HRMAS Newsletter 65
26 April 2002 This newsletter is the forth to be distributed in 2002. In this Newsletter • Health Policy, Practice and Research in the 21st Century, 6-9 May 2002 • Social Policy Research & Evaluation Conference, 2-3 July 2002 • NVIVO Software Workshop • Informed Consent – Comment
CONFERENCE: HEALTH POLICY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH IN THE 21ST CENTURY
6-9 May, Sky City Conference Centre, Auckland The conference programme features almost 80 papers and internationally recognised speakers including Professor Roger Enoka (University of Colorado), Dr Gary Rolfe (University of Portsmouth, U.K.) and Professor Lesley Barclay (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia). In addition two significant symposia are being run in conjunction with the Conference. The first will be a plenary discussion entitled "Towards 2020: The Future Shape of our Health Services: Perspectives from Key Practice, Policy and Research Decision Makers". The second will be a "Symposia on Child/Longitudinal Studies" convened by Professor Phil Silva and featuring the Directors of the three New Zealand groundbreaking studies in this area. This symposium will also involve an international health leader, Dr Chanpen from Thailand who is coordinating the development of five similar studies in that country. The Conference will be in the format of plenary sessions and seven streams three of which will run concurrently. The major streams are: 1. Women's Health 2. Public Health Practice and Policy 3. Health Education - Student and Professional Training 4. Exercise and Injury - Human Performance and Sport 5. Rehabilitation and Disability 6. Health Across the Lifespan Symposia on Child/Longitudinal Studies Child and Adolescent Health Teens and Adults 7. Creative / Radical Methodologies Further information is also available on the website http://www.aut.ac.nz/conferences/healthpolicy, or by e-mail request to Jim Borrows (Conference Coordinator) jim.borrows@aut.ac.nz .
SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH & EVALUATION CONFERENCE
2-3 July 2002, Wellington Convention Centre The Ministry Of Social Development is convening the Social Policy Research and Evaluation Conference 2002. Titled 'Connecting Policy, Research and Practice', the conference is the first in a series of biennial conferences aimed at improving the linkages between government advisors, social service providers and social policy researchers and evaluators. The Ministry of Social Development has developed a number of other key objectives of the conference. The conference will include a mix of interesting presentations, plenary sessions and workshops along with a number of separate networking opportunities. The focus of the conference will be on: - social science researchers presenting their research on social policy-relevant topics; and - presentations on the issues and the process of generating social policy-relevant research and its uptake by government agencies. International keynote speakers are to be invited and conference proceedings will be published. In addition, as part of the conference a research poster competition will be held for post-graduate social research students. The conference is part of a package of initiatives agreed to by cabinet as part of the improving the knowledge base for social policy project undertaken by the Ministry of Social Development. Registration $150 (after 21 April), Beneficiaries and students $50 The registration form can be obtained from the website in PDF format. www.msd.govt.nz/keyinitiatives/conference.html Or you can request a hard copy from Toni Kilvington email: conference@mja.co.nz. Registration should be completed and posted (with full payment) to: Registration Social Policy, Research and Evaluation Conference PO Box 5256, Wellington or Fax (04) 499 6133 Call for Abstracts - Submit by 26 April. The conference organisers invite proposals for papers and presentations to be given at chaired 1 1/2 hour parallel seminar sessions arranged around the social policy knowledge theme areas. To be considered for inclusion in these sessions, papers and presentations must be based on applied research or evaluation that fits with at least one of the knowledge theme areas and is able to inform policy development or social service delivery. The deadline for submitting the summary or abstract is 26 April 2002. It will be assessed against the conference objectives and presentations for the sessions will be confirmed on 3 May 2002. Abstracts can be sent to: Connecting Policy, Research and Practice Ministry of social development PO Box 12 136
Wellington
NVIVO SOFTWARE WORKSHOP
Qualitative Data Analysis (Nvivo) Three -day Workshop with Dr Pat Bazeley 2- 4 August 2002 NVivo, from Qualitative Solutions and Research (QSR), the developers of NUD*IST, is the most advanced software available for qualitative data analysis. NVivo provides tools for analysis of rich (formatted) text documents and other materials. The two day workshop will take participants through the technical processes of preparing and importing and editing NVivo documents; multiple ways of recording thinking within and about the documents which are part of a project; linking of text with comment, annotations, multimedia files and ideas; creation, organisation and use of codes to tore knowledge about the detailed content of documents; using a model to explore theories and interpretation of data; generating reports from the data and other topics. Fees Part 1 (2,3 Aug) $340.00 Part 2 (4 Aug) $170.00 Part 1 & 2 - $500.00 For further information contact: Delanie Halton School of Nursing & Midwifery Auckland University of Technology Private Bag 92006, AUCKLAND Ph: 917-9999 ext 7878 Email: delanie.halton@aut.ac.nz
INFORMED CONSENT - COMMENT
Thanks to Neville Blampied for the following information (Neville is at the Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury). Fogas, Oesterheld & Shader (2001) recently published an interesting study in journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics [vol 22, 211-216] relevant to participants' informed consent issues. They conducted a structured telephone interview with 115 children (6 - 19 yrs of age) who had been participants in a study of methylphenidate metabolism in children with ADHD concerning their experiences of and satisfaction with participation in the earlier study. The authors report "children overwhelmingly perceived their involvement as voluntary (89%) and the information about the study as being accurately presented (80%), and they reported a high level of satisfaction with their participation (97%)."
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