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Item Decolonising Qualitative Analysis: Collectively Weaving Understanding Using Talanoa and Fa’afaletui Pacific-Indigenous Research Methods(SAGE, 2024) Mafileo, Tracie; Vaka, Sione; Leau, Lotalo; Satele, Petra; Alefaio-Tugia, SiautuSense-making processes shape the messages and impacts of qualitative research. Using qualitative data analysis methods embedded within a Pacific-Indigenous research paradigm decolonises research. This article discusses the Pacific-Indigenous data analysis processes of talanoa and fa’afaletui employed within a study of Pacific elder care in Aotearoa New Zealand, conducted by scholars of Pacific/Moana heritage. While research literature has primarily identified talanoa and fa’afaletui as data collection methods, we discuss our use of talanoa and fa’afaletui as methods of analysis. Talanoa and fa’afaletui were engaged as collective processes of orality weaving understanding from the researchers’ lived experiences and navigating across languages. Enhancing authenticity and actionability are identified as benefits of talanoa and fa’afaletui collective data analysis. Considerations for implementing these methods are language, logistics and location.Item "Politics are Quite Beneath the Concern of the Average Billjim": Politics and the First World War Anzacs, 1914-1918(Wiley, 2024) Reynaud, DanielThe politics of Australia during World War One have been analysed in depth by many scholars, but little attention has been paid to the politics of the soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Though often assumed to have been not interested in politics, this article demonstrates that they engaged in politics at multiple levels. They were concerned about decision making and power relationships within the AIF, in international circles and within the British empire. They were also active on a range of domestic political issues, particularly around volunteering and conscription, but also with other federal, state and local issues. They engaged in the politics of shaping the ‘digger’ legacy. Pre-war ideologies, particularly on class issues and religion, were influential in shaping soldier political engagement and responses. Far from being political innocents, the Anzacs showed themselves to be interested and active in a range of political arenas.Item Preaching in Melbourne 1913-1918: What a Difference a War Makes(Cambridge University Press, 2024-11-04) Reynaud, DanielWhen evaluating factors shaping the Australian home front during World War One, the impact of preaching is generally overlooked, though historians have identified it as one of the most influential sources of public speech. This paper examines preaching in Melbourne just before and during the war, as reported in the influential Melbourne Herald. It asks how preaching was affected by the outbreak of war, and explores its developments, its reporting and its impacts. It points to conclusions about the nature and place of religion in the life of the city, and the interaction of preaching and war that highlight gaps in our understanding of the interaction of religion and war in Australia at that time. It challenges notions about Australian secularity, the degree of sectarianism, and the place of religion in our understanding of the war in both Australia and the wider British world.Item Function and Focus of Material Elements in Vampire Narrative(Springer, 2024) Fitzsimmons, PhilThis chapter unpacks a qualitative research agenda that explores how a group of 22 young adults, aged 18–30 years of age understand the representational aspects of the materiality often associated with vampire narratives. Through a series of semi-structured interviews and the use of co-operative schematic drawing, this cohort revealed that materiality could only be understood as one component of a web of elements that framed the vampire’s representation and narrative metaphor. However, given the explicit starting point they explained materiality as it relates to the vampire character in terms of a hollowness and an exterior façade that conceals the vampire’s identity crisis, inner fears, and a conduit that reveals the two foci of the vampire’s aggression towards humanity. In essence they understood the vampire figure to represent an overall cathected presence that sought to understand the human condition.Item Understanding the Relational Web of Adolescent Spirituality: The Outcomes of a National Inquiry in One Christian School System(Springer, 2024) Fitzsimmons, Phil; Hill, BarryThis chapter unpacks a national qualitative investigation using Australian adolescent students in the largest international Protestant educational schooling system as respondents. The aim of this study was to understand students’ perspectives on spirituality, in an effort to work towards developing an overall grounded theory of spirituality. Using the tools of grounded theory, the analysis of the interviews revealed these students had a high degree of self-awareness of what constituted spirituality, set within a social emotional framework. More importantly, this understanding constituted dimensions of positive psychology, social engagement, and deep reflection with peers.Item Game Cleared: Alice from Wonderland to Borderland(Sydney Literature and Cinema Network / Macquarie University, 2024-07-26) Lounsbury, LynnetteItem Use of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT™) for End-of-Life Discussions: A Scoping Review(BioMed Central (BMC), 2024-05-16) Mahura, Melanie; Karle, Brigitte; Sayers, Louise; Dick-Smith, Felicity; Elliott, RosalindBackground In order to mitigate the distress associated with life limiting conditions it is essential for all health professionals not just palliative care specialists to identify people with deteriorating health and unmet palliative care needs and to plan care. The SPICT™ tool was designed to assist with this. Aim The aim was to examine the impact of the SPICT™ on advance care planning conversations and the extent of its use in advance care planning for adults with chronic life-limiting illness. Methods In this scoping review records published between 2010 and 2024 reporting the use of the SPICT™, were included unless the study aim was to evaluate the tool for prognostication purposes. Databases searched were EBSCO Medline, PubMed, EBSCO CINAHL, APA Psych Info, ProQuest One Theses and Dissertations Global. Results From the search results 26 records were reviewed, including two systematic review, two theses and 22 primary research studies. Much of the research was derived from primary care settings. There was evidence that the SPICT™ assists conversations about advance care planning specifically discussion and documentation of advance care directives, resuscitation plans and preferred place of death. The SPICT™ is available in at least eight languages (many versions have been validated) and used in many countries. Conclusions Use of the SPICT™ appears to assist advance care planning. It has yet to be widely used in acute care settings and has had limited use in countries beyond Europe. There is a need for further research to validate the tool in different languages.Item In the Fullness of Time: Recognizing Daniel 9:24-27 in the New Testament(Open Journal Systems, 2021-06-01) Tasker, DavidThis article explores the influence of the seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27 in the New Testament. Of particular interest to this study is the string of references that refer to “the fullness of time.” The author enquires about the significance that the people of the New Testament placed upon these statements, how they were impacted by the vision of Daniel 9:24-27, and how widespread was the understanding of the 70 weeks as weeks of years in the early Christian Church. The paper concludes that the understanding of people in the New Testament era was that “the fullness of time” had arrived, based on the “weeks” of Daniel’s prophecy being counted as years rather than days.Item Exploring General Practitioners’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards E-Cigarette Use/Vaping in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study in Sydney(MDPI, 2024-09-01) Singh, Rajiv; Burke, Michael; Towns, Susan; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz; Bittoun, Renee; Shah, Smita; Liu, Anthony; Bhurawala, HabibBackground: The increasing use of e-cigarettes/vaping in children and adolescents has been recognised as a global health concern. We aim to explore the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of General Practitioners (GPs) in Sydney regarding the use of e-cigarettes in children and adolescents and identify the barriers to addressing this issue. Methods: This pilot study was a cross-sectional study conducted using an electronic questionnaire with a Likert scale and free-text responses. Results: Fifty-three GPs participated in the study (male = 24 and female = 29) with a mean age of 50 ± 5.5 years. There was strong agreement (mean 4.5) about respiratory adverse effects and addictive potential. However, there was less awareness of cardiac side effects and the occurrence of burns. There is a lack of conversation about e-cigarettes in GP practice and a deficit of confidence in GPs regarding managing e-cigarette use in children and adolescents. Conclusions: Our pilot study has shown that GPs are somewhat knowledgeable about the potential adverse effects of the use of e-cigarettes in children and adolescents, though there is a lack of knowledge of the complete spectrum of adverse effects and more importantly, there is a paucity of a structured approach to discuss the use of e-cigarettes with children and adolescents, and there is a low level of confidence in addressing these issues. There is a need for educational interventions for GPs to increase awareness of the potential adverse effects of using e-cigarettes and build confidence in providing management to children and adolescents regarding the use of e-cigarettes.Item Finding the Decalogue in Unexpected Places(General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 2024-08-01) Young, Norman H.