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Aboriginal Women's Perceptions and Experiences of a Family Violence Transitional Accommodation Service
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2013
Exploring social workers’ personal domains in rural practice
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 21-02-2011
Abstract: • Summary: This article is grounded on Cheers, Darracott, and Lonne’s (2007) framework for conceptualizing the factors that influence rural social care practitioners in their work. Focusing on the ‘personal domain’ we report results of qualitative interviews with 22 social workers who were part of a larger s le of 82 Australian rural social practitioners. As part of the larger study, practitioners were asked how they defined social care, whether they practised it and if so how, factors influencing their practice, and the information bases they used. • Findings: Analysis of the social work interviews identified that the personal domain had considerable influence on their day-to-day practice. Five themes emerged describing the personal domain: ‘life experiences’, ‘beliefs and values’, ‘ideas and theories’, ‘personal relationships’, and ‘personal characteristics’. We call for further research to conceptualize the domain more clearly, identify factors within it, and investigate how they influence practice, with special focus on how social workers’ personal moral-ethical frameworks influence their practice decisions. • Application: Opening space to explore the personal domain challenges social work practitioners and students to critically reflect on how their life experiences, beliefs and values, ideas and theories and personal relationships and characteristics influence their practice. It also provides practitioners, employers, and professional organizations with knowledge they need to help social workers cope with the demands of practice.
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-10-2021
Belonging: women living with intellectual disabilities and experiences of domestic violence
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-04-2014
Affect and the lifeworld: Conceptualising surviving and thriving in the human service professions
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2013
Growing up in domestic violence: What does maternal protectiveness mean?
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-08-2014
Abstract: There is limited understanding at the current time about the nature of relationships between women and their children in contexts of domestic violence. This is particularly the case in relation to maternal protectiveness, which tends to be seen in simplistic terms of whether women stay in violence or leave to protect their children. This article reports on a qualitative research study that explores mother–child relationships in the context of domestic violence. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 women and two men who were raised in contexts of domestic violence. Thematic analysis revealed complexities between the former children’s perceptions of their own needs and their mothers’ vulnerabilities in the context of violence, as well as shifting understandings over time that involved development of deeper insights into the impact of violence on their mothers and themselves. The nuances of maternal protectiveness identified through this analysis can help social workers appreciate the multiple factors that impact on children’s relationships with their mothers in contexts of violence. The findings therefore have practice implications for social work with women who mother in domestic violence as well as children and adults who grow up in these environments.
Applying Post-structuralist Ideas to Empowerment: Implications for Social Work Education
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2010
Domestic Violence in Diverse Contexts
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 15-09-2014
Financial Abuse of Older People by Family Members: Views and Experiences of Older Australians and their Family Members
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2013
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: A Case Study of Collaborative Practice at the Intersection of Family Violence and Child Protection
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-07-2022
Thriving, not just surviving, in emotionally demanding fields of practice
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date: 29-01-2011
DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2524.2010.00983.X
Abstract: Research within the disciplines of Social Work and Education has for sometime acknowledged the tragedy, trauma, conflict and misery that can be experienced by workers in their associated professions. More recently, there has been an aligned interest in the role of passion, emotion and energy in sustaining these professionals through such experiences. This paper contributes to the growing literature in this area by reporting on a study conducted with five social workers and six teachers who work in Australian lower socioeconomic, urban-fringe and communities. It also engages the concept of the 'personal domain' to explore how these social workers and teachers cannot only survive, but can actually thrive in demanding work contexts. The methodology adopted for the study was an appreciative enquiry approach, where these professionals, each with over a decade of experience in urban-fringe communities, were recruited via non-probability, purposive, snowballing techniques and interviewed about what sustained them in their work during November 2008-February 2009. Thematic analysis of the interviews found that participants not only identified specific survival strategies, but could also articulate how their life experiences, ideologies, beliefs, values and other life resources informed their work in ways that aided their flourishing as professionals. The paper concludes by calling for further research into the work of social work and teaching professionals from a 'personal domain' perspective and considering the potential implications of such research for these professions, particularly in terms of promoting professional trajectories characterised first by endurance, and then by development and triumph.
Feminist social work research engaging with poststructural ideas
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2008
Abstract: English This article draws on two empirical studies, one with women who had experienced domestic violence and the other with children and young people in public care. It presents reflections by two feminist social workers on how poststructuralism influenced their research practices in social work. French Cet article fait appel à deux études empiriques la première auprès de femmes victimes de violence conjugale et la seconde auprès d'enfants et d'adolescents pris en charge par les services sociaux. Il présente les réflexions de deux travailleuses sociales féministes sur la façon dont le poststructuralisme a influencé leurs recherches en travail social. Spanish Este artículo llama la atención sobre dos estudios empíricos, uno con mujeres que tuvieron experiencias de violencia doméstica y el otro con niños y gente joven con cuidados públicos. Presenta reflexiones de dos trabajadoras sociales feministas, sobre cómo el post-estructuralismo ha influenciado sus prácticas de investigación en trabajo social.
Uncovering functional signature in neural systems via random matrix theory
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 05-2019
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-09-2022
Exploring Men’s Perpetrator Programs In Small Rural Communities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2008
Untangling Self‐Blame and Mother‐Blame in Women's and Children's Perspectives on Maternal Protectiveness in Domestic Violence: Implications for Practice
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-05-2015
DOI: 10.1002/CAR.2389
Homelessness and intersectional feminist practice
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 29-01-2016
Constructions of local culture and impacts on domestic violence in an Australian rural community
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2009
Clinical Models to Define Response and Survival With Anti–PD-1 Antibodies Alone or Combined With Ipilimumab in Metastatic Melanoma
Publisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Date: 04-2022
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.21.01701
Abstract: Currently, there are no robust biomarkers that predict immunotherapy outcomes in metastatic melanoma. We sought to build multivariable predictive models for response and survival to anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (anti–PD-1) monotherapy or in combination with anticytotoxic T-cell lymphocyte-4 (ipilimumab [IPI] anti–PD-1 ± IPI) by including routine clinical data available at the point of treatment initiation. One thousand six hundred forty-four patients with metastatic melanoma treated with anti–PD-1 ± IPI at 16 centers from Australia, the United States, and Europe were included. Demographics, disease characteristics, and baseline blood parameters were analyzed. The end points of this study were objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). The final predictive models for ORR, PFS, and OS were determined through penalized regression methodology (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator method) to select the most significant predictors for all three outcomes (discovery cohort, N = 633). Each model was validated internally and externally in two independent cohorts (validation-1 [N = 419] and validation-2 [N = 592]) and nomograms were created. The final model for predicting ORR (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.71) in immunotherapy-treated patients included the following clinical parameters: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, presence/absence of liver and lung metastases, serum lactate dehydrogenase, blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, therapy (monotherapy/combination), and line of treatment. The final predictive models for PFS (AUC = 0.68) and OS (AUC = 0.77) included the same variables as those in the ORR model (except for presence/absence of lung metastases), and included presence/absence of brain metastases and blood hemoglobin. Nomogram calculators were developed from the clinical models to predict outcomes for patients with metastatic melanoma treated with anti–PD-1 ± IPI. Newly developed combinations of routinely collected baseline clinical factors predict the response and survival outcomes of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immunotherapy and may serve as valuable tools for clinical decision making.
Understanding contexts of family violence in rural, farming communities: Implications for rural women’s health
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2010
DOI: 10.5172/RSJ.20.1.51
Intimate Partner Violence and Housing: Eroding Womens Citizenship
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-07-2016
Abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an extreme ex le of gender inequality that compromises women’s citizenship. This article discusses the effects of IPV on women’s housing circumstances based on the findings of a large national Australian survey. The analysis found that IPV erodes women’s citizenship, which includes their access to safe and affordable housing, connections to “home,” and participation in community life. Drawing on notions of gendered citizenship, this article provides new understandings about how women negotiate housing as a key dimension of citizenship in the context of IPV.
Financial abuse of older people: A case study
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-06-2013
Abstract: This article presents a case study to illustrate the complexities of financial abuse of older people by their family members. It provides insights into why older people and social care professionals may not detect or define family member’s behaviour as abuse or feel discomfort in talking about it. The authors argue case studies can lead to new understandings about financial abuse that move beyond operational definitions to theoretical explanations that consider practices and outcomes of ageism and gender relations.
Strengthening the Domestic and Family Violence Workforce: Key Questions
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-07-2019
Building and Sustaining Local Co-ordination: An Australian Rural Community Responds to Domestic and Family Violence
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 30-07-2008
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCN114
Being child‐centred: Factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making in child protection
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-05-2022
DOI: 10.1111/CFS.12855
Abstract: This paper presents findings from a qualitative study that focused on factors that facilitate professional judgement and decision‐making that is child‐centred. Appreciative inquiry informed the methodology that enabled four focus groups ( n = 50) with child protection practitioners who worked with children and young people living out‐of‐home care. The study found that, firstly, child protection practitioners had clear conceptualizations of what child‐centred practice means and, secondly, articulated how functioning teams, effective organizational structures and relationships were crucial to child‐centred practice. The findings point to the importance of relationality in effective child‐centred professional judgement and decision‐making in child protection contexts.
The Current State of Feminism and Social Work
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-06-2017
Which Models of Supervision Help Retain Staff? Findings From Australia’s Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workforces
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-08-2020
Christianity and Domestic Violence
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2008
Abstract: Research has shown that spiritual and religious identification plays a role in defining women's experiences of violence and therefore that social workers need to acknowledge and create safe spaces to talk about this identification. This article describes a rural Australian study that focused on the impact of a local culture on domestic violence, in which Christianity strongly influenced women's experiences of violence. It is argued that looking at women's experiences of domestic violence through a feminist poststructuralist lens is valuable because it provides a framework for exploring and sensitively challenging oppressive discourses that inform women's identities.
Elder Mediation and the Financial Abuse of Older People by a Family Member
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-05-2015
DOI: 10.1002/CRQ.21117
“Outdated Laws, Outspoken Whores”: Exploring sex work in a criminalised setting
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2017
Real-world outcomes with ipilimumab and nivolumab in advanced melanoma: a multicentre retrospective study
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.EJCA.2022.09.004
Abstract: To assess efficacy and toxicity of combination immunotherapy with ipilimumab plus nivolumab in routine practice in a retrospective multicentre cohort of patients with advanced melanoma. This retrospective analysis included patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab between October 2015 and January 2020 at six centres in Australia, Europe and the United States of America. We describe efficacy outcomes (overall survival [OS], progression-free survival [PFS] and objective response rate [ORR]) in treatment-naïve and pre-treated patients, with and without brain metastases, plus treatment-related adverse events (trAEs) in all patients treated. A total of 697 patients were identified 472 were treatment-naïve of which 138 (29.2%) had brain metastases, and 225 were previously treated of which 102 (45.3%) had brain metastases. At baseline, 32.3% had stage M1c and 34.4% stage M1d disease. Lactate dehydrogenase was high in 280 patients (40.2%). With a median follow-up of 25.9 months, median OS in the 334 treatment-naïve patients without brain metastases was 53.7 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 40.8-NR) and 38.7 months (95% CI 18.6-NR) for the 138 treatment-naïve patients with brain metastases. For the entire cohort the ORR was 48%, for treatment-naïve patients without brain metastases ORR was 56.6% with a median PFS of was 13.7 months (95% CI 9.6-26.5). Median PFS was 7.9 months (95% CI 5.8-10.4) and OS 38 months (95% CI 31-NR) for the entire cohort. Grade 3-4 trAE were reported in 44% of patients, and 4 (0.7%) treatment-related deaths (1 pneumonitis, 2 myocarditis and 1 colitis) were recorded. The outcome and toxicity of combination immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab in a real-world patient population are similar to those reported in pivotal trials.
Financial Abuse of Older People by a Family Member: A Difficult Terrain for Service Providers in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-04-2014
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2013.824844
Abstract: Financial abuse by a family member is the most common form of abuse experienced by older Australians, and early intervention is required. National online surveys of 228 chief executive officers and 214 aged care service providers found that, while they were well placed to recognize financial abuse, it was often difficult to intervene successfully. Problems providers encountered included difficulties in detecting abuse, the need for consent before they could take action, the risk that the abusive family member would withdraw the client from the service, and a lack of resources to deal with the complexities inherent in situations of financial abuse.
Social Work Registration: Another Opportunity for Discussion
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-11-2020
Mothering and Domestic Violence
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-02-2015
Abstract: This article aimed to explore the complications and complexities of mothering in the contexts of domestic violence. Through interviews with nine women who had mothered in domestic violence, it was found that women do attempt to protect children from physical and emotional harm however, the climate of fear, power, and control present in domestic violence limits protection, and women try pleasing their partners to prevent violence. This article argues the hostility of this environment needs to be acknowledged in constructions of protection and gender needs to be central in understandings of mothering in domestic violence.
'Nappy bags instead of handbags': Young motherhood and self-identity
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-07-2016
Abstract: This article presents the findings of an Australian study that aimed to explore how young women construct their self-identity while negotiating motherhood and the associated transition to adulthood. Teenage motherhood, within contemporary discourse, often attracts negative assumptions about young women’s worth and ability to parent. This study used a combination of semi-structured interviews and memory work to draw out women’s stories and give voice to their experiences of becoming mothers. Three key themes were induced from the findings: pride and self, autonomy and change, and resilience. This article explores these themes that are, in many ways, a resistance and challenge to dominant public discourse, and relates them to how young women ascribe positive meaning to their experiences of becoming mothers. The findings demonstrate women’s autonomy in shaping their lives in the way they forge relationships and raise their children. The article concludes by examining the implications of meaning-making in relation to self-identity for young mothers to inform service provision.
Evidence for Weakened Intercellular Coupling in the Mammalian Circadian Clock under Long Photoperiod
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 22-12-2016
Collaboration Between Child Protection and Domestic and Family Violence: A Case File Review
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-01-2022
Engagement: Narrative ways of working with men when domestic violence is noticed in couple counselling
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 31-08-2018
Abstract: This article reports on a project that explored the complexities of engaging and working with men when domestic violence is noticed in a couple counselling context. There are concerns and controversy surrounding domestic violence and couple counselling however, it has also been noted that many couples want to remain together and voluntarily approach services for couple counselling. The project reported on in this paper adopted a qualitative methodological design influenced by participatory action research ideas and memory work methods to analyse engagement of men used by nine social work family relationship counsellors. Counsellors used narrative therapy ideas to maintain a stance of curiosity when working with couples when domestic violence was noticed. Curiosity was described as a way of opening up conversations to explore power differences and gender relations and as a method to balance safety with engagement. Specific engagement strategies identified included identifying ethics as a conversation point to explore the effects of power, violence and fear perpetrated by the male partners exploring dynamics of power and control in relationships and exploring other possibilities in relationships. Alongside debates about the effectiveness and success in domestic violence men’s perpetration intervention programmes, there is a need to look at engagement of men more broadly. Family relationship counselling can be viewed as an opportunity to engage with men where domestic violence is noticed. Engagement of men is an important piece of practice that can potentially set up effective and successful behaviour change when responding to domestic violence.
Workplace Violence Against Domestic and Family Violence and Sexual Assault Workers: A Gendered, Settings-Based Approach
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 08-06-2020
DOI: 10.1093/BJSW/BCAA030
Abstract: Violence against social workers and other social service practitioners is prevalent across countries and service delivery settings, often accepted as implicit in working with vulnerable clients. A corresponding scholarly focus on workplace violence, and the factors that affect it, is, however, still developing. This is particularly stark in the domestic and family violence (DFV) and sexual assault (SA) sectors. To address this gap, this article explores the extent and impact of practitioners’ exposure to workplace violence, and the mix of work and organisational factors that predict it. Analysis of survey data from Australian DFV and SA practitioners (N = 903) enables a focus on the two main sources of workplace violence: violence from clients and violence from colleagues. Both types of violence were found to be prevalent, gendered and associated with emotional strain and intention to leave. We argue that in DFV and SA sectors, which respond to multiple forms of gendered violence, understanding the multifaceted nature of workplace violence, and the structural arrangements that underpin it, is necessary for planning strategies to prevent and address it.
The Role of Emotional Vulnerability and Abuse in the Financial Exploitation of Older People From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-12-2014
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2014.976895
Abstract: While the literature acknowledges that older people from culturally and linguistically erse (CaLD) communities are particularly susceptible to financial abuse by their family members, there is a dearth of research that explores the nature of CaLD older people's vulnerability to this form of abuse. This case study examines unique dynamics shaping this form of abuse and demonstrates how emotional vulnerability and dependence, exacerbated by cultural and linguistic disconnection, can place older people at risk.
Opening doors: Women's participation in feminist studies about domestic violence
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-02-2017
Abstract: Qualitative research into sensitive and emotionally laden topics can pose a number of challenges for researchers. This paper presents reflections from two social work researchers who have led multiple feminist-based qualitative research studies about research participation enabling positive experiences for women who have survived domestic violence. It is argued, women can identify new insights, find alternative ways of looking at their experiences, and access opportunities to debrief in a unique way in the research interview setting that differs from counselling experiences. The authors use the metaphor of ‘opening doors’ to show how women construct their research participation experience in similar ways and how researchers can draw on social work skills to enhance positive experiences for women.
Women’s Perceptions of Safety After Domestic Violence: Exploring Experiences of a Safety Contact Program
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-09-2019
Abstract: This article explores women’s experiences of the women’s safety services associated with a South Australian integrated program for male perpetrators of domestic and family violence. As small scale and exploratory, the study aimed to understand impact of such services on women’s perceptions of safety. Interviews were conducted by telephone, using a semi-structured format, with 14 women whose partners or ex-partners had been referred to a perpetrator intervention program. Informed by a feminist standpoint perspective, thematic analysis was used to explore each woman’s experience and perception of safety. The findings of the study suggest that integrated domestic and family violence programs can improve women’s feelings of safety through the application of practical safety planning, timely intervention, emotional support, and trauma-focused practice. Importantly, while the behaviors and actions of perpetrators were clearly relevant to women’s perceived safety, it was apparent that focusing on women’s strengths and capacity for recovery can significantly impact on their continued sense of safety and well-being. This article also reiterates the importance of women’s perspectives in evaluating the effectiveness of perpetrator interventions.
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Preventing The Financial Abuse Of Older People By A Family Member: Designing And Evaluating Older-person-centred Models Of Family Mediation
Start Date: 2009
End Date: 2010
Funder: Australian Research Council
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Start Date: 2013
End Date: 2015
Funder: Australian Research Council
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