https://espace.curtin.edu.au:443 The espace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:21:23 GMT 2021-02-22T00:21:23Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82647 Misinformation About COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey Osuagwu, Uchechukwu L; Miner, Chundung A; Bhattarai, Dipesh; Mashige, Percy; Oloruntoba, Richard; Abu, Emmanuel; Ekpeyong, Benerdine; Chikasirimobi, Timothy; Piwuna, Christopher; Ovenseri-Ogbomo, Godwin Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82647 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82646 Interpreter Services in a General Health Setting in Western Australia: A Retrospective Study Kwan, MIchelle; Jeemi, Zakia; Norman, Richard; Dantas, Jaya A R Migration patterns have rapidly changed in Australia which have contributed to an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse society. This has brought new opportunities and challenges in the healthcare sector to address the different language needs of the culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) populations. A key strategy is the provision of interpreter services to bridge the language gap and assist patients and healthcare providers in clinical encounters. This research project explored interpreter service usage at a Western Australian (WA) hospital, a general hospital located in Perth, providing hospital and community care to meet broader health needs of the population. In relation to the current COVID situation, the WA Language Service Policy has been updated to provide guidance to all public services to ensure that all information can be accessible to CaLD populations. The findings of this project aimed to inform current hospital practices, health policies and to support financial funding for hospital interpreter services. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82646 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82645 From ethical challenges to opportunities: Reflections on participatory and collaborative research with refugees in Australia Dantas, Jaya A R; Gower, Shelley © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This reflective article draws upon our recent experiences in researching with refugees, especially women and youth, who have resettled in Australia. It is a practice and research-oriented article that presents our experience as a series of ethical challenges and how these were resolved to form opportunities for ongoing collaboration. We discuss the limitations of existing ethical guidelines relating to research with displaced people especially refugees; the difficulties of gaining consent in a manner that balances university requirements with participant self-determination; the issue of tangible benefits and reciprocity for participants; the challenge of accurate representation of refugee voices, using imagery; and finally our ongoing accountability to participants. In trying to address these issues, our projects have used a participatory, collaborative research method, in keeping with recent calls for greater use of this approach. In doing so, we have attempted to redistribute social power, ownership of results and resources from the researchers to the participants. We posit that giving refugee participants the opportunity to actively participate in sharing their stories is empowering and builds strength and resilience. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82645 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82639 Australia Entrepreneurship-Innovation Report Kimberly-Bowen, Rafael; Galbreath, Jeremy; Burchell, Marion; Carroll, Stephen; Pangiarella, Lui Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82639 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z