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Presenting health and medical geography: people, places and change
No full textAssessments of the development of geography as a discipline, and studies of sub-disciplinary development within geography, have generally focussed on the subject matter under study. Consideration has concentrated on topics, theories, methods and paradigm shifts identified by analyses of published literature. There has been rather less interest in the spatialisation of the practice and performance of the discipline by people and institutions (though there have been exceptions) and equally little attention to the evidence provided by geographical conferences. We address these lacunae in current knowledge through a quantitative study of changing disciplinary endeavour in health geography as evidenced by participation in the International Medical Geography Symposia. For 35 years this biennial meeting has been the flagship conference for health and medical geographers. We have obtained, reviewed and coded the proceedings of all 17 symposia, analysing the submitted papers by location of symposia, lead authorship, affiliation, and country of authorship. We investigate the globalisation of the sub-discipline and changes in key institutional involvement. Novel network analysis methods are used to identify changing linkages between research centres. What emerges is a complex sub-discipline driven by the changing neoliberal context of higher education and marked by both continuities and discontinuities in its practitioner networks
Navigating the LGB Data Landscape:A Review of Appropriate Secondary Data Sources for Sexuality and Substance Use Research in the UK
Get PDFResearch has found that sexual minority individuals are more likely to experience health inequalities and have higher rates of substance use compared with their heterosexual counterparts. This association between sexuality and health outcomes is increasingly being explored using quantitative methodologies within the context of public health, psychology and health geography. Much of this research, however, has relied on primary data, despite the wide availability of secondary sources, mainly survey data, collecting information on sexuality and different types of health outcomes and health risk behaviours, such as substance use. This study reviewed recent surveys in the UK that are appropriate for exploring topics related to LGB populations and substance use behaviours. We carried out a narrative review of secondary data sources in the UK to assess the accessibility and suitability of secondary sources for sexuality and substance use research. We identified eight cross-sectional and two longitudinal surveys that contained both sexuality and substance use data. We summarised the possible applications of each survey and the scope of questions within sexuality and substance use research that could be addressed by each survey. The identification of appropriate surveys in this review can allow researchers to extend the use of secondary data sources in the UK to examine substance use inequalities between sexuality groups, further advancing this key topic.</p
supplementary_Methods_Data – Supplemental material for Examining Spatial Variability in the Association Between Male Partner Alcohol Misuse and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Ghana: A GWR Analysis
No full textSupplemental material, supplementary_Methods_Data for Examining Spatial Variability in the Association Between Male Partner Alcohol Misuse and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Ghana: A GWR Analysis by Prince M. Amegbor, Ortis Yankey, Mark W. Rosenberg and Clive E. Sabel in Journal of Interpersonal Violence</p
Clive Small on the real-life "Underbelly"
No full textOver the course of his career, Clive Small, one of NSW\u27s most successful detectives, saw it all. His book, "Smack Express: How organised crime got hooked on drugs" is an insight into drug trafficking and organised crime on Australia\u27s east coast. Written with journalist Tom Gilling, it features an extraordinary range of colourful characters and situations. Take "Aunty", the female drug lord who has been successfully importing kilos of cocaine into Australia for decades. Or the bloke who thought that throwing someone into the boot of a car and driving it to South Australia wasn\u27t kidnapping, because "he never asked to get out of the boot".
Clive Small is a former Assistant Commissioner of Police in NSW, and a former ICAC chief investigator. He resigned from ICAC in 2007 to pursue a defamation case against broadcaster Alan Jones. His investigations included the death of Griffith anti-drugs campaigner Donald McKay, the assassination of Cabramatta MP John Newman and the backpacker murders of Ivan Milat.
Tom Gilling is a former journalist and author. He has written a number of novels and co-authored "The Bagman: Final Confessions of Jack Herbert", about a corrupt Queensland policeman whose evidence in the 1980s Fitzgerald Inquiry had a huge impact on Queensland
Photograph - Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, after receiving award for their book ‘The Canecutters’
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/283960Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, after receiving award for their book ‘The Canecutters’286830
Item: [2003.0003.00938] "Photograph - Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, after receiving award for their book ‘The Canecutters’
Photograph - Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, who won award for their book ‘The Canecutters’
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/283981Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, who won award for their book ‘The Canecutters’ 27 Feb 1987286851
Item: [2003.0003.00959] "Photograph - Burrows, Geoff, Accounting and Business Law, and Clive Morton, co-author, who won award for their book ‘The Canecutters’
Examining spatial variability in the association between male partner alcohol misuse and intimate partner violence against women in Ghana: a GWR analysis
No full textGlobally, it is estimated that about 30% of ever-partnered women have experienced some form of intimate partner violence (IPV)—physical assault, sexual assault, or emotional abuse. The prevalence of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa is considerably higher than the global estimate. In Ghana, it is estimated that 24% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual IPV in their lifetime. Studies point to the association between alcohol misuse by intimate male partners and violence against women. However, there has been no consideration for potential spatial variation or heterogeneity in this association. Using estimates from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey Data, we employed geographically weighted regression (GWR) analysis to examine spatial variations in the relationship between male partner’s alcohol misuse and IPV among women in Ghana. We fitted three models to assess the relationship using a step-wise approach. The first model has alcohol misuse as the only predictor, whereas the second model included other male partner characteristics, such as post-secondary education and employment status. The final introduced female characteristics as additional covariates. The result of the GWR analysis shows that the effect of alcohol misuse on IPV is elevated in the south-western part of Ghana. The findings suggest the potential influence of place-based or contextual factors on the association between alcohol misuse and women’s exposure to IPV
Review of “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back at C. S. Lewis
Get PDFReview of C. J. S. Hayward, “St. Clive:” An Eastern Orthodox Author Looks Back at C. S. Lewis (Wheaton, Illinois: C. J. S. Hayward Publications, 2000-19). 381 pages. $49.99. ISBN 9781794669956
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