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The entangled relationship between Indigenous spatiality and government service delivery [PDF]

, 2008
Drawing on research in Yamatji country, Western Australia, this paper examines the complex and often contested relationship between mobile Indigenous people living in regional and remote areas and the delivery of State housing, health and education ...
Sarah Prout
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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Indigenous condition in health services: comparison of quality of care 2012-2018 for poor population

Salud Pública de México, 2019
Objective. To compare the perception of the quality of ambulatory care in users of health services in 2012 and 2018, by indigenous and non-indigenous condition. Materials and methods.
Sergio Flores-Hernández, Laura Rosario Mendoza-Alvarado, Waldo Iván Vieyra-Romero, Estephanía Moreno-Zegbe, Arturo Cuauhtémoc Bautista-Morales, Hortensia Reyes-Morales   +5 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
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“It's Just Presence,” the Contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Professionals in Cancer Care in Queensland

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
Objectives: The aim of this research was to explore health professionals' perspectives on the provision of follow-up cancer care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in Queensland.Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ...
Audra de Witt, Audra de Witt, Audra de Witt, Frances C. Cunningham, Frances C. Cunningham, Ross Bailie, Nikki Percival, Jon Adams, Patricia C. Valery, Patricia C. Valery, Patricia C. Valery   +10 more
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EoL: Towards Quality Care at the End of Life [PDF]

, 2009
Palliative and end-of-life care must be available to all who require it, regardless of location, age, income, diagnosis or prognosis, and social and cultural background.

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‘The System Can't Cope’: The Service System Response to Alcohol and Other Drug‐Facilitated Sexual Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison, Jacqui Theobald, Kirsty Forsdike, Ingrid Wilson, Elena Wilson, Leesa Hooker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mental health of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
Indigenous Peoples face significant disparities related to mental health and well-being due to colonization and its ongoing impacts, further impacted by COVID-19.
Sarah J. Ponton, Mikaela Gabriel, Jay Lu, Suzanne Stewart, Roy Strebel, Sabina Mirza   +5 more
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Australian cancer services: a survey of providers’ efforts to meet the needs of Indigenous patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: To examine where Indigenous Australians undergo cancer treatment and learn about specific service initiatives that have been implemented to meet their needs. Methods: Public cancer treatment centres across Australia were invited to participate
Emma V. Taylor, Margaret M. Haigh, Shaouli Shahid, Gail Garvey, Joan Cunningham, Michele Holloway, Sandra C. Thompson   +6 more
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Contraceptive use and intent in Guatemala [PDF]

Guatemala is characterized by low contraceptive use rates and one of the highest fertility rates in the Western Hemisphere. These rates are particularly extreme for the poorest segment of the population and for the indigenous population.
Kathryn Grace
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