Indigenous peoples and natural hazard research, policy and practice in southern temperate Australia: an agenda for change

Bhiamie Williamson; Jessica Weir

doi:10.47389/36.4.62

Indigenous peoples and natural hazard research, policy and practice in southern temperate Australia: an agenda for change

Australian Journal of Emergency Management - October 2021 ◽

10.47389/36.4.62 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10.47389/36 (36.4) ◽

pp. 62-67

Author(s):

Bhiamie Williamson ◽

Jessica Weir

Keyword(s):

Emergency Management ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Natural Hazard ◽

Research Evidence ◽

Research Policy ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Research Institutions ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Changing Practice

Engaging with Indigenous peoples is clearly on the agenda of natural hazard leaders in southern Australia, but there is very little research, policy or practical experience to support this work. Indeed, with a few important exceptions, natural hazard organisations and research institutions have had little engagement with Indigenous peoples, their organisations or research priorities or protocols. While there are substantial gaps in the research evidence, it is important to start identifying the issues at hand and consider what might be done in response. This paper provides a brief overview of the fraught relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia and some common misunderstandings. The paper includes specific suggestions for current research, policy and practice, noting that natural hazard agencies and research institutions are influential and closely related. It is clear there are challenges. However, changing practice is essential to foster more respectful terms between Indigenous peoples and Australia’s natural hazard and emergency management sector.

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Research, policy and practice

Family Group Conferences in Social Work ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447335801.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 68-80

Author(s):

Nick Frost ◽

Bernie Jackson

Keyword(s):

Child Welfare ◽

Research Evidence ◽

Research Policy ◽

Welfare Policy ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Family Group ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Child Welfare Policy ◽

Family Based

This chapter examines research evidence that underpins family group conferences (FGCs) and addresses its implications for policy and practice. There are powerful value-based reasons for engaging with FGCs. The evidence base around the process of FGCs is strong; families find the process, in the main, empowering and engaging. Meanwhile, the evidence base in relation to the outcomes of FGCs is mixed in relation to both safeguarding and care placements, as studies have found positive, negative, and neutral outcomes following FGCs. There is no doubt that there is a requirement for more outcome-focused studies of FGCs. Nevertheless, as many researchers argue, there is enough evidence and professional and family-based experience to make a powerful argument for the embedding of FGCs in child welfare policy and practice.

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Adolescent Well-Being Gap Maps: What We Know and Opportunities for Future Research

Journal of Youth Development ◽

10.5195/jyd.2021.1025 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2-3) ◽

pp. 124-158

Author(s):

Prerna Banati ◽

Christina Bacalso

Keyword(s):

Youth Development ◽

Research Policy ◽

Emotional Health ◽

Research Priorities ◽

Well Being ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Future Research ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Middle Income ◽

Sub Saharan

Designing and delivering effective programs for adolescents and youth requires high-quality evidence that is easily available to decision makers. Yet while adolescence as a unique development period has gained policy attention in recent years, and there has been a growth in research, priorities for research investment remain unclear. This paper provides a panoramic view of adolescent development research to review what evidence exists and how evidence is mapped. Our approach interrogated studies mapped by evidence maps (including the subset evidence gap maps or EGMs). Our findings have implications for future directions of research on positive youth development (PYD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): The analysis showed that while most evidence maps exist in the adolescent protection, safety, and security domain, most studies focus on outcomes related to well-being and social and emotional health. There are gaps in demographic groupings and contexts studied. For example, while gender and sex inequities were the most prevalent in the studies identified, though seen in less than 1/5 of the studies analyzed, disability appears in only 3%. Housing, participation, and information communication technologies are researched relatively rarely. Rigorous research in conflict or humanitarian settings is absent. Additionally, while most impact evaluations are conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Latin America, the Middle East and North America were poorly represented regions. This article reflects on the state of the evidence, argues for a more thoughtful approach to equity in adolescent research, and calls for a stronger link between research, policy, and practice in LMICs.

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Interesse- og verdikonflikter i skjæringspunktet mellom patentetikk og forskningsetikk

Interessekonflikter i forskning ◽

10.23865/noasp.63.ch3 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 69-90

Author(s):

Anders Braarud Hanssen

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Research Policy ◽

Patent Law ◽

Patent System ◽

Patent Policy ◽

Public Research ◽

Research Institutions ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Societal Issues ◽

Public Research Institutions

With the increased importance of patenting in emerging science and technology, publically funded research has also become increasingly influenced by commercial interests. In the wake of such developments central concerns within research ethics and patent ethics has gained new relevance. However, this has not materialized in research and patent policy debates in Norway. This paper provides an argument for the relevance of the rekindling of patent and research policy issues related to ethical and societal concerns for public research institutions in Norway. Further, due to an increasingly technocratic decision-making model of the patent system, important ethical and societal issues are left unanswered by current policy. This paper will focus on two aspects of current patent policy and practice. Firstly, the increased importance of commercial interests in research policy during the last 30 years has changed the incentives of public research. Secondly, patent law and the patent system has established a particular decision-making framework for how ethical and societal aspects of patents are addressed, particularly within the biopatent areas. This is exemplified with the evaluation of the AquaBounty-case in the Ethics Committee for Patent Cases. Furthermore, I discuss the relevance of the ethical responsibility of Norwegian public research institutions in current patent policy and how a range of complex ethical and societal issues evade public attention.

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Implementing DBT

The Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758723.013.54 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 830-844

Author(s):

Katherine Anne Comtois ◽

Sara J. Landes

Keyword(s):

Research Evidence ◽

Implementation Strategies ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Client Outcomes ◽

Behaviour Therapy ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Implementation Outcomes ◽

Key Points ◽

Implementation Problems ◽

Practice Implementation

Implementation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) has been studied to a much lesser extent than the effectiveness of DBT. Implementation science is the study of strategies to promote the integration of research evidence into healthcare policy and practice. Implementation strategies for DBT include training, consultation, clinic reorganization, changing billing rates to cover cost of team, etc. When evaluating the implementation of an evidence-based practice such as DBT it can be helpful to focus on acceptability, appropriateness, adoption, feasibility, fidelity, reach, cost, and sustainability. These implementation outcomes can be thought of as DBT “implementation targets.” Client outcomes are the core goal of DBT implementation and to achieve them it is critical to target implementation outcomes first. This chapter discusses each implementation outcome in relation to DBT implementation research and the authors’ practical experience. It highlights key points to consider when newly implementing DBT, consulting with others implementing DBT, or trying to solve implementation problems.

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