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The Systemic Inefficiency of Australian Schools: A Policy and Measurement Review

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Entrenched social inequalities mean that Australia's schooling system is far from achieving the Alice Spring's (Mparntwe) Education Declaration's equity goal. This is associated with Australian schools being among the most socially segregated within the OECD.
Michael G. Sciffer
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic variation in colon cancer tumour factors associated with poorer prognosis [PDF]

, 2003
Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Christopher R. West, Evelyn Williams   +2 more
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Economic Policies, Socieconomic Factors and Overall Health: A Short Review [PDF]

Many researchers have found that socioeconomic factors play a crucial role in determining physiological and psychological health levels of the population. This implies that socioeconomic inequalities tend to produce health inequalities.
Stavros A. Drakopoulos
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The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). This paper examines current policy and practice designed to support the cultural identity and connection of non‐Indigenous culturally and linguistically diverse children (CALD) in OOHC, who ...
Rebekah Grace, Megan Mitchell, Amy Conley Wright, Kathy Karatasas, Fay Hadley, Jioji Ravulo, Stacy Blythe, Adaora Ezekwem‐Obi, Manjula Waniganayake   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide Risk in Relation to Socioeconomic, Demographic, Psychiatric, and Familial Factors: A National Register–Based Study of All Suicides in Denmark, 1981–1997 [PDF]

, 2003
Ping Qin, Esben Agerbo, Preben Bo Mortensen   +2 more
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Can socioeconomic factors and the availability of medicinal plant resources influence people's perception of risk in relation to diseases? [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
de Almeida CFCBR, da Silva ML, Junior WSF, da Silva TC.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A33 Socioeconomic factors influencing on the distribution of Aedes albopictus in Tohoku district in Japan

, 2000
N. Nihei, T. Kurihara, M. Kobayashi
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Socioeconomic factors, brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, and cortical structure in children and adolescents. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Merz EC, Morys F, Hansen M, Strack J, Jacobs L, Vainik U, Shishikura M, Myers B.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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