Joanne Flavel

University of Adelaide · School of Social Sciences

Maintaining individuals with health limitations in the labour force is a challenge of growing importance. Determining the effect of health on occupation may tell us how people adapt to their limitations, and what types of jobs make this harder or easier. This paper uses the first 14 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Su...

Logic modelling is used widely in health promotion planning for complex health and social problems. It is often undertaken collaboratively with stakeholders across sectors that hold and enact different institutional approaches. We use hermeneutic philosophy to explore how knowledge is ‘lived’ by – and unfolds differently for – cross-sectoral stakeh...

Background: A comprehensive understanding of temporal trends in the disease burden in Australia is lacking, and these trends are required to inform health service planning and improve population health. We explored the burden and trends of diseases and their risk factors in Australia from 1990 to 2019 through a comprehensive analysis of the Global...

Previous research on commercial determinants of health has primarily focused on their impact on non-communicable diseases. However, they also impact on infectious diseases and on the broader preconditions for health. We describe, through case studies in 16 countries, how commercial determinants of health were visible during the COVID-19 pandemic, a...

This paper outlines practical tips for inclusive healthcare practice and service delivery, covering diversity aspects and intersectionality. A team with wide-ranging lived experiences from a national public health association's diversity, equity, and inclusion group compiled the tips, which were reiteratively discussed and refined. The final twelve...

Analyses of the prevalence of homelessness suggest homelessness is increasing in Australia and other countries. Yet, difficulties exist in obtaining an accurate picture of homelessness due to a dearth of robust data and inconsistent definitions. This study aimed to build a comprehensive descriptive profile of homelessness and associated health need...

Background Data currently available on non-fatal road injuries are thought to be insufficiently complete and reliable. Linkage of hospital and crash data overcomes the limitations associated with relying on crash or hospital data alone and has been recognised by road safety agencies as integral to future reporting. Aims This Austroads funded proje...

Robust data on people with disability are needed, and we support the recent call by Fortune and colleagues for development of a consistent national disability identifier that would help harness the potential of the National Disability Data Asset to monitor health inequities and social determinants of health. Development of such an indicator would o...

Background: The global burden of lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and corresponding risk factors in children older than 5 years and adults has not been studied as comprehensively as it has been in children younger than 5 years. We assessed the burden and trends of LRIs and risk factors across all age groups by sex, for 204 countries and territor...

Background: Studies show widespread widening of socioeconomic and health inequalities. Comprehensive primary health care has a focus on equity and to enact this requires more data on drivers of the increase in inequities. Hence, we examined trends in the distribution of income, wealth, employment and health in Australia. Methods: We analysed dat...

Covid-19 has impeded achievement of the sustainable development goals and a radical rethink of the global economy is required to meet them argue Fran Baum and colleagues

Issues addressed How health promotion is implemented varies and it is often not clear what activities are in place in a region. Understanding the extent of health promotion activities helps planning activities. Methods This research involved a rapid audit of the types of health promotion activities in a suburban region of South Australia . This an...

This report provides a socio-demographic profile of the homeless population in Adelaide and South Australia. It summarises available data in order to develop a picture of their health status as well as outstanding health and service needs, and outlines gaps in knowledge that could be served by future research.

Employment is a key aspect of resettlement, and research has shown that it is highly valued by people with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. However, less is known about the employment experiences and programmes available specifically to women from these backgrounds. This commentary paper draws upon three data sources – the Building a New Life...

Key messages The Global Health Security Index predicted that the world in general was not well prepared for the pandemic but did not predict individual country preparedness Ten factors seem to have contributed to the index failing to predict country responses, including overlooking political, economic, and social contexts and the role of civil so...

This report is part of the Healthy South project which was funded for 12 months in 2019 by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation Program and led by the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University. The purpose of this report is to provide an epidemiological profile of the population...

This is a companion report to SA: The Heaps Unfair State: Why have health inequities increased in South Australia and how can this be reversed? The main report will be released in early 2020. The aim of this report is to provide quantitative examination of potential underlying factors that might explain the increase in socio-economic health inequa...

This is a report on the findings of the 2016 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey (NACWCS) conducted by the National Institute of Labour Studies, on behalf of the Australian Department of Health. It is the fourth report in the series (previous reports were in 2003, 2007, and 2012).

This paper examines the labour supply of Australian aged care workers to determine methods for increasing supply to remedy possible shortages in the workforce. The possibility of increasing supply is tested through examination of descriptive statistics and estimations of labour supply models. The findings show that supply could be increased by remo...