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2. 'Culture it's a big term isn't it'? An analysis of child and family health nurses' understandings of culture and intercultural communication.
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Grant, Julian and Luxford, Yoni
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COMMUNICATION methodology ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,COMMUNITY health services ,DISCOURSE analysis ,FEMINIST criticism ,GROUP identity ,IMMIGRANTS ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PATIENT-professional relations ,PARENTING ,PARTICIPANT observation ,CULTURAL pluralism ,POWER (Social sciences) ,RACISM ,VIDEO recording ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITATIVE research ,CULTURAL values - Abstract
Understandings of culture and multiculture are broad and deeply embedded in every day talk and practices. In an increasingly globalised world, how we understand and work with these terms affects how parents and their families experience health care services and the support intended by health care professionals. This is particularly important for parents who are new to Australia. In this paper we report on findings from an ethnographic study undertaken across two community child and family health nursing sites in South Australia. Using examples, we explore how child and family health nurses appear to understand and use constructs of culture and multiculture during everyday, intercultural communication with parents who are new to Australia and Australian health services. By analysing these understandings through postcolonial and feminist theories we found pervading evidence that neo-colonial constructs of a white western monoculture shaped intercultural communication practice. We conclude by reflecting on how these constructs might be addressed to improve intercultural communication in child and family health settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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3. The influence of service users and NGOs on housing for people with psychiatric disability.
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Battams, Sam and Johnson, Anne
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CASE studies ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities ,MENTAL health services ,PUBLIC housing ,COMMUNITY involvement - Abstract
This paper reports on a case study which examined mental health service users and carers, public housing tenants and non-government organisations' (NGO) participation and representation within policy processes. A particular focus was influence upon policies aimed at achieving housing outcomes for people with a psychiatric disability. The research was a case study of a period of mental health system reform in South Australia (2000–2005) and involved primarily qualitative research; interviews, focus groups and participant observation, as well as document analysis. Participants (n = 92) included service user and carer representatives, public servants from across the health, housing and disability sectors, and NGO professionals from across sectors. The study found that the community participation that existed during the reform period was largely an end in itself rather than a means for groups to shape policy processes, including housing policy. A number of barriers to service users and NGOs influencing policy agenda setting and implementation were determined and described. A range of strategies and processes to enhance community participation, representation and accountability in policy processes are recommended. These include cross-sectoral policy development and accountability mechanisms, advocacy coalitions across sectors for policy agenda setting, public forums involving both service users and professionals, and challenging ‘consumerist’ discourses on participation. Such strategies could facilitate policy debates on housing for people with a psychiatric disability, counter dominant professional interests within policy networks, and help to address community stigma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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4. The responsibilisation of food security: What is the problem represented to be?
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Bastian, Amber and Coveney, John
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BEHAVIOR modification ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MENTAL orientation ,PROBLEM solving ,PUBLIC administration ,RESPONSIBILITY ,QUALITATIVE research ,COMMUNITY support ,PRIVATE sector ,SOCIAL responsibility ,HEALTH equity ,FOOD security - Abstract
Food security is an evolving concept with various definitions and associated meanings. The way food security is understood by policy-makers impacts on how it gets addressed in public policy. This research uses an interpretive approach to uncover how food security is represented by stakeholders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 stakeholders in South Australia between June and September 2010. The findings reveal four dominant representations for food security that locate responsibility for the issue across different stakeholders, namely individuals, governments, communities and private enterprise. These representations hold different underlying assumptions about the role of government in addressing the issue; the neo-liberal perspective supports a reduced role for government whereas the social determinants of health perspective calls for greater government intervention. Food security activists may need a greater awareness of how they represent the issue in order to change public policy action in this area. The approach taken in this research is relevant to other public policy problems and contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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