Nicole Brownfield, M. Thielking, G. Bates, F. Morrison
{"title":"Does poverty impact student academic outcomes and wellbeing in Australian universities? A systematic review","authors":"Nicole Brownfield, M. Thielking, G. Bates, F. Morrison","doi":"10.36251/josi.192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.192","url":null,"abstract":"Preliminary evidence suggests that Australian university students have higher levels of financial stress and food insecurity relative to the general population. However, the impact of poverty on students’ university experiences is rarely considered. The current systematic review sought to investigate whether poverty is associated with poorer academic outcomes and wellbeing in Australian tertiary students. The search included a range of terms related to financial stress, food insecurity, homelessness, housing insecurity, attrition, academic achievement, satisfaction with life, general health, and psychological distress. Twenty-seven (65.9%) of the 41 studies revealed a negative relationship between poverty and wellbeing, and/or a negative relationship between poverty and university engagement within Australian university student samples. Overall, the review found that poverty within tertiary students is associated with negative impacts on academic performance and well-being. Universities, governments, and researchers are therefore urged to explicitly identify the issue of poverty within higher education to begin to address it appropriately.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70121556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreword: In-focus special on place-based issues and approaches","authors":"L. O'Brien","doi":"10.36251/josi.209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.209","url":null,"abstract":"This ‘in focus’ edition of JOSI was inspired by the first Changefest, a gathering of diverse peoples intent on making a change within their communities (in Australia). Hosted by Logan Together, Collaboration for Impact, Opportunity Child and Griffith University in the city of Logan 2018, this event was born from a shared belief in the power of bringing together local people with the institutions that serve them to collectively take ownership of a problem, shared priorities and to tackle local issues using local knowledge and experience to create long term positive change.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43340815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Locale knowledge: Constructing place-based ways of knowing in complex disability service provision","authors":"Adrienne McGhee","doi":"10.36251/josi146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi146","url":null,"abstract":"The current study employed ethnographic methodology to explore the nature and use of knowledge by 26 disability support workers who supported older people with an intellectual disability living at three supported accommodation services in metropolitan south-east Queensland. This paper presents one vignette from the larger ethnography entitled “Katie’s story: The final voyage”. Katie’s story describes how, after a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Katie’s support team responded to her profound and intensifying need from within existing resources, developing an embedded, practitioner-constructed, place-based knowledge that enabled Katie to die-in-place with dignity. Findings from the ethnography identified that – in the face of multi-faceted dilemma, systems constraint, and continually shifting complexity – disability support workers accessed a range of knowledges which they synthesised and translated into a unique, dynamic, responsive, and actionable locale knowledge for the purpose of supporting the unique and changing needs of older people with an intellectual disability. Findings from the research challenge current understandings of disability support worker knowledge as deficient, instead identifying worker ways of knowing as highly targeted, person-centred, and constituting place-based responses to the everyday contingencies and dilemmas of support. Findings from the study have implications for the professional development of disability support workers in their efforts to optimise social inclusion with and for people with an intellectual disability.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43490439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diversity, opportunities and challenges of inclusive theatre","authors":"J. Nijkamp, M. Cardol","doi":"10.36251/josi.153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.153","url":null,"abstract":"Many initiatives including theatre projects with disabled and non-disabled actorsaim at increasing the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. We tooktheatre as the context to learn about these inclusive practices. We searched thescientific literature for case studies to investigate: 1) What can inclusive theatreperformances look like?, 2) Which factors stimulate or hinder working inclusivelywithin a theatre?, and 3) How are inclusive theatre performances looked upon?Overall, inclusive theatre can take various forms, however realising inclusivecollaboration between actors with and without disability is not easy. Based onthe findings, it appears that participants of inclusive theatre without disabilitiesneed to be open to the different modes of expression of their colleagues withdisabilities, and to value this expression and provide room for it. All participantswith and without disabilities together need to develop new ways of working andco-creating, resulting in new skills and views. Inclusive theatre productions canmake people think differently about ability and normality, while at the same timehaving aesthetic power, but it is still controversial to consider these productionsas art instead of as social projects. It is important to realise that inclusive theatreimplies changes for every participant, just as an inclusive society would.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42733688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Civic Participation of Haitian Immigrants in the Dominican Republic: An Urban-Rural Comparison","authors":"K. J. Peralta, S. Arps","doi":"10.36251/josi.180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.180","url":null,"abstract":"Using data on 91 respondents from a 2017 household survey, this studyexamines the civic participation of Haitian immigrants in the DominicanRepublic. We analysed self-reported attendance at voluntary associationmeetings (labour, community improvement, sports/recreation, religious, andparent-teacher). The purpose was to identify the extent to which respondentsengaged in civic life and to determine whether there were significant urbanrural/peri-urban differences in attendance, in order to shed light on if the locationof residence may or may not shape participant involvement. The resultsrevealed that participation was highest in parent-teacher meetings (78%) andlowest in labour meetings (18%). Across all five meeting types, there was ahigher percentage of attendance by rural/peri-urban than urban participants.The differences between urban and rural/peri-urban participant attendancewere significant for all of the association meeting types, except for parentteachermeetings. This research is important for appreciating the previouslyunder-examined issue of civic engagement of Haitian immigrants in theDominican Republic with special attention given to geographic variation.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42808784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting choice, recovery and participation: Information is the key to NDIS access for those with psychosocial disability","authors":"Victoria Stewart, K. Visser, M. Slattery","doi":"10.36251/josi.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.172","url":null,"abstract":"Currently there is limited understanding of how people living with severe andpersistent mental health issues use and experience the internet when searchingfor information regarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Thisstudy aimed to investigate what information mental health consumers wantabout the NDIS and how they would find this online. A small exploratoryqualitative cross-sectional study was conducted using a naturalistic inquiryapproach. Brief semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data fromnine mental health consumers living in Hobart, Australia. Three emergentthemes were identified, (1) knowledge about the NDIS; (2) internet usage; and(3) the importance of language. The findings highlighted that individualsaccessed NDIS information from a variety of sources with a preference forobtaining information from people rather than the internet. Of those who hadsearched online for NDIS related information, their level of understanding of thescheme was quite limited suggesting that information provided online was notadequately meeting their needs. More generally, participants reported difficultynavigating NDIS literature due to language complexity. Participants alsoreported confusion regarding specific aspects of the NDIS scheme and amisunderstanding of the roles and functions of the NDIS and Centrelink. Thesefindings suggest that the information provided to potential NDIS psychosocialparticipants does not meet their needs, and individuals want simple guidanceas to what the NDIS is, how it works, and what funding opportunities it offerspeople. Access to clear and easy to understand information for mental healthconsumers may support recovery via improved uptake of the NDIS.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46036138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Music, Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Music for Health Equity and Social Justice Eds. Sunderland N., Bendrups, D. and Bartleet B-L.","authors":"Elizabeth Coombes","doi":"10.36251/josi.184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.184","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a book review of the the text Music, Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Music for Health Equity and Social Justice edited by Naomi Sunderland, Dan Bendrups and Bridie-Leigh Bartleet. The book explores the use of music participation as a means of addressing health inequalities. Touching on arts therapies, the book also offers a wider contextualisation of this area of work in a variety of services and settings. Considerations such as inclusion, accessibility and the global remit of music-based projects are described and discussed. \u0000","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44617166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compassionate care: a socially inclusive model for the routine medical care of people living with HIV/AIDs in India.","authors":"S. Larmar","doi":"10.36251/josi.150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.150","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000This paper reports on a research project exploring a socially inclusive approach to providing routine medical care for people living with HIV/AIDs (PLHA) in India. Seven medical practitioners working in an outpatient clinic in a central city in India that gives emphasis to compassionate care were interviewed. The findings of the research indicate that compassionate care for PLHA in India promotes a socially inclusive model of support to increase beneficiary hope and reduce the stigma associated with this population.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43822679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges to social inclusion are being illuminated in the era of social distancing","authors":"P. Harris, Pooja Sawrikar","doi":"10.36251/josi.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.195","url":null,"abstract":"The year 2020 is like no other. The Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world, and with it shone a spotlight on long entrenched social inequalities and associated differences in our abilities to ‘socially distance’ and prepare for and endure enforced ‘lockdowns’. As Xafis (2020) puts it, those most affected by the pandemic “are individuals and groups routinely disadvantaged by the social injustice created by the misdistribution of power, money, and resources” (p. 1). Differences in health and disability status, ability to access care, occupational status, wealth, education, housing, food security, and cultural background, have all been attributed to differences in coronavirus mortality and morbidity rates (Xafis, 2020).","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47940247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social inclusion for women experiencing homelessness","authors":"Jenna M Richards, A. Oudshoorn, L. Misener","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.166","url":null,"abstract":"Background: People experiencing homelessness have been described as one of the most socially excluded groups (Everett 2009; Labonte, 2004), particularly homeless women (Wesely & Wright, 2005). Exploring the barriers and facilitators to social inclusion for women experiencing homelessness, in addition to their experience of sports, may provide the information required to increase their access to community activities and result in increased inclusion. \u0000Methods: Qualitative thematic analysis was used to explore women’s homelessness, social inclusion, and sports. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with eleven women residing in a shelter. The data were analyzed for themes relating to the research questions. \u0000Findings: Four themes are proposed from the interviews: (a) poverty is exclusion, (b) housing is not (necessarily) a prerequisite for social inclusion, (c) women play sports, and (d) it’s just a piece of paper. These themes represent the barriers and facilitators of social inclusion that the participants experienced, as well as their experiences and interests in sports. \u0000Conclusion: The findings revealed that while women may be interested in sports as an opportunity to experience inclusion, they faced many barriers in accessing sports as a service for people experiencing homelessness. The findings of this study may inform organizational and government policy, and future research. Further intersectional research is needed to understand how gendered experiences of homelessness intersects for Indigenous or racialized persons. \u0000","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46342562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}