Robert Donovan
Biographic Data
| ID | 177424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Donovan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Donovan |
| SIGNATURE | DONOVAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curtin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris/McGraw Writers at Princeton University
Guidance for Research on Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Participation Among Older People: Lessons From a Mixed Methods Study
This article provides methodological guidance to researchers wishing to develop collaborative research projects with local governments and other agencies, by describing the process adopted in a mixed methods study conducted in the City of Wanneroo (the City), a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. The study explored factors related to older people's (60+ years) participation in community-based activities and links between their part…
Parent's responses to nutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements on energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods: An experimental study
Objective To assess parents’ responses to common, potentially misleading strategies for marketing energy-dense and nutrient-poor (EDNP) child-oriented foods. Design Between-subjects online experiment to test whether nutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements on the front of packs of EDNP products lead parents to prefer and rate these foods more favourably. Setting Australia. Subjects A total of 1551 parents of children aged 5–12 years, who…
Mature adults' attitudes to mental health service utilisation
This qualitative study examined mature adults' attitudes to mental health services, in order to improve service utilisation among members of this group. Twenty individual and 12 focus group interviews were conducted with 111 West Australians aged ≥40 years living in urban and regional areas. The findings indicate that mature individuals may be receptive to information that assists them in differentiating the symptoms of ageing and mental illness …
Holyoake's Drumbeat Program: Music as a Tool for Social Learning and Improved Educational Outcomes
This article discusses the development, implementation and impact of a social development program developed by the Holyoake Institute in Western Australia for use in schools. The program DRUMBEAT uses hand drumming to engage young people in social learning that assists them in integrating more fully into mainstream school and community life. DRUMBEAT was developed in response to a range of issues that disadvantaged Indigenous youth experienced wi…
Using pedometers to increase physical activity in overweight and obese women: A pilot study
ACTRN12609000176268
The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on the Two Cultures
Research Article| April 01 1982 The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on the Two Cultures Robert Alan Donovan Robert Alan Donovan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1982) 81 (2): 178–187. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-81-2-178 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Alan Donovan; The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on th…
Structure and Idea in Bleak House
If anything can supply an intelligible principle of Dickens's development as a novelist, it is the constant strengthening and focusing of his protest against social injustice. This pervasive concern with social justice is the link connecting the otherwise light-hearted and high-spirited meanderings of Pickwick in a world of coaching inns and manor farms to the sinister events which are preparing in the dark world of Chancery in Bleak House or of …
Dickens on Education. John Manning
Holyoake's Drumbeat Program: Music as a Tool for Social Learning and Improved Educational Outcomes
This article discusses the development, implementation and impact of a social development program developed by the Holyoake Institute in Western Australia for use in schools. The program DRUMBEAT uses hand drumming to engage young people in social learning that assists them in integrating more fully into mainstream school and community life. DRUMBEAT was developed in response to a range of issues that disadvantaged Indigenous youth experienced wi…
Guidance for Research on Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Participation Among Older People: Lessons From a Mixed Methods Study
This article provides methodological guidance to researchers wishing to develop collaborative research projects with local governments and other agencies, by describing the process adopted in a mixed methods study conducted in the City of Wanneroo (the City), a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. The study explored factors related to older people's (60+ years) participation in community-based activities and links between their part…
Mature adults' attitudes to mental health service utilisation
This qualitative study examined mature adults' attitudes to mental health services, in order to improve service utilisation among members of this group. Twenty individual and 12 focus group interviews were conducted with 111 West Australians aged ≥40 years living in urban and regional areas. The findings indicate that mature individuals may be receptive to information that assists them in differentiating the symptoms of ageing and mental illness …
Dickens on Education. John Manning
Structure and Idea in Bleak House
If anything can supply an intelligible principle of Dickens's development as a novelist, it is the constant strengthening and focusing of his protest against social injustice. This pervasive concern with social justice is the link connecting the otherwise light-hearted and high-spirited meanderings of Pickwick in a world of coaching inns and manor farms to the sinister events which are preparing in the dark world of Chancery in Bleak House or of …
The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on the Two Cultures
Research Article| April 01 1982 The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on the Two Cultures Robert Alan Donovan Robert Alan Donovan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1982) 81 (2): 178–187. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-81-2-178 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Alan Donovan; The Future According to Hoyle: A Footnote on th…
Using pedometers to increase physical activity in overweight and obese women: A pilot study
ACTRN12609000176268
Mature adults' attitudes to mental health service utilisation
This qualitative study examined mature adults' attitudes to mental health services, in order to improve service utilisation among members of this group. Twenty individual and 12 focus group interviews were conducted with 111 West Australians aged ≥40 years living in urban and regional areas. The findings indicate that mature individuals may be receptive to information that assists them in differentiating the symptoms of ageing and mental illness …
Holyoake's Drumbeat Program: Music as a Tool for Social Learning and Improved Educational Outcomes
This article discusses the development, implementation and impact of a social development program developed by the Holyoake Institute in Western Australia for use in schools. The program DRUMBEAT uses hand drumming to engage young people in social learning that assists them in integrating more fully into mainstream school and community life. DRUMBEAT was developed in response to a range of issues that disadvantaged Indigenous youth experienced wi…
Parent's responses to nutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements on energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods: An experimental study
Objective To assess parents’ responses to common, potentially misleading strategies for marketing energy-dense and nutrient-poor (EDNP) child-oriented foods. Design Between-subjects online experiment to test whether nutrient claims and sports celebrity endorsements on the front of packs of EDNP products lead parents to prefer and rate these foods more favourably. Setting Australia. Subjects A total of 1551 parents of children aged 5–12 years, who…
Guidance for Research on Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Participation Among Older People: Lessons From a Mixed Methods Study
This article provides methodological guidance to researchers wishing to develop collaborative research projects with local governments and other agencies, by describing the process adopted in a mixed methods study conducted in the City of Wanneroo (the City), a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. The study explored factors related to older people's (60+ years) participation in community-based activities and links between their part…
The Princeton Anthology of Writing: Favorite Pieces by the Ferris/McGraw Writers at Princeton University
Medicine (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Download (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · History (2 works) · Library science (2 works)