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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"1117 Public Health and Health Services"”.
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Examining Innovation Translation of RFID Technology in Australian Hospitals through a Lens Informed by Actor-Network Theory
… technology (IT) in large hospitals is dynamic and multifaceted. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a rapidly evolving technology that uses radio waves for data collection and transfer, without human involvement. As an acronym, RFID is used broadly for categorising technologies that use …
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Community centred health promotion and prevention in an Australian context
… have increased dramatically in Australia and around the world over the past decade, causing pain, suffering, disability, psychosocial problems, early mortality and economic and public health crisis. However, many chronic diseases and conditions could be prevented with better evidence based …
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Paramedic practice and the cultural and religious needs of pre‐hospital patients in Victoria
Religion and culture can impact profoundly on healthcare practices and health outcomes. The Australian community is rich and diverse in differing cultures and religions, and at times of medical emergency the paramedic increasingly will be required to respond to healthcare needs of this diverse …
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Towards the health promoting retirement village : a case study
The aged care industry along with the public health movement has undergone profound change, yet aged care is a growing concern with an ageing population. Within the Australian context, there remains the need for further research and education especially with regard to the retirement village setting …
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Understanding community wellness from a multicultural perspective
… The project was initiated by Isaac Prilleltensky and Heather Gridley from Victoria University and involved a partnership between Victoria University and Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service, St Albans (Melbourne, Australia). The present study aimed to explore Prilleltensky’s community wellness …
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Modelling knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus
… diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and quality of life (QoL) of people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The main hypothesis was there would be significant relationships between diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and QoL in the path model. I conducted two studies on …
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Health and work : how do residential disability support workers view their work?
… workers view their work, their work environment and conditions, their needs as workers, and how their work conditions influence quality of care. Sixteen people took part in the research, including 10 residential disability support workers, three senior coordinators and three union workers from …
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Understanding childbirth education: a phenomenological case study
… to the study the Ministerial Review of Birthing Services in Victoria (1990) entitled “Having a Baby in Victoria” identified shortcomings in the childbirth education programs offered to expectant women and their partners. The study sought to interpret the experiences of the childbirth educators …
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Exploration of spousal carers' lived experience of loss
… much of the literature that discussed loss and grief was developed within an empirical-analytical paradigm. Stage models and theories of grief were proposed to explain and describe a universal process of grieving. Nurses, to a large extent, accept and perpetuate these notions of loss and …
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A sample of female Australian tourists' travel health intentions and behaviour while holidaying in south east Asia
… However, these can result in strange and diverse health hazards. This exploratory research used sequential in-depth interviews to explain the relationship between the travel health advice tourists receive and their behaviour while holidaying in South East Asia. When providing travel …
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Evaluation of health programs: application of social cost benefit analysis in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing of Australia
The integration of economics and moral philosophy, which provides a new approach to evaluation and analysis of economic activities, is increasing within the literature. It is argued in this thesis that valuation and analysis in health economics and health programs (normative health economics) …
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The journey of a lifetime : conceptualising mental health in community-based asylum-seekers negotiating the refugee determination process
There is a paucity of research on the mental health of asylum-seekers, particularly in comparison with refugee and migrant populations. Yet asylum-seekers occupy a vulnerable place in our community. After applying for a protection visa upon arrival in the host country, asylum-seekers frequently …
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Investigating culturally competent reflective practice in diabetes healthcare
… the interaction between scientific knowledge and the practice of diabetes healthcare with patients from non-Western cultural groups.
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Is guardianship a successful intervention for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder?
Understanding and treating individuals who have a combination of borderline personality disorders, self-injurious behaviours and sometimes suicidality, presents one of the most confusing and problematic challenges to mental health professionals. While the use of mental health legislation for this …
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Killing time: the effect of boredom during unstructured leisure time on men's health
… statistics routinely show that across all ages and for most causes of death men die earlier than women and unmarried men die earlier than married men. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as tobacco and alcohol use and physical inactivity vary by sex, age, and marital status and other …
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Towards a feminist philosophy of fertility consciousness
… it enables fertility consciousness. Mosse and Heaton (1990) define fertility consciousness as a conscious participation in the events of the menstrual cycle. The Fertility Consciousness Group (1980), Mosse and Heaton (1990) and Valins (1993) argue that until we establish a feminist …
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Beyond the divide: women's experiences in rural Victorian psychiatric rehabilitation services
… to women experiencing psychiatric rehabilitation services in rural Victoria. A critical analysis of the literature revealed a landscape of marginalisation and alienation for women experiencing a mental illness in a rural area. This study used a phenomenological method to explore the meanings of …
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Environmental factors affecting the risk of breast cancer
… cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity amongst females of the Australian population. There is still uncertainty as to the causes of breast cancer, however, there are some factors that are thought to increase one's likelihood of developing the disease. These factors include …
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Improving workplace productivity and corporate culture : perceptions and experiences of the effects of workplace massage
… figures consistently reveal that physical and psychological injuries pose a costly burden to the Australian economy. Since the 1980s, many employers have increasingly been providing workplace massage programs to their staff as one initiative to redress this trend. Masseurs have promoted the …
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Policy development and implementation : a multiple sector collaborative approach in social, health, and community fields
A multiple sector collaboration (MSC) approach to public health and social policy development and implementation is becoming the norm in postmodern cities and communities. The development of a theoretical framework in relation to MSC practice is still in its infancy. As an approach to policy …
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