Centre for Disability Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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Developing the rural health workforce to improve Australian Aboriginal health outcomes: a systematic review
Published 2016-01-01Objective: The aim of this study was to identify evidence based strategies in the literature for developing and maintaining a skilled and qualified rural and remote health workforce in Australia to better meet the health ...Open AccessArticle -
Who are they and what do they do? Profile of allied health professionals working with people with disabilities in rural and remote New South Wales
Published 2015-01-01Objective: To explore the characteristics of allied health professionals (AHPs) working with people with disabilities in western New South Wales. Design: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an online questionnaire. ...Open AccessArticle -
Boosting the recruitment and retention of new graduate speech-language pathologists for the disability workforce
Published 2016-01-01New graduate speech-language pathologists (SLPs) will play an integral role in meeting the anticipated growth in demand for a highly skilled disability workforce under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Despite ...Open AccessArticle -
Speech pathologists’ perspectives on transitioning to telepractice: What factors promote acceptance?
Published 2015-01-01Little is understood about factors that influence speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) acceptance of telepractice. The aim of this study was to investigate SLPs’ perceptions and experiences of transitioning to a school-based ...Open AccessArticle -
Rural Carers of People with Disabilities: Making Choices to Move or to Stay
Published 2014-01-01When a child is born with, or an individual acquires, a disability in rural Australia, one of the decisions faced by the family is whether to remain living in a rural area or move to a larger metropolitan centre to access ...Open AccessArticle