Lynda Berends
Biographic Data
| ID | 6094821 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Berends |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda |
| FAMILY NAME | Berends |
| SIGNATURE | BERENDS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4111-0914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research
We developed principles drawn from empowerment and realist evaluation theories to guide a family youth alcohol and drug program evaluation, before reflecting on our experience to develop additional principles for future work. The research team included the program clinician and an independent researcher. A purposive sample of young people and one parent took part in interviews. The principles we applied include practical and transformative elemen…
Perceptions of purchasing and payment mechanisms in alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia
Problematisation and centralised assessment in drug treatment sector reform
Problematisations in drug use policy, practice and research
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Using Timelines to Visualize Service Use Pathways to Alcohol Treatment
Many people in alcohol and other drug treatment are clients of other services, however there is limited consideration of the combinations and sequences of services and systems that they use. We used data visualization to analyze and re-present findings from a large research project on clients’ service use and referral sources in the year preceding alcohol treatment entry. Data were from 16 “high-end” service users with alcohol problems and analys…
Social disadvantage and past treatment among clients entering public alcohol and drug services in two Australian states
Comparative policy analysis for alcohol and drugs
Adolescent drinking, social identity, and parenting for safety
Using Realist Synthesis to Develop an Evidence Base from an Identified Data Set on Enablers and Barriers for Alcohol and Drug Program Implementation
The purpose of this paper is to show how “realist synthesis” methodology (Pawson, 2002) was adapted to review a large sample of community based projects addressing alcohol and drug use problems. Our study drew on a highly varied sample of 127 projects receiving funding from a national non-government organisation in Australia between 2002 and 2008. Open and pattern coding led to the identification of 10 barrier and nine enabler mechanisms influenc…
Collaborative Governance in the Reform of Western Australia's Alcohol and Other Drug Sector
Collaborative governance involves processes and structures for policy development and decision making with particular relevance for health and social services. We examined collaborative governance in the reform of Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector, applying Emerson et al.'s (2012) integrative framework. A documentary review and group interviews with government, sector, and consumer representatives were involved. Contextual factors…
Embracing the Visual
People typically seek treatment for addiction only when faced with a major crisis. Understanding the trajectory of substance use and treatment seeking may assist in identifying points for intervention. In this study I explored the use of visual methods with in-depth interviews to represent people's substance use, critical events, and treatment pathways. Ethics approval was granted with the condition that only aggregate findings would be presented…
On the Nature of Harms Reported by those Identifying a Problematic Drinker in the Family, an Exploratory Study
A Systematic Review of Consumer-Providers’ Effects on Client Outcomes in Statutory Mental Health Services
Implementation Effectiveness of an Alcohol-Screening and Intervention Project at Two Hospitals in Regional Victoria, Australia
The evaluation examined the implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a screening, brief intervention (BI), and referral into treatment pilot project at two hospitals. Data included screening and BI records, stakeholder consultations (7), and a survey of nurses (142). Almost half the patients (22,810, 43%) in 2006–2009 completed an alcohol screen. Of 1,407 medium- or high-risk patients, 359 (36%) at medium and 194 (48%) at high risk rece…
A problematic drinker in the family
A national survey on harms experienced from others’ drinking was administered by telephone to 2649 randomly selected adults (18–98 years) in Australia. This article is about responses from participants concerning the family member whose drinking had the most negative impact on them (referred to as the problematic drinker). Respondents were asked about their relationship with the drinker, if they shared a household, and the level of negative impac…
Ethical decision-making in evaluation
While ethical concerns are a central issue in evaluation, few evaluators have formal training in this area and consensus has not been reached about what evaluators seek in regard to ethics. In this article, different approaches to ethical review are described, drawing from: existing research on how evaluators currently deal with these concerns; the formal process put forward by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and theoret…
Using multiple coders to enhance qualitative analysis
This article describes strategies used to support a systematic, inductive analysis of interviews with consumers of drug treatment. Data analysis was based on phenomenology and grounded theory. A coding system was developed, with a codebook to explicate the system. The codebook comprised the code address, mnemonic and full name, the code definition and when it should be applied, as well as text examples. A multi-disciplinary coding team was formed…
Evaluation Standards and Their Application to Indigenous Programs in Victoria, Australia
The historical and current status of Indigenous people needs careful consideration in designing evaluations of Indigenous-specific programs. In Australia, the evaluator operates in a context arising from past policies of discrimination against Indigenous people and limited current policy moves toward community control and self-determination. Evaluation guidelines and standards exist to provide direction and become particularly valuable in complex…
Alcohol and drug supported accommodation for clients with special needs
Embracing the Visual
People typically seek treatment for addiction only when faced with a major crisis. Understanding the trajectory of substance use and treatment seeking may assist in identifying points for intervention. In this study I explored the use of visual methods with in-depth interviews to represent people's substance use, critical events, and treatment pathways. Ethics approval was granted with the condition that only aggregate findings would be presented…
Ethical decision-making in evaluation
While ethical concerns are a central issue in evaluation, few evaluators have formal training in this area and consensus has not been reached about what evaluators seek in regard to ethics. In this article, different approaches to ethical review are described, drawing from: existing research on how evaluators currently deal with these concerns; the formal process put forward by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and theoret…
Alcohol and drug supported accommodation for clients with special needs
Evaluation Standards and Their Application to Indigenous Programs in Victoria, Australia
The historical and current status of Indigenous people needs careful consideration in designing evaluations of Indigenous-specific programs. In Australia, the evaluator operates in a context arising from past policies of discrimination against Indigenous people and limited current policy moves toward community control and self-determination. Evaluation guidelines and standards exist to provide direction and become particularly valuable in complex…
Using multiple coders to enhance qualitative analysis
This article describes strategies used to support a systematic, inductive analysis of interviews with consumers of drug treatment. Data analysis was based on phenomenology and grounded theory. A coding system was developed, with a codebook to explicate the system. The codebook comprised the code address, mnemonic and full name, the code definition and when it should be applied, as well as text examples. A multi-disciplinary coding team was formed…
Ethical decision-making in evaluation
While ethical concerns are a central issue in evaluation, few evaluators have formal training in this area and consensus has not been reached about what evaluators seek in regard to ethics. In this article, different approaches to ethical review are described, drawing from: existing research on how evaluators currently deal with these concerns; the formal process put forward by Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, and theoret…
A problematic drinker in the family
A national survey on harms experienced from others’ drinking was administered by telephone to 2649 randomly selected adults (18–98 years) in Australia. This article is about responses from participants concerning the family member whose drinking had the most negative impact on them (referred to as the problematic drinker). Respondents were asked about their relationship with the drinker, if they shared a household, and the level of negative impac…
Implementation Effectiveness of an Alcohol-Screening and Intervention Project at Two Hospitals in Regional Victoria, Australia
The evaluation examined the implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a screening, brief intervention (BI), and referral into treatment pilot project at two hospitals. Data included screening and BI records, stakeholder consultations (7), and a survey of nurses (142). Almost half the patients (22,810, 43%) in 2006–2009 completed an alcohol screen. Of 1,407 medium- or high-risk patients, 359 (36%) at medium and 194 (48%) at high risk rece…
A Systematic Review of Consumer-Providers’ Effects on Client Outcomes in Statutory Mental Health Services
Embracing the Visual
People typically seek treatment for addiction only when faced with a major crisis. Understanding the trajectory of substance use and treatment seeking may assist in identifying points for intervention. In this study I explored the use of visual methods with in-depth interviews to represent people's substance use, critical events, and treatment pathways. Ethics approval was granted with the condition that only aggregate findings would be presented…
On the Nature of Harms Reported by those Identifying a Problematic Drinker in the Family, an Exploratory Study
Using Realist Synthesis to Develop an Evidence Base from an Identified Data Set on Enablers and Barriers for Alcohol and Drug Program Implementation
The purpose of this paper is to show how “realist synthesis” methodology (Pawson, 2002) was adapted to review a large sample of community based projects addressing alcohol and drug use problems. Our study drew on a highly varied sample of 127 projects receiving funding from a national non-government organisation in Australia between 2002 and 2008. Open and pattern coding led to the identification of 10 barrier and nine enabler mechanisms influenc…
Collaborative Governance in the Reform of Western Australia's Alcohol and Other Drug Sector
Collaborative governance involves processes and structures for policy development and decision making with particular relevance for health and social services. We examined collaborative governance in the reform of Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector, applying Emerson et al.'s (2012) integrative framework. A documentary review and group interviews with government, sector, and consumer representatives were involved. Contextual factors…
Social disadvantage and past treatment among clients entering public alcohol and drug services in two Australian states
Comparative policy analysis for alcohol and drugs
Adolescent drinking, social identity, and parenting for safety
Using Timelines to Visualize Service Use Pathways to Alcohol Treatment
Many people in alcohol and other drug treatment are clients of other services, however there is limited consideration of the combinations and sequences of services and systems that they use. We used data visualization to analyze and re-present findings from a large research project on clients’ service use and referral sources in the year preceding alcohol treatment entry. Data were from 16 “high-end” service users with alcohol problems and analys…
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Perceptions of purchasing and payment mechanisms in alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia
Problematisation and centralised assessment in drug treatment sector reform
Problematisations in drug use policy, practice and research
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research
We developed principles drawn from empowerment and realist evaluation theories to guide a family youth alcohol and drug program evaluation, before reflecting on our experience to develop additional principles for future work. The research team included the program clinician and an independent researcher. A purposive sample of young people and one parent took part in interviews. The principles we applied include practical and transformative elemen…
Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works)