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dc.contributor.authorSunderland, Naomi
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:41:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:41:15Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-01-22T22:51:52Z
dc.identifier.issn21654328
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/aasoci.2013.31008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/55921
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an ethnographic case study of the daily lived experience of place by government health and community workers in a place-based chronic disease initiative (PBI) located in a disadvan-taged peri-urban area in Australia. The case study focused on the place at which the PBI staff members interfaced with the community informally as opposed to the deliberate interactions described in the formal community engagement strategy. Subtle social phenomena, such as social positioning and the contrasting cultures of bureaucracy and community, generated outcomes that were the antithesis of those sought by the PBI. If these characteristics of place are not attended to during the development of PBIs, we risk rec-reating existing social divides and jeopardizing the potential of these initiatives to build community ca-pacity. This case study provides an important conceptual-theoretical understanding of the place-based ap-proach, which can augment existing empirical studies of place. The findings are also relevant for those who are exploring the physical co-location of diverse professional groups in socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods. It also exposes the inherent complexity of "place" and the futility of poorly designed bureaucratic responses.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom61
dc.relation.ispartofpageto68
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAdvances in Applied Sociology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStudies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode169999
dc.titleOutside the Cage: Exploring Everyday Interactions between Government Workers and Residents in a Place-Based Health Initiative
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.rights.copyright© 2013 The authors and SciRes. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
gro.date.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorSunderland, Naomi L.


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