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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
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Do summaries of evidence enable informed decision-making about COVID-19 and influenza vaccination equitably across more and less disadvantaged groups? Study protocol for a multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial of ‘fact boxes’ in health and social care in Germany

BMJ Open
Introduction Evidence summaries on the benefits and harms of treatment options support informed decisions under controlled conditions. However, few studies have investigated how such formats support decision-making across different social groups.
Felix G Rebitschek, Christin Ellermann, Nicolai Savaskan   +2 more
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies for Integrating Health Literacy into Entry-level OT Curricula: A Comprehensive Approach [PDF]

, 2016
Synopsis: Health literacy is a significant factor impacting the efficacy of healthcare services. Initiatives related to health literacy demonstrate that OTs have unique opportunities to promote health literacy and facilitate its integration into practice.
Miller, DrOT, OTR/L, Cheryl, Muhlenhaupt, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Mary, Toth-Cohen, PhD, OTR/L, Susan, Zapletal, MS, OTR/L, Audrey   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agribusiness: From Automation to Augmentation in a Global Context

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Alexis H. Villacis
wiley   +1 more source

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

Health literacy and primary health care [PDF]

, 2011
People with low levels of health literacy report poorer health status and experience poorer health outcomes compared to those with good health literacy.
Bywood, Petra Teresia, Howard, Sara Louise, Jackson-Bowers, Eleanor   +2 more
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of toxic metal exposure in the association of functional limitation and cardiovascular diseases among US adults

Discover Public Health
Background Functional limitations are common among US adults and are established predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, it is unclear whether exposure to toxic metals modifies the association between functional limitations and CVD risk ...
Rezaul Karim Ripon, Md Jamil Hossain, Mayra Volquez, Sujata Saunik, Srikanth Sola, Satish C. Govind, Suman Pawar, Narayana G. Prasad   +7 more
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A life course approach to health literacy: The role of gender, educational attainment, and lifetime cognitive capability [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Social inequalities in health are believed to arise in part because individuals make use of social and economic resources in order to improve survival. In recent years, health literacy has received increased attention as a factor that can help
Clouston, S, Manganello, JA, Richards, M
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