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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fibrotic pulmonary dust foci is an advanced pneumoconiosis lesion in rats induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a 2-year inhalation study

Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Background We have previously reported that inhalation exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) for 13 weeks causes early pneumoconiosis lesions in the alveolar region of F344 rats.
Shotaro Yamano, Yumi Umeda
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder, Olivia Crivari, Phillippa Carnemolla, Libby Callaway   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

National assessment of the occupational safety and health workforce [PDF]

""A fundamental part of the mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is developing and supporting a new generation of occupational safety and health (OS&H) professionals, which in turn is critical to the future of ...

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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

Returning to work after sickness absence due to common mental disorders: study design and baseline findings from an 18 months mixed methods follow-up study in Germany

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background With nearly 30 % of the general population experiencing one mental disorder in 12 months, common mental disorders (CMDs) are highly prevalent in Germany and mainly affect the workforce.
Alexandra Sikora, Gundolf Schneider, Ralf Stegmann, Uta Wegewitz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Empirical Analysis on Labor Unions and Occupational Safety and Health Committees’ Activity, and Their Relation to the Changes in Occupational Injury and Illness Rate

Safety and Health at Work, 2011
Objectives: To find out from an analysis of empirical data the levels of influence, which a labor union (LU) and Occupational Safety and Health Committee (OSHC) have in reducing the occupational injury and illness rate (OIIR) through their accident ...
Kwan Hyung Yi, Hm Hak Cho, Jiyun Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging technologies and the safety and health of working people; knowledge gaps and research directions [PDF]

"Changes in technologies have far outpaced our knowledge about the implications of these changes for the quality of working life and for safety and health on the job.

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