AWCH WA Research

Butterworth, D. & Mathiasen, L. (2002). ECU – Industry Collaborative Scheme. Early Intervention: A preventative approach to medical procedures with young children. Edith Cowan University, Perth.

Mathiasen, L. (2003). Children’s Attitudes to a Hospital Familiarisation Program. Unpublished master’s thesis, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.

PUBLICATIONS

Mathiasen, L. (2014). Prevention is better than cure: a Hands-on, Play-Based, Innovative, Health and Well-being Program in Remote Australia. Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital WA Inc. www.mdpi.com/journal/children/special_issues/play_children_health

Mathiasen, L. (2012). Hospital Play in a Remote Community in Australia. PlayRights Magazine, International Play Association: Promoting the Child’s Right to Play. 1:12. 9-11, 28-29.

Mathiasen, L. & Butterworth, D. (2012). Hospital Familiarisation Programme (Rev. ed.). Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital W.A. Inc.

Mathiasen, L., Bingham, P., Castledine, K. (2008). Report on an Integrated Health and Well-being Program at a Remote Indigenous School. The Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital WA Inc. Perth.

Mathiasen, L. & Butterworth, D. (2001). The Role of Play in the Hospitalisation of Young Children. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 4 (3), 23-26.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Mathiasen, L. & Bingham, P. (2012). Prevention is better than cure: An innovative approach to Education and Health and Well-being in remote Australia. Paper presented at the 21st Century Approach to Mental Health conference. Perth, Western Australia.

Butterworth, D. & Mathiasen, L. (2000). The Hospital Familiarisation Programme: Taking the fear out of health intervention. Paper presented at the University of Malaya Faculty of Education, International Conference Facing Changes in Early Childhood.

Butterworth, D. & Mathiasen, L. (2000). The Hospital Familiarisation Programme: Taking the fear out of health intervention. Paper presented at the 5th Edith Cowan Memorial Conference, Edith Cowan University.