Why are so many Indigenous Women Homeless in Far North and North West Queensland, Australia? Service Providers’ Views of Causes

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Graham ◽  
Valda Wallace ◽  
Deb Selway ◽  
Elizabeth Howe ◽  
Tamara Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Australian Population ◽  
Women Homeless ◽  
North West ◽  
Far North ◽  
Mount Isa ◽  
Homeless Services ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs

Homelessness is a complex problem affecting Australian Indigenous women disproportionately compared to the rest of the Australian population. Homelessness service providers in Cairns and Mount Isa, Australia, provided their perceptions as to why Indigenous women were presenting to homeless services. The key reasons cited by service providers were: domestic violence; alcohol and other drugs; and financial hardship. Other reasons included racist real estate agents; avoiding alcohol and family; overcrowding; literacy and numeracy skills; difficulty returning home and; not enough public housing. Potential solutions to help break this cycle of homelessness are explored. This research suggests that an important overall goal in reducing homelessness is to ensure that Indigenous women are safe at home in their own communities.

Their story: Homeless Indigenous women in Cairns and Mount Isa, Australia

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valda Wallace ◽  
Deborah Graham ◽  
Deb Selway ◽  
Tamara Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Single Women ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
Australian Population ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Mount Isa ◽  
Large Families ◽  
Recurrent Theme ◽  
Family Groups

Homelessness is affecting Australian Indigenous women disproportionately in comparison with the Australian population. Homeless Indigenous women in Cairns and Mount Isa, Australia, were interviewed about their experiences of homelessness, understanding of causes and services available to them. Reasons for homelessness for the women interviewed circled around relationship breakdowns, patterns of repeated homelessness, lack of access to services in remote areas and lack of affordable housing. The need for affordable and safe housing, suitable to accommodate a variety of family groups, from single women to large families was a recurrent theme.

Polytechnic of Central London Spitsbergen Manhaul Expedition, 1976

Polar Record ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 18 (115) ◽  
pp. 378-378
Author(s):  
Roger Daynes
Keyword(s):  
Field Work ◽  
Botanical Survey ◽  
Fishing Vessel ◽  
Sleep Patterns ◽  
North West ◽  
Far North ◽  
Human Sleep ◽  
West Spitsbergen ◽  
Support Facility

A seven-man party from the Polytechnic of Central London spent from 25 July to 26 August in north-west Spitsbergen. Field work included botanical survey and sampling, recording of human sleep patterns, and the making of a 16 mm colour film. The party had the support facility of a former Scottish fishing vessel, the Copious, which it shared with the Cambridge Spitsbergen Expedition. The group landed in the far north of Vasahalvøya on Makarovbreen. Overland glacier journeys were made from Makarovbreen south to Liefdef jorden and Bockf jorden, and from the lower end of Woodf jorden across to Kongsf jorden via Blomstrandbreen—roughly 160 km in all.

Contemporary landscape burning patterns in the far North Kimberley region of north-west Australia: human influences and environmental determinants

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1317-1333 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Vigilante ◽  
D. M. J. S. Bowman ◽  
R. Fisher ◽  
J. Russell-Smith ◽  
C. Yates
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Determinants ◽  
North West ◽  
Far North

Amarna: Urban Manufacture of Luxury Items

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K. Hodgkinson
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Capital City ◽  
North West ◽  
Far North ◽  
The Core ◽  
The North ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Royal Road ◽  
The City

Little is necessary in terms of an introduction, since Amarna is one of the best-known settlements of ancient Egypt. The city was founded by pharaoh Amenhotep IV, known from his fifth regal year as Akhenaten, on his move away from Thebes and Memphis to found a new religious and administrative capital city. Akhenaten reigned approximately between 1348 and 1331 BC, and his principal wife was Nefertiti. Akhenaten’s direct successor appears to have been a figure named Smenkhare (or Ankhkheperure) who was married to Akhenaten’s daughter Meritaten. Like Nefertiti, Smenkhare/Ankhkheperure held the throne name Nefernefruaten. For this reason it is uncertain whether this individual was Nefertiti, who may have reigned for some years after the death of Akhenaten, possibly even with a brief co-regency, or whether this was a son or younger brother of the latter. The rule of Smenkhare/Ankhkheperure was short, and he or she was eventually succeeded by Tutankhamun. The core city of Amarna was erected on a relatively flat desert plain surrounded by cliffs on the east bank of the Nile, in Middle Egypt, approximately 60km south of the modern city of Minia, surrounded by the villages et- Till to the north and el-Hagg Qandil to the south. The site was defined by at least sixteen boundary stelae, three of which actually stand on the western bank, past the edge of the modern cultivation. In total, the city measures 12.5km north–south on the east bank between stelae X and J, and c.8.2km west–east between the projected line between stelae X and J and stela S to the far east, which also indicates approximately the longitude of the royal tomb. The distance between stelae J and F, to the far south-west, measures c.20km, and between stelae X and A, to the far north-west 19.2km. The core city, which is the part of the settlement examined in this section, was erected along the Nile, on the east bank, and it is defined by the ‘Royal Road’, a major thoroughfare running through the entire core city north–south.

A Note from Far North-west New South Wales

1938 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
North West ◽  
Far North ◽  
South Wales

Barriers to comorbidity service delivery: the complexities of dual diagnosis and the need to agree on terminology and conceptual frameworks

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Canaway ◽  
Monika Merkes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Treatment Service ◽  
Variable Nature

This paper draws from a literature review commissioned as part of a larger project evaluating comorbidity treatment service models, which was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as part of the National Comorbidity Initiative. The co-occurrence of mental health and substance use disorders (comorbidity) is a common and complex problem. This paper outlines conceptual and practical complexities and barriers associated with comorbidity treatment service delivery, particularly around the variable nature of comorbidity, and the impacts of the separation of the mental health (MH) and alcohol and other drug (AOD) sectors with their differing institutional cultures, aetiological concepts, philosophical underpinnings, educational requirements, administrative arrangements, and screening and treatment approaches. Issues pertaining to the lack of consistent definitions and conceptual frameworks for comorbidity are discussed, particularly in relation to the reported lack of communication, collaboration, and linkages between the sectors. It is suggested that the adoption of consistent terminology and conceptual frameworks may provide a valuable step towards consistency in service provision and research and could lead to improved capacity to address the many issues relating to comorbidity service provision and treatment efficacy. What is known about the topic?The co-occurrence of mental health and substance use disorders (comorbidity) is a common and complex problem. However, the service system is not sufficiently developed and coordinated to serve clients with comorbid problems well. What does this paper add?This paper summarises the issues pertaining to conceptual and practical complexities and barriers associated with comorbidity treatment service delivery, including the different aetiologies of comorbidity and types and settings of service providers. What are the implications for practitioners?There is a need for practitioners and other stakeholders to agree on consistent terminology and framework(s) relevant to comorbidity to overcome the barriers and complexities that currently limit service delivery and access to treatment.

scholarly journals Analisis Waktu Terbaik untuk Menerbitkan Konten di Instagram untuk Menjangkau Audiens

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Adri Priadana ◽  
Aris Wahyu Murdiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Promotional Material ◽  
Optimal Response ◽  
Web Scraping ◽  
Open Service ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Web

Instagram is a social media that allows us to easily promote products where one of them is done by publishing promotional content. However, posting promotional material at the right time to get an optimal response from the audience is a complex problem. This study aims to analyze the best publishing time to publish promotional content from 10 open trip service provider accounts on the Instagram platform. Researchers use the web scraping method to extract data from Instagram accounts and the aggregation, ordering, and selecting methods to analyze the best time. The basis used to determine the best time is the number of likes and comments on all posts. This research has succeeded in extracting Instagram's web data and analyzing post data from several Instagram accounts of open trip service providers. The results of this study indicate that each account has a different best time to publish content. For example, the best time to post content from an Instagram @hvtrip account is Friday between 20:00 and 20.59. The study can be used as a recommendation for Instagram account holders of open trip service providers regarding the best time to publish promotional content on Instagram to reach an optimal audience. Of course, this is not limited to Instagram accounts open service providers only. Keywords: social media analytics, Instagram data, marketing, open trip services, the best time   ABSTRAK Instagram merupakan salah satu media sosial yang memungkinkan kita untuk mempromosikan produk dengan mudah dimana salah satunya dilakukan dengan cara menerbitkan konten promosi. Akan tetapi, penerbitan konten prosmosi pada waktu yang tepat untuk mendapatkan tanggapan dari audiens secara optimal merupakan masalah yang kompleks. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis waktu penerbitan terbaik untuk menerbitkan konten promosi dari 10 akun penyedia jasa open trip pada platform Instagram. Peneliti menggunakan metode web scraping untuk mengekstrak data dari akun Instagram dan metode aggregation, ordering, dan selecting untuk menganalisis waktu terbaik. Dasar yang digunakan untuk menentukan waktu terbaik adalah jumlah suka dan komentar pada semua post. Penelitian ini telah berhasil mengekstraksi data web Instagram dan melakukan analisis data post dari beberapa akun Instagram penyedia jasa open trip. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa setiap akun memiliki waktu terbaik yang berbeda-beda untuk menerbitkan konten. Sebagai contoh, waktu terbaik untuk menerbitkan konten dari akun Instagram @hvtrip adalah hari Jumat antara jam 20.00 sampai jam 20.59. Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat dijadikan sebagai sebuah rekomendasi bagi pemilik akun Instagram penyedia jasa open trip mengenai waktu terbaik untuk menerbitkan konten promosi pada Instagram untuk menjangkau audiens secara optimal. Tentunya, hal ini tidak terbatas pada akun Instagram penyedia jasa open trip saja. Kata kunci: analisis media sosial, data Instagram, pemasaran, jasa open trip, waktu terbaik

scholarly journals Factors associated with induced demand for services in Iran’s healthcare system

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 978
Author(s):  
Ghahraman Mahmoudi ◽  
Ghanbar Roohi ◽  
Mohammad Asadi ◽  
Fatemeh Rasooly Kalamaki ◽  
Samira Abam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Associated Factors ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
North West ◽  
Induced Demand ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Radiology Technicians

Background:  One of the most important subjects in health economics and healthcare management is the theory of induced demand; that is, caring for or providing and selling unnecessary services to users of healthcare systems, which is accompanied by the exercising of power by the service providers. Methods: This study was performed on physicians, nurses, and laboratory and radiology technicians working in Medical Science universities. Random sampling was conducted from five areas: the center, north, west, east and south of Iran. Data were gathered by a questionnaire, with a Cronbach's alpha of >0.7, consisting of nine dimensions on existence of induced demand and its associated factors. Results: The results showed that overall, 65.2% of the participants agreed with the existence of induced demand. Chi-squared test showed there was no difference in the level of induced demand between the regions of the country, education level and occupation. However, there was a significant difference in terms of gender (P<0.005). The Kruskal-Wallis test indicated a significant relationship between the associated factors and induced demand (P<0.005). Conclusions: Results showed that induced demand was influenced by factors including service recipients’ awareness, personal benefits of service providers, the extent they cared about health, supervision of insurance companies, industrialization of the health sector, diversity and increased number of trained experts and the quality of methods of training the service providers.  Therefore, policymakers and planners should consider raising awareness of health service recipients, supervising insurance companies, reforming teaching methods, social culture making and changing the beliefs of society.

scholarly journals “ENVERDECIENDO” EL CAPITALISMO: UNA GUERRA CONTRA LA SUBSISTENCIA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Isla
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Global Commons ◽  
Environmental Ngos ◽  
The World ◽  
Green Capitalism ◽  
Environment And Development

El capitalismo “verde”, como se presenta en las tres Conferencias de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo, se ha propuesto para enfrentar las crisis del medio ambiente (ecológicos) y social (pobreza) que se vive actualmente en todo el mundo. Este "enverdecimiento" es una nueva etapa de acumulación de capital que implica: el uso de mecanismos financieros, como los intercambios de deuda por naturaleza; la licencia de las ongambientales para negociar los recursos de los países endeudados con las grandes corporaciones, el establecimiento de los valores monetarios de los “bienes comunes globales”. Por otro lado, los nuevos trabajadores son mujeres y hombres campesinos e indígenas que han adquirido nuevos papeles como proveedores de servicios en las nuevas industrias, como el llamado turismo ecológico. En este artículo se considera Costa Rica en esta etapa del capitalismo y se hacen las críticas al respecto.----Green Capitalism, as presented at the three linked United Nations Conferences on Environment and Development, has been proposed as a means to confront the environmental (ecological) and social (poverty) crises currently being experienced around the world. This “greening” is a new stage of capital accumulation that entails: the use of financial mechanisms, such as debt-for-nature exchanges; the license of environmental ngos to broker the indebted countries’ resources with large corporations, and to establish the monetary values of the ‘global commons’. Meanwhile, the new labourers are peasants and Indigenous women and men who have acquired new roles as service providers in the new industries, such as eco-tourism. This paper considers this stage of capitalism in Costa Rica and the critiques to it.

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