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Nyberg, Amanda; Ferm, Ulrika; Bornman, Juan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: Children with intellectual disabilities are at risk of becoming victims of abuse. However, persons working with this population often lack knowledge on how to interpret signs of abuse. The purpose of this study was to identify and socially validate signs of abuse in children with disabilities. Method: The study employed a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Victims, Child Abuse
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Felicity L. Painter; Anna T. Booth; Primrose Letcher; Craig A. Olsson; Jennifer E. McIntosh – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and associated public health restrictions created unprecedented challenges for parents and their young dependent children. While psycho-social impacts of natural disasters on families are well studied, a typography of parent specific concerns in the COVID-19 context was yet to be articulated.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parents, Young Children
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Adama, E. A.; Arabiat, D.; Foster, M. J.; Afrifa-Yamoah, E.; Runions, K.; Vithiatharan, R.; Lin, A. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Living with a long-term medical condition is associated with heightened risk for mental health and psychosocial difficulties, but further research is required on this risk for children and adolescents with a rare disease in the educational setting. The aim of this study is to describe parents' perceptions of the psychosocial impact of rare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diseases, At Risk Persons, Mental Health
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Stuart Wark; Rafat Hussain; Matthew P. Janicki; Marie Knox; Trevor Parmenter – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: There is little research comparatively assessing prevalence of pain between older people either with or without intellectual disability. This paper explores health and social factors associated with chronic pain in these two groups. Method: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Predictor Variables, Chronic Illness
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Gibson, Louisa; Porter, Melanie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Research has linked prenatal alcohol and tobacco use with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and variably with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Lactational use has been scantly considered. This study examined whether it may alter ADHD or ASD risk. Participants were 5107 infants recruited in 2004 and assessed longitudinally for the…
Descriptors: Drinking, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism
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Abdoola, Shabnam; Swanepoel, De Wet; Van Der Linde, Jeannie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
The Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), PEDS: Developmental Milestones (PEDS: DM) and PEDS tools (i.e., the PEDS and PEDS:DM combined for use) are parent-reported screening tools frequently used to identify young children requiring early intervention. An ideal screening tool for all contexts would be brief, inexpensive with…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, Child Development, Early Intervention
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Yip, Sun Yee – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
The mobility of teachers is a global phenomenon that has affected the education environment worldwide. This study examines the professional transition of immigrant teachers and finds that teacher professional vulnerability is a critical emotion in the complex process of professional transition. Using a qualitative inductive approach, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Immigrants, Experience
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Pedersen, Eric R.; DiGuiseppi, Graham; Klein, David J.; Davis, Jordan P.; Farris, Coreen; D'Amico, Elizabeth J.; LaBrie, Joseph W.; Griffin, Beth Ann – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Research has just begun to identify American college students who study abroad as a group at-risk for sexual violence victimization. The purpose of the current study was to examine the context of these incidents. Participants: We utilized a large longitudinal sample of 2,428 United States college students studying abroad for between 4…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, College Students, Study Abroad
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Kylie McCullough; Angela Genoni; Melanie Murray; Darren Garvey; Linda Coventry – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2024
The health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, rooted in the historical and ongoing negative impacts of colonisation and disrupted traditional lifestyles, sees higher rates of illness and hospitalisations, increased morbidity and higher premature death rates than other Australians. Nurses represent the majority…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Attitude Change, Nursing Students, Nursing Education
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Allen, Nicholas; Damian, Diona L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Skin cancers are the most common malignancy in Australia. Regular sunscreen use can reduce the incidence of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and actinic keratoses and has been associated with reducing the incidence of basal cell carcinomas and melanomas. However, sunscreen effectiveness is limited by the failure of the population to use it…
Descriptors: Cancer, Prevention, Health Behavior, Foreign Countries
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Spivakovsky, Claire – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: This study synthesises current literature concerning the barriers to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) faced by people with intellectual disability and/or complex support needs who are involved with the criminal justice system, or at risk of (re)involvement. Method: Through targeted searches of key databases, 41…
Descriptors: Insurance, Disabilities, Barriers, National Programs
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Minchell, Ellie; Rumbach, Anna; Finch, Emma – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Dysphagia (impaired swallowing) is known to contribute to decreased quality of life, and increased length of hospital stay and mortality post-stroke. Despite the advancements in stroke treatment with the introduction of thrombolysis and endovascular clot retrieval (ECR), patients continue to present with high rates of dysphagia. Speech and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Body, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Wright, Peter; Down, Barry; Davies, Christina – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2022
This article considers Participatory Arts and sociocultural understandings of justice and praxis through the example of Big "h"ART, an Australian multi-award winning provider where both artists and participants -- often disenfranchised and marginalised young people -- co-create the work (Matarasso, 2018). Enacting social justice…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Art Activities, Artists, Youth Programs
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Hail-Jares, Katie; Vichta-Ohlsen, Rhianon; Butler, Theo M.; Byrne, Jacqueline – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2023
Queer young people, or young people who are sexuality diverse and/or trans and gender diverse, face a higher lifetime likelihood of homelessness than their cis-heterosexual peers. However, queer young people are often treated as a homogenous group within research, a methodological decision that obscures differences on the basis of gender identity.…
Descriptors: Homeless People, LGBTQ People, Diversity, At Risk Persons
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Todd, Stuart; Brandford, Sharon; Worth, Rhian; Shearn, Julia; Bernal, Jane – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
This article describes an exploratory study of deaths of people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) that had occurred in group homes managed by an ID service provider in Australasia. Such settings are increasingly recognised as places for both living and dying. Little is known about the extent to which they encounter the death of a person with ID…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Death, Group Homes, Age Differences
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