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Implementing the HEALing Matters program in residential out-of-home care: Evaluation of carers' commitment to promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours 在家庭外寄宿护理机构中实施 "HEALing Matters "计划：评估照顾者对促进健康生活方式行为的承诺

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Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.359

Rachael Cox (nee Green), Kostas Hatzikiriakidis, Ruby Tate, Lauren Bruce, Madelaine Smales, Addison Crawford-Tagliaferro, Luke Patitsas, Emma Galvin, Helen Skouteris

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Acceptability of corporal punishment and use of different parenting practices across high-income countries 体罚的可接受性以及高收入国家采用不同育儿方法的情况

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.340

Carolina Gonzalez, Alina Morawska, Daryl J. Higgins, Divna M. Haslam

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Guest editors' introduction to special issue on corporal punishment of children in Australia 澳大利亚儿童体罚问题特刊特邀编辑导言

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-05-04 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.337

Carys Chainey, Sarah Whittle

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High stress, high demand and high pressure: Experiences of social work and human services agencies during Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdowns 高压力、高需求和高压：墨尔本 COVID-19 封锁期间社会工作和人类服务机构的经历

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-04-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.325

Betty Haralambous, Ronnie Egan, Patrick O'Keeffe, Sobika Baskarathas, Emily Heales, Caroline Jerono, Scott Thompson

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Working toward reunification in New South Wales: Professional perspectives on navigating complex systems 在新南威尔士努力实现团聚：驾驭复杂系统的专业视角

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.333

Susan Collings, Meredith McLaine, Sarah Ciftci, Betty Luu

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Researching effective practices to reduce youth homelessness and disadvantage from a young person's perspective: A systematic review 从青少年的角度研究减少青少年无家可归和处境不利现象的有效做法：系统回顾

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.332

Delia Rambaldini-Gooding, Lynne Keevers, Narelle Clay, Lisa MacLeod

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The complementary impacts of nurse home visiting and quality childcare for children experiencing adversity 护士家访和优质托儿服务对逆境儿童的互补影响

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Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.331

Huu Nghia Joey Nguyen, Fiona Mensah, Sharon Goldfeld, Rheanna Mainzer, Anna Price

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Misconceptions about corporal punishment in Islam 关于伊斯兰教体罚的误解

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Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.326

Mohammed Shafiq, Akhtar Munir, Sarah Little

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Justice reinvestment—Local solutions for young people in contact with the criminal justice system, but should more be done? 司法再投资--为触犯刑事司法制度的年轻人提供地方解决方案，但是否还应做得更多？

IF 2 2区社会学

Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.318

Leigh Haysom

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How does the media represent institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities? A case study of the Malka Leifer court case 媒体如何报道犹太社区内对儿童的机构性虐待？Malka Leifer 法庭案件案例研究

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Australian Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.317

Philip Mendes, Marcia Pinskier, Susan Baidawi

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