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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

The equity of health service utilization in less developed areas of China: evidence from Gansu Province

BMC Public Health
Objective Equity is a key issue in the utilization of health services. However, existing research have focused on the developed eastern regions of China, and fails to account for the equity of the level of health service utilization (out-of-pocket ...
Jiaxian Zhou, Jianmiao Li, Ningwen Mao, Shuyi Li, Xi Chen, Dan Wang, Yanxia Zhang, Xiaoru Shi, Xin Gao, Shengxin Tao, Xuhong Pu, Jie Lu, Xiaobin Hu   +12 more
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Transportation and Access to Rural Healthcare in Mt Elias, uMshwathi Municipality

Social Sciences
Access to healthcare is a crucial factor in achieving health equity. In rural South Africa, geographical isolation and inadequate transportation systems continue to hinder access to healthcare services, despite the existence of progressive national ...
Babra Duri, Blessing Takawira
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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

Pursuit of Equity: Women on a Low Income Navigating Access to Health and Social Services in Canada

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Background Existing research highlights the role of social determinants of health, such as education and housing, in predicting health outcomes and the challenges that arise from deficiencies in these areas, often linked to societal inequities.
Lenora Duhn, Michaela Sparringa, Jennifer Waite, Pilar Camargo-Plazas   +3 more
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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

Deprivation and health : Social inequality and equity of access to health care services. [PDF]

The major aims of this research were to investigate and analyse the connections between social deprivation, health inequality and equity of access to health care. Local and national case studies were used to illustrate inequity of access and to explore and assess policies and procedures that attempted to address such inequities at a local level.
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
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

Implementing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Australia: A Five‐Phase Framework for Indigenous Data Governance

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the development of a five‐phase Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) Framework in Australia, focusing on partnerships between the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) sector and non‐Indigenous health entities.
Jacob Prehn, Michael A. Guerzoni, Maggie Walter, Gawaian Bodkin‐Andrews, Bobby Maher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source