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ItemKoori kids and otitis media prevention in Victoria( 2007)Otitis media and consequent hearing loss are known to be high in Koori communities. Previous research on otitis media in Koori communities has focused on its identification, treatment and management. Little research has focused on the prevention of otitis media. Victorian Aboriginal communities often have small populations which result in small sample sizes for research projects. Consequently use of traditional quantitative methods to measure of change arising from health interventions can be problematic. The aim of the research was to describe Koori children’s otitis media risk factors using a Koori research method in order to develop, implement and evaluate preventative interventions.
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ItemPleasure and poison: the meanings and practices of alcohol use in women's everyday lives( 1997-04)Within Australia, research on women and alcohol has been predominantly focussed on either large scale surveys of women’s consumption or on alcohol problems studies within treatment populations. Such research mainly draws upon the biomedical understandings of the body and the disease model of alcoholism. In contrast, this study examines the meanings and practices of alcohol use within the social contexts of women’s everyday lives. Alcohol is viewed as a part of life rather than as an excess or problem.
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ItemWhat do we mean by support? The receipt of disability services and compensation for people with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Victoria( 2012)This qualitative study examines the concept of support for people with a permanent impairment of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Victoria. It examines the concept of support in relation to receipt of funded services and compensation provided by three of the state’s major support funders - the Department of Human Services, the Transport Accident Commission and the Victorian WorkCover Authority, and examines the various legal and policy frameworks designed to support people with SCI. Utilising relativist and constructivist grounded theory approaches, it examines the experiences of 11 participants who receive services from within this service framework, and examines how support within this framework is understood and conceptualized and what it means for the these participants to feel supported.