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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
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Social Anxiety and Quality of Life: Mediating Role of Stigma Perception in Individuals Who Stutter

NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2022
Children, adolescents, and adults who stutter widely experience anxiety and avoid social situations; hence stuttering negatively affects their quality of life (Yaruss & Quesal, 2004).
Hina Javed Rana, Rukhsana Kausar, Nashi Khan   +2 more
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Social Stigma and Deprivation

Advances in Social Work
In many countries worldwide, including Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, older adults comprise the fastest-growing population in the prison system. This study aims to understand the reentry experiences of formally incarcerated elderly individuals in the United States through the lens of social stigma and deprivation theory ...
Charmaine Clarke, Jennette Allen-McCombs
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Do Welfare Programs Damage Interpersonal Trust? Experimental Evidence from Representative Samples for Four Latin American Cities [PDF]

This paper argues that welfare programs are linked with the destruction of social capital, as measured by interpersonal trust in laboratory games. The paper employs experimental data for representative samples of individuals in four Latin American ...
Alberto Chong, Hugo Nopo, Vanessa Rios
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Social Workers\u27 Perception on HIV/AIDS and the Effects on Their Service Delivery [PDF]

, 2014
This study explores the relationship between social workers’ perceptions of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) /AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) population and the effects on their service delivery.
McDowell, O\u27Shonda, Rodriguez, Elsa
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
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‘Sorry mate, you’re probably a bit too fat to be able to do any of this’: Men’s Experiences of Weight Stigma and Its Implications [PDF]

, 2016
This study explores men’s experiences of weight stigma with a sample of men attending a weight management programme. Men’s understanding of stigma, including its sources, their responses to it, and its impact, were discussed using focus groups.
0000-0002-2596-6624, Carless, D, Lozano, L, McKenna, J, Pringle, AR, Sparkes, A   +5 more
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Cancer therapy‐induced ototoxicity: Current challenges and emerging management strategies

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively examines the key risk factors for cancer therapy‐induced ototoxicity, including cumulative drug dose, genetic susceptibility, and combined treatment regimens. It highlights current challenges in ototoxicity monitoring, such as insufficient timeliness and limited clinical adoption, and advocates for standardized auditory ...
Yuqi Huang, Baoying Xu, Xinru Chen, Yu Chen, Dehong Yu   +4 more
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Development of a framework for implementing digital serious games in anatomy education: A single‐centre qualitative study

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Serious games are emerging as innovative tools in medical education, yet their adoption in anatomy teaching remains limited due to educator hesitancy, institutional constraints, and design challenges. This qualitative study explores the perspectives of anatomy educators on digital serious games and proposes a framework for their implementation.
Arthur Chin Haeng Lau, James Pickering
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Exploring the interplay of mental health knowledge, stigma, and social distance among clinical nurses: a study in Liaoning, China

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundStigma related to mental health conditions has a negative impact on both the nursing staff and their patients. Most of the current research on stigma explores the impact of single factors on stigma and does not explore the relationship between ...
Weiwei Wang, Junhong Xia, Wei Chen, Junhua Ye, Kun Xie, Zhuona Zhang, Siti Mardhiana Binti Mohamad, Ahmad Naqib Shuid   +7 more
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