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‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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Indigenous child safety [PDF]

, 2014
Indigenous children are over represented in areas where child safety and security are compromised, argues this report. Summary National data show that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are over-represented in various aspects of child ...

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Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA

BMC Health Services Research
Background Indigenous adolescents access primary health care services at lower rates, despite their greater health needs and experience of disadvantage.
Stephen Harfield, Tara Purcell, Eliza Schioldann, James Ward, Odette Pearson, Peter Azzopardi   +5 more
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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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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: New South Wales [PDF]

, 2013
This report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in New South Wales are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants of health and health system performance.

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To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: Queensland [PDF]

, 2013
This report provides the latest information on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland are faring according to a range of indicators on health status, determinants of health and health system performance. Indicators are based on

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Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment.
Gabrielle R. Hunt, Carmela Bastian, Luke Cantley, Ulrike Marwitz, Daryl J. Higgins   +4 more
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Homelessness among Indigenous Australians [PDF]

, 2014
This paper presents information on the prevalence of homelessness among Indigenous Australians, the characteristics of Indigenous people who are homeless, and the use of specialist homelessness services by Indigenous people who are homeless or at risk of

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