David Dunt
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 139049 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David Dunt |
| NOMBRES | David |
| APELLIDO | Dunt |
| FIRMA | DUNT D |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8450-7949 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1978 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Impact of government monopoly alcohol shop systems on alcohol consumption in high-income countries
Government monopoly alcohol shop systems have existed for around 100 years in five well-developed and high-income countries. These countries have a monopoly to sell alcohol above a specified alcohol concentration and apply higher levels of taxation to these sales. The aim of this study is to compare population drinking levels in OECD high-income countries with and without these monopoly shop systems for the period 1973–2015. The study employs a p…
A cost-effectiveness analysis of a housing and recovery program for people with severe and persistent mental illnesses and precarious housing
The Doorway program supports people with Serious and Persistent Mental Illnesses (SPMIs) receiving care within Victoria's public mental health system and who are precariously housed. This paper reports on its cost-effectiveness. The study design was difference-in-differences involving a Treatment-As-Usual comparison group (TAU) using deidentified client records. The primary outcome measure was the proportion of days of secure housing per particip…
Early closing of hotels
Evaluation of an Infection surveillance program in residential aged care facilities in Victoria, Australia
The ACIIP is a usessful state-wide infection surveillance program for aged care. Further development of data validation, IT system capacity and models for education and user support will be required to support future scalability
Key informant perspectives of suicide prevention in Australia
Key informants from across the suicide prevention sector in Australia identified a range of issues for consideration in the development of Australia's new National Suicide Prevention Strategy which are also relevant for suicide prevention policy and program development in other high-income countries. Key issues include the need for concerted efforts to define and build the capacity of the suicide prevention sector, implement and monitor a whole-o…
Government funded suicide prevention in Australia – an environmental scan
Current government emphasis on and investment in suicide prevention activity, together with strong commitment to lived experience and cross sectorial collaboration, are substantial and appropriate. There are also many opportunities to further progress cross-portfolio and cross-jurisdiction suicide prevention and response efforts. This requires urgently adopting a shared understanding of suicide, which includes the diverse drivers of suicidal dist…
Historic and current achievements of the temperance movement in the control of alcohol and its adverse health consequences
Substantial alcohol-related public health impacts have occurred in almost all of the nine countries, either on relevant government schemes and/or individual alcohol consumption. Regarding government schemes, five of the nine temperance countries, and in part a sixth (the US), retain government store monopoly systems, offering heavily-taxed spirits with limits on their accessibility. Impacts on individual consumption in these countries, where stud…
Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities
Streamlined and simple data entry methods will reduce the burden of surveillance on staff. Education materials will be vital for the implementation of a new surveillance program. These materials must be tailored to different aged care workers, specific to the aged care context and provide guidance on how to use surveillance results to improve practice
Consumer engagement to maximise the impact of public reporting of hospital performance data in Australiapuper
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Financial Challenges of Cancer for Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Parent Caregivers
This study examined the financial impact of cancer and the use of income support in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer and their parent caregivers. As part of a national Australian study exploring the psychosocial impacts of cancer, 196 AYAs ages 15 to 25 years, six to 24 months from diagnosis, and 204 parent caregivers from 18 cancer sites were surveyed. Logistic regression and chi-square analyses were conducted to assess the influe…
What is meant by public
Understanding the audience
Introduction: Despite its’ promise public performance reporting has had little impact on improving quality of care for consumers. In this study we examine consumer advocates, purchasers and providers’ understanding of public performance reporting and how it contributes to quality of care. The aim of the study is to improve the impact of public performance on quality of care.Theory: Public performance reporting is hypothesised to improve quality o…
Influences on Case-Managed Community Aged Care Practice
Case management has been widely implemented in the community aged care setting. In this study, we aimed to explore influences on case-managed community aged care practice from the perspectives of community aged care case managers. We conducted 33 semistructured interviews with 47 participants. We drew these participants from a list of all case managers working in aged care organizations that provided publicly funded case management program(s)/pac…
The impact of patient narratives on self-efficacy and self-care in Australians with type 2 diabetes
UNLABELLED: A randomized-controlled trial (RCT) was conducted from September 2009 to June 2011. National Diabetes Services Scheme registrants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and aged 30-70 years were invited to participate in a 3-week intervention programme with follow-up at 4 weeks and 6 months. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires in the participant's homes. The intervention group received diabetes factsheets and a DVD comprising…
What is the role of a case manager in community aged care? A qualitative study in Australia
This study aimed to explore the perceptions of case managers about their roles in providing community aged care in Australia. Purposeful sampling was used and 33 qualitative semi-structured interviews with 47 participants were conducted. Participants were drawn from a list of all case managers working in aged care organisations that provided publicly funded case-managed community aged care programmes in the State of Victoria, Australia. Participa…
Evaluating the health impacts of participation in Australian community arts groups
This study evaluates the impacts of three well-established community arts programmes in Victoria, Australia, on the mental health and well-being outcomes of participants typically from disadvantaged backgrounds during 2006-07. It employs a theoretical framework that reconciles evidence-based practice in health and the phenomenological nature of community arts practice. Self-determination theory (SDT) was used to do this with SDT-derived psychomet…
Evaluating community outcomes of participation in community arts
VicHealth's Community Arts Development Scheme (CADS) funded three community arts organizations to work with people from marginalized or disadvantaged communities, to provide opportunities for personal and community development through the arts. This article investigates how CADS engages the public in thinking about and discussing social issues and, more generally, the role of community arts practice in promoting civic dialogue. A mixed method app…
Case Managed Community Aged Care
Objective: To evaluate the effects of case management in community aged care (CMCAC) interventions on service use and costs. Method: Five databases were searched from inception to 2011 July to include randomized control trials and comparative observational English studies. Results were summarized by using the best-evidence synthesis approach. Results: Twenty-one studies were included. Available studies supported improvements in clients’ use of ca…
The impact of social and cultural capital variables on parental rating of child health in Australia
The aim of this paper is to study the effects of factors broadly captured under the rubric of parental social and cultural capital on child health. The setting was 11 disadvantaged communities in Victoria, Australia during the conduct and evaluation of Best Start, an early childhood initiative of the Victorian State Government. Questionnaires were sent to parents of 3-year-old children in 2004 and 2006. The principal dependent variable was parent…
Individual and area factors associated with general practitioner integration in Australia
Portrayal of depression and other mental illnesses in Australian nonfiction media
This study describes Australian media portrayal of mental illnesses, focusing on depression. A random sample of 1,123 items was selected for analysis from a pool of 13,389 nonfictional media items about mental illness collected between March 2000 and February 2001. Depression was portrayed more frequently than other mental illnesses. Items about depression, eating disorders, and substance use disorders most commonly described policies or programs…
Construction of a GP integration model
Is prevention really better than cure? Parameters of the debate and implications for program evaluation design
The relative contributions of health promotion programs and services to the improvement of community health is the subject of long-standing debate. Critics of health promotion have argued that it does not save costs, has low cost-effectiveness compared to treatment services, does not attract strong community support and may be inequitable. The arguments and counter-arguments that form the basis of this debate are canvassed in this paper. This is …
The collection of service utilisation data
Assessing Functional Status Among Elderly Patients
This paper describes a comparative analysis of questionnaire-based measures of functional status and clinical ratings of disability made by general practitioners and health visitors. Both approaches to functional assessment were used in rating 92 elderly primary care patients in terms of their performance of 13 mobility and self-help activities. Simple dichotomous and more complex trichotomous measures of performance were used to summarize functi…
Construction of a GP integration model
What is the role of a case manager in community aged care? A qualitative study in Australia
This study aimed to explore the perceptions of case managers about their roles in providing community aged care in Australia. Purposeful sampling was used and 33 qualitative semi-structured interviews with 47 participants were conducted. Participants were drawn from a list of all case managers working in aged care organisations that provided publicly funded case-managed community aged care programmes in the State of Victoria, Australia. Participa…
Evaluating community outcomes of participation in community arts
VicHealth's Community Arts Development Scheme (CADS) funded three community arts organizations to work with people from marginalized or disadvantaged communities, to provide opportunities for personal and community development through the arts. This article investigates how CADS engages the public in thinking about and discussing social issues and, more generally, the role of community arts practice in promoting civic dialogue. A mixed method app…
Portrayal of depression and other mental illnesses in Australian nonfiction media
This study describes Australian media portrayal of mental illnesses, focusing on depression. A random sample of 1,123 items was selected for analysis from a pool of 13,389 nonfictional media items about mental illness collected between March 2000 and February 2001. Depression was portrayed more frequently than other mental illnesses. Items about depression, eating disorders, and substance use disorders most commonly described policies or programs…
Theoretical and methodological issues in sociological studies of consumer satisfaction with medical care
Theoretical and methodological issues in sociological studies of consumer satisfaction with medical care
The collection of service utilisation data
Assessing Functional Status Among Elderly Patients
This paper describes a comparative analysis of questionnaire-based measures of functional status and clinical ratings of disability made by general practitioners and health visitors. Both approaches to functional assessment were used in rating 92 elderly primary care patients in terms of their performance of 13 mobility and self-help activities. Simple dichotomous and more complex trichotomous measures of performance were used to summarize functi…
Is prevention really better than cure? Parameters of the debate and implications for program evaluation design
The relative contributions of health promotion programs and services to the improvement of community health is the subject of long-standing debate. Critics of health promotion have argued that it does not save costs, has low cost-effectiveness compared to treatment services, does not attract strong community support and may be inequitable. The arguments and counter-arguments that form the basis of this debate are canvassed in this paper. This is …
Construction of a GP integration model
Portrayal of depression and other mental illnesses in Australian nonfiction media
This study describes Australian media portrayal of mental illnesses, focusing on depression. A random sample of 1,123 items was selected for analysis from a pool of 13,389 nonfictional media items about mental illness collected between March 2000 and February 2001. Depression was portrayed more frequently than other mental illnesses. Items about depression, eating disorders, and substance use disorders most commonly described policies or programs…
Individual and area factors associated with general practitioner integration in Australia
The impact of social and cultural capital variables on parental rating of child health in Australia
The aim of this paper is to study the effects of factors broadly captured under the rubric of parental social and cultural capital on child health. The setting was 11 disadvantaged communities in Victoria, Australia during the conduct and evaluation of Best Start, an early childhood initiative of the Victorian State Government. Questionnaires were sent to parents of 3-year-old children in 2004 and 2006. The principal dependent variable was parent…
Case Managed Community Aged Care
Objective: To evaluate the effects of case management in community aged care (CMCAC) interventions on service use and costs. Method: Five databases were searched from inception to 2011 July to include randomized control trials and comparative observational English studies. Results were summarized by using the best-evidence synthesis approach. Results: Twenty-one studies were included. Available studies supported improvements in clients’ use of ca…
Evaluating the health impacts of participation in Australian community arts groups
This study evaluates the impacts of three well-established community arts programmes in Victoria, Australia, on the mental health and well-being outcomes of participants typically from disadvantaged backgrounds during 2006-07. It employs a theoretical framework that reconciles evidence-based practice in health and the phenomenological nature of community arts practice. Self-determination theory (SDT) was used to do this with SDT-derived psychomet…
Evaluating community outcomes of participation in community arts
VicHealth's Community Arts Development Scheme (CADS) funded three community arts organizations to work with people from marginalized or disadvantaged communities, to provide opportunities for personal and community development through the arts. This article investigates how CADS engages the public in thinking about and discussing social issues and, more generally, the role of community arts practice in promoting civic dialogue. A mixed method app…
The impact of patient narratives on self-efficacy and self-care in Australians with type 2 diabetes
UNLABELLED: A randomized-controlled trial (RCT) was conducted from September 2009 to June 2011. National Diabetes Services Scheme registrants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and aged 30-70 years were invited to participate in a 3-week intervention programme with follow-up at 4 weeks and 6 months. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires in the participant's homes. The intervention group received diabetes factsheets and a DVD comprising…
What is the role of a case manager in community aged care? A qualitative study in Australia
This study aimed to explore the perceptions of case managers about their roles in providing community aged care in Australia. Purposeful sampling was used and 33 qualitative semi-structured interviews with 47 participants were conducted. Participants were drawn from a list of all case managers working in aged care organisations that provided publicly funded case-managed community aged care programmes in the State of Victoria, Australia. Participa…
Influences on Case-Managed Community Aged Care Practice
Case management has been widely implemented in the community aged care setting. In this study, we aimed to explore influences on case-managed community aged care practice from the perspectives of community aged care case managers. We conducted 33 semistructured interviews with 47 participants. We drew these participants from a list of all case managers working in aged care organizations that provided publicly funded case management program(s)/pac…
Understanding the audience
Introduction: Despite its’ promise public performance reporting has had little impact on improving quality of care for consumers. In this study we examine consumer advocates, purchasers and providers’ understanding of public performance reporting and how it contributes to quality of care. The aim of the study is to improve the impact of public performance on quality of care.Theory: Public performance reporting is hypothesised to improve quality o…
Financial Challenges of Cancer for Adolescents and Young Adults and Their Parent Caregivers
This study examined the financial impact of cancer and the use of income support in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer and their parent caregivers. As part of a national Australian study exploring the psychosocial impacts of cancer, 196 AYAs ages 15 to 25 years, six to 24 months from diagnosis, and 204 parent caregivers from 18 cancer sites were surveyed. Logistic regression and chi-square analyses were conducted to assess the influe…
What is meant by public
Consumer engagement to maximise the impact of public reporting of hospital performance data in Australiapuper
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities
Streamlined and simple data entry methods will reduce the burden of surveillance on staff. Education materials will be vital for the implementation of a new surveillance program. These materials must be tailored to different aged care workers, specific to the aged care context and provide guidance on how to use surveillance results to improve practice
Early closing of hotels
Evaluation of an Infection surveillance program in residential aged care facilities in Victoria, Australia
The ACIIP is a usessful state-wide infection surveillance program for aged care. Further development of data validation, IT system capacity and models for education and user support will be required to support future scalability
Key informant perspectives of suicide prevention in Australia
Key informants from across the suicide prevention sector in Australia identified a range of issues for consideration in the development of Australia's new National Suicide Prevention Strategy which are also relevant for suicide prevention policy and program development in other high-income countries. Key issues include the need for concerted efforts to define and build the capacity of the suicide prevention sector, implement and monitor a whole-o…
Government funded suicide prevention in Australia – an environmental scan
Current government emphasis on and investment in suicide prevention activity, together with strong commitment to lived experience and cross sectorial collaboration, are substantial and appropriate. There are also many opportunities to further progress cross-portfolio and cross-jurisdiction suicide prevention and response efforts. This requires urgently adopting a shared understanding of suicide, which includes the diverse drivers of suicidal dist…
Historic and current achievements of the temperance movement in the control of alcohol and its adverse health consequences
Substantial alcohol-related public health impacts have occurred in almost all of the nine countries, either on relevant government schemes and/or individual alcohol consumption. Regarding government schemes, five of the nine temperance countries, and in part a sixth (the US), retain government store monopoly systems, offering heavily-taxed spirits with limits on their accessibility. Impacts on individual consumption in these countries, where stud…
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