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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

Digital Divide In Indian Higher Education: A National Survey Of Access And Equity

, 2022
Jitandera Kumar Singh
openalex   +1 more source

Government policy on science education in Uganda: a glass ceiling for women's access to higher education [PDF]

, 2013
The paper assesses the Ugandan policy on science education and its implications for girls’ access to higher education. The rationale behind this policy was to build capacity in the field of science in Uganda.
Longman, Chia, Namatende Sakwa, Lydia
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Mobility, aspiration, voice : a new structure of feeling for student equity in higher education

, 2011
There is a changed ‘structure of feeling’ emerging in higher education systems, particularly in OECD nations, in response to changed social, cultural and economic arrangements.
Gale, Trevor, Sellar, Sam
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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

Access, expansion and equity in Higher Education: new challenges for Brazilian education policy

Sociologias
Higher education has come to be included in the list of items considered to be of priority and of strategic importance for the future of a nation: a generally accepted conviction that development requires an ever increasing level of education in the ...
Clarissa Eckert Baeta Neves, Leandro Raizer, Rochele Fellini Fachinetto, Robin Lane   +3 more
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Enhancing Access and Equity in Higher Education amongst the Rural Folks [PDF]

The expansion of educational opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa is not a new phenomenon. For example, Africans have ventured far and wide worldwide in search of education in a period stretching as far as a half a century ago.
Nason, Benson Vundi
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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

Socioeconomic inequalities related to perceived difficulty in accessing health services among older adults: A cross-sectional analysis of SABE Study Data.

PLoS ONE
Analysis of trends and the magnitude of inequalities in access to health services contributes to identifying privileged groups and facilitates discussions on equity policies. Brazil has an important context for studying healthcare access inequalities due
Elaine Cristina Tôrres Oliveira, Marília Cristina Prado Louvison, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Fabíola Bof de Andrade   +3 more
doaj   +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