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Wilson, Sally Guta Miriam 1954. "Evaluation of hospital pharmacy services in Victoria, Australia : a six year comparative study of customer service." Monash University, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, 2003. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5689.
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Athan, Sophy. "The effects of compulsory competitive tendering on public library services to women in Victoria /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARM/09arma865.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Womens Studies, 1995."Master's Minor Thesis" [i.e. Dissertation submitted at the University of Adelaide for part of the degree of Master of Arts (Womens Studies)]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-89).
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O'Meara, Peter Francis Public Health & Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Models of ambulance service delivery for rural Victoria." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Public Health and Community Medicine, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18771.
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The primary aim of the research project was to develop conceptual models of rural ambulance service delivery based on different worldviews or philosophical positions, and then to compare and contrast these new and emerging models with existing organisational policy and practice. Four research aims were explored: community expectations of pre-hospital care, the existing organization of rural ambulance services, the measurement of ambulance service performance, and the comparative suitability of different pre-hospital models of service delivery. A unique feature was the use of soft systems methodology to develop the models of service delivery. It is one of the major non-traditional systems approaches to organisational research and lends itself to problem solving in the real world. The classic literature-hypothesis-experiment-results-conclusion model of research was not followed. Instead, policy and political analysis techniques were used as counter-points to the systems approach. The program of research employed a triangulation technique to adduce evidence from various sources in order to analyse ambulance services in rural Victoria. In particular, information from questionnaires, a focus group, interviews and performance data from the ambulance services themselves were used. These formed a rich dataset that provided new insight into rural ambulance services. Five service delivery models based on different worldviews were developed, each with its own characteristics, transformation processes and performance criteria. The models developed are titled: competitive; sufficing; community; expert; and practitioner. These conceptual models are presented as metaphors and in the form of holons and rich pictures, and then transformed into patient pathways for operational implementation. All five conceptual models meet the criteria for systemic desirability and were assessed for their political and cultural feasibility in a range of different rural communities. They provide a solid foundation for future discourse, debate and discussion about possible changes to the way pre-hospital services are delivered in rural Victoria.
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Halfpenny, Nicholas. "Discretion and control at the front line : rationalities of practice in child and youth services." Thesis, Curtin University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2041.
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Focusing on child and youth services in Victoria this research is a theoretical conceptualisation of the governance of front line work. The research addresses the question of how multiple rationalities of practice are experienced by front line workers. In exploring the contemporary context for practice, the research provides an analysis of the history and development of non-government organisations and human service professions and their roles in delivering publicly funded welfare services.The discursive practices associated with the concepts of managerialism and contractualism are explored in terms of how front line work is configured and controlled. The research combines a critical examination of two modalities of surveillance and control of front line work (the Registration Standards for Community Service Organisations and the Looking After Children Framework). These case examples are positioned as exemplars of modalities of surveillance and control that represent contemporary administrative and managerial logics. I offer a detailed analysis of the interplay between these instruments and particular logics of social work practice.The concepts of governmentality (Foucault, 1991) and habitus (Bourdieu, 1990) are developed to articulate a more embodied understanding of human service practice where interpretation is positioned at the centre of action. Using material collected from interviews with front line staff, the concept of habitus is further expanded to articulate an understanding of practice that explores how multiple rationalities are configured and enacted. The analysis positions the embodied histories of individual front line workers as the key influence in the construction of practice.This analysis addresses a significant gap in the understandings of work in the human services and contributes a new and critical understanding of the instruments of control and discretionary practice in the human services. The research concludes with a consideration of pathways to enact a practice that critically engages with contemporary modalities of governance.
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Frederick, John (John William) 1952. ""The help I need is more than the help they can give me" : a study of the life circumstances of emergency relief clients." Monash University, Dept. of Social Work, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5151.
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Walker, Sandra, and n/a. "Prostate cancer support groups an evaluation." Swinburne University of Technology, 2005. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060905.085536.
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The population of Australia is increasing in age, consequently the incidence of
cancer diagnoses is rising. This rise will have a dramatic impact on hospitals with
much of the disease burden extending to psychological support for cancer care. At
present few men diagnosed with cancer seek support. This study sought to explore
men's perceptions of support and prostate cancer support groups.
The benefits of support groups for men with prostate cancer have been well
documented in international studies. In Australia however, relatively few men
diagnosed with prostate cancer join such groups and few studies have examined the
factors that influence membership and attendance. This study investigated the
experiences of a sample of 181 Australian men diagnosed with prostate cancer, 80 of
whom were members of support groups and 107 who were not. The participants were
recruited from prostate cancer support groups and an outpatient department of a major
cancer hospital, in Melbourne, Australia. The two groups were compared on a range
of factors, including disease characteristics, illness perceptions and views of prostate
cancer support groups. Further, members of support groups rated a number of
objectives to determine the effectiveness of the groups.
The majority of members recommended prostate cancer support groups to
other men with prostate cancer (92%), however of the non-members of prostate
cancer support groups, almost half (48%) had never heard of them. Factors that
discriminated between support group members and non-members were emotional
perceptions of the illness, symptom reports and illness coherence, with support group
members reporting higher scores on these variables. Length of diagnosis and age
were also factors that discriminated between the groups with support group members younger and diagnosed longer than non-members. There were no differences between
the groups on personal control, both groups reported high perceptions of control over
the disease. Members reported more benefits and less costs associated with prostate
cancer support groups than non-members. Benefits included information, support,
sharing experiences, and supporting other men with the disease. Costs included
negative discussions, other men dying, and the distance required to travel to the
groups. Both members and non-members reported distance to travel to the groups as
a major barrier to attendance. The majority of members had heard of the groups
through friends and, for non-members who had heard of the groups, through hospital
staff. General practitioners were one of the least likely sources of information about
prostate cancer support groups reported by members.
Prostate cancer support group members reported high levels of satisfaction
with the groups on a range of objectives outlined by the Cancer Council of Victoria.
Making friends and accessing community assistance exceeded men's expectations of
attendance, however men reported a desire for more information and communication.
A need for more funding, advertising, and recognition of prostate cancer support
groups by medical staff was also reported.
Many men with prostate cancer are unaware of support groups, however a
number of benefits were noted by both members and non-members. Greater
recognition of prostate cancer support groups by medical staff may provide men with
prostate cancer an opportunity to access those benefits. Health service providers
should consider the important role prostate cancer support groups play in the recovery
of men from prostate cancer and consider ways of dispelling myths men may hold
regarding the notion of support.
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Aquin, Edward Herman. "Impact evaluation of a 'brief intervention program' for clients who deliberately self harm : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing (Clinical) /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1238.
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Hackworth, Naomi. "Development and application of a methodology for the evaluation of a health complaints process." Australasian Digital Thesis Program, 2007. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au/public/adt-VSWT20070928.092053/index.html.
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Thesis (DPsych (Health Psychology)) - Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2007.Submitted as a requirement for the degree of Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology - 2007. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-210).
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O'Meara, Peter Francis. "Models of ambulance service delivery for rural Victoria /." 2002. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN20030401.152156/index.html.
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Mansour, Gerard. "Child care in the retail industry in Victoria." Thesis, 1994. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/17934/.
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The aim of this research is to investigate the child care experiences and attitudes of those who work
within the retail industry in Victoria and it concentrates on the needs of parents with children aged
under 13 years old.
A number of issues are presented as part of the background information for this research: a summary of the historical developments in relation to the provision of child care for
working parents; the substantial growth in the participation of women in the workforce, including those
with dependant children, as well as the reasons why they work; the nature of the retail industry and the structure of employment in Victoria; the various types of child care arrangements which are used by working parents.
The methodology adopted to investigate the child care needs of retail workers in Victoria involved
several phases: interviews, group discussion, a questionnaire and phone polls. The practical field
research occurred in two separate phases, firstly interviews were conducted with retail workers and
the second phase was a survey of 893 workers in the retail industry in Victoria.
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Aulich, Christopher School of Social Science & Policy UNSW. "The impact of compulsory competitive tendering on the organisational culture of local government in Victoria." 1999. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/17462.
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A central feature of public sector reform in Australia in the past decade or so has been the introduction of competition into service markets that were previously monopolised by public agencies. The adoption of more competitive strategies by these agencies has usually been accompanied by changes in their organisational culture - found in their structures, modes of operation and in internal and external relationships, as well as in the underlying values orientation of the organisation. The introduction of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) in local government in the state of Victoria reflected criticisms of the performance of traditional local government bureaucracies and a determination by the state government to secure a change in local government culture. This study investigates the impact of CCT on local authorities in Victoria, and explores the changes to organisational culture that have occurred. It assesses the extent to which the changes are consistent with a 'post-bureaucratic' conception of public organisations. The study presents evidence that cultural change has occurred in Victorian local authorities, particularly in the establishment of new organisation structures, a more entrepreneurial or outward focused orientation, and the development of more market focused and customer oriented service delivery systems. While cultural changes may not have progressed as far as intended by the Victorian government, they represent a more radical approach to local government reform than in other Australian states - so radical that they present a serious challenge to long-held views of the role of local government in the community. The thesis reveals that the new competitive environment may itself generate new problems such as transactions costs and erosion of trust within local councils and enables senior managers to assert stronger control over the council. It is this control, together with the technocratic or top-down approach to reform taken by the state government, which has constrained the development of model post-bureaucratic local government organisations in Victoria. In particular, it seems that senior managers are more intent on reshaping their organisations than in encouraging the greater market responsiveness anticipated in the post-bureaucratic model.
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Hobbs, Heather. "Streetlight people: perspectives of Street Outreach Services staff on the loss of harm reduction services in Victoria, BC." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3389.
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On May 31, 2008, one of Canada’s oldest needle exchange programs was forced to close its doors. Street Outreach Services (SOS), run by AIDS Vancouver Island, was evicted from its fixed site location in downtown Victoria, BC, due to years of inadequate funding and resources, and pressure from community members who blamed SOS for “public disorder” on the city streets. Without a new location from which to house the program, SOS has since operated as a mobile service. This case study documents the context surrounding the closure of SOS and the perspectives of outreach staff regarding the transition from fixed site to mobile services-only. Specifically, this study addresses the question: How have service delivery changes and restrictions impacted SOS outreach work? In addition to participant-observation, media and report analysis, primary data are derived from six semi-structured interviews with SOS outreach workers and a thematic analysis highlights common experiences of loss, isolation and changes in relationships with clients. A discussion of strategies for collective responses to ethical distress includes social justice perspectives.Graduate
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Tower, John Raymond. "An analysis of the relationships between sport associations and sport venues in Victoria." 2008. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/1532/1/Tower.pdf.
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The sport industry makes important economic and social contributions to Australia. Within the sport industry there is a range of venues that are used by not-forprofit sport associations for training and competitions. This research addresses the need to understand how sport venues and sport associations manage their relationships so more positive relationships can be developed. The aims of the research were to i) understand the constructs that underpin these sport relationships, and ii) identify the mutually beneficial outcomes achieved from these relationships. Literature from relationship marketing, education partnerships, and health and community service partnerships were used to guide the research because these three bodies of literature contribute perspectives that include commercial, community and not-for-profit relationships. Initially, a qualitative study explored the relevance of 27 relationship constructs identified in the literature. The outcomes of the qualitative study were used to inform a survey of Victorian sport associations and indoor sport venues to identify the constructs that influenced their relationships and to identify the outcomes associated with these relationships. The main findings of the research identified that, although the relationships were viewed by all respondents as being important, little effort was put into the management of the relationships. Sport venues and associations that were communicating effectively, had established trust, had appropriate facility and equipment, practiced leadership, had shared goals / values, were cooperative, were committed to the relationship and provided quality services were able to achieve positive outcomes. These outcomes contributed to better internal operations such as solving problems and increasing usage, as well as external outcomes such as building a sense of community ownership and pride, and improving communication networks. Sport venues and sport associations that are better at managing the key relationship constructs are better able to meet the needs of their sporting community as well as, address wider community goals. A focus on collaborative relationships and the key relationship constructs assists sport venues and sport associations to generate positive outcomes. The research results provide impetus for state and local governments, and community sport associations to consider how sport venues work with sport associations.
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Sheard, Heather. "Victoria's baby health centres: a history 1917-1950: how did a statewide system of Baby Health Centres grow from the efforts of a small group of concerned women in 1917?" 2005. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/7168.
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Victoria’s first Baby Health Centre opened in June 1917 in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. By 1950, 398 centres including fifteen mobile circuits, were available to mothers across Victoria. This study documents and analyses the combination of influences that underpinned the growth of Victoria’s Baby Health Centres.Firstly, concern about infant mortality rates encouraged the growth of the international welfare movement. The international movement provided legitimacy for local concerns and motivated and sustained the women who acted locally. In addition, the changing role of women following the achievement of suffrage and the rise of voluntarism combined to establish a combination of professionalism and voluntarism which was socially acceptable for the women involved. Baby Health Centres were instigated through municipal councils by local groups such as the Country Womens Association, and with the centralized support of the Victorian Baby Health Centres Association and the Society for the Health of the Women and Children of Victoria. The development of two dedicated voluntary associations caused both friction and competition and a dynamic which created a model of service provision still in existence today.
Secondly, the study looks at the role of several individual women in the growth of Victoria’s centres and circuits. Both voluntary and professional workers made significant contributions to the development of a model of universal service provision for mothers and babies.
Thirdly, the study records the voices of eight mothers and two Infant Welfare sisters of the 1940s. Their comments and stories illuminate the relationship between baby health centre sisters and mothers and the mother’s willingness to incorporate the advice into daily practice.
The history of Victoria’s Baby Health Centres is one of a unique combination of professional and voluntary activism. This recipe led to the development of a well utilized statewide service which has become part of Victoria’s societal and health framework.
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Bunjevac, Tin. "Transforming court governance in Victoria." Thesis, 2017. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/32889/.
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This thesis by publication analyses the emergence of independent judicial councils
and their role in facilitating judicial control of court administration in Australia,
Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, the USA and other countries.
While much research has been conducted into the relative merits of judicial control
of court administration, the thesis extends the court governance literature by
developing an analytical policy framework for a model Judicial Council of Victoria
with broad statutory responsibility for improving the quality of justice in the court
system. The thesis then applies the proposed analytical model to assess the legal
and institutional framework of Court Services Victoria (‘CSV’), which was
established in 2014 in order to transfer the responsibility for court administration
from the executive government to the judiciary. The thesis argues that an
independent judicial council, such as CSV, requires a strong developmental
mandate to assist the courts improve their operations and respond to a multitude of
internal and external challenges that they inherited from the executive system of
court administration. At the level of the courts, the framework envisages the
establishment of a compact management board, comprising executive judges and
the court CEO, which is modelled upon a corporate board of executive directors,
with full responsibility for court administration.
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Aulich, Chris. "The impact of compulsory competitive tendering on the organisational culture of local government in Victoria /." 1999. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-NUN/public/adt-NUN20001207.104421/index.html.
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Adams, Karen. "Koori kids and otitis media prevention in Victoria." 2007. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2371.
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Otitis media and consequent hearing loss are known to be high in Koori communities. Previous research on otitis media in Koori communities has focused on its identification, treatment and management. Little research has focused on the prevention of otitis media. Victorian Aboriginal communities often have small populations which result in small sample sizes for research projects. Consequently use of traditional quantitative methods to measure of change arising from health interventions can be problematic. The aim of the research was to describe Koori children’s otitis media risk factors using a Koori research method in order to develop, implement and evaluate preventative interventions.
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Ramsay, Darin. "Adapting to the changing transportation needs of older adults : coordinating transportation services in Victoria B.C." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22312.
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Michael, Ian, and Altaf Patel. "The economic impact of overseas students on tourism in Victoria." Thesis, 1997. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18192/.
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Victoria University together with Tourism Victoria conducted a research project titled
The Impact of Overseas Students on tourism in Victoria. The main aim of the study
was to find out about the tourism interest and tourism information needs of overseas
students, as well as to identify the importance and value of overseas students to
tourism in Victoria.
Altaf Patel and Ian Michael, from the Graduate School of Business, Victoria
University under the supervision of Dr Anona Armstrong, undertook this project as
part of their Master in Business Administration (MBA). A total of 600 questionnaires
were distributed randomly to seven tertiary institutions in Victoria. Of those 600
questionnaires 219 were received completed by students.
There is a continuing growth in the business of Australian education export to Asia.
In 1995 there were approximately 70,000 Asian students studying in Australia
yielding $2 billion directly in export income, of this about $400 million a year is
contributed to the Victorian economy by about 17,900 students.
This research into the impact of overseas students on tourism in Victoria has
produced a number of key findings.
The major reasons for students to study in Australia were Quality of education and
Improvement of English language.
Friends and relatives were key influences in students decision making as to where
to study.
Sixty four percent of all students researched took holidays while studying in
Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were the highest visited destinations.
Forty four percent of the respondents who travelled, liked making their own
arrangements.
The most visited places/attractions in Melbourne were Victoria Market, South Gate
and Crown Casino, with regards to attractions outside Melbourne the Twelve
Apostles and Sovereign Hill outshone others.
Private transport was the most popular means of travel for touring purpose. Driving
and Shopping were activities they enjoyed most.
Sixty seven percent of students wanted to revisit places they had seen.
An average of $225 was spent by students on their last trip around Victoria, they
however stated that they could spend up to $392 per person. Using the number of
students (overseas) in Victoria ie. 17,900 and taking into consideration 64.4% would
travel, they can spend approximately $4,518,819 per annum.
Thirty six percent found it convenient to undertake travel during the summer break,
it should also be mentioned that 60% of all students go home for this break.
Word of mouth played a significant mode of sourcing travel information, 73.1% said
so. 65 % stated that gathering information on tourism was easy.
Students found Victoria to be an interesting tourist destination.
There were 54.8% of students whose friends and relatives visit them while studying.
Of these 54.8%, 46.2% said they visit them once a year, 39.7% twice a year and
9.9% thrice a year. The average expenditure of a friend/relative is $527 in turn
generating almost $8.0 million.
Around 63.5% of students will visit Melbourne & Victoria after completion of their
studies, this brings around 11,300 new inbound tourists per year. In turn these
tourist numbers generate $6 million.
Melbourne and Victoria will benefit tremendously in terms of attracting newer
tourists, as 76.7% of students say they would recommend it.
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Hartley, Peter Ross. "Paramedic practice and the cultural and religious needs of pre‐hospital patients in Victoria." Thesis, 2012. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/21301/.
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Religion and culture can impact profoundly on healthcare practices and health
outcomes. The Australian community is rich and diverse in differing cultures and
religions, and at times of medical emergency the paramedic increasingly will be required
to respond to healthcare needs of this diverse community. This study is designed to
investigate current paramedic practices as they relate to an awareness of the cultural
and religious needs of community groups as a holistic approach. It also incorporates the
voices of these community groups from their experiences with emergency paramedics
during pre‐hospital health care for those living in Melbourne, Australia.
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Mugisha, Emmanuel. "Delivery and utilisation of voluntary HIV counselling and testing services among fishing communities in Uganda." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2954.
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The study explored, described and explained the current models of voluntary counselling and testing services delivery and analysed the extent to which a given VCT model had influenced uptake of VCT services in the fishing communities along the shores of Lake Victoria, in Wakiso District, with an aim of designing optimal VCT service delivery strategies. The study was therefore exploratory, descriptive and explanatory, and collected both qualitative and quantitative data in a three-phased approach. Phase I involved the Kasenyi fishing community respondents, while phases II and III involved VCT managers and VCT counsellors at the Entebbe and Kisubi Hospitals.
The findings indicated that VCT services are generally available onsite at health facilities, and in the field through mobile VCT outreach or home-based VCT services provided at clients’ homes. Both client-initiated and health provider-initiated VCT services are available and services are integrated with other health services. Despite the availability of VCT, only about half of the respondents in phase I had accessed VCT services although almost all indicated a willingness to undergo HIV testing in the near future. The main challenges to service delivery and utilisation included limited funding and staffing as well as limited awareness in target communities. The strategies drawn are based on the need to increase availability, accessibility, acceptability and utilisation of VCT services.Health Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)
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Tower, John. "An analysis of the relationships between sport associations and sport venues in Victoria." Thesis, 2008. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/1532/.
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The sport industry makes important economic and social contributions to Australia. Within the sport industry there is a range of venues that are used by not-forprofit sport associations for training and competitions. This research addresses the need to understand how sport venues and sport associations manage their relationships so more positive relationships can be developed. The aims of the research were to i) understand the constructs that underpin these sport relationships, and ii) identify the mutually beneficial outcomes achieved from these relationships. Literature from relationship marketing, education partnerships, and health and community service partnerships were used to guide the research because these three bodies of literature contribute perspectives that include commercial, community and not-for-profit relationships. Initially, a qualitative study explored the relevance of 27 relationship constructs identified in the literature. The outcomes of the qualitative study were used to inform a survey of Victorian sport associations and indoor sport venues to identify the constructs that influenced their relationships and to identify the outcomes associated with these relationships. The main findings of the research identified that, although the relationships were viewed by all respondents as being important, little effort was put into the management of the relationships. Sport venues and associations that were communicating effectively, had established trust, had appropriate facility and equipment, practiced leadership, had shared goals / values, were cooperative, were committed to the relationship and provided quality services were able to achieve positive outcomes. These outcomes contributed to better internal operations such as solving problems and increasing usage, as well as external outcomes such as building a sense of community ownership and pride, and improving communication networks. Sport venues and sport associations that are better at managing the key relationship constructs are better able to meet the needs of their sporting community as well as, address wider community goals. A focus on collaborative relationships and the key relationship constructs assists sport venues and sport associations to generate positive outcomes. The research results provide impetus for state and local governments, and community sport associations to consider how sport venues work with sport associations.
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Sutton, David F. "An analysis of paediatric palliative care in the state of Victoria." Thesis, 2005. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/17919/.
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The concept of palliative care as an holistic approach to the management of patients
with incurable conditions has its roots in the hospice movement. It has since grown
into an established field of practice for health professionals of all disciplines and has
been recognised as a medical specialty since 1987. Palliative care remains relatively
underdeveloped in the paediatric setting for a number of reasons. Firstly, death in
childhood is now relatively rare due to the advent of antibiotics, immunisation and
advances in the treatment of malignancies. This means that any health professional's
individual exposure to palliative care issues is limited, making the development and
maintenance of skills difficult. Secondly, the traditional model of palliative care, as a
path to be taken when all curative options have been explored, does not adequately
serve children and adolescents where the transition to palliative care may be less clear
due to a broader range of diagnoses and patterns of disease progression. Children also
present added dimensions to palliative care including developmental, ethical and
physiological considerations. The involvement of parents as care givers and decision
makers further increases the complexity of providing palliative care.
Research is lacking and the evidence on which to base practice is limited.
Nevertheless, there are theoretical constructs that can be utilised to build a framework
for research in this area. The works of Glaser and Strauss, Corr and Copp on theories
of death and dying coupled with earlier works by Freud, Erikson and Piaget on
theories of childhood development provide a suitable theoretical framework. Corr's
'task' based model described in 1992 allows us to view the process of providing
pediatric palliative care from many different perspectives, and thus provides for a rich
multi-dimensional model of pediatric palliative care to be constructed.
This study was done to analyse and investigate the knowledge, attitudes and needs of
both providers and recipients of palliative care in a major tertiary paediatric hospital,
the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), Melbourne, Australia and, in addition, to
examine various models of delivery of paediatric palliative care in use around the
world, and to identify from the literature the constituents of care that make up 'best
practice' as regards paediatric palliative care. From this investigation it is hoped to
develop a model of care that will best serve the RCH and its patients.
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Munro, Angela. "A stakeholder approach to ecologically sustainable tourism : the case of the Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria." 2001. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/532/1/532contents.pdf.
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There has been widespread support for formal treaties and declarations to ensure ecologically sustainable development (ESD) internationally and in Australia, at national and state levels, for almost 30 years. Despite this, the momentum of ESD appears to be waning (Low et al 2000). It is the author’s view that such loss of momentum calls for examination of planning process as it affects land use, including tourism. Indeed, the social and environmental impacts of tourism in Australasia have tended to be ignored in policy development (Hall et al 1997). Sub-optimal outcomes and the uncertainty engendered by costly and high profile conflicts over competing land use, in Australia and internationally in the past decade, highlight the need for such an examination. In addressing this hiatus between ESD policy development and implementation, the aims of this research are fourfold. First, it seeks to clarify the meaning of ecologically sustainable tourism, given the reliance of the rapidly growing Australian tourism industry on natural resource conservation. In so doing it addresses the inherent conflict between alternative visions for land use as they relate to tourism development in and around protected areas Second, contemporary applications of stakeholder theory are examined in order to analyse and learn from such tourism related land use conflicts. Stakeholders are defined as individuals or groups with multiple stakes or interests in an organisation or decision. Several epistemological perspectives are noted, with the present research fitting broadly within those of the political economy or political ecology of tourism, to which power relations are central. The third aim is to analyse the decision-making process in 1996-9 for the development of visitor facilities near The Twelve Apostles, an 'icon' coastal attraction of national significance at Port Campbell National Park, in south western Victoria. The case study method is chosen to enable an in-depth application of stakeholder theory to that process as it relates to ecologically sustainable outcomes. The framework used for this empirical analysis is derived from an approach to stakeholder management known as Shared Decision-making (SDM). It was applied in a recent design and evaluation of planning process in British Columbia, Canada, where a comparable governmental framework and experience of natural resource conflict made it a useful model for a Victorian case study (Williams, Penrose and Hawkes 1998). The Williams et al framework of evaluative criteria informs the schedule of semistructured interviews. This was administered to 17 respondents representing the 12 key decision makers and stakeholders involved in the decision-making process for the Twelve Apostles tourism development. The framework also underpins the author’s approach to analysis of material drawn from the project files of five stakeholder organisations and from contemporary media coverage. Finally, the research seeks to identify the implications of this decision-making process for tourism planning which is conducive to ecological sustainability. It is the author’s contention that a government commitment to collaborative planning, involving meaningful public participation is a key determinant of EST. Whereas community involvement has long been advocated for many reasons, philosophical and expedient, this research identifies the primary role of the community in promoting sustainable tourism as that of active citizens. Collaborative planning is judged essential but insufficient to achieve equitable and sustainable outcomes. Meaningful participation and environmental protection must also be enforceable through institutional reform, including provision for open standing and third party appeal rights, largely unavailable under Victorian environmental law. Collaborative planning and stakeholder management, it is argued, operates in a political context, insufficiently acknowledged. Research involving multiple cases and multiple jurisdictions would enable the validity of the study’s conclusions regarding the pivotal role of citizens (and non government organizations) in the implementation of ecologically sustainable tourism to be tested. Further research, it is argued, should promote an interdisciplinary approach drawing on political science, law, ecology, urban and regional geography and environmental planning. In particular, the application of political ecology to tourism offers a promising framework for the analysis and design of stakeholder management conducive to ecologically sustainable tourism.
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Leepaiboon, Pannakarn. "A model of consumer decision-making for the adoption of Thai food in Victoria, Australia." Thesis, 2007. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15627/.
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Owing to the rapid increase in the number of Thai restaurants in the Australian multicultural context during the past decade, there has been a need for greater
understanding of the factors contributing to customer adoption of Thai food. Therefore, in order to provide a basis for the creation of sustainable marketing strategies in this context, the purpose of this research has been to develop 'A Model of Consumer Decision-Making for the Adoption of Thai Food in Victoria, Australia'. In the testing of this model, a combination of qualitative and
quantitative methodologies, using descriptive and inferential analyses, has been used. The qualitative component involved interviews with thirty Thai restaurant owners and the quantitative component utilized a questionnaire for a survey of 1,009 respondent customers, following their consumption of Thai food.
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Munro, Angela. "A stakeholder approach to ecologically sustainable tourism : the case of the Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell National Park, Victoria." Thesis, 2001. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/532/.
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There has been widespread support for formal treaties and declarations to ensure ecologically sustainable development (ESD) internationally and in Australia, at national and state levels, for almost 30 years. Despite this, the momentum of ESD appears to be waning (Low et al 2000). It is the author’s view that such loss of momentum calls for examination of planning process as it affects land use, including tourism. Indeed, the social and environmental impacts of tourism in Australasia have tended to be ignored in policy development (Hall et al 1997). Sub-optimal outcomes and the uncertainty engendered by costly and high profile conflicts over competing land use, in Australia and internationally in the past decade, highlight the need for such an examination. In addressing this hiatus between ESD policy development and implementation, the aims of this research are fourfold. First, it seeks to clarify the meaning of ecologically sustainable tourism, given the reliance of the rapidly growing Australian tourism industry on natural resource conservation. In so doing it addresses the inherent conflict between alternative visions for land use as they relate to tourism development in and around protected areas Second, contemporary applications of stakeholder theory are examined in order to analyse and learn from such tourism related land use conflicts. Stakeholders are defined as individuals or groups with multiple stakes or interests in an organisation or decision. Several epistemological perspectives are noted, with the present research fitting broadly within those of the political economy or political ecology of tourism, to which power relations are central. The third aim is to analyse the decision-making process in 1996-9 for the development of visitor facilities near The Twelve Apostles, an 'icon' coastal attraction of national significance at Port Campbell National Park, in south western Victoria. The case study method is chosen to enable an in-depth application of stakeholder theory to that process as it relates to ecologically sustainable outcomes. The framework used for this empirical analysis is derived from an approach to stakeholder management known as Shared Decision-making (SDM). It was applied in a recent design and evaluation of planning process in British Columbia, Canada, where a comparable governmental framework and experience of natural resource conflict made it a useful model for a Victorian case study (Williams, Penrose and Hawkes 1998). The Williams et al framework of evaluative criteria informs the schedule of semistructured interviews. This was administered to 17 respondents representing the 12 key decision makers and stakeholders involved in the decision-making process for the Twelve Apostles tourism development. The framework also underpins the author’s approach to analysis of material drawn from the project files of five stakeholder organisations and from contemporary media coverage. Finally, the research seeks to identify the implications of this decision-making process for tourism planning which is conducive to ecological sustainability. It is the author’s contention that a government commitment to collaborative planning, involving meaningful public participation is a key determinant of EST. Whereas community involvement has long been advocated for many reasons, philosophical and expedient, this research identifies the primary role of the community in promoting sustainable tourism as that of active citizens. Collaborative planning is judged essential but insufficient to achieve equitable and sustainable outcomes. Meaningful participation and environmental protection must also be enforceable through institutional reform, including provision for open standing and third party appeal rights, largely unavailable under Victorian environmental law. Collaborative planning and stakeholder management, it is argued, operates in a political context, insufficiently acknowledged. Research involving multiple cases and multiple jurisdictions would enable the validity of the study’s conclusions regarding the pivotal role of citizens (and non government organizations) in the implementation of ecologically sustainable tourism to be tested. Further research, it is argued, should promote an interdisciplinary approach drawing on political science, law, ecology, urban and regional geography and environmental planning. In particular, the application of political ecology to tourism offers a promising framework for the analysis and design of stakeholder management conducive to ecologically sustainable tourism.
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Holtom, Alexandra Sarah. "Risky environments or risky business?: health and substance use among street-involved youth and their experiences with harm reduction services in Victoria, BC." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5800.
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze changes over time in the interactions of street-involved youth with their risk environments and to investigate how their integration into local, provincial, and federal systems and services impacts their lives, health, and substance use. This thesis employs a sequential explanatory mixed methods design and uses closed and open-ended questions collected over five waves of interviews during the longitudinal study Risky Business? Experiences of Street-Involved Youth. Quantitative (n = 50) methods of analysis include descriptive statistics and bivariate comparisons complemented by a qualitative (n = 15) thematic analysis comprised of open-ended interview questions. The risk environment framework proposed by Tim Rhodes is used to highlight structural and systemic forces informing the lives of street-involved youth, allowing for an analysis on three levels of influence (micro, meso, macro) and four types of environment (economic, physical, social, policy). Results indicate that comparatively high substance use and harms of substance use among street-involved youth decrease as they become integrated into local, provincial, and federal systems and services. Intersecting demographic and structural factors correspond with higher substance use for male youth and youth who had been involved with the foster care system during their life. Given the diversity of backgrounds and risk environment experiences, street-involved youth expressed diverse opinions and perspectives regarding the effectiveness of healthcare, harm reduction, and outreach services. Policy recommendations and suggestions for future research are suggested, with the aim of developing safer environments and environment interventions for street-involved youth that reduce substance use-related harms.Graduate
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Ralph, Phillip. "The effectiveness of workplace health promotion within the Victoria Police Force : a pilot study." Thesis, 1992. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/15669/.
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Research conducted within the Victoria Police has previously highlighted problems in the area of employee health and fitness. Officers of law enforcement agencies require a level of health and fitness which will enable them to effectively carry out their daily duties. While much of a police officer's shift is sedentary in nature, intermittent bursts of physical activity require enhanced levels of physical fitness. Despite these physical requirements, after a brief probationary period, police officers are not normally required to undergo any form of medical or fitness assessment for the rest of their careers. A project was conducted within the Victorian Police Force entitled "Operation Physicop" over a twelve month period in a geographical area called 'Y' District (now 'F' and 'G'). The project aimed to measure the effectiveness of workplace health promotion within the Victoria Police Force by measuring changes in several health and fitness parameters as a result of interventions aimed at influencing health behaviour and the workplace environment in a positive way.
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Brooks, Margaret J. P. "Beyond the divide: women's experiences in rural Victorian psychiatric rehabilitation services." Thesis, 2003. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18145/.
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The objective of this study was to give voice to women experiencing
psychiatric rehabilitation services in rural Victoria. A critical analysis of the
literature revealed a landscape of marginalisation and alienation for women
experiencing a mental illness in a rural area. This study used a
phenomenological method to explore the meanings of women's experiences.
The understanding of meaning was developed through a dual perspective
with women experiencing rural psychiatric rehabilitation and workers who
delivered these services. The research centred on the voices of the women but
encouraged a personal and collective reflective approach with workers.
As the researcher I also took a reflexive approach which highlighted the
methodology as an evolving and ongoing process and demonstrated the
integral nature of the researcher in the research process. A chapter on locating
the researcher was included as part this reflective process.
The analysis of the collective stories produced a rich diversity of material was drawn together thematically to include:
• Reflections of struggle;
• Long way from anywhere:
• The rural dimension;
• Construction of a caring relationship, and,
• Interlinking care.
Through this thesis I argue that women are marginalised and alienated by social cultural conditions of their lives which impacts on their mental illness
and rural experiences. However, women are not a homogenous group and a
diversity of experiences exists which demonstrates women's active capacity to
mediate their environment. As active participants in their psychiatric
rehabilitation care the women were able to shift their identity from one of
powerlessness and lack of control towards regaining control and managing
their illness and environment. The thesis is a story of transformation as the
women progressively moved forward in their journey.
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Greig, Zachary. "Empowerment and engagement: case studies in Victoria, Australia of people who are homeless and volunteers who are working in services for the home-less." Thesis, 2020. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/40453/.
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By drawing on community development values and principles as well as a social constructivist theoretical perspective, this study aims to understand how people who are homeless and the volunteers who serve them perceive their roles in terms of empowerment and disempowerment. Twenty-nine individuals have participated in this study: 18 had personal experiences of homelessness and 11 volunteered in the homelessness sector.
This study collects data through informal in-depth interviews, and it thematically examines a research diary. Research outcomes suggest that volunteers feel elements of perceived and actual power in their volunteerism. The study argues that such power stems from a belief that volunteering benefits the volunteer, people experiencing homelessness and broader society. These findings are consistent with existing literature and popular discourse; however, my research discovers that volunteers also express guilt and a reluctance to self-identify as a volunteer. This reticence, which accompanies volunteers’ scrutiny of the role’s characterisation as superior, runs contrary to how scholarship and popular discourse often understand volunteers.
Participants with first-hand experiences of homelessness characterise the role of the Australian ‘homeless person’ through notions of disempowerment and empowerment. They perceive disempowerment in the various ways they experience social disconnection: family rejection, a lack of companionship through friends and low-quality or precarious relationships within the home-less community. They also connect socially expected behaviours, rights, obligations, beliefs and norms to the disempowerment of welfare users. Nevertheless, through topics of public space, safety and protection, these participants express a sense of belonging and perceived empowerment.
Crucially, this study finds that 13 of the 18 ‘homeless’ participants had volunteered in the homelessness sector. This unanticipated observation expands the study’s analytical focus beyond an oppression-privilege binary in order to explore the nuances of participants’ complex social positions. As a result, the study tracks the ways by which volunteering challenges what it means to be ‘homeless’ in Australia and how it helps some ‘homeless people’ overcome aspects of the power inequalities encountered in mainstream society and welfare contexts. Overall, the study submits that volunteering signals the personal resources, abilities, skills, knowledge and potential that home-less people possess to improve their own lives and determine their own future.
Finally, the process of research challenges the student researcher’s expectations of what it means to perform as an effective scholar. The willingness and ability to listen - to offer kindness, sympathy and compassion – reconfigures how the student understands himself, others and good social work.
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Kaplan-Myrth, Nili. "Hard Yakka : a study of the community-government relations that shape Australian Aboriginal health policy and politics /." 2003. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=765029031&Fmt=7&clientId%20=43258&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2004.Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliography. Preview available online at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=765029031&Fmt=7&clientId%20=43258&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Bekink, Mildred. "The protection of child victims and witnesses in a post-constitutional criminal justice system with specific reference to the role of an intermediary : a comparative study." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22774.
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It is common knowledge that owing to their particular vulnerability children worldwide falls prey to physical and/or sexual violence in the home and/or community or witness criminal acts. Consequently children are called upon to testify in a court of law to cruelties or acts of violence. As a result of their developmental shortcomings and immaturity, children find the criminal justice system extremely intimidating and challenging. The importance of realising a justice system that not only affords an accused person the right to a fair trial but also protects and safeguards the rights of the child victims of and witnesses to the crime is thus indisputable. The purpose of this research was therefore to assist the South African criminal justice system in its on-going challenge to find a balance between the right of the accused person to a fair trial and the protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses. The protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses in terms of the South African Constitution, applicable domestic law and international instruments relating thereto were extensively discussed and shortcomings identified. Possible solutions to ensure that child witnesses and child victims are adequately protected and supported during the trial stage of the criminal process were advanced. Particular emphasis was placed on the role of an intermediary in assisting child victims and child witnesses during the court process. Comparative research on the protection of child victims and child witnesses in the criminal justice systems of New Zealand and Namibia were also conducted. Conclusions drawn from comparative studies were used to recommend appropriate changes to the current system. It is submitted that the adequate protection and safeguarding of the rights of child victims and child witnesses are dependent not only on sound legal principles but also on governmental and other involved stakeholders’ commitment toward the realisation of these rights. In order to give proper effect to the protection and safeguarding of child victims’ and child witnesses’ rights, it is proposed that the recommendations made throughout this study should be adopted and implemented. In this regard the role of an intermediary is crucial and the use of intermediaries should be promoted.Private Law
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