Ruth Wallace
Biographic Data
| ID | 3615336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Wallace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallace |
| SIGNATURE | WALLACE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edith Cowan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5392-5195 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Underfunded and undervalued
Prevention is a central policy focus of contemporary health promotion, offering cost-effective strategies to reduce disease burden and improve population well-being. Despite this, Australia allocates a small proportion of its health budget to prevention, with funding models characterized by short-term cycles and competitive tendering. While the consequences for public health are well documented, the impact on the health promotion workforce remain…
Applying the Ottawa Charter to evaluate health literacy outcomes of the Little Aussie Bugs course for Australian early childhood educators
Early childhood offers an important opportunity to lay the foundations for lifelong health literacy. The Little Aussie Bugs (LAB) dialogic book series and online professional development (PD) course were designed to support Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) educators to embed health literacy concepts, including hygiene, healthy eating, and oral health, into everyday learning routines. This mixed methods study evaluated the course pilot an…
Little Aussie Bugs
Building health literacy in early childhood is essential for lifelong health and underpins children’s learning and developmental trajectories. This study assessed the efficacy of the Little Aussie Bugs books, designed to enhance health literacy in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centres. The books, featuring inclusive characters and key health literacy catchphrases, were distributed to >1200 early learning settings Australia-…
Digital tools to promote or measure health literacy in children aged 3–5 years
Health literacy is a determinant of health that should be promoted and measured in early childhood. In the era of digitalization, this could involve digital platforms. However, little knowledge exists on the extent, range, and nature of literature on digital tools for promoting or measuring young children's health literacy. Addressing this gap, a scoping review was undertaken to explore what digital health literacy tools for children aged 3–5 yea…
An innovative and meaningful scaffolded curriculum approach to Environmental Health education in Western Australia
There has been a critical shortage of qualified Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) both globally and in Australia that has plagued the profession for decades. At Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Western Australia, an undergraduate degree in Environmental Health (EH) was developed in 2006, however, viability was problematic, and the course was under threat of closure. In 2016 both the EH and occupational safety and health (OSH) majors were d…
Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce
A well-prepared public health workforce is essential for reducing disease burdens and improving population health, necessitating an education that addresses global and complex challenges. This paper explores the integration of the Relational Employability Framework in public health education as a tool to foster critical reflection and cultivate global citizenship among students and graduates. Global citizenship encompasses the social, political, …
Dadirri
We detail an Indigenous research methodology capturing community-based truth-telling in an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, Australia. We present Dadirri—a deep contemplative process of listening to one another—as a research methodology and a co-developed research model from the Nauiyu community. Dadirri is applied on the Country, with the cultural custodians to which it belongs, the Ngan’gikurunggkurr people from the Daly River re…
Success’ in Indigenous higher education policy in the Northern Territory, Australia
The concept of policy ‘success’ has been subject to much contestation. In the Indigenous higher education setting, Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) scholars have brought attention to the relevance of experiential knowledge to understanding the effects of power and race on policy, including how success is theorised. This paper aims to interrogate the notion of policy success by exploring how Indigenous users of higher education policy in the Northe…
A multifaceted approach increased staff confidence to develop outside of school hours care as a health promoting setting
Health promotion training, combined with positive social connections, shared learning experiences, and a website improved OSHC Professionals confidence and capacity to provide a health promoting OSHC environment. Health promotion professional development for OSHC professionals should be mandated as a minimum requirement, and such learning opportunities should be scaffolded with support available through social media interactions and website acces…
Netnographic Slog
Active, participatory netnography, in contrast to passive netnography, is essential if researchers are to gain rich rewards from the rigorous collection of qualitative data. However, researchers should be aware of the 'netnographic slog'; 'the blood, sweat and tears' associated with eliciting quality data and encouraging active participation in online communities. This article examines the - Supporting Nutrition for Australian Childcare (SNAC) - …
Netnography
This is the first article to describe how broadening of the term netnography in qualitative research is leading to misperceptions and missed opportunities. The once accepted need for human presence in netnographic studies is giving way to nonparticipatory (passive) approaches, which claim to be naturalistic and bias-free. While this may be tenable in some environments, it also removes the opportunity for cocreation in online communities and socia…
Abstracts, Poster for Qualitative Methods Conference
‘‘Build it and they will come,’’ an adage critiqued as a common misconception of participatory engagement with online communities. Previous research indicated that a netnographic approach based upon researcher– participant engagement would provide the best opportunity to build and sustain a successful support community [...]
Laity American and Catholic
Feminism and Sociological Theory
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
Journal Article American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church, by William D'Antonio, James Davidson, Dean Hoge, and Ruth Wallace. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1989, 193 pp. $15.95 Get access Nicholas R. Ellig Nicholas R. Ellig Concordia College, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 51, Issue 3, Fall 1990, Pages 343–344, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711192 Published: 01 October…
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
American Catholic Laity
Hopalong
Netnography
This is the first article to describe how broadening of the term netnography in qualitative research is leading to misperceptions and missed opportunities. The once accepted need for human presence in netnographic studies is giving way to nonparticipatory (passive) approaches, which claim to be naturalistic and bias-free. While this may be tenable in some environments, it also removes the opportunity for cocreation in online communities and socia…
Netnographic Slog
Active, participatory netnography, in contrast to passive netnography, is essential if researchers are to gain rich rewards from the rigorous collection of qualitative data. However, researchers should be aware of the 'netnographic slog'; 'the blood, sweat and tears' associated with eliciting quality data and encouraging active participation in online communities. This article examines the - Supporting Nutrition for Australian Childcare (SNAC) - …
Feminism and Sociological Theory
Hopalong
Success’ in Indigenous higher education policy in the Northern Territory, Australia
The concept of policy ‘success’ has been subject to much contestation. In the Indigenous higher education setting, Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) scholars have brought attention to the relevance of experiential knowledge to understanding the effects of power and race on policy, including how success is theorised. This paper aims to interrogate the notion of policy success by exploring how Indigenous users of higher education policy in the Northe…
Hopalong
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
Journal Article American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church, by William D'Antonio, James Davidson, Dean Hoge, and Ruth Wallace. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1989, 193 pp. $15.95 Get access Nicholas R. Ellig Nicholas R. Ellig Concordia College, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 51, Issue 3, Fall 1990, Pages 343–344, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711192 Published: 01 October…
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
American Catholic Laity
Feminism and Sociological Theory
Laity American and Catholic
Abstracts, Poster for Qualitative Methods Conference
‘‘Build it and they will come,’’ an adage critiqued as a common misconception of participatory engagement with online communities. Previous research indicated that a netnographic approach based upon researcher– participant engagement would provide the best opportunity to build and sustain a successful support community [...]
Netnography
This is the first article to describe how broadening of the term netnography in qualitative research is leading to misperceptions and missed opportunities. The once accepted need for human presence in netnographic studies is giving way to nonparticipatory (passive) approaches, which claim to be naturalistic and bias-free. While this may be tenable in some environments, it also removes the opportunity for cocreation in online communities and socia…
Netnographic Slog
Active, participatory netnography, in contrast to passive netnography, is essential if researchers are to gain rich rewards from the rigorous collection of qualitative data. However, researchers should be aware of the 'netnographic slog'; 'the blood, sweat and tears' associated with eliciting quality data and encouraging active participation in online communities. This article examines the - Supporting Nutrition for Australian Childcare (SNAC) - …
A multifaceted approach increased staff confidence to develop outside of school hours care as a health promoting setting
Health promotion training, combined with positive social connections, shared learning experiences, and a website improved OSHC Professionals confidence and capacity to provide a health promoting OSHC environment. Health promotion professional development for OSHC professionals should be mandated as a minimum requirement, and such learning opportunities should be scaffolded with support available through social media interactions and website acces…
Dadirri
We detail an Indigenous research methodology capturing community-based truth-telling in an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory, Australia. We present Dadirri—a deep contemplative process of listening to one another—as a research methodology and a co-developed research model from the Nauiyu community. Dadirri is applied on the Country, with the cultural custodians to which it belongs, the Ngan’gikurunggkurr people from the Daly River re…
Success’ in Indigenous higher education policy in the Northern Territory, Australia
The concept of policy ‘success’ has been subject to much contestation. In the Indigenous higher education setting, Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) scholars have brought attention to the relevance of experiential knowledge to understanding the effects of power and race on policy, including how success is theorised. This paper aims to interrogate the notion of policy success by exploring how Indigenous users of higher education policy in the Northe…
An innovative and meaningful scaffolded curriculum approach to Environmental Health education in Western Australia
There has been a critical shortage of qualified Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) both globally and in Australia that has plagued the profession for decades. At Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Western Australia, an undergraduate degree in Environmental Health (EH) was developed in 2006, however, viability was problematic, and the course was under threat of closure. In 2016 both the EH and occupational safety and health (OSH) majors were d…
Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce
A well-prepared public health workforce is essential for reducing disease burdens and improving population health, necessitating an education that addresses global and complex challenges. This paper explores the integration of the Relational Employability Framework in public health education as a tool to foster critical reflection and cultivate global citizenship among students and graduates. Global citizenship encompasses the social, political, …
Little Aussie Bugs
Building health literacy in early childhood is essential for lifelong health and underpins children’s learning and developmental trajectories. This study assessed the efficacy of the Little Aussie Bugs books, designed to enhance health literacy in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centres. The books, featuring inclusive characters and key health literacy catchphrases, were distributed to >1200 early learning settings Australia-…
Digital tools to promote or measure health literacy in children aged 3–5 years
Health literacy is a determinant of health that should be promoted and measured in early childhood. In the era of digitalization, this could involve digital platforms. However, little knowledge exists on the extent, range, and nature of literature on digital tools for promoting or measuring young children's health literacy. Addressing this gap, a scoping review was undertaken to explore what digital health literacy tools for children aged 3–5 yea…
Underfunded and undervalued
Prevention is a central policy focus of contemporary health promotion, offering cost-effective strategies to reduce disease burden and improve population well-being. Despite this, Australia allocates a small proportion of its health budget to prevention, with funding models characterized by short-term cycles and competitive tendering. While the consequences for public health are well documented, the impact on the health promotion workforce remain…
Applying the Ottawa Charter to evaluate health literacy outcomes of the Little Aussie Bugs course for Australian early childhood educators
Early childhood offers an important opportunity to lay the foundations for lifelong health literacy. The Little Aussie Bugs (LAB) dialogic book series and online professional development (PD) course were designed to support Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) educators to embed health literacy concepts, including hygiene, healthy eating, and oral health, into everyday learning routines. This mixed methods study evaluated the course pilot an…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 works) · Catholicism and Religious Studies (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)