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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitate primary health care access among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people: a qualitative study in Southeast Queensland

BMC Primary Care
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 15–24 years of age often encounter challenges accessing and utilising primary health care (PHC).
Stephen Harfield, Judith A. Dean, Peter Azzopardi, Gita D. Mishra, James Ward   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Envisioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AI Futures Communique: March 2025

Journal of Global Indigeneity
In January 2025, over forty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers, practitioners, community members, and allies, gathered at the Centre for Global Indigenous Futures at the Wallumattagal Campus of Macquarie University in Sydney to envisage ...
Rose Barrowcliffe, Ben Hutchinson, Angie Abdilla, Lesley Acres, Bianca Beetson, Aaron Bell, Penelope Benton, Becky Bligh, Robert Bowen, Nichola Burton, Bronwyn Carlson, Renee Cawthorne, Andrew Hammond, Innez Haua, Courtney Henry, Bernadette Hyland-Wood, Rebecca Lyons, Robert McLellan, Georgia Mokak, Levi Murray, Lotus Rana, Cassandra Sedran-Price, Peter Sefton, Ryan Stoker, Narissa Timbery, Danilo Urzedo, Phoebe Weston-Evans, Tamika Worrell, Shevaun Wright, Becki Cook, Andrew Farrell, Dennis Fay, John Fejo, Jenny Fewster, Neenah Gray, David Hackman   +35 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
wiley   +1 more source

“This is my boy’s health! Talk straight to me!” perspectives on accessible and culturally safe care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients of clinical genetics services

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people do not enjoy equal access to specialist health services that adequately meet their needs. Clinical genetics services are at the vanguard of realising the health benefits of genomic medicine.
Philippa Dalach, Ravi Savarirayan, Gareth Baynam, Julie McGaughran, Emma Kowal, Libby Massey, Misty Jenkins, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eating disorder features in indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Peoples [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2012
Obesity and related cardiovascular and metabolic conditions are well recognized problems for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, there is a dearth of research on relevant eating disorders (EDs) such as binge eating disorder in these groups.Data were obtained from interviews of 3047 (in 2005) and 3034 (in 2008) adults who ...
Hay, Phillipa (R12066), Carriage, Christine (R15005)   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Examining the Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Young Australians’ School‐Level Education

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian policy and practice increasingly acknowledges the need to respond to children as victim‐survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV) in their own right. As part of this, and in recognition that schools often have the most consistent contact with young people experiencing DFV, there is mounting recognition of the role education ...
Rebecca Stewart, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Steven Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are there systematic barriers to participation in cancer treatment trials by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients in Australia?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: To identify factors that may systematically reduce opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to participate in cancer clinical trials.
Joan Cunningham, Gail Garvey
doaj   +1 more source

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ relationships to ‘Country’ [PDF]

, 2014
This chapter provides an overview of transportation planning in Australia and considers the role of transport in environmental planning. The chapter begins with a short history of transport in Australia over the past century followed by a look at how future transport needs are determined and how to best manage traffic congestion.
openaire   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators for health professionals referring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco smokers to the Quitline [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To examine the barriers and facilitators among health professionals to providing referrals to Quitline for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients who smoke. Methods: A brief online survey, based on the Theoretical Domains Framework, was
Bowden, J., Dono, J., Martin, K., Mckivett, A., Miller, C., O'Dea, K., Rayner, J., Rigney, N., Roder, D., Sparrow, A.   +9 more
core   +1 more source