Elizabeth Eppel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218563 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Eppel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Eppel |
| SIGNATURE | EPPEL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5331-2911 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Capturing the emergence of change in complex systems
A wide range of evaluative evidence is necessary to capture change within complex systems as findings shape the form and interpretation of outcomes, how they are valued, and actions moving forward. The Atawhai study worked with primary health care professionals in a series of workshops to distil ways to make it easier to respond to family violence as a key determinant of ill health. This article describes three methods used to evaluate the emerge…
Integrated System Responses for Families Impacted by Violence
Introduction: Violence within families is a complex problem which significantly impacts health and wellbeing. Despite the ubiquitous call for integrated family violence service delivery, integrated approaches vary significantly and challenges to implementation remain. This scoping review explored how integrated approaches to family violence service delivery are conceptualised within international and Aotearoa New Zealand literature. Methods: Foll…
Social Services Fragmentation
Public sector reform in New Zealand in the 1980s fragmented the design and delivery of social services. Sector focused omnibus agencies such as the ministries or departments of health, education, and social welfare were broken up into smaller agencies focused either on policy design and monitoring or delivery of specific services. The result was considerable fragmentation of social services and inability to serve the social sector in a holistic w…
If we can imagine it, we can build it
Seemingly intractable or 'wicked' problems are often characterised by the complexity and uncertainty involved. However, these characteristics are not always accounted for within research design. How health care systems may effectively respond to intimate partner violence presents a complex research problem. Researchers have been challenged to account for contextual influences when responding to intimate partner violence. However, theoretical pers…
The educational value of internet use in the home for school children
Engaging with Uncertainty and Complexity
Complex problems generate uncertainty. The number and diversity of interactions between different health professionals, perspectives, and components of the problem makes predicting an outcome impossible. In effort to reduce the uncertainty of intimate partner violence interventions, health systems have developed standardized guidelines and protocols. This paper presents a secondary analysis of 17 New Zealand primary care professional narratives o…
How do 10-year-old New Zealanders participate in a digital world
This article reports findings from a study that examined how pre-adolescent children, age 9–11 years participate in the digital world. Children from 14 different communities across New Zealand were interviewed in focus groups to explore their experience of using digital devices and the Internet. The findings indicate that the differences in use and participation were influenced predominantly by their family and their teacher and the similarities …
Holding on tight – NPM and the New Zealand performance improvement framework
The New Zealand Government's Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) is aimed at public sector organisational improvement. The PIF exemplifies how the characteristics of new public management (NPM) challenge the evolution of performance systems attempting to go beyond performance management. The paper provides an empirical example of the operation of the PIF, using a theoretical frame derived from the literature. The analysis suggests that the PI…
Advancing Complexity Theory as a Qualitative Research Methodology
Although complexity theory is increasingly used to explain and understand complex health-system behavior, little is known about utilizing complexity theory to augment qualitative research methods. We advance this field by describing our use of complexity theory as a qualitative research methodology to explore sustainable health-care responses to intimate partner violence. We outline how complexity theory shaped our theoretical perspective, concep…
Understanding and explaining online personal information-sharing behaviours of New Zealanders
Although research evidence shows that people have strong concerns about their privacy online, this does not necessarily mean that they do not share their personal information in varying online relationships. This paper presents New Zealand-based empirical research findings into people’s actual online information-sharing behaviours rather than their attitudes: the motivations, extent, and conditions under which individuals share their personal inf…
Advancing Complexity Theory as a Qualitative Research Methodology
Although complexity theory is increasingly used to explain and understand complex health-system behavior, little is known about utilizing complexity theory to augment qualitative research methods. We advance this field by describing our use of complexity theory as a qualitative research methodology to explore sustainable health-care responses to intimate partner violence. We outline how complexity theory shaped our theoretical perspective, concep…
If we can imagine it, we can build it
Seemingly intractable or 'wicked' problems are often characterised by the complexity and uncertainty involved. However, these characteristics are not always accounted for within research design. How health care systems may effectively respond to intimate partner violence presents a complex research problem. Researchers have been challenged to account for contextual influences when responding to intimate partner violence. However, theoretical pers…
Capturing the emergence of change in complex systems
A wide range of evaluative evidence is necessary to capture change within complex systems as findings shape the form and interpretation of outcomes, how they are valued, and actions moving forward. The Atawhai study worked with primary health care professionals in a series of workshops to distil ways to make it easier to respond to family violence as a key determinant of ill health. This article describes three methods used to evaluate the emerge…
Understanding and explaining online personal information-sharing behaviours of New Zealanders
Although research evidence shows that people have strong concerns about their privacy online, this does not necessarily mean that they do not share their personal information in varying online relationships. This paper presents New Zealand-based empirical research findings into people’s actual online information-sharing behaviours rather than their attitudes: the motivations, extent, and conditions under which individuals share their personal inf…
Advancing Complexity Theory as a Qualitative Research Methodology
Although complexity theory is increasingly used to explain and understand complex health-system behavior, little is known about utilizing complexity theory to augment qualitative research methods. We advance this field by describing our use of complexity theory as a qualitative research methodology to explore sustainable health-care responses to intimate partner violence. We outline how complexity theory shaped our theoretical perspective, concep…
How do 10-year-old New Zealanders participate in a digital world
This article reports findings from a study that examined how pre-adolescent children, age 9–11 years participate in the digital world. Children from 14 different communities across New Zealand were interviewed in focus groups to explore their experience of using digital devices and the Internet. The findings indicate that the differences in use and participation were influenced predominantly by their family and their teacher and the similarities …
Holding on tight – NPM and the New Zealand performance improvement framework
The New Zealand Government's Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) is aimed at public sector organisational improvement. The PIF exemplifies how the characteristics of new public management (NPM) challenge the evolution of performance systems attempting to go beyond performance management. The paper provides an empirical example of the operation of the PIF, using a theoretical frame derived from the literature. The analysis suggests that the PI…
The educational value of internet use in the home for school children
Engaging with Uncertainty and Complexity
Complex problems generate uncertainty. The number and diversity of interactions between different health professionals, perspectives, and components of the problem makes predicting an outcome impossible. In effort to reduce the uncertainty of intimate partner violence interventions, health systems have developed standardized guidelines and protocols. This paper presents a secondary analysis of 17 New Zealand primary care professional narratives o…
If we can imagine it, we can build it
Seemingly intractable or 'wicked' problems are often characterised by the complexity and uncertainty involved. However, these characteristics are not always accounted for within research design. How health care systems may effectively respond to intimate partner violence presents a complex research problem. Researchers have been challenged to account for contextual influences when responding to intimate partner violence. However, theoretical pers…
Social Services Fragmentation
Public sector reform in New Zealand in the 1980s fragmented the design and delivery of social services. Sector focused omnibus agencies such as the ministries or departments of health, education, and social welfare were broken up into smaller agencies focused either on policy design and monitoring or delivery of specific services. The result was considerable fragmentation of social services and inability to serve the social sector in a holistic w…
Integrated System Responses for Families Impacted by Violence
Introduction: Violence within families is a complex problem which significantly impacts health and wellbeing. Despite the ubiquitous call for integrated family violence service delivery, integrated approaches vary significantly and challenges to implementation remain. This scoping review explored how integrated approaches to family violence service delivery are conceptualised within international and Aotearoa New Zealand literature. Methods: Foll…
Capturing the emergence of change in complex systems
A wide range of evaluative evidence is necessary to capture change within complex systems as findings shape the form and interpretation of outcomes, how they are valued, and actions moving forward. The Atawhai study worked with primary health care professionals in a series of workshops to distil ways to make it easier to respond to family violence as a key determinant of ill health. This article describes three methods used to evaluate the emerge…
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Aotearoa (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Business (2 works)