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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

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from the experts

Critical Social Work, 2018
Poverty reduction programmes and policies are widespread although it is widely recognised that few have been successful. New projects are frequently started without any acknowledgement being made that rarely have the previous programmes made any ...
Diana Mitlin
doaj  

Rethinking Support Allocation: Mental Health and Patterns of Homelessness Support Utilisation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness support agencies face substantial puzzles in allocating scarce resources: who gets access and who stays on the waitlist? This paper examines the influence of mental illness on the patterns of consuming non‐clinical homelessness support by persons experiencing homelessness and at risk.
Godwin Kavaarpuo, Kathryn Daley
wiley   +1 more source

Spectrum of care approach to animal shelter management of feline infectious peritonitis complicated by feline leukemia virus

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionFeline infectious peritonitis (FIP) occurs most commonly in multi-cat environments such as animal shelters. FIP is often suspected based on compatible history, signalment, physical examination, and hematological and biochemical findings ...
Emma K. LaVigne, Nicole E. Levy, Alexis R. Bardzinski, Federica Scaletti, Kevin Horecka, Mia K. Cuccinello, Dana M. Moore, Julie K. Levy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying the Service Requirements for Primary Sexual Assault Medical Care and Forensic Evidence Collection in a Remote First Nations Community

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT First Nations female sexual assault survivors in remote Northern Territory (NT) face significant barriers accessing place‐based medical care and forensic evidence collection, subsequently requiring evacuation to specialist services. Using decolonising Participatory Action Research methods, this study identified the workforce, training, and ...
Theresa Clasquin, Rachel Dikul Baker, Rosemary Gundjarranbuy, Annie Whybourne, Sue Kildea, Sue Kruske, Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama, Sarah Ireland   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shelter in flux

Forced Migration Review, 2017
Current humanitarian guidelines do not sufficiently cover what shelter means in volatile and protracted conflict settings, particularly outside organised camps. We propose improved tools that will address that gap.
Parrack, C, Piquard, B, Brun, C
openaire   +3 more sources

A rhesus macaque model of α‐dystroglycanopathy caused by a POMT1 splice altering variant

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Rhesus macaques homozygous for a naturally occurring spice altering variant in the POMT1 gene develop lissencephaly, microphthalmia, and muscular contracture. The presentation models severe presentation of the human Walker‐Warburg syndrome. Abstract Background Biallelic mutations in genes associated with α‐dystroglycan glycosylation manifest in a ...
Anya Nordlund, Brian LaMendola, Nathan P. Crilly, Seth Kittle, Betsy M. Ferguson, Anne D. Lewis, Jeff Wall, Samuel M. Peterson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency Shelter: Principles and practice

, 2012
As part of our humanitarian mandate, Oxfam initiates and supports emergency shelter interventions for people affected by disasters and conflicts. Our experience shows that the rapid distribution of shelter NFIs and shelter support for host families can ...

core   +1 more source

Spatial-temporal accuracy assessment of TRMM, CHIRPS, PERSIANN and GPM satellites precipitation estimation products over the complex Lebanese territory

European Journal of Remote Sensing
The accuracy of satellite precipitation estimates (SPEs), which are prospective substitutes for gauge observations taken on the ground, is essential for hydrological modelling and water resources management.
Arkan Salha, Houssam Chehadeh, Safaa Baydoun, Mohamed R. Soliman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source