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Leadership Education and Development: An Exploration of Australian Academic Educators' Perceptions of Leadership Education for Health and Human Service Sector Leaders
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Kate L. Fennell; Pieter Jan Van Dam; Nicola Stephens; Adele Holloway – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2025
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of postgraduate leadership courses and programs offered by Australian Higher Education Institutions for leaders and potential leaders in the Health & Human Service (H&HS) sector including structure, content, and teaching practices from the perspective of educators. Ten educators from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Health Services, Human Services
Development of the Uni Virtual Clinic: An Online Programme for Improving the Mental Health of University Students
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Farrer, Louise M.; Gulliver, Amelia; Katruss, Natasha; Bennett, Kylie; Bennett, Anthony; Ali, Kathina; Griffiths, Kathleen M. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
There is growing recognition of the importance of addressing the mental health needs of young people attending university. Anonymous, scalable, and evidence-based online interventions can help to reduce burden on university services and increase access to care for marginalised or disconnected students. This paper reports the participatory design…
Descriptors: Program Development, Health Services, Mental Health, College Students
A Training Programme for Community Pharmacists to Support People Living with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: Intervention Mapping in the Context of a Pandemic
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McMillan, Sara S.; El-Den, Sarira; O'Reilly, Claire L.; Roennfeldt, Helena; Theodorus, Theo; Chapman, Justin; Bailey, Kylie; Crump, Keith; Collins, Jack C.; Ng, Ricki; Stewart, Victoria; Wheeler, Amanda J. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: The Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Mental Illness in Community Pharmacy ("PharMIbridge") randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to test the effectiveness of a pharmacist-led support service in improving medication adherence, and the physical and mental health of people living with severe and persistent mental illness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Personnel, Pharmacy, Community Health Services
Stroke Communication Partner Training: A National Survey of 122 Clinicians on Current Practice Patterns and Perceived Implementation Barriers and Facilitators
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Chang, Huey Fang; Power, Emma; O'Halloran, Robyn; Foster, Abby – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2018
Background: Communication partners (CPs) find it challenging to communicate with people with communication disorders post-stroke. Stroke communication partner training (CPT) can enhance CPs' ability to support the communication and participation of people post-stroke. While evidence for the efficacy of aphasia-based CPT is strong, implementation…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Evidence Based Practice, Communication Disorders, Aphasia
Medical Signbank as a Model for Sign Language Planning? A Review of Community Engagement
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Napier, Jemina; Major, George; Ferrara, Lindsay; Johnston, Trevor – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
This paper reviews a sign language planning project conducted in Australia with deaf Auslan users. The Medical Signbank project utilised a cooperative language planning process to engage with the Deaf community and sign language interpreters to develop an online interactive resource of health-related signs, in order to address a gap in the health…
Descriptors: Models, Sign Language, Language Planning, Deafness
Development and Evaluation of an Internet-Based Program to Improve the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young Men
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Ellis, Louise A.; McCabe, Kathryn; Davenport, Tracey; Burns, Jane M.; Rahilly, Kitty; Nicholas, Mariesa; Hickie, Ian B – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the development of WorkOut, an Internet-based program designed to help young men overcome the barriers towards help-seeking and to build the skills they need to understand and manage their own mental health. Information and communication technologies (ICT) hold great potential to significantly improve mental…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Evaluation, Internet, Mental Health
Identifying Multi-Level Culturally Appropriate Smoking Cessation Strategies for Aboriginal Health Staff: A Concept Mapping Approach
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Dawson, Anna P.; Cargo, Margaret; Stewart, Harold; Chong, Alwin; Daniel, Mark – Health Education Research, 2013
Aboriginal Australians, including Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs), smoke at rates double the non-Aboriginal population. This study utilized concept mapping methodology to identify and prioritize culturally relevant strategies to promote smoking cessation in AHWs. Stakeholder participants included AHWs, other health service employees and tobacco…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Stakeholders, Smoking
Evaluating Consumer and Provider Participation in Health Services Policy, Planning, and Management: A Western Australian Case Study.
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Meddin, Jacob; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
The Health Advisory Network of Western Australia--an organization of consumer and provider organizations--was evaluated in a review of four case studies of issues processed and an analysis of the perceptions of 77 member delegates. It is concluded that the network should continue and might serve as a model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Model Projects for Early Intervention in the Mental Health of Young People: Reorientation of Services.
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O'Hanlon, Anne; Kosky, Robert; Martin, Graham; Dundas, Pauline; Davis, Cathy – 2000
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People (AusEinet) was established to coordinate a national approach to early intervention for mental health in young people. The approach has three streams: (1) development and maintenance of a national early intervention network for mental health in young people; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
Early Intervention in the Mental Health of Young People: A Literature Review.
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Davis, Cathy; Martin, Graham; Kosky, Robert; O'Hanlon, Anne – 2000
This literature review was undertaken as part of the National Mental Health Strategy on the development and maintenance of a national early intervention network for mental health in young people. Its purpose is to facilitate the development of innovative early intervention services across Australia by developing and maintaining a national network…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
School Health Programs in Australia - A Special Insert.
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Nader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education