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2. Mental health and well‐being impacts of COVID‐19 on rural paramedics, police, community nurses and child protection workers.
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Roberts, Russell, Wong, Alfred, Jenkins, Stacey, Neher, Alain, Sutton, Clare, O'Meara, Peter, Frost, Mark, Bamberry, Larissa, and Dwivedi, Abhishek
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WELL-being , *PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout , *COVID-19 , *SOCIAL support , *PSYCHOLOGY of social workers , *RURAL conditions , *INTERNET , *CROSS-sectional method , *EMERGENCY medical technicians , *QUANTITATIVE research , *SURVEYS , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *CHILD welfare , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *MENTAL depression , *EMPLOYEES' workload , *COMMUNICATION , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *POLICE psychology , *ANXIETY , *DATA analysis software , *COMMUNITY health nursing , *DEPERSONALIZATION , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress - Abstract
Objective: To investigate the impact of COVID‐19 on the mental health and well‐being of rural paramedics, police, community nursing and child protection staff. Method: An online survey was distributed to investigate the sources of stress and support across individual, task and organisational domains. Setting and Participants: The survey was completed by 1542 paramedics, police, community nurses and child protection workers from all states and territories of Australia. This study describes the data for the 632 rural participants. Main outcome measures: The main measures of well‐being were the Public Health Questionnaire (PHQ9), the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD7), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), workplace engagement, intention to quit and COVID‐19–related stress. Results: The mean depression and anxiety scores were 8.2 (PHQ9) and 6.8 (GAD7). This is 2–3 times that found in the general community. Over half (56.1%) of respondents showed high emotional exhaustion (burnout). The emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment mean scores were 28.5, 9.3 and 34.2, respectively. The strongest associations with burnout and psychological distress were workload, provision of practical support, training and organisational communication. A significant proportion of respondents were seriously considering quitting (27.4%) or looking for a new job with a different employer (28.5%) in the next 12 months. Conclusions: COVID‐19 has increased the workload and stress on rural front‐line community staff. The major sources of stress were related to organisations' responses to COVID‐19 and not COVID‐19 per se. The data suggest the most effective mental health interventions are practical and preventive, such as firstly ensuring fair and reasonable workloads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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3. Peter Brown—An appreciation.
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Gregory, Gordon, Roberts, Russell, Perkins, David, and Dunbar, James
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OCCUPATIONAL achievement , *PUBLISHING , *RURAL health services , *SERIAL publications , *EXECUTIVES , *RURAL health , *ADULT education workshops , *AUTHORSHIP - Abstract
The article presents the discussion on Peter Brown, a Commonwealth public servant organising major Australian cultural events such as ballet, orchestral performances, and film showings in China and analysing cultural and social developments in the country.
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- 2021
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4. ICIRAS: Research and reconciliation with indigenous peoples in rural health journals.
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Lock, Mark J., McMillan, Faye, Warne, Donald, Bennett, Bindi, Kidd, Jacquie, Williams, Naomi, Martire, Jodie Lea, Worley, Paul, Hutten‐Czapski, Peter, Saurman, Emily, Matthews, Veronica, Walke, Emma, Edwards, Dave, Owen, Julie, Browne, Jennifer, and Roberts, Russell
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RACISM , *WELL-being , *CULTURAL identity , *PUBLISHING , *AUTHORS , *DISCUSSION , *HUMAN research subjects , *HEALTH services administration , *HUMAN rights , *SERIAL publications , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *GROUP identity , *HEALTH status indicators , *CULTURAL pluralism , *TRANSCULTURAL medical care , *SELF-efficacy , *INTELLECT , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *RURAL health , *MEDICAL research , *AUTHORSHIP - Abstract
Aim: We aim to promote discussion about an Indigenous Cultural Identity of Research Authors Standard (ICIRAS) for academic journal publications. Context: This is based on a gap in research publishing practice where Indigenous peoples' identity is not systematically and rigorously flagged in rural health research publications. There are widespread reforms, in different research areas, to counter the reputation of scientific research as a vehicle of racism and discrimination against the world's Indigenous peoples. Reflecting on these broader movements, the editorial teams of three rural health journals—the Australian Journal of Rural Health, the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, and Rural and Remote Health—recognised that Indigenous peoples' identity could be embedded in authorship details. Approach: An environmental scan (through a cultural safety lens where Indigenous cultural authority is respected, valued, and empowered) of literature was undertaken to detect the signs of inclusion of Indigenous peoples in research. This revealed many ways in which editorial boards of Journals could systematically improve their process so that there is 'nothing about Indigenous people, without Indigenous people' in rural health research publications. Conclusion: Improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples worldwide requires high quality research evidence. The philosophy of cultural safety supports the purposeful positioning of Indigenous peoples within the kaleidoscope of cultural knowledges as identified contributors and authors of research evidence. The ICIRAS is a call‐to‐action for research journals and institutions to rigorously improve publication governance that signals "Editing with IndigenUs and for IndigenUs". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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