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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa +2 more
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The impact on Hamilton Abuse Intervention Project of government policy changes-an investigation
, 2008 This research investigates the perceptions and viewpoints of staff working for the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Project (HAIP) as to the impact of changes in government policy.
Haley, Caryl Rosemary
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Course, severity, and treatment of substance abuse among women versus men
, 2000 Objective: To assess the course and severity of substance-related disorder (SRD) in relation to gender. Design: Retrospective data on course were obtained for several indices of substance use, abuse, and related morbidity.
Boedicker, Amy E., Westermeyer, Joseph
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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 +9 more
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Spouse Abuse: How Can Society Identify and Help the Battered Woman?
, 1990 Spousal abuse is prevalent in the United States and it is often undetected or ignored. The author examines how the struggle against spouse abuse has been incorporated into the feminist movement and the various disciplines to gain a better understanding ...
Neblett, Catherine
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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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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2002 Following a previous evaluation of concept, item and semantic equivalences, this paper assesses the measurement equivalence between a Portuguese version of Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) and the original instrument conceived in English.
Moraes Claudia Leite +1 more
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, 2012 This research work investigated education, male child and childlessness as predictors of spouse abuse among Ibowomen living in the rural and urban areas in Nigeria. The purposive sampling was used to select 331 married women, with age range of 22-66, and
Uwaoma, Nkwam C. +2 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang +3 more
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