Driving this project was recognition that the current process, initially designed to accommodate a single customer group, was ill equipped to handle a changing customer mix now consisting of three disparate groups.
The genesis of the food project was recognition that there are so many divisions in our society: race and class and gender and age - and that division perpetuates inequity and increases it.
Following the success of this project, the recognition and response checklists are being tested in other AMUs across Scotland.
This study derived and extended from the project "The Recognition and Early Intervention of Prodromal Bipolar Disorders (REI-PBD)", whose aims were to identify bipolar prodromal syndromes and to evaluate the effectiveness of exercise interventions for UHR offspring (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01863628).
We have secured high-level endorsement for this project and recognition of its importance from the Minister for Health in the ACT Government, the Director-General of Health for the ACT and the Commissioner who led the recent Productivity Commission inquiry which culminated in the report Australia's health workforce [ 53], a major reform document.
Key themes to which these factors relate include: location of control over project activities, recognition and respect for Aboriginal knowledge and practice as a legitimate component of health care, working in partnership, communication within and beyond the Program, access to transport and working space, as well as governance and support.
The large numbers of patients in these projects facilitated recognition of discrete clinical patterns.
Learners' examples of their increased research skills and confidence included their ability to begin new research projects and recognition of the role of research in improving clinical practice.
These mechanisms are triggered in specific context conditions, including organisational factors such as challenging but achievable tasks, visible results, availability of resources, involvement of the volunteers in several projects, and recognition, support and respect for volunteers by the National Society.
