scholarly journals Australian Health Review call for papers

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Health Review

Models of care: do they make the difference? Australian Health Review invites contributions for the Models of Care section of the journal. This is a regular section and we welcome ongoing article submissions. Health care is delivered in countless ways for those who have debilitating illnesses or conditions. Stakeholders boast that it is the particular ?model of care? that makes the positive difference to patients and clients ? but, it has been difficult to ascertain the true impact of models of care on patient/client or system outcomes. To assist in clarifying this important area for health service management and policy decision making, we are looking for articles on case studies or research projects that suggest either positive or negative outcomes for specific models of care. Australian Health Review is looking to publish feature articles, research papers, case studies and commentaries related to your experience with specific models of care. We are particularly interested in papers that measure the model's effectiveness at a system, organisation and/or client level. Australian and New Zealand submissions are welcome, as well as international initiatives with lessons for Australia and New Zealand. Submissions can be short commentaries of 1000 to 2000 words, or more comprehensive reviews of 2000 to 4000 words. Please consult the AHR Guidelines for Authors for information on formatting and submission.

scholarly journals Australian Health Review call for papers

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 331
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Health Review

Models of care: do they make the difference? Australian Health Review invites contributions for the models of care section of the journal. This is a regular section and we welcome ongoing article submissions. Health care is delivered in countless ways for those who have debilitating illnesses or conditions. Stakeholders boast that it is the particular ?model of care? that makes the positive difference to patients and clients ? but, it has been difficult to ascertain the true impact of models of care on patient/client or system outcomes. To assist in clarifying this important area for health service management and policy decision making, we are looking for articles on case studies or research projects that suggest either positive or negative outcomes for specific models of care. Australian Health Review is looking to publish feature articles, research papers, case studies and commentaries related to your experience with specific models of care. We are particularly interested in papers that measure the model's effectiveness at a system, organisation and/or client level. Australian and New Zealand submissions are welcome, as well as international initiatives with lessons for Australia and New Zealand. Submissions can be short commentaries of 1000 to 2000 words, or more comprehensive reviews of 2000 to 4000 words. Please consult the AHR Guidelines for Authors for information on formatting and submission.

scholarly journals "Models of Care" — a new section in Australian Health Review

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Deborah Yarmo-Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Kaiser Permanente ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Health Review

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS in Australia and abroad encompass multiple ?models of care?. While diversity is inevitable, the models of care can be contradictory and controversial. International influences are acknowledged. From a policy perspective, the Department of Health in the United Kingdom has issued a number of documents outlining models of care that are being trialled or mainstreamed. These include an NHS (National Health Service) and social care model and a chronic disease management model.1,2 These models are based on a version of a health insurer model of care from the United States that originated with Kaiser Permanente.

scholarly journals Constructing the problem of initial teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand: policy formation and risk, 2010-2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Alexandra C. Gunn ◽  
Helen Trevethan
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
Policy Solutions

This paper reports findings from an interpretive policy and discourse analysis of documents informing contemporary initial teacher education (ITE) policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study first asks: what is the problem of teacher education as constituted in policy and associated documents in the period 2010-2018? We then compare the problems, suggested solutions, and recent evidence about the work of teacher education in New Zealand, to discuss the policy discourse, and theorise about the potential utility of solutions to address the problems raised. Our comparative analysis of the problems of ITE and proposed policy solutions with research evidence of teacher education work underscores the imperative of engagement with local and relevant evidence-based knowledge as a basis for informed policy decision making.  

Australian Health Review call for papers

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Review

Technology in health care: are we delivering on the promise? Australian Health Review invites contributions for an upcoming issue on information management and information and communication technology in health care. Submission deadline: 15 May 2007 Despite a reputation for less spending on information and communication technologies (ICT), the health care sector has an imperative to ensure the ?right? information has been made available and accessible to the ?right? person at the ?right? time. While there is increasing evidence that the strategic application of ICT in innovative ways can improve the effectiveness of health care delivery, we don?t often discuss the substantial changes to the way health care organisations operate that are required for best practice information management. In an upcoming issue, Australian Health Review is looking to publish feature articles, research papers, case studies and commentaries related to information management and information and communication technologies in health care. We are particularly interested in papers that report on the successes, or failures, of initiatives in Australia and New Zealand that have brought together the research, the technology and the clinical, managerial and organisational expertise. Submissions related to international initiatives with lessons for Australia and New Zealand will also be welcomed. Submissions can be short commentaries of 1000 to 2000 words, or more comprehensive reviews of 2000 to 4000 words. Please consult the AHR Guidelines for Authors for information on formatting and submission. The deadline for submission is 15 May 2007.

scholarly journals AHR Moving forward

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 532
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Scholarly Publications ◽  
Student Paper ◽  
The Future ◽  
Medical Publishing ◽  
Health Review

It is with growing sadness (but with expectations of time for some new activities in my life) that I announce that this is my final issue as editor of Australian Health Review (AHR). The new editor, Dr Gary Day from Griffith University in Queensland, is well suited to take over, with continued support from Dr Deborah Roberts, the Models of Care editor, and from the Editorial Board. Australian Health Review is over 30 years old and has achieved growing recognition both nationally and internationally. It has been a pleasure to have contributed to this excellent journal. The landscape of Australian health policy and management journals has changed over the past few years and further changes, to better meet the needs of authors and readers, are in store for AHR in 2010 and beyond. Over my tenure as editor, with much assistance from Professor Judith Dwyer, Dr Deborah Roberts, Dr Gary Day, Prue Power and the Editorial Board, and the publishing team at the Australasian Medical Publishing Company, we have achieved many milestones. Amalgamation of AHR with other journals will continue to strengthen the Australian presence in international scholarly publications. The online manuscript service has proved an efficient and effective mechanism for authors, reviewers and editors. The number of papers submitted for consideration has continued to grow, with over 100 papers submitted each year, of which about 60% are published. This large number of papers has meant that I am enormously grateful to the AHR reviewers. The 2009 reviewers are acknowledged in this issue (page 696). Thank you for volunteering your precious time to this most important task. The large number of papers has also meant that the page numbers of each issue have crept up to try to ensure authors do not have to wait too long to see their work in print. This year we established the Australian Health Review student paper awards, and in this issue we have published the undergraduate (page 541) and postgraduate (page 549) student award papers. Please ensure you read these excellent papers by Australian students. We have had an impressive set of guest editors who demonstrate the importance of AHR in Australian health policy and management and who enabled the journal to present at the forefront of key developments in these areas. This issue has a wide variety of papers on topics such as health information, health service utilisation, models of care, public health, quality and safety and workforce ? areas of critical importance for health policy and management now and into the future. Best wishes for the future. Signing off now, Sandra G Leggat, Editor Australian Health Review.

scholarly journals Editorial

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 498
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Care Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Care Models ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Regular Section ◽  
Health Review

THIS IS THE FOURTH ISSUE of Australian Health Review which has featured a ?Models of Care? section; now a regular section of the Journal. As 2007 draws to a close, the breadth of formalised care models (such as self-care management, case management and disease management) being implemented in the Australian health care system continues to be publicised. The number of Australian studies which evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of care model interventions is increasing. Being the optimist, I predict that the rate of publication of these studies will also increase. This is fundamental because the value of any intervention needs carefully constructed evaluation that enables results to be debated by experts in the public domain.

scholarly journals A new look for Australian Health Review

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Judith Dwyer ◽  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
Policy Decision ◽  
Volume Number ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Review Editor ◽  
Medical Publishing ◽  
Health Review ◽  
New Look

WE ARE DELIGHTED to welcome you to the new look of the Journal. In recognition of the importance of Australian Health Review to management and policy decision makers in Australia, the Australian Healthcare Association has initiated some major changes to assist us to better meet our readers? needs. The journal is now being produced with the support of AMPCo, the Australasian Medical Publishing Company. The changes in print format and presentation of papers will be accompanied by a more interactive website, and authors and reviewers will soon notice a more streamlined editorial and production process. It is also a pleasure to welcome Mr Gary Day, of the Queensland University of Technology, to the new role of book review editor for the journal. Gary's appointment will enable the journal to include more regular coverage of significant books and reports. The librarians and archivists among our readers will note that we have started a new volume (number 28) for the occasion. Volume 28 will have three issues, which, combined with those in volume 27, will make 5 issues for 2004. The next volume (number 29) will start in 2005.

scholarly journals Post-decisional logics of inaction: The influence of knowledge controversy in climate policy decision-making

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 2281-2299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Sharman ◽  
Richard Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Policy Decision Making

Contestation over knowledge claims, including their legitimacy as an input to policy decision-making, does not end at the moment of policy creation. Policies continue to be made and unmade during the implementation phase. Drawing from work on knowledge controversies, and building on the concept of post-decisional politics, we investigate the implementation of climate change policy in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. We identify politically salient post-decisional logics of inaction which have been used to justify delaying or diluting climate policy implementation in both countries. In New Zealand, knowledge controversy has had little or no influence over decision-making, with political rationales in the form of the current national economic interest and cost-based logics prevailing. Conversely, arguments emphasising scientific uncertainty have achieved political traction in the United Kingdom, creating a “fog of distrust” instrumental in draining political capital from the active implementation of climate policy. Explanatory factors such as structural economic considerations and different values placed on science as an input to policy-making are discussed, highlighting the importance of being attentive to the fluidity of knowledge controversies as they achieve salience and legitimacy according to the specificities of time and place.

The future of community-centred health services in Australia: 'When too many beds are not enough'

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Rosen ◽  
Roger Gurr ◽  
Paul Fanning ◽  
Alan Owen
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health Review

The authors welcome a constructive debate on the future of community-centred health services. Therefore, we have written this piece in response to an article published by Cunningham in the previous edition of the Australian Health Review (Cunningham, Australian Health Review 2012; 36: 121–124), which was a very limited analysis and misleading critique of our previous contribution to this journal (Rosen et al. Australian Health Review 2010; 34: 106–115). The focus here is necessarily brief and does not stand in for a detailed analysis of the evidence base. The aim instead, is to draw attention back to the broader political, economic and social dimensions of how the retreat from community health services has affected clinical care. We also outline a response to a longstanding assumption, or belief, that ‘too many hospital beds are not enough’ and may never be enough. How we understand the problem of resource allocation in healthcare shapes the remedies that are considered realistic. We explain that the reasons for the systematic underdevelopment of community health services are complex, historical, and largely relate to political and economic factors, but they are still amenable to change. What is known about the topic? There is a growing evidence base and consensus of expert opinion supporting the gradual shift in health service delivery away from hospital-based models of care to community-centred ones. Wherever possible, speciality community health services should be co-located with primary health care in communal shopping and transport hubs so that patients have access to ‘one-stop-shops’ providing both primary healthcare and community treatment, and support services. It is important that these speciality community health services retain their integrity and control of their budgets, but also that they maintain functional integration with their respective hospital-based services. What does this paper add? In response to a recently published vigorous but narrowly targeted critique of community-based models of care, we explore the wider context of the debate about the appropriate balance between hospital and community health services. We pay particular attention to the current debate in mental health services. What are the implications for practitioners? Clinicians need to understand the historical, political and economic factors that have influenced the underdevelopment of community-centred health services, so as to avoid unhelpful conflicts between specialists and those working in different care settings. Rear-guard attempts to restore the dominance of hospital-centric services are unsustainable in terms of ethics and economic reality. Policy-makers and health planners should instead aim to rebalance resources in the health sector so that people in all age groups and regions have equitable access to the full range of human health and support services across the continuum of care.

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