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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality here, there and everywhere: the application of a multi-dimensional learning tool to learning disability health services [PDF]

, 1999
The following paper examines the applicability of Maxwell’s (1984) Multi-dimensional Quality Evaluation model to community learning disability health services.
McKenzie, Karen, White, David, Murray, George, Paxton, Donna   +3 more
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Reform and equity in the access to and use of health services in bogotá, colombia

, 2001
In the present study we intended to evaluate the impact of the transformation of the national health system into the Social Security Health System upon the equity in access to health services as well as their use and quality. We interpreted equity as the equal opportunity for all people of gaining real access to health services. A cross-sectional study
Martínez, Patricia, Rodríguez, Luis A., Agudelo Calderón, Carlos Alberto   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Institutional Economics Perspective on the Relationship Among Societal Values, Governance Structure and Access to Rural Health Care Services [PDF]

According to New Institutional Economics, transactional activities, governance structures, institutions and beliefs and values are related hierarchally.
James, Harvey S., Jr.
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University students' access and use of sexual and reproductive health services in Australia

University attendance can lead to changes in sexual behaviour that place people at increased risk of negative sexual and reproductive health (SRH) experiences; however, relatively few studies have explored access to and use of SRH services by university ...
Ariana, Armin, Doherty, Pamela, Bell, Sara F.E., Debattista, Joseph, Dean, Judith A., Mundie, Arabella, Dean, Judith A, Mullens, Amy B., Fein, Erich C., Gu, Zhihong, Gilks, Charles F., Fein, Erich C, Bell, Sara FE, Mullens, Amy B, Bell, Sara F. E., Wenham, Kathryn, Daken, Kirstie, Durham, Jo, https://orcid.org/, Gilks, Charles F   +19 more
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Filling the gap: equity and access to oral health services for minorities and the underserved.

Family medicine, 1998
Family physicians and other primary care providers play a pivotal role in preventing oral disease, especially among minority and underserved populations who have limited access to dental services and poorer oral health status. Oral diseases/conditions, such as caries, baby bottle tooth decay, gingivitis, periodontitis, oral pharyngeal malignancies, and
M A, Drum, D W, Chen, R E, Duffy
openaire   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source