Evelien Spelten
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5111227 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Evelien Spelten |
| PRENOMES | Evelien |
| SOBRENOME | Spelten |
| ASSINATURA | SPELTEN E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1217-7316 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Contextual Assessment in Evaluation
Capturing context in public health evaluation remains challenging despite its recognized importance. The contextual factors framework (CFF) offers potential support for this process, but real-world applications are limited. This study applied the CFF to conduct contextual assessment of a rural Australian health promotion grant program and explore its utility in this setting. An exploratory qualitative approach involved an in-depth contextual asse…
Sharing Rural Health Perspectives
People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Australia’s first Rural Health Consumer Panel (RHCP), established in 2022, assists researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of rural and regional A…
An environmental, social and economic exploration of climate change impacts on Australian freshwater tourism
Purpose The impact of climate change on Australian freshwater ecosystems has been clearly acknowledged, yet little is known about how climate change affects Australian freshwater tourism. This rapid review of the literature aimed to explore this pressing issue using lenses of environmental, social and economic justice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic search of electronic databases and available grey literature was completed in February 2…
Community‐Driven Health Promotion
INTRODUCTION: Microgrants for health promotion have the potential to engage communities in designing and implementing place-based interventions to improve health and social outcomes. However, the evidence base around microgrants for health promotion is limited. This study presents the evaluation of a health service-funded microgrant program for health promotion in rural Australia. METHODS: The evaluation framework was developed through a particip…
Exploring the relationship between loneliness and volunteering amongst Australian adults
Loneliness is a multifaceted and intricate experience that impacts individuals socially and emotionally. This study's findings confirmed that having protective and enhancement motives to volunteer was associated with increased loneliness. Social motives to volunteer were associated with a tendency to have lower levels of loneliness, possibly due to the positive impact of building and maintaining social relationships through volunteering. Understa…
A five year descriptive analysis of potentially preventable hospitalisations for Ear, Nose, and Throat conditions in regional Victoria, Australia, from 2015 to 2020
Further investigation of the identified postcodes is warranted to determine access to and utilisation of primary healthcare services in the management of PPH ENT conditions in the region
Father-son sex communication in Australian adolescent males
Little is known about the effect of father-son communication on sexual health knowledge and potential sexual health outcomes in young men. We investigated the confidence and trust that adolescent Australian males have in their fathers and whether this contributes to the use of their father as a source of sexual health information. Data analysis explored differences in confidence, trust, and use of fathers as a source of sexual health information …
A Green Social Work Study of Environmental and Social Justice in an Australian River Community
In Australia the impacts of climate change are resulting in considerable water scarcity, a scenario affecting the green and blue spaces that provide well-recognized individual health benefits. However, far less is known about the social health benefits of these spaces, particularly for those residing in rural Australian river communities. In this geographic context, water issues are compounded by a dominant culture that privileges the commodifica…
Exploring the ability of self-report measures to identify risk of high treatment burden in chronic disease patients
This study supports previous observations that psychosocial factors may be more influential than specific diagnoses for multimorbid patients in managing their treatment workload. A simple capacity measure may be useful to identify those who are likely to struggle with healthcare demands
A Rapid Review of Recreational, Cultural, and Environmental Meanings of Water for Australian River Communities
While many studies have explored the value of water, little is known concerning the meaning of water for Australian river communities. This rapid literature review provides an overview of the recreational, cultural, and environmental meaning of water for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian river communities and notes important connections between these relationships. Consequently, this review adds a critical dimension to water management deb…
Interventions to reduce loneliness and social isolation in rural settings
Violence against emergency healthcare workers
Purpose This study aims to investigate whether emergency health-care workers distinguish between different categories of perpetrators of violence and how they respond to different types of perpetrator profiles. Design/methodology/approach Five focus groups with emergency health-care workers were held in Canada. The participants were asked whether they identified different groups of perpetrators of violence and how that impacted their approach. Th…
Perceptions and Interpretation of Contemporary Masculinities in Western Culture
The social construct of masculinity evolves in response to changes in society and culture. Orthodox masculinity is mostly considered to be hegemonic and is evidenced by the dominance of men over women and other, less powerful men. Contemporary shifts in masculinity have seen an emergence of new masculinities that challenge traditional male stereotypes. This systematic review aims to review and synthesize the existing empirical research on contemp…
The “disease” of violence against health-care workers is a wicked problem. Managing and preventing violence in health-care
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the complexity of understanding and managing violent behaviour in health care. The authors will show how different perceptions of the reasons for violent behaviour, and linkages between violent behaviour and illness have contributed to the creation of a wicked problem and added significant complexity to the management of violence towards staff within health-care settings. This paper will conclude with a call …
Strengthening collaboration through collective impact
Increasing health inequalities and entrenched social problems demands systemic change that challenges the status quo of current programs and policies and enhances intersectorial collaboration between government, service providers, and communities. Collective Impact (CI) is one approach aimed to support local communities solve complex and systemic problems. A case study design is used to describe a rural Australian community’s approach to strength…
Making community palliative and end‐of‐life care sustainable; investigating the adaptability of rural Australian service provision
With the increased attention and demand on community-based palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care services comes the question of how to ensure their sustainability. Sustainability has three key attributes: acceptability, affordability and adaptability. Having established the acceptability and affordability of the community-based service, this paper focussed on adaptability, as the remaining issue affecting long-term sustainability. The aim of this…
Factorial invariance of pregnancy-specific anxiety dimensions across nulliparous and parous pregnant women
The 10-item version of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire–Revised was developed based on a sample of nulliparous women. Whether this measure is also a valuable tool for future research on pregnancy-specific anxiety is unclear. Our study tested for invariance of this measure across nulliparous women and parous women by using a dataset of 6004 women pregnant up to 35 weeks. Results showed that whereas the factor structure of the 10-item ve…
Knowledge and acceptability of Chlamydia trachomatis screening among pregnant women and their partners; a cross-sectional study
Pregnant women and their partners were knowledgeable about chlamydial infection, found testing, both pregnant women and their partners, for chlamydia acceptable and not stigmatizing
Factors associated with not using folic acid supplements preconceptionally
Objective Neural tube defects are among the most common birth defects worldwide. Folic acid intake from one month before to three months after conception reduces the likelihood of neural tube defects by at least 50 %. Since 1995, several campaigns have been organised in the Netherlands which resulted in 51 % of pregnant women using folic acid supplements during the entire recommended period in the northern part of the Netherlands in 2005. Our res…
Strengthening collaboration through collective impact
Increasing health inequalities and entrenched social problems demands systemic change that challenges the status quo of current programs and policies and enhances intersectorial collaboration between government, service providers, and communities. Collective Impact (CI) is one approach aimed to support local communities solve complex and systemic problems. A case study design is used to describe a rural Australian community’s approach to strength…
A Green Social Work Study of Environmental and Social Justice in an Australian River Community
In Australia the impacts of climate change are resulting in considerable water scarcity, a scenario affecting the green and blue spaces that provide well-recognized individual health benefits. However, far less is known about the social health benefits of these spaces, particularly for those residing in rural Australian river communities. In this geographic context, water issues are compounded by a dominant culture that privileges the commodifica…
The “disease” of violence against health-care workers is a wicked problem. Managing and preventing violence in health-care
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the complexity of understanding and managing violent behaviour in health care. The authors will show how different perceptions of the reasons for violent behaviour, and linkages between violent behaviour and illness have contributed to the creation of a wicked problem and added significant complexity to the management of violence towards staff within health-care settings. This paper will conclude with a call …
Making community palliative and end‐of‐life care sustainable; investigating the adaptability of rural Australian service provision
With the increased attention and demand on community-based palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care services comes the question of how to ensure their sustainability. Sustainability has three key attributes: acceptability, affordability and adaptability. Having established the acceptability and affordability of the community-based service, this paper focussed on adaptability, as the remaining issue affecting long-term sustainability. The aim of this…
Factorial invariance of pregnancy-specific anxiety dimensions across nulliparous and parous pregnant women
The 10-item version of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire–Revised was developed based on a sample of nulliparous women. Whether this measure is also a valuable tool for future research on pregnancy-specific anxiety is unclear. Our study tested for invariance of this measure across nulliparous women and parous women by using a dataset of 6004 women pregnant up to 35 weeks. Results showed that whereas the factor structure of the 10-item ve…
Knowledge and acceptability of Chlamydia trachomatis screening among pregnant women and their partners; a cross-sectional study
Pregnant women and their partners were knowledgeable about chlamydial infection, found testing, both pregnant women and their partners, for chlamydia acceptable and not stigmatizing
Factors associated with not using folic acid supplements preconceptionally
Objective Neural tube defects are among the most common birth defects worldwide. Folic acid intake from one month before to three months after conception reduces the likelihood of neural tube defects by at least 50 %. Since 1995, several campaigns have been organised in the Netherlands which resulted in 51 % of pregnant women using folic acid supplements during the entire recommended period in the northern part of the Netherlands in 2005. Our res…
Factorial invariance of pregnancy-specific anxiety dimensions across nulliparous and parous pregnant women
The 10-item version of the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire–Revised was developed based on a sample of nulliparous women. Whether this measure is also a valuable tool for future research on pregnancy-specific anxiety is unclear. Our study tested for invariance of this measure across nulliparous women and parous women by using a dataset of 6004 women pregnant up to 35 weeks. Results showed that whereas the factor structure of the 10-item ve…
Perceptions and Interpretation of Contemporary Masculinities in Western Culture
The social construct of masculinity evolves in response to changes in society and culture. Orthodox masculinity is mostly considered to be hegemonic and is evidenced by the dominance of men over women and other, less powerful men. Contemporary shifts in masculinity have seen an emergence of new masculinities that challenge traditional male stereotypes. This systematic review aims to review and synthesize the existing empirical research on contemp…
The “disease” of violence against health-care workers is a wicked problem. Managing and preventing violence in health-care
Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the complexity of understanding and managing violent behaviour in health care. The authors will show how different perceptions of the reasons for violent behaviour, and linkages between violent behaviour and illness have contributed to the creation of a wicked problem and added significant complexity to the management of violence towards staff within health-care settings. This paper will conclude with a call …
Strengthening collaboration through collective impact
Increasing health inequalities and entrenched social problems demands systemic change that challenges the status quo of current programs and policies and enhances intersectorial collaboration between government, service providers, and communities. Collective Impact (CI) is one approach aimed to support local communities solve complex and systemic problems. A case study design is used to describe a rural Australian community’s approach to strength…
Making community palliative and end‐of‐life care sustainable; investigating the adaptability of rural Australian service provision
With the increased attention and demand on community-based palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care services comes the question of how to ensure their sustainability. Sustainability has three key attributes: acceptability, affordability and adaptability. Having established the acceptability and affordability of the community-based service, this paper focussed on adaptability, as the remaining issue affecting long-term sustainability. The aim of this…
Exploring the ability of self-report measures to identify risk of high treatment burden in chronic disease patients
This study supports previous observations that psychosocial factors may be more influential than specific diagnoses for multimorbid patients in managing their treatment workload. A simple capacity measure may be useful to identify those who are likely to struggle with healthcare demands
A Rapid Review of Recreational, Cultural, and Environmental Meanings of Water for Australian River Communities
While many studies have explored the value of water, little is known concerning the meaning of water for Australian river communities. This rapid literature review provides an overview of the recreational, cultural, and environmental meaning of water for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian river communities and notes important connections between these relationships. Consequently, this review adds a critical dimension to water management deb…
Interventions to reduce loneliness and social isolation in rural settings
Violence against emergency healthcare workers
Purpose This study aims to investigate whether emergency health-care workers distinguish between different categories of perpetrators of violence and how they respond to different types of perpetrator profiles. Design/methodology/approach Five focus groups with emergency health-care workers were held in Canada. The participants were asked whether they identified different groups of perpetrators of violence and how that impacted their approach. Th…
A five year descriptive analysis of potentially preventable hospitalisations for Ear, Nose, and Throat conditions in regional Victoria, Australia, from 2015 to 2020
Further investigation of the identified postcodes is warranted to determine access to and utilisation of primary healthcare services in the management of PPH ENT conditions in the region
Father-son sex communication in Australian adolescent males
Little is known about the effect of father-son communication on sexual health knowledge and potential sexual health outcomes in young men. We investigated the confidence and trust that adolescent Australian males have in their fathers and whether this contributes to the use of their father as a source of sexual health information. Data analysis explored differences in confidence, trust, and use of fathers as a source of sexual health information …
A Green Social Work Study of Environmental and Social Justice in an Australian River Community
In Australia the impacts of climate change are resulting in considerable water scarcity, a scenario affecting the green and blue spaces that provide well-recognized individual health benefits. However, far less is known about the social health benefits of these spaces, particularly for those residing in rural Australian river communities. In this geographic context, water issues are compounded by a dominant culture that privileges the commodifica…
Community‐Driven Health Promotion
INTRODUCTION: Microgrants for health promotion have the potential to engage communities in designing and implementing place-based interventions to improve health and social outcomes. However, the evidence base around microgrants for health promotion is limited. This study presents the evaluation of a health service-funded microgrant program for health promotion in rural Australia. METHODS: The evaluation framework was developed through a particip…
Exploring the relationship between loneliness and volunteering amongst Australian adults
Loneliness is a multifaceted and intricate experience that impacts individuals socially and emotionally. This study's findings confirmed that having protective and enhancement motives to volunteer was associated with increased loneliness. Social motives to volunteer were associated with a tendency to have lower levels of loneliness, possibly due to the positive impact of building and maintaining social relationships through volunteering. Understa…
An environmental, social and economic exploration of climate change impacts on Australian freshwater tourism
Purpose The impact of climate change on Australian freshwater ecosystems has been clearly acknowledged, yet little is known about how climate change affects Australian freshwater tourism. This rapid review of the literature aimed to explore this pressing issue using lenses of environmental, social and economic justice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic search of electronic databases and available grey literature was completed in February 2…
Contextual Assessment in Evaluation
Capturing context in public health evaluation remains challenging despite its recognized importance. The contextual factors framework (CFF) offers potential support for this process, but real-world applications are limited. This study applied the CFF to conduct contextual assessment of a rural Australian health promotion grant program and explore its utility in this setting. An exploratory qualitative approach involved an in-depth contextual asse…
Sharing Rural Health Perspectives
People living in rural Australia experience poorer health outcomes and have reduced access to health services compared with people living in metropolitan areas. Despite guidelines supporting consumer involvement in research, there is low involvement of rural people in health and medical research. Australia’s first Rural Health Consumer Panel (RHCP), established in 2022, assists researchers in gaining a deeper understanding of rural and regional A…
Medicine (11 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Nursing (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Public health (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Social Psychology (4 obras) · Biostatistics (3 obras)