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Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald, Lee Cubis, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting Aged Care Worker Wellbeing: A Qualitative Document Analysis of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart, Kate Churruca, Maree Saba, Janet C Long, Peter D. Hibbert, Amy Nguyen, Viviana Wuthrich, Bronwyn Newman, Leonard C. Gray, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Affiliation Data and Measurement Errors in the German Socio-Economic Panel [PDF]

This paper shows that there are severe measurement errors regarding the occupational affiliations in the German Socio-Economic Panel. These errors are traced back to the survey structure: in years where occupational information is gathered from the ...
Aysen Isaoglu
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Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with happiness in Japanese worker types of occupational activity requirements. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hinakura K, Yasunaga A, Kurosawa S, Hosokawa Y, Ishii K, Oka K, Shibata A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Female‐Specific Risk of TAS2R Variants in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Hospital‐Based Cohort Study From the Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) function in the innate immune defense of the sinonasal mucosa; however, the genetic association between the TAS2R gene family and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) remains understudied in Asian populations.
Rong‐San Jiang, Man‐Wei Hua, I‐Chieh Chen, Yi‐Ming Chen, Shun‐Hung Lin, Kuan‐Yu Lai, Yi‐Chen Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Possible Sarcopenia is Related to Leisure-Time Physical Activity but Not to Occupational Activity. [PDF]

Ann Geriatr Med Res
Kim B, Osuka Y, Zhao X, Okubo Y, Kim GM, Oh S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Research progress on biomarkers of traumatic brain injury

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Traumatic brain injury: From primary insult to secondary neuroinflammation and degeneration. Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common disorder of the nervous system and has become a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, imposing a substantial burden on patients and their social circles. Its main symptoms include dyskinesia, language
Xuting Shen, Si Cheng, Shuyi Chen, Mengyue Wang, Tangying Li, Weicheng Xu, Yifan Zhang, Ping Yuan, Lei Shi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a sheep model of knee osteoarthritis and preliminary magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound evaluation

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study was the first to induce knee osteoarthritis (KOA) by administering monoiodoacetate to sheep to develop a novel animal model of KOA. Radiographic, gross, and histological changes consistent with KOA developed in all sheep; however, only two sheep developed behavioral signs of KOA pain. Magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) was
Xuejun Du, Andrew Spiteri, Arik Hananel, Abhijit Dighe, Richard J. Price, Xinlin Yang, Quanjun Cui   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Chronic Spontaneous or Inducible Urticaria on Occupational Activity. [PDF]

Acta Derm Venereol
Baudy A, Raison-Peyron N, Serrand C, Crépy MN, Du-Thanh A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source