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Access to Transition Planning and Support for Young People Who Self‐Place When in Out‐Of‐Home Care: The Perspectives of Young People and Practitioners

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the experiences of young people in Queensland, Australia, under child protection orders who leave approved out‐of‐home care placements (e.g., foster; residential care) to stay in unapproved locations (e.g., sleeping on the streets; staying with friends, family/kin, or strangers).
Jemma Venables, Laura Simpson Reeves, Kathy Ellem, Karen Healy, Joel Cullin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Influences Open Defecation and Latrine Ownership in Rural Households?: Findings from a Global Review [PDF]

, 2014
In this review, the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank identifies commonalities and differences across sanitation market research studies it has conducted in eight countries since 2006 to determine factors that affect sanitation behaviors ...
Kathryn O'Connell
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Role of the employment status and education of mothers in the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Mexican rural schoolchildren [PDF]

, 2006
<p><b>Background:</b> Intestinal parasitic infections are a public health problem in developing countries such as Mexico. As a result, two governmental programmes have been implemented: a) "National Deworming Campaign" and b ...
BD Cabrera, C Diaz, CF Contreras, CV Holland, D Prakash, D Sanjur, DAP Bundy, David WT Crompton, E Carrera, EK Markell, F Curtale, Gloria Morales, H Wamani, INEGI, J Navarrete, J Nematian, JF Lindo, JM Shield, KL Tucker, Luis Quihui, M Fallah, M Norhayati, Mauro E Valencia, MM Yassin, MS Prado, N Pearce, P Aimpum, P Payapvipapong, Paul Hagan, S Hayashi, SEDESOL, Silvia P Díaz-Camacho, SP Kan, SP Kan, Stephen Phillips, WHO, WHO   +36 more
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships and Identity: An Ethnographic Study With Young People in South‐East Queensland Who Had Left Out‐Of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Young people who transition to adulthood while transitioning from out‐of‐home care, like their peers not in care may face several challenges in early adulthood. These include, high housing costs, fixed (often low) incomes, limited access to jobs and further education, developing and consolidating personal relationships and pressures from ...
Madonna Boman
wiley   +1 more source

What Works at Scale? Distilling the Critical Success Factors for Scaling Up Rural Sanitation [PDF]

, 2014
This paper is based on the Knowledge Sharing Forum of the same name. It examines the conditions for success in sanitation programs and strategies that lead to robust implementation in various ...

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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

Pleiotropic and Novel Phenotypes in The \u3cem\u3eDrosophila\u3c/em\u3e Gut Caused by Mutation of \u3cem\u3eDrop-Dead\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2018
Normal gut function is vital for animal survival, and deviations from such function can contribute to malnutrition, inflammation, increased susceptibility to pathogens, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.
Benske, Anika, Billen, Johan, Blumenthal, Edward M., Conway, Sean, Kentala, Kaitlin, Sansone, Christine Lynn, Vanden Broeck, Jozef   +6 more
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Yunweiling alleviates functional constipation: integrating network pharmacology and experimental study

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
In a study combining network pharmacological analysis and experimental verification, yunweiling has been shown improve functional constipation by inhibiting the PI3K‐Akt‐p53 signaling pathway and reducing the expression of TP53. Abstract Background This study investigated the impacts and mechanisms of yunweiling in the management of Functional ...
Peng Zhang, Wei Li, Weiwen Zheng, Jinwen Liu, Nuonan She, Xia Chen, Weibo Wen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source