This paper reports on a qualitative study of social capital within an urban Aboriginal and Torres... more This paper reports on a qualitative study of social capital within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. Using data generated from 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants in focus-group discussions and in-depth interviews collected by Aboriginal community development workers, this paper describes two worlds of social capital available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The primary source of bonding social capital comes from family and wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community connections. In the context of an oppressive history, a second world of bridging social capital remains elusive to many Indigenous Australians. Our findings suggest that to understand the tensions between the two social capitals requires an engagement with the complexities of identity. We argue it is vital to explore the texture of social capital, rather than just measure volume.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
This paper outlines the development of Indigenist Health Humanities as a new and innovative field... more This paper outlines the development of Indigenist Health Humanities as a new and innovative field of research building an intellectual collective capable of bridging the knowledge gap that hinders current efforts to close the gap in Indigenous health inequality. Bringing together health and the humanities through the particularity of Indigenous scholarship, a deeper understanding of the human experience of health will be developed alongside a greater understanding of the enablers to building a transdisciplinary collective of Indigenist researchers. The potential benefits include a more sustainable, relational, and ethical approach to advancing new knowledge, and health outcomes, for Indigenous people in its fullest sense.
International evidence suggests migrants experience inequitable access, outcomes and treatment qu... more International evidence suggests migrants experience inequitable access, outcomes and treatment quality across the cancer care continuum. There is currently limited research assessing equity across the cancer care continuum for culturally and linguistically diverse migrants living in Australia. A detailed protocol and search strategy were developed and used to identify all relevant literature, utilising the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s Manual. Systematic searching was conducted via multiple databases and identified studies were screened against pre-identified inclusion and exclusion criteria. 71 studies met the inclusion criteria for analysis. Most studies examined cancer detection via screening. Very few studies examined cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment or palliative care. Most studies focused on patient-sided barriers to care and there was a paucity of information regarding institutional barriers to health. Cancer-related outcomes were seldom examined, and most studies...
There are many books about how to do social research, and the list continues to grow each year. M... more There are many books about how to do social research, and the list continues to grow each year. Many of them double up with one another, covering very similar content and even structured in similar ways. It is not then an easy space for a new book to create a point of difference. However Fawcett and Pockett have clearly taken some time over the rationale for this text and the freshness in approach stands out...
There is widespread acceptance of the damaging consequences for mental health and well-being as a... more There is widespread acceptance of the damaging consequences for mental health and well-being as a result of exposure to the trauma of war (e.g. De Antiss, Ziaian, Procter, Warland, & Baghurst, 2009; Hsu, Davies & Hansen, 2004; Mann & Fazil, 2006; Murray, Davidson & Schweitzer, 2008). Historically, the mental health discourse has looked at the impact of war through concepts developed within Western countries. These concepts, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other stress disorders, and depressive disorders, have been extended beyond those directly involved in combat and applied to civilian populations affected by war. The application of diagnostic labels accommodates the fact that the landscape of war has changed and modern warfare often deliberately targets civilian populations. Research identifies that refugees often meet the criteria for diagnoses such as PTSD, but that symptoms present as part of complicated constellations of problems for which there is no consensus ...
Online platforms for delivering mental health information and services are increasingly prevalent... more Online platforms for delivering mental health information and services are increasingly prevalent to improve pathways for mental health supports within the general population. Given the potential for this resource to deliver mental health information at high speed and low cost, it is important to identify how accessible this information is for people who experience language barriers to mental health services and information. The present study used a systematic approach to sampling major mental health websites in Australia for analysis (N = 33). Content analysis evaluated access to information and resources (e.g., interactive chat rooms) in languages other than English. Results found that the majority of sites (88%) did not include any translation tools, and only two websites (6%) placed a translation tool on the homepage for ease of access. Interactive forums were available for web-chat services, email services, and forums on between 4 and 7 websites but none were available in a lan...
This paper aims to develop a sensory methodological framework to explore older user's landsca... more This paper aims to develop a sensory methodological framework to explore older user's landscape experience. Applying empirical experience in Australian aged-care facilities, it addresses a methodological gap in the current literature to help move beyond the current taken-for-granted approaches such as interviews, cognitive mapping, behavioural observation and visual methods. We propose a more holistic method which enables the exploration of older people's in situ environmental experience. The multisensory framework we propose here is based on the first author's doctoral fieldwork experience that took place in two aged-care facilities in Brisbane, Australia. Findings suggest this framework facilitates an understanding of users’ olfactory, auditory and visual responses to the physical environment, and promotes a deeper engagement with the landscape. We argue that this is essential to promoting good landscape design which genuinely connects with older people's needs.
Chancellery Centre For Social Change Research Qut Carseldine Humanities Human Services, Dec 1, 2004
... denying adequate support to the organisations and individuals trying to alleviate the largest... more ... denying adequate support to the organisations and individuals trying to alleviate the largest health inequality in Australia these behaviours go unquestioned. We are not suggesting that agency within Indigenous communities holds all the answers in addressing health ...
This paper reports on a qualitative study of social capital within an urban Aboriginal and Torres... more This paper reports on a qualitative study of social capital within an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. Using data generated from 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants in focus-group discussions and in-depth interviews collected by Aboriginal community development workers, this paper describes two worlds of social capital available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The primary source of bonding social capital comes from family and wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community connections. In the context of an oppressive history, a second world of bridging social capital remains elusive to many Indigenous Australians. Our findings suggest that to understand the tensions between the two social capitals requires an engagement with the complexities of identity. We argue it is vital to explore the texture of social capital, rather than just measure volume.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
This paper outlines the development of Indigenist Health Humanities as a new and innovative field... more This paper outlines the development of Indigenist Health Humanities as a new and innovative field of research building an intellectual collective capable of bridging the knowledge gap that hinders current efforts to close the gap in Indigenous health inequality. Bringing together health and the humanities through the particularity of Indigenous scholarship, a deeper understanding of the human experience of health will be developed alongside a greater understanding of the enablers to building a transdisciplinary collective of Indigenist researchers. The potential benefits include a more sustainable, relational, and ethical approach to advancing new knowledge, and health outcomes, for Indigenous people in its fullest sense.
International evidence suggests migrants experience inequitable access, outcomes and treatment qu... more International evidence suggests migrants experience inequitable access, outcomes and treatment quality across the cancer care continuum. There is currently limited research assessing equity across the cancer care continuum for culturally and linguistically diverse migrants living in Australia. A detailed protocol and search strategy were developed and used to identify all relevant literature, utilising the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s Manual. Systematic searching was conducted via multiple databases and identified studies were screened against pre-identified inclusion and exclusion criteria. 71 studies met the inclusion criteria for analysis. Most studies examined cancer detection via screening. Very few studies examined cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment or palliative care. Most studies focused on patient-sided barriers to care and there was a paucity of information regarding institutional barriers to health. Cancer-related outcomes were seldom examined, and most studies...
There are many books about how to do social research, and the list continues to grow each year. M... more There are many books about how to do social research, and the list continues to grow each year. Many of them double up with one another, covering very similar content and even structured in similar ways. It is not then an easy space for a new book to create a point of difference. However Fawcett and Pockett have clearly taken some time over the rationale for this text and the freshness in approach stands out...
There is widespread acceptance of the damaging consequences for mental health and well-being as a... more There is widespread acceptance of the damaging consequences for mental health and well-being as a result of exposure to the trauma of war (e.g. De Antiss, Ziaian, Procter, Warland, & Baghurst, 2009; Hsu, Davies & Hansen, 2004; Mann & Fazil, 2006; Murray, Davidson & Schweitzer, 2008). Historically, the mental health discourse has looked at the impact of war through concepts developed within Western countries. These concepts, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other stress disorders, and depressive disorders, have been extended beyond those directly involved in combat and applied to civilian populations affected by war. The application of diagnostic labels accommodates the fact that the landscape of war has changed and modern warfare often deliberately targets civilian populations. Research identifies that refugees often meet the criteria for diagnoses such as PTSD, but that symptoms present as part of complicated constellations of problems for which there is no consensus ...
Online platforms for delivering mental health information and services are increasingly prevalent... more Online platforms for delivering mental health information and services are increasingly prevalent to improve pathways for mental health supports within the general population. Given the potential for this resource to deliver mental health information at high speed and low cost, it is important to identify how accessible this information is for people who experience language barriers to mental health services and information. The present study used a systematic approach to sampling major mental health websites in Australia for analysis (N = 33). Content analysis evaluated access to information and resources (e.g., interactive chat rooms) in languages other than English. Results found that the majority of sites (88%) did not include any translation tools, and only two websites (6%) placed a translation tool on the homepage for ease of access. Interactive forums were available for web-chat services, email services, and forums on between 4 and 7 websites but none were available in a lan...
This paper aims to develop a sensory methodological framework to explore older user's landsca... more This paper aims to develop a sensory methodological framework to explore older user's landscape experience. Applying empirical experience in Australian aged-care facilities, it addresses a methodological gap in the current literature to help move beyond the current taken-for-granted approaches such as interviews, cognitive mapping, behavioural observation and visual methods. We propose a more holistic method which enables the exploration of older people's in situ environmental experience. The multisensory framework we propose here is based on the first author's doctoral fieldwork experience that took place in two aged-care facilities in Brisbane, Australia. Findings suggest this framework facilitates an understanding of users’ olfactory, auditory and visual responses to the physical environment, and promotes a deeper engagement with the landscape. We argue that this is essential to promoting good landscape design which genuinely connects with older people's needs.
Chancellery Centre For Social Change Research Qut Carseldine Humanities Human Services, Dec 1, 2004
... denying adequate support to the organisations and individuals trying to alleviate the largest... more ... denying adequate support to the organisations and individuals trying to alleviate the largest health inequality in Australia these behaviours go unquestioned. We are not suggesting that agency within Indigenous communities holds all the answers in addressing health ...
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