E Willis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Willis |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Willis |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7576-971X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Key Informant Views of the Determinants of Child Labour Maltreatment
(1) Background: The maltreatment of child labourers is a major public health concern. There is a dearth of research in Bangladesh on the intentional maltreatment of child labourers. This study explored the risk factors for the maltreatment of child labourers in rural Bangladesh based on the knowledge and understanding of experts; (2) Methods: Seventeen interviews were conducted with experts who were sampled using a purposeful approach. A thematic…
Australian Caregivers’ Experiences of Paediatric Wait times for Primary and Allied Healthcare Appointments: A Scoping Review
Background . Paediatric patients in Australia experience lengthy wait times for Primary and Allied Healthcare Service (PAHCS) appointments. This results in a lack of satisfaction and adverse health outcomes. However, very few studies have explored wait times for appointments with PAHCSs in Australia. This study explored the length of wait time and associated barriers to timely access to paediatric PAHCSs in Australia. Methods . The scoping review…
Child Laborers’ Exposure to Neglect in Rural Bangladesh: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Abuse and neglect among child laborers are serious public health concerns. In particular, neglect of child laborers both at home and in the workplace exacerbates their social and health risks. Despite this, the issue continues to be overlooked by researchers and policy makers. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and factors of child labor neglect in rural Bangladesh. Using the snowball sampling method, 200 parents and employers were rec…
Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with the Psychological Maltreatment and Neglect of Child Laborers in Rural Bangladesh
Globally, child labor and maltreatment are considered serious public health concerns. Many child laborers in the informal sector are subjected to psychological abuse and neglect that is often akin to slavery. Our study examined the prevalence of these two forms of maltreatment among child laborers in rural Bangladesh, as well as the associated risk factors. Based on the snowball sampling technique, this study surveyed 100 child laborers employed …
Where is community during Covid‐19? The experiences of families living in housing insecurity
This article explores the understanding of community to families living in insecure housing in one Australian state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five female-headed families were interviewed during the pandemic and asked to identify what community meant to them. All participants were referred by an agency caring for families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Community was defined using Bourdieu's concept of social capital, allowing…
Managing liminality: Professional care during organizational change
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the way in which the theoretical construct of liminality contributes to understanding the process of dying of cancer from the perspective of patients, carers and professionals in a state-run organization undergoing privatization. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were held with 13 patients and their carers and two focus groups with eight physiotherapists and occupational therapists.…
Urban Child Labor in Bangladesh: Determinants and Its Possible Impacts on Health and Education
1) Background: A significant proportion of child laborers are compelled to work in exploitative environments, and experience both deteriorating health and financial loss. The present study sought to determine the factors affecting child labor and the characteristics of their working environment. (2) Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted with 80 child laborers aged 5 to 17 years. Alongside descriptive statistics, a newly devised technique …
Yarning as an Interview Method for Non-Indigenous Clinicians and Health Researchers
In this article, we discuss the origins, epistemology, and forms of Yarning as derived from the literature, and its use in research and clinical contexts. Drawing on three Yarns, the article addresses the extent to which non-Indigenous researchers and clinicians rightfully use and adapt this information-gathering method, or alternatively, may engage in yet another form of what can be described as post-colonialist behavior. Furthermore, we argue t…
Spillover Trends of Child Labor During the Coronavirus Crisis- an Unnoticed Wake-Up Call
The worldwide surge of Covid-19 pandemic threatens the lives of impoverished and vulnerable segments of society. Children, particularly, are at greater risk of maltreatment and neglect rather than disease contamination. Children in labor are the highly overlooked topic in research and national plans than other aspects of child abuse provoked by the Covid-19 outbreak
Addendum: Kavian, F.; et al. Migration, Stress and the Challenges of Accessing Food: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Recent Afghan Women Refugees in Adelaide, Australia. Int. J. Environ. Res…
In the original version of our article [...]
Migration, Stress and the Challenges of Accessing Food: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Recent Afghan Women Refugees in Adelaide, Australia
This study explored the migration and food experiences of Afghani women refugees residing in Adelaide, South Australia for 2 years or less. In-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 women between May and September 2017. The data were thematically analysed, and the Social Determinants of Health Framework was used to discuss the findings. Five key themes emerged from the data. In the transition country (Iran/Pakistan), …
Correctional officers as participants: Action research in prisons
Action research methodology is well-suited to engaging with marginalised groups to inform policy and guide practice. Prisons are complex institutions with hierarchies of power; social systems that demand a research approach suited to social structure. The pilot project to be evaluated is designed to promote positive pregnancy and birth experiences for pregnant female prisoners and provide extraordinary learning opportunities for midwifery student…
The impact of facility ownership on nurses’ and care workers’ perceptions of missed care in Australian residential aged care
The Australian government has reduced restrictions on ownership of residential aged care facilities (RACF) as part of aged care reform enabling the growth of private‐for‐profit ownership. This study explores the impact of private‐for‐profit ownership through comparison of perceptions of the volume of missed care in government, private‐not‐profit and for‐profit RACF in Australia. Data were collected through development and administration of a MISS…
New Migrants in Residential Aged Care: Managing Diversity in Not-for-Profit Organisations
Talcott Parsons: His Legacy and the Sociology of Health and Illness
There is little doubt that Talcott Parsons is a major figure in the development of the sociology of health and illness. Whether he is the major figure in the sense of being the founder has been the subject of hotly contested debate. Now that several decades have passed, it is possible to assess his legacy and lasting importance to this field of sociology. This chapter argues that although his writings are reflective of the times in which he wrote…
Liminality, the Australian State and Asian Nurse Immigrants
Over the last two decades the flow of Asians to Australia through legitimate immigration programs has accelerated. This is particularly the case for Asian nurses coming from countries that were once subjected to European colonisation. The difficulties encountered by nurses from Asian countries mirror those of earlier waves of migrants. These include navigating the language and differences in cultural mores, values, and beliefs, along with the lon…
The prestige of sustainable living: Implications for water use in Australia
The paper outlines water conservation behaviours and assesses the level of congruity between the stated water use of householders against their actual metered consumption. A profile of high water users in three parts of South Australia is offered: two metropolitan areas differing in socio-economic characteristics and a regional town. The research used a postal questionnaire, a follow-up telephone interview and corresponding household water meter …
Reconstituting Water? Climate Change, Water Policy Reform and Community Relations in South Australian Remote Towns
Water is a principal medium of exchange within communities facing changing climate patterns and the ‘new dry’. For some parts of the globe water has been taken-for-granted, uncontested, yet for others highly variable, scarce and a measure of global and national inequalities. Australia as a large and diverse landmass is emblematic of those varied water contexts, yet as a whole, and after the recent ‘100-year drought’, water has become heavily regu…
A healthy scepticism towards water in South Australia
Purpose This paper examines citizen trust at both a rational and affect level in the water utility provider, SA Water. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on data from a CATI of approximately 500 residents in two urban and rural locations. Findings Citizens have a healthy scepticism toward the utility provider suggesting they make a distinction between the capacity of SA Water to provide safe drinking water, and the political willingness …
Cost Implications of Hard Water on Health Hardware in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Central Desert Region of Australia
The provision of services such as power, water, and housing for Indigenous people is seen as essential in the Australian Government’s "Closing the Gap" policy. While the cost of providing these services, in particular adequate water supplies, is significantly higher in remote areas, they are key contributors to improving the health of Indigenous peoples. In many remote areas, poor quality groundwater is the only supply available. Hard water resul…
Using Goffman's Theories of Social Interaction to Reflect First-Time Mothers' Experiences With the Social Norms of Infant Feeding
Infant feeding, particularly breastfeeding, is an important public health issue because early feeding methods have been shown to influence health throughout childhood. We investigated how social norms influence first-time mothers' decisions around feeding methods. We conducted two in-depth interviews with 11 first-time mothers, the first 3 weeks after birth and the second 3 months following birth. We analyzed interview data using a third-level, t…
The treatment experiences of Australian women with gynaecological cancers and how they can be improved: A Qualitative Study
Gynaecological cancers are the fourth most common form of cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer mortality for women in Australia. Definitive treatment is available in tertiary hospitals in major capital cities. This study aimed to understand how care is received by women in order to improve both their experience and outcomes. We interviewed 25 women treated for ovarian, cervical and uterine cancers in public or private hospitals in fou…
Independent regulatory agencies and Australia's health workforce crisis: Lessons from the gynaecological cancers workforce
Purpose Workforce shortages and maldistribution in the health care sector are the outcome of poor planning processes, entrenched power relations, jurisdictional boundaries and professional silos. In seeking to redress these problems, countries are moving toward establishing independent agencies to monitor, regulate and shape the health workforce. In Australia, for example, Health Workforce Australia (HWA) has been established to provide data on w…
The diversity of sociology of health and illness
One of the dilemmas facing the editor of our general issues is the diversity of papers. Attempting to fi nd a unifying theme, so easy for the special issues, at fi rst seems elusive. It requires taking the time to re-read in one sitting all eight papers and making the connections. The editor's skill depends on their knowledge of social theory and their ability to make the connections between the array of papers. My refl ections for this issue ale…
The provision of water infrastructure in Aboriginal communities in South Australia
The provision of water supplies to Aboriginal people in South Australia,\nparticularly to communities covered under the Commonwealth–State (South\nAustralia) Bilateral Agreement is considered world class in terms of the\nsuitability of the technology to the remoteness of many of the communities and\nthe harsh arid environment. This article explores the history of domestic water\nsupplies to these Aboriginal communities. The article begins with a …
Urban Child Labor in Bangladesh: Determinants and Its Possible Impacts on Health and Education
1) Background: A significant proportion of child laborers are compelled to work in exploitative environments, and experience both deteriorating health and financial loss. The present study sought to determine the factors affecting child labor and the characteristics of their working environment. (2) Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted with 80 child laborers aged 5 to 17 years. Alongside descriptive statistics, a newly devised technique …
The Problem of Time in Ethnographic Health Care Research
Drawing on the ideas outlined by anthropologist Fabian and feminist scholars Halford, Savage, and Witz, in this article I make two arguments that challenge ethnography's claim to theoretical inference and empirical generalization, particularly for research examining contemporary health care practices. For Fabian, the dilemma arose out of ethnography's origins in the secularization of time. Accounts of the subject's experiences using present tense…
The invention of purgatory: Contributions to abstract time in capitalism
The contribution of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic to debate on the cultural forces that precipitated the shift from feudal to capitalist modes of production is without precedent. While this debate is presumed to have run its course, contemporary preoccupations with extensive and intensive working hours suggest a revisit may be timely. This article proposes an affinity between the shift to abstract modes of time in capitalism and the ideas underpin…
New Migrants in Residential Aged Care: Managing Diversity in Not-for-Profit Organisations
Yarning as an Interview Method for Non-Indigenous Clinicians and Health Researchers
In this article, we discuss the origins, epistemology, and forms of Yarning as derived from the literature, and its use in research and clinical contexts. Drawing on three Yarns, the article addresses the extent to which non-Indigenous researchers and clinicians rightfully use and adapt this information-gathering method, or alternatively, may engage in yet another form of what can be described as post-colonialist behavior. Furthermore, we argue t…
Using Goffman's Theories of Social Interaction to Reflect First-Time Mothers' Experiences With the Social Norms of Infant Feeding
Infant feeding, particularly breastfeeding, is an important public health issue because early feeding methods have been shown to influence health throughout childhood. We investigated how social norms influence first-time mothers' decisions around feeding methods. We conducted two in-depth interviews with 11 first-time mothers, the first 3 weeks after birth and the second 3 months following birth. We analyzed interview data using a third-level, t…
Health Risk Analysis and Sociomedical Technologies of the Self: Private Health Insurance Gets Into Health Promotion
In October 1994 the then Australian Federal Minister for Health, Dr. Carmen Lawrence, announced that Medicare, the Australian universal national healthcare fund was considering introducing Healthtrac a computerised health promotion program. The change of government in 1995 put paid to this plan, however, lifestyle based health promotion programs, including computerised programs, are an increasing trend in contemporary health care. Research from t…
The prestige of sustainable living: Implications for water use in Australia
The paper outlines water conservation behaviours and assesses the level of congruity between the stated water use of householders against their actual metered consumption. A profile of high water users in three parts of South Australia is offered: two metropolitan areas differing in socio-economic characteristics and a regional town. The research used a postal questionnaire, a follow-up telephone interview and corresponding household water meter …
Where is community during Covid‐19? The experiences of families living in housing insecurity
This article explores the understanding of community to families living in insecure housing in one Australian state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Five female-headed families were interviewed during the pandemic and asked to identify what community meant to them. All participants were referred by an agency caring for families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Community was defined using Bourdieu's concept of social capital, allowing…
Attitudes to Drought in Outback Communities in South Australia
This paper explores the perceptions of drought by residents in outback South Australia and their associated responses to the drought. Behavioural Geography methodology is used with data drawn from interviews with pastoralists, business owners, and residents of small outback towns and Aboriginal communities. Although they were not resident in the region, the perceptions of tourists were also garnered. The results show that perceptions varied betwe…
Deadlines and the purgatorial complex
This paper draws on Le Goff's social history of purgatory and Richard Fenn's concept of the purgatorial complex to outline a social history of deadlines. The purgatory complex is a form of sadomasochism where time is the disciplining tool. According to Fenn the purgatorial complex has its origins in the medieval invention of purgatory, the Protestantism of Richard Baxter, North American Methodism and Evangelism and the ideas of John Locke. In tak…
Health Risk Analysis and Sociomedical Technologies of the Self: Private Health Insurance Gets Into Health Promotion
In October 1994 the then Australian Federal Minister for Health, Dr. Carmen Lawrence, announced that Medicare, the Australian universal national healthcare fund was considering introducing Healthtrac a computerised health promotion program. The change of government in 1995 put paid to this plan, however, lifestyle based health promotion programs, including computerised programs, are an increasing trend in contemporary health care. Research from t…
Deadlines and the purgatorial complex
This paper draws on Le Goff's social history of purgatory and Richard Fenn's concept of the purgatorial complex to outline a social history of deadlines. The purgatory complex is a form of sadomasochism where time is the disciplining tool. According to Fenn the purgatorial complex has its origins in the medieval invention of purgatory, the Protestantism of Richard Baxter, North American Methodism and Evangelism and the ideas of John Locke. In tak…
The Demise of the Murray River: Insights into Lifestyle, Health and Well-Being for Rural Aboriginal People in The Riverland
The poor state of the Murray River has been framed to highlight negative environmental, social and economic consequences, particularly for farmers and growers. This paper draws on material gathered during focus group sessions with rural Aboriginal people living in the Riverland. The paper presents their perspectives and experiences of the impact of a changing Murray River on their health and well-being. The impacts of settlement, river regulation…
Aboriginal People’s Attitudes Towards Paying for Water in a Water-Scarce Region of Australia
The invention of purgatory: Contributions to abstract time in capitalism
The contribution of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic to debate on the cultural forces that precipitated the shift from feudal to capitalist modes of production is without precedent. While this debate is presumed to have run its course, contemporary preoccupations with extensive and intensive working hours suggest a revisit may be timely. This article proposes an affinity between the shift to abstract modes of time in capitalism and the ideas underpin…
Gendered relations to working time and union agreements: Contradictory outcomes in acute and community nursing settings in Australia
The intensification of working time is a major impediment to the recruitment and retention of nurses worldwide. This article examines the outcomes of negotiations between the Australian Nursing Federation (South Australia), the major nursing union and the South Australian Government, with a particular focus on working-time tools introduced to deintensify nurses' labour. The article compares two strategies negotiated by the union: one for public s…
The provision of water infrastructure in Aboriginal communities in South Australia
The provision of water supplies to Aboriginal people in South Australia,\nparticularly to communities covered under the Commonwealth–State (South\nAustralia) Bilateral Agreement is considered world class in terms of the\nsuitability of the technology to the remoteness of many of the communities and\nthe harsh arid environment. This article explores the history of domestic water\nsupplies to these Aboriginal communities. The article begins with a …
Attitudes to Drought in Outback Communities in South Australia
This paper explores the perceptions of drought by residents in outback South Australia and their associated responses to the drought. Behavioural Geography methodology is used with data drawn from interviews with pastoralists, business owners, and residents of small outback towns and Aboriginal communities. Although they were not resident in the region, the perceptions of tourists were also garnered. The results show that perceptions varied betwe…
The Problem of Time in Ethnographic Health Care Research
Drawing on the ideas outlined by anthropologist Fabian and feminist scholars Halford, Savage, and Witz, in this article I make two arguments that challenge ethnography's claim to theoretical inference and empirical generalization, particularly for research examining contemporary health care practices. For Fabian, the dilemma arose out of ethnography's origins in the secularization of time. Accounts of the subject's experiences using present tense…
Independent regulatory agencies and Australia's health workforce crisis: Lessons from the gynaecological cancers workforce
Purpose Workforce shortages and maldistribution in the health care sector are the outcome of poor planning processes, entrenched power relations, jurisdictional boundaries and professional silos. In seeking to redress these problems, countries are moving toward establishing independent agencies to monitor, regulate and shape the health workforce. In Australia, for example, Health Workforce Australia (HWA) has been established to provide data on w…
The diversity of sociology of health and illness
One of the dilemmas facing the editor of our general issues is the diversity of papers. Attempting to fi nd a unifying theme, so easy for the special issues, at fi rst seems elusive. It requires taking the time to re-read in one sitting all eight papers and making the connections. The editor's skill depends on their knowledge of social theory and their ability to make the connections between the array of papers. My refl ections for this issue ale…
Cost Implications of Hard Water on Health Hardware in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Central Desert Region of Australia
The provision of services such as power, water, and housing for Indigenous people is seen as essential in the Australian Government’s "Closing the Gap" policy. While the cost of providing these services, in particular adequate water supplies, is significantly higher in remote areas, they are key contributors to improving the health of Indigenous peoples. In many remote areas, poor quality groundwater is the only supply available. Hard water resul…
Using Goffman's Theories of Social Interaction to Reflect First-Time Mothers' Experiences With the Social Norms of Infant Feeding
Infant feeding, particularly breastfeeding, is an important public health issue because early feeding methods have been shown to influence health throughout childhood. We investigated how social norms influence first-time mothers' decisions around feeding methods. We conducted two in-depth interviews with 11 first-time mothers, the first 3 weeks after birth and the second 3 months following birth. We analyzed interview data using a third-level, t…
The treatment experiences of Australian women with gynaecological cancers and how they can be improved: A Qualitative Study
Gynaecological cancers are the fourth most common form of cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer mortality for women in Australia. Definitive treatment is available in tertiary hospitals in major capital cities. This study aimed to understand how care is received by women in order to improve both their experience and outcomes. We interviewed 25 women treated for ovarian, cervical and uterine cancers in public or private hospitals in fou…
Reconstituting Water? Climate Change, Water Policy Reform and Community Relations in South Australian Remote Towns
Water is a principal medium of exchange within communities facing changing climate patterns and the ‘new dry’. For some parts of the globe water has been taken-for-granted, uncontested, yet for others highly variable, scarce and a measure of global and national inequalities. Australia as a large and diverse landmass is emblematic of those varied water contexts, yet as a whole, and after the recent ‘100-year drought’, water has become heavily regu…
A healthy scepticism towards water in South Australia
Purpose This paper examines citizen trust at both a rational and affect level in the water utility provider, SA Water. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on data from a CATI of approximately 500 residents in two urban and rural locations. Findings Citizens have a healthy scepticism toward the utility provider suggesting they make a distinction between the capacity of SA Water to provide safe drinking water, and the political willingness …
Liminality, the Australian State and Asian Nurse Immigrants
Over the last two decades the flow of Asians to Australia through legitimate immigration programs has accelerated. This is particularly the case for Asian nurses coming from countries that were once subjected to European colonisation. The difficulties encountered by nurses from Asian countries mirror those of earlier waves of migrants. These include navigating the language and differences in cultural mores, values, and beliefs, along with the lon…
The prestige of sustainable living: Implications for water use in Australia
The paper outlines water conservation behaviours and assesses the level of congruity between the stated water use of householders against their actual metered consumption. A profile of high water users in three parts of South Australia is offered: two metropolitan areas differing in socio-economic characteristics and a regional town. The research used a postal questionnaire, a follow-up telephone interview and corresponding household water meter …
Talcott Parsons: His Legacy and the Sociology of Health and Illness
There is little doubt that Talcott Parsons is a major figure in the development of the sociology of health and illness. Whether he is the major figure in the sense of being the founder has been the subject of hotly contested debate. Now that several decades have passed, it is possible to assess his legacy and lasting importance to this field of sociology. This chapter argues that although his writings are reflective of the times in which he wrote…
The impact of facility ownership on nurses’ and care workers’ perceptions of missed care in Australian residential aged care
The Australian government has reduced restrictions on ownership of residential aged care facilities (RACF) as part of aged care reform enabling the growth of private‐for‐profit ownership. This study explores the impact of private‐for‐profit ownership through comparison of perceptions of the volume of missed care in government, private‐not‐profit and for‐profit RACF in Australia. Data were collected through development and administration of a MISS…
New Migrants in Residential Aged Care: Managing Diversity in Not-for-Profit Organisations
Correctional officers as participants: Action research in prisons
Action research methodology is well-suited to engaging with marginalised groups to inform policy and guide practice. Prisons are complex institutions with hierarchies of power; social systems that demand a research approach suited to social structure. The pilot project to be evaluated is designed to promote positive pregnancy and birth experiences for pregnant female prisoners and provide extraordinary learning opportunities for midwifery student…
Spillover Trends of Child Labor During the Coronavirus Crisis- an Unnoticed Wake-Up Call
The worldwide surge of Covid-19 pandemic threatens the lives of impoverished and vulnerable segments of society. Children, particularly, are at greater risk of maltreatment and neglect rather than disease contamination. Children in labor are the highly overlooked topic in research and national plans than other aspects of child abuse provoked by the Covid-19 outbreak
Addendum: Kavian, F.; et al. Migration, Stress and the Challenges of Accessing Food: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Recent Afghan Women Refugees in Adelaide, Australia. Int. J. Environ. Res…
In the original version of our article [...]
Migration, Stress and the Challenges of Accessing Food: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Recent Afghan Women Refugees in Adelaide, Australia
This study explored the migration and food experiences of Afghani women refugees residing in Adelaide, South Australia for 2 years or less. In-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 10 women between May and September 2017. The data were thematically analysed, and the Social Determinants of Health Framework was used to discuss the findings. Five key themes emerged from the data. In the transition country (Iran/Pakistan), …
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