‘In safe hands’: experiences of services users and family/support people of police, ambulance and mental health co-response

Kuehl, Silke; Gordon, Sarah; Every-Palmer, Susanna

doi:10.1080/15614263.2024.2326832

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“…Collaboration between law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, and political entities can be effective in identifying, assessing and managing potential threats. In New Zealand, the establishment of FTACNZ, and the roll out of mental health co-response teams involving police, paramedics and mental health professionals responding in tandem, are both good examples of interagency approaches ( 40 – 42 ) but it is evident from our research that more could be done.…”

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Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era

Every-Palmer,

Hansby,

Barry-Walsh

2024

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundHigh levels of harassment and threats against parliamentarians are being reported internationally, especially in the social media space. This is occurring alongside changes in our social landscape, with increasing political polarisation and the ongoing ramifications from the COVID-19 pandemic. Harassment of politicians has been shown to have implications for psychological wellbeing and physical safety.ObjectivesTo investigate harassment and violence towards parliamentarians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era, including whether there had been a change in its nature and quantity, and to explore the contribution of social media.MethodsA survey of all New Zealand’s parliamentarians was fielded in 2022, focusing on their experiences of harassment analysed quantitatively and with manifest and latent content analysis of free text responses. Data were disaggregated and compared by gender. Secondary analyses were conducted on similar data collected from parliamentarians in 2014 to compare trends over time.FindingsWe obtained a cleaned achieved survey sample of 54 Members of Parliament (MPs). Harassment was reported by 98% of respondents, ranging from disturbing communication to actual physical violence. The vast majority of MPs endorsed multiple modalities of harassment occurring on multiple occasions. Ninety-six percent of MPs had been harassed over social media, with over half being threatened, including threats of physical violence (40%), sexual violence (14%), threats made towards MP’s family members (19%), threats towards staff (12%), and death threats (27%). Almost all forms of harassment had increased significantly since 2014. Most MPs reported experiencing abuse related to the Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. lockdowns and vaccine mandates). Many MPs commented that the frequency and intensity of abuse increased markedly during the COVID pandemic and had not subsequently abated. Women were at significantly higher risk of certain types of social media harassment including gendered abuse, sexualised comments, threat of sexual violence, and threats toward their family.ConclusionHarassment of parliamentarians is an escalating issue. Online threats and misogyny are increasingly apparent. This harassment has significant psychosocial costs for victims, their family and staff, and for democratic processes.

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Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era

Every-Palmer,

Hansby,

Barry-Walsh

2024

Front. Psychiatry

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Mental health co-responder programs: assessing impacts and estimating the cost savings of diversion from hospitalization and incarceration

Donnelly,

O’Connell,

Stenger

et al. 2024

Police Practice and Research

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The role of family support on the effects of paramedic role overload on resilience, intention to leave and promotive voice

Meacham,

Holland,

Pariona-Cabrera

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PurposeParamedics have played a critical role in the health care system response to the COVID-19 pandemic as frontline responders. However, in comparison to other health care workers (i.e. nurses), less research has been conducted on how paramedic work has been undertaken and how they manage their resources in the context of high workloads. This study examines several factors that deplete paramedic resources as well as the importance of family support in buffering the effects of low levels of resilience that can impact paramedic intention to leave and promotive voice.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 648 paramedics employed by Ambulance Victoria, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine five hypotheses: (1) resilience mediates the relationship between role overload and intention to leave; (2) resilience mediates the relationship between role overload and promotive voice; (3) family support moderates the relationship between role overload and resilience; (4) family support moderates the indirect effect of role overload on intention to leave via resilience and (5) family support moderates the indirect effect of role overload on promotive voice via resilience.FindingsWe found that when family support was low, the impact of role overload on turnover intention via resilience was significant. When family support was low, the negative impact of role overload on promotive voice via resilience was significant. When family support was high, such a negative indirect effect was not significant in predicting employee promotive voice via resilience.Practical implicationsWe suggest that organisations should focus human resource management (HRM) policies and practices on family-friendly initiatives to further enhance family support resources to benefit individuals, families and organisations.Originality/valueOur findings demonstrate the importance of family support as a buffer to the negative effects of role overload on employee resilience and promotive voice. There is clear importance of the contextual elements of family support as a resource, and its absence may result in resource depletion and can act as a catalyst in a resource depletion spiral. This demonstrates the importance of organisations understanding and learning to utilise external resources to complement organisational and individual resources to reduce intention to leave and support promotive employee voice. We suggest that organisations should focus HRM policies and practices on family-friendly initiatives to further enhance family support resources to benefit individuals, families and organisations.

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‘In safe hands’: experiences of services users and family/support people of police, ambulance and mental health co-response

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era

Stalking, harassment, gendered abuse, and violence towards politicians in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery era

Mental health co-responder programs: assessing impacts and estimating the cost savings of diversion from hospitalization and incarceration

The role of family support on the effects of paramedic role overload on resilience, intention to leave and promotive voice

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