Family, Community and Disability
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Year: 2006
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Author: Palmer, David; Watson, John; Watson, Anthony; Ljubic, Peter; Wallace-Smith, Hugh; Johnson, Mel
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Journal Name: Children, Youth and Environments
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Journal Number: Vol.16, No.2
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Western Australia
This paper describes a new approach to youth participation and development used by a youth organization, the Yiriman Project, in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia. It offers an account of how people from isolated communities in the north of Australia organize bush trips, or what they call 'back to country' trips, to br ....
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Year: 2008
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Author: Edwards, Ben; Gray, Matthew
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Journal Name: AIFS seminar series
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Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Country: Australia
The most recent drought has been one of the most severe on record with large parts of southern and eastern Australia experiencing dry conditions since 1996. Moreover, 'For the agriculturally important Murray- Darling Basin, however, October 2007 marks the sixth anniversary of lower than average rainfall totals, with the November 20 ....
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Year: 2002
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Author: Bourke, Lisa
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Journal Name: Journal of Family Studies
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Journal Number: Vol.8, No.2
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ISBN: 1322-9400
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
Rather than presume to understand the ways in which young people think about and effectively resolve their problems, it is important to learn from their successes. Therefore, exploration into young people's perspectives can provide valuable insight into how young people have made the transition into adulthood, negotiated their way through difficu ....
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Year: 2011
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Author: Duggleby, Wendy; Penz, Kelly; Leipert, Beverley; Wilson, Donna; Goodridge, Donna; Williams, Allison
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Journal Name: Rural and Remote Health
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Journal Number: Vol. 11, No.3
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Country: Australia
Older rural persons who are receiving palliative care experience multiple co-existing transitions that can be distressing. These transitions do not occur in a vacuum, but occur in a context that reflects the uniqueness of rural living and the complexities of end of life in rural settings. The purpose of this study was to explore the&nbs ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: B Ellis
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Journal Name: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
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Journal Number: 23:3
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: South Australia
This article explores older students' perceptions of formal, non-formal and informal learning in regional South Australia. Drawing on earlier studies as well as a continuing one, it compares: the study motiviations of students aged 55 and older enrolled formally in university undergraduate programs; the learning motivations of University of the T ....
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Year: 2008
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Author: Awde, Cory
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Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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Publisher: University of Ottawa (Canada)
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Published Location: Canada
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ISBN: 9780494464649
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Country: Canada
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State/Region: New Brunswick
Neoliberalism and globalization have contributed to an environment of economic uncertainty in rural Canada, raising concern for the social well-being of its residents. Despite immense challenges, many rural communities possess positive elements of social cohesion that can be used by the community in the pursuit of their communal objecti ....
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Year: 2006
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Author: Markie-Dadds, Carol; Sanders, Matthew R
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Journal Name: Behaviour Change
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Journal Number: Vol. 23, No. 1
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Country: Australia
Few studies have examined the impact of parenting interventions for families in rural and isolated areas who have children with conduct problems, where access to professional services can be difficult. The present investigation compared the effects of three conditions, two levels of self-directed behavioral family intervention: an ....
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Year: 2004
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Author: Beadman, Bob
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Journal Name: Policy: a Review of Public Policy and Ideas
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Journal Number: Vol.20, No.3
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Country: Australia
The future of Indigenous communities depends on the introduction of a new framework of government assistance that focuses on mutual obligation requirements, rewarding of initiative not idleness, and policing of school attendance. The author explains how a set of mutual obligation principles for the bush would work, and how the Land ....
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Year: 2004
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Author: Australia. Parliament. Senate. Community Affairs References Committee
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Publisher: Parliament of Australia, Community Affairs Committee
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Published Location: Canberra, ACT
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ISBN: 0642711992
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Country: Australia
There has been a significant growth in poverty in Australia over the last decade. At the time of this report's release a consensus of estimates puts the number of people living in poverty at between two and three and a half million. In reporting on this inquiry into poverty the Senate Community Affairs References Committee gathered ....
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Year: 2003
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Author: Read, Christine
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Journal Name: 7th National Rural Health Conference
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Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
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Published Location: Deakin, ACT
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Country: Australia
In 2001, FPA Health, whose primary goal is to improve access to a range of reproductive and sexual health services for regional, rural and remote areas in New South Wales, conducted a reproductive and sexual health needs assessment of the Macquarie area. Community consultations were conducted with students, adolescent mothers, men, ....
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Year: 2000
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Author: Barclay, E.M., Jobes, P. Donnermeyer, J.F., Weinand, H.
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Publisher: The Institute for Rural Futures - University of New England
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ISBN: 1863897100
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
Crime in rural Australia has been a little studied phenomenon. A two-part comprehensive analysis of crime in rural Australia, sought to address the neglect of research into this important issue. In part one, quantitative analyses of census data and crime rates across 122 rural Local Government Areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, highlighted the extr ....
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Year: 2004
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Author: Poelina, Anne; Perdrisat, Ian
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Publisher: Attorney-General's Department
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Published Location: Canberra, ACT
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ISBN: 0642211949
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Western Australia
This report is a snapshot of a project managed by the Shire of Derby/West Kimberley in partnership with the National Crime Prevention Program, to reduce the incidence of domestic violence within the community. The aims of the Working With Adolescents to Prevent Domestic Violence - Indigenous Rural Model were to increase awareness a ....
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Year: 2004
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Author: Jobes, Patrick C; Barclay, Elaine; Weinand, Herb; Donnermeyer, Joseph F
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Journal Name: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, The
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Journal Number: Vol. 37, No. 1
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
This paper extends research on rural crime beyond North America by analysing associations between census measures of community structures and officially reported crime in rural New South Wales (Australia). It employs social disorganisation theory to examine variations in crime rates between different kinds of rural communities. A t ....
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Year: 2007
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Author: Fairlamb, Judith; Muir-Cochrane, Eimear
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Journal Name: Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH)
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Journal Number: Vol.6, No.1
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: South Australia
The value of comprehensive primary health care is often not appreciated in developed countries where technology and economics can limit its potential. Indigenous health workers and women's health workers have long understood that psychiatric diagnosis is not always helpful for some of the people who access their services, and have ....
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Year: 2007
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Author: Gibb, Catherine; Murray, Margaret
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Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
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Published Location: Deakin West, ACT
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: New South Wales
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Parenting Workshop/Camp Project in Albury was designed to facilitate a culturally appropriate model of care that would incorporate the local community's expertise and individual talents in the delivery of parenting education. The aim of the project was to address the parenting issues and ne ....
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