Family homelessness in regional and urban contexts: Service provider perspectives

Zufferey, Carole; Parkes, Amy

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.08.004

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“…Racism was apparent from the earliest interactions of the British "colonisers" with Aboriginal people's culture and through the ensuing colonial policies of protectionism, dispossession and genocide (de Plevitz, 2007). In fact, many Aboriginal peoples still live in substandard accommodation in underserviced communities (Lowell et al, 2018;Zufferey & Parkes, 2019), have lower rates of educational attendance and school completion, higher rates of poor health and a reduced lifespan compared to non-Aboriginal people (Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2018). The government's tardiness in addressing issues related to Aboriginal peoples' rights was recently criticised by Human Rights Watch (2016).…”

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Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation

Ferfolja¹,

Ullman²

2020

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Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation provides an outstanding and insightful critique of the ways that contemporary education is impacted by a range of political, social and cultural influences that inform the approaches that schools take in relation to gender and sexuality diversity.By applying feminist poststructural and Foucauldian frameworks, the book examines the ongoing impact of broader socio-cultural discourse on the lives of gender and sexuality diverse students and teachers. Beginning with an overview of the impact of how a culture of limitation is realised in Australia, the focus moves beyond this context to examine state and federal policies from comparable societies in countries including the US and the UK and their effect on the production of knowledges and what's permissible to include in educational curriculum. This research-driven book thus provides a comparative, international overview of the current state of gender and sexuality diversity in schools, and convincingly demonstrates that despite some empowerment of gender and sexuality diverse individuals, silencing and marginalisation remain powerful forces. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, academics, professionals and policy makers interested in the field of gender and sexuality in education. It is essential reading for those involved in pre-service and in-service teacher education, diversity education, the sociology of education, as well as education more generally.

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Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation

Ferfolja¹,

Ullman²

2020

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“…Data related to the utilization of specialist homelessness services, however, indicate that since 2012, the largest growth in service demand has been experienced in regional locations [ 13 ]. Of note, the minimal research which has been undertaken in a regional/remote location within Australia has focused primarily on the housing issues [ 62 , 63 , 64 ] and was less concerned with the health needs of this population. Clearly, homelessness is not confined to the cities.…”

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The Health Needs of Regionally Based Individuals Who Experience Homelessness: Perspectives of Service Providers

Bennett-Daly

Maxwell

Bridgman

2022

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The bidirectional relationship between homelessness and poor health and the barriers that individuals who experience homelessness face when trying to access healthcare are well documented. There is, however, little Australian research exploring the situation of individuals who experience homelessness in regional contexts and, moreover, from the perspective of service providers. A qualitative descriptive methodology underpinned this study, with in-depth semi-structured interviews being conducted with 11 service providers to identify barriers to care faced by people who experience homelessness and barriers that service providers themselves experience in supporting this population. The key barriers identified were client-level barriers: living day-by-day, financial, health literacy, mental health conditions, behaviour, safety and stigma; provider-level barriers: few bulk-billing doctors, fragmented services, limited resources, negative past experiences with healthcare; and system level barriers: transportation, over-stretched healthcare services. The combined impact of these barriers has significantly contributed to the desperate situation of people experiencing homelessness in Launceston. This situation is likely replicated in other regional populations in Australia. Given that individuals experiencing homelessness have higher rates of every measure in health inequality, steps need to be taken to reduce barriers, and a standardised approach to health care urgently needs to be implemented by governments at the state and national level to improve the health of regionally based individuals experiencing homelessness.

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“…Family homelessness continues to be a prominent concern in both urban [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ] and rural [ 5 ] Australia, with reports suggesting that although the numbers of homeless families are underestimated due to being ‘invisible’ to some services [ 5 , 6 ], they are arguably the fastest-growing subpopulation of homeless Australians [ 5 , 7 , 8 ]. Of particular concern is the growing number of homeless mothers with children due to their vulnerability.…”

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Heterogeneity among Homeless Australian Women and Their Reasons for Homelessness Entry

Warburton

Papic

Whittaker

2022

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Many women become homeless each year, both women who are alone and women with children. Both groups face substantial risks to their physical and mental health, as do the children of homeless mothers. Little is known about the similarities and differences between these two groups in terms of their demographic characteristics, their circumstances on presentation to specialist homelessness services, and the factors that have contributed to their homelessness. The current study analysed data from 163 single mothers with children and 126 lone women who presented to a specialist homelessness service in Australia. It found some similarities between groups, but also considerable heterogeneity. Single mothers were more likely to be younger, to have been born overseas, and to have been homeless in the past 12 months. Lone women were more likely to have medical issues, a mental health condition, addiction issues, admission to a psychiatric ward in the past 12 months, and to not be in the labour force. Implications for service delivery are discussed.

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Family homelessness in regional and urban contexts: Service provider perspectives

Cited by 15 publications

References 35 publications

Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation

Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation

The Health Needs of Regionally Based Individuals Who Experience Homelessness: Perspectives of Service Providers

Heterogeneity among Homeless Australian Women and Their Reasons for Homelessness Entry

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