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Welcome To Wollongong: Community Action Project, Peter M. Kell, Virginie H. Schmelitschek, Ann-Maree Smith, Gillian J. Vogl
Welcome To Wollongong: Community Action Project, Peter M. Kell, Virginie H. Schmelitschek, Ann-Maree Smith, Gillian J. Vogl
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
This paper reports on a community action project that was developed by a community committee to assist international students to feel more welcome in Wollongong. Research with international students carried out since 2005 by Peter Kell and Gillian Vogl found that international students who were well connected to their communities experienced greater well being and performed better academically. In 2006 a community working group was formed comprising staff and students from different sectors at the University of Wollongong; representatives from Wollongong City Council; the local business chamber; local businesses, Illawarra Ethnic Communities Council and Illawarra TAFE. The Welcome to Wollongong …
Virtual Community Consultation? Using The Literature And Weblogs To Link Community Perspectives And Health Technology Assessment, Jackie M. Street, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Karen Facey, Richard E. Ashcroft, Janet E. Hiller
Virtual Community Consultation? Using The Literature And Weblogs To Link Community Perspectives And Health Technology Assessment, Jackie M. Street, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Karen Facey, Richard E. Ashcroft, Janet E. Hiller
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Background Community views, expressed in social impact assessments and collected through community consultation, should play an important role in health technology assessment (HTA). Yet HTA methodologists have been slow to include outcomes of these forms of inquiry in analyses, in part because collecting community views is time‐consuming and resource intensive. Objective To explore how community views sourced from published studies, grey literature and informal internet web pages can inform HTA. Methods A technology reviewed by Adelaide HTA in 2004 was selected: retinal photography for detection of diabetic retinopathy. Published literature, 'grey' literature and informal web pages were searched to examine …
Healing The Hand That Feeds You: Exploring Solutions For Dog And Community Health And Welfare In Australian Indigenous Cultures, Sophie E. Constable, Graeme Brown, Roselyn M. Dixon, Robert Dixon
Healing The Hand That Feeds You: Exploring Solutions For Dog And Community Health And Welfare In Australian Indigenous Cultures, Sophie E. Constable, Graeme Brown, Roselyn M. Dixon, Robert Dixon
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
The overpopulation and poor state of dog health in many rural and remote Australian Indigenous communities (RRAIC) affects not only animal welfare but human social welfare. Dogs are an integral part of Australian Indigenous cultures and impact on human health and welfare through zoonotic diseases, and mental health concerns such as worry and shame about pet health, and sleep deprivation from incessant dog fights. This study investigates the factors that contribute to poor animal and community health and welfare in RRAIC, focusing on four main factors: community awareness of dog health and welfare issues, knowledge of the solutions, motivation to …