Are you a Victorian nurse or midwife interested in sharing your insights on drinking cultures within your professional community? Researchers from La Trobe University and Monash University want to hear from you.
Researchers are conducting an online survey to explore the unique dynamics of drinking cultures among nurses and midwives. Drinking together (e.g., after work or at work events) can be an important part of nurses’ and midwives’ occupational activities, offering opportunities to socialise, relax, debrief or network.
Your experiences and perspectives on drinking with colleagues are valuable in understanding the nature, meanings and purpose of drinking alcohol together within your occupational group, say researchers.
Participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous, you will not be identified.
To find out more and access the survey, click here.
This research is funded by the Australian Research Council and Victoria Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth).
As part of the research project, researchers are currently conducting a survey to explore the unique dynamics of drinking cultures among nurses and midwives working in Victoria. By drinking culture, they mean the ways a group of people drink alcoholic beverages, including their shared understandings of social norms, meanings and practices around drinking together.
They are interested in learning what people and social groups who enjoy drinking alcohol together think about their drinking – what it means to them, the ways they drink together, and what, if any, problems they see as arising when they drink together.
Drinking cultures among occupational groups is an important area for research because most Australians spend a lot of time attending to occupational responsibilities and interacting with co-workers. Researchers are interested in speaking with nurses and midwives as they are a group with a strong occupational identity.
Cross-sectional anonymous online surveys of nurses and midwives working in Victoria will be administered to investigate the drinking cultures (norms, meanings and practices) among these two occupational groups.
If you would like more information regarding the study or have any questions, please contact Dr Nyssa Ferguson n.ferguson@latrobe.edu.au
