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Allnutt, S. Jane. "An Exploration of Three New South Wales Nurse Practitioner Services in 2008." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/10006e59ffd517c6e3c66eabe3a26a5a441eba18650548dca86fcf9b073f1ffb/4830225/ALLNUTT_2018_THESIS.pdf.
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Background
To control increasing health costs, the Australian government initiated a range of health care reforms in the late 1990s. In 2000, the development of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Service in New South Wales (NSW) was one strategy implemented to improve health care delivery. Supported by legislation, NPs extended their role beyond other nursing roles. The number of NPs in NSW doubled between 2004 and 2007, and NP Services flourished. With little published evidence, research was vital to justify the contribution of this new and rapidly evolving service model to existing health services and the acceptability of the new service model to patients seeking health care. Through interviewing relevant stakeholders and a medical record audit, this study generated knowledge about both the integration of the NP Service with existing health services and patient perceptions of the NP Service.
Aim and Research Objectives
Aim:
Using an intrinsic case study design, the aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the early implementation of the NSW NP Service in 2008.
Specifically, this study sought to answer five research objectives:
1) To understand the physical environment and organisational characteristics of the NP Service.
2) To investigate the patient care provided by the NP Service.
3) To examine NPs’ views about their role and its integration into the existing health care team.
4) To investigate health professionals’ views about the NP Service and its integration into the existing health care team.
5) To examine the patients’ experiences of the NP Service.
Methods
Using Stake’s (1995) classification, this intrinsic case study design was conducted from November 2008 to April 2009. The case was the NP Service and three services were studied as embedded units. Three NPs from three different health services (a mental health NP working in an emergency department, an emergency NP working in the subacute area of an emergency department and a neonatal NP working in neonatal intensive care), who met the inclusion criteria of being authorised and endorsed nurse practitioners, were sampled by geographical and service diversity. Data sources included participant observation, interviews and medical record audit. Participant observation examined the physical and organisational characteristics of the NP Service. The NPs were interviewed about their role and integration with health care teams using face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with 5 health professionals and 5 patients per site, selected using maximum variation sampling, about their views and experiences of the NP Service. A medical record audit of 10 consecutive patients (included those interviewed plus an additional 5 patients per site) was undertaken following consultation with the NP, to identify the elements of care provided by the NP. Qualitative data (interviews and participant observation) were analysed using thematic analysis, triangulation and concept modelling. Medical record audit data were analysed descriptively. Enablers and constrainers to the implementation of the NP Service were identified. Results were compared and contrasted within and between the three sites.
Findings:
Medical record audit data showed that all three NPs engaged in therapeutic communication (96.7%), prescribed medications (80%) and referred patients for further assessment (73.3%). From thematic analysis, four themes emerged that reflected the concept of evolution: speciation, adaptation, co-operation and succession. Enabling factors that supported the implementation of the NP Service included the legislated protection of the NP title and scope of practice, and the development of standards of practice. The perceived overlapping boundaries between the NP and other colleagues on the health team were identified as constrainers during implementation. Findings were consistent across all three sites.
Conclusion:
This thesis provides new knowledge on the implementation and evolution of the NP Service in NSW. New knowledge includes support given (or withheld) to the NP Services, the physical environment and organisational characteristics of each service, the diversity of patient care provided, the perceptions of NPs and health professionals regarding integration of the NP Service with existing services, and patients’ understanding of their experience with the NP Service. NPs have worked through the stages of speciation and adaptation to define the scope and work differentiating them from their colleagues. Through co-operation with their colleagues NPs continue to define their specific contribution to the health care team, but they experience ongoing impediments to establishing succession, primarily due to organisational and fiscal constraints within the workplace. Two key recommendations from this study were the need for better communication with patients and health professionals about the role of the NP Service and the need to generate short and long-term workforce strategies to sustain NP Services. If the NP Service is to be viable in the future, health services need to develop comprehensive communication strategies to promote the role of the NP Service and establish strong and formal succession planning programs.
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Alexander, Kathy. "Promoting health at the local level : a management and planning model for primary health care services /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09pha376.pdf.
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Mitchell, Catherine Alice. "From road works to community services : the changing focus of local government in South Australia /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm6775.pdf.
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Wicks, Keren. ""Teaching the art of living" : the development of special education services in South Australia, 1915-1975 /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw6367.pdf.
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Boshoff, Jacobie. "Towards facilitating change in occupational therapy managers' perceptions of early intervention service delivery in South Australia." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07082008-161801.
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Lawrinson, Peter School of Public Health & Community of Medicine UNSW. "Development And Piloting Of A Treatment Outcome Monitoring system for opioid maintenance pharmacotherapy services In New South Wales, Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community of Medicine, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20546.
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Policy-makers, funding bodies and treatment providers need current, comparable and accurate information on the activities and outcomes of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services to respond to the needs of the sector. If meaningful comparisons are to be made at the jurisdictional level, a standardised treatment outcome monitoring system must be developed and implemented, that takes into account differences in client characteristics, treatment settings and modes of service provision. A brief, multi-dimensional instrument, the Brief Treatment Outcome Measure (BTOM) has been developed for routine, ongoing treatment outcome monitoring with clients receiving opioid maintenance pharmacotherapy (OMP) services in New South Wales (NSW), and for use in treatment evaluation research. This is the first time in Australia that an attempt has been made to integrate outcome monitoring into routine clinical practice across an AOD treatment sector. The BTOM contains thirty-three items across the domains of dependence, blood-borne virus exposure risk, drug use, health/psychological functioning and social functioning. The internal reliability of the BTOM is satisfactory; retest reliabilities for the measures are good to excellent and concurrent validation of BTOM scales yielded acceptable agreement. Average completion times of the BTOM were 14.5 minutes when administered by researchers and 21 minutes by clinicians. A 30-month feasibility trial was conducted in selected NSW OMP treatment agencies to determine the practicability of implementing an OMS; to identify issues that would impact on the quality of the data; and identify administrative processes that could facilitate implementation whilst minimising the burden on agency staff. In addition, clinicians who had administered the BTOM were surveyed 18 months into the trial to ascertain their attitudes towards the clinical utility, acceptability of content and the level of support given to them to administer the BTOM as part of routine clinical practice. Results from the trial indicate that the BTOM measures are sensitive to change over time; that the change observed is consistent with that reported in the OMP treatment outcome literature; and that clinicians, whilst generally being positively predisposed towards using the instrument, express concerns relating to the burden of administering and the clinical utility of conducting outcome monitoring.
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Blue, Ian A. "The professional working relationship of rural nurses and doctors : four South Australian case studies." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb6582.pdf.
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Schulz, Robinson Shirley Public Health & Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "Contextualizing implementation of the community health program: a case study of the Hunter region, New South Wales 1974 -1989." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/26248.
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How health care is best provided remains topical, contentious, and political. Debates continue over funding allocation and the weighting placed on preventive, curative, institutional and community services. Such debates were evident in 1973 when a new Federal Labor Government began to reform Australia's health system by implementing a national Community Health Program policy. Implementation led to the establishment of community health centres and multi-disciplinary teams. Studies have generally concluded that community health centre teams have ???failed??? to achieve the goals of this policy. This study sought to answer one broad question. How was the community health program policy implemented, in what context did this event occur, what processes were used and why, and how did generalist community nurses participate? This case study of the Hunter Region, New South Wales, between 1974 and 1989, was based on data collected from four sources: over five hundred documents and archives, including relevant literature, epidemiological studies, centre records, official government and newspaper reports; 69 in-depth interviews with practitioners and administrators; and participant observation. The findings revealed that implementation was hindered by political, administrative and professional impediments. However, practitioners established and provided a broad range of relevant new services by changing the way they practised. Generalist community nurses worked with non-government, private and public organisations offering health, educational and social services. As boundary riders they filled structural holes and created social capital. Conclusions drawn were first, that context strongly influenced how public health policies were implemented and the services offered by different discipline groups. Second, teamwork would have been improved had pre-service health professional education fostered a common understanding of the aim of health care and the broader determinants of health. Third, a preventive orientation needed reinforcing via an organisational context, administrative processes, ongoing learning opportunities and leadership. Fourth, generalist community nurses??? commitment to a preventive approach was embedded in a growing understanding of people's circumstances and health problems. Finally, while policy implementation was constrained in the Hunter Region during the study period it achieved what its architects intended, that is, a broader mix of accessible services, and collaboration between organisations and groups as the boundaries that maintained their separation were bridged.
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Fenton, Sarah-Jane Hannah. "Mental health service delivery for adolescents and young people : a comparative study between Australia and the UK." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7111/.
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This thesis explores policy and service delivery for adolescent and young adult or ‘transition age’ mental health service users aged 16-25 across different jurisdictions in the UK and Australia. The study explores the implications that policy formulation and implementation have for service delivery in these different contextual settings; and examines how young people (who are at a vulnerable stage developmentally in terms of mental health), have their access to services affected by the existing policy framework. A policy analysis was conducted along with qualitative interviews in six case sites (three in the UK and three in Australia). The thesis adopted a critical realist approach using a laminated cross-sectional interview strategy that was developed to include interviews with national policy makers; local policy makers and service managers; staff working within services; and the young people whom were accessing services as the recipients of policy. Findings from this thesis explore how young people use risk escalation as a way of managing delays to treatment and how practitioners identify particular difficulties for young people transitioning in services when they are due to ‘step up’ into more acute services, or ‘step down’ to a less intensive service. The thesis explores the implications and unintended consequences for young people of policy including processes of ‘cost-shunting’ and ‘resource envy’ at local and national levels. Finally, the thesis offers some learning for systems working to support 16-25 year olds through demonstrating the importance of the dual role of ‘curing’ and ‘caring’ in mental health services.
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Larkin, Shaun Maurice. "Quality-based benefit design in health insurance : the impact of a product benefit design change on the utilisation of oral health services by members of a private health insurance fund in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26735/1/Shaun_Larkin_Thesis.pdf.
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Objective: To examine the impact on dental utilisation following the introduction of a participating provider scheme (Regional and Rural Oral Health Program {RROHP)). In this model dentists receive higher third party payments from a private health insurance fund for delivering an agreed range of preventive and diagnostic benefits at no out-ofpocket cost to insured patients. Data source/Study setting: Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia (HCF) dental claims for all members resident in New South Wales over the six financial years from l99811999 to 200312004. Study design: This cohort study involves before and after analyses of dental claims experience over a six year period for approximately 81,000 individuals in the intervention group (HCF members resident in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia) and 267,000 in the control group (HCF members resident in the Sydney area). Only claims for individuals who were members of HCF at 31 December 1997 were included. The analysis groups claims into the three years prior to the establishment of the RROHP and the three years subsequent to implementation. Data collection/Extraction methods: The analysis is based on all claims submitted by users of services for visits between 1 July 1988 and 30 June 2004. In these data approximately 1,000,000 services were provided to the intervention group and approximately 4,900,000 in the control group. Principal findings: Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts, special cause variation was identified in total utilisation rate of private dental services in the intervention group post implementation. No such variation was present in the control group. On average in the three years after implementation of the program the utilisation rate of dental services by regional and rural residents of New South Wales who where members of HCF grew by 12.6%, over eight times the growth rate of 1.5% observed in the control group (HCF members who were Sydney residents). The differences were even more pronounced in the areas of service that were the focus of the program: diagnostic and preventive services.
Conclusion: The implementation of a benefit design change, a participating provider scheme, that involved the removal of CO-payments on a defined range of preventive and diagnostic dental services combined with the establishment and promotion of a network of dentists, appears to have had a marked impact on HCF members' utilisation of dental services in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia.
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Larkin, Shaun Maurice. "Quality-based benefit design in health insurance : the impact of a product benefit design change on the utilisation of oral health services by members of a private health insurance fund in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/26735/.
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Objective: To examine the impact on dental utilisation following the introduction of a participating provider scheme (Regional and Rural Oral Health Program {RROHP)). In this model dentists receive higher third party payments from a private health insurance fund for delivering an agreed range of preventive and diagnostic benefits at no out-ofpocket cost to insured patients. Data source/Study setting: Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia (HCF) dental claims for all members resident in New South Wales over the six financial years from l99811999 to 200312004. Study design: This cohort study involves before and after analyses of dental claims experience over a six year period for approximately 81,000 individuals in the intervention group (HCF members resident in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia) and 267,000 in the control group (HCF members resident in the Sydney area). Only claims for individuals who were members of HCF at 31 December 1997 were included. The analysis groups claims into the three years prior to the establishment of the RROHP and the three years subsequent to implementation. Data collection/Extraction methods: The analysis is based on all claims submitted by users of services for visits between 1 July 1988 and 30 June 2004. In these data approximately 1,000,000 services were provided to the intervention group and approximately 4,900,000 in the control group. Principal findings: Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts, special cause variation was identified in total utilisation rate of private dental services in the intervention group post implementation. No such variation was present in the control group. On average in the three years after implementation of the program the utilisation rate of dental services by regional and rural residents of New South Wales who where members of HCF grew by 12.6%, over eight times the growth rate of 1.5% observed in the control group (HCF members who were Sydney residents). The differences were even more pronounced in the areas of service that were the focus of the program: diagnostic and preventive services.
Conclusion: The implementation of a benefit design change, a participating provider scheme, that involved the removal of CO-payments on a defined range of preventive and diagnostic dental services combined with the establishment and promotion of a network of dentists, appears to have had a marked impact on HCF members' utilisation of dental services in regional and rural New South Wales, Australia.
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Truscott, Keith. "Research problem: What are the differences between Wadjela and Nyungar criteria when assessing organisational effectiveness of non-government human service organisations?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1368.
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Wadjela and Nyungar experts (of managerial, administrative, service staff), from the same South-West city location in Western Australia were randomly chosen from the non-government human service field for separate workshops and asked the question “what makes a non-government human service organisation effective?" The purpose was to compare the group consensus answer between the two separate workshop groups. The Nyungars are the Indigenous people in the South-West of Western Australia and the Wadjelas are the Non-Indigenous people living in the same area. The results listed five criteria, in order of priority that made non-government human service organisations effective. For the Wadjela community these were: I. A clear and shared vision of its task 2. Clear organisational structure which promotes strategic thinking and practice 3. Experienced and dedicated staff 4. Clear and client-based focus and strategies 5, Clarity of and relevant mission or goals. For the Nyungar community the results were: 1. A vision shared of Aboriginal culture and values 2. Appropriate management and finance incorporating Aboriginal culture and values 3. Recognition and identification of need 4. Diverse representation on Committee 5. Community involvement. Analysis and discussion of the findings were attempted from an Australian Indigenous perspective of people, place and parable. The conclusion is that the difference between Wadjela and Nyungar criteria in assessing organisational effectiveness in non-government organisations is that the former utilise a mechanical efficiency model and the latter a commitment to the whole community model. These differences were seen to be a contest between two world-views, that of a continuity of pragmatic relationships versus that of continuity of stewardship relationships.
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Lea, Emma J. "Moving from meat : vegetarianism, beliefs and information sources." Connect to this title online, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phl4335.pdf.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 327-346). A random population survey and a survey of vegetarians were conducted to examine South Australians' beliefs about meat and vegetarianism. Meat beliefs, barriers and benefits of vegetarianism, meat consumption, personal values, use of and trust in sources of food/nutrition/health information and demographic variables were measured.
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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library & Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.
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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.
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Ferreira, Diana Marques Barroso Honório. "Report on internship in palliative care South Adelaide palliative services : South Australia." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19734.
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Having acquired some knowledge in the palliative-care field over the last year, I felt the urgency for developing some practical skills. As such, contacts have been made and I enrolled in a 9-week internship in the South Adelaide Palliative Services (SAPS), in Adelaide, South Australia, from July to September 2014. I got to know a high-quality palliative-care service and develop activities like inpatients’ and outpatients’ assistance, consultancy and a research project. In my last week in Australia, I visited another palliative-care service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, in order to compare different perspectives and ways of working.
My main goal was to get the full experience of a highly specialised palliative-care service and because of that my schedule was rather flexible. I also wanted to develop skills in symptom management, communication, psychosocial approaches and research. All the activities developed were extremely productive and helped me to build some solid knowledge and ideas to apply in my daily work. Additionally, it helped me to see changes that can be made to improve the quality of care we provide to our patients.
The research project concerning the issue of chronic refractory breathlessness has resulted in an article which is currently submitted for peer review to the “The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management”.Dado ter adquirido algum conhecimento teórico na área dos cuidados paliativos no ano precedente, senti uma necessidade urgente de desenvolver algumas competências práticas neste campo. Neste contexto, estabeleci alguns contactos e realizei um estágio prático de 9 semanas nos South Adelaide Palliative Services (SAPS), em Adelaide, Austrália, de Julho a Setembro de 2014. Durante o período que passei no SAPS pude observar um serviço de cuidados paliativos de elevada qualidade e desenvolver actividades no serviço de internamento, consulta externa, consultoria hospitalar e um projecto de investigação. Na minha última semana na Austrália visitei um segundo serviço de cuidados paliativos no Royal Melbourne Hospital, em Melbourne com o intuito de comparar diferente perspectivas e modos de trabalho. O principal objectivo era captar toda a experiência de um serviço de cuidados paliativos altamente especializado e portanto a minha rotação pelos diferentes serviços disponíveis era particularmente flexível. Outros objectivos eram desenvolver competências nas áreas do controlo sintomático, comunicação, abordagem psicossocial e investigação. Todas as actividades desenvolvidas foram extremamente produtivas e ajudaram-me a construir conhecimento sólido e ideias para aplicação no meu trabalho diário. Adicionalmente, permitiu-me identificar as mudanças que podem ser feitas para melhorar a qualidade dos cuidados que prestamos aos doentes. O projecto de investigação desenvolvido sobre dispneia crónica refractária resultou num artigo científico que foi submetido para revisão no “The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management”.
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Martin, Carol Linda. "Cultural ecosystem services derived from estuaries in New South Wales, Australia." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1407925.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are the non-material benefits obtained from natural ecosystems that contribute to human wellbeing through aesthetic and recreational experiences, and spiritual enrichment. Research on CES is rapidly increasing with growing recognition of their important contributions to human wellbeing, however, little is known about CES derived from estuaries, some of the most highly impacted and modified ecosystems in the world. Difficulties valuing intangible and subjective attributes of CES, means these ecosystem services cannot be compared with economic-dominated values primarily used in decision-making. This risks a lack of recognition and consideration of CES by decision-makers that compromises the provision of CES and important non-material benefits to human wellbeing. The overall aim of this thesis is to address the knowledge gap on CES derived from estuaries, and explore social-ecological relationships in these areas. Data were collected from people residing near estuaries in New South Wales, Australia, using mixed methods including participatory mapping, personal interviews, focus groups, and an online survey questionnaire. Both quantitative and qualitative data analyses were performed. Key findings revealed estuaries are greatly valued for a range of CES, especially for aesthetic, recreational, nature/biodiversity, and intrinsic/existence/future CES-related values. Certain land use zones and land cover are major providers of specific CES, as well as bundles of CES. Both natural and manmade attributes were considered important for the continued enjoyment and recreational use of estuaries. However, natural attributes were found to be a significant predictor of CES, which in turn was a significant predictor of perceived wellbeing; emphasising the importance of the natural environment in the provision of CES. This is further supported by participants’ concerns about development, pollution and poor water quality having the greatest potential to adversely affect the provision of CES. Additionally, findings provided insights into the nature of non-material benefits supplied by CES in estuarine areas. It was evident participants’ individual and collective experiences provided important restorative, spiritual and relational benefits, but perceptions of development and over-crowding created a sense of solastalgia that impinged on wellbeing. Based on the research findings, a conceptual diagram was developed that can act as a framework to assist in understanding the flow of CES-related benefits obtained from estuarine areas and their influence on wellbeing. It is vital CES are recognised and integrated into governance, and a social-ecological approach to policy development, spatial planning and estuary management is required to promote community wellbeing. Failure to do so will result in the loss and degradation of CES, impacting overall wellbeing, resulting in increased prevalence and associated costs physical and mental health disorders. While spatial mapping of CES offers a viable alternative to economic assessments of CES, it may be useful to explore how contingent valuation methods could help facilitate the inclusion of CES into governance. This would ensure proper recognition of these valuable ecosystem services. Thus, it is necessary to investigate ways of valuing CES in monetary terms through interdisciplinary and participatory research, as well as collaboration with policy makers, spatial planners and resource managers.
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Losoncz, Ibolya. "Absence of respect : South Sudanese experiences of Australian government and social institutions." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151579.
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This micro empirical research reports on the resettlement experiences of South Sudanese Australians. It develops an argument to explain why the South Sudanese community persistently report a strong sense of disrespect from the Australian Government and Australian society more generally. The study demonstrates that the community's call for respect is a summation of their protest against economic and social exclusion in the public domain and interference from care and protection authorities in the private domain of the family. Members of the Sudanese community see education and employment as the main pathways to inclusion in their new society and to regaining their dignity lost in forced migration. But their efforts to obtain employment are often thwarted by structural impediments and discrimination from employers. As a consequence they feel robbed of the opportunity to participate and to attain respect in their new environment. The experience of being prevented from fully realising identities to which they aspire in their new society heightened the importance of preserving heritage values and structures within Sudanese families. These structures, while giving form and meaning to family members, have also become highly contested in their new cultural environment both from within and outside the Sudanese community. Care and protection authorities were quick to respond to inter-generational conflict and violence among Sudanese families. Yet, lack of cultural knowledge and understanding of the reasons for non-compliance with Australian family law among Sudanese parents led to inappropriate interventions, undermining Sudanese family structures. Parents at large were left feeling disempowered in their parenting roles and confused about the purpose of government interventions. Rather than engaging with the confusion of Sudanese parents, agencies rebuffed their growing grievance and anger adding to the emerging narrative in the Sudanese community of their unfair and disrespectful treatment at the hands of authorities. Threatened and distrustful that care and protection were eroding their families' future and the heritage virtues underpinning their cultural and self-identities, Sudanese parents responded by socially distancing themselves. The last part of the thesis takes a psycho-social approach to show how the Sudanese Australians' strong sense of disrespect is linked to a range of systemic barriers or threats from the government and its authorities to pursue and cultivate aspects of their selves that are fundamental to their core identity. The community's call for respect was an expression of grievance and resistance to elicit some response of care and concern from those holding economic and social power over them. It was their protest, the purpose of which was to assert their personal dignity and to object to their neglectful treatment. It was an appropriate and responsible demonstration of engagement with their new country: the Australian Government needed and had a responsibility to hear their voices. The research concludes by arguing that a more inclusive and responsive handling of resettlement support by the government is more likely to result in positive resettlement outcomes, including a sense among humanitarian migrants that their treatment is fair, just, and respectful of their positive understanding of themselves.
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Taylor, Judy. "Community participation in organising rural general medical practice three case studies in South Australia." 2004. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/24996.
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It is well documented that rural and remote Australian residents have poorer access to medical services than their counterparts in capital cities. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in 1998 there were 75.3 vocationally registered general practitioners per 100,000 population in rural and remote areas, compared with 103.0 per 100,000 in metropolitan areas. In 1998 28.7% of the Australian population lived in rural and remote areas, so a substantial proportion of the Australian population is adversely affected by the unequal distribution of general practitioners. Australian country communities highly regard the services of general practitioners and they continue to demand residential medical services. Demand is driven by need for access to health services, but also by the intimate inter-relationships between the general practice and community sustainability. For example, the general practice contributes to the viability of the local hospital which is often a major employer in the district. Consequently, many country communities strive to keep their general practice by contributing to practice infrastructure, providing governance, raising funds for medical equipment, and actively helping recruitment.thesis (PhDHealthSciences)--University of South Australia, 2004.
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Dewar, G. "A Case Study of Policy and Practice in Occupational Health and Safety in South Australia." 2005. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/274.
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Work-place focused responsibility for both Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) management and the development of employee skills arising from new legislative and regulatory frameworks have imposed new responsibilities on managers and OHS practitioners in the work-place. The purpose of this research study was to identify and describe designated OHS practitioners' and work-place managers' perceptions of the implementation of OHS policy in the work-place within agencies of the public sector of South Australia and whether these perceptions are congruent with policy and workplace practice. A case study method was selected as the research design and the data gathering instruments were a questionnaire of OHS practitioners, semi-structured interviews of work-place managers and a document analysis. This study revealed that respondent OHS practitioners perceived that they received support from Chief Executives and management for the implementation of OHS. Results also indicated that work-place managers and OHS practitioners held differing perceptions of their respective roles in the area of OHS policy implementation. Policy documentation, intended to support work-place managers, was found to be comprehensive but was perceived by managers as overwhelming and may need to be designed to meet their needs. OHS practitioners' perception of organisational achievement of best-practice in OHS appeared to be linked to policy development and audit activity.
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Masoe, Angela Vaetoefaga Talamaivao. "An investigation into clinical preventive care provided to adolescents accessing public oral health services New South Wales, Australia." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309713.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Background: Despite water fluoridation and well established media promotion of the use of fluoride toothpaste twice a day, many adolescents are still at risk of dental caries and periodontal disease due to poor dietary and toothbrushing behaviours. However, these oral health problems can be moderated by providing individuals with preventive care and advice. In New South Wales (NSW) dental therapists and oral health therapists (Therapists) working in the public health system can help this vulnerable group by providing free dental care including advice on preventing dental caries and periodontal disease. This study used both quantitative and qualitative methodology to investigate the provision of preventive care by Therapists to adolescents who chose to attend NSW Public Oral Health Services. Methods/Methodology: The quantitative studies undertaken included: (i) obtaining clinical and preventive data from the NSW Health Information System of Oral Health database for all Therapists across all the Local Health Districts (LHDs) for interrogation and analysis; (ii) a reliability study of Therapists clinical and preventive care data as recorded in the electronic health record and paper record; and (iii) two cross-sectional postal questionnaire surveys; with one survey using three clinical vignettes to ascertain how Therapists structure their preventive care health plans for adolescents. The questionnaire survey also included items which explored Therapists’ patterns of participation in continuing professional development on clinical preventive care for adolescents. The qualitative studies included: (i) three two hour structured focus group sessions with 16 Therapists; and (ii) two separate studies using in-depth face to face interviews with clinical directors and health service managers; and Senior Therapists. The qualitative studies explored the participants’ perceptions and views on the influencing factors that enable or inhibit Therapists offering clinical preventive care to adolescents; and what strategies they used to enhance Therapists’ ability to facilitate preventive care in their day to day care for patients. Results: Preventive ca:re provided for adolescents accessing NSW Public Oral Health Services across all the Local Health Districts varied considerably from approximately 32% to 55% of Therapists clinical activity over a one year period. The reliability study demonstrated that the current dual system using the electronic health record and paper records to record and account for Therapists’ clinical and preventive care activities for adolescents had deficiencies, indicating an area for infrastructure improvement. The cross-sectional surveys using the clinical vignettes demonstrated that there were considerable variations noted in Therapists recommendations for stabilising and managing dental disease for their adolescent patients, suggesting a need for Clinical Directors to improve models of preventive care delivery based on scientific evidence. Therapists responded to the continuing professional development items in the survey and noted that they received most of their education from the Local Health District, suggesting opportunities for interprofessional learning from visiting dental paediatric specialists, dentists and supported by health service managers. The qualitative studies provided common themes at multiple levels of the oral health organisation, highlighting the factors that can enhance and assist Therapists operationalise scientific based preventive care into their day to day clinical practice. These include resourcing efficient clinical access pathways to preventive care; adequate workforce mix; efficient and effective administrative processes to support preventive clinical care activities; provision of oral health products and age appropriate information to support adolescents’ homecare regimes. Conclusion: Therapists in this study stated it was their professional clinical ethos to embed scientific based preventive care into day to day clinical practice to improve adolescents’ long term oral health outcomes. To improve preventive models of care for adolescents requires the overarching administrative authority, NSW Health to accept that the scientific evidence relating to dental care has changed, and that management monitoring information should be incorporated into health reforms; thus assisting clinical directors, Therapist clinical leaders and health service managers to collaborate more effectively with sponsored support ‘pillars’ in the redesign of sustainable, cost effective evidenced based care pathways for all adolescents.
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Kent, Penny. "Measuring quality of life : developing a questionnaire to measure satisfaction with lifestyle of people with an intellectual disability." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/122261.
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Blue, Ian Alasdair. "The professional working relationship of rural nurses and doctors : four South Australian case studies / Ian Alasdair Blue." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21833.
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Skull, John. "Quality assurance for pig carcasses: a study of bacterial contamination at domestic abattoirs in South Australia." 2004. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/28284.
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This study of four domestic abattoirs in South Australia with Quality Assurance programmes in place established the size of bacterial populations that could be expected on pig carcasses on entry to abattoir dressing floors at pre-evisceration, the extent of contamination occurring during carcass dressing, and the effect of chilling on these populations. Analysis was conducted for salmonellae, Escherichia coli, Total Viable Count, and pseudomonads. Exterior swabbing was compared to swabbing of corresponding interior sites which are sterile initially. The interior swabbing sites were found to be a more reliable measure of contamination during the dressing process than the swabbing of already contaminated exterior sites. During the identification of some of the points of carcass contamination, the effectiveness of end-of-work foam cleaning programmes used at abattoir dressing floors and their relationship to the potential for airborne contamination of carcasses was examined and found to be positive. Operators' work tools and hands were identified as sources of interior carcass contamination combined with failure of operators to adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) during carcass dressing, especially those related to hand and forearm washing at appropriate times. Foot-operated full-immersion hot water units for operators' knives and steels were designed and installed at two abattoirs to give operators access to physically and biologically clean work tools throughout carcass dressing.PhD Doctorate
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Boshoff, Jacobie. "Towards facilitating change in occupational therapy managers' perceptions of early intervention service delivery in South Australia." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26118.
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Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this documentThesis (PhD (Augmentative and Alternative Communication))--University of Pretoria, 2008.
Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)
PhD
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Hodgson, Alice Meredith. "Managing for survival in the South Australian non-government organisationvoluntary agency sector maintaining the value base in human services under c." 2003. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/25012.
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Managing for Survival explores the ways in which individuals holding management roles in secular non-government human service organisations in South Australia deal with the potential and actual conflict between their personal values, the implicit values of their agency and the tasks required of them by the demands of the economic and political environment in which their agency operates. Changes in the requirements and practices of management, due to changes in government funding and support as a result of economic reform, are the focus of the research. Particular attention is paid to the strategies adopted by managers to cope with the shifting priorities and requirements of a restructured community service industry.thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2003.
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Dunlop, Robyn. "‘Psychiatry at the Coal Face’: patients and the development of community mental health services in New South Wales, Australia, 1960–1980." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1432897.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)The second half of the twentieth century was a period of major reform in the administration of mental health in Western democracies, when the orientation of state mental health services turned from legally certified to voluntary patients and psychiatric treatment moved from hospital to community settings. This thesis tells the story of reform of the administration of mental health during the development of community mental health services from 1960 to 1980. It positions the changing role of the patient as crucial to these reforms. I argue that Newcastle and the surrounding Hunter Valley region in New South Wales, Australia, was a site of particular importance in genealogies of patients. Newcastle, an industrial, regional city, was undergoing shifts representative of wider demographic and economic trends in the West during this period, and was the location for experimentation in the administration of mental health. These developments were linked to the emergence of patient rights and obligations, and developments influenced psychiatry and medical education. While the changing authority of patients in the administration of mental health has received little scholarly attention, in this study I argue that it has a central place in mental health histories. I demonstrate this by reconstructing the rollout of voluntary patient and community mental health services for implied patients in New South Wales in 1960-1980, with particular reference to Newcastle. I read source material against the grain to bring social and cultural perspectives to developments that shaped, and were negotiated by, patients. I draw on material from academic, health administration and community sectors, held in the David Maddison Collection in the University of Newcastle Archives, New South Wales, Australia; oral history interviews with former mental health staff and family members of patients; government reports; and interviews and published material by patients available in the public domain. In doing so I expose the lineage of twenty-first century mental health patient roles. I argue that changes in patients and services reflected an expansion in what mental health services were seen to address, and that approaches trialled in the administration of mental health have had a powerful influence on public health policy over time.
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Miller, Emma Ruth. "HCV infection in South Australian prisoners : prevalence, transmission, risk factors and prospects for harm reduction." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37857.
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This thesis aimed to describe the epidemiology of HCV in South Australian prisons - prevalence, transmission and risk factors. This thesis also aimed to determine the impact of incarceration on reported risk behaviours. A related objective was to evaluate the epidemiological effectiveness of the ELISA - 3 HCV antibody test using PCR as the gold standard. Finally, this thesis aimed to explore the potential for minimising HCV risk in the South Australian prison population. Methods: Two case note audits were conducted at each of eight publicly operated SA prisons ( in summer and winter ) to identify any documented HCV - antibody test results. Prisoners recruited at entry to prison were offered tests for HCV - antibody and completed a pre - entry risk factor survey. Participants completed additional risk factor surveys and ( if HCV - negative at last test ) underwent further antibody tests at three - monthly intervals for up to 15 months. A sample of participants also provided blood specimens for HCV - RNA testing. Limited stakeholder consultations with prison officers and nurses were also conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using univariate and multivariate techniques. Results: 1347 case notes were audited in summer, and 1347 in winter and an overall HCV prevalence of 42 % was estimated. In both univariate and multivariate analyses, HCV prevalence was significantly higher in female prisoners ( 65 % ), those aged above 28 years ( 48 % ), and in Indigenous prisoners originating from metropolitan areas ( 56 % ). Indigenous prisoners originating from remote areas had significantly lower HCV prevalence ( 20 % ). 666 prisoners were recruited at entry, and 42 % were estimated to be HCV - antibody positive. Three seroconversions were noted in 151 initially HCV - seronegative negative individuals followed up for a median time of 121 days - a rate 4.6 per 100 person years - but community exposure could not be ruled out. Overall agreement between HCV - antibody and HCV - RNA assays was 86 % ( 100% in the HCV negative samples ) - kappa = 0.71. Injecting history was highly prevalent in prison entrants ( 70 % ) and both community and prison injecting ( but not tattooing ) were independent predictors of entry HCV status. Prison history was also independently associated with entry HCV status. Injecting in prison during the study was infrequently reported, but significantly more likely in those testing HCV - antibody positive at prison entry ( risk ratio = 2.48, P = 0.046 ). Stakeholders were most supportive of strategies to increase education and to minimise risks associated with hair clippers, but did not support most other suggested preventive strategies. Other issues related to communicable diseases and infection control were explored in the stakeholder interviews. Conclusions: HCV prevalence in South Australian prisoners is extremely high and may have contributed to a ' ceiling effect ' , minimising the seroconversion rate observed in this population. Injecting is relatively infrequently reported in prison, but more likely in those already infected with HCV. Thus, contaminated injecting equipment represents a significant threat to other prisoners and prison staff. Strategies aimed at reducing HCV risk in prisons, which address the concerns of those expected to implement them, are proposed in this thesis.Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2006.
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Miller, Emma Ruth. "HCV infection in South Australian prisoners : prevalence, transmission, risk factors and prospects for harm reduction." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37857.
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This thesis aimed to describe the epidemiology of HCV in South Australian prisons - prevalence, transmission and risk factors. This thesis also aimed to determine the impact of incarceration on reported risk behaviours. A related objective was to evaluate the epidemiological effectiveness of the ELISA - 3 HCV antibody test using PCR as the gold standard. Finally, this thesis aimed to explore the potential for minimising HCV risk in the South Australian prison population.
Methods:
Two case note audits were conducted at each of eight publicly operated SA prisons ( in summer and winter ) to identify any documented HCV - antibody test results. Prisoners recruited at entry to prison were offered tests for HCV - antibody and completed a pre - entry risk factor survey. Participants completed additional risk factor surveys and ( if HCV - negative at last test ) underwent further antibody tests at three - monthly intervals for up to 15 months. A sample of participants also provided blood specimens for HCV - RNA testing. Limited stakeholder consultations with prison officers and nurses were also conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using univariate and multivariate techniques.
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1347 case notes were audited in summer, and 1347 in winter and an overall HCV prevalence of 42 % was estimated. In both univariate and multivariate analyses, HCV prevalence was significantly higher in female prisoners ( 65 % ), those aged above 28 years ( 48 % ), and in Indigenous prisoners originating from metropolitan areas ( 56 % ). Indigenous prisoners originating from remote areas had significantly lower HCV prevalence ( 20 % ).
666 prisoners were recruited at entry, and 42 % were estimated to be HCV - antibody positive. Three seroconversions were noted in 151 initially HCV - seronegative negative individuals followed up for a median time of 121 days - a rate 4.6 per 100 person years - but community exposure could not be ruled out. Overall agreement between HCV - antibody and HCV - RNA assays was 86 % ( 100% in the HCV negative samples ) - kappa = 0.71.
Injecting history was highly prevalent in prison entrants ( 70 % ) and both community and prison injecting ( but not tattooing ) were independent predictors of entry HCV status. Prison history was also independently associated with entry HCV status. Injecting in prison during the study was infrequently reported, but significantly more likely in those testing HCV - antibody positive at prison entry ( risk ratio = 2.48, P = 0.046 ).
Stakeholders were most supportive of strategies to increase education and to minimise risks associated with hair clippers, but did not support most other suggested preventive strategies. Other issues related to communicable diseases and infection control were explored in the stakeholder interviews.
Conclusions:
HCV prevalence in South Australian prisoners is extremely high and may have contributed to a ' ceiling effect ' , minimising the seroconversion rate observed in this population. Injecting is relatively infrequently reported in prison, but more likely in those already infected with HCV. Thus, contaminated injecting equipment represents a significant threat to other prisoners and prison staff. Strategies aimed at reducing HCV risk in prisons, which address the concerns of those expected to implement them, are proposed in this thesis.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Population Health and Clinical Practice, 2006.
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Foster, Kylie Anne. "Science communication in Australian agriculture : a study of communication between scientists and farmers on the issue of salinity in Harden, New South Wales." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148221.
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Wilson, Leah Ruth. "Resident and resident-related committees and meetings in South Australian aged care hostels / Leah Ruth Wilson." 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21959.
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"February 20, 2003"Includes bibliographical references (leaves 586-603)
xvii, 603 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Investigates the level of resident participation in decision-making in aged care hostels in South Australia.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 2003
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Pedroso, Ana Carolina Pimenta. "Report on intership in palliative care Southern Adelaide Palliative Services (South Australia) & Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos (Hospital da Luz, Lisboa)." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/28761.
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My interest in Palliative Care culminated last year in the opportunity of two
placements in national and international reference centers.
The Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos has received me for two
months and Southern Adelaide Palliative Services for three.
These experiences allowed me to apply on practice the theory learned before
and to develop diverse competences, such as: symptomatic control, psychosocial
and spiritual approaches, communication with end-of-live patients and their
families.
During this period, I’ve been immersed in such different health systems, with
diverse models of care, that inspired me for me future practice.
I’ve had also the opportunity to participate in a research project with CareSearch,
which aims to understand the role of the new figure in end-of-life area – death
doula – as well as the reasons and context that ended in their appearance.
This work made me reflect about the way we care for our patients, opposing to
the way they wish to be treated and all the repercussions that this question raises.
The statistical analysis is currently being performed and I look forward to
contributing to the published article from my work.O meu interesse em Cuidados Paliativos culminou no último ano na oportunidade de fazer dois estágios em centros de referência nacional e internacional. A Unidade de Cuidados Continuados e Paliativos recebeu-me durante um período de dois meses e os Southern Adelaide Palliative Services por um período de três meses. Estas experiências permitiram-me aplicar na prática a teoria já aprendida, desenvolvendo inúmeras competências, a salientar: controlo sintomático, abordagem psicossocial e espiritual, comunicação com doentes em fim de vida e suas famílias. Durante este período, consegui envolver-me em dois sistemas de saúde muito diferentes, com diferentes formas de cuidar, que me inspiraram para a minha prática futura. Tive ainda a oportunidade de participar num projeto de investigação em conjunto com o grupo CareSearch, com intuito de entender o papel da nova figura em cuidados paliativos – a doula de fim de vida – bem como os motivos e contextos que levaram ao seu aparecimento. Este trabalho fez-me refletir acerca da forma como cuidamos os doentes que tanto contrasta com a forma como eles desejariam ser cuidados e todas as implicações desta questão. A análise estatística está a ser efetuada, pelo que estou a aguardar poder contribuir para a publicação de um artigo acerca do trabalho que desenvolvi.
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Statsenko, Larissa. "The impact of regional supply network structure and governance on the resilience of resource extractive regions: the case of South Australia." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/112864.
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This thesis examines the adaptation processes among mining equipment and technology services
(METS) firms’ in the South Australian resource sector from 2014 till 2016 during a global downturn in resource commodity prices. Of special interest was the effect on the METS firms of the structure and governance of the resource industry regional supply network in terms of their ability to adapt to the downturn and the implications for regional resilience.
The research was driven by the common problem faced by METS suppliers operating in resource extractive economies of how to prosper in spite of fluctuating mineral commodity prices. Downturns in commodity prices usually result in significant job losses, reduction in GDP growth and economic decline. It requires resilience at the firm and regional level to not only cope and recover from external shocks, but also to create new technological paths.
Previous research into the regional development of resource-extractive regions has proved that the development of technology and knowledge intensive, value-adding industries around resource extractive activity enhances the resilience of resource economies. A diverse and technology intensive METS sector emerging naturally in proximity to resource extraction sites is potentially able to use its accumulated knowledge and capabilities to overcome the consequences of a decline. In the right environment, METS firms can develop high value-added products and services that can have other industrial applications and find new niches in domestic and overseas markets. The ability of local METS companies to diversify and innovate results in the lateral transfer of technologies developed initially to serve the resource sector, encouraging regional economic diversification and the
development of alternative growth paths during a decline in the resource sector.
Supply chain relationships are critical to the strategic diversification and innovation of regional METS
experiencing resource constraints. Their ability to innovate and diversify depends not only on their own internal research and development efforts, but mostly on their collaboration with customers and supply chain partners around customer problems and solutions. Since there are multiple shared suppliers and clients, a regional supply network serves as a conduit for information and knowledge transfer. Our knowledge of the impact of the structure and governance in a regional supply network and firm diversification and innovativeness is still limited, however. There is a lack of conceptual explanation specific to how network governance in a regional supply network influences METS firms’ ability to respond during those periods when the whole network is experiencing constrained resources.
To address this problem in the current research, a multilevel conceptual framework was developed, and a mixed-method research design adopted. The findings demonstrated that formal and informal instruments of regional supply network governance impact firms’ strategies and facilitates both short- term adaptation and the long-term adaptability of regional METS. The research contributes to the economic resilience literature by providing empirical evidence of the role of regional supply network structure and governance as factors influencing regional firms’ strategies at the micro-level. In turn, the strategies and behaviour of regional METS firms at the micro level impact adaptability and regional resilience at the meso-level. Therefore, a coordinated effort by governing bodies through policies and resource allocation is required to ensure the formation of well-connected, integrated regional supply networks that can foster long term adaptability and resilience in resource extractive
regions.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation Centre, 2018
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Andrews, Ross. "Pneumococcal vaccine for the elderly : impact of a publicly funded program." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148767.
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Lea, Emma J. "Moving from meat: vegetarianism, beliefs and information sources." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37912.
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A random population survey (n=601) and a survey of vegetarians (n=106) were conducted to examine South Australians' beliefs about meat and vegetarianism. Meat beliefs, barriers and benefits of vegetarianism, meat consumption, personal values, use of and trust in sources of food/nutrition/health information and demographic variables were measured via a written questionnaire.
There were differences in the responses of vegetarians, semi-vegetarians, and non-vegetarians. For example, vegetarians were more likely than non-vegetarians to use and trust unorthodox information sources and to hold universal values (e.g. 'equality').
The factors associated with meat consumption and four sets of health-related beliefs about meat and vegetarianism (Meat is Necessary, Vegetarianism Health Concerns and Appreciates Meat, Meat is Unhealthy, Health Benefits of Vegetarianism) were examined. Other (health and non-health) beliefs, barriers and benefits of vegetarianism were the most important factors overall to be associated with these beliefs and with meat consumption. Information sources were also associated (particularly orthodox, unorthodox, mass media, advertising, and social sources). Together, these results provided insight into how consumption of meat and plant foods might be influenced.
Finally, the proportion of prospective vegetarians was gauged. Approximately 15% of non-vegetarians were found to hold similar beliefs about vegetarianism as vegetarians. Prospective vegetarians were distinct from vegetarians and the remaining omnivores. For example, they were less likely than the remaining omnivores to eat red meat as frequently or to be Anglo-Australian.
The research suggested that a significant portion of the population is interested in vegetarian diets, but that certain barriers need to be overcome if this is to increase and lead to dietary change; in particular, the beliefs that vegetarian diets are nutritionally inadequate and that meat is essential for health. Tailored communications about how to prepare healthy, tasty vegetarian meals may also be useful. The results indicated the sources of food/nutrition/health information that may be most appropriate to disseminate such messages. Additionally, it was found that ethical (e.g. environmental, animal welfare) issues were linked to health and dietary behaviour. They may need to be more fully addressed by health professionals if the public is to obtain maximum benefit from plant-based diets, with minimum risk.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Public Health, 2001.
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Allie, Sophia-Lorraine Noxolo. "The role of social networks and social support on mental health." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25162.
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Schneider, Gavriel. "The design and development of a best practice use-of-force training model for the private security industry." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23548.
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Matshaba, Thabiso Donald. "Imprisonment in South Africa under maximum security conditions in the new millenium." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1732.
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The main aim of this study is to obtain the Master of Technologiae degree. Secondly, this study gives more clarity on the conditions of detention in maximum security prisons in South Africa and selected countries, namely the United States of America and Australia. Inmates detained in maximum security prisons are those who were sentenced to serve long terms in prison, including those who show violent behavior at lower security prisons. The development and treatment programs offered for inmates detained at maximum security prisons are taken into consideration, while certain negative aspects unique to maximum security prisons are examined as well. This study is important for the South African correctional system, due to the increase in the number of inmates detained in these facilities.Penology
M.Tech. (Correctional Services Management)