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Australian Social Trends December 2010 recent increase in fertility and how socioeconomic and geographic factors might be related to fertility patterns; the rates and reasons behind housing mobility across the life course, as well as barriers to moving house; possible future living arrangements for Australian households. ABS (Dec 2010) Health expenditure Australia 2008-09 Expenditure on health in Australia reached $112.8 billion, or $5,190 per person, in 2008–09 AIHW (Dec 2010) Paternalism in social policy—when is it justifiable? Governments are increasingly called upon to introduce policies designed to change the behaviour of individuals... such as gambling, consumption of unhealthy food, alcohol abuse and smoking of tobacco. In Australia, this has led to an increased policy focus on areas such as preventive health, gambling regulation and behaviourally based welfare reform. ....this paper argues that paternalist policies may be considered justifiable under circumstances where high stakes decisions are involved, the decisions being made by individuals are irreversible and it is possible to identify failures in people’s reasoning. Aus Parliamentary Library (Dec 2010) UK Government, Voluntary and Community sector agree new Compact for working in partnership an agreement between the Coalition Government, and civil society organisations (CSOs) in England... a shorter and more focused agreement between the government and the voluntary sector UK Cabinet Office (Dec 2010) The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults sets out for the UK Government a new strategy for abolishing child poverty.. proposes, in response to young people’s demands, that schools should teach parenting and life skills throughout the whole of their school life. UK Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances (Dec 2010) Energise your Estate the Low Carbon Way: Meeting public sector estate cost efficiency challenges through effective energy and carbon management...UK primary care trusts could save more than £47 million over the next five years through the adoption of better energy efficiency. UK LIFT (Dec 29010) Back Office Benchmark Information 2009/10 All Central Government organisations with over 250 staff were asked to provide data against standard metrics on their key back office functions: HR, Finance, Procurement, ICT, Property, and for the first time, Communications, Legal and Knowledge & Information Management. UK Cabinet Office (Dec 2010) Health Resource Allocation. A briefing for the House of Commons Health Select Committee focuses on health resource allocation under the current system...There will be a significant challenge in bringing about major structural change whilst achieving reductions in administration costs of 30 per cent and wider savings of £14 billion to £20 billion from NHS services...Reorganisation costs tend to be significant. UK Audit (Dec 2010) Guidance on safe nurse staffing levels in the UK sets out the range of different factors that influence the total demand for staff and highlights the variety of methods for planning or reviewing staffing levels. also: RCN policy position: evidence-based nurse staffing levels UK RCN (Dec 2010) UK Health (Dec 2010) Health and Well-Being in the Home: A Global Analysis of Needs, Expectations, and Priorities for Home Health Care Technology Home health care technology may provide one important solution to global concerns about how to sustain health care systems threatened by rising costs and manpower shortages US Rand (Dec 2010) Causes of Death, Australia: Doctor Certified Deaths, Summary Tables, 2009 There were 140,760 doctor and coroner certified deaths registered in Australia in 2009. This was 3,186 (2.2%) less than the number registered in 2008 (143,946). ABS (Dec 2010) Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions The health care system is largely designed to treat one disease or condition at a time, but many Americans have more than one ― and often several ― chronic conditions...an innovative, private-public sector collaboration to coordinate responses US HHS (Dec 2010) Premature mortality from chronic disease In 2007, 83% of all premature deaths (that is, deaths among people a AIHW (Dec 2010) Cancer in Australia 2010: an overview Cancer incidence rates have increased over the past 26 years, while cancer death rates have fallen...cancer still accounted for 3 in every 10 deaths in Australia in 2007. There were nearly 40,000 deaths due to cancer in 2007, or 109 deaths every day. AIHW (Dec 2010) The health of the public: Local Government Group discussion paper snapshot of how UK councils already work to integrate health improvement into mainstream service delivery – from transport, planning and leisure, to housing, environmental health, education and social care UK IDEA (Dec 2010) | |
Commissioning for wellbeing and population mental health There is a good economic case for investing in improving mental wellbeing. UK NMHDU (Dec 2010) Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies Diabetes affects about 1 in 20 pregnancies in Australia and is associated with poorer pregnancy and birth outcomes AIHW (Dec 2010) Tackling health inequalities in infant and maternal health outcomes: report of the Infant Mortality National Support Team improving infant and maternal health in disadvantaged areas UK Health (Dec 2010) Developmental Market Research to Inform Indigenous Ear Health Social Marketing Initiatives a detailed understanding of people’s current awareness, knowledge and attitudes in relation to ear and hearing health. Key barriers and motivators associated with reducing ear disease were also identified, together with people’s communication preferences. Aus health (Dec 2010) Drinking patterns in Australia, 2001-2007 Proportionately more drinkers were found among the employed, people from socioeconomically advantaged areas, and people from Remote and Very remote areas. AIHW (Dec 2010) How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Exposure to tobacco smoke – even occasional smoking or secondhand smoke – causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death US Surgeon general (Dec 2010) Acute Human Lethal Toxicity of Agricultural Pesticides Basing regulation on human toxicity will make pesticide poisoning less hazardous, preventing hundreds of thousands of deaths globally without compromising agricultural needs. Ongoing monitoring of patterns of use and clinical toxicity for new pesticides is needed to identify highly toxic pesticides in a timely manner. PLoS (Dec 2010) Building a safe and confident future: One year on Progress report from the Social Work Reform Board The standards of supervision and support social workers should expect from their employers include •making sure the right number of social workers with the right level of skills and experience are available to meet the level of demand •managing workloads and caseloads so that social workers are not overworked •giving social workers the practical resources they need to do their jobs •creating development opportunities for social workers to give them greater experience and skills. UK Education (Dec 2010) Voice Risk Analysis Pilots: Perspectives from staff, claimants and potential claimants VRA technology works by assessing changes in the stress of the voice of the person being interviewed and, combining this with behavioural analysis, the operative is given an indication of whether the statement made is truthful. UK DWP (Dec 2010) The Strengths and Assets Summit - 2010 presentations from Australian Family and Community Strengths Conference: evaluation ; child and family services also Oslo conference Developing Strength and Resilience in Children presentations include "children of the mentally ill" NSW FAC (Nov 2010) National Standards for out-of-home care The National Standards for out-of-home care were agreed by Community and Disability Services Ministers on 16 December 2010, and will be implemented commencing from 1 July 2011. Aus FaSCHIA (Dec 2010) Development of inspection documents to support the inspection of children’s homes inspection arrangements and Development of an inspection framework for local authority private fostering arrangements and Responses to Ofsted’s consultation on the inspection of local authority private fostering services UK Ofsted (Dec 2010) Adoptions Australia 2009-10 In 2009–10, Australia recorded the lowest number of adoptions since the early 1970s AIHW (Dec 2010) Physical Punishment: policy brief Children who are physically punished are at increased risk of health and behaviour problems...Both state and federal governments should commit to banning physical punishment of children Vic RCH (Dec 2010) Issues for the safety and wellbeing of children in families with multiple and complex problems: the co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems AIFS (Dec 2010) When Child Abuse or Neglect and Domestic Violence Co-Occur resources on supporting children exposed to domestic violence US Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (Oct 2010) | |
Child deaths from abuse and neglect in Australia updated resource sheet AIFS (Dec 2010) Working with and supporting informal carers identifies how community care workers can provide better support for Australia’s 2.5 million carers. Aus benevolent Society (Dec 2010) Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2009 Four million people in Australia (18.5%) reported having a disability in 2009 ABS (Nov 2010) The Blue Skies collaboration promoting a new model of inclusive communities for people with disability in Queensland. ARACY (Dec 2010) Short breaks Pathfinder evaluation including the need to sustain financial investment in family involvement including the development of a robust, independent family ‘voice’,... recruit leadership and front line staff who genuinely believe in and are committed to family empowerment ... recognise the time it takes for strong family voices to emerge ...invest in person centred communication with the large body of families who will choose not to engage in formal participation mechanisms. UK Education (Dec 2010) The Elder Care Study: Everyday Realities and Wishes for Change Almost one in two individuals in the US workforce (42% or nearly 54.6 million employees) have provided elder care over the past five years. US Families and Work (Dec 2010) Clinical Assessment of Ashley Youth Detention Centre's current Policy and Protocols for Health Issues The provision of health services at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre will be strengthened as a result of an investigation into health policies and procedures at the Centre. Tas DHHS (Dec 2010) Juveniles in detention in Australia, 1981–2008 Although there has been an overall decrease since 1981 in both the number and rate of juveniles being placed in detention, in recent years, numbers and rates have begun to increase AIC (Dec 2010) Youth's Characteristics and Backgrounds: Findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement presents key findings from the Survey of Youth in Residential Place-ment that describe the characteristics of youth in placement. Specifically, this bul-letin focuses on the youth’s demographic characteristics, current and prior offenses, current disposition, family and educational backgrounds, and expectations for the future. US OJJDP (Dec 2010) Rough living : surviving violence and homelessness draws on the life stories of six men and six women experiencing homelessness in Sydney. These ‘biographies of violence’ reveal the long-term impacts of childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse...11 participants reported childhood sexual and physical abuse perpetrated mostly by parents and step-parents but also by siblings more End of life care: achieving quality in hostels and for homeless people a practical guide to support hostel staff in ensuring that people nearing the end of their life receive high quality end of life care UK NHS (Dec 2010) Rural Housing, Older People and The Big Society provides a resume of the recent and emerging scope of UK government and independent sector activity in the planning and delivery of housing for older people in rural areas; more UK NHS (Dec 2010) The Guide to tackling housing tenancy fraud a UK blueprint for tackling social housing tenancy fraud, which takes up to 50,000 homes away from low income households and costs the public purse nearly £1 billion per year press release YK CIH (Dec 2010) Youth Homelessness Services in the ACT a discussion paper on modernising the youth homelessness services in the ACT includes a Literature and best practice review ACT DHCS (Dec 2010) The environmental sustainability of Australia's private rental housing stock improving the environmental sustainability of private rental housing poses unique policy challenges. Of central concern is the 'principal-agent' or 'split incentive' problem. While the landlord (or the principal) is generally responsible for purchasing the energy-using facilities in the home, the tenant (or the agent) is generally responsible for the payment of recurrent energy bills AHURI (Dec 2010) |
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