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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

Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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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

Nurse Practitioner’s Perception and Knowledge of Health Literacy

, 2018
A small proportion of U.S. adults are proficient enough in health literacy to understand and use health information effectively. Providers may lack knowledge of basic health literacy facts, consequences associated with low health literacy, health ...
Phillips, Kelli
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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

Building Health Literacy : A Pedagogical Model for Good Health and Well-Being

The aim of this chapter is to present a pedagogical model for building health literacy to obtain sustainable health services at both an individual and organ isational level. Health-literate people and organisations are better able to access, analyse, and
Landstad, Bodil J.,, Kvangarsnes, Marit, Bårdsgjerde, Elise K., Hole, Torstein, Dahl, Berit M.   +4 more
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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

Nursing Assesment of Health Literacy

, 2016
Health literacy impacts the health outcomes of many Americans and affects the ability of the health care system to provide consumers with effective, equitable and quality care.
Grace, Stacy Onnolea.
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Health literacy and older adults' comprehension of multimedia health information

, 2010
Inadequate health literacy is an important barrier to self-care, having been linked to various poor self-care behaviors and health outcomes. Low levels of health literacy likely compromise self-care by impacting patients’ ability to comprehend health ...
D'Andrea, Laura M.
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