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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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    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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    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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    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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    ‘My Learning’: Results of pre-test, post-test evaluation Evaluation Program: Report No. 21
    (Flinders University, 2017) Tieman, Jennifer ; Rawlings, Deb ; Moores, Carly J
    For professionals who are seeking to implement Evidence Based Practice (EBP), understanding how to use evidence in clinical practice can be difficult. While research evidence can be important in highlighting the efficacy of various treatments and therapies, translating available evidence into practice can be challenging for clinicians and act as an obstacle to the provision of high-quality care.
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    The potential impact of irrigated agriculture on groundwater quality in the Rocky Hill Region, Northern Territory
    (National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, 2017-02) Cook, Peter ; Knapton, A ; White, N
    Alice Springs’ public water supply is currently largely sourced from the Roe Creek borefield, located approximately 15 km south‐southwest of the town, in the north‐eastern section of the Amadeus Basin. However, at current extraction rates, water levels at Roe Creek are expected to decline beyond economical pumping depths by approximately 2050. By this time, it is expected that much of Alice Springs’ public water supply will be derived from a borefield within the Rocky Hill region. NT Portion 4704 was acquired by the Power and Water Corporation (PWC) for this purpose in 1996. Undoolya Rocky Hill Agricultural Block (NT Portion 1476) is located immediately northeast of NT Portion 4704, and the two blocks share a common boundary. Fodder crops have been grown intermittently on the agricultural block under centre pivot irrigation since the 1970s, with intensification of irrigation since 2002 when grapes were planted in the southeast of the block. Currently, there are about 60 ha of irrigated vineyards at this site. Proposals have been developed for expansion of onions onto areas of Undoolya Pastoral Lease, immediately south of the current vineyard development, and a water licence to facilitate this development has been granted.
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    Pilot Social Health History Screening Tool Research Project Questionnaire
    (Flinders University, 2018-09-25) Browne-Yung, Kathryn ; Freeman, Toby ; Battersby, Malcolm Wayne ; McEvoy, Ronald Douglas ; Baum, Fran
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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.
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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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    Position Paper by Concerned Scientists: Deficiencies in the scientific assessment of the Carmichael Mine impacts to the Doongmabulla Springs
    (Flinders University, 2019-06-06) Werner, Adrian D ; Love, Andrew James ; Irvine, Dylan ; Banks, Edward Wallace ; Cartwright, Ian ; Webb, John ; Currell, Matthew
    Key points: (1) Adani appears likely to have significantly under-estimated future impacts to the Doongmabulla Springs Complex (DSC) arising from the Carmichael Mine. (2) Should the Carmichael Mine cause springs within the DSC to cease flowing, this impact may be irreversible. (3) The safeguard against DSC impacts proposed by Adani, namely Adaptive Management, is unsuitable and unlikely to protect the DSC from severe degradation or cessation of flow. (4) Possible cumulative impacts to the DSC from other mining activities in the Galilee Basin have not been adequately considered. We conclude that the DSC face a legitimate threat of extinction due to the Carmichael Mine project.
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    Murray-Darling Basin Authority/National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training : Strategic Groundwater Research Partnership Final Report 2015-2018
    (Flinders University / National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, 2019-06-20) Simmons, Craig Trevor ; Batelaan, Okke ; Cook, Peter G ; Crosbie, Russell S ; Curtis, Allan ; Jakeman, Anthony ; Croke, Barry ; Partington, Dan J ; Xie, Yueqing ; Noorduijn, Saskia ; Ticehurst, Jenifer ; Fu, Baihua ; Merritt, Wendy ; Mendham, Emily ; Bouchez, Camille ; Zhu, Ruirui ; Zare, Fateme ; Asher, Michael ; Hasnain, Sunail ; Iwanaga, Takuya ; Wales, Melissa ; Sample, Royce ; White, Nicholas James
    The MDBA-NCGRT Strategic Groundwater Research Partnership was a three year, $2 million research program funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority between 2015 and 2018. Its overarching goal was to undertake strategic research in support of enhanced groundwater knowledge and management in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). It has examined critical science issues in three thematic priority areas, namely: • SW-GW Connectivity: improving knowledge and predictive capacity at the regional scale in the MDB; • Groundwater Recharge: increasing our understanding of MDB recharge processes with a strong emphasis on improving recharge estimation and predictions techniques, and quantifying and managing uncertainty in recharge estimation; • Socioeconomics and Integration: identifying the socioeconomic factors that will improve water management in the MDB, including factors such as conjunctive use; building tools and approaches in a participatory relationship that facilitates the integration of important biophysical and social models, knowledge and data. Research on these issues was advanced through a range of modelling and field-based projects. A focus case study was chosen to be in the Campaspe in north-central Victoria. Some activities were also undertaken in the Murrumbidgee catchment. Many of the approaches and findings presented in this report, and associated papers and reports, are based on work in the Campaspe region. We anticipate that many of the approaches developed here will be applicable in and transferable to many parts of the Murray-Darling Basin. However, they should be evaluated and tested on a case by case basis to ensure applicability and transferability. The Partnership has considerably enhanced the MDBA and NCGRT’s scientific and socioeconomic knowledge base; delivered state-of-the-art modelling processes and integrated assessment tools for managing groundwater in the Basin with a particular focus on understanding and managing surface water and groundwater interaction in the future; leveraged the NCGRT’s extensive national and international network of groundwater scientists and field research sites and equipment; trained postgraduate students to build relevant capacity for the future; delivered innovative new scientific and management tools and practises to support integrated catchment scale socio-hydrology; and produced transferable outcomes that will assist in the management of major Basin groundwater systems in the MDB. The approaches and findings from this Partnership will allow government and industry to better understand, conceptualise, measure, model, predict and manage groundwater behaviour in the Basin – both biophysically and socially. These underpin important policy and management frameworks and state / national strategic planning for water, environmental and agricultural security in the Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority – NCGRT Strategic Groundwater Research Partnership has led to a number of key findings that form the basis for key recommendations in each of the above priority areas, as well as for groundwater modelling and groundwater management. These key findings and recommendations given are presented in this report. They are not prioritised or presented in any order of importance.
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    Slavery and Slavery-like Practices in South Australia: a Report
    (Flinders University, 2019-10-28) Marmo, Marinella
    Slavery and slavery-like practices are a reality in South Australia (SA). These situations include cases of forced marriage; forced labour; and domestic, labour and sexual servitude in intimate partner violence cases linked to partner visas. These slavery practices are a gross violation of human rights as they reduce a person to a commodity to be exploited, and they are criminalised in the Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 (divisions 270 and 271).
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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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    You Matter: The Australian Historical Association’s Casualisation Survey
    (Australian Historical Association, 2019-11) Fathi, Romain ; Megarrity, Lyndon
    You Matter: The Australian Historical Association’s Casualisation Survey Report. On behalf of the AHA Executive, Dr Romain Fathi and Dr Lyndon Megarrity conducted a survey on the experiences of casual academics in the History discipline regarding the nature of their employment, and its impact upon their career path and personal life. The initiative was designed to facilitate discussion about casualisation in the History discipline in the tertiary education sector, as well as to consider ways that permanent academic staff, university departments, the AHA and other stakeholders could address the problems encountered by casual teaching and research staff. The survey report provides a fresh look at the experiences of casually paid historians in Australian universities. It also highlights constructive ideas for improving their terms and conditions of employment.
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    South Australian Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway Evaluation: Phase 1 Report
    (Flinders University, 2019-12) Dymmott, Alison ; Brebner, Chris ; George, Stacey ; Campbell, Narelle ; O'Connor, Julianne ; May, Jodie ; Poklar, Silvana
    In 2019 Rural Health Workforce Strategy funding, provided by the Government of South Australia, supported the introduction of the Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway (AHRGP) as a strategy for improving allied health workforce and quality outcomes for rural and remote South Australians. This pathway was originally developed through a collaboration between the Allied Health Professions Office of Queensland, Services for Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH), Australian state and territory healthcare sectors, and other stakeholders including universities and the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. The education component of the AHRGP is provided by James Cook University in two levels for newly qualified and more experienced Allied Health Professionals (AHPs). Rural generalist trainees enrolled in the program undertake course work and work-based projects throughout the program. They have protected time within their workload to study as well as dedicated profession specific supervision.