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Ecosystem accounting through first nations’ lenses: Integrating the SEEA-EA and Indigenous knowledge systems
No full textThe UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) provides a framework for integrating information about the environment and the economy, organising information about ecosystems, measuring ecosystem services, and tracking change. We explore how SEEA-EA can incorporate First Nations’ conceptualisation of nature and cultural connections to traditional lands. We identify multiple entry avenues, propose key principles and suggest steps to enhance relevance of the SEEA-EA to First Nations, principally: stock accounts should reflect aspects of Country that First Nations deem important; flow accounts should depict services they consider the most significant; and, stocks and flows should be measured using physical, subjective and monetary metrics that they deem appropriate. Respectful partnership with First Nations group(s) whose Country is being accounted for—centred on their priorities and values—would yield multiple benefits. We recommend that these ideas, alongside other possible approaches, be developed and tested with First Nations groups across diverse geographic and cultural contexts
Edits & Annotations: Season 2
No full textEdits & Annotations is a podcast from the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing, featuring interviews with Australian and international authors about their craft, their process and their writing lives
Social work practice models in general practice in Australia: Protocol of an intervention study
No full textPurpose- This study protocol provides an overview of research that aims to integrate social workers into general practice teams to improve care coordination and reduce the burden of psychosocial issues presented to General Practitioners (GPs).
Design/methodology/approach- This proof-of-concept study will be conducted in five overlapping phases to implement and evaluate three different models of social worker integration into general practice teams. The first phase will involve developing partnerships, contractual arrangements, co-design workshops and an advisory group to establish the project. Phases two and three will see the implementation of the three models. The final phase is the evaluation and dissemination phase.
Data collection will include co-design workshops, Qualtrics data capture surveys completed by social workers, wellness assessment surveys, patient feedback forms and a stakeholder feedback survey. Data analysis will involve thematic and statistical analysis.
Discussion- As an emerging area of practice for social work, the implementation of social work practice in general practice needs to be carefully planned and scaffolded. The findings of the evaluation of the models will show how they can address identified needs for primary health care and patient care in the primary health care setting. Co-designing the models at the implementation stage will ensure practice staff buy-in and there is a way to address anticipated challenges, such as referral pathways, role clarification and resource availability.
Originality/value- This project will contribute to existing knowledge by testing the feasibility and effectiveness of different models of social worker integration into general practice teams in the Australian context, which is a major focus of the national ten-year primary health care plan and Strengthening Medicare reforms. The project will also identify the conditions and factors that influence the implementation and outcomes of social worker integration, such as role clarity, inter-disciplinary communication, formal structure and process, risk management, and funding
The significance of partnerships to future university missions: A systematic literature review
No full textn this era of knowledge-intensive and innovation-focused economies, university missions are pivoting. Universities need to consider new and varied ways of working, including developing key partnerships, collaborations, and engagements with various stakeholders and end users. This paper presents an integrative literature review providing insight into the partnerships universities typically embrace to inform future partnership practices. A total of 751 abstracts from peer-reviewed articles published between 2008 and 2018 were examined and categorised, aligning with the pillars of university business: Teaching and Learning, Research, and Service. The review also includes identification of the types of journals partnership research is predominately published in, and the disciplines and fields that dominate research reporting on partnerships. This paper highlights trends in the findings around patterns of partnership engagements in higher education, discussing how funding models, university agendas, and the historical value placed on different disciplines influence the uptake of and worth placed on partnerships
Colourblindness in/of place: Memory, colonial place, and education’s ignorance of the blue
No full textThis chapter takes up the nexus of place and anti-colonial thought to prompt a consideration of how educational theory and scholarship, in making efforts to critically engage place, often does so with a rather terrestrial focus, failing to account for the placial colonisation of blue spaces. This chapter looks to how public memory is written into both blue and green spaces, doing so in support of a demonstration of how colonial logics are written into both terrestrial and aqueous spaces. Through such an exploration, I call for more attention to be paid in critical educational work to the ‘cyan’ making of settler-colonial place, that is, the complex intersection of blue and green places in the white settler-colonial project
Impact of interprofessional student led health clinics for patients, students and educators: a scoping review
No full textBackground: Although interprofessional student led health clinics have been implemented worldwide, the impact of this model await confirmation. Objectives: To conduct a critical analysis of the literature on interprofessional student led clinics, and the views of stakeholders on feasibility and the barriers and facilitators to implementation.
Design: A scoping review, evidence synthesis and quality appraisal were conducted using PRISMA Scr. Eight databases were searched from 2003 to 2023: Medline (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), Cochrane, Scopus, ERIC, Web of Science and Informit Health Collection. A qualitative descriptive approach was used to analyse data from patients, students and educators and inductive thematic analysis identified emergent themes.
Results: Fortysix studies were included from a yield of 3140 publications. A key theme to emerge was that patients perceived improvements in their health and wellbeing and valued gaining health information from student led clinics. Student experiences were mostly positive although some found it challenging to work in interprofessional teams and roles were not always clear. The clinics enabled students to improve communication skills and autonomy. Clinical educators reported that students benefited from experiential learning within an interprofessional context. The clinics were feasible, provided that sufficient funding, infrastructure, staff and resources were available. Barriers to implementation included lack of funding, excessive waiting times and non-aligned student timetables. Pre-clinic orientation and support from on-site clinical educators facilitated implementation.
Conclusions: Despite some challenges with implementing interprofessional student led clinics, they can have a positive impact on student learning and patient experiences
Income and sex moderate the association between population density and reproduction: A multilevel analysis of life history strategies across 23 nations
No full textWhile previous studies guided by evolutionary life history theory have revealed several important socioecological moderators of the influence of population density (PD) on reproduction, absent is an understanding of how individual-level factors such as personal resources and sex differences might interact and play a role. Using data from a large sample of clients (N = 4,432,440) of an online dating company spanning 317 states nested within 23 countries, we contributed a robust multilevel analysis of life history effects by assessing the interaction between state-level PD and individual-level income on offspring quantity, and we further qualified this analysis by sex. Consistent with previous research, PD was negatively correlated with having children. Consistent with our novel hypotheses, this negative relationship was moderated by income such that the link between PD and low fertility became weaker with increasing levels of income and these patterns were stronger for men than for women. These results held despite controlling for a variety of country-level, state-level, and individual-level confounds. Findings are discussed together with theoretical and practical implications for the management of fertility based on evolutionary life history perspectives
Becoming singular: Musical identity construction and maintenance through the lens of identity process theory
No full textThis study uses identity process theory to understand the social–psychological processes that motivate individuals to construct an identity in which music, singing, and singing teaching feature prominently. We conducted reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 10 Australian singing teachers (with an average age 60) to understand how they enacted identity principles that motivate identity construction and maintenance. Findings were captured in two themes: (1) ‘It has just been music’: Living a musical life is my destiny; (2) ‘I know my value’: Achieving goals in music and teaching is motivating. Participants’ consistent musical engagement across the lifespan satisfied the identity principles of continuity and positive distinctiveness. The identity principles of self-efficacy and self-esteem were satisfied through the social connections created with peers and through teaching singing; participants derived self-worth from celebrating and contributing to the success of others. Teaching singing was a way to become ‘singular’, that is, distinctive, and distinctively valued by the self and others. This article provides an example of how identity process theory can be applied in musical identities research to uncover new insights into the psychological processes of identity construction, with implications for understanding identity resilience and musical engagement across the lifespan
Complicated Grief Following the Traumatic Loss of a Child: A Systematic Review
No full textComplicated grief is a disabling condition that occurs when the natural grief process is disturbed or prolonged. Research demonstrates that complicated grief is more prevalent following the sudden or violent loss of a child. Despite the high incidence of accidental death worldwide, little research has focused on parental grief trajectories following this form of traumatic loss. A systematic review was conducted to explore parental bereavement outcomes following accidental death. Studies were included if they specifically examined complicated grief in parents bereaved by the accidental death of their child. A total of 767 articles were identified and seven studies met the eligibility criteria for review. Poorer outcomes were identified in relation to the mode of death, relationship type, time post-loss, perceived support, perceived justice and comorbidities. Results of the current study may be used to inform the development of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of complicated grief
Prescribing Home Digital Thermometry Coupled with Activity Dosing and Optimized Offloading to Prolong Diabetic Foot Remission: A Case Report
No full textPeople with a history of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) experience diminished health-related quality of life and are at a 40% annual risk of DFU recurrence. Due to a fear of DFU recurrence, people in DFU remission participate less in physical activity and moderate-intensity exercise when compared to people with diabetes who have not had wounds. There is novel evidence to suggest that too little activity during DFU remission contributes to only low magnitudes of repetitive tissue loading creating a higher susceptibility to skin trauma during inadvertent high-activity bouts. Conversely, a hasty return to too much activity could lead to rapid recurrence. There is now high-level evidence from multiple meta-analyses to indicate that home-based foot temperature monitoring, coupled with activity modification and daily inspection of the feet for impending signs of ulceration, could reduce the risk of ulcer recurrence by 50%. There is little evidence, however, to guide the decision-making regarding the appropriate quantity and frequency of physical activity during DFU remission and the acceptability from the patient perspective. This has resulted in limited uptake of this novel intervention in clinical practice. Earlier, we proposed that activity can be dosed for people in foot ulcer remission, just like insulin or medication is dosed. Here, we describe a patient-centered approach to implementing home foot temperature monitoring coupled with daily foot checks and dosage-based return to physical activity in a patient in DFU remission, including his perspective. We believe using such an approach could maximize ulcer-free days in remission, thereby improving quality of life