Seminar - Coping: the Challenge of Resilience

2017Jocelyn Wale Seminar Series
Guest Speaker A/Prof Erica Frydenberg presenting:
Coping: The Challenge of Resilience

Date: Friday, 20th October
Time: 4.00pm-5.00pm Townsville/Cairns; 2.00pm-3.00pm Singapore
Venue: Townsville – Room 134-010
Video linked to:
JCU Cairns – Room A1-129
JCU Singapore – Room A3-01

https://www.facebook.com/events/1733254143645468

Abstract:
Resilience is the magic bullet that everyone wants to acquire – our teachers want to put it into the curriculum, our legislators want to transform the country, our corporates want their staff to be the best they can be against all odds. Parents want their children to be resilient as much as they themselves want to be resilient against the challenges of 21st Century parenting. Additionally, our insurers want us to be resilient against disasters and natural hazards of our environment. This presentation addresses how best to meet those challenges through coping.

Our search over the past three decades has focused on the best way to provide the core skills for life, to children, adolescents and adults, and how that is best achieved through the contemporary theories of coping. Coping has the potential of explaining a process that leads to an outcome of resilience. It has the ability to integrate a range of theories and methodologies that have the capacity to explicate how development is shaped by individual’s capacities to deal with the stresses, adversities and hassles of daily life in ways that contribute to resilience.

This presentation will focus on how coping provides the building blocks for resilience and wellbeing, what we have learned from three decades of research and how best to develop the tools for resilience in children, adolescents and adults.

Hosted by the Department of Psychology – College of Healthcare Sciences

Publication: Movement demands and running intensities of semi-professional rugby league players in a 9’s tournament: a case study

Inglis, Paul, and Bird, Stephen P. (2017) Movement demands and running intensities of semi-professional rugby league players in a 9’s tournament: a case study. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 16 (1). pp. 22-26.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/50551/

Abstract
The objective of the study was to describe the movement demands and running intensities of semi-professional rugby league players during a rugby league 9’s (RL9’s) tournament. Six semi-professional rugby league players competed in a RL9’s tourna-ment over a two-day period comprising of six games. Movement demands and running intensities were recorded using Global Positioning System (GPS) devices providing data on distance and speeds. Data is presented as mean (95% Confidence Intervals) with changes (≥ 75%) likely to exceed the smallest worthwhile change (0.2) considered practically important. Outside backs performed significantly (p < 0.05) more relative VHSR (3.9 m [3.5-4.3] vs 2.4 m [2.1-2.8]) absolute (97.7 m [81.3 - 114.1] vs 22.6m [15.8 - 29.3]) and relative (5.0 m∙min-1 [4.2 - 5.9] vs 1.2 m∙min-1 [0.8 - 1.6]) sprint distance than the forwards. Outside backs also performed significantly (p < 0.05) more absolute (97.7 m [81.3 - 114.1] vs 43.9 m [27.2 - 60.7]) and relative (5.0 m∙min-1 [4.2 - 5.9] vs 2.3 m∙min-1 [1.4 - 3.2]) sprint distance than the adjustables. Moderate (0.6 – 1.2) to very large (> 2.0) decreases in performance variables were observed over the two days. The biggest magnitude of change over the two days was seen with very large decreases in relative HSR (- 2.10) and sprint (- 2.14) distance. Between playing groups, the outside backs had the biggest decrease in running intensity with a very large (- 2.32) significant (p < 0.05) decrease in VHSR on day 2 (3.3 m∙min-1 [2.5 – 4.1]) compared to day 1 (4.9 m∙min-1 [4.4 – 5.4]). Run-ning intensities are decreased during an intensified RL9’s tournament in semi-professional rugby league players. The observed decreases in running performances between playing groups are in agreement with previous research and may support the use of individualized player monitoring and recovery management during a RL9’s tournament-style competition.

New Library Books September 2017

This is a list of new books which have recently been added to the JCU Library collection. Books may be borrowed from the displays in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and the Cairns Campus Library, unless they are in non-borrowable collections such as Reference. Click on the title links to see more details in Tropicat and to access eBooks online.

ONLINE	Sanity, madness and the family
ONLINE	Successful Social Stories<U+2122> for school and college students with autism
ONLINE	Observing and developing schematic behaviour in young children
ONLINE	Developing resilience in young people with autism
ONLINE	Clinical skills for healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners
ONLINE	Fundamentals of care
ONLINE	Measuring occupational performance
ONLINE	Occupational therapy evidence in practice for mental health
ONLINE	Essentials of WISC-V assessment
179.7 DYI	Dying in the twenty-first century
302.202461 MOS 2017	Communication skills in health and social care
ONLINE	Key concepts and issues in nursing ethics
303.320994 CHI 2017	Children, families and communities
303.4 BEY	Beyond behaviour change.
ONLINE	The economics of addictive behaviours.
362.1023 OXF	Oxford textbook of spirituality in healthcare
ONLINE	Developmental evaluation exemplars
ONLINE	Challenges in professional supervision
ONLINE	How to implement evidence-based healthcare
610.73 HOL 2018	Cultural awareness in nursing and health care
ONLINE	Infection prevention and control at a glance
ONLINE	Wound care at a glance
ONLINE	Discursive psychology
158.1 SEL	Flourish
ONLINE	Ageing in Australia
ONLINE	Ethics in psychotherapy and counseling
ONLINE	Human disease and health promotion
ONLINE	Nurse educator's guide to best teaching practice
616.855 HEG	Assessment of communication disorders in adults
ONLINE	Communicating as professionals

Publication: A debate about the merits of debate in nurse education

Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, Bodak, Marie, Woods, Cindy, and Hitchins, Marnie (2017) A debate about the merits of debate in nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 26. pp. 118-120.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/50174/

Abstract
In this ‘Issues for Debate’ paper, the issue is debate. Today's nurses must be able to advocate, lead, and grow ‘big ideas’, as well as knowing their way around a patient's body and mind. This paper reports, partly, on a research study into the use of debate to develop clinical reasoning and thinking skills in nursing students. The study was conducted with first and third-year nursing students enrolled at an Australian regional university. Students were asked to comment on the effectiveness of debate as an educational strategy. We combine the results of this research study with literature and discussion into the educational uses of debate to put the argument that using debate in nursing education can be an effective way to foster the type of creative, intelligent, thoughtful and forward-thinking nurses needed in the modern healthcare system.

Go Cowboys!

Go Cowboys! The Sport & Exercise Science crew getting behind the team from the north - good luck for the GF!

#NQCowboys #NQTougherTogether #NRLGF #jcuchs #JCU

JCU Nursing celebrating 25 years of Nursing graduates

We are proud to celebrate 25 years of Nursing graduates serving northern Queensland communities!

Head of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition at JCU, Professor Melanie Birks said the silver jubilee is about celebrating the achievements of Nursing graduates and the important role they play in northern Queensland and beyond.

Publication: Effects of fatigue on kinematics and kinetics during overground running: a systematic review

Winter, Sara, Gordon, Susan, and Watt, Kerrianne (2017) Effects of fatigue on kinematics and kinetics during overground running: a systematic review. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 57 (6). pp. 887-899.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49629/

Abstract

Introduction: Understanding kinematic and kinetic changes with fatigue during running is important to assess changes that may influence performance and injury. The aim of this systematic review was to identify, critique and summarize literature about the effects of fatigue on kinematics and kinetics during a fatiguing overground run and present the reported influence on performance and injury.

Evidence acquistion: An electronic search was conducted of MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL and PubMed databases. Two reviewers assessed articles for inclusion, and evaluated the quality of articles included using a modified version of the Downs and Black Quality Index.

Evidence synthesis: A total of twelve articles were identified for review. The mean quality assessment score was seven out of a possible 12. Kinematic and kinetic changes reported to affect performance included decreased speed, step or stride frequency and length, increased trunk flexion, lower leg position at heel strike, mediolateral acceleration, changes in hip and knee ranges, and decreased stride regularity, heel lift, maximum knee rotation and backward ankle velocity. Alterations reported to increase risk of injury included decreased step frequency, increased upper body rotation and lower leg position at heel strike, and decreased knee flexion during stance. Reduced risk of injury has been linked to decreased step length and hip ranges, and increased trunk flexion.

Conclusions: This review found limited evidence regarding changes in kinematic and kinetic during a fatiguing run in relation to performance and injury. Higher quality studies are warranted, with a larger sample of homogenous runners, and type of run carefully selected to provide quality information for runners, coaches and clinicians.

2018 JCU Year Planners now available to download

Get organised for 2018 and download our Academic Calendars for next year at https://www.jcu.edu.au/students/important-dates

The 2018 Nursing & Midwifery year planner is also available now from the PEP website at https://www.jcu.edu.au/professional-experience-placement/downloads-and-links

Publication: The relationship of social support with well-being outcomes via work-family conflict: moderating effects of gender, dependants and nationality

Drummond, Suzie, O'Driscoll, Michael P., Brough, Paula, Kalliath, Thomas, Siu, Oi-Ling, Timms, Carolyn, Riley, Derek, Sit, Cindy, and Lo, Danny (2017) The relationship of social support with well-being outcomes via work-family conflict: moderating effects of gender, dependants and nationality. Human Relations, 70 (5). pp. 544-565.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/50332/

Abstract
The impact of work-family conflict on well-being outcomes is well established, as is the role of social support in buffering perceptions of conflict. What is less well understood is how these relationships vary for different groups of respondents. Using a two-wave longitudinal design with a 12-month time lag and samples of employees (total N = 2183) from Australia, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong, the present research investigated whether the mediating relationships between social support, work-family conflict and well-being outcomes were moderated by gender, geographical region and the presence of dependants in the household. Supervisor support and family support were associated with lower work-family conflict, and hence reduced psychological strain and increased job and family satisfaction, for women and for employees in China and Hong Kong, but not for employees in Australia and New Zealand. However, the presence of dependants was not a significant moderator. Our findings illustrate the importance of exploring gender and national differences in work-family conflict research, particularly the investigation of cross-domain effects.

JCU Inclusive Practice Awards

On Monday, 4 September 2017, the Directorate of Learning, Teaching and Student Engagement hosted a combined awards ceremony for the Inclusive Practice Awards and the JCU Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

Congratulations to JCU College of Healthcare Sciences academic staff Dr Wendy Li, Mr Daniel Miller & Dr Craig Thorley (Psychology), Mr Peter Hartin (pictured with Prof Melanie Birks) & Ms Julie Shepherd (Nursing Midwifery & Nutrition), recipients of the JCU Inclusive Practice Awards.

The Inclusive Practice Awards recognise staff for being flexible, consultative, proactive and innovative in minimising the challenges that can and do present for students studying with a disability, illness, or health condition.

Publication: Explaining match outcome during the men's basketball tournament at the Olympic Games

Leicht, Anthony, Gomez, Miguel, and Woods, Carl (2017) Explaining match outcome during the men's basketball tournament at the Olympic Games. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, In press. pp. 1-19. (In Press)

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49952/

Abstract
In preparation for the Olympics, there is a limited opportunity for coaches and athletes to interact regularly with team performance indicators providing important guidance to coaches for enhanced match success at the elite level. This study examined the relationship between match outcome and team performance indicators during men’s basketball tournaments at the Olympic Games. Twelve team performance indicators were collated from all men’s teams and matches during the basketball tournament of the 2004-2016 Olympic Games (n=156). Linear and non-linear analyses examined the relationship between match outcome and team performance indicator characteristics; namely, binary logistic regression and a conditional interference (CI) classification tree. The most parsimonious logistic regression model retained ‘assists’, ‘defensive rebounds’, ‘field-goal percentage’, ‘fouls’, ‘fouls against’, ‘steals’ and ‘turnovers’ (delta AIC <0.01; Akaike weight = 0.28) with a classification accuracy of 85.5%. Conversely, four performance indicators were retained with the CI classification tree with an average classification accuracy of 81.4%. However, it was the combination of ‘field-goal percentage’ and ‘defensive rebounds’ that provided the greatest probability of winning (93.2%). Match outcome during the men’s basketball tournaments at the Olympic Games was identified by a unique combination of performance indicators. Despite the average model accuracy being marginally higher for the logistic regression analysis, the CI classification tree offered a greater practical utility for coaches through its resolution of non-linear phenomena to guide team success.

Congratulations to MNP student awarded ACNP scholarship

Congratulations to JCU College of Healthcare Sciences Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) student, Lowie Worrell, who received a scholarship from the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners.

The scholarship was open to rural and metropolitan applicants with two successful applicants receiving complimentary registration to attend the 2017 conference and welcome reception as well as funding of up to $1000 dollars towards flights and accommodation.

Publication: The experience of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system: an integrative literature review

Chun Tie, Ylona, Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2017) The experience of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system: an integrative literature review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. pp. 1-11. (In Press)

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49943/

Abstract

Introduction: International nurses account for 20% of the Australian nurse workforce. This review aims to identify and appraise research findings on the experiences of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system.

Methodology: The review was structured using Whittemore and Knafl modified framework for integrated reviews. A systematic database search was undertaken. Articles (n = 48) were identified for appraisal based on set inclusion and exclusion criteria. Evaluation using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program tool resulted in (n = 16) articles in the final data set.

Results: Three broad themes were identified: (a) Transitioning—Need for appropriate, timely, and adequate supports to assist transition to practice; (b) Practicing within local contexts—How expectations were different to the reality of clinical practice; and (c) Experiencing prejudice—when racial prejudice occurred.

Discussion: Appropriate programs including cultural-safety education can mitigate adverse workforce dynamics within culturally diverse health care teams to enable provision of culturally congruent health care.

Pushing for change: The fight for women to birth safely at home

No one is more invested than a mother when it comes to giving birth. However, changes in insurance could mean that mothers who want to give birth at home will have that option taken away. What will this mean for women and midwives?

When a woman is about to go through one of the most astonishing and life-altering experiences of her life, why deny her the option of being in a place where she feels safe and comfortable? Women might soon face the possibility of no longer being able to access midwives who provide services for home births.

“Women will always make choices that meet their needs and the needs of their babies,” Marie McAuliffe, Senior Lecturer at JCU’s College of Healthcare Sciences, says. “If there are no models available that meet those needs, women might make choices that are outside of the recommended healthcare options. The worry is that some women will choose to free birth.”

For the full story see https://www.jcu.edu.au/brighter/articles/pushing-for-change-the-fight-for-women-to-birth-safely-at-home

Seminar - Experiments in Anger Regulation in Undergraduate Students - 22 Sept

2017 Jocelyn Wale Seminar Series
Guest Speaker Associate Professor Tom Denson presenting:
Experiments in Anger Regulation in Undergraduate Students

Date: Friday, 22 September
Time: 4.00pm – 5.00pm (Townsville and Cairns)
2.00pm – 3.00pm (Singapore)

Venue: JCU Cairns – Room A1-129
Video linked to:
JCU Townsville – Room 134-010
JCU Singapore – Room C4-14

https://www.facebook.com/events/347290712359291

Abstract:
Unregulated anger is a serious social problem in Australia and elsewhere. People who are often angry are at risk for suffering health problems, especially cardiovascular issues. Angry people are at risk of aggressive behaviour as most violent behaviour is preceded by a heated argument. These findings suggest that helping people control anger will have benefits for angry individuals and society at large. People often think of anger as an automatic emotional response to being treated unfairly or being devalued by others. As such, people often find anger difficult to control. It is true that anger reactions are aroused quickly, but anger can be controlled. In several of our experiments, I will discuss brief interventions that can help people control their anger (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and distraction) and another intervention – angry rumination – which can amplify or sustain anger. Suppressing angry feelings does not seem to help in anger regulation. I will also make some evidence-based suggestions for how people can better regulate anger in their own lives.

Hosted by the Department of Psychology, College of Healthcare Sciences.

North Queensland Cowboys and JCU Doctor of Philosophy Scholarship

In collaboration with the North Queensland Cowboys Rugby League Football Club, James Cook University (JCU) is excited to invite highly motivated and enthusiastic potential candidates to apply for this funded PhD opportunity and become fully embedded within the elite National Rugby League club’s successful High Performance Unit. With a particular focus on Game, training and individual performance analytics within an elite rugby league environment, the successful candidate will join JCU Sport and Exercise supervisory staff to further enhance their provision of current analytics as well as investigate new strategies to analyze and communicate elite team sport performance metrics.

For further information contact wsinclair@cowboys.com.au or Anthony.Leicht@jcu.edu.au

Publication: Substance misuse intervention research in remote Indigenous Australian communities since the NHMRC 'Roadmap'

Graham, Veronica E., Campbell, Sandra, West, Caryn, and Clough, Alan R. (2017) Substance misuse intervention research in remote Indigenous Australian communities since the NHMRC 'Roadmap'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41 (4). pp. 424-431.

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/50112/

Abstract

Objective: Describe program theories of substance misuse interventions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) since the 'Roadmap' for Indigenous health.

Methods: Projects funded 2003–2013 were categorised by intervention strategies. Realist concepts informed the program theory: intended resources and responses; influence of context on outcomes; explicit and implicit program assumptions.

Results: Seven interventions were included. Three randomised controlled trials targeted tobacco using psychosocial interventions in primary health centres using the program theory: "Local Indigenous health workers extend and sustain the effects of conventional clinical brief intervention by engendering social and cultural resources". Four pragmatic trials of multiple-component, community-based interventions using controlled, semi-controlled or before-and-after designs used the program theory: "Discrete intervention components targeting locally defined substance misuse issues will activate latent capacities to create an environment that favours cessation." Publications did not report clear effect, implementation fidelity or explicit mechanisms affecting participant thinking.

Conclusions: Rigorous intervention designs built on 'Roadmap' principles neither reduced substance use in the populations studied nor identified transferable mechanisms for behaviour change.
Implications for public health: Substance misuse impacts among Indigenous Australians remain severe. Theoretical mechanisms of behaviour change may improve intervention design.

Townsville Health Research Showcase - NMN PhD student poster presentations

Three of our JCU College of Healthcare Sciences Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition PhD candidate superstar students - Ylona Chun Tie, Titan Ligita and Helen Wright - were shining brightly today, sharing their PhD study findings by poster, at the Townsville Health Research Showcase at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service.

Ylona Chun Tie

Titan Ligita

Helen Wright

Publication: The repeated bout effect of traditional resistance exercises on running performance across three bouts

Doma, Kenji, Schumann, Moritz, Leicht, Anthony, Heilbronn, Brian, Damas, Felipe, and Burt, Dean (2017) The repeated bout effect of traditional resistance exercises on running performance across three bouts. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, In press. pp. 1-29. (In Press)

https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/49494/

Abstract
Purpose This study investigated the repeated bout effect of three typical lower-body resistance training (RT) sessions on maximal and sub-maximal effort running performance. Methods Twelve resistance-untrained men (age 24±4 years; height 1.81±0.10 m; body mass 79.3±10.9 kg; VO2peak 48.2±6.5 mL∙kg-1∙min-1; six-repetition maximum squat 71.7±12.2kg) undertook three bouts of RT sessions at six-repetition maximum. Counter-movement-jump (CMJ), lower-body ROM, muscle soreness and creatine kinase (CK) were examined prior to (T0), immediately-post (T1), 24 (T24) and 48 (T48) h post each RT bout. Sub-maximal (i.e. below anaerobic threshold [AT]) and maximal (i.e. above AT) running performance were also conducted at T24 and T48. Results Most indirect muscle damage markers (i.e., CMJ, ROM and muscle soreness) and sub-maximal running performance were significantly improved (P < 0.05; 1.9%) following the third RT bout compared to the second bout. Whilst maximal running performance was also improved following the third bout (P < 0.05; 9.8%) compared to other bouts, the measures were still reduced by 12-20% vs. baseline. However, the increase in CK was attenuated following the second bout (P < 0.05) with no further protection following the third bout (P > 0.05). Conclusions The initial bout induced the greatest change in CK, however at least two bouts were required to produce protective effects on other indirect muscle damage markers and sub-maximal running performance measures. This suggests that sub-maximal running sessions should be avoided for at least 48 hours post RT until the third bout, although a greater recovery period may be required for maximal running sessions.

Chance to Chill at Championships

The world’s top athletes will have a special space to relax during the UCI MTB World Champs.

From beanbags and TV to stretching areas and specialised exercise physiology equipment, athletes will be kicking back and recharging their batteries at the JCU Athlete Recovery Lounge.

James Cook University Deputy Head of Sport and Exercise Science Glen Deakin said he was thrilled the championships are at the university’s Smithfield Campus.

“It’s not every day you have a world championship at your doorstep,” he said.

“We have two JCU students riding for Australia at this fantastic event.”

Mr Deakin said Cairns was the ideal location to host the championships and encouraged sports fans of all ages to see the elite athletes in action.

“It’s outdoors, in our great environment, and it’s fun for all ages,” he said.

“Cairns is one of the best locations for this sport because we have mount biking all year round. You go down South and try this at Mt Buller right now and you’d be under a metre and a half of snow.”

New Library Books - August 2017

This is a list of new books which have recently been added to the JCU Library collection. Books may be borrowed from the displays in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library and the Cairns Campus Library, unless they are in non-borrowable collections such as Reference. Click on the title links to see more details in Tropicat and to access eBooks online.

ONLINE	Treatment of sex offenders
ONLINE	A new narrative for psychology
ONLINE	Child and adolescent counseling case studies
ONLINE	Trust in social dilemmas
ONLINE	Diabetes
362.10994 WIL 2016	Understanding the Australian health care system
610.73 BER ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE	Skills in clinical nursing How the mind comes into being Arts in health Occupational therapy assessments for older adults
ONLINE	Understanding health
615.82 PHA	Pharmacology handbook for physiotherapists
ONLINE	Prelinguistic and minimally verbal communicators on the autism spectrum
ONLINE	Origins and originality in family therapy and systemic practice
ONLINE	Abnormal psychology
ONLINE	Social capital and community well-being
ONLINE	Fit to practice
ONLINE	ABC of clinical leadership
ONLINE	The cycle of excellence

CWAA Rural and Remote Nursing and Midwifery Professional Development (PD) Grant 2017

The CWAA has worked with the National Rural Health Alliance and CRANAplus to update this program and is pleased to announce that there will be four (4) scholarships up to $5,000 each for Rural & Remote Nursing & Midwifery programs and courses in 2017.

Applications now open.The Application round will close close 13 October 2017.

http://ruralhealth.org.au/cwaaruralnursingcpdgrant/

Seeking Research Participants: Correlates of Emotional Eating

You are invited to take part in a research project about factors involved in emotional eating. The study is being conducted by Irene Traynor and will contribute to the honours project in a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at James Cook University.

If you agree to be involved in the study, you will be asked to complete the following survey. The survey asks about your relationship with food, how you tend to act and react to things in life generally, and about your perception of the traits of one of your caregivers while growing up - the one you perceived as being the least emotionally available to you (if either was). Your completion of the questionnaire should take approximately 30 min.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Correlates-of-Emotional-Eating

Taking part in this study is completely voluntary and you can stop taking part in the study at any time without explanation or prejudice.

Your responses will be strictly anonymous. The data from the study might be used in research publications and reports. If so, there is no way you could possibly be identified in these publications.

If you have any questions about the study, please contact:

Principal investigator: Irene Traynor      OR      Supervisor: Nerina Caltabiano
College of Healthcare Sciences                         College of Healthcare Sciences
James Cook University                                      James Cook University
(Phone: not available)                                        Phone: (07) 423 211 82
email: irene.traynor@my.jcu.edu.au                  email: nerina.caltabiano@jcu.edu.au