This article explores the practice approach of the Meryton Association, a medium-sized nongovernment agency located in Brisbane, Australia. The Meryton Association provides social work support to people with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities, actively assisting this group to build relationships,...
Representation of marginalised populations in digital surveillance for notifiable conditions in Australia: a systematic review:doi:10.1177/17579139241237101communicable diseasesdigital surveillanceAustraliaThis study aims to establish whether digital surveillance methods for notifiable diseases in Australia collect and...
This scoping review examines the range of patient safety issues for people considered to be marginalised. Our four main aims were: 1) to identify which marginalised patient groups have been studied in terms of patient safety research, 2) to understand what the particular patient safety issues are...
Detailed search records for each database are shown in Supplementary material 1. Study screening After removing duplicates using Covidence (Veritas Health Innovation, Melbourne, Australia), four researchers independently screened the titles and abstracts of the retrieved articles against the eligibility ...
AIC would like to acknowledge the work ofDiversity Council of Australiain coining this powerful terminology, to help us advance our cause. The following is information as found on their website. What do we mean by ‘CARM’? We use the term culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) to ref...
Some Bedamuni were more hesitant in their support for a road, with one participant suggesting after the road ‘more people will come and then they could buy our land and all this’. Those that have spent time in other parts of the country were aware of some of the negative consequences...
More often than not, vulnerable people are ignored and decisions are made based on the potential for economic gain. Those on the margins of society always suffer in disasters. If we truly aspire to build a better society, their needs must now be prioritised. ...
In the context of pressure to increase retention rates a wide variety of alternative educational programs has developed in Australia over the past few deca
This article provides a narrative analysis of stories of inhalant use-induced hallucination, drawn from interviews conducted with young people in Melbourne, Australia. Young people's stories of the hallucinations they experience while using inhalants frequently reference the narratives, images and ...
Extending literacy: Addressing the needs of marginalised groups in Papua New Guinea and AustraliaThis paper looks at conceptions of literacy and a range of expectations about what literacy should deliver. While being literate is empowering, lacking literacy holds people back and prevents them f...