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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
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The social determinants of otitis media in aboriginal children in Australia: are we addressing the primary causes? A systematic content review

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experience some of the highest rates of otitis media in the world. Key risk factors for otitis media in Aboriginal children in Australia are largely social and environmental factors such as ...
Jack DeLacy, Tinashe Dune, John J. Macdonald   +2 more
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Management of encounters related to subfertility and infertility in Australian general practice: a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Objective To investigate the management of subfertility and infertility among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander females attending Australian general practice.
E Gilbert, A. Rumbold, S. Campbell, J. A. Boyle, L. Grzeskowiak   +4 more
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers’ voices on the rights to sovereignty and self-determination in the field of health and medical research

First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal
Due to exclusionary policies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have only been invited to be part of academic institutions in Australia for the past 65 years.
Felicity Collis, Kade Booth, Jamie Bryant, Catherine Chamberlain, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Kalinda Griffiths, Mark Wenitong, Peter O’Mara, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Kelvin Kong, Michelle Kennedy   +11 more
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Tackling Indigenous smoking: a good news story in Australian tobacco control

Public Health Research & Practice, 2020
There is good news to tell about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco control: smoking prevalence is falling and government funding has been secured in a climate of under-investment in prevention.
David P Thomas , Tom Calma
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Current Policy Issues

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 1998
This article addresses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health problems and critically investigates current government policies which are attempting to raise the health standards of these Indigenous people. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, which, according to the Australian ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
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Strengthening Treaty Understanding: The Role of Education in Building Durable Indigenous–State Agreements

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Education is a central mechanism for ensuring that Indigenous–State treaties are understood, supported and endure through political change. Public knowledge shapes the negotiation, acceptance, implementation and long‐term stability of agreements. In Australia, however, treaty knowledge remains fragmented.
Jacob Prehn, Harry Hobbs, Jessica Horton
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How To Attract, Retain and Grow the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce in Australia: A self-determined approach

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
Racism in the healthcare system results in harm experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Countering racism and achieving culturally safe healthcare will not be possible without self-determination, meaning Aboriginal and Torres ...
Jayde Fuller , Melissa Browning, Jacinta Evans, Nikola Balvin   +3 more
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