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Degeneffe, Charles Edmund – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2022
Purpose: The present article provides a narrative review of Australia's approach toward acquired brain injury (ABI) and proposes how Australia and the United States can collaborate to improve service delivery for persons with ABI and their families with epidemiology, healthcare, prevention, research, and training. Method: A narrative review of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Head Injuries, Brain, International Cooperation
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McCalman, Janya; Caelli, Nicole; Travers, Helen; Graham, Veronica; Hunter, Ernest – School Psychology International, 2023
Purpose: From 2018, the Schools Up North (SUN) programme worked with three remote Australian schools to enhance their capability and resilience to support the wellbeing and mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. This paper explores the implementation of SUN during the first two years of COVID-19 (2020-2021).…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Well Being
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Weise, Janelle; Mohan, Adith; Walsh, Jessica; Trollor, Julian N. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Introduction: People with intellectual disability (ID) face barriers to accessing mental healthcare. Individuals who have had significant experience in intellectual disability mental health (IDMH) can provide insights into strategies to overcome these barriers. Methods: This historical investigation applied an interpretive descriptive approach…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health Workers, Expertise, Intellectual Disability
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Ewais, Tatjana; Banks, Cate – Health Education Journal, 2018
Background: Issues of health and law are closely connected in people with chronic illness but as yet there is little emphasis in current health services funding and planning on establishing formal links between these two important areas. Context: The Mater Young Adult Health Centre and Health Advocacy Legal Clinic partnership offers an example of…
Descriptors: Laws, Chronic Illness, Young Adults, Advocacy
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Brolan, C. E.; Boyle, F. M.; Dean, J. H.; Gomez, M. Taylor; Ware, R. S.; Lennox, N. G. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) experience health inequity compared with the general population, a key contributing factor being disparities in social determinants of health. The enactment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provides a platform for the progression and promotion of…
Descriptors: Parents, Advocacy, Caring, Mental Retardation