Kathy Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathy Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathy |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1058-0032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Participation and access for ‘equity’ students in social work and human services higher education
Massification, broadening participation, and increasing student diversity are key objectives in higher education (HE). Yet, there is limited definitional clarity with terms, such as equity, access, and participation, and limited evaluation of strategies. The aspiration to promote educational opportunity regardless of socioeconomic or cultural background, geographic location, race, age, gender, or dis/ability is established. Some discipline areas …
Youth Work in a Warm Climate
We write as Australian youth work educators. We consider some of the ethical challenges involved in teaching youth work 'in a warm climate', situated in the diaspora of English youth work but where youth work also has a uniquely Australian character, placing us in an ethically liminal space in our teaching between an understanding of youth work that is robustly defended as being both 'good' and 'true', and what we do, which is different from this…
Survey of Adherence with Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors During the 2020 Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Among Members of the Covid-19 Community Research Partnership
Prevention behaviors represent important public health tools to limit spread of SARS-CoV-2. Adherence with recommended public health prevention behaviors among 20000 + members of a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance cohort from the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States was assessed via electronic survey following the 2020 Thanksgiving and winter holiday (WH) seasons. Respondents were predominantly non-Hispanic Whites (90%), female (60%), and ≥…
Who is Responsible for Compassion Satisfaction? Shifting Ethical Responsibility for Compassion Fatigue from the Individual to the Ecological
Compassion fatigue, a secondary traumatic stress [STS] disorder with similar symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder, is a recognised workplace hazard, particularly for those working in trauma exposed occupations. Here, and by drawing on Australian codes of ethical practice for nurses, social workers and youth workers, we explore how these codes might inform the practice of these Australian health and human services practitioners with respect …
The Sage Handbook of Youth Work Practice
Showcases the value of professional work with young people as it is practiced in diverse forms, and in locations from around the world
Young citizens and political participation in a digital society
In Young citizens and political participation in a digital society, Philippa Collin provides a valuable contribution to the extensive body of literature that has emerged over the past two decades c
Why Has Civic Education Failed to Increase Young People's Political Participation
Recent years have seen a revival of civic education. Advocates of this policy have cited the alleged declining normative political participation of young people as a primary reason for its need. This paper builds on the findings of a recent systematic review that examined the effect of civic education on young people's level of normative political engagement. The review found little evidence for civic education having a clear effect on voting/reg…
Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
The issue of prostitution has engendered much division amongst feminists, frequently resulting in polemical stances in a polarised debate. A similar pattern has more latterly emerged with respect to sex trafficking. An added difficulty is that statistical evidence regarding these issues is scarce and unreliable. Through a new discursive lens of policy analysis developed by Carol Bacchi (the WPR approach) this paper considers and examines the 'dem…
Disenfranchised Not ‘Deficient‘
Young people's declining electoral participation has been considered a problem in a range of democracies, including Australia. In this paper I examine youth electoral participation through the eyes and voices of young marginalised Australians. In the policy arena young people's electoral participation is usually considered a subject for education policy. Here I make the case for considering it as an issue for social policy, and as a welfare issue…
Youth and Political Participation
Learning about politics and life as a citizen is part of the transition to adulthood. During this stage young people in most Western democracies are introduced to political processes and issues, as well as a range of political activities including voting and participation in social movements. But young people make this transition differently. The articles in this Book explore a range of ways that young people participate politically and also disc…
From Deficit to Disenfranchisement
Low youth electoral turnouts are considered problematic in many democracies. Here I explore youth electoral engagement in the Australian context where the policy literature attributes low youth electoral enrolments to apathetic and disassociated youth, and the response is Civics and Citizenship education. This construction of youth and advocacy of education prevails despite recent challenges by researchers describing young people as interested in…
Constructions of sexuality
Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice Raymond (eds) The Sexual Liberals And The Attack On Feminism (Pergamon) New York, 1990; Lynda Nead Myths Of Sexuality: Representations Of Women In Victorian Britain (Blackwell) Oxford, 1990; Lesley Holly (ed.) Girls And Sexuality: Teaching And Learning (O.U.P.) Milton Keynes, 1989
From Deficit to Disenfranchisement
Low youth electoral turnouts are considered problematic in many democracies. Here I explore youth electoral engagement in the Australian context where the policy literature attributes low youth electoral enrolments to apathetic and disassociated youth, and the response is Civics and Citizenship education. This construction of youth and advocacy of education prevails despite recent challenges by researchers describing young people as interested in…
Disenfranchised Not ‘Deficient‘
Young people's declining electoral participation has been considered a problem in a range of democracies, including Australia. In this paper I examine youth electoral participation through the eyes and voices of young marginalised Australians. In the policy arena young people's electoral participation is usually considered a subject for education policy. Here I make the case for considering it as an issue for social policy, and as a welfare issue…
Why Has Civic Education Failed to Increase Young People's Political Participation
Recent years have seen a revival of civic education. Advocates of this policy have cited the alleged declining normative political participation of young people as a primary reason for its need. This paper builds on the findings of a recent systematic review that examined the effect of civic education on young people's level of normative political engagement. The review found little evidence for civic education having a clear effect on voting/reg…
Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
The issue of prostitution has engendered much division amongst feminists, frequently resulting in polemical stances in a polarised debate. A similar pattern has more latterly emerged with respect to sex trafficking. An added difficulty is that statistical evidence regarding these issues is scarce and unreliable. Through a new discursive lens of policy analysis developed by Carol Bacchi (the WPR approach) this paper considers and examines the 'dem…
Who is Responsible for Compassion Satisfaction? Shifting Ethical Responsibility for Compassion Fatigue from the Individual to the Ecological
Compassion fatigue, a secondary traumatic stress [STS] disorder with similar symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder, is a recognised workplace hazard, particularly for those working in trauma exposed occupations. Here, and by drawing on Australian codes of ethical practice for nurses, social workers and youth workers, we explore how these codes might inform the practice of these Australian health and human services practitioners with respect …
Constructions of sexuality
Dorchen Leidholdt and Janice Raymond (eds) The Sexual Liberals And The Attack On Feminism (Pergamon) New York, 1990; Lynda Nead Myths Of Sexuality: Representations Of Women In Victorian Britain (Blackwell) Oxford, 1990; Lesley Holly (ed.) Girls And Sexuality: Teaching And Learning (O.U.P.) Milton Keynes, 1989
Youth and Political Participation
Learning about politics and life as a citizen is part of the transition to adulthood. During this stage young people in most Western democracies are introduced to political processes and issues, as well as a range of political activities including voting and participation in social movements. But young people make this transition differently. The articles in this Book explore a range of ways that young people participate politically and also disc…
From Deficit to Disenfranchisement
Low youth electoral turnouts are considered problematic in many democracies. Here I explore youth electoral engagement in the Australian context where the policy literature attributes low youth electoral enrolments to apathetic and disassociated youth, and the response is Civics and Citizenship education. This construction of youth and advocacy of education prevails despite recent challenges by researchers describing young people as interested in…
Disenfranchised Not ‘Deficient‘
Young people's declining electoral participation has been considered a problem in a range of democracies, including Australia. In this paper I examine youth electoral participation through the eyes and voices of young marginalised Australians. In the policy arena young people's electoral participation is usually considered a subject for education policy. Here I make the case for considering it as an issue for social policy, and as a welfare issue…
Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
The issue of prostitution has engendered much division amongst feminists, frequently resulting in polemical stances in a polarised debate. A similar pattern has more latterly emerged with respect to sex trafficking. An added difficulty is that statistical evidence regarding these issues is scarce and unreliable. Through a new discursive lens of policy analysis developed by Carol Bacchi (the WPR approach) this paper considers and examines the 'dem…
Why Has Civic Education Failed to Increase Young People's Political Participation
Recent years have seen a revival of civic education. Advocates of this policy have cited the alleged declining normative political participation of young people as a primary reason for its need. This paper builds on the findings of a recent systematic review that examined the effect of civic education on young people's level of normative political engagement. The review found little evidence for civic education having a clear effect on voting/reg…
Young citizens and political participation in a digital society
In Young citizens and political participation in a digital society, Philippa Collin provides a valuable contribution to the extensive body of literature that has emerged over the past two decades c
The Sage Handbook of Youth Work Practice
Showcases the value of professional work with young people as it is practiced in diverse forms, and in locations from around the world
Who is Responsible for Compassion Satisfaction? Shifting Ethical Responsibility for Compassion Fatigue from the Individual to the Ecological
Compassion fatigue, a secondary traumatic stress [STS] disorder with similar symptoms as post-traumatic stress disorder, is a recognised workplace hazard, particularly for those working in trauma exposed occupations. Here, and by drawing on Australian codes of ethical practice for nurses, social workers and youth workers, we explore how these codes might inform the practice of these Australian health and human services practitioners with respect …
Survey of Adherence with Covid-19 Prevention Behaviors During the 2020 Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Among Members of the Covid-19 Community Research Partnership
Prevention behaviors represent important public health tools to limit spread of SARS-CoV-2. Adherence with recommended public health prevention behaviors among 20000 + members of a COVID-19 syndromic surveillance cohort from the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States was assessed via electronic survey following the 2020 Thanksgiving and winter holiday (WH) seasons. Respondents were predominantly non-Hispanic Whites (90%), female (60%), and ≥…
Youth Work in a Warm Climate
We write as Australian youth work educators. We consider some of the ethical challenges involved in teaching youth work 'in a warm climate', situated in the diaspora of English youth work but where youth work also has a uniquely Australian character, placing us in an ethically liminal space in our teaching between an understanding of youth work that is robustly defended as being both 'good' and 'true', and what we do, which is different from this…
Participation and access for ‘equity’ students in social work and human services higher education
Massification, broadening participation, and increasing student diversity are key objectives in higher education (HE). Yet, there is limited definitional clarity with terms, such as equity, access, and participation, and limited evaluation of strategies. The aspiration to promote educational opportunity regardless of socioeconomic or cultural background, geographic location, race, age, gender, or dis/ability is established. Some discipline areas …
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)