumers and service providers from 14 agencies. Consumers were involved in all stages of needs identification, design, implementation and evaluation. The process to develop the consumer participation training resources has contributed to a greater understanding of consumer participation for the NCMPCP member agencies and has increased the level of engagement and participation by consumers. The process has highlighted the need for consumers and service providers to be trained, resourced and supported to carry out consumer participation work.
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Coombs, Tim, Tom Trauer, and Kathy Eagar. "Training in Routine Mental Health Outcome Assessment: an evaluation of the Victorian experience." Australian Health Review 25, no. 3 (2002): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah020074.
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This paper evaluates training in the use of measures of outcomes and casemix provided to four pilot agencies in Victoria, Australia. The training program is outlined along with key evaluation findings. The knowledge and skills of participants developed during training is described. Deficiencies in the training program are identified and opportunities for improvement outlined.