Supporting a new LGBTQ+ law, connection before content and a (free) best practice guide
Our October edition of the BehaviourWorks Australia Broadcast features interventions to reduce hospital waste (there is so much), a behavioural approach to help prevent illegal sexual or gender orientation conversion practices, as well as our new report on the importance of connecting with young men living with spinal cord injury. Also, we’ve stirred interest in the use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health, created a best practice guide on waste communication, and unpacked behavioural systems mapping.
Pocket Change: Reducing hospital waste
This month, Lena Jungbluth speaks about her PhD research into hospital waste (there’s a LOT of it), and how hospitals are literally sorting out the problem by separating non-recyclable and recyclable waste. Changing behaviours in high-pressure environments such as operating theatres isn’t easy, but hospitals are getting on board and it’s happening.?
LGBTQ+ … The law has changed; how about behaviours?
Change or suppression (conversion) practices - trying to change or suppress a person’s sexual or gender orientation - are now illegal in Victoria.? Can behavioural science help people comply with new laws?? Two of our researchers took on the task, looking at behaviours deeply embedded in social and cultural influences and norms.
Connection before content
Men under 35 living with spinal cord injury are at a high risk of becoming disengaged in their own wellbeing, especially when faced with a deluge of healthcare information. We worked with healthcare practitioners to help these men stay engaged, with building connections (before delivering content) key to this.? For the full story, read the full report.
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- Our research into attitudes towards the (controversial) decision to allow psychedelic drugs in mental health treatments articles was picked up by The Guardian.??
- To help our New Zealand neighbours maximise their waste minimisation via better communications, we developed a Best Practice Guide. ?Take a look.
- Behavioural Systems mapping combines behavioural science and systems mapping, so that you can see how the different parts of a system are connected. This blog explains what it is and why it’s such a useful tool.
- Are ‘watch out for wildlife’ road signs effective, or mostly ignored?? This ABC science article on wildlife road signs asks what really works to change driver behaviours.
- What do multiple choice questions do to our brain? A) Don’t know. B) Tell me more. C) Listen to Peter Bragge explain in this ABC interview what’s going on in our heads.
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