Flinders Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit - Collected Works
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Do guidelines provide evidence-based guidance to health professionals on promoting developmentally appropriate chronic condition self-management in children? A systematic review
(Sage, 2018-09-23)Objectives To determine whether evidence-based practice guidelines promote developmentally appropriate chronic condition self-management for children with asthma, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and cystic fibrosis. Method ... -
Ambulance Employees Association – Scoping Literature Reviews drawing on qualitative literature to address the physical, psychological, psychobiological, and psychosocial health of operational ambulance staff and interventions to address the impact of workplace stressors.
(Flinders University, 2019-04)Paramedics have in many ways been ‘the forgotten profession’ within the healthcare system. This situation has arisen due to the tendency to traditionally ‘silo’ health professions into their specific disciplines. It is ... -
Exploring General Practitioners’ Views and Experiences of Providing Care to People with Borderline Personality Disorder in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study in Australia
(MDPI, 2018-12-06)The prevalence of people seeking care for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in primary care is four to five times higher than in the general population. Therefore, general practitioners (GPs) are important sources of ... -
Extinction of gambling cue-reactivity: A pilot study in a problem gambling treatment setting
(MedDocs Publishers, 2018-11-14)Clinical interventions which focus on extinction learn-ing have been shown to reduce craving and relapse in substance related and behavioural addictions. This paper reports a small pilot study with 20 problem gamblers ... -
Developing a screening tool to recognise social determinants of health in Australian clinical settings
(Sax Institute, 2018-11-01)Objective and importance of study: The importance of social determinants for individual health recovery outcomes is well recognised in public health. However, no succinct social health screening (SHS) tool exists that has ... -
Trust and Community Treatment Orders
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019-05-20)There are conflicting views about the benefits of community treatment orders (CTOs) for people with mental illness. While there is a significant literature on the coercive nature of CTOs, there is less on the impact that ... -
Embedding and sustaining motivational interviewing in clinical environments: a concurrent iterative mixed methods study
(Springer, 2019-05-22)Motivational interviewing (MI) is internationally recognised as an effective intervention to facilitate health-related behaviour change; although, how it is best implemented and maintained in everyday clinical practice is ... -
Reducing Smoking Among People With Schizophrenia: Perspectives on Priorities for Advancing Research
(Frontiers, 2018-12-18)Although tobacco smoking is very common among people with schizophrenia and has devastating effects on health, strategies to ameliorate the risk are lacking. Some studies have reported promising results yet quit rates are ... -
Teachable moments: how can the community capitalise on existing and future support services to improve the mental health and wellbeing of ‘new’ fathers?
(Flinders University, 2018-12)The South Australian Mental Health Commission (SAMHC) released the South Australian Mental Health Strategic Plan in December 2017, with the aim of building, sustaining and strengthening the mental health and wellbeing of ... -
Hidden care: revelations of a case‐note audit of physical health care in a community mental health service
(Wiley, 2018-05-24)People with severe mental illness (SMI) are widely reported to be at an increased risk of morbidity and premature death due to physical health conditions. Mental health nurses are ideally placed to address physical and ... -
Pain self-management: easier said than done? Factors associated with early dropout from pain self-management in a rural primary care population
(Oxford University Press, 2018-09-06)Objective To explore whether psychosocial or demographic factors are associated with early dropout from pain self-management in a rural, low–socioeconomic status population. Design Secondary analysis of retrospective ... -
Self-management programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with chronic conditions: a rapid review
(SAGE Publications, 2017-12-29)Objectives Review the evidence for the effectiveness of chronic condition self-management programs applied to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Methods A rapid review methodology was followed to develop ... -
An audit of the management of nicotine withdrawal in an Australian inpatient unit: are we there yet?
(SAGE Publications, 2017-10-02)Objectives: This paper reports outcomes of a clinical audit of smoke-free policy implementation within an Australian inpatient psychiatric setting. It aimed to evaluate assessment of smoking status and subsequent management ... -
Adapting, Pilot Testing and Evaluating the Kick.it App to Support Smoking Cessation for Smokers with Severe Mental Illness: A Study Protocol
(MDPI, 2018-02-03)(1) Background: While the prevalence of tobacco smoking in the general population has declined, it remains exceptionally high for smokers with severe mental illness (SMI), despite significant public health measures. This ... -
The effect of ice slurry ingestion on body temperature and cycling performance in competitive athletes
(Elsevier, 2018-02-02)The effects of pre cooling on endurance performance are widely known. In contrast, the approach of cooling during endurance exercise in combination with pre-exercise cooling has been poorly understood. The purpose of the ... -
An integrative review of e-learning in the delivery of self-management support training for health professionals
(BioMed Central, 2017-10-10)Background E-learning involves delivery of education through Information and Communication Technology (ITC) using a wide variety of instructional designs, including synchronous and asynchronous formats. It can be as ... -
Divided we fall: clinicians and academic psychiatrists need to stand together
(Sage Journals, 2017-07-12)Objective: Psychiatry faces urgent problems requiring united action. These problems affect academic psychiatrists in the universities, and clinicians in publicly funded mental health services. Academic units are isolated ... -
Managing chronic conditions care across primary care and hospital systems: lessons from an Australian Hospital Avoidance Risk Program using the Flinders Chronic Condition Management Program
(CSIRO Publishing, 2017-08-24)Objective The study aimed to determine the impact of the Flinders Chronic Condition Management Program for chronic condition self-management care planning and how to improve its use with Bendigo Health’s Hospital Admission ... -
Shared Care Involving Cancer Specialists and Primary Care Providers - What Do Cancer Survivors Want?
(Wiley, 2017-05-03)Background Cancer survivors are living longer, prompting greater focus on managing cancer as a chronic condition. Shared care between primary care providers (PCPs) and cancer specialists, involving explicit partnership ... -
Exploring the Potential for Family Carers to Support People With Mental Illness to Stop Smoking
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-12-05)Cigarette smoking poses significant health burdens for people with mental illness. They die sooner than they should, and smoking is a major contributor to their high rates of morbid chronic physical health conditions and ...