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Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future: Trauma-aware, healing-informed care to improve support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families - implementation and evaluation study protocol
No full textIntroduction: Complex trauma can have serious impacts on the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. The perinatal period represents a critical window' for recovery and transforming cycles of trauma into cycles of healing. The Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future (HPNF) project aims to implement and evaluate a programme of strategies to improve support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander families experiencing complex trauma. Method: The HPNF programme was codesigned over 4 years to improve awareness, support, recognition and assessment of trauma. Components include (1) a trauma-aware, healing-informed training and resource package for service providers; (2) trauma-awareness resources for parents; (3) organisational readiness assessment; (4) a database for parents and service providers to identify accessible and appropriate additional support and (5) piloting safe recognition and assessment processes. The programme will be implemented in a large rural health service in Victoria, Australia, over 12 months. Evaluation using a mixed-methods approach will assess feasibility, acceptability, cost, effectiveness and sustainability. This will include service user and provider interviews; service usage and cost auditing; and an administrative linked data study of parent and infant outcomes. Analysis: Qualitative data will be analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Quantitative and service usage outcomes will be described as counts and proportions. Evaluation of health outcomes will use interrupted time series analyses. Triangulation of data will be conducted and mapped to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance frameworks to understand factors influencing feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, cost and sustainability. Ethics and dissemination: Approval granted from St Vincent's Melbourne Ethics Committee (approval no. 239/22). Data will be disseminated according to the strategy outlined in the codesign study protocol, in-line with the National Health and Medical Research Council Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Excellence criteria.</p
Don't read the comments: The backlash against Indigenous language reclamation in Australia
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Understanding the interaction between support and social participation for people with physical disabilities: a scoping review protocol
No full textIntroduction: Around the world, the disability rights movements and the social model of disability have placed emphasis on the importance of social participation for people with disability. People with physical disability who have high and complex support needs often need support to access their communities, however, very little is known about the interaction between support and social participation for this population of people. Therefore, the aim of this scoping review is to explore the literature related to the interaction between support and social participation for adults with disability and understand any existing gaps in the literature where further research may be required in order to maximise quality support and social participation. Methods and analysis: This scoping review will be conducted and reported according to scoping review guidelines outlined by Arksey and O'Malley and later modified by Levac et al, as well as the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis: Extension for Scoping Reviews. Thorough database searches will be conducted across MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Scopus. The search will be limited to papers published in English from 2013 onwards. Citations will be uploaded into Covidence and screened by two independent reviewers. Data extraction will extract data regarding participants, housing, support and study characteristics, as well as qualitative and quantitative data relevant to the research question. A narrative synthesis will be used to summarise findings. A minimum of three consultants with lived experience of disability will be engaged to review and contribute to the final scoping review paper. Ethics and dissemination: It is anticipated that the findings of this scoping review will be made available in peer-reviewed publications and also in plain language formats to ensure accessibility to a wide range of audiences. Ethics will not be required for this scoping review.</p
Genetic component of pollinator effectiveness in Banksia catoglypta - data files
No full textData used to compare the consequences for the mating system and offspring fitness of pollination by birds, insects and non-flying mammals in Banksia catoglypta. The xslx file contains 3 sheets: 1. data that was used in analyeses and to generate data figures. 2. raw genotype data for 8 microsatellite loci (in genalex format), 3. output of MLTR program. In separate file, 4. cotyledon emergence data - scored 7 weeks after sowing seeds.</p
The susceptibility of rare and threatened NSW species to the root-rot pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi: 2. the identification of species requiring protection or further research
No full textContext: The response of most native plant species in New South Wales (NSW) to infection by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands is unknown, which makes decisions about disease management difficult. Aims: We aim to improve knowledge about the potential threat from P. cinnamomi by testing a further 32 threatened species for their response to the pathogen and developing a method for prioritising management and susceptibility testing. Methods: Susceptibility to infection and host response were evaluated in glasshouse experiments where the pathogen was introduced to pots containing the threatened species, and the results were compared with control uninoculated pots. Our prioritisation used modelled habitat suitability for P. cinnamomi, proximity to known P. cinnamomi occurrences, and numbers of plant species populations at least 1 km apart to rank 928 rare and threatened plant species native to NSW for either management or susceptibility testing. Key results: Phytophthora cinnamomi was re-isolated from the roots of 10 of the 32 species assessed, most of which also showed significant mortality or disease symptoms. Darwinia peduncularis B.G.Briggs, Hibbertia circinata K.L.McDougall and G.T.Wright, Isopogon fletcheri F.Muell., Phebalium speciosum I.Telford, Pultenaea baeuerlenii F.Muell. and Pultenaea parrisiae J.D.Briggs and Crisp were the most severely affected species. The effect of P. cinnamomi is known for only 63 rare and threatened species in NSW. The Greater Sydney region is a hotspot for rare and threatened plant species with a high priority for susceptibility testing. Conclusions: The prognosis in the wild for rare and threatened plant species affected by P. cinnamomi depends on (1) habitat suitability for the pathogen, with subalpine and arid-zone species unlikely to be affected, (2) the number of unaffected populations, with two severely affected species that occur only on infested sites (Hibbertia circinata and Prostanthera marifolia R.Br.) facing extinction in the near future and (3) climate, with some species (e.g. Pomaderris delicata N.G.Walsh and Coates) apparently affected only in unusually wet years. Further susceptibility testing of rare and threatened species is required. This should be supported by taxonomic studies of genera (e.g. Hibbertia, Pultenaea) commonly affected by the pathogen. Implications: Many more plant species in NSW are likely to be severely affected by P. cinnamomi than currently known, and may require active management of the disease for their long-Term survival
The Dimension of the Set of ψ-Badly Approximable Points in All Ambient Dimensions: On a Question of Beresnevich and Velani
No full textLet ψ : N → [0, ∞), ψ(q) = q−(1+τ) and let ψ-badly approximable points be those vectors in Rd that are ψ-well approximable, but not cψ-well approximable for arbitrarily small constants c > 0. We establish that the ψ-badly approximable points have the Hausdorff dimension of the ψ-well approximable points, the dimension taking the value (d+ 1)/(τ + 1) familiar from theorems of Besicovitch and Jarník. The method of proof is an entirely new take on the Mass Transference Principle (MTP) by Beresnevich and Velani (Annals, 2006); namely, we use the colloquially named “delayed pruning” to construct a sufficiently large lim inf set and combine this with ideas inspired by the proof of the MTP to find a large lim sup subset of the lim inf set. Our results are a generalisation of some 1-dimensional results due to Bugeaud and Moreira (Acta Arith, 2011), but our method of proof is nothing alike
Exploring the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial of group-based pregnancy care and education: a pilot randomised controlled trial in Melbourne, Australia
No full textBackground: In group-based pregnancy models, antenatal care and childbirth/parenting education are provided in groups of eight to 10 women, usually with two midwives, and six to eight sessions. Current evidence is inconclusive regarding potential benefit or harm. We aimed to explore the feasibility of implementing an adequately powered randomised controlled trial (RCT). Methods: A two-arm pilot RCT was conducted in a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Women were randomly allocated to either the intervention to receive group-based antenatal care and education (group care) or to usual care, which included hospital-based midwife, caseload midwifery, team midwifery, or GP shared care. Participants were English-speaking, primiparous, low risk, and < 24 weeks gestation at booking. Data collection: feasibility measures throughout pilot, baseline questionnaire at recruitment, clinical outcome data from the medical record, and a telephone-administered questionnaire 6 weeks postpartum. A focus group explored midwives’ views. Results: Seventy-four women were recruited from May to June 2017 (group care = 40, usual care = 34). Study uptake was 35%. Women allocated to group care rated their overall pregnancy care more highly (88% good/very good vs 77% in usual care). There was no evidence of harm related to group care. Overarching themes from the midwives were that group care helped ‘build connections’ and ‘empower women’. All midwives would work in the model again and believed it should be expanded. Conclusion: Group care was acceptable to both women and midwives with no evidence of harm. The pilot demonstrated the feasibility of undertaking a large adequately powered RCT, important given the inconclusive evidence on clinical outcomes regarding the model, and its current relatively widespread implementation.</p
Strength & Conditioning Employer Perceptions Survey: An Interactive Dashboard
No full textThis research project aimed to understand industry perceptions on postgraduate strength and conditioning (S&C) degrees and to present the findings in an intuitive and open access form. Survey data was collected from 111 participants employed as performance staff, or in a role that recruits and supervises performance staff. The survey consisted of three main sections: i) perceptions on career development opportunities in S&C; ii) perception on S&C postgraduate programs; iii) perceptions on employability in S&C. Results are presented as an open access, interactive dashboard. It is anticipated that these findings and data communication method can be considered by both industry and academics in the field of S&C and sport science, with a view to improve graduate capabilities consequently lead to enhanced service provision to the athlete.</p
Cognitive and affective perspective taking amongst adolescent offenders with variants of callous-unemotional traits
No full textEvidence suggests that associations between antisocial behaviour, callous–unemotional (CU) traits and cognitive empathy (e.g. perspective taking) vary depending on more fine-grained dimensions of these constructs. This study examined associations between adolescent antisocial behaviour and individual differences in cognitive and affective perspective taking ability. Based on current theory regarding distinct variants of CU traits, we further tested whether the correlates of CU traits differed amongst youth with high versus low levels of anxiety. Participants were 130 male adolescents (81 youth offenders; 49 non-offenders) aged 13–20 years, of predominantly Caucasian and Aboriginal Australian ethnicity. Perspective taking skills were indexed using performance-based testing, and self-report data was collected on CU traits and anxiety in a cross-sectional design. Offender status was associated with poorer cognitive and affective perspective taking. In addition, associations between CU traits and perspective taking skills were moderated by anxiety. Specifically, CU traits were associated with poorer skills for second-order cognitive perspective taking amongst high-anxiety youth, whereas CU traits were associated with better cognitive and affective perspective taking skills amongst low-anxiety youth. More fine-grained assessment of such factors stands to enhance understanding of, and effective intervention for, antisocial youth.</p
Beyond Church and Party: Christians for National Liberation in the Philippines
No full textA thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.</p