Ann Taket
Biographic Data
| ID | 84255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Taket |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Taket |
| SIGNATURE | TAKET A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0971-5884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Using a theatre-based programme to prevent gender-based violence: Evidence from Australia
Bystander interventions play an important contribution to efforts to prevent violence against women and arts-based interventions have been effective as part of a range of health promotion programmes. You the Man is a theatre-based programme, which contributes to violence prevention efforts in community settings. Requiring a single actor and minimal props, the programme consists of a 30–35 min play about intimate partner violence and sexual assaul…
Afghan women perceptions of gender roles, possibilities and barriers to change after settlement in Australia: A qualitative study
Gender roles and gender stereotypes are culturally and socially constructed. Previous studies suggested that the Afghan community is a male-dominated and conservative society, where men are more visible in social activities, and women remain responsible mainly for household tasks. This research aimed to show Afghan women’ perceptions of gender roles and the possibilities for and barriers in Australian society to change those roles after their set…
Understanding Community Engagement in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Promotion in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: A Conceptual Framework to Inform Practice
Background. Community engagement is crucial for effective and sustainable sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) promotion. Community engagement in community-based health promotion initiatives is contextual and influenced by individual, community, and societal factors. In South Africa, community engagement in SRHR promotion is challenging due to numerous historical and contemporary factors including the socionormative community context…
Multilevel Continua of Mothers, Fathers and Childless Women and Men's Work-Life "Choices" and Their Constraints, Enablers and Consequences
Gendered and classed working, parenting and other life contexts create multifaceted interactions between quantitative (including time and effort-intensive) and qualitative (including needs, interests, aspirations and identities) work and life contexts. This research aimed to understand mothers, fathers and childless women and men's gendered and classed strategies for managing multifaceted work and life interactions in their multilevel contexts. T…
A Multilevel Grounded Theory of Quantitative Job Quality Among Mothers, Fathers and Childless Women and Men in a Gendered, Classed and Aged “Growth-Driven” Organisation
Diversified Organizational Inequality Regimes and Ideal Workers in a "Growth-Driven," "Diverse," "Flexible" Australian Company: A Multilevel Grounded Theory
Interacting global, societal and organizational contexts produce unique organizational inequality regimes. This paper aims to understand multilevel processes influencing gendered, classed, raced and aged inequality regimes and worker hierarchies within "ComCo", an Australian subsidiary of a multinational company. Our qualitative critical feminist-grounded theory approach triangulated organizational documentation, employee interviews and open-ende…
Understandings and Perceptions of Domestic Violence Among Newly Arrived Afghan Women in Australia
Women's perceptions of domestic violence vary across societies and cultures and might change by moving to a new society. This study aims to explore newly arrived Afghan women's understandings and perceptions of domestic violence and whether they perceive this as acceptable. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 newly arrived Afghan women in Australia. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed inductively to generate an…
Afghan Women’s Barriers to Seeking Help for Domestic Violence in Australia
Help seeking for domestic violence is complex and multifaceted, and settling in a new country might make the help-seeking process more challenging and complicated. This study explored the barriers to seeking help for domestic violence, specifically experienced by Afghan women after settling in Australia. The study involved 21 semistructured interviews with newly arrived Afghan women. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and the data we…
Experiences of Domestic Violence among Newly Arrived Afghan Women in Australia, a Qualitative Study
The voice of Afghan women has been little heard, particularly in Australia and other western societies, despite the considerable number living in those societies. The main aim of this study was to understand Afghan women’s experiences of domestic violence and their perceptions about the extent of domestic violence among the Afghan community in Australia. The study involved semi-structured interviews with twenty-one Afghan women who had been livin…
Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights
"This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally. It explores the use and usefulness of rights-based approaches as an important part of the toolbox available to health and welfare professionals and community members working in a variety of settings to improve health and reduce health inequities"
Seeking Help in Domestic Violence Among Muslim Women in Muslim-Majority and Non-Muslim-Majority Countries: A Literature Review
OBJECTIVE: Women from different backgrounds and cultures are at risk of domestic violence. Disclosing the abusive experience and seeking help is not straightforward and easy and might be a complicated and long-term process. Muslim women, like other groups of women, may face various barriers to disclose abusive relationships and for seeking help. Some of the barriers may be common for the majority of Muslim women in different contexts, while other…
Optimising Social Support for the Preservation of Self: Social Support and Women’s Reproductive Decision-Making
Implementing empowerment-based Lay Health Worker programs: A preliminary study
Lay Health Worker (LHW) programs have been shown to be effective in engaging community members in health promotion. While successful LHW program implementation requires an understanding of factors influencing program effectiveness, evidence informing such understanding is lacking for empowerment and ecological theory-based LHW programs. This descriptive study explores how enablers and barriers, identified from LHW literature apply (from the LHWs’…
How Iranian Women Conceptualize the Role of Cultural Norms in Their Sexual Lives
Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes
Purpose There is an increasing recognition that health and social care professionals require the knowledge and skills to negotiate religious beliefs and cultures but as yet there is little understanding as to what this entails. The purpose of this paper is to explore what religious literacy means in regard to protecting children from sexual assault in Australia’s Jewish community and Muslim women who experience domestic violence. Design/methodolo…
Social Exclusion of Australian Childless Women in Their Reproductive Years
Research suggests Australian childless women are at risk of pronatalism-driven social exclusion. This exploratory, mixed methods, cross-sectional study described and explored the social exclusion of Australian childless women aged 25 to 44 years, and asked: what are the nature and extent of social exclusion of childless women; and do the nature and extent of exclusion vary for different types of childless women? A total of 776 childless female Au…
Pronatalism and Social Exclusion in Australian Society: Experiences of Women in their Reproductive Years with No Children
Receiving care for intimate partner violence in primary care: Barriers and enablers for women participating in the weave randomised controlled trial
The development and cultural translation of a brief theatre-based programme for the promotion of bystander engagement and violence prevention
This article focuses on a theatre-based intervention for the promotion and protection of health and well-being, an area of applied arts that is increasingly seeing more interest. You the Man (YTM) is an American theatre-based programme for bystander engagement and violence prevention. It is a brief intervention, consisting of a 30–35 minute play about dating violence and sexual assault plus a post-performance panel discussion. The script of the p…
How a Divorcee’s Sexual Life Is Socially Constructed and Understood in the Iranian Culture
Sexual well-being is an important factor in postdivorce adjustment and presents various challenges for divorced women in Iran. With an alarming number of marriages ending in divorce in Iran, the postdivorce sexuality adjustment process has become a major concern. Meanings attached to the sexuality of a divorcee necessitate different adjustment and coping strategies among women. How these meanings are generated, negotiated, and modified in Iranian…
What do Australian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Abuse Want From Family and Friends
We analyzed the views of a diverse sample of women ( N = 254) living in the state of Victoria, Australia, who were experiencing fear of an intimate partner. We explored the women's views about their interactions with their family and friends to examine what women who have experienced fear of a partner or ex-partner want from their family and friends. The themes identified provide potentially useful guidance for what might be helpful and unhelpful…
How Does Divorce Affect Iranian Women's Sexual Well-Being
Sexuality and divorce are two interwoven subjects with complex effects on women's sexual well-being in Iranian culture. Results of this exploratory study using focus group discussions and individual interviews revealed how the sexual well-being of women was influenced by the divorce experience through common patterns and recurring themes. A total of 26 women participated voluntarily in the study. They were approached through a selected social sup…
Navigating the Terrain of Lived Experience: The Value of Lifeworld Existentials for Reflective Analysis
In qualitative research we are often presented with a tension between having open and fluid interviews to support staying true to the lived experiences of participants and achieving a level of abstraction from the data in order to uncover the essential structures and meanings of that particular lived experience. A way of resolving this tension is through the application of theoretical frameworks. Van Manen's four lifeworld existentials offer a le…
Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights
Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights
Early peer play interactions of resilient children living in disadvantaged communities
Resilience for children is positive adaptation and a capacity to thrive despite challenging circumstances. Children demonstrating resilience are seen to have strong cognitive skills and have developed positive peer relationships. The ‘Supporting Resilience’ project is exploring the conditions and characteristics of resilience of young children and their families who live in rural, regional and metropolitan communities that are economically and so…
Unnatural’, ‘Unwomanly’, ‘Uncreditable’ and ‘Undervalued’: The Significance of Being a Childless Woman in Australian Society
Navigating the Terrain of Lived Experience: The Value of Lifeworld Existentials for Reflective Analysis
In qualitative research we are often presented with a tension between having open and fluid interviews to support staying true to the lived experiences of participants and achieving a level of abstraction from the data in order to uncover the essential structures and meanings of that particular lived experience. A way of resolving this tension is through the application of theoretical frameworks. Van Manen's four lifeworld existentials offer a le…
Health care reforms in Russia: The example of St Petersburg
Social Exclusion of Australian Childless Women in Their Reproductive Years
Research suggests Australian childless women are at risk of pronatalism-driven social exclusion. This exploratory, mixed methods, cross-sectional study described and explored the social exclusion of Australian childless women aged 25 to 44 years, and asked: what are the nature and extent of social exclusion of childless women; and do the nature and extent of exclusion vary for different types of childless women? A total of 776 childless female Au…
Afghan Women’s Barriers to Seeking Help for Domestic Violence in Australia
Help seeking for domestic violence is complex and multifaceted, and settling in a new country might make the help-seeking process more challenging and complicated. This study explored the barriers to seeking help for domestic violence, specifically experienced by Afghan women after settling in Australia. The study involved 21 semistructured interviews with newly arrived Afghan women. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and the data we…
Pronatalism and Social Exclusion in Australian Society: Experiences of Women in their Reproductive Years with No Children
Experiences of Domestic Violence among Newly Arrived Afghan Women in Australia, a Qualitative Study
The voice of Afghan women has been little heard, particularly in Australia and other western societies, despite the considerable number living in those societies. The main aim of this study was to understand Afghan women’s experiences of domestic violence and their perceptions about the extent of domestic violence among the Afghan community in Australia. The study involved semi-structured interviews with twenty-one Afghan women who had been livin…
How Iranian Women Conceptualize the Role of Cultural Norms in Their Sexual Lives
Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes
Purpose There is an increasing recognition that health and social care professionals require the knowledge and skills to negotiate religious beliefs and cultures but as yet there is little understanding as to what this entails. The purpose of this paper is to explore what religious literacy means in regard to protecting children from sexual assault in Australia’s Jewish community and Muslim women who experience domestic violence. Design/methodolo…
What do Australian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Abuse Want From Family and Friends
We analyzed the views of a diverse sample of women ( N = 254) living in the state of Victoria, Australia, who were experiencing fear of an intimate partner. We explored the women's views about their interactions with their family and friends to examine what women who have experienced fear of a partner or ex-partner want from their family and friends. The themes identified provide potentially useful guidance for what might be helpful and unhelpful…
Diversified Organizational Inequality Regimes and Ideal Workers in a "Growth-Driven," "Diverse," "Flexible" Australian Company: A Multilevel Grounded Theory
Interacting global, societal and organizational contexts produce unique organizational inequality regimes. This paper aims to understand multilevel processes influencing gendered, classed, raced and aged inequality regimes and worker hierarchies within "ComCo", an Australian subsidiary of a multinational company. Our qualitative critical feminist-grounded theory approach triangulated organizational documentation, employee interviews and open-ende…
Understandings and Perceptions of Domestic Violence Among Newly Arrived Afghan Women in Australia
Women's perceptions of domestic violence vary across societies and cultures and might change by moving to a new society. This study aims to explore newly arrived Afghan women's understandings and perceptions of domestic violence and whether they perceive this as acceptable. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 newly arrived Afghan women in Australia. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed inductively to generate an…
Optimising Social Support for the Preservation of Self: Social Support and Women’s Reproductive Decision-Making
Receiving care for intimate partner violence in primary care: Barriers and enablers for women participating in the weave randomised controlled trial
Early peer play interactions of resilient children living in disadvantaged communities
Resilience for children is positive adaptation and a capacity to thrive despite challenging circumstances. Children demonstrating resilience are seen to have strong cognitive skills and have developed positive peer relationships. The ‘Supporting Resilience’ project is exploring the conditions and characteristics of resilience of young children and their families who live in rural, regional and metropolitan communities that are economically and so…
The influence of user fees and patient demand on prescribers in rural Nepal
Information systems: Should practice or technology set the agenda
(1991). Information systems: Should practice or technology set the agenda? Critical Public Health: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 25-32
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know?
MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW
Health care reforms in Russia: The example of St Petersburg
The influence of user fees and patient demand on prescribers in rural Nepal
Researching the Vulnerable: A Guide to Sensitive Research Methods
Unnatural’, ‘Unwomanly’, ‘Uncreditable’ and ‘Undervalued’: The Significance of Being a Childless Woman in Australian Society
Social Capital and Somali Families in Australia
Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights
Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights
Early peer play interactions of resilient children living in disadvantaged communities
Resilience for children is positive adaptation and a capacity to thrive despite challenging circumstances. Children demonstrating resilience are seen to have strong cognitive skills and have developed positive peer relationships. The ‘Supporting Resilience’ project is exploring the conditions and characteristics of resilience of young children and their families who live in rural, regional and metropolitan communities that are economically and so…
How Does Divorce Affect Iranian Women's Sexual Well-Being
Sexuality and divorce are two interwoven subjects with complex effects on women's sexual well-being in Iranian culture. Results of this exploratory study using focus group discussions and individual interviews revealed how the sexual well-being of women was influenced by the divorce experience through common patterns and recurring themes. A total of 26 women participated voluntarily in the study. They were approached through a selected social sup…
Navigating the Terrain of Lived Experience: The Value of Lifeworld Existentials for Reflective Analysis
In qualitative research we are often presented with a tension between having open and fluid interviews to support staying true to the lived experiences of participants and achieving a level of abstraction from the data in order to uncover the essential structures and meanings of that particular lived experience. A way of resolving this tension is through the application of theoretical frameworks. Van Manen's four lifeworld existentials offer a le…
The development and cultural translation of a brief theatre-based programme for the promotion of bystander engagement and violence prevention
This article focuses on a theatre-based intervention for the promotion and protection of health and well-being, an area of applied arts that is increasingly seeing more interest. You the Man (YTM) is an American theatre-based programme for bystander engagement and violence prevention. It is a brief intervention, consisting of a 30–35 minute play about dating violence and sexual assault plus a post-performance panel discussion. The script of the p…
How a Divorcee’s Sexual Life Is Socially Constructed and Understood in the Iranian Culture
Sexual well-being is an important factor in postdivorce adjustment and presents various challenges for divorced women in Iran. With an alarming number of marriages ending in divorce in Iran, the postdivorce sexuality adjustment process has become a major concern. Meanings attached to the sexuality of a divorcee necessitate different adjustment and coping strategies among women. How these meanings are generated, negotiated, and modified in Iranian…
What do Australian Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Abuse Want From Family and Friends
We analyzed the views of a diverse sample of women ( N = 254) living in the state of Victoria, Australia, who were experiencing fear of an intimate partner. We explored the women's views about their interactions with their family and friends to examine what women who have experienced fear of a partner or ex-partner want from their family and friends. The themes identified provide potentially useful guidance for what might be helpful and unhelpful…
Social Exclusion of Australian Childless Women in Their Reproductive Years
Research suggests Australian childless women are at risk of pronatalism-driven social exclusion. This exploratory, mixed methods, cross-sectional study described and explored the social exclusion of Australian childless women aged 25 to 44 years, and asked: what are the nature and extent of social exclusion of childless women; and do the nature and extent of exclusion vary for different types of childless women? A total of 776 childless female Au…
Pronatalism and Social Exclusion in Australian Society: Experiences of Women in their Reproductive Years with No Children
Receiving care for intimate partner violence in primary care: Barriers and enablers for women participating in the weave randomised controlled trial
How Iranian Women Conceptualize the Role of Cultural Norms in Their Sexual Lives
Religious literacy for responding to violence and abuse involves the capacity to go beyond stereotypes
Purpose There is an increasing recognition that health and social care professionals require the knowledge and skills to negotiate religious beliefs and cultures but as yet there is little understanding as to what this entails. The purpose of this paper is to explore what religious literacy means in regard to protecting children from sexual assault in Australia’s Jewish community and Muslim women who experience domestic violence. Design/methodolo…
Implementing empowerment-based Lay Health Worker programs: A preliminary study
Lay Health Worker (LHW) programs have been shown to be effective in engaging community members in health promotion. While successful LHW program implementation requires an understanding of factors influencing program effectiveness, evidence informing such understanding is lacking for empowerment and ecological theory-based LHW programs. This descriptive study explores how enablers and barriers, identified from LHW literature apply (from the LHWs’…
Health Equity, Social Justice, and Human Rights
"This text demystifies systems set up for the protection and promotion of human rights globally, regionally and nationally. It explores the use and usefulness of rights-based approaches as an important part of the toolbox available to health and welfare professionals and community members working in a variety of settings to improve health and reduce health inequities"
Seeking Help in Domestic Violence Among Muslim Women in Muslim-Majority and Non-Muslim-Majority Countries: A Literature Review
OBJECTIVE: Women from different backgrounds and cultures are at risk of domestic violence. Disclosing the abusive experience and seeking help is not straightforward and easy and might be a complicated and long-term process. Muslim women, like other groups of women, may face various barriers to disclose abusive relationships and for seeking help. Some of the barriers may be common for the majority of Muslim women in different contexts, while other…
Optimising Social Support for the Preservation of Self: Social Support and Women’s Reproductive Decision-Making
Understandings and Perceptions of Domestic Violence Among Newly Arrived Afghan Women in Australia
Women's perceptions of domestic violence vary across societies and cultures and might change by moving to a new society. This study aims to explore newly arrived Afghan women's understandings and perceptions of domestic violence and whether they perceive this as acceptable. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 newly arrived Afghan women in Australia. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed inductively to generate an…
Afghan Women’s Barriers to Seeking Help for Domestic Violence in Australia
Help seeking for domestic violence is complex and multifaceted, and settling in a new country might make the help-seeking process more challenging and complicated. This study explored the barriers to seeking help for domestic violence, specifically experienced by Afghan women after settling in Australia. The study involved 21 semistructured interviews with newly arrived Afghan women. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed, and the data we…
Psychology (23 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Political science (17 works) · Gender Studies (16 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Social science (10 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (9 works) · Domestic violence (8 works)