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Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment.
Gabrielle R. Hunt, Carmela Bastian, Luke Cantley, Ulrike Marwitz, Daryl J. Higgins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

To what extent could eliminating racial discrimination reduce inequities in mental health and sleep problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children? A causal mediation studyResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
Summary: Background: Racism is a fundamental cause of health inequities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. We estimated the potential reduction in inequities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's mental health and sleep ...
Naomi Priest, Shuaijun Guo, Rushani Wijesuriya, Catherine Chamberlain, Rosemary Smith, Sharon Davis, Janine Mohamed, Margarita Moreno-Betancur   +7 more
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Clinical encounters of Australian general practice registrars with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objective: General practice is central to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care, and this area is a core element of Australian general practice (GP) training.
Allison Thomson, Simon Morgan, Peter O'Mara, Amanda Tapley, Kim Henderson, Mieke van Driel, Christopher Oldmeadow, Jean Ball, John Scott, Neil Spike, Lawrie McArthur, Parker Magin   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting Aged Care Worker Wellbeing: A Qualitative Document Analysis of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart, Kate Churruca, Maree Saba, Janet C Long, Peter D. Hibbert, Amy Nguyen, Viviana Wuthrich, Bronwyn Newman, Leonard C. Gray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Taking the next steps: identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in general practice [PDF]

, 2013
This report argues that the general practice sector needs to collect the Indigenous status of patients in order to provide health interventions specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, suggesting effective Indigenous identification ...

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Alcohol and Other Drug Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Changes in the Landscape From 2011 to 2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People impacted by alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are supported across a range of health and social service settings, often by workers in generalist roles who may not have specialist training. Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in equipping AOD workers with the knowledge and skills required for practice, yet there is no ...
Kirrilly Thompson, Jane Anne Fischer, Armin Muminovic, Gianluca Di Censo, Olivia Gray, Ashlea Bartram, Jacqueline A. Bowden   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations: online services report - key results 2012-13 [PDF]

, 2014
Summary: This fifth national report provides an overview of 260 Australian Government-funded organisations that aim to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Rethinking Support Allocation: Mental Health and Patterns of Homelessness Support Utilisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness support agencies face substantial puzzles in allocating scarce resources: who gets access and who stays on the waitlist? This paper examines the influence of mental illness on the patterns of consuming non‐clinical homelessness support by persons experiencing homelessness and at risk.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley
wiley   +1 more source

A rapid review to inform the policy and practice for the implementation of chronic disease prevention and management programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in primary care

Health Research Policy and Systems
Background More than 35% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults live with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. There is a pressing need for chronic disease prevention and management among Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...
Uday Narayan Yadav, Jasmine Meredith Davis, Keziah Bennett-Brook, Julieann Coombes, Rosemary Wyber, Odette Pearson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Better cardiac care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: first national report 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
Mortality from cardiac conditions for Indigenous Australians decreased by 41% between 1998 and 2012, while access to cardiac care has improved over time.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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