Dissertations / Theses: 'Youth Services for Australia'

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Monisse-Redman, Michael. "Using Maslow's hierarchy of needs to improve mental health service provision to high-risk youth : evaluation of the Peel Youth Counsellor Program." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/254.

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This research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a youth counselling program with an innovative service delivery model influenced by Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The Peel Youth Counsellor Program (PYCP) is a promotion, prevention and early intervention program conceived as a result of an identified local need for a specialised program to work alongside mainstream mental health to provide services to youth aged 15 to 25 years. The PYCP began operation in January 2001 and is administered by the Peel Community Mental Health Service although is located fulltime in a community youth centre. The central service provision framework and understanding of youth engagement is based on youth friendly mental health services and Maslow's research into human motivation and its application to service delivery. The research outlines a comprehensive evaluation that was conducted using Austin's (1982) 'Objectives-Orientated' approach that uses a six step process to guide the implementation and analysis of what the program has achieved. The results suggest that the use of a community based youth counselling program adjunct to mainstream mental health, improves opportunities for promotion and prevention, and early (prodrama) intervention with a range of youth health and mental health issues, especially depression and suicide. With this information it is hoped that consideration will be made about current practice as well as the future development of mainstream mental health both giving priority to "youth" as an important entity in service provision.

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Dellar, Kristie Chanel. "Utility and Validity of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) for Young Offenders in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88698.

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This thesis examines the validity and utility of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory general risk assessment tool for youth offenders in Western Australia. The measure was found to be a valid and reliable predictor of general recidivism. A shortened measure improved predictive validity for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth. The findings contribute to building an empirical base for best practice in risk assessment and risk management with West Australian youth offenders.

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Knox, Kelvin J. "Designing and developing Aboriginal service organisations a journey of consciousness /." View thesis, 2006. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/13391.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2006.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Education, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Includes bibliographies.

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Doran, Cormac. "An investigation of youth work in Irish youth services." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2016. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/15211/.

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The aim of this project is to examine the extent to which youth work in Irish youth services pursues a social controlling function and to identify and examine types of power being deployed in the sector. The growth of youth services with paid, professional staff since the early 1990’s has seen the emergence of programmes for targeted young people (Scanlon et al 2010). Different in nature to historical, volunteer led youth work that focused on emancipating young people Lorenz (2009, p.8) identifies how contemporary targeted youth work “represents the interests of the system, which regards integration as an organisational task requiring structures, rational plans and utilitarian goals.” This study investigates youth work provision within a sample of Irish youth services. This sample is from a wide geographical range and consists of community based, independent and youth work organisation type youth services. Using an adaptation of Constructivist Grounded Theory (Charmaz 2006) and Adaptive Theory (Layder 1998), perspectives of youth service managers and civil servants with responsibility for youth provision are explored. The research process is focused on two main areas: the extent to which provision of youth programmes within the sampled services fulfils a social controlling function and the identification and exploration of the role of various stakeholders in programmes. The project addresses the above foci by gathering data through interviews and using a three stage coding process to interpret data. Key theoretical tools are adapted and deployed in a pragmatic nature to suit the project. Theory emanating from Bronfrenbrenner’s Ecological System is used when presenting findings relating to various levels within the area of study with Bourdieu’s concepts of Field and Capital used to explore subjective data as opposed to traditional objective approaches. The result of this process is the creation of new knowledge regarding the role of programmes in youth services, the identification of agencies in the sector and their motivations for involvement in youth work programmes.

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Pyvis, David. "The exploitation of youth: An alternative history of youth policy in Australia." Thesis, Pyvis, David (1991) The exploitation of youth: An alternative history of youth policy in Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1991. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51305/.

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This thesis argues against the prevailing orthodox view that governments in Australia have only recently recognised a need to isolate and address youth as a distinct population. Focusing particularly on Commonwealth policy, it provides evidence of a long and sustained history of government interventions with youth. (Attention is concentrated less on the implementation of these policies than on the rhetoric of the policy-makers: the sorts of reasons used in defence of government interventions, particularly in parliamentary debate.) This approach facilitates examining the way power is exercised over youth through the concepts in terms of which young people are identified and thought about and reveals an enduring logic underpinning government youth policy. The thesis argues that youth policy is characterised by the recognition of youth as a potential force or resource of the state to be developed and harnessed. But it goes beyond suggesting that youth is simply utilised in the national interest. Concentrating on the identity and roles politicians construct for youth in their rhetoric, it argues that this policy area marks out a generational interest, so that the old govern the young in the interests of preserving their own power. Youth policy is informed by the recognition of youth as a threat to the status quo. It is shaped by the need of each 'ruling generation' to oblige the young to accept its discipline and contribute to the maintenance and preservation of 'its' state. So the thesis ultimately argues that youth policy does not usually take the form of a benevolent intervention on behalf of youth, but is more commonly developed in the interests of its makers.

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Higgins, Susan Ellen. "Youth Services in an Electronic Environment." University of Wellington Press, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105817.

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Atkinson, Isabel. "Youth work research : initiatives in the study of young people, youth work and youth services." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339582.

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Lucero, Amanda. "Barriers to Services for Transitional Age Youth." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/191.

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This qualitative study examines the current barriers of services to transition age youth (TAY) who are newly emancipated from foster care. Data collection was derived from eight in depth interviews with local administrators within San Bernardino County with experience with youth and services within the TAY population. Study themes focused on how professionals suggested to engage TAY, tactics to instilling hope, highlighting successful services, and providing professional insight on working with the unique population. Present day research emphasizes the importance of the emotional capacity of TAY, which is a key theme within the present study. As current rates of homelessness, the dependency of government assistance programs, and mental health services increase for the TAY population, the need for improved services is apparent. Study results indicated five distinct themes pertaining to youth impediments and the need for foster system adjustments, and include: unmet mental health needs, available housing facilities, mistrust from the youth, the integration from Peer and Family Assistant’s, and systemic barriers.

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Heath, Alexander Jane. "Youth education decisions and job-search behaviour in Australia." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2000. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1530/.

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This thesis uses Australian unit-record data to examine two important aspects of labour supply behaviour. The first part of this thesis examines the participation decisions of Australian teenagers. Traditionally, the decision of whether to complete school or enter the labour force has been explained using personal characteristics, such as age and gender, and family background characteristics, such as parents' education. Chapter 2 extends this framework to consider whether neighbourhood characteristics provide information about these participation decisions over and above personal and family background characteristics. The results suggest that neighbourhood effects are present. Also within this framework, Chapter 3 considers whether government policy initiatives, designed to increase the proportion of Australian teenagers completing high school, achieved this aim. Again, the results suggest that this extension increases our understanding of teenage participation decisions. The second part of this thesis investigates two aspects of job-search behaviour. Chapter 4 examines the factors that affect how teenagers look for work. An equilibrium search model is developed to explain why local labour market conditions may be important. The empirical analysis supports the model's implication that teenagers in high unemployment areas are more likely to use general search methods, such as a newspapers or employment agencies, which appear to be less successful on average. Chapter 5 considers whether reservation wage information helps to explain the unemployment duration of the individuals in a sample that covers a wider cross-section of the Australian labour market. Despite the importance of this variable in job-search models, it does not appear to explain unemployment duration experiences once background characteristics and previous labour market experience has been controlled for.

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Wakholi, Peter. "African cultural education : African migrant youth in Western Australia /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050705.104626.

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Sutcliffe, John. "The youth work career: Exploring long-term careers of professional youth workers in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2021. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2425.

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The purpose of this research was to explore the meaning and experiences of the long-term careers of youth workers. This study selected a Western Australian sample group of 10 degreequalified youth workers who had graduated between 1990 and 1999 and had experienced careers in youth work spanning 20 years. The existing literature pertaining to long-term youth work careers was sparse in certain aspects, which established the primary need for the research focus. The related literature was found to represent a negative image of youth work as a career. Youth work was considered lacking in professional identity and was most commonly characterised by burnout, temporary employment prospects and an occupational pathway to other related professions. The deficits and barriers to retention and career longevity prompted the question: How does this explain those individuals who have forged a long-term career in youth work? Two research methods were used in this study: phenomenological inquiry, to seek the shared experiences of the youth work career, and grounded theory methods, to examine the extent to which the self-concept theory of career development and the life career rainbow model could be applied to improve understanding of youth work as a long-term career. The study found important differences in comparison with findings of the existing literature. Participants described careers characteristic of continuous employment; sustainability through supportive connections; longevity through leadership opportunities; and a diverse fusion of opportunities, variety and flexibility in roles undertaken. In stark contrast with the existing literature, these findings led to the development of a synthesised provisional model of the long-term youth work career. Key contributions to knowledge from the study include a constructive representation of the long-term youth work career, with significant factors of longevity being continuous employment, leadership opportunities, diversity in roles and workplaces, and supportive connections. Appraisal of career theory also resulted in suggested revisions to the self-concept theory of career development and the life career rainbow model. A provisional model of the long-term youth work career was developed, which was synthesised from the findings and key discussion points of this study. The provisional model reflected the youth work career as a knowledge-based profession, a distinct practice, a sustainable profession and a long-term career prospect. The findings also have potential implications for the youth field, particularly individual and organisational ethical practice, the importance of workplace and role flexibility, the inclusivity of youth work contexts, and the prioritisation of professional supervision and mentoring.

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Schweitzer, Donald Dale. "Runaway and Homeless Youth: Changing the Discourse by Legitimizing Youth Voice." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/292.

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Undoubtedly, runaway and homeless youth (RHY) are one of the most vulnerable, yet underserved groups in our country. Well-meaning advocates have developed programs and services in an attempt to remedy this, yet there is little evidence of their effectiveness. Moreover, according to the research literature, a low utilization rate of current services by youth is a major concern. From a constructivist theoretical position, this study posits that the missing element is youth voice and the researcher hired formerly homeless youth to conduct the analysis of focus group data gathered from RHY who were participating in a range of services funded by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. By employing participatory action research (PAR) methods, this study privileges youth voice and asks two research questions; 1) what are current program models doing right with regards to RHY services, and 2) what can be learned by employing youth analysts in research. Findings indicate that how services are offered is as important as what services are offered. Additionally, by privileging youth and providing meaningful participation, youth are exceptionally capable to develop and evaluate services, programs and policy. Youth workers must continue to privilege youth voice if they hope to effect change in the lives of young people. If not, services will continue to play a key role in keeping RHY as one of the most marginalized groups in our society.

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Alati, Rosa. "The health of migrant youth in Australia : a longitudinal study /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17677.pdf.

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Mpini, Buyiswa Sylvia. "The perceptions and experiences of out-of-school youth regarding youth services in KwaZakhele." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/667.

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This research study has been conducted to explore and describe the perceptions and experiences of out-of-school youth regarding their access to the youth services available to them. A qualitative approach is followed and an exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design is utilized. The sample of the study was procured by means of purposive sampling. Data were collected by means of focus group discussions which were conducted using a questioning guide. Data were analysed according to the steps for qualitative data analysis provided by Tesch in Creswell (1994). To ensure the trustworthiness of the research findings, Guba’s model in Krefting (1991) was employed. The research findings were verified against the existing body of knowledge in order to compare and contrast the themes and sub-themes that emerged from the process of data analysis. The main themes that emerged from the study are lack of knowledge regarding available services, Needs or desires of out-of-school youth, hindrances or obstacles to access available youth services, suggestions for services relevant to needs of out-of-school youth and suggestions to make out-of-school youth aware of available services.

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Hollingworth, Samantha. "The contraceptive behaviour of young women in Australia /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17767.pdf.

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Mortensen, Wayne. "Customer-supplier relations in the Australian information technology and telecommunications industry : a strategic perspective." Monash University, Faculty of Business and Economics, 1997. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8075.

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Hurley, Jennifer. "The Bermuda Triangle, homeless youth, social services and education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0026/MQ51573.pdf.

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Robertson, Ebony. "Transitional services for emancipated foster youth| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527745.

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The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant to provide support and services to emancipated foster youth that will enable youth to obtain self-sufficiency and a healthy lifestyle. Emancipated foster youth experience many challenges once they exit the foster care system. The proposed program will give them an opportunity to increase their ability to live independently. An extensive literature review was performed to investigate the best ways to assist emancipated foster youth with addressing their needs such as housing, employment, education, social support, safe sex practices and mental health concerns. A search was conducted to locate an appropriate funder for this program.

California Community Foundation is the funder that was chosen to fund this program. This foundation is committed to assisting transition aged youth attain self-sufficiency. The program will provide support and services to emancipated foster youth in the city of Los Angeles, California.

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Carney, Michelle Mohr. "An evaluation of wraparound services with juvenile delinquent youth /." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487941504292253.

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Shearn, Katharine M. "Delivering positive youth sexual health services : a realist evaluation." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2018. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20983/.

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International and English scholars, youth advocates, policy makers and young people call for sexual health services which take a positive, holistic, comprehensive approach to support young people achieve sexual wellbeing. The enduring model of youth sexual health services is, however, orientated towards reducing the negative impacts of sexual activity. There is limited evidence and theory to facilitate the widespread transformation of services to support sexual wellbeing. Specifically, current policy and academic outputs lack programme theory which describes how such a transformation might be realised. The current study aims to contribute to this gap by addressing the question - what works to deliver positive youth sexual health services, when, under what circumstances and why? A realist evaluation was used to address the research question. Programme theory, providing specific ideas for local buy-in to positive services, was developed iteratively over four research cycles. This comprised theory building and refinement using data from two literature reviews, a comparative case study of three organisations where positive services have been attempted and thorough engagement with realist and existing formal theories of behaviour, organisation and social change. Analysis demonstrated that local buy-in to positive services could be led by the following factors: clarity regarding what positive services are, and what one's individual role is in implementing it; conviction that the approach is the best way to bring support young people and cultural and structural coherence with local policy and practice. The results illuminated occasions when structural, cultural and agential entities were aligned to bring about positive changes. The thesis illustrates a method for conducting a realist evaluation of a large scale, messy intervention which systematically utilises multiple existing formal theories and engages closely with mechanisms operating between cultural, structural and agential layers of society. This thesis contributes new programme theory for local buy-in to positive services, a critical step towards delivering positive youth sexual health services. It also provides detailed recommendations for policy makers, commissioners and practitioners. Wider lessons may also be drawn by those engaged with culture and structural change within public sector organisations, particularly where the new practice is emerging and may be culturally sensitive.

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Zimmerman, Patricia Arlyne. "Adolescent Mothers : Youth in Need of Developmentally Appropriate Services." PDXScholar, 2006. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4490.

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This research examines the childhood abuse and maltreatment experiences of adolescent mothers (age 14 to 17; N = 80) to investigate if these experiences have hindered their socioemotional development and consequently, their parenting behaviors and attitudes. Data were gathered using four standardized self-report instruments: the Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC), the BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory-Youth Version (EQi-YV), and the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2). Two additional questionnaires were developed to gather demographic and social service information to add to the knowledge base of the field, and to examine what (if any) developmentally focused services young mothers may need. Interitem and interscale correlations, simple regressions, and hierarchical regressions were produced and examined to determine the strength and types of relationships between the variables. The explanatory capabilities of sets of predictor variables were tested as well. Overall 76.3% of participants reported experiencing childhood abuse and/or neglect above minimal levels. Predictor variables high levels of emotional neglect and depression significantly predicted lower socioemotional development (p < .001 and p < .05); higher levels of socioemotional development significantly predicted more positive parenting attitudes regarding corporal punishment (p < .05); and socioeconomic status predicted more positive empathy and role reversal parental attitudes (p < .05). The results of the research also supported alternative hypotheses regarding the need for appropriate and specific developmental and clinical services for teenage mothers who have suffered childhood trauma and neglect. In spite of the high maltreatment rate reported by participants, only 24% of participants had received any family therapy and only 41% had received any individual therapy. Other developmental and/or clinical service provision proportions were quite low as well (range 24-54% not received). Accordingly, demographic and services data are provided, descriptively analyzed, and discussed in detail. Study limitations and practice considerations, and a new assessment and service delivery model are offered, as are suggestions for future research.

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Glasson-Walls, Simone. "Learning to belong: A study of the lived experience of homeless students in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/809.

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This is a phenomenological study of the lived experiences of homeless young people in Western Australia. Its focus is the reasons why homeless young people leave education, although many of them make a serious effort to complete post-compulsory schooling. The study was qualitative, and was designed as an in-depth analysis of the experiences of five young people aged between 15 and 17, all attending the same school. Data collection consisted of two in-depth interviews with each participant, and a focus group discussion with all five. Although the study’s focus as the issue of homelessness and schooling, it quickly expanded when it became quite clear that the issues confronting these students went far beyond the school grounds. Homelessness to these young people was not about shelter or accommodation, it was about searching for a place to belong, and a place to be at ‘home’. The study challenges the idea that schooling and housing are merely practical issues. Instead, it illustrates how the social and psychological implications of homelessness have a strong negative impact on schooling, and how the young homeless person’s physical ability to attend classes is not as important as being able to pay attention, contribute, and learn, in the face of overwhelming social pressures. The study’s results are similar to others in that it found that homelessness poses many obstacles to young people wishing to succeed in education, and that current initiatives to retain such students fall short of requirements. This study provides insight into the unique experiences of the young homeless people themselves. It demonstrates that young people need a holistic approach to support, an approach that goes beyond the instrumental needs of education to include all aspects of everyday life.

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au, r. mccarron@ecu edu, and Robyn McCarron. "Performing arts in regional communities: The case of Bunbury, Western Australia." Murdoch University, 2004. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050501.153348.

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Abstract In Australia during the 1990s increased attention was paid to regional, rural and remote communities and, in terms of arts and culture, the establishment of regional arts umbrella organisations, at both national and state levels, stimulated interest in, and development of, the arts in those communities. Discourses around the notion of the civil society and the ways in which social and cultural capital can be acquired and transferred, have led to renewed interest in the economic and social functions of the voluntary, not-for-profit sector of Australian society. This thesis aims to advance the critical study of regional cultural development. It examines the role and function of the performing arts within regional communities through a case study of the city of Bunbury, Western Australia. Regional performing arts are often trivialised or marginalised by metropolitan practitioners, critics and academics, particularly as they are almost entirely, in Australia, a volunteer/amateur pursuit. However volunteer performing arts groups provide physical and social spaces that encourage networks of civil engagement that have implications for the functioning of the broader community; and, in the case of Bunbury, a degree of independence from the bureaucratic requirements of arts funding bodies. The thesis proposes that volunteer, not-for-profit (amateur) theatre has a stronger claim on the title community theatre than the state-funded community theatre movement of the 1970s and 1980s. The thesis also examines the strong community affiliations that have been generated by the community-owned, professionally-managed Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. It situates this discussion in the context of the rapidly changing urban landscape in which the Entertainment Centre is placed and its affiliations with local, regional, state and national funding, networking and touring structures. It argues that considerable social and cultural capital is generated through the active involvement of citizens at many levels of the performing arts in a regional community such as Bunbury. Although for most, the involvement is voluntary and recreational, it also has direct economic outcomes in terms of the developing creative industries of the region. A major contribution of the thesis is the provision of a model for the function and impact of regional community performing arts as it theorises the tensions between governmental (funding) models and self-generated regional arts practices through case study and detailed analysis. In doing so the thesis contributes to key debates in two significant ways, firstly by providing an important historical/cultural document and secondly, by highlighting new ways of thinking and speaking about the role of the performing arts in regional communities.

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Hung, Ying-ho Billy, and 洪英豪. "Marketing for the children and youth centre services in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31977340.

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Scharff, Karen. "Predictors of Use and Outcomes of Youth and Family Centers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2781/.

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This study analyzed data from Dallas Public Schools and Dallas Youth and Family Centers (YFCs) to explore variables associated with referrals to and utilization of Youth and Family Centers. Data from students enrolled in third, eighth or tenth grade during the 1996-1997, 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 school years were analyzed to determine the reasons for YFC referral and utilization, and to compare standardized test scores and attendance. Of the 6956 students in third, eighth and tenth grades initially referred to YFCs during those three school years, 5173 (74.3%) made at least one YFC visit. The 5173 students made an average of 2.69 visits and accessed an average of 1.18 services per year. Medical visits accounted for 42.5% of YFC visits, and mental health visits accounted for 46% of YFC visits. Results of logistic regression analyses indicate a significant difference for utilization upon referral and continued use of the YFC when the constant is compared to a set of predictor variables. For both analyses, the predictor variables were Chapter I status, LEP status, reason for referral, gender, special education status, ethnicity, distance from home school to referral YFC, food stamp eligibility and referral source. While outcome data regarding attendance and scores on standardized tests was limited to records available, results suggest that mean reading scores for eighth graders were significantly higher during Year 1 for the group that accessed YFC services. School attendance was better for eighth graders who made continued use of a YFC. Use of medical services by third graders was associated with a gain in attendance rather than a slight loss for the third graders who did not access medical services upon referral. Results of this study were limited by missing data for several records. The competitive atmosphere of health care service delivery and the practical need to know about service delivery at the sites should make data management a priority.

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Bellanova, Tatiana. "Case study of a faith-based youth development program serving Latino youth." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1610113261&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Dean, Latoya Lavan. "Service Provisions for Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149580/.

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Youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) have poorer outcomes compared to their peers with and without disabilities. As a result, the federal government has mandated transition services to improve supports and ultimately student outcomes. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS-2), this secondary analysis looked at services provided to youth with EBD (n = 410). The purpose of the study was to show a relationship between utilization of multiple services and the attainment of paid employment, and/or attending post-secondary education. Results indicate relationships between receiving financial services, tutoring and educational services and vocational services with attending a post-secondary institution. Logistic regression indicated a relationship between time, age and amount or services with paid employment. These results indicate the need for continuous, systematic and linked services for youth with EBD well into their twenties.

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Woo, Lee Kam-ling Kathleen. "An exploratory study of partnerships between family services and children and youth services of non-governmental organizations in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35278481.

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Wakholi, Peter. "African cultural education: a dialogue with African migrant youth in Western Australia." Thesis, Wakholi, Peter (2005) African cultural education: a dialogue with African migrant youth in Western Australia. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2005. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/383/.

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African Cultural Education: A dialogue with African migrant youth in Western Australia, examines cultural issues that concern a specific group of African migrant youths. The ten youth participants three of whom are male and seven female share their concerns and desires about issues relating to their cultural identity. As a minority group in a predominantly Eurocentric society they are faced with cultural challenges, which influence their being namely: Racism and the pressure to assimilate. The thesis adopts an African Centred Cultural Democracy approach: which proposes that African people must construct a 'new' African identity and must begin to perceive and interpret the world in its entirety from an African psychological, spiritual, and cultural frame of reference. This approach requires an ongoing critical assesement of both subjective lived experience and objective conditions. Through the Ujamaa circle process the youth participants along with the facilitator examined challenges to their cultural identities and alternative liberatory options. Growing up in a culturally alienating Eurocentric culture, they felt the need for an African cultural space, in which they could explore issues affecting them as African descendants. In particular racism and assimilation were of major concern to them. They were of the opinion that there should be an ongoing African Cultural Education Program to facilitate cultural re-evaluation and continuity. It is the study's conclusion that cultural education for a minority African migrant group in a dominant Eurocentric culture is essential for their identities and continued root-cultural connectedness. Within the African Cultural Education conceptual framework, in addition to African cultural re-evaluation, it is possible to critically explore oppressive and domineering practices of the mainstream culture. It is also possible that the African migrant youth may become equipped with alternative worldviews from an African perspective, which will enable him/her to make informed judgement and response towards inappropriate mainstream attitudes and values. Participation in the arena of cultural politics will therefore be based on informed practice.

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au, p_wakholi@yahoo com, and Peter Wakholi. "African Cultural Education: A dialogue with African migrant youth in Western Australia." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20050705.104626.

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African Cultural Education: A dialogue with African migrant youth in Western Australia, examines cultural issues that concern a specific group of African migrant youths. The ten youth participants three of whom are male and seven female share their concerns and desires about issues relating to their cultural identity. As a minority group in a predominantly Eurocentric society they are faced with cultural challenges, which influence their being namely: Racism and the pressure to assimilate. The thesis adopts an Afrikan1 Centred Cultural Democracy approach: which proposes that African people must construct a new African identity and must begin to perceive and interpret the world in its entirety from an African psychological, spiritual, and cultural frame of reference. This approach requires an ongoing critical assesement of both subjective lived experience and objective conditions. Through the Ujamaa circle process the youth participants along with the facilitator examined challenges to their cultural identities and alternative liberatory options. Growing up in a culturally alienating Eurocentric culture, they felt the need for an African cultural space, in which they could explore issues affecting them as African descendants. In particular racism and assimilation were of major concern to them. They were of the opinion that there should be an ongoing African Cultural Education Program to facilitate cultural re-evaluation and continuity. It is the studys conclusion that cultural education for a minority African migrant group in a dominant Eurocentric culture is essential for their identities and continued root-cultural connectedness. Within the African Cultural Education conceptual framework, in addition to African cultural re-evaluation, it is possible to critically explore oppressive and domineering practices of the mainstream culture. It is also possible that the African migrant youth may become equipped with alternative worldviews from an African perspective, which will enable him/her to make informed judgement and response towards inappropriate mainstream attitudes and values. Participation in the arena of cultural politics will therefore be based on informed practice.

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Constantine, Stephanie. "Supportive services for transitional and emancipated youth| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523156.

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The purpose of this project was to identify potential funding sources and write a grant proposal to fund a program that supports both transitional and emancipated youth aged 13-25 in becoming successful, self-sufficient and independent adults. The program will focus on providing support through group and individual counseling, education and fostering connections through peer mentorships to improve the chances of positive outcomes for transitional and emancipated foster youth. By providing guidance and support, this program is aimed at reducing negative outcomes due to history of abuse and neglect, inadequate education and lack of emotional support, all of which often affect transitional aged and emancipated foster youth. The host agency for the proposed program is Hannah's Children's Homes. The funding source identified for the proposed program is California Community Foundation. The actual submission and funding of this grant proposal was not a requirement for the successful completion of this project.

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Hung, Suet-lin Shirley. "Professional power and policy formulation an analysis of youth welfare services in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31964485.

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Henry, Sandra. "Developing a shared vision for youth recreation services with meaningful youth involvement for Esquimalt Parks and Recreation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ49184.pdf.

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Musarurwa, Hillary Jephat. "Business modelling for inclusive financial services: How to enhance access to financial services for marginalised youth." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19890.

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The aim of this research was to develop a business model that will enhance the access to financial services by marginalised youth. In order to develop such a relevant business model it was necessary to understand the needs and challenges being faced by targeted clients in using and accessing formal financial services. Accessing such services will help them build assets in the long term, smooth cashflow and make savings as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Currently there are a number of barriers compounding financial exclusion and thus increasing the inequality gap. The study applied design thinking and systems thinking tools to undertake business model innovation and come out with a plausible alternative financial services model for youth and immigrants in Zimbabwe and South Africa respectively. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were applied to unpack the financial services needs of youth and how they are currently accessing service. An ethnographic approach as well as snowballing were applied in order to get to the respondents. Covert observations were done at a construction site in a bid to collect the immigrants' silent narrative of how they got to South Africa and are surviving from day to day. The research discovered that Zimbabwean youth residing in Zimbabwe and those who have migrated to South Africa are financially excluded yet they need financial services. It also discovered that there are business models being applied globally and in South Africa that are aimed at closing the financial exclusion gap. The study concluded that it is possible to have a business model that aims at serving youth, more so immigrants in South Africa, and provide them with low cost products that have a social impact on their livelihoods

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Au, Yin-ha, and 區燕霞. "A study of utilization and needs of information technology services for youth at the children and youth centres." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250439.

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Mastronardi, Laura. "The Inuit community workers' experience of youth protection /." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60474.

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The delivery of youth protection services by indigenous social workers in native communities is a fairly recent development in Quebec. This research project is a qualitative study of the practice experience of Inuit community workers located on the Ungava Bay coast of Arctic Quebec. Using participant observation and dialogue as methods of inquiry, an attempt is made to render an account of the workers' day-to-day experience of youth protection work. The findings suggest that their conditions of work encourage a passive subordination to the bureaucratic organization of practice. This tendency emerges in response to the difficulties workers encounter while trying to conform to the requirements of the Youth Protection Act and, at the same time, to the norms and realities of Inuit village life. The resultant tension is central to the Inuit workers' experience and not amenable to any simple resolution. Implications for social work practice, policy and research are examined in light of these findings.

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Anglin, James P. "Staffed group homes for children and youth : constructing a theoretical framework for understanding." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/9296.

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This research study utilised the grounded theory method as developed by Glaser and Strauss (1967) in order to construct a theoretical framework for understanding the functioning of staffed group homes for children and youth. Ten residential settings in five governmental regions of British Columbia were studied over a period of fourteen months using the techniques of on-site participant observation, transcribed interviews and document analysis. The core theme that emerged from the constant comparative analysis was "congruence". The notions of the "struggle for congruence" and "the flow of congruence" in service of the children's best interests were seen to play a pivotal role in the functioning of group home life and work, and three properties of congruence were identified: consistency, reciprocity and coherence. Three major psychosocial processes also emerged as sub-categories, including: "creating an extrafamilial living environment", the overall task of a home; "responding to pain and pain-based behaviour", the major challenge for staff; and "developing a sense of normality", the primary goal for residents. Completing the framework matrix were eleven key interactional dynamics that were evident across all five levels of operation of the group homes, namely: extra-agency, management, supervision, carework/teamwork, and youth and families. Ten selected residential child and youth care studies published in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States are analysed through the lens of the framework. While seen to be complementary to the related texts, this study brings forward several previously neglected aspects of group home life and work together with more commonly explored notions into an integrated and accessible framework. Implications for residential child and youth care policy development, education, practice and research are proposed.

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Freeman, Tyrone McKinley. "Youth input and participation in Reach for Youth's strategic planning for community-based youth and family social services." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217402.

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This creative project was developed as a supplement to the external stakeholder assessment component of the strategic planning process that Reach for Youth, Inc. (RFY)-a nonprofit youth organization located in Indianapolis, Indiana-adopted to create its strategic plan for 2002 to 2005. It supplemented the larger strategic planning process by positively engaging youth in focus group activities using surveys, creative exercises, and questionnaires, to attain their input and feedback, as program participants and primary stakeholders in the agency. As a result, youth participation validated the overall process, substantiated RFY's interest in expanding programs, influenced identification of critical issues that formed the basis of the plan, and sparked an organizational conversation about youth participation in the agency. The youth not only provided important feedback that informed RFY's strategic plan, they also were given a meaningful opportunity to express themselves as individuals, and had their roles in and contributions to the agency affirmed.
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Au, Yin-ha. "A study of utilization and needs of information technology services for youth at the children and youth centres /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20131124.

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Backe, Horst Werner. "Factors associated with access to health services by Winnipeg street youth." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0022/MQ51682.pdf.

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Ribeira, Breanna. "Transitional services for non-dependent transitional age youth| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1523284.

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This grant proposal examines the risk factors of Transitional Age Youth (TAY) and outcomes that influence a successful transition to adulthood among dependent and non-dependent TAY. Additionally, the grant examines the negative outcomes this population is at risk for, such as higher rates of substance abuse, pregnancy, mental health issues, and lower rates of employment and education. Based upon research and the effectiveness of particular programs such as Independent Living Programs, Mentoring Programs, and Transitional Housing Placements that help decrease the negative outcomes.

Overall this grant proposes the need for further transitional services for the nondependent TAY through an employment position titled as the Transitional Services Case Manager (TSCM) employed by the nonprofit Agency of True to Life Connections (TLC) Child and Family Services located in Sebastopol, California. Actual submission and/or funding of this grant were not a requirement for the successful completion of this project.

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Hung, Ying-ho Billy. "Marketing for the children and youth centre services in Hong Kong." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13745062.

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Parker, Shaunette Roberta Byers. "Impact of Positive Youth Development Services on Resilience Among Adjudicated Girls." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2571.

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Positive youth development (PYD) frameworks that guide PYD services suggest at-risk youth need to develop resiliency attitudes and resiliency skills in order to prevent long-term failure in their adult lives. This concept is based on multiple developmental theories that suggest increased levels of resiliency make it easier to navigate challenging situations. Adjudicated youth have faced a major setback in their short lives, yet they still have an opportunity to become successful and avoid additional jail time, if they are able to display a strong sense of resilience. Many youth development programs geared toward serving adjudicated youth, lack the appropriate structure and services to ensure youth are able to develop strong resiliency attitudes and skills. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of PYD services on the resiliency attitudes and skills of teenage girls at an all-girls Department of Juvenile Justice residential facility. Archival data from the Resiliency Attitudes and Skills Profile (RASP) were used. RASP identifies the following domains as indicators of resiliency attitudes and skills: humor, creativity, insight, initiative, independence, relationships, and values orientation. Multiple regression analysis showed that the longer residents are in the program, the better they scored on the relationships, insight, humor, and creativity domains. Since culture can have an impact on youth development, race and ethnicity were analyzed. Hispanic residents did better on the overall RASP and the values orientation, insight, initiative, and creativity domains. These findings may help youth development professionals understand the importance for troubled youth to remain in a developmental program for a longer time while engaging in activities geared toward increasing resiliency.

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Woo, Lee Kam-ling Kathleen, and 李錦玲. "An exploratory study of partnerships between family services and children and youth services organizations in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35278481.

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Wibowo, Yosi Irawati. "Rural pharmacy services in Western Australia : a time-series comparative study." Thesis, Curtin University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/471.

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Objectives: to evaluate rural pharmacy practice in Western Australia (WA) (“2006 data”), and to perform a time-series comparison with the previous data (“2002 data”) that were sourced from the National Pharmacy Database Project in 2002.Methods: a questionnaire used in the 2006 survey was developed based on that used in the 2002 national survey. In the 2002 survey, questionnaires were mailed to 1391 representative participant pharmacies (82 participants from rural WA), of which 1131 were returned (66 respondents from rural WA). The response rate for rural WA was 80.5%. In the 2006 survey, questionnaires were mailed to all 103 sample pharmacies of rural WA, of which 51 were returned. This gave a response rate of 49.5%. Chi-square tests were used to test individual associations between year of survey against pharmacist or pharmacy characteristics, or provision of services. Where significant associations were reported between year of survey and provision of particular services, logistic regressions controlling for gender, age, PhARIA location, and inclusion of a forward pharmacy area, were performed.Results: pharmacist characteristics were not significantly different across the two surveys with regard to age, gender, year of registration, qualification, Continuing Professional Education (CPE) involvement, and position. Similar pharmacy characteristics were reported in relation to PhARIA, setting, group membership, inclusion of counselling areas, method of operation, trading hours and annual turnover. Only Quality Care Pharmacy Program (QCPP) accredited-pharmacies significantly increased. In both surveys, WA rural pharmacies offered a range of services, including prescription-related activities, medication reviews, preventive services, primary health care, harm minimisation services, and Enhanced Pharmacy Services (EPS). A significantly higher percentage of pharmacies provided clinical testing for monitoring, Domiciliary Medication Management Reviews (DMMRs), and printed information for non-prescribed medicines. There were marked increases in weight testing and weight management services. Smoking cessation was offered by over 50% of pharmacies, and tended to increase. However, other EPS (asthma, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia), which correspond to the National Health Priorities Areas (NHPAs) and rural needs, were reported by less than 50% of pharmacies in both surveys. A shortage of pharmacy workforce still remained a problem, as evidenced by similar numbers of full-time equivalent (FTE) pharmacists per pharmacy. This study also highlights several issues, including less CPE involvement, low uptake of forward pharmacy, and low participation in the S100 scheme.Conclusions: This study found a remarkable consistency of WA rural pharmacy practice across the two surveys. However, significant increases were reported in some important services such as weight management. This findings may indicate that support for important services is required if they are to be taken up by the profession. The government and pharmacy bodies need to address the workforce barriers to improve access to pharmacy services for rural communities.

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Premkamolnetr, Nongyao. "Information services to tenant companies in technology parks : Australia and Thailand." Thesis, Curtin University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/968.

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This thesis investigates the most appropriate and effective ways in which a university library can interact with tenant companies and the staff in a technology park. Tenant company staff members in five Australian Technology Parks were surveyed about their information needs, information use, and information seeking behaviour as well as their attitudes towards university libraries which offered services to them. Three of the five Australian Technology Parks had formal relationships with universities and their libraries. The librarians of these universities were interviewed on their attitudes towards the provision of information services to the technology park community, as well as the information services they offered to this group of clients.The research results indicated that most of the respondents who were engaged in R&D areas accessed university libraries' collections for technical information and valued their services and the professional help of the librarians, whereas those in other areas, particularly marketing and sales, did not place as high a value on these services. One striking finding from the research was that the respondents in the latter group use the Internet as their preferred first source of information, not informal personal contact as been expected and indicated in previous studies. A contributing factor to low use of the university libraries was poor promotion of library services.A major objective of the research was to obtain information on the relevance of the Australian data to developing and offering services to tenants in a new technology park in Thailand. Results drawn from the Australian data was used to form a model for the interaction between university libraries and tenant company staff in Thai technology parks. The model was tested through interviews with Thai sample group and was then fine-tuned to meet Thai economic and social conditions prior to proposing it for use in Thailand.This research indicated that many aspects of Thai university libraries need to be adjusted in order to successfully provide effective information services to the technology park community. These include clearly defining library policies towards the tenants, increasing and improving avenues of access to library services, improving library performance and services, increasing promotion and marketing, supporting personnel development policies, and creating partnerships with other organisations.

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Premkamolnetr, Nongyao. "Information services to tenant companies in technology parks : Australia and Thailand." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Information Studies, 1998. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=10733.

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This thesis investigates the most appropriate and effective ways in which a university library can interact with tenant companies and the staff in a technology park. Tenant company staff members in five Australian Technology Parks were surveyed about their information needs, information use, and information seeking behaviour as well as their attitudes towards university libraries which offered services to them. Three of the five Australian Technology Parks had formal relationships with universities and their libraries. The librarians of these universities were interviewed on their attitudes towards the provision of information services to the technology park community, as well as the information services they offered to this group of clients.The research results indicated that most of the respondents who were engaged in R&D areas accessed university libraries' collections for technical information and valued their services and the professional help of the librarians, whereas those in other areas, particularly marketing and sales, did not place as high a value on these services. One striking finding from the research was that the respondents in the latter group use the Internet as their preferred first source of information, not informal personal contact as been expected and indicated in previous studies. A contributing factor to low use of the university libraries was poor promotion of library services.A major objective of the research was to obtain information on the relevance of the Australian data to developing and offering services to tenants in a new technology park in Thailand. Results drawn from the Australian data was used to form a model for the interaction between university libraries and tenant company staff in Thai technology parks. The model was tested through interviews with Thai sample group and was then fine-tuned to meet Thai economic and social ++
conditions prior to proposing it for use in Thailand.This research indicated that many aspects of Thai university libraries need to be adjusted in order to successfully provide effective information services to the technology park community. These include clearly defining library policies towards the tenants, increasing and improving avenues of access to library services, improving library performance and services, increasing promotion and marketing, supporting personnel development policies, and creating partnerships with other organisations.

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Wells, Robert Paul. "Factors Influencing Access to Paediatric Speech Pathology Services in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89249.

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Communication difficulties impact a child’s Health-Related Quality of Life, and over time, their academic and financial success. It is important to address communication difficulties, however some families find service access difficult, and others may be unable to access appropriate services. Speech pathologists and service designers can use The Model of Access to Speech Pathology Services (MASPS) as an interpretive model to review and improve service access for the Western Australian community.

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Lo, Yuen-shan, and 羅婉珊. "The role of children and youth centres in fulfiling adolescents'needs." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893466.

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Madsen, Wendy Lee. "Nursing services in the Rockhampton district, 1911 - 1957." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16115/1/Wendy_Madsen_Thesis.pdf.

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Throughout the twentieth century, nursing services gradually moved from being located within the community to being concentrated in institutions, such as hospitals. The aim of this thesis is to identify those nursing services that existed within the Rockhampton region from 1911 to 1957; to document the evolution of the services; and to explore those factors that influenced this evolution. In particular, an emphasis is placed on social and political factors. The nursing services explored in this thesis include private duty nursing, private hospitals, church and charity facilities, public hospitals and public community services. These services represent most nursing opportunities during the first half of the twentieth century. However, this thesis takes a unique position by exploring all services in detail within a limited location. In order to accomplish this, an empirical historical method is utilised, based on a wide range of documentary primary sources drawn from archival collections relating to Rockhampton and the nursing profession. By examining a limited geographical area, this thesis highlights the complexity of nursing in regards to who nursed, how nursing was practiced and what factors influenced nursing. A particular feature that emerges within this thesis is the important role untrained nurses played within nursing services throughout the period under review. This group dominated private duty nursing and lying-hospitals in the Rockhampton region, although were gradually restricted to facilities for the aged and chronically ill. Trained nurses also became more institutionalised throughout the period, gradually losing former levels of autonomy as they gained more controlled working conditions, wages and career structures. Finally, this thesis highlights variations in nursing services between metropolitan and regional areas of Queensland.

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