Alison Watts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3761269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Watts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Watts |
| SIGNATURE | WATTS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peninsula Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9697-8609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘You don’t see what I see’
EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE: Each year, adverse events are reported in healthcare, of which many relate to healthcare workforce cognitive bias. The active involvement of workforce and consumers in the review and co-design of effective training for the healthcare workforce to recognise, monitor, and manage unconscious bias is required. PROPOSED SOLUTION: We used participatory action research to co-design an innovative, interprofessional simulation based…
Stigma, shame and family secrets as consequences of mental illness in previous generations
In this article we evaluate micro-history as a method for investigating the meaning of stigma, shame and family secrets through generations. We present micro-histories of two Australian soldiers who developed mental illness years after serving in World War 1 and were committed to a psychiatric hospital where they died. Data were drawn from publicly available records and interviews with family members. The contrasting stories held by the families …
An Introduction to Durian Sukegawa's A Dosimeter on the Narrow Road to Oku
In this introduction to an excerpt from Durian Sukegawa's travel memoir A Dosimeter on the Narrow Road to Oku, I give an outline of Sukegawa's biography, his reasons for undertaking a journey by bicycle in 2012 along Matsuo Basho's route in The Narrow Road to Oku, and the reasons for my own particular interest in this text. The translation covers the section of his journey from Fukagawa to Nasu. It won the 2021 Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation P…
The influence of social networks and homophily on correct voting
There is empirical evidence suggesting that a person's family, friends, or social ties influence who a person votes for. Sokhey & McClurg (2012) find that as political disagreement in a person's social network increases, then a person is less likely to vote correctly. We develop a model where voters have different favorite policies and wish to vote correctly for the candidate whose favorite policy is closest to their own. Voters have beliefs abou…
The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks
Women and Religion in Japan
Stigma, shame and family secrets as consequences of mental illness in previous generations
In this article we evaluate micro-history as a method for investigating the meaning of stigma, shame and family secrets through generations. We present micro-histories of two Australian soldiers who developed mental illness years after serving in World War 1 and were committed to a psychiatric hospital where they died. Data were drawn from publicly available records and interviews with family members. The contrasting stories held by the families …
The influence of social networks and homophily on correct voting
There is empirical evidence suggesting that a person's family, friends, or social ties influence who a person votes for. Sokhey & McClurg (2012) find that as political disagreement in a person's social network increases, then a person is less likely to vote correctly. We develop a model where voters have different favorite policies and wish to vote correctly for the candidate whose favorite policy is closest to their own. Voters have beliefs abou…
Women and Religion in Japan
The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks
The influence of social networks and homophily on correct voting
There is empirical evidence suggesting that a person's family, friends, or social ties influence who a person votes for. Sokhey & McClurg (2012) find that as political disagreement in a person's social network increases, then a person is less likely to vote correctly. We develop a model where voters have different favorite policies and wish to vote correctly for the candidate whose favorite policy is closest to their own. Voters have beliefs abou…
An Introduction to Durian Sukegawa's A Dosimeter on the Narrow Road to Oku
In this introduction to an excerpt from Durian Sukegawa's travel memoir A Dosimeter on the Narrow Road to Oku, I give an outline of Sukegawa's biography, his reasons for undertaking a journey by bicycle in 2012 along Matsuo Basho's route in The Narrow Road to Oku, and the reasons for my own particular interest in this text. The translation covers the section of his journey from Fukagawa to Nasu. It won the 2021 Kyoko Selden Memorial Translation P…
‘You don’t see what I see’
EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE: Each year, adverse events are reported in healthcare, of which many relate to healthcare workforce cognitive bias. The active involvement of workforce and consumers in the review and co-design of effective training for the healthcare workforce to recognise, monitor, and manage unconscious bias is required. PROPOSED SOLUTION: We used participatory action research to co-design an innovative, interprofessional simulation based…
Stigma, shame and family secrets as consequences of mental illness in previous generations
In this article we evaluate micro-history as a method for investigating the meaning of stigma, shame and family secrets through generations. We present micro-histories of two Australian soldiers who developed mental illness years after serving in World War 1 and were committed to a psychiatric hospital where they died. Data were drawn from publicly available records and interviews with family members. The contrasting stories held by the families …
Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Chemical Safety and Risk Management (1 work) · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (1 work) · Cognition (1 work)