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    A community food education model for South Australia: a research briefing paper
    (Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University, 2022-11) Pettman, Tahna ; Dent, Carolyn ; McKinley, Kelly ; Goodwin-Smith, Ian ; Bogomolova, Svetlana
    This briefing paper by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) Flinders responds to an initiative of Wellbeing SA to scope a community food education model for South Australia (SA). This paper directly addresses the recommendations in the Improving Individual and Household Food Security Outcomes in South Australia Final Report (Government of South Australia, 2018). Information on a diverse range of initiatives was synthesised from 102 published articles and 13 SA initiatives from the food relief sector, community centres, local governments, social enterprises, and other for-purpose/non-government organisations. There were several common ways to deliver community food education, which are presented in a 'typology' of three types: Curriculum initiatives, Capacity building initiatives and Community development initiatives, along with recommendations and opportunities.
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    Aging Well in Harmony Toolkit: Personalised care to residents with dementia in rural aged care facilities
    (Flinders University, 2020-12) Hamiduzzaman, Mohammad ; Kuot, Abraham ; Greenhill, Jennene ; Strivens, Edward ; Isaac, Vivian
    This toolkit is an outcome of a non-pharmacological intervention, ‘Harmony in the Bush’, conducted by Flinders University Rural Health SA in five rural aged care facilities over two years, funded by the Australian Department of Health under the National Aged Care Services Program. We aimed to demonstrate that a co-designed personalised care model, based on the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold principles and personalised and group music activities, is effective in reducing behavioural and psychological symptoms of residents with dementia while also reducing caregiver stress.
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    Australasian Groundwater Conference: Groundwater in a Changing World
    (Flinders University, 2019-11) National Centre For Groundwater Research And Training ; Australian Chapter International Association of Hydrogeologists
    The Australasian Groundwater Conference (AGC) was held in Brisbane Queensland, 24-27 November 2019. This conference was an epic event filled with informative presentations, entertaining networking events and stunning field trips exploring the sights and sounds that this subtropical dynamic region has to offer. The AGC 2019 featured a stimulating technical program around the theme of “Groundwater in a Changing World” that covered a broad range of applications to resources, infrastructure and environment. The program included stimulating plenary speakers, engaging panel discussions and enticing social events. Over 600 groundwater researchers, industry professionals and policy development specialists from around the region attended this unique event. There were many opportunities on offer for delegates to share their experiences, inform best practice, and identify the steps they can take to bring about lasting improvements to the management of our vital groundwater resources. Our hard working volunteer organisational team wishes to thank sponsors, speakers, delegates, exhibitors and volunteers for making the conference such a huge success!
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    Decision-Support Modelling viewed through the lens of Model Complexity
    (National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, 2021-08) Doherty, John ; Moore, Catherine
    A report on decision-support for groundwater modelling and management. The authors’ perspectives on decision-support modelling are shown pictorially using a “roadmap”. This is intended to provide modellers with scientifically-based guidance for selection of a level of structural and parameterisation complexity that is appropriate for the decision-support context in which they are working. It may also assist modelling stakeholders to understand how groundwater modelling can best respond to the decision support imperatives that it is meant to serve.
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    Determining the Effect of Advance Care Planning in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review of Reviews
    (Flinders University, 2017) Tieman, Jennifer ; Bradley, Sandra L
    Advance care planning (ACP) plays a critical role in determining a person’s values, preferences, and beliefs prior to the point at which that individual may not be able to make or communicate his or her decisions. While ACP has become increasingly important in both policy and practice, a clear, shared understanding of what is meant by advance care planning remains elusive. The consequent variability in meaning and definitional ambiguity in relation to ACP can result in confusion around end-of-life practices and constrain the ability of policy makers, practitioners and others to determine the quality and effectiveness of ACP at different points and in different settings.
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    Digital Education in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: Discipline Discussions
    (Flinders University, 2021-09-28) Cornelius-Bell, Aidan ; Tikhonova, Daria ; Bouvet, Eric ; Schech, Susanne ; Ngo, Mai ; Parisot, Eric ; Diaz-Martinez, Javier ; Kane, James ; Carter, Helen
    The research reported here was undertaken by the Digital Education Working Group (DEWG) to achieve the following four objectives, in line with the CHASS Digital Education Action Plan: 1. To better understand the perspectives on, experiences with and plans for digital education across the College to inform further strategy or changes in the College’s approach to digital education. 2. To scope the professional learning and resourcing needs in a systematic and robust way to ensure adequate support is being provided. 3. To gather insights on current discipline-based models of learning and teaching to inform recommendations on the scholarship of teaching, particularly online teaching models. 4. To synthesise current good practice examples. The DEWG research team worked with eight discipline groups across CHASS in 2021: Archaeology, English, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Languages, Philosophy, and Screen and Media. This report serves as a high-level synthetic overview of the results of in-depth focus group interviews conducted with staff and makes recommendations about ways forward for digital education, with relevant stakeholders identified at College and University levels. Here, DEWG and the College’s executive leadership team hold responsibility for understanding, driving, improving and supporting the digital education strategies in the College. The report summarises key findings across several key areas.
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    Dying, a normal part of life: what learners see as the one thing they could change in the workplace to more appropriately provide end-of-life care
    (Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, 2021-11) Rawlings, Deb ; Devery, Kim ; Tieman, Jennifer ; Winsall, Megan
    End-of-Life Essentials (EOLE) is a government funded project which aims to provide free peer-reviewed online education modules and implementation resources on end-of-life care to health professionals in acute hospitals in Australia. 'Dying, A Normal Part of Life' is an educational module featured in the suite of EOLE modules and includes education around the impact of end of life and dying on health care professionals working in acute hospitals, identifying common patterns of trajectories of dying, and discussing the reasons why dying in acute hospitals is often complex for professionals, patients, and families. This White Paper outlines and explores the results of the retrospective data analysis conducted for a two year period, 6th May 2017 to 5th May 2019. A total of 2232 learner statements responding to the free text response question posed at the end of the module: "Tomorrow, the one thing I can change to more appropriately provide end-of-life care is…" were extracted from the EOLE learning platform. The results identified the following themes as nominated practice change areas: Patient-centred care; Communication skills; Humanising healthcare; Recognise and talk about dying; Organisational factors.
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    End-of-Life Online Health Education Uptake and Usage by Australian Health Professionals: Urban, Rural and Remote Settings
    (Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, 2021) Devery, Kim ; Yin, Huahua ; Morgan, Deidre ; Rawlings, Deb
    Access to skilled end-of-life care is particularly important for those who live in rural and remote areas in Australia given the high levels of chronic disease and higher mortality rates. However, health professionals in rural and remote areas do not always receive adequate training to provide this care due to lack of accessible education. End-of-Life Essentials (EOLE) is a government funded education project which aims to provide free peer-reviewed online education modules and implementation resources on end-of-life care to health professionals in acute hospitals in Australia. In order to understand the uptake and usage of the EOLE education modules, learners’ geographical locations and module completion data from the first year of the program were analysed according to remoteness category. This White Paper outlines and explores the results of the retrospective data analysis conducted in June 2018. Data from learners who registered in the first year of the EOLE program was were extracted, and 4224 learners were included for data analysis. Study findings show that there is a good reach of EOLE to health professionals living in remote and very remote areas. As learners from very remote areas showed the highest proportion of module completion, it suggests the potential benefit of this important online education in providing accessible continuing end-of-life care education for health professionals residing in the most remote parts of Australia.
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    Exploring Model Defects Using Linear Analysis: A GMDSI worked example report
    (National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, 2021-02) Nicol, Chris ; Doherty, John
    The Groundwater Modelling Decision Support Initiative (GMDSI) is an industry-funded and industry-aligned project focused on improving the role that groundwater modelling plays in supporting environmental management and decision-making. Over the life of the project, it will document a number of examples of decision-support groundwater modelling. These documented worked examples will attempt to demonstrate that by following the scientific method, and by employing modern, computer-based approaches to data assimilation, the uncertainties associated with groundwater model predictions can be both quantified and reduced. With realistic confidence intervals associated with predictions of management interest, the risks associated with different courses of management action can be properly assessed before critical decisions are made. In this GMDSI worked example report, we demonstrate how linear analysis can be used to explore whether a groundwater model can indeed be useful while being wrong, and under what circumstances it can actually be described as being "fit for purpose". However, before doing this, we explore the metrics on which these descriptions must rest.
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    Faculty of Health Sciences Research Profile
    (Flinders University, 2008) Flinders University. Faculty of Health Sciences
    Provides a snapshot of the Faculty's recent research. Lists all researchers, describes their focus areas and provides contact details.
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    Finding what works: a resource for discovering interdisciplinary evidence-based information about stroke
    (Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, 2016) Hayman, Sarah ; Tieman, Jennifer ; Kortman, Brenton ; Lennon, Sheila ; Laver, Kate ; Crotty, Maria
    This White Paper/Research Report outlines a reliable and effective means by which stroke practitioners in all fields (including stroke rehabilitation) can gain access to evidence that is useable, timely and relevant. By providing single-click access to comprehensive, reliable, and effective topic searches, this resource enables clinicians and researchers to find the latest available interdisciplinary evidence about stroke. This has the potential to improve patient outcomes by equipping researchers and clinicians with high quality information that can be used to better inform research and more effectively guide treatment decisions. Guided by an Expert Advisory Group (EAG), our research team developed a Stroke Search Filter. The Filter is a high-performance search that retrieves references for literature relevant to all topics on stroke. To ensure that the most recent references are retrieved, we translated the search filter for the PubMed database (from Ovid Medline) in order to ensure that non-indexed literature is also harvested. While the Filter itself can be used across all areas related to stroke, the focus of the Stroke Topic Searches resource is on topics post diagnosis of stroke, emphasising rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy. A search sensitivity rating of 93.8% in the Filter Validation Set and a precision of 83.06% were achieved.
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    Groundwater Modelling Uncertainty : implications for decision-making : summary of the Groundwater Modelling Uncertainty Workshop - Australasian Groundwater Conference 10th July 2017, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
    (Flinders University - The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training; in collaboration with the International Association of Hydrogeologists, 2019-04-01) Middlemis, Hugh ; Walker, Glen ; Peeters, Luk ; Richardson, Stuart ; Hayes, Phil ; Moore, Catherine
    This report provides a summary of the outcomes from the 2017 national groundwater modelling uncertainty workshop convened by the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT), and the subsequent modelling outlook panel session held at the Australasian Groundwater Conference (AGC) on 10 and 13 July 2017, respectively. The purpose of this report is to provide simple documentation of the workshop proceedings (inputs, outputs and discussions). It has been reviewed (refer to Acknowledgements) and has been subject to basic editorial procedures.
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    The hydrogeology of the Rocky Hill Region, Northern Territory
    (National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, 2020-06) Cook, Peter ; Wischusen, J ; Knapton, A
    The Rocky Hill area has been identified as a potential future bore field for Alice Springs town water supply, and in 1996 NT Portion 4704 was set aside for that purpose. The area has been the focus of several hydrogeological investigations over the past 50 years, most recently in 1998-2000 (Read and Paul, 2000, 2002). The current report updates the hydrogeological characterisation of this area, based on drilling and sampling of new test production bores within NT Portion 4704, and water level, geochemistry and geophysical surveys carried out within the Rocky Hill region within the last 20 years. This data will be used in a groundwater model which will assess the long-term sustainability of Rocky Hill as a future water supply for Alice Springs. The groundwater model will be the focus of a subsequent report.
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    Managing the Knowledge Base for Primary Health Care: Report on the Development of a Primary Health Care Search Filter, PubMed topic Searches, and Web Guidance for Retrieving the Primary Health Care Literature
    (Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, 2012) Damarell, Raechel ; Tieman, Jennifer ; Lawrence, Mikaela
    As the literature and evidence base on which health care professionals depend continues to grow, identifying what works in relation to primary health care (PHC) becomes more and more challenging. The publication and storage of materials in different repositories, different indexing and description methods along with multiple concepts and associated terminologies, all mean that the efficient and timely retrieval of vital information can be difficult. This White Paper/Research Report details the development of a high-performance PHC search filter and associated topic searches that provide health care professionals with a more efficient, reliable, and timely means of retrieving relevant PHC information.
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    Middle aged and older adults’ perspectives of their own home environment: A qualitative systematic review protocol
    (College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, 2021) Dalistan, Roslyn ; Laver, Kate
    The number of middle and older aged Australians is projected to grow steadily over the coming decades (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018). The ageing of the population places immense pressure on public spending associated with the rising health costs and the ability of the health system to serve more numbers needing care Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014). Due to health, economic and social circumstances faced by all Australians, the diversity of the older Australian population results in a complex range of circumstances access the ageing spectrum. The importance of open discussions with older people about how to remain in their own home is an increasingly important area of practice (Atwal, Spiliotopoulou, Plastow, McIntyre, & McKay, 2012; Kramer & Pfaffenbach, 2015). By understanding what home means to older people and the impact that changes towards their home environment can make, it is important in formulating strategies associated with ageing to ensure older people can remain at home as long as possible.
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    Model-Based Assessment of Coastal Aquifer Management Options. A GMDSI worked example report
    (The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, 2021-11-01) Hugman, Rui ; Doherty, John ; Standen, Kath
    This GMDSI report describes a model that was built to explore options for management of a coastal aquifer in southern Portugal. The aquifer is representative of many around the world; if extraction continues at its present rate, it is only a matter of time before it suffers a serious degradation in quality. Extraction must therefore be reduced. Alternatively, or as well, recharge must be enhanced. Enough data has been gathered over the last 20 years to support estimation of aquifer properties and inflows. These estimates are enabled by history-matching; however they are cloaked in uncertainty.
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    Multimodal Childhoods (pilot) Project: Emerging literacies and digital technologies for achievement in remote communities
    (Flinders University, 2019) Mackey-Smith, Kerrie ; Jovanovic, Jessie
    In recent years, an increasing body of research has focused on the impact of new and emerging digital technologies on children’s play in early childhood education. To date, much of this work has been conducted in locations that could be described as urban. Some of these studies have focused on the increasing amount of time that children spend in ‘virtual’ rather than ‘real’ worlds (Edwards 2013; Marsh 2017), others have established that, from an increasingly young age, children are using and interacting with a broad range of digital technologies. This has resulted in the understanding that many young children come to preschool already experienced in using a variety of technologies including computers, gaming consoles, digital cameras and mobile telephones (Kengwe & Onchwari 2009). Many of these studies have also highlighted that digital technologies are simply not present in early childhood settings (Burnett & Daniels 2015; Yelland 2015; and Formby 2014), an issue that is often attributed to educator uncertainty about how best to use digital technologies in such settings (Plowman, McPake & Stephen 2010). Further, choices to use technology in early learning settings are negatively impacted by debates about the age appropriateness of using digital devices (Burnett & Daniels 2005; Flewitt, Messer & Kucirkova 2015). What is evident is that the growth in children’s use of, and access to digital technologies reflects the changing social realities of their lives in the home (Erstad & Sefton-Green 2015). The realities of children’s lives in remote contexts differ greatly from their urban counterparts (Halsey 2018). Studies have noted the presence of a digital divide that affects not only who has access to various digital technologies, but differences in the quality of the experiences that are available to children depending on the type of technology available (Kucirkova, Rowsell & Falloon 2019). Research confirms this is especially true of remotely living children in South Australia, where poverty and distance combine to impact on the quality of home technology and therefore children’s experiences of it.