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Particular Implications (particular + implication)

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Humanities and Social Sciences	50%

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The Australian Health Care Agreement 1998,2003: Implications and strategic directions for occupational therapists

AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY JOURNAL, Issue 2 2000
Susan Brandis
Funding for public health services in Australia is provided to the States and Territories from the Commonwealth. Contractual obligations for how these monies are allocated are detailed in the Australian Health Care Agreement 1998,2003, which has replaced the Medicare Agreement 1993,1998. Key issues identified in the new Agreement, which will impact on occupational therapy services, include arrangements for mental health services, palliative care initiatives, casemix, health system reform, and private health insurance. Particular implications stem from the proposed reforms to the health system. These include the quality agenda, outcome-based funding and evidence-based practice. Other themes identified include future opportunities for occupational therapists working in health services and the imperative to form collaborative partnerships with consumers and other health care providers. The Australian Health Care Agreement is analysed and suggestions given for strategic directions for occupational therapists to consider. [source]

Lone mothers, workfare and precarious employment: Time for a Canadian Basic Income?

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY REVIEW, Issue 1 2009
Patricia M. Evans
Abstract The growth of precarious employment poses significant challenges to current social assistance income support policies yet it remains largely neglected in policy-making arenas. Drawing upon qualitative data from a study in Ontario, Canada, this paper examines the particular implications of these challenges for lone mothers, who figure prominently both in non-standard employment and as targets for workfare policies. In the context of changing labour markets, the article considers the potential strengths and limitations of Basic Income approaches to achieving economic security for lone mothers. [source]

Interaction between macroinvertebrates, discharge and physical habitat in upland rivers

AQUATIC CONSERVATION: MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Issue S1 2010
Michael J. Dunbar
Abstract 1.There is a need to relate changing river flows to ecological response, particularly using methods which do not require extensive new data for water bodies without historical data. This paper describes how local-scale habitat features and changing discharge appear to influence a macroinvertebrate-based biotic index. 2.The study used 87 time-series of river biomonitoring data from upland, wadeable streams with quasi-natural flow regimes across England and Wales. Twenty-seven of the sites were matched to a nearby flow gauging station, and historical, natural flows using a generalized rainfall-runoff model were synthesized for 60 sites. All sites were matched to a River Habitat Survey (RHS) within 1,km. 3.The data were analysed using multilevel linear regression, combining sample- and site-level characteristics as predictors. Common responses were assessed across sites, using the biotic index LIFE (Lotic Invertebrate index for Flow Evaluation), an average of abundance-weighted Flow Groups which indicate the relative preference among taxa for higher velocities with gravel/cobble substrates or slow velocities with finer substrates. The aim was to understand the influence of physical habitat on macroinvertebrate response to antecedent high and low flow magnitude. 4.There was a positive relationship between LIFE score calculated from spring and autumn samples and antecedent high (Q10) and low flows (Q95). The relationship between summer Q10 and autumn LIFE score was steeper than the relationship between winter Q10 and spring LIFE score. Bed and bank resectioning reduced overall LIFE and increased the steepness of the response of LIFE to low (Q95) flow. 5.The models derived may be used to guide environmental flow allocations and to quantify the relative influence of flow and physical habitat change on macroinvertebrate responses. The interaction between resectioning and low flow has particular implications for the conservation of macroinvertebrate taxa with requirements for faster flowing water. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Oral Language Competence, Social Skills and High-risk Boys: What are Juvenile Offenders Trying to Tell us?

CHILDREN & SOCIETY, Issue 1 2008
Pamela C. Snow
A cross-sectional study examining the oral language abilities and social skills of male juvenile offenders is described. Fifty juvenile offenders and 50 non-offending controls completed measures of language processing and production, and measures of social skill and IQ. Information about type of offending, substance use histories and learning/literacy problems was also gathered. Young offenders performed significantly worse on all language and social skill measures, but these differences could not be accounted for on the basis of IQ. Just over half of the young offenders were identified as language impaired. This subgroup was compared with non-language impaired offending peers on a range of variables. The findings have particular implications in the areas of early intervention for high-risk boys and investigative interviewing of juvenile offenders. © 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation © 2007 National Children's Bureau. [source]