Current nursing research projects - externally funded

A self directed learning package for continence promotion for people living with mental illness - click here

Moving On - positive stories from women survivors of child sexual abuse - click here

Describing transition for people living with chronic illness - click here

Promoting Capacity with Homeless Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Misusing Alcohol, Drugs or Gambling - click here

Transitions Poster - click here

 

A self directed learning package for continence promotion for people living with mental illness
Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing ($20,000 - 2006)
 Abstract (pdf 22KB)

 

Moving On - positive stories from women survivors of child sexual abuse
Funded by Community Benefits SA ($25,000 - 2006)
Call for Participants (pdf 62KB)

 

Describing transition for people living with chronic illness
Funded by the Australian Research Council ($225,000 - 2003-06)
 Abstract
Executive Summary - coming soon.
Final Project Report - coming soon.
Transition in Chronic Illness Booklets:
1.  Constant Change: The Shifting Experience of Illness (pdf 394KB)
2.  Grief and Loss (pdf 441KB)
3.  Shifts in Self and Identity (pdf 1MB)
4.  Relationships (pdf 709KB)
5.  Sexuality (pdf 413KB)
6.  Fatigue (pdf 487KB)
7.  Pain (pdf 812KB)
8.  Interacting with Others (pdf 402KB)
9.  Our Inner World (pdf 340KB)
10. Self-Care (pdf 353KB)
11. Understanding Transition (pdf 548KB)

For more information, email Dr Debbie Kralik, Director of Research, email the Research Unit or phone (08) 8206 0111.


 

Promoting Capacity with Homeless Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Misusing Alcohol, Drugs or Gambling
Project undertaken in collaboration with Catherine House Inc.
Funded by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation (AER) Foundation Limited Community Development Grant
($159,000 - 2003-05)
Abstract
Executive Summary inc List of Project Outcomes (pdf 123KB)
Final Project Report inc Project Processes & Recommendations (pdf 1.2MB)
Resource for CSA Survivors "Reclaiming Myself After Child Sexual Abuse" (self help guide - pdf 2.3MB)
Resource for Service Providers "Facilitating Transition After Child Sexual Abuse" (outlining the transition process - pdf 1.7MB)

For more information, email Dr Antonia van Loon, Project Manager/Senior Research Fellow, or email the Research Unit or phone (08) 8206 0111.

 

Transition: moving through life’s adverse disruptions

Dr Debbie Kralik and Dr Antonia van Loon recently developed a poster titled ‘Transition: moving through life’s adverse disruptions’, for the United Nations Conference ‘Engaging Healthy Communities' held during August 2005 in Brisbane. This poster outlines the developing transitions theory that has been the focus of Dr Kralik’s research for the past decade, and more recently Dr van Loon.

The poster includes a (tested) practical model that community health workers can use to assist people to move through adversity. This model has direct applicability to the National Chronic Illness Self Management agenda.

Approximately 2500 delegates attended the conference and the poster received accolades from many. Click here to download the poster. (PDF, 1.2Mb)

This poster prints best as A3, if you would like a copy of the poster please email the research unit.

 

For more information email the Research Unit or phone
(08) 8206 0111.

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