Cameron Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3599565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cameron Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cameron |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3176-9341 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lived experience perspectives on resilience, mental health, and wellbeing: A focus group study of individual, social, and systemic determinants in Aotearoa New Zealand
In this study, resilience did not emerge as an individual capacity, but as something grounded in relational networks situated within cultural, spiritual and ecological contexts. These findings suggest a need for transformational approaches to resilience assessment and intervention by policymakers and clinicians, which attend to structural determinants as well as individual coping capacity. Effective interventions are likely to be more acceptable …
Beyond Data Collection: Therapeutic Dimensions of Culturally-Grounded Focus Groups in Aotearoa New Zealand
This reflective piece examines unexpected therapeutic outcomes that emerged during focus groups exploring mental health and resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand. The focus groups took place as part of a national study investigating resilience, mental health, and wellbeing. The study employed a culturally grounded methodology, utilising Māori practices that provided a unique and culturally affirming platform for engagement and safe dialogue. Followi…
Using action research to develop a real-time measure of job satisfaction in the operating room setting
This paper outlines how action research was used to develop a real-time job satisfaction measurement tool for the operating room (OR) setting. It offers insight into how collaborative action research can be used in a complex interprofessional setting to create a practical, valid and relevant tool. The study was conducted within one New Zealand hospital OR department during the period of March 2018 – June 2019. Using action research cycles, resear…
Tourism and Archaeology: Sustainable Meeting Grounds
Archaeological Tourism: Looking for Answers Along Mexico's Maya Riviera
Located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, the village of Cancún was radically transformed when mass tourism development began there in the early 1970s. Cancún and the surrounding "Maya Riviera" quickly became a wildly popular tourism destination offering a variety of cultural experiences, including visits to ancient Maya archaeological sites. Now, some of those archaeological sites are in danger of being "loved to death," whil…
Archaeological Tourism: Looking for Answers Along Mexico's Maya Riviera
Located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, the village of Cancún was radically transformed when mass tourism development began there in the early 1970s. Cancún and the surrounding "Maya Riviera" quickly became a wildly popular tourism destination offering a variety of cultural experiences, including visits to ancient Maya archaeological sites. Now, some of those archaeological sites are in danger of being "loved to death," whil…
Archaeological Tourism: Looking for Answers Along Mexico's Maya Riviera
Located on the Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, the village of Cancún was radically transformed when mass tourism development began there in the early 1970s. Cancún and the surrounding "Maya Riviera" quickly became a wildly popular tourism destination offering a variety of cultural experiences, including visits to ancient Maya archaeological sites. Now, some of those archaeological sites are in danger of being "loved to death," whil…
Tourism and Archaeology: Sustainable Meeting Grounds
Using action research to develop a real-time measure of job satisfaction in the operating room setting
This paper outlines how action research was used to develop a real-time job satisfaction measurement tool for the operating room (OR) setting. It offers insight into how collaborative action research can be used in a complex interprofessional setting to create a practical, valid and relevant tool. The study was conducted within one New Zealand hospital OR department during the period of March 2018 – June 2019. Using action research cycles, resear…
Beyond Data Collection: Therapeutic Dimensions of Culturally-Grounded Focus Groups in Aotearoa New Zealand
This reflective piece examines unexpected therapeutic outcomes that emerged during focus groups exploring mental health and resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand. The focus groups took place as part of a national study investigating resilience, mental health, and wellbeing. The study employed a culturally grounded methodology, utilising Māori practices that provided a unique and culturally affirming platform for engagement and safe dialogue. Followi…
Lived experience perspectives on resilience, mental health, and wellbeing: A focus group study of individual, social, and systemic determinants in Aotearoa New Zealand
In this study, resilience did not emerge as an individual capacity, but as something grounded in relational networks situated within cultural, spiritual and ecological contexts. These findings suggest a need for transformational approaches to resilience assessment and intervention by policymakers and clinicians, which attend to structural determinants as well as individual coping capacity. Effective interventions are likely to be more acceptable …
Aotearoa (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Action research (1 works) · Agriculture, Water, and Health (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)