Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Jan 11, 2022
Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health... more Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health. Community members have a role in adopting pollution-reduction practices and supporting technologies such as water sensitive urban design. However, because communities are unfamiliar with these practices and technologies, little is known about how they make sense of these 'water sensitive innovations'. Drawing on Diffusion of Innovations theory, we conduct focus groups across different regions of Australia. Our findings indicate that key barriers to adoption included poor understanding of the relative advantage of these practices and technologies, and perceived poor compatibility with community members' lifestyle and local geography. In turn, appraisals of relative advantage were constrained by limited observability of stormwater pollution and the benefits that innovations generate for people and the environment. Our findings suggest engagement strategies should emphasize the relevance and advantages of water sensitive innovations, and help individuals visualize the intangible elements of stormwater pollution management.
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2022
Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health... more Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health. Community members have a role in adopting pollution-reduction practices and supporting technologies such as water sensitive urban design. However, because communities are unfamiliar with these practices and technologies, little is known about how they make sense of these 'water sensitive innovations'. Drawing on Diffusion of Innovations theory, we conduct focus groups across different regions of Australia. Our findings indicate that key barriers to adoption included poor understanding of the relative advantage of these practices and technologies, and perceived poor compatibility with community members' lifestyle and local geography. In turn, appraisals of relative advantage were constrained by limited observability of stormwater pollution and the benefits that innovations generate for people and the environment. Our findings suggest engagement strategies should emphasize the relevance and advantages of water sensitive innovations, and help individuals visualize the intangible elements of stormwater pollution management.
Substantial cross-sectional evidence and limited longitudinal research indicates that the availab... more Substantial cross-sectional evidence and limited longitudinal research indicates that the availability of recreational facilities (e.g., parks, fitness centres) is associated with physical activity participation. However, few intervention trials have investigated how recreational infrastructure can be used to reduce inactivity levels in communities. The MOVE Frankston study aimed to assess the impact of low intensity strategies to promote use of a multi-purpose leisure and aquatic centre in a socioeconomically diverse, metropolitan community. This randomised controlled trial of two years’ duration compared public awareness raising (control condition) with two interventions: mailed information about the centre and a free entry pass (I-O); and this minimal intervention supplemented by customer relations management support through telephone contact, mailed promotional materials and additional incentives (I+S). Participants (n = 1320) were inactive adults living in the City of Frankston...
Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2016
Numerous governmental and international organisations have developed nutritional guidelines outli... more Numerous governmental and international organisations have developed nutritional guidelines outlining recommended daily intakes of fruit and vegetables (National Health and Medical Research Council 2013; World Health Organisation 2004). Australians, for example, are advised to consume 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables each day (National Health and Medical Research Council 2013). Unfortunately, data suggests that few Australians actually meet these recommendations (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009), placing them at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (Dauchet et al. 2006; Lock et al. 2005) or receiving a diagnosis of cancer (Feskanich et al. 2000; Key 2010). Given the deleterious health outcomes associated with limited fruit and vegetable intake, considerable scholarly attention has been directed towards understanding the factors that curtail fruit and vegetable consumption in an effort to promote healthful behaviour change (Guillaumie et al. 2010; Kamphuis et al. 2006). One method that can assist in understanding these factors is to examine the beliefs associated with the consumption of adequate quantities of fruit and vegetables. From a theoretical perspective, this approach is consistent with Ajzen’s (1991) notion that beliefs ultimately underpin the enactment of behaviour. As such, understanding the beliefs associated with the consumption of fruit and vegetables may provide insights into the factors that could be targeted in social marketing campaigns aimed at improving fruit and vegetable consumption. The aim of this study was therefore to quantitatively ascertain the beliefs associated with meeting recommended intakes of fruit and vegetables.
Background Although fieldwork supervisors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) studen... more Background Although fieldwork supervisors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students can experience challenges during allied health placements, there is little holistic understanding of how they view and use support resources to address these challenges. This study sought to identify, codify, and map the perceived value attached to support resources used or sought by CALD students and fieldwork supervisors and to ascertain areas where they could be optimised and better presented to users. Methods We conducted a thematic analysis to examine interview and open-ended survey responses from CALD students (n = 18) and fieldwork supervisors (n = 161) respectively. Findings The six generated themes depicted different patterns of perceived value in university and non-university support resources and spanned three levels of specificity: general, discipline-contextualised, and individualised. Fieldwork supervisors valued a staged approach to support resource design and use for C...
Paper contribution to the Moreton Bay (Quandamooka) & Catchment eBook available on www.moretonbay... more Paper contribution to the Moreton Bay (Quandamooka) & Catchment eBook available on www.moretonbayfoundation.org.
Moral norms and anticipated regret are widely used extensions to the theory of planned behaviour,... more Moral norms and anticipated regret are widely used extensions to the theory of planned behaviour, yet there is some evidence to suggest that these constructs may conceptually overlap as predictors of intention. Two health-related behaviours with distinct moral implications (Study 1: organ donation registration, N = 352 and Study 2: condom usage, N = 1815) were therefore examined to ascertain whether moral norms and anticipated regret are indeed conceptually distinct. While evidence consistent with conceptual overlap was identified in Study 1, the evidence for such overlap in Study 2 was more ambiguous. In Study 3, a meta-analysis of existing literature revealed that the relationship between moral norms and anticipated regret was moderated by the extent of the moral implications arising from the behaviour under examination. Taken together, these findings suggest that conceptual overlap between moral norms and anticipated regret is more likely to occur among behaviours with obvious moral implications. Researchers wishing to examine the predictive utility of moral norms and anticipated regret among such behaviours would therefore be advised to aggregate these measures to form a composite variable (personal norms).
THE ROLE OF EXEMPLAR TYPICALITY AND PERCEIVED VARIABILITY IN REDUCING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA Rachel... more THE ROLE OF EXEMPLAR TYPICALITY AND PERCEIVED VARIABILITY IN REDUCING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA Rachel Maunder University of Sydney Intergroup contact, in which minority and majority group individuals engage in positive, cooperative interaction, is the leading strategy for reducing the deleterious stigma associated with mental illness. However, one issue which has seldom been considered in this domain is the stereotypicality of the contacted exemplar. In a preliminary investigation of this issue, 379 undergraduate students read brief, written descriptions of a typical, moderately typical, or atypical exemplar diagnosed with either depression, schizophrenia, or substance use disorder. It was expected that the moderately typical and atypical exemplars would reduce stigma more than the typical and neutral-control exemplars, with the moderately typical exemplar being the most effective. Moreover, it was tentatively anticipated that the relationship between typicality and stigma may differ as...
Review(s) of: Susan Engel, The Stories Children Tell: Making Sense of the Narratives of Childhood... more Review(s) of: Susan Engel, The Stories Children Tell: Making Sense of the Narratives of Childhood, W.H. Freeman and Company, USA, 1995, xi + 244pp., $39.95 (hardback).
This study explored responses to categories of images relevant to an environmental management iss... more This study explored responses to categories of images relevant to an environmental management issue—stormwater management—across three dimensions that influence engagement: emotional response, personal relevance, and topic congruence. Although images of oceans elicited positive emotions, most participants did not perceive such images as relevant to the topic. Images of traditional stormwater infrastructure evoked negative emotions and were perceived as topic congruent but not personally relevant. Images of flooding were ranked highly across all three dimensions. These findings have implications for the development of communication materials that appeal to the broader public.
ABSTRACT It is estimated that well over 300 million men will be diagnosed with erectile dysfuncti... more ABSTRACT It is estimated that well over 300 million men will be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction by 2025. Men seeking treatment face a burgeoning array of options, some quite invasive. This study utilizes a dimensional qualitative research (DQR) approach to examine what men think, feel, and experience as they consider integrating erectile function (EF) aids into their sexual relationships. The findings suggest that the process of accepting changes in sexual functioning and consuming EF aids frequently moves beyond intrapersonal issues ...
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Jan 11, 2022
Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health... more Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health. Community members have a role in adopting pollution-reduction practices and supporting technologies such as water sensitive urban design. However, because communities are unfamiliar with these practices and technologies, little is known about how they make sense of these 'water sensitive innovations'. Drawing on Diffusion of Innovations theory, we conduct focus groups across different regions of Australia. Our findings indicate that key barriers to adoption included poor understanding of the relative advantage of these practices and technologies, and perceived poor compatibility with community members' lifestyle and local geography. In turn, appraisals of relative advantage were constrained by limited observability of stormwater pollution and the benefits that innovations generate for people and the environment. Our findings suggest engagement strategies should emphasize the relevance and advantages of water sensitive innovations, and help individuals visualize the intangible elements of stormwater pollution management.
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2022
Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health... more Water management increasingly focuses on tackling stormwater pollution to improve waterway health. Community members have a role in adopting pollution-reduction practices and supporting technologies such as water sensitive urban design. However, because communities are unfamiliar with these practices and technologies, little is known about how they make sense of these 'water sensitive innovations'. Drawing on Diffusion of Innovations theory, we conduct focus groups across different regions of Australia. Our findings indicate that key barriers to adoption included poor understanding of the relative advantage of these practices and technologies, and perceived poor compatibility with community members' lifestyle and local geography. In turn, appraisals of relative advantage were constrained by limited observability of stormwater pollution and the benefits that innovations generate for people and the environment. Our findings suggest engagement strategies should emphasize the relevance and advantages of water sensitive innovations, and help individuals visualize the intangible elements of stormwater pollution management.
Substantial cross-sectional evidence and limited longitudinal research indicates that the availab... more Substantial cross-sectional evidence and limited longitudinal research indicates that the availability of recreational facilities (e.g., parks, fitness centres) is associated with physical activity participation. However, few intervention trials have investigated how recreational infrastructure can be used to reduce inactivity levels in communities. The MOVE Frankston study aimed to assess the impact of low intensity strategies to promote use of a multi-purpose leisure and aquatic centre in a socioeconomically diverse, metropolitan community. This randomised controlled trial of two years’ duration compared public awareness raising (control condition) with two interventions: mailed information about the centre and a free entry pass (I-O); and this minimal intervention supplemented by customer relations management support through telephone contact, mailed promotional materials and additional incentives (I+S). Participants (n = 1320) were inactive adults living in the City of Frankston...
Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2016
Numerous governmental and international organisations have developed nutritional guidelines outli... more Numerous governmental and international organisations have developed nutritional guidelines outlining recommended daily intakes of fruit and vegetables (National Health and Medical Research Council 2013; World Health Organisation 2004). Australians, for example, are advised to consume 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables each day (National Health and Medical Research Council 2013). Unfortunately, data suggests that few Australians actually meet these recommendations (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009), placing them at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (Dauchet et al. 2006; Lock et al. 2005) or receiving a diagnosis of cancer (Feskanich et al. 2000; Key 2010). Given the deleterious health outcomes associated with limited fruit and vegetable intake, considerable scholarly attention has been directed towards understanding the factors that curtail fruit and vegetable consumption in an effort to promote healthful behaviour change (Guillaumie et al. 2010; Kamphuis et al. 2006). One method that can assist in understanding these factors is to examine the beliefs associated with the consumption of adequate quantities of fruit and vegetables. From a theoretical perspective, this approach is consistent with Ajzen’s (1991) notion that beliefs ultimately underpin the enactment of behaviour. As such, understanding the beliefs associated with the consumption of fruit and vegetables may provide insights into the factors that could be targeted in social marketing campaigns aimed at improving fruit and vegetable consumption. The aim of this study was therefore to quantitatively ascertain the beliefs associated with meeting recommended intakes of fruit and vegetables.
Background Although fieldwork supervisors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) studen... more Background Although fieldwork supervisors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students can experience challenges during allied health placements, there is little holistic understanding of how they view and use support resources to address these challenges. This study sought to identify, codify, and map the perceived value attached to support resources used or sought by CALD students and fieldwork supervisors and to ascertain areas where they could be optimised and better presented to users. Methods We conducted a thematic analysis to examine interview and open-ended survey responses from CALD students (n = 18) and fieldwork supervisors (n = 161) respectively. Findings The six generated themes depicted different patterns of perceived value in university and non-university support resources and spanned three levels of specificity: general, discipline-contextualised, and individualised. Fieldwork supervisors valued a staged approach to support resource design and use for C...
Paper contribution to the Moreton Bay (Quandamooka) & Catchment eBook available on www.moretonbay... more Paper contribution to the Moreton Bay (Quandamooka) & Catchment eBook available on www.moretonbayfoundation.org.
Moral norms and anticipated regret are widely used extensions to the theory of planned behaviour,... more Moral norms and anticipated regret are widely used extensions to the theory of planned behaviour, yet there is some evidence to suggest that these constructs may conceptually overlap as predictors of intention. Two health-related behaviours with distinct moral implications (Study 1: organ donation registration, N = 352 and Study 2: condom usage, N = 1815) were therefore examined to ascertain whether moral norms and anticipated regret are indeed conceptually distinct. While evidence consistent with conceptual overlap was identified in Study 1, the evidence for such overlap in Study 2 was more ambiguous. In Study 3, a meta-analysis of existing literature revealed that the relationship between moral norms and anticipated regret was moderated by the extent of the moral implications arising from the behaviour under examination. Taken together, these findings suggest that conceptual overlap between moral norms and anticipated regret is more likely to occur among behaviours with obvious moral implications. Researchers wishing to examine the predictive utility of moral norms and anticipated regret among such behaviours would therefore be advised to aggregate these measures to form a composite variable (personal norms).
THE ROLE OF EXEMPLAR TYPICALITY AND PERCEIVED VARIABILITY IN REDUCING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA Rachel... more THE ROLE OF EXEMPLAR TYPICALITY AND PERCEIVED VARIABILITY IN REDUCING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA Rachel Maunder University of Sydney Intergroup contact, in which minority and majority group individuals engage in positive, cooperative interaction, is the leading strategy for reducing the deleterious stigma associated with mental illness. However, one issue which has seldom been considered in this domain is the stereotypicality of the contacted exemplar. In a preliminary investigation of this issue, 379 undergraduate students read brief, written descriptions of a typical, moderately typical, or atypical exemplar diagnosed with either depression, schizophrenia, or substance use disorder. It was expected that the moderately typical and atypical exemplars would reduce stigma more than the typical and neutral-control exemplars, with the moderately typical exemplar being the most effective. Moreover, it was tentatively anticipated that the relationship between typicality and stigma may differ as...
Review(s) of: Susan Engel, The Stories Children Tell: Making Sense of the Narratives of Childhood... more Review(s) of: Susan Engel, The Stories Children Tell: Making Sense of the Narratives of Childhood, W.H. Freeman and Company, USA, 1995, xi + 244pp., $39.95 (hardback).
This study explored responses to categories of images relevant to an environmental management iss... more This study explored responses to categories of images relevant to an environmental management issue—stormwater management—across three dimensions that influence engagement: emotional response, personal relevance, and topic congruence. Although images of oceans elicited positive emotions, most participants did not perceive such images as relevant to the topic. Images of traditional stormwater infrastructure evoked negative emotions and were perceived as topic congruent but not personally relevant. Images of flooding were ranked highly across all three dimensions. These findings have implications for the development of communication materials that appeal to the broader public.
ABSTRACT It is estimated that well over 300 million men will be diagnosed with erectile dysfuncti... more ABSTRACT It is estimated that well over 300 million men will be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction by 2025. Men seeking treatment face a burgeoning array of options, some quite invasive. This study utilizes a dimensional qualitative research (DQR) approach to examine what men think, feel, and experience as they consider integrating erectile function (EF) aids into their sexual relationships. The findings suggest that the process of accepting changes in sexual functioning and consuming EF aids frequently moves beyond intrapersonal issues ...
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