Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-161). Documents the historical distribution and subsequent decline of bush stone-curlews in South Australia, determines their current distribution and status on Kangaroo Island, their home range sizes and movements, the characteristics of foraging habitat, day roost areas and nest sites and the availability of habitat, the diet and food resources, and potential threats to the population. As a result of the findings of this survey, bush stone-curlews have been downgraded from endangered to vulnerable in South Australia.

Bibliography: p. 400-416. / xiii, 416 p., [1] p. of plates : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Despite the hegemony of economic rationalism in contemporary public policy circles public financial institutions, charged with the support of agricultural and other small business development at the regional level, are a necessary intervention to help maintain the family farm production base. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geography, 1998

Orientador: Maria de Fátima Araújo / Banca: Hélio Rebello Cardoso Júnior / Banca: Maria Lúcia Boarini / Resumo: Este trabalho problematiza as práticas discursivas e não discursivas referentes ao papel materno que circulam no âmbito da saúde pública e no contexto da família. Para isso utilizamos um programa de saúde materno-infantil - o Programa Canguru, contextualizando historicamente os elementos envolvidos tanto em sua concepção quanto em sua efetivação: o conceito de maternidade, as práticas de maternagem e as políticas de humanização ao atendimento desenvolvido nas instituições hospitalares. Nosso objetivo foi analisar como estes elementos se articulam na construção de novos sentidos para o papel materno. Para isso entrevistamos dez mulheres usuárias do Programa Canguru num hospital da rede pública e também as observamos durante esta prática. Na análise dos dados utilizamos como método a análise do discurso. A partir de núcleos de sentidos apreendidos nos discursos das entrevistadas, definimos quatro dimensões de análise: família e religião; o impacto do nascimento prematuro; desconfiança e resistência nas relações com instituições e profissionais de saúde; e a experiência com o Programa Canguru. No trabalho analítico buscamos apreender o processo de singularização e as estratégias utilizadas pelas entrevistadas na produção de sentidos sobre a maternidade e as práticas de maternagem. A família, estruturada de forma hierárquica e com rígida divisão de papéis segundo o sexo, aparece como o principal organizador das experiências das entrevistadas e dos sentidos atribuídos à maternidade. O exercício da maternidade é descrito como essencial para a constituição do papel feminino. A religião surge... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This paper question the speech practices and non speech referring at the maternal function that are around the ambit of the public health and in the family context. For that was used a health program of maternal-childish - The Kangaroo Care, putting on the historical context the elements that are involved as much the conception as the effectuation: the concept of maternity, the practices of maternal care and the policy of humanization of the service developed at the hospital institutions. Our goal was analyze how these elements are articulate at the construction of new feelings to maternal play. So we interviewed ten women that was usurers of the Kangaroo Care in a public hospital and we observed them during the practice too. At the analyze of the dates it was used as a method the analyze of the speech. From the nucleus of the senses took at the speech of the subject, were define four dimensions to analyze: family and religion; the impact of the premature birth; suspicion and resistance in relations with institutions and health workers; and the experience with the Kangaroo Care. At the analytic work we tried to took the process of the signalize and the strategies used by the subjects at the production of the feelings about the maternity and the practices of maternal care. The family that has a hierarchy structure and rigid division of places according to the sex, appears as a mainly organizer of the experiences of the subjects and of the feelings attributed to maternity. The exercise of the maternity is descript as essential to the constitution of the feminine place. Religion shows up as an important element to guarantee the emotional support to the family in situation of crises, such as a premature birth of a child... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Mestre

Este estudo teve como foco a vivência da família no método canguru (MC) com os seguintes objetivos: identificar o significado para mãe e família dessa experiência, compreender o funcionamento da dinâmica familiar decorrente da permanência da mãe e do filho no MC, apreender as transformações familiares provenientes da permanência no método e construir um modelo teórico sobre a experiência. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevista e observação. Entrevistou-se 26 pessoas, membros de 18 famílias assistidas na enfermaria canguru no Hospital das Clínicas – UFMG. Utilizou-se como referencial teórico o Interacionismo Simbólico e como método a Grounded Teory. Dos dados emergiram os fenômenos; TENDO EVOLUÇÃO E DESFECHO NÃO ESPERADOS NA GESTAÇÃO, que é uma fase em que os pais se deparam com a gravidez e sofrem diante da gestação interrompida; DEPARANDO COM A PREMATURIDADE DO FILHO, em que os pais entram no mundo da prematuridade, constatando a necessidade de agir pela sobrevivência do filho, e VIVENDO A DECISÃO E A EXPERIÊNCIA JUNTO DO FILHO, que revela a possibilidade ou não de entrar e permanecer no MC hospitalar. A partir desses fenômenos, foi possível chegar à categoria central Pesando riscos e benefícios entre estar com o filho no canguru ou com a família. / This study focuses on the family way of life in the kangaroo method (KM) with the following objectives: to identify the meaning of this experience for mother and family, to understand the functioning of the family dynamics resulting from the mother and child’s permanence in this method, to capture family transformations in view of the permanence in the method, and to construct a theoretical model about the experience. Data were collected by means of interviews and observation. 26 persons were interviewed, who are part of 18 families who attend kangaroo nursing care at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. The study used Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical reference base and Grounded Theory as a method. The following phenomena arose from these data: HAVING UNEXPECTED EVOLUTION AND OUTCOME IN PREGNANCY, which is a phase in which the parents suddenly confront the pregnancy and have to deal with a premature birth; CONFRONTING THE PREMATURITY OF THE CHILD, in which the parents enter the world of prematurity and confirm the need to act in favor of the child’s survival; and LIVING WITH THE DECISION AND THE EXPERIENCE TOGETHER WITH THE CHILD, which reveals whether or not the parents will decide to enter and stay at the hospital’s KM. From these phenomena, we arrived at the central category: Weighing the risks and benefits between staying with the child in kangaroo method or with the family.

Aim: The aim of the study was to compare knowledge and attitudes towards Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) among neonatal unit staff at two neonatal units 2008 and 2010. Method: Members of staff from two neonatal units completed a questionnaire with 22 statements and an open-ended question in 2008 and 2010. The data were analysed with Mann-Whitney U test and content analysis. Results: There were significant differences between unit A and unit B in both the 2008 survey and the 2010 survey, showing better knowledge of KMC and a more positive attitude to KMC in unit A. Content analysis of responses to the open-ended question revealed concerns in unit B that its care environment was not suitable for KMC. Conclusions: Hypothetically, the fact that staff in unit A work in facilities designed to facilitate KMC, receive training in KMC and practice continuous KMC in intensive care as well as in intermediate care, has resulted in good knowledge of KMC and a general improvement of staff attitudes to KMC.

Infants in the NICU undergo many painful procedures and literature supports KMC as an effective intervention to diminish pain however, it is not used routinely in NICUs. The purpose of this qualitative study is to provide NICU nurses an opportunity to describe their experience of utilizing KMC for pain, and to interpret this experience with the goal of generating patterns that explain this understanding. The findings can be used to formulate interventions that foster the use of KMC. Using Interpretive Description as a philosophy of inquiry and research methodology, 8 NICU nurses were interviewed and participated in a focus group. Four patterns emerged: (1)”Seeing is Believing”; (2) Human Heartedness: “It’s the Least I can do”; (3) Playing it Safe; and (3) Creating the Possibility within Constraints.

Aim: - This research project was a community based intervention study of the impact of increased access to exercise opportunities and kangaroo meat on diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Aboriginal community of Woorabinda. The exercise and dietary interventions were based on principles of community development including: training of community members to conduct exercise programmes; supply of exercise equipment; training of community members to harvest kangaroos; establishment of a butcher’s apprenticeship; and establishment of the kangaroo meat processing in the community. Methodology: - The impact of the kangaroo meat and exercise interventions on diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors was determined by pre- and post-intervention assessment. Pre-intervention baseline data was obtained by community clinical assessment, household meat surveys,and community exercise surveys. The post-intervention assessment was a repeat of modified meat and exercise surveys. A post-intervention community clinical assessment was not conducted due to unresolved difficulties encountered in conducting the research project. The Study Population: - The study population for the community clinical assessment and exercise surveys were volunteer adults B 15 years of age. Approximately one third of the adult population participated in the community clinical screening, 29% in the pre-intervention exercise survey, and 20.2% in the post-intervention exercise survey. The meat surveys were conducted on a household basis. There was 84% household participation in the pre-intervention meat survey and 44.3% postintervention. Findings and Discussion: - It was found that the exercise and kangaroo meat interventions did not follow the planned linear trajectory but rather proceeded in an episodic and incremental manner. The community clinical assessment found a high prevalence of diabetes (18.6%; 95% CI, 13.04 – 24.36%) and impaired glucose tolerance (13.2%; 95% CI, 8.3 – 18.1%) comparable to that found in other Indigenous communities. There was a low prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia (30.9%; 95% CI, 24.2 – 37.6%) and hypertension (19.7%; 95% CI, 13.9 – 25.5%). High prevalence for other diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors were found including: current smoking (48.3%;95% CI, 40.95 – 55.64%); and obesity as measured by body mass index (35%; 95% CI, 27.9 – 42%), waist circumference (83.7%; 95% CI, 76.5 - 90.86% in women; and 55.5%; 95% CI, 43.9 – 61.1% in men), and waist / hip ratio (75.5%; 95% CI, 66.9 – 84% in women; and 57.1%; 95% CI,46 – 68% in men). A high prevalence of abnormal ACR was found: the prevalence ACR 3.4 – 33.9g/mol was 11.7% (95% CI, -ve2.39 – 25.7%), and the prevalence ACR B 34g/mol was 7.6% (95% CI, -ve6.8 – 22%). The prevalence of proteinuria was 67.8% (95% CI, 59.3 – 76.3%). It was found that this high prevalence of renal disease indicators coincided with an escalating incidence of end-stage renal disease in the community. Analysis of the kangaroo meat surveys found evidence of positive dietary change including reduction in the amount of fat used to cook non-kangaroo meats, and a positive shift in stage of change for cooking for family health. In regard to kangaroo meat however it was found that the most common cooking method was unfavourable with the nutritional value of the meat being compromised by a significantly higher prevalence of frying than other meats. It was further found that this method for cooking kangaroo meat was unchanged by the research intervention. Evidence of positive change was also seen in analysis of the exercise surveys. It was found that at baseline, and post-intervention, that the majority of adults in the community met the recommended duration for exercise per week through activities of daily living. There was a positive shift in stage of change for exercise behaviour with a significant movement beyond the ‘precontemplation' towards the ‘action’ and ‘maintenance’ stages of change. This positive shift in thinking about exercise corresponded with a significant increase in the proportion of people exercising specifically for health and fitness. Conclusion: - Though not all the proposed intervention objectives were accomplished the research project contributed to furthering community aspirations and capacity. The community clinical assessment provided a useful overview of the health status of Woorabinda, and an opportunity of a thorough health check for community members. The community clinical assessment drew attention to future projections of disease in Woorabinda and prompted a concentrated health system response. Evidence of positive change in regard to meat consumption and exercise behaviours were found, changes however were slow and uneven. Improved infrastructure was important to increasing community capacity for kangaroo meat supply and exercise, but essential to the sustainability of community initiatives is skilled people, and on-going maintenance and support. The findings of this study indicate that simplistic assumptions around the health benefits of ‘traditional’ diet need to be reconsidered cognisant that communities such as Woorabinda are cultures in transition. Whilst limitations in the methodology require the findings to be considered with caution, this study provides useful evidence for planning future health education and health promotion initiatives for Woorabinda.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2006. / "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 23-27). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2006]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2007.

Bibliography: leaves 106-109. Provides guidelines to develop a strategy for the integrated management of change to a bio-geographical and socio-economic environment. The case study of Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island is used to express these notions at a local level, with potential implications and applications to other coastal communities.