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Computer-assisted history-taking systems (CAHTS) in health care: benefits, risks and potential for further development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background A computer-assisted history-taking system (CAHTS) is a tool that aids clinicians in gathering data from patients to inform a diagnosis or treatment plan.
Anandan, Chantelle   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability Employment Policies and Practices in U.S. Federal Government Agencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
A survey of U.S. Federal agencies was initiated by the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, and 403 representatives of U.S.
Bruyere, Susanne M, Horne, Richard L
core   +1 more source

Adults With Intellectual Disability Moving out of the Family Home Using the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Family Members' Planning Experiences

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heat-Ready: heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities [PDF]

open access: yes
This study identifies the current policies and strategies Australian ACFs use to keep residents well, and highlights the barriers to heatwave adaptation and maintaining wellness in the residential aged during periods of extreme heat.
Craig Veitch   +2 more
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Young people and ICT- findings from a survey conducted autumn 2001: ICT in Schools research and evaluation series No. 5 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The report provides an analysis of the data gathered in a 2001 survey of the attitudes and experience of young people aged 5-18 years, and their parents, with regard to the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at home and at ...

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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixing modes in a population-based interview survey: comparison of a sequential and a concurrent mixed-mode design for public health research

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2018
Background Population-based surveys currently face the problem of decreasing response rates. Mixed-mode designs are now being implemented more often to account for this, to improve sample composition and to reduce overall costs.
Elvira Mauz   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Politics Goes Mobile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Analyzes survey findings on the use of cell phones to follow or participate in the 2010 elections including receiving updates from or contributing money to campaigns, sharing information on voting stations, and monitoring election results by ...
Aaron Smith, Lee Rainie
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