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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEINGEVALUATION OF THE 2003 CROC FESTIVALTM PORT AUGUSTA, DERBY, MOREE AND THURSDAY ISLAND

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APPENDIX A: SPONSORSHIP, COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIOURALOBJECTIVES

Objectives

Listed below are the sponsorship, communication and behavioural objectives specified by each

Department:

Sponsorship Objectives

The overall sponsorship objective is to instil a sense of pride for self/culture/country, including greater

understanding of Indigenous culture by non-Indigenous students interested in learning more about

Indigenous culture. A range of sponsorship objectives have been designated by the various

Departments:

Health

• To create an opportunity to deliver drug prevention and education messages;

• To promote healthy lifestyles.

Education

• To create an opportunity to improve attendance and bonding at school; and

• To connect learning outcomes from the Festivals to the world beyond the school environment;

Employment

• To create an opportunity to demonstrate a diverse range of potential career opportunities through

the careers market; and

• To promote a broad cross section of organisations promoting both Indigenous and non-Indigenous

employment opportunities

Crime Prevention

• To encourage the positive use of free time;

• To promote the prevention of violence in Indigenous communities;



• To encourage the development of responsible attitudes;

• To reduce the likelihood of rural and remote youth becoming involved in crime; and

• To reduce the fear of crime in Indigenous communities.

Top Watch Quarantine

• To demonstrate AQIS’s commitment to working with northern Australian communities, through its

campaign Top Watch Quarantine;

• To engender a sense of shared responsibility for quarantine between AQIS and the communities

of northern Australia;

• To communicate and reinforce the link between Top Watch Quarantine and respect for

self/culture/country;

• To help foster Respect for Country which in turn fosters community support for Top Watch

Quarantine and its objectives; and

• To assist in maintaining a high quarantine presence, through public awareness of the Top Watch

Quarantine brand and the quarantine message behind the brand (ie Keep a Top Watch

Quarantine for pests, report strange activities and pests to Quarantine or a parent or ranger,

respect your self/culture/country).

Youth Development

• To create a supportive and inclusive environment for young people (including strategies to prevent

bullying);

• To create opportunities for success and recognition of an achievement;

• To provide opportunities to meet positive role models; and

• To create an opportunity to contribute to a sense of social cohesion and pride in the community.

Social Justice and Reconciliation

• To encourage the development of cultural understanding and tolerance; and

• To contribute to the reconciliation process within Indigenous communities and between all

Australians.



Community Collaboration

• To facilitate the opportunity for community collaboration leading to positive outcomes among

young people in their communities.

Behavioural Objectives

A range of long term behavioural objectives have been designated by the various Departments:

• To reduce prevalence of smoking, drinking and other drug use in the community;

• To increase student attendance and retention in school;

• To increase the number of students entering the workforce after school;

• To reduce the incidence of domestic violence;

• To reduce the incidence of crime;

• To increase reporting of potential Quarantine threats; and

• To adhere to the Quarantine laws operating in the Torres Strait (residents of this region only, that

is, some of the Weipa Festival participants who have travelled from the Torres Strait).

Communication Objectives

A range of communication objectives have been designated by the various Departments:

Awareness

• To promote awareness of the sponsorship theme 'Respect Yourself, Respect Your Culture' and

the tagline 'Croc Festivals are a 100% Alcohol and Smoke-free celebration';

• To increase awareness that a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle requires positive choices and

personal decisions;

• To promote awareness of negative health consequences of smoking, excessive drinking and other

drug use;

• To promote awareness of the benefits of not smoking, not drinking excessively and not using other

drugs;

• To increase awareness of the benefits of staying in school;



• To increase awareness of potential career opportunities;

• To increase awareness of the negative consequences of violence in the community;

• To increase awareness of the connection between choices, consequences and being in control;

• To increase awareness of the critical role of quarantine in northern Australia; and

• To increase awareness of the connection between respect for self / culture / country and

quarantine.

Attitude

• To reduce antisocial norms and favourable attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco and other drug use;

• To promote and reinforce positive attitudes towards staying in school to increase opportunities;

• To increase confidence to pursue a range of career options;

• To reduce perceived acceptability of violence and crime in communities; and

• To promote and reinforce positive attitudes toward quarantine amongst communities of northern

Australia within the context of respect for self /culture / country.

Intention

• To promote and reinforce intentions to adopt strategies to avoid alcohol-related harm when

drinking and/or when in situations where others are drinking;

• To promote and reinforce attitudes to adopt strategies to avoid tobacco and other drug use;

• To generate and reinforce intention to stay at school to increase opportunities;

• To generate and reinforce intention to investigate different career options;

• To generate and reinforce intention to avoid becoming involved in criminal or violent activities; and

• To generate and reinforce intentions to keep a Top Watch for quarantine threats; protect one's

country from pests and disease; call quarantine if one sees pests and disease.



APPENDIX B: IN-FESTIVAL SURVEY

Face-to-face survey to be conducted with STUDENTS during the festival

Hi, I’m asking some questions about Croc Festival, and would like to find out what you thinkabout it. Do you want to answer some questions – it will take about 10 minutes. There maybe some questions that you don’t want to answer, and that is fine, just tell me when we get tothem and we can skip those ones.

1. Which school are you from? (Include location) ______________________________

If have permission from school: We have spoken with your school and they have said that itis OK to ask you some questions, as long as it is OK with you. Would you like to answersome questions?

2. Have you (or are you going to) perform here at the Croc Festival?� Yes� No

3. What do you think of the Croc Festival so far?__________________________________________________________________________

4. Do you think Croc Festival is� Excellent� Really good� Not that good� Not good at all

5. What do you like the best about Croc Festival? [DO NOT READ OUT]

� Activities/workshops Which ones? ________________________� Croc Disco� Performing on stage� Watching the performances� Practicing for performance� Indigenous culture� Learning new things� Meeting new people� Good community atmosphere� Nothing � Something else ___________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Is there anything you don’t you like about the Croc Festival? [DO NOT READ OUT]

� Not being able to do all the activities� A particular activity or workshop _______________________________________



� Toilets/showers� The food� The weather� The Croc village� Not enough shade� Nothing � Something else ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Have you learnt anything new at the Croc Festival?� Yes� No

8. If yes – what sort of things have you learnt about? [DO NOT READ OUT]� Meeting new people� Cultural sharing/reconciliation� Self-esteem confidence� Working together� Career opportunities� The importance of going school � Quarantine /Top watch� Negatives of cigarettes� Negatives of alcohol� Negatives of other drugs� Quarantine /Top watch� General health/nutrition� Having fun� New dance moves� Sport� Music

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Have you learnt anything new about (Read out, tick if yes)� Alcohol � Cigarettes� Marijuana/other drugs� Fitness/Exercise� Healthy foods/nutrition� Quarantine /Top watch� The importance of going to school� Having fun

10. Has being at Croc Festival made you think about your own behaviour either now orin the future? Has it made you think about

The importance of attending school � Yes � No � Don’t know �Not relevantThe importance of NOT smoking cigarettes � Yes � No � Don’t know �Not relevantThe importance of NOT drinking alcohol � Yes � No � Don’t know �Not relevantThe importance of NOT using drugs � Yes � No � Don’t know �Not relevant



11. Have you heard or seen…

Have you heard or seen“Respect Yourself, RespectYour Culture”

� Yes� No

What do you think this means?What do you think this means?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If yes, had you seen orheard this before thisfestival?

� Yes� No

Have you heard or seen orheard “CFs are a 100%Alcohol & Smoke Freecelebration”

� Yes� No

What do you think this means?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


� Yes� No

Have you heard or seen“Education = Success”

� Yes� No



� Yes� No

Have you heard or seen“Supporting YoungAustralians”

� Yes� No



� Yes� No

11b Have you seen the ‘Strong and Smart’ magazine as part of your Croc Festivalkit?

� Yes� No

11c What do you think of the ‘Strong and Smart’ guide?� It is good – lots of interesting stuff in it� It is OK – it has some interesting stuff� I didn’t like it that much� Haven’t read it / don’t really remember much about it� Other _______________________________



12. Which expos/workshops have you been to so far?

If mentioned, ask “how did you feel about it?”(READ)

Health Expo � It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Goal Setting Workshop � It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Careers market � It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Croc Sports Clinic � It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Croc Visual Arts Workshop � It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Croc Performing ArtsWorkshop

� It was good – I learned lots of new stuff� It was OK – it had some interesting stuff� It wasn’t really helpful for me� Other _______________________________

Something else_____________________________


Something else_____________________________




13. What has been your favourite so far? � Health Expo� Goal Setting Workshop� Careers market� Croc Sports Clinic� Croc Visual Arts Workshop� Croc Performing Arts Workshop� Something else _____________________________

Why?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Have you been to any other Croc Festivals?� Yes� No

15. Which ones?� Thursday Island - What year?______________� Weipa - What year? ______________� Nhulunbuy- What year? ______________� Moree - What year? ______________� Port Augusta - What year? ______________� Other ______________

16. Do you like this Croc Festival …� Better� Not as much� About the same

17. Why?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Finally, just a few questions about yourself. Let me know if you would prefer not to answerthem.

18. How old are you?� 8 � 11 � 14 � 17� 9 � 12 � 15 � 18� 10 � 13 � 16

19. Gender� Male� Female

20. Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander� Aboriginal� Torres Strait Islander� Non-Indigenous

21. If you have a chance, would you like to participate in Croc Festival next year?� Yes� No� Unsure

22. Do you think the Croc Festival has made this community a nice place to be?� Yes� No� Unsure

23. Is there anything you would like to change to make Croc Festival better next year?[DO NOT READ OUT]

� More opportunities to interact with other kids / between schools� More interactive activities� More specifically tailored for Indigenous kids� Less specifically tailored for Indigenous kids� Better food� Improve toilets/showers� More shade� Something else _____________________________

Explain: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s all the questions I have. Thanks a lot for your time, and I hope you enjoy the rest of CrocFestival.



APPENDIX C: POST-FESTIVAL SURVEYS

Activity Sheet – Post Festival Research: PRIMARY SCHOOL

1. (DRAW A PICTURE OR WRITE)

1a.

The things I like about school are…

1b.

The things I don’t like about school are…

2. What do you want to be/do when you grow up? (DRAW A PICTURE OR WRITE)

3. Is school important for you to be able to do that?

4. How often do you wag school?

never all the time

yes no



Feelings

Draw a square around the bear that shows how you would feel in the following

situations.

5. When I see adults drinking alcohol …

6. If my friends were drinking alcohol…

−

7. If I saw people fighting …

8. If I saw people being mean to my friends …

Happy Want themto stop

Sad Want towalk away

Angry Don’t care



8. If I saw someone being bullied …

9. If I saw people stealing something …



Behaviour

10. Have you smoked cigarettes in the last week?…

� Yes � No

If yes, how many cigarettes have you smoked in the last week?

� 1-2 � 3-5 � 6-10 � More than 10

11. Have you drunk alcohol in the past 2 weeks?…

� Yes � No

If yes, on the last time you had alcohol, how many drinks did you have?

� a sip � 1 drink � 2-4 drinks � More than 5 drinks

Having fun without alcohol, drugs or cigarettes…

12. Mark the line for how easy or hard it is to have fun without alcohol.

13. Mark the line for how easy or hard it is to have fun without cigarettes.

easy hard

easy hard



Bullying and teasing…

14. What do you usually think when you see people being teased, called names or leftout of things?� Think it's pretty good - sometimes it can be funny� It's OK - it's part of school� I don’t care really� I don’t like it - it's not very nice� I don’t like it at all - I think it's really bad

15. What do you usually think when you see someone being hit or in a fight? � Think it's pretty good - sometimes it can be funny� It's OK - it's part of school� I don’t care really� I don’t like it - it's not very nice� I don’t like it at all - I think it's really bad

Croc Festival16 Did you go to the Croc Festival ? (tick)

� Yes� No

17 Thinking about the Croc Festival was it: 15 �� Excellent

�� Really good16 �� Not that good17 �� Not good at all

18 Would you like to go again next year?� Yes� No

19 What did you like best about the Croc Fest? (Just pick one)�� Activities/workshops (Which ones?) ________________________�� Croc Disco�� Performing on stage�� Watching the performances�� Practicing for performance�� Indigenous culture�� Learning new things�� Meeting new people�� Good community atmosphere�� Something else ___________________________________________



20 Which workshop did you like the best? (Just pick one)

Health Expo

��

Why did you choose this one?

Sports Clinic

��


Goal-SettingWorkshop

��


Careers Expo

��


Visual Arts

��


Performing Arts

��




21 Did you learn anything new at the Croc Festival?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22 Is there anything about Croc Fest that you would change for next time?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. Are you male of female? (Circle)

24. Are you Aboriginal? (tick)

� �

25. Are you Torres Strait Islander? (tick)

� �

26. How old are you ? (tick)

yes no

yes no



� 7-9 � 10-12 � Over 12



Activity Sheet –QUARANTINE QUESTIONS (Thursday Island and Derby)

Quarantine / Top Watch

27. Have you heard of Quarantine / Top Watch before?

� Yes � No

28. What do you think Quarantine / Top Watch means?

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

29. How important is Quarantine / Top Watch to your community?



Activity Sheet – POST FESTIVAL Research: HIGH SCHOOL

1. (DRAW A PICTURE OR WRITE)

1a.

The things I like about school are…

1b.

The things I don’t like about school are…

2. What do you want to be/do when you are an adult?

3. Is school important for you to be able to do that?

� Yes � No

4. How often do you wag school?

never all the time



Attitudes

Finish the following sentences and circle the face that best shows how you would feel.

5. When I see adults drinking alcohol …

I would feel ….

Anything else you want to write?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

6. If my friends were drinking alcohol…

I would feel….


__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Eager Curious Pressured Cautious Angry

Surprised Happy Worried Don’t care Sad





6a. If my friends were smoking dope…

I would feel…


__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

7. If I see people fighting …

I would feel…


__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________







8. If I see people being bullied …

I would feel…


__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

9. If I see people stealing …

I would feel…


__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________







Behaviour

10. Have you smoked cigarettes in the last week?…� Yes � No

If yes, how many cigarettes have you smoked in the last week?� 1-2 � 3-5 � 6-10 � More than 10

11. Have you drunk alcohol in the past 2 weeks?…� Yes � No

If yes, on the last time you had alcohol, how many drinks did you have?� a sip � 1 drink � 2-4 drinks � More than 5 drinks

Having fun without alcohol, drugs or cigarettes…

12. Mark the line for how easy or hard it is to have fun without alcohol.

13. Mark the line for how easy or hard it is to have fun without cigarettes.

13a. Mark the line for how easy or hard it is to have fun without marijuana or other drugs?

easy hard

easy hard

easy hard



Bullying and teasing…

14. What do you usually think when you see people being teased, called names or leftout of things?� Think it's pretty good - sometimes it can be funny� It's OK - it's part of school� I don’t care really� I don’t like it - it's not very nice� I don’t like it at all - I think it's really bad

15. What do you usually think when you see someone being hit or in a fight? � Think it's pretty good - sometimes it can be funny� It's OK - it's part of school� I don’t care really� I don’t like it - it's not very nice� I don’t like it at all - I think it's really bad

Croc Festival16 Did you go to the Croc Festival ? (tick)

� Yes� No

17 Thinking about the Croc Festival was it: 18 �� Excellent

�� Really good19 �� Not that good20 �� Not good at all

18 Would you like to go again next year?� Yes� No

19 What did you like best about the Croc Fest? (Just pick one)�� Activities/workshops (Which ones?) ________________________�� Croc Disco�� Performing on stage�� Watching the performances�� Practicing for performance�� Indigenous culture�� Learning new things�� Meeting new people�� Good community atmosphere�� Something else ___________________________________________



20 Which workshop did you like the best? (Just pick one)

Health Expo

��


Sports Clinic

��


Goal-SettingWorkshop

��


Careers Expo

��


Visual Arts

��


Performing Arts

��




21 Did you learn anything new at the Croc Festival?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22 Is there anything about Croc Fest that you would change for next time?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. Are you male of female? (Circle)

24. Are you Aboriginal? (tick)

� �

25. Are you Torres Strait Islander? (tick)

� �

26. How old are you ? (tick)

yes no

yes no



� 7-9 � 10-12 � Over 12



Activity Sheet –QUARANTINE QUESTIONS (Thursday Island and Derby)

Quarantine / Top Watch

27. Have you heard of Quarantine / Top Watch before?

� Yes � No

28. What do you think Quarantine / Top Watch means?

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

29. How important is Quarantine / Top Watch to your community?

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