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Enhancing Access To Parenting Services Using Digital Technology Supported Practices, Elaine Bennett, Wendy Simpson, Cathrine Fowler, Ailsa Munns, Jane Kohlhoff

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Early parenting services (EPS) in Australia provide a range of expanding and rapidly changing services, including innovative digital technologies to improve service access for metropolitan and rural families.

Aim: This research aims to provide comprehensive information required for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the use of digital technologies for service delivery with parenting/child and family services in Australia and New Zealand in metropolitan and rural settings.

Methods: An interpretive descriptive approach was applied using semi-structured interviews from 23 EPS practitioners and managers in five sites.

Findings: These are presented as five main themes – preparing the way, practitioner …

A Western Australian Story: A Mixed Method Study Exploring Nutrition Knowledge, Food Intake, Influences On Food Choice, Body Image And Eating Attitudes Of University Students, Michelle Lambert

Theses

Emerging adults are fast gaining recognition as an important target group for health promotion as previous research indicates very few are meeting dietary guidelines, often consuming foods that have increased saturated fats, sugar and sodium. These eating patterns place this group at higher risk of developing chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Understanding how and why these eating patterns develop is important to help establish healthy eating behaviours and greater compliance to Australian Dietary Guidelines – Recommended Daily Serves (ADG-RDS) for emerging adults. International research has focused on eating habits, weight gain patterns and possible influences …

An Examination Of Pain Education Of Medical Students In Australia And New Zealand, Elspeth Shipton

Theses

Background: Unrelieved pain is a significant public health challenge in Australia and New Zealand. Medical practitioners play an essential role in the management of acute, cancer and chronic non-cancer pain.

Aim: This thesis aimed to examine the delivery of pain education at medical schools in Australia and New Zealand, and to determine how effectively it equips medical students with pain medicine competencies required for internship.

Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used. Quantitative studies focused on gathering information regarding the pain-related content of medical curricula of all medical schools; and on testing pain medicine competencies of final-year medical …

Equitable Expanded Carrier Screening Needs Indigenous Clinical And Population Genomic Data, Simon Easteal, Ruth M. Arkell, Renzo F. Balboa, Shayne A. Bellingham, Alex D. Brown, Tom Calma, Matthew C. Cook, Megan Davis, Hugh J.S Dawkins, Marcel E. Dinger, Michael S. Dobbie, Ashley Farlow, Kylie G. Gwynne, Azure Hermes, Wendy E. Hoy, Misty R. Jenkins, Simon H. Jiang, Warren Kaplan, Stephen Leslie, Bastien Llamas, Graham J. Mann, Brendan J. Mcmorran, Rebekah E. Mcwhirter, Cliff J. Meldrum, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Saul J. Newman, Jack S. Nunn, Lyndon Ormond-Parker, Neil J. Orr, Devashi Paliwal, Hardip R. Patel, Glenn Pearson, Greg R. Pratt, Boe Rambaldini, Lynette W. Russell, Ravi Savarirayan, Matthew Silcocks, John C. Skinner, Yassine Souilmi, Carola G. Vinuesa, Gareth Baynam

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Expanded carrier screening (ECS) for recessive monogenic diseases requires prior knowledge of genomic variation including DNA variants that cause disease. The composition of pathogenic variants differs greatly among human populations, but historically research about monogenic diseases has focused mainly on people with European ancestry. By comparison, less is known about pathogenic DNA variants in people from other parts of the world. Consequently, inclusion of currently under-represented Indigenous and other minority population groups in genomic research is essential to enable equitable outcomes in ECS and other areas of genomic medicine. Here we discuss this issue in relation to the implementation of …

How Well Do Australian Government Urban Planning Policies Respond To The Social Determinants Of Health And Health Equity?, Michael Mcgrevy, Patrick Harris, Toni Delaney-Crowe, Matt Fisher, Peter Sainsbury, Emily Riley, Fran Baum

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

There is now wide recognition and evidence that the built environment affects population health and health equity. This research provides a thematic analysis of 108 urban planning policy documents from Australian state, territory, and federal governments to address the question: How well do Australian government urban planning policies respond to the social determinants of health and health equity? Health and health equity were discussed explicitly in several policies, most often as a secondary or co-benefit to environmental, social, and economic concerns. The most significant themes in the documents associated with health were visions for urban development that is compact, mixed …

Parents' Ability To Access Community Health Occupational Therapy Services In A Disadvantaged Area: A Proof Of Concept Study, Rachel Smith, Gisselle Gallego

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Introduction: In New South Wales children from disadvantaged backgrounds have poorer health outcomes and reduced access to health services than their more advantaged counterparts. This study aimed to identify barriers and enablers to accessing child and family occupational therapy services in a disadvantaged area.

Methods: This was a mixed methods study that included: 1) a retrospective analysis of de-identified routinely collected Community Health service utilisation data from 2016-2017, and a 2) face to face interview guided survey with parents and carers.

Results: The retrospective data analysis showed outreach at the targeted suburbs’ Early Childhood Health Centres (ECHC) improved attendance for …