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View article: Measuring Wellbeing Across Culture and Context – are we Getting it Right? Evaluating the Variation in Wellbeing Conceptualisations Throughout the World
Measuring Wellbeing Across Culture and Context – are we Getting it Right? Evaluating the Variation in Wellbeing Conceptualisations Throughout the World Open
Researchers, practitioners, and policy makers have been increasingly interested in measuring wellbeing over the last two decades. However, with many measurement tools and frameworks being replicated in contexts distinct from where they wer…
View article: Individuals’ experiences of multidimensional poverty through the lenses of gender and age – Findings from South Africa
Individuals’ experiences of multidimensional poverty through the lenses of gender and age – Findings from South Africa Open
It has been long established that age and gender affect individuals' experiences of poverty. However, the analysis of their simultaneous impacts is rarely afforded due to data limitations. Utilising nationally representative data for South…
View article: Acting locally, thinking nationally: layering Indigenous ontology within wellbeing frameworks
Acting locally, thinking nationally: layering Indigenous ontology within wellbeing frameworks Open
There are hundreds of sovereign nations covering the modern nation-state of Australia. Noting the inadequacy of many contemporary terms to encompass Indigenous ontology, Indigenous nations have long practised what is now being expressed as…
View article: Supporting Indigenous people with disability in contact with the justice system: a systematic scoping review
Supporting Indigenous people with disability in contact with the justice system: a systematic scoping review Open
The relationship between race, disability and criminality is complex and poorly understood. Scant information, and lack of action, exists on how to best keep Indigenous people with disability out of the justice system, and support this coh…
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Children and youth in the age of COVID -19Identifying factors for poorer educational outcomes that may be exacerbated by review focussing on at-risk school children and adolescents Child well-being before and after the 2020 COVID -19 lockd…
View article: Relationship of Aboriginal family wellbeing to social and cultural determinants, Central Australia: ‘Waltja tjutangku nyakunytjaku’
Relationship of Aboriginal family wellbeing to social and cultural determinants, Central Australia: ‘Waltja tjutangku nyakunytjaku’ Open
Objective The objective of this study was to apply a strength-based approach to examine the relation of cultural and social determinants to high family functioning for Aboriginal people in Central Australia. Design Cross-sectional study in…
View article: Community‐based social care models for indigenous people with disability: A scoping review of scholarly and policy literature
Community‐based social care models for indigenous people with disability: A scoping review of scholarly and policy literature Open
Disability is experienced and understood by Indigenous people internationally in distinct ways from other populations, requiring different approaches in disability services. Furthermore, Indigenous populations access disability services at…
View article: Remaking the Sustainable Development Goals: relational Indigenous epistemologies
Remaking the Sustainable Development Goals: relational Indigenous epistemologies Open
While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were inclusive in their design, the reliance on official measurement infrastructures has upheld narrow definitions of both the terms of sustainability and development. Indigenous and non-Indig…
View article: Conceptualisations of wellbeing and quality of life: A systematic review of participatory studies
Conceptualisations of wellbeing and quality of life: A systematic review of participatory studies Open
This paper has now been peer-reviewed and published in World Development: Sollis, K., Yap, M., Campbell, P., & Biddle, N. (2022). Conceptualisations of wellbeing and quality of life: A systematic review of participatory studies. World …
View article: Coverage bias: the impact of eligibility constraints on mobile phone-based sampling and data collection
Coverage bias: the impact of eligibility constraints on mobile phone-based sampling and data collection Open
This paper uses Individual Deprivation Measure data from Indonesia and South Africa to demonstrate the effects of coverage bias associated with mobile phone-based sampling and data collection approaches that restrict sampling frames to tho…
View article: Examining the Associations between Indigenous Rangers, Culture and Wellbeing in Australia, 2018–2020
Examining the Associations between Indigenous Rangers, Culture and Wellbeing in Australia, 2018–2020 Open
The centrality of culture to Indigenous peoples’ health and wellbeing is becoming increasingly acknowledged in government policy. In Australia, the Indigenous Ranger program is a leading example of employment that supports increased cultur…
View article: Roadmap to recovery: Reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID‐19 in Australia
Roadmap to recovery: Reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID‐19 in Australia Open
In April 2020 a Group of Eight Taskforce was convened, consisting of over 100 researchers, to provide independent, research‐based recommendations to the Commonwealth Government on a “Roadmap to Recovery” from COVID‐19. The report covered i…
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review?Student achievement against national minimum standards for reading and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9: A regression discontinuity analysis Accounting for language background differences in the Australian National Assessments -Liter…
View article: Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019
Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019 Open
Background Evidence on the effectiveness of postal recruitment methods for Indigenous peoples is lacking. Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, uses multi-staged sampling. We aimed to test post…
View article: Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019
Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019 Open
Background: Evidence on the effectiveness of postal recruitment methods for Indigenous peoples is lacking. Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, uses multi-staged sampling. We aimed to test pos…
View article: Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019
Who responds? An examination of response rates to a national postal survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2018-2019 Open
Background Evidence on the effectiveness of postal recruitment methods for Indigenous peoples is lacking. Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, uses multi-staged sampling. We aimed to test post…
View article: Indigenous Fertility and Family Formation
Indigenous Fertility and Family Formation Open
This paper presents an analysis of the fertility and family formation patterns of Indigenous Australians in the 2006 and 2011 Censuses of Population and Housing. Marital status is sometimes seen as a precursor to family formation. However,…
View article: In pursuit of culturally relevant indicators of Indigenous wellbeing
In pursuit of culturally relevant indicators of Indigenous wellbeing Open
Wellbeing as a measure for evidence-based policy has gained prominence internationally and nationally. There is now widespread recognition that wellbeing is multidimensional and contextually and culturally constructed. Despite this, the te…
View article: Data sovereignty for the Yawuru in Western Australia
Data sovereignty for the Yawuru in Western Australia Open
Data are the lifeblood of decision making and the raw material for accountability.Without high-quality data providing the right information on the right trend, at the right time, designing, monitoring and evaluating effective policies beco…