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Anthea Vreugdenhil
UTAS Home Assoc. Prof. Anthea Vreugdenhil
Anthea Vreugdenhil
Associate Professor Social Work
School of Social Sciences
Room 430 , Social Sciences Building
+61 3 6226 2550 (phone)
Anthea Vreugdenhil is Associate Professor Social Work. Anthea is currently on Long Service Leave and will be retiring at the end of January 2023.
Anthea is a Churchill Fellow (2005) and joined the University of Tasmania in 2007 after 25 years as a social worker and researcher in South Australia and Tasmania. Anthea has an active research program in the area of care, with a focus on aged care, caring societies and social work education. Her research has a strong policy and practice focus, employing both quantitative and qualitative methods. She contributes to the University, the profession and the wider community through academic leadership and community engagement roles, including as past Chair of the National Research Committee of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Anthea teaches in both the undergraduate and postgraduate social work programs.
Biography
Prior to joining the University of Tasmania, Anthea worked in a range of practice roles in South Australia and Tasmania across a 25-year period. Fields of practice ranged from social work service delivery in aged and disability care through to research and policy appointments. Most recently, she was the Coordinator of the Launceston General Hospital Dementia Research Centre. Anthea also completed her PhD in Social Work at the University of South Australia.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Title of Thesis | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Hard-wiring Relations: The Negotiation of Interests in the Development of a Community Information Network | University of South Australia | Australia | 2001 |
| GradDip | Systems Analysis | University of South Australia | Australia | 1987 |
| BA | Social Work | South Australian Institute of Technology | Australia | 1981 |
Teaching
Teaching expertise
Social Work, Policy, Research, Care, Evidence-based practice
Teaching responsibility
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Expertise
Anthea's interdisciplinary research program spans the fields of care, ageing and dementia, with a focus on the nexus between research, policy and practice. Current research also includes an international research project exploring social work field education, and the Everyday Kindness in Australia project (with University of Tasmania Sociology colleagues). Anthea has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Fields of Research
- Geriatrics and gerontology (320210)
- Social work (440999)
- Counselling, wellbeing and community services (440902)
- Sociology (441099)
- Clinical social work practice (440901)
- Australian history (430302)
- Aged health care (420301)
- Sociological methodology and research methods (441006)
- Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment (441001)
- Social program evaluation (440903)
- Social policy (440712)
- Social change (441004)
- Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (420899)
- Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, histories, culture, country, perspectives and ethics in education (450213)
- Public policy (440709)
- Music therapy (420103)
- Higher education (390303)
- Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy (390110)
- Educational technology and computing (390405)
Research Objectives
- Clinical health (200199)
- Expanding knowledge in human society (280123)
- Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services) (200301)
- Other education and training (169999)
- Health related to ageing (200502)
- Understanding Australia's past (130703)
- Pacific Peoples community services (210999)
- Ageing and older people (230102)
- Professions and professionalisation (230502)
- Arts (130199)
- Ability and disability (230101)
- Provision of health and support services (200399)
- Health education and promotion (200203)
- Carers' support (230103)
- Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies (280122)
- Government and politics (230299)
- Health status (incl. wellbeing) (200407)
- Mental health (200409)
- Social ethics (130304)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education (210299)
- Community services (230199)
- Teaching and instruction technologies (160304)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and culture (210499)
- Evaluation of health outcomes (200202)
- Public services policy advice and analysis (230204)
- Music (130102)
- Disability and functional capacity (200403)
- Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum (160301)
- Pedagogy (160302)
Publications
Total publications
54
Journal Article
(16 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Flanagan KM, Levin I, Tually S, Varadharajan M, Verdouw J, et al., 'Understanding the experience of social housing pathways', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, (29 January 2020) Article Final Report 324. ISSN 1834-7223 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.18408/ahuri-4118301 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10 Co-authors: Flanagan KM; Verdouw J | |
| 2019 | Vreugdenhil A, 'The AASW National Research Committee: Promoting a culture of research in social work', Social Work Focus, 4, (3, Winter 2019) pp. 8-9. ISSN 2209-0045 (2019) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] | |
| 2018 | Cook PS, Vreugdenhil A, Macnish B, 'Confronting ageism: The potential of intergenerational contemporary art events to increase understandings of older adults and ageing', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 37, (3) pp. E110-E115. ISSN 1440-6381 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12561 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Cook PS | |
| 2018 | Roulston A, Cleak H, Vreugdenhil A, 'Promoting readiness to practice: which learning activities promote competence and professional identity for student social workers during practice learning?', Journal of Social Work Education, 54, (2) pp. 364-378. ISSN 1043-7797 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2017.1336140 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 19 | |
| 2017 | Taylor SD, Vreugdenhil A, Schneiders MA, 'Social Justice as Concept and Practice in Australian Social Work: An Analysis of Norma Parker Addresses, 1969-2008', Australian Social Work, 70, (sup1) pp. 46-68. ISSN 0312-407X (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2014.973554 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Taylor SD; Schneiders MA | |
| 2016 | Cleak H, Roulston A, Vreugenhil A, 'The Inside Story: a survey of social work students' supervision and learning opportunities on placement', British Journal of Social Work, 46, (7) pp. 2033-2050. ISSN 0045-3102 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv117 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 23 | |
| 2016 | Habibis D, Hookway N, Vreugdenhil A, 'Kindness in Australia: an empirical critique of moral decline sociology', British Journal of Sociology, 67, (3) pp. 395-413. ISSN 0007-1315 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12194 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Habibis D; Hookway N | |
| 2015 | Smith D, Cleak H, Vreugdenhil A, ''What Are They Really Doing?' An Exploration of Student Learning Activities in Field Placement', Australian Social Work, 68, (4) pp. 515-531. ISSN 0312-407X (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2014.960433 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 31 Co-authors: Smith D | |
| 2014 | Vreugdenhil A, ''Ageing-in-place': Frontline experiences of intergenerational family carers of people with dementia', Health Sociology Review, 23, (1) pp. 43-52. ISSN 1446-1242 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2014.23.1.43 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 22 | |
| 2013 | Cairns J, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Working at the frontline in cases of elder abuse: 'It keeps me awake at night'', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 33, (1) pp. 59-62. ISSN 1440-6381 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 8 | |
| 2012 | Vreugdenhil A, ''Incoherent and violent if crossed': The admission of older people to the New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum in the nineteenth century', Health and History, 14, (2) pp. 91-111. ISSN 1442-1771 (2012) [Refereed Article] | |
| 2012 | Vreugdenhil A, Cannell J, Davies A, Razay G, 'A community-based exercise programme to improve functional ability in people with Alzheimer's disease: A randomized controlled trial', Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 26, (1) pp. 12-19. ISSN 0283-9318 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00895.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 196Web of Science - 173 Co-authors: Davies A; Razay G | |
| 2009 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'A prospective study of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 16, (9) pp. 1180-1183. ISSN 0967-5868 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.12.007 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 39Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Razay G; Liddell J | |
| 2007 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Wilcock G, 'The Metabolic Syndrome and Alzheimer Disease', Archives of Neurology, 64, (1) pp. 93-96. ISSN 0003-9942 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.1.93 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 211Web of Science - 192 Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2006 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Wilcock G, 'Obesity, Abdominal Obesity and Alzheimer Disease', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 22, (2) pp. 173-176. ISSN 1420-8008 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1159/000094586 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 96Web of Science - 84 Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2005 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia: Midlife obesity increases risk of future dementia', British Medical Journal, 331, (7514) pp. 455. ISSN 0959-8138 (2005) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7514.455 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Razay G |
Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pease B, Vreugdenhil A, Stanford S, 'Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring', Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 296. ISBN 9781138225589 (2018) [Edited Book] Co-authors: Pease B; Stanford S |
Chapter in Book
(4 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pease B, Vreugdenhil A, Stanford S, 'Towards a critical ethic of care in social work', Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring, Taylor & Francis Group Ltd, B Pease, A Vreugdenhil and S Stanford (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 3-15. ISBN 9781138225589 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Pease B; Stanford S | |
| 2018 | Vreugdenhil A, ' Duty of care' or duty to care': the responsibilisation of social work', Critical Ethics of Care in Social Work: Transforming the Politics and Practices of Caring, Routledge, B Pease, A Vreugdenhil, and S Stanford (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 38-48. ISBN 9781138225589 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Keep physically active', Positive Ageing: Think Volunteering, Volunteering SA & NTINC, Louise Rogers and Joy Noble (ed), Australia, pp. 14-21. ISBN 9780646590608 (2014) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Out of Sight, out of Mind. Senile dementia in nineteenth century Launceston', Effecting a Cure: Aspects of Health and Medicine in Launceston, Myola, P.A.C. Richards, B. Valentine, T. Dunning (ed), South Launceston, pp. 74-87. ISBN 0-9757362-8-0 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] |
Conference Publication
(32 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Exercise and dementia: improving quality of life for people with dementia', National convention of Churchill fellows - Bringing knowledge home, 5-6 April 2019, Hobart, Tasmania (2019) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Cleak H, O'Connor E, Roulston A, Vreugdenhil A, 'Relationship-based practice: promoting the importance of human relationships', SWSD 2018 Abstract Book, Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018, 4-7 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 787. (2018) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Forbes AM, Vreugdenhil A, Goldberg L, Wood-Baker R, Morse A, 'Assessment of the effects of singing on respiratory function and wellbeing in people with dementia', 5th International Conference of the International Association for Music and Medicine: Final Program and Abstract Book, 7-10 June 2018, Barcelona Spain, pp. 51-52. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Forbes AM; Goldberg L; Wood-Baker R | |
| 2018 | O'Connor E, Cleak H, Roulston A, Vreugdenhil A, 'Addressing the emotional and unconscious aspects of practice teaching and learning - the potential of relationship-based practice', 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work: Programme Book, 10-11 September 2018, St. John's College, Oxford, UK, pp. 20. (2018) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2018 | Palmer C, Hookway N, Mainsbridge C, Vreugdenhil A, 'Becoming and being a Master's athlete', ISSA 2018 Book of Abstracts, World Congress for the Sociology of Sport, 5-8 June 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 77. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Palmer C; Hookway N; Mainsbridge C | |
| 2018 | Vreugdenhil A, Palmer C, Mainsbridge C, Hookway N, 'Becoming and being a Masters athlete', 2018 AAG Conference Oral Presentations - Abstracts, 51st Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, 21-23 November 2018, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 30. (2018) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Palmer C; Mainsbridge C; Hookway N | |
| 2016 | Kelly L, Vreugdenhil A, 'A Survey of Social Work Students' Attitudes Towards Working with People with Dementia', Alzheimer's Association International Conference,, 24-28 July, Toronto (2016) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Kelly L | |
| 2016 | Roulston A, Cleak H, Vreugdenhil A, 'How to Promote Professional Competence and Identity in Social Work Students', 11th International Practice Teaching and Field Education Conference, 4-6th April, Belfast, pp. 9. (2016) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2014 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Social justice in Australian social work: An analysis of Norma Parker Addresses, 1969-2008', Australasian Social Welfare History Workshop, 10 - 11 February, Hobart (2014) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2012 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Cost-saving or cost-shifting? Assessing the impact of 'ageing-in-place' aged care policies on families of people with dementia', Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact, 8-12 July 2012, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. WS003:2. (2012) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2012 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Dementia: Helping carers long the journey - Part Two', An information day for carers of people living with dementia, 4th May, Launceston (2012) [Keynote Presentation] | |
| 2011 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'Insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: A case-control study', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 4-6 May 2011, Auckland, pp. Suppl1:21. (2011) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Razay G; Liddell J | |
| 2011 | Vreugdenhil AJ, Cairns J, 'Challenging the borders between elder abuse and family violence: Frontline workers' practice with older people experiencing abuse', Crossing Borders: Interdependent Living and Solidatiry. Program and Abstracts, 15-18 July 2011, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 279. (2011) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2011 | Vreugdenhil AJ, Cannell J, Razay G, 'A community-based exercise program to improve functioning in people with Alzheimer's disease: A randomised controlled trial', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 4-6 May 2011, Auckland, NZ, pp. Suppl1:26. (2011) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2010 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'A Prospecitive Controlled Clinical Trial of Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunting for Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus', Internal Medicine Journal, 20-25 March 2010, Melbourne, pp. 46. (2010) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G; Liddell J | |
| 2010 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: One-year follow-up of a prospective controlled clinical trial ', Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, July 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. S179. (2010) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G; Liddell J | |
| 2010 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Wilcock G, 'Vascular Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease: an Overview of Findings', Internal Medicine Journal, 20-25 March 2010, Melbourne, pp. 46. (2010) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2010 | Vreugdenhil AJ, Cannell J, Davies AN, Razay G, 'A community-based exercise program to improve functioning in people with Alzheimer's disease: A randomized controlled trial ', Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, July 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. S134. (2010) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Davies AN; Razay G | |
| 2009 | Vreugdenhil AJ, Cannell J, Davies AN, Razay G, 'A Community-based Exercise Program for People with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Pilot Study', 2009 Alzheimer's Australia Conference, 2 - 5 June 2009, Adelaide, South Australia, pp. 23. (2009) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Davies AN | |
| 2008 | Vreugdenhil AJ, Cannell J, Davies AN, Razay G, 'A community-based exercise program to improve cognitive function in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: Feasibility and safety study', National Dementia Research Forum, 18 - 19 September 2008, Sydney, NSW, pp. 38-39. (2008) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Davies AN | |
| 2006 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Androgens and men with dementia: Case-control study', Internal Medicine Journal, 20-22 June 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. Supplement 1: A55. ISBN 0071477160 (2006) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2006 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective study', Alzheimer's & Dementia, July 2006, Madrid, pp. Supplement Page S555. ISBN 0071477160 (2006) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2006 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for dementia: Case studies', Alzheimer's and Dementia, July 2006, Madrid, pp. Supplement: S555-6. (2006) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2006 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddlell J, 'Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective study', Internal Medicine Journal, 20-22 June 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. Supplement 5: A163. ISBN 0071477160 (2006) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2006 | Vreugdenhil AJ, 'History of Senile Dementia: Beyond Belief', Public Health Issues: Papers and Proceedings Historical Seminar, 26 February 2006, Launceston, pp. 11-16. (2006) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2006 | Vreugdenhil AJ, ''Petulant, feeble, with habits filthy': Senile dementia in 19th century Tasmania', Internal Medicine Journal, 20-22 June 2005, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. Supplement 1: A57. ISBN 0071477160 (2006) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2005 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Alzheimer's disease and dyslipidaemia: case-control study', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2005, Gold Coast, Queensland, pp. Supplement 2: A6. (2005) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2004 | Razay G, Liddell J, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Case studies of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for dementia', Internal Medicine Journal, 16-18 June 2003, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. Supplement: A52. ISBN 0071477160 (2004) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2004 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Alzheimer's disease, abdominal obesity and overweight', Neurobiology of Aging, July 2004, Philadelphia, pp. Supplement: S393-4. (2004) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2004 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, 'Essential fatty acids and Alzheimer's disease', Neurobiology of Aging, July 2004, Philadelphia, pp. Supplement: S387. (2004) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2004 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Liddell J, 'Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for dementia', Age and Ageing, 2004, Harrogate, UK, pp. Supplement: i29. (2004) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G | |
| 2004 | Razay G, Vreugdenhil AJ, Wilcock G, 'Alzheimer's disease and insulin resistance', Internal Medicine Journal, 16-18 June 2003, Melbourne, Victoria, pp. Supplement: A56. ISBN 0071477160 (2004) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Razay G |
Contract Report, Consultant's Report
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Roulston A, Cleak H, Vreugdenhil A, 'Final Report on 'Models of supervision influencing student development in social work practice learning opportunities'', Northern Ireland Social Care Council and Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2014) [Consultants Report] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
9
Total funding
$292,407
Projects
Ya pulingina Social Work (2021)$25,000
- Description
- The 'ya pulingina social work' learning and teaching project aims to graduate social work students highly proficient when collaborating with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, and Aboriginal people more broadly across Australia. Building upon the Indigenising curricula work the Social Work Discipline, in conjunction with the School of Social Sciences, and CALE have been undertaking, the project will begin by creating a series of place-based encounters on each campus embedded in the local Indigenous worldview of welcoming people. This will be led in partnerships with Tasmanian Aboriginal Elders and community members. During these place-based welcomes, social work students, staff, and community members will generate stories and artefacts that document their welcome experience. These in turn become elements of an interactive lutruwita (Tasmania) map, that is both a record of experience, and a learning and teaching tool that can be added to each year as students' progress their studies.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Indigenous Student Success Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Prehn J; Baltra-Ulloa AJ; Vreugdenhil AJ; Canty JB; Roberts JK; Williamson M; Warren KM; Hay JK; Wilkinson BM
- Year
- 2021
Experiencing social housing pathways: bridging the policy and practice divide (2018)$148,922
- Description
- This project describes the experiences of tenants moving into, within and out of the social housing system, especially those for whom transition is both possible and potentially problematic. It examines how transitions work for providers and delivers findings that will inform policy development to support more sustainable and successful transitions.
- Funding
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute ($148,922)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Project
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Flanagan KM; Cornell V; Faulkner D; Levin I; Meltzer A; Muir K; Tually S; Verdouw JJ; Vreugdenhil AJ
- Year
- 2018
Becoming and Being a Master's Athlete (2018)$15,087
- Description
- The aim of the research is to understand the life trajectory of becoming and being a Master's athlete. Using a mixed methods approach (survey and photo-elicitation interviews), the research documents and analyses the ways in which Master's athletes define and understand their social and sporting identities. This innovative research addresses the problem of low physical activity engagement in older life through an 'active ageing' lens, focusng on the enabling factors for mature-age competitive sports participation rather than the deficit-based approach which dominates existing research and policy. This is pertinent in the Tasmanian context, which is ageing faster than any other state and has poor health outcomes, linked to low levels of physical activity. Dionigi (2002) has highlighted the need for further research into competitive sport participation as a context for empowering older adults. This study explores these issues through a mixed methods approach to capture, analyse and understand the life trajectory through which people become a Master's athlete. Findings will help inform how we understand and address the problem of low physical activity participation in later life. The photos created through the photo-interview phase will be exhibited during Seniors Week 2018. The exhibition will showcase the links between physical activity and positive ageing and function as a high-profile public engagement activity for UTAS.The study is the first phase of a new research agenda for healthy leisure studies, established by the research team, which synergises methodological and conceptual approaches common to the fields of sociology, health promotion and social gerontology, including an applied understanding of health and social practices that affect the health and well-being of communities locally and globally. We expect the findings to contribute to Tasmania's commitment to preventive health as outlined in the Health Tasmania Five Year Strategic Plan. The Tasmanian context will provide the basis for a larger, collaborative research project with international partners at the Universities of Bath, Kent and Glasgow Caledonian (UK).
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($15,087)
- Scheme
- Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Palmer C; Mainsbridge C; Hookway NS; Vreugdenhil AJ
- Year
- 2018
High quality educational research into the use of e-portfolios (portfolios) to promote curriculum integration and lead evidence of attaining professional standards (2018)$13,144
- Description
- Significant changes in the Australian higher education sector, including deregulated enrolments andsubsequent unregulated growth in professional qualifying programs (e.g. Social Work, Education andAssociate Degrees), have created major challenges for universities and their industry partners. Of particularconcern is the need for, and increasing difficulty in securing, sufficient numbers of high quality professionaleducation placements and work-integrated learning opportunities (Allen & Wright, 2014).This proposed research project asks What are the advantages of using portfolios in work-integrated andprofessional qualifying university programs, for students, the University and the placement agencies, aimingto explore how student portfolios contribute to the redesign of one of the most resource-intensive aspects ofplacements (Beckers, Dolmans, & van Merrinboer, 2016): the evidence-based assessment of studentachievement of professional practice standards (e.g. https://www.aasw.asn.au/careers-study/asweas-2017-launch and https://www.aitsl.edu.au/teach/standards).UTAS' new portfolio software for MyLO, and web-based documentation management system, provide anopportunity for the partners to integrate curricula with authentic field/placement study and work-integratedlearning (Degrees of Difference, 2016; Venville, Cleak & Bould, 2017).Portfolios offer a highly flexible formative and/or summative pedagogic approach (Gmiz-Snchez, Gallego-Arrufat, & Crisol-Moya, 2016), and are accessible to work-based supervisors, enabling co-design, delivery,moderated assessment of student achievement (and evaluation) of the curriculum (Mahar & Strobert, 2010;Schuwirth & van der Vleuten, 2011).The project capitalises on complementary expertise from the Discipline of Social Work (Social Sciences) andthe School of Education, with the University College, and responds to well-documented social welfare andeducational needs in the State (West, 2013).This new partnership will use a literature scoping review, surveys of students and peers/colleague supervisorsand case study approach (see timelines below) to thoroughly document the current baseline, compared withthe use of portfolios to augment learning in practice, to provide the foundation for the development of an ARCLinkage grant application.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($13,144)
- Scheme
- Grant - CALE Hothouse Alignment Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Quentin-Baxter M; Vreugdenhil AJ; Masters JE; Stanford SN; Downing JJ; Carr AR; McDonald T
- Year
- 2018
Assessment of the effects of singing on the respiratory function and wellbeing in people with dementia (2017)$9,765
- Description
- This project is a pilot study of the potential of group singing to improve respiratory function and wellbeing for people with dementia.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($9,765)
- Scheme
- Grant-CAL Hothouse Research Enhancement Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Forbes AM; Goldberg LR; Vreugdenhil AJ; Smithies KE
- Year
- 2017
2012: World Conference in Social Work Social Development 2012: Action and Impact, Sweeden (2012)$1,500
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Conference Support Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vreugdenhil AJ
- Year
- 2012
The Social, Economic and Health Impacts of 'Ageing-in-place' Policies on Informal Carers of People with Dementia: A Tasmanian Pilot Study (2010)$5,284
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($5,284)
- Scheme
- Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vreugdenhil AJ
- Year
- 2010
Community-based exercise program for people with dementia (2008)$44,800
- Funding
- Tasmanian Community Fund ($44,800)
- Scheme
- Grant - Round 13
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vreugdenhil AJ; Razay G; Cannell J; Davies A
- Year
- 2008
A community-based physical exercise program to improve cognitive, behavioural and physical functioning in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (2007)$28,905
- Funding
- Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust ($28,905)
- Scheme
- Research Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vreugdenhil AJ; Canell J; Davies A; Razay G
- Year
- 2007
Research Supervision
Current
3
Completed
3
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Impact of Issues of Trust for Frontline Workers Doing Suicide Risk Assessments in Non-Government Mental Health Services | 2016 |
| Masters | Exploring Paid Home Carers' Experiences in Providing Care to Older Tasmanians | 2019 |
| PhD | The Role and Impact of Organised Team Sport in Tasmanian Communities | 2019 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | There was a Brick Wall, and there was the Ocean: Stories of surviving childhood domestic abuse Candidate: Narelle Whatley | 2020 |
| PhD | Young People Engaging with Risk through Everyday Practices on Facebook Candidate: Kate Margaret Warren | 2019 |
| PhD | The Challenge of Existential Social Work Practice Candidate: Mark Geoffrey Griffiths | 2017 |