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The growing frequency of disasters increases health system demands, increasing the need for emergency departments to provide public health messaging to prevent illness and reduce risk. This study aims to explore emergency nurse practice and attitudes in providing public health messages from the emergency department during disasters in Australia. Quantitative phase of a mixed methods study, using an explanatory sequential design. Australian emergency nurses were surveyed using a validated online questionnaire. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, an enumerative content analysis, participant profiling and a factor analysis. Disaster experience varied in 143 nurse participants. The perception of the emergency nurse’s role in providing public health messages is influencing practice. Embracing teachable moments and health promotion responsibilities, attributes to positive attitudes and practice. In contrast, negative attitudes, lack of confidence, time, policy, and training, are barriers to public health messages being provided in the emergency setting. These barriers suggest that Australian emergency nurses may not have the capability, the opportunity, nor the motivation, to provide preventative messages to their patients during disasters. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors need to be addressed, ensuring nurses are confident and supported in their public health messaging practice during disasters.
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Summary of the findings of Gippsland Rainbow Brick Road Project report - Gippsland Pride Inc. embarked on an ambitious undertaking to capture the lived experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community across Gippsland through a series of professional development workshops and a Gippsland wide survey. A total of 119 people registered to attend the professional development workshops and a total of 214 surveys were collected, this report presents a summary of the findings from this data collection. The purpose of this evidence-based report is to highlight the thoughts and experiences of members of the Gippsland LGBTQIA+ community to inform future strategic plans.
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Summary of the findings of Gippsland Rainbow Brick Road Project report Gippsland Pride Inc. embarked on an ambitious undertaking to capture the lived experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community across Gippsland through a series of professional development workshops and a Gippsland wide survey. A total of 119 people registered to attend the professional development workshops and a total of 214 surveys were collected, this report presents a summary of the findings from this data collection. The purpose of this evidence-based report is to highlight the thoughts and experiences of members of the Gippsland LGBTQIA+ community to inform future strategic plans.
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Among the multitude of alternate plasticity index (PI) estimation proposals, empirical correlations based on the linear shrinkage (LS) test, originally proposed in the 1967 edition of the British BS 1377 standard, seem to be gaining increased attention. This study has two main aims: (i) re-examining LS-based correlations for PI estimation to better understand their true potentials and/or limitations; and (ii) investigating the possibility of employing LS, as a proxy for the standard PI, for fine-grained soil classification. To this end, comprehensive statistical analyses were performed on the largest and most diverse database assembled of its kind, entailing PI:LS measurements for 265 different fine-grained soils [pertaining to the ‘soft’ base percussion-cup liquid limit (LL = 17–134%) and the Australian standard LS = 0.5–32.0%]. It was demonstrated that the LS can generally only provide a rough approximation of the actual PI. At best, only those predictions produced by PI = 1.86 × LS for low-plasticity soils (i.e., LL
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WED 17 MAY - FRI 2 JUN 2023 Showcasing a unique selection of works of art selected from Federation University’s Permanent Art Collection, this exhibition explores our local neighbourhood and its surrounds, examining the landscape from a real and imagined perspective, as well as a historical and contemporary viewpoint. Artists include Deanne Gilson, Tony Griffin, Gwyn Hanssen Piggot, Christopher Headley, Garth Horsfield, Angeline Koot, Duncan Lannan, David Larwill, Josh Muir, Diana Nikkelson, David Noonan, Scott Pearce, Millicent Reed, Ken Searle and Jan Senbergs. This exhibition was presented in association with the City of Ballarat's Heritage Festival Fri 19 - Sun 28 May 2023. Image: Ken Searle Ballarat, 1998 oil on canvas H87 x W 350 cm Federation University Permanent Art Collection
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WED 17 MAY - FRI 2 JUN 2023 Showcasing a unique selection of works of art selected from Federation University’s Permanent Art Collection, this exhibition explores our local neighbourhood and its surrounds, examining the landscape from a real and imagined perspective, as well as a historical and contemporary viewpoint. Artists include Deanne Gilson, Tony Griffin, Gwyn Hanssen Piggot, Christopher Headley, Garth Horsfield, Angeline Koot, Duncan Lannan, David Larwill, Josh Muir, Diana Nikkelson, David Noonan, Scott Pearce, Millicent Reed, Ken Searle and Jan Senbergs. This exhibition was presented in association with the City of Ballarat's Heritage Festival Fri 19 - Sun 28 May 2023. Image: Ken Searle Ballarat, 1998 oil on canvas H87 x W 350 cm Federation University Permanent Art Collection