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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pension Ready Pension Happy

Journal of Economics, Finance And Management Studies
This international community service program (PKM) aims to improve the financial literacy of the Indonesian diaspora in Myanmar, with a focus on retirement readiness. Through observations and interviews, it was found that low financial literacy is a major obstacle in long-term financial planning.
M. Nuruddin Subhan, Riska Yustisiana, Bintang Andhyka, Wasi Widayadi, Murthada Sinuraya, Nathaniel Ephraim Panggabean, Shan Nemuel Andres, Monabila Magelo   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

On Myopia As Rationale for Social Security [PDF]

It has been argued that "paternalistically motivated forced savings constitutes an important, and to some the most important, rationale for social security retirement systems." This paper revisits the role played by myopia in generating a theoretical ...
Anderson, Torben M., Bhattacharya, Joydeep   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

International perspectives on measuring national digital public health system maturity through a multidisciplinary Delphi study

npj Digital Medicine
Unlocking the full potential of digital public health (DiPH) systems requires a comprehensive tool to assess their maturity. While the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union released a toolkit in 2012 covering various ...
Laura Maaß, Hajo Zeeb, Heinz Rothgang
doaj   +1 more source

Pension Inequality [PDF]

Pensions may contribute to male/female or black/white inequality to the extent that white males are more likely to receive pensions than are other groups.
Edward P. Lazear, Sherwin Rosen
core  

Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unge lovbrytere og overgangen til voksenlivet

Søkelys på Arbeidslivet
Vi analyserer kjennetegn og livsløpsutfall for unge som blir straffet for lovbrudd begått i alderen 15–24 år, ved hjelp av registerdata som dekker hele befolkningen født i tidsperioden 1985–1988 inntil 30-årsalder. Vi finner at unge straffede i snitt har
Christopher Markhus Poots, Susanna Sten-Gahmberg   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source