bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Integrated Water Management Practices in Wainganga River Basin: A Case Study of Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra
Authors: Ravindra Bhagat
Published: December 2024

The present study is Integrated Water Management practices in Wainganga river basin: A case study of Vidarbha Region, Maharashtra, using by geographical information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) techniques. The study will be based on secondary data. Then all the collected data were scrutinized carefully and recorded in master sheets. Runoff is one of the most important hydrological variables used in most of the water resources applications. Watershed based planning and management requires thorough understanding hydrological processes and accurate estimation of runoff. The determination of runoff at micro level is essential to address water conservation practices in a watershed. The information pertaining to occurrence of run off further helps in integrated water management practices such as prioritizing watersheds, erosion control and selection of sites for conservation measures. The monsoon rains in district are concentrated in the four months from June to September and receive 90.81% rainfall, post-monsoon 1.86% pre-monsoon 4.83% and winter 2.48%. Sandy red soil has covered 31% area; median black soil has covered 47% and Lomi red soil 22% covered the area of district. There are 580 large and 13,758 small and medium sized lakes in the district. The percentage of total area under forest 12.25%, especially during 2001 to 2011 periods it was in Bhandara (12.33%), Mohadi (19.89%), Tumsar (13.27%), Lakhani (11.13%) and Lakhandur (16.24%) decreased on large scale. The aim of this present study was to evaluate integrated management system in the Wainganga River basin that have been delineated based on the geospatial environment parameters with appropriate weights in GIS and RS techniques.
EL ÁLGEBRA GEOMÉTRICA EN LA ANTIGÜA BABILONIA
Authors: Rojas Bernilla Esptiben
Published: December 2024

Hace 3,500 a 3,000 años a.C. los matemáticos babilónicos imaginaban problemas con finalidades teóricas y recreativas, sin tener las actuales técnicas de cálculo, ni mucho menos fórmulas. Los babi- lónicos fueron capaces de resolver ecuaciones de segundo grado, y sistema de ecuaciones. Aunque en las tablillas solo se presenta enunciados y procedimientos algoritmicos, sin fundamentación teórica, véase [2] [8] [3]. En el presente trabajo fundamentamos el uso de la llamada geometría ingenua en los babilónicos, dadas las evidencias consignadas en [3] y [8].
NARRATIVA DE PROFESORES UNIVERSITARIOS SOBRE EL CONCEPTO ECUACIÓN LOGÍSTICA: ANÁLISIS TEÓRICO EN APOE
Authors: Quilantán Ortega Ingrid , Rodríguez Vásquez Flor Monserrat
Published: December 2024

En este trabajo se presentan los relatos de cuatro docentes de nivel universitario acerca de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la Ecuación Logística y su importancia en la matemática educativa desde su praxis docente. Los datos se recolectaron mediante una entrevista no estructurada y para su análisis se utilizó la narrativa. Estas narrativas nos indicaron una trayectoria a seguir para crear una descomposición genética preliminar de la Ecuación Logística de acuerdo con una de las perspectivas del primer componente, análisis teórico, de APOE: una mirada desde la didáctica de la matemática.
ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ЗАСАДИ РОЗВИТКУ ЕМПАТІЇ У ЖІНОК-МЕНЕДЖЕРІВ
Authors: Василик О. М.
Published: December 2024

У статті представлено результати теоретичного аналізу феномену емпатії, надається визначення емпатії та описується її структура. Аналізуються основні підходи до вивчення та пояснення сутності емпатії. Емпатія визначається як здатність до розпізнавання та розуміння емоцій, почуттів і станів інших людей. Виокремлюються три види емпатії до яких належить емоційна емпатія, когнітивна і менталізація. Емоційна емпатія передбачає здатність до емоційного зараження та розділення емоційного стану іншої людини. Когнітивна емпатія проявляється через здатність до усвідомлення причин виникнення певних емоційних реакцій та переживань у інших людей. Водночас менталізація передбачає вплив емпатії на міжособистісну взаємодію. Характеризуються нейробіологічні механізми, що лежать в основі здатності до прояву емпатії в основі яких лежать сенсомоторне реагування та афективний обмін. Емпатійна реакція розглядається як циклічний процес, що являється частиною емоційного обміну під час соціальної взаємодії. Наголошується на значенні емпатії в управлінській діяльності. Підкреслюється, що здатність до використання «м’якої сили» в менеджменті передбачає відкритість до інших людей, їх думок, емоцій та почуттів, доброзичливе ставлення і прояви турботи шляхом врахування потреб працівників у процесі прийняття та реалізації рішень. Представлені способи розвитку здатності до емпатії та кожного з компонентів емпатійного реагування на основі знання нейробіологічних принципів сприйняття та розуміння емоцій інших людей. Зокрема, пояснюється вплив переглядів відео та фільмів, читання книг та спостереження за рольовими іграми у розвитку здатності до ідентифікації емоцій, почуттів та станів інших людей. Наголошується на значенні використання рольових і ситуативних ігор у розвитку емпатії менеджерів. Акцентується увага на необхідності розвитку здатності до рефлексії на передуючих темі емпатії заняттях. Підвищення рівня усвідомленості, здатності до ідентифікації тілесних відчуттів, диференціації власних і чужих емоцій і почуттів, дистанціювання від чужих переживань, самоконтролю на емоційному та поведінковому рівнях, а також уміння викликати певні емоції й почуття в інших людей теж необхідні для емпатійного лідера.
ПРОБЛЕМИ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ШТУЧНОГО ІНТЕЛЕКТУ, ЕТИЧНИЙ АСПЕКТ
Authors: Тиньков О. М. , Кузьмінова С. В.
Published: December 2024

Ця стаття узагальнювального характеру спрямована на аналіз знань сучасної нейропсихології, нейрофізіології. Розглянуто результати спільного дослідження міжнародної аудиторської фірми KPMG і університету Квінсленда (Австралія), присвяченого темі довіри до ШІ (довіра до штучного інтелекту). Показано проблеми, з якими стикаються розробники та дослідники ШІ, які можуть бути настільки складними, що їх неможливо алгоритмізувати за допомогою строгих математичних методів, а рішення не доступні. Розглянуто результати першого в Україні соціологічного дослідження «Штучний інтелект: український вимір» – ставлення населення до нових технологій, яке було проведено у вересні 2018 року з ініціативи інституту Горшеніна і групи компаній Everest методом інтерв’ю face-to-face. Розглянуто доповідь «Про етику робототехніки», Всесвітньої комісії ЮНЕСКО з етики наукових знань і технологій (КОМЕСТ), в якій були розроблені рамки для формулювання рекомендацій у сфері етики роботів з урахуванням відмінностей між детермінованими і когнітивними роботами. КОМЕСТ також надає низку конкретних рекомендацій щодо використання робототехніки, включаючи розробку етичного кодексу для розробників і застереження щодо розробки і використання автономних систем озброєнь. У статті розглянуто дослідження: «Довіра до штучного інтелекту: глобальне дослідження». У дослідженні проаналізовано довіру до використання ШІ, ставлення громадськості та очікування від управління ШІ в 17 країнах світу. Звіт за цим дослідженням містить вичерпну глобальну інформацію про довіру та сприйняття систем штучного інтелекту, що охоплює переваги та ризики штучного інтелекту, очікування громадськості, а також регулювання та управління у сфері штучного інтелекту. Він показує, як люди ставляться до використання ШІ у своїй роботі, наскільки широка громадськість обізнана про ШІ і як ставлення до ШІ змінюється з часом. Мета статті – здійснити аналіз актуальних питань пов’язаних з недоліками та загрозами впровадження ШІ.
The interplay between research and care: Performance management in hospitals with scientific purpose in Italy
Authors: Fedele Paolo , Pericolo Elisabetta , Iacuzzi Silvia , Garlatti Andrea
Published: December 2024

Research hospitals are healthcare organizations that deal with clinical treatment and innovative research.While performance frameworks across healthcare settings have been debated by academic and practitioner literature, little has been researched about the relationships between performance management and the dual nature of such organizations. By adopting a multiple case study methodology, this paper broadens the knowledge on the role played by the dual nature of research hospitals in influencing the development of performance management systems, particularly the selection of performance measures.The research focuses on three Italian Scientific Institutes for Research, Hospitalization, and Healthcare (IRCCS) that have different specializations, sizes, and geography. Findings indicate that the twofold mission of such institutions influences performance management frameworks, but not homogeneously, since it may be influenced by their history.
Implicazioni e sfide dell'implementazione del DM 77/2022 nell'assistenza sanitaria territoriale: il caso dell'ASL di Alessandria
Authors: Rosa Angelo , Capolupo Nicola , Pacileo Guglielmo
Published: December 2024

L'assistenza sanitaria in Italia ha subito profondi cambiamenti negli ultimi anni, a seguito dell'introduzione del Decreto Ministeriale n. 77/2022, volto a ridefinire l'organizzazione dell'assistenza sanitaria territoriale e apotenziare la qualità dei servizi attraverso la digitalizzazione e l'integrazione delle cure. Il decreto affronta sfide cruciali legate all'invecchiamento della popolazione e all'aumento delle malattie croniche, promuovendo un modello di Assistenza Domiciliare Integrata (ADI) che mira a ridurre l'ospedalizzazione, garantendo continuità assistenziale e personalizzazione delle cure direttamente a domicilio.Questo studio si concentra sull'Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Alessandria (ASL AL) e sulla sua implementazione delle direttive del DM 77/2022, analizzando come la riforma stia trasformando l'offerta sanitaria territoriale.L'analisi di caso esamina le principali sfide operative, e riflette sul ruolo centrale delle ASL nel bilanciare l'innovazione con le esigenze concrete della popolazione, in un contesto di profonde riforme strutturali. I risultati evidenziano come il potenziamento dell'ADI abbia portato a un significativo miglioramento della copertura assistenziale, ma sottolineano anche le criticità legate alla gestione delle risorse e all'implementazione delle nuove strutture. Lo studio fornisce spunti per comprendere l'impatto della riforma e le implicazioni future per il sistema sanitario territoriale italiano.
Delirio e gioco d'azzardo: la fuga dalla realtà
Authors: Generani Valentina , Marchesi Serena
Published: December 2024

This article aims to highlight, through the narration of a clinical case, the possible interactions between Pathological Gambling Disorder and psychotic symptoms; in particular we talk about delirium within a NAS Psychosis, through the narration of a clinical case of a patient who passed through the Lodi Addiction Service.
Disturbo da uso di alcol e terapie farmacologiche: a che punto siamo?
Authors: Riglietta Marco
Published: December 2024

Il disturbo da uso di alcol ha eziologia, patogenesi e manifestazione clinica sicuramente complesse in cui meccanismi genetici, storie traumatiche, contesto sociale e familiare determinano l'evoluzione della malattia e la possibilità di remissione della stessa. D'altra parte, altre patologie, ben più diffuse nella società occidentale, diabete o ipertensione a mero titolo di esempio, condividono la stessa complessità eziologica, di patogenesi e di manifestazioni cliniche. L'intervento su queste patologie è sicuramente farmacologico ma non solo: si accompagna ad un intervento motivazionale, ad un counselling continuo per monitorare l'aderenza alle terapie, spesso si sovrappone un intervento psicoeducativo con indicazioni nutrizionali oltre che comportamentali (attività fisica). Sicuramente un diabetico o un iperteso avranno una prescrizione farmacologica nella quasi totalità dei casi; in alcologia solo il 30% dei pazienti ha una terapia farmacologica prescritta e spesso si tratta di farmaci che non hanno un'indicazione specifica (ansiolitici, antidepressivi etc.) Insomma, gli "alcolisti" sono trattati, sostanzialmente, con un intervento psico-socio-educativo.
Per una nuova teoria psicologica della sessualità
Authors: Vaccaro Laura , Bottaccioli Francesco , Carosella Antonia , Romy Cutrona Ines , Terni Rossana , Amore Marina , Bastianelli Laura , Bianchi Alessandro , Cardone Raffaella , Cristofaro Simona , Curcio Michele , De Colle Donatella , Di Berardino Patrizia , Palo Gianangelo , Pedrelli Enrica , Savino Rosario , Stoppele Emanuela
Published: December 2024

Dopo Freud e la prima psicoanalisi, scarsa è stata la teorizzazione psicologica sulla sessualità. Una zona cieca, dunque, lasciata nei fatti alla gestione dei singoli psicoterapeuti. Un paradosso non da poco per la psicologia e per le sue applicazioni cliniche, data l'enorme importanza conferita alla relazione da tutti gli approcci psicoterapeutici. Le relazioni, infatti, sono la principale causa (e la cura) della sofferenza psicologica e cos'è la sessualità se non un modo particolare di stare in relazione tra esseri umani? Quali teorie muovono l'agire clinico degli psicologi in questo ambito? Quale educazione sessuale viene proposta, che non sia la mera lezione sulla biologia della riproduzione? In che modo il tema della sessualità può tornare ad essere centrale per una riflessione più ampia sull'essere umano, che non riguardi sporadicamente solo il dibattito politico controverso su un gruppo di persone che ancora faticano a vedere riconosciuti i loro diritti civili in tema di identità sessuale? Queste domande hanno orientato la ricerca e il dibattito della Commissione Nazionale SIPNEI Discipline Mentali che propone al mondo psi un documento che spazia dall'esame delle teorie tradizionali, a quelle recenti, fin dentro il dibattito attuale sul genere, il sesso, i diritti delle persone LGBTQIA+. Questo documento fa seguito alla pubblicazione, ad opera della Commissione, di un testo generale di inquadramento delle scienze psicologiche e delle pratiche psicoterapeutiche e psichiatriche nel paradigma della Psiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia (Bastianelli, Bianchi, Bottaccioli et al. Pnei Review 1/2021: 12-69 scaricabile gratuitamente dal sito dell'editore).
Dal tocco al "sense body ownership"
Authors: Barsotti Nicola , Chiera Marco , Casini Alessandro , Lanaro Diego , Corti Andrea
Published: December 2024

Gli studi sul tocco sono sempre più al centro della ricerca scientifica. Non a caso, nel 2021, il premio Nobel per la medicina è stato assegnato a David Julius ed Ardem Patapoutian per aver contribuito ad identificare i recettori responsabili della percezione delle variazioni di temperatura e degli stimoli meccanici. Possiamo dire, quindi, che questa premiazione è un omaggio al mondo somatosensoriale (SS) che contribuisce a definire il nostro contatto con il mondo esterno e la nostra capacità di adattamento. Infatti, gli studi sul tocco hanno lo scopo di rispondere ad una domanda su cui molti filosofi hanno discusso: "come percepiamo il mondo?". René Descartes immaginò che la superficie corporea fosse collegata al cervello da fili sottilissimi per riconoscere l'ambiente che tocchiamo. Questa intuizione, molti anni dopo, fu confermata da Joseph Erlanger e Herbert Gasser, scopritori delle fibre nervose (Nobel per la Medicina nel 1944 per le scoperte sulla sensibilità SS). Julius e Patapoutian hanno aggiunto un importante tassello: comprendere i meccanismi molecolari che regolano la percezione termica e tattile
Assessing the impact of human activities and land use change on livestock depredation by large carnivores in Mexico
Authors: Torres-Romero E. J. , Penteriani V. , Chávez J. C. , Saldaña-Vázquez R. A. , Nuñez R. , González-Rojas J. I. , Sunny A. , Calatayud J.
Published: December 2024

Human-carnivore conflicts, arising from the predation of domestic animals, contribute to global declines in carnivore populations, primarily due to retaliatory and preventative killings. Understanding the contextual factors that commonly lead to such conflicts is crucial for developing policies and strategies that mitigate economic losses for individuals and reduce human-caused mortality of carnivores. In this study, we used livestock predation insurance claim records filed in Mexico from 2017 to 2020, alongside potentially significant anthropogenic and landscape variables, to explore the relationship between the occurrence of livestock predations and the degree of disturbance or transformation of natural habitats across the country. Our findings reveal that predation sites were widespread throughout Mexico, but their distribution varied in relation to the degree of anthropogenic transformation of habitats. The occurrences of predation by jaguar, puma, and black bear were associated with landscape attributes indicative of anthropogenic changes, including urbanization, deforestation, habitat conversion to intensive agriculture, roads, cultivated pastures, and livestock density. We propose that classified model of anthropic variables can serve as an effective planning tool to identify, prioritize, and address the vulnerability of livestock to carnivores, providing a strategic framework for managing and mitigating human-carnivore conflicts.
What We Heard Report #3: Findings from HSO’s Public Engagement in the Development of a New National Long-Term Care Services Standard
Authors: Flanagan Ashley , Chan Titus
Published: December 2024

This report summarizes findings from the Public Engagement activities that supported  the development of HSO’s National Long-Term Care (LTC) Services Standard. HSO heard from over 18,800 Canadians in 2021 and 2022 through the Public Engagement activities. All engagement participants gave consent for their information to be used for the development of the standard. In accordance, all responses have been treated in confidence and have been anonymized in this report.
“I Don’t Think It’s on Anyone’s Radar”: The Workforce and System Barriers to Healthcare for Indigenous Women Following a Traumatic Brain Injury Acquired through Violence in Remote Australia
Authors: Fitts Michelle S. , Cullen Jennifer , Kingston Gail , Wills Elaine , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of violence. While healthcare access is critical for women who have experienced a TBI as it can support pre-screening, comprehensive diagnostic assessment, and referral pathways, little is known about the barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in remote areas to access healthcare. To address this gap, this study focuses on the workforce barriers in one remote region in Australia. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 38 professionals from various sectors including health, crisis accommodation and support, disability, family violence, and legal services. Interviews and focus groups were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim and were analysed using thematic analysis. The results highlighted various workforce barriers that affected pre-screening and diagnostic assessment including limited access to specialist neuropsychology services and stable remote primary healthcare professionals with remote expertise. There were also low levels of TBI training and knowledge among community-based professionals. The addition of pre-screening questions together with professional training on TBI may improve how remote service systems respond to women with potential TBI. Further research to understand the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living with TBI is needed.
Disablism, racism and the spectre of eugenics in digital welfare
Authors: Van Toorn Georgia , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

This article explores the historical ties between the digital welfare state and eugenics, highlighting how the use of data infrastructures for classification and governance in the digital era has roots in eugenic data practices and ideas. Through an analysis of three domains of automated decision-making – child welfare, immigration and disability benefits – the article demonstrates how these automated systems perpetuate hierarchical divisions originally shaped by ableist eugenic race science. It underscores the importance of critically engaging with this historical context of data utilisation, emphasising its entanglement with eugenic perspectives on racial, physical and mental superiority, individual and social worth, and the categorisation of data subjects as deserving or undeserving. By engaging with this history, the article provides a deeper understanding of the contemporary digital welfare state, particularly in terms of its discriminatory divisions based on race and disability, which are deeply intertwined.
Reported impact and protective factors of the care partner role during persistent critical illness: a content analysis
Authors: Istanboulian Laura , Gilding Anthony J. , Hamilton Lorrie , Master Tasneem , Bingler Sarah , Soldatić Karen , Smith Kelly M.
Published: December 2024

Background: Patients with persistent critical illness experience prolonged multi-system morbidity, functional impairments, and chronic conditions. As a result, these patients have prolonged intensive care unit admissions. If discharged, they return home with long-term medical dependencies. Care partners take on a variety of physical, mental health, cognitive, and social roles to support the provision of care for these patients. There is limited evidence, however, of the impact of being a care partner for this patient population during hospitalization.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted to explore the impact care provision on care partners for patients experiencing persistent critical illness. Patients who have or have had persistent critical illness and care partners were recruited from two inpatient units in a single community academic hospital in Toronto, Canada to participate in semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed using a team-based inductive content analysis.

Results: Seven (43.8%) participants were patient survivors, and nine (56.3%) were care partners. Patients and care partners reported physical, socio-emotional, and social stress as impacts of care provision during persistent critical illness hospitalization. Care partners identified several protective strategies that they used to mitigate the impacts of care provision on them such as seeking external mental health support and boundary setting. Features of formalized and care partner programs were also identified and suggest that these programs can be protective of care partner values, mitigate feelings of helplessness and stress, and may improve relationships between the family members who are in the care partner role and the healthcare team.

Conclusions: This study identified physical, socio-emotional, and social stress related impacts of care provision on care partners of patients with persistent critical illness during hospitalization. Additionally, this study identified protective factors initiated by care partners to mitigate the reported stresses of the role, as well as protective features of a care partner program. The results provide a better understanding supportive features of care partner programs that are specific to the experiences and needs of persistent critical illness and add to the growing body of evidence about how to provide equitable access to care during and post hospitalization.
Disability poverty and ageing in regional Australia: The impact of disability income reforms for indigenous Australians
Authors: Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

Australian disability policy has undergone considerable reform since the early 2000s. While recent research and scholarship has largely focused on the new National Disability Insurance Scheme, there is a dearth of research that examines the impact of reform to the Disability Support Pension, and even less so the effects on Indigenous Australians living with disability. This is surprising as a higher proportion of Indigenous Australians live with disability than the non-Indigenous population. This article pays particular attention to the experiences of Aboriginal Australians who have acquired a disability after extensive years of working (25–40 years), yet are still of workforce age (less than 65 years of age). Because of tightened eligibility criteria for the Disability Support Pension, people in this group are placed onto the lower paid Newstart Allowance (general unemployment benefit). The article illustrates the high levels of poverty that Aboriginal Australians with disabilities experience daily, and the ongoing costs they incur in managing Newstart conditionality to maintain continued access to the general unemployment benefit.
Understanding the Lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women with Traumatic Brain Injury from Family Violence in Australia: A Qualitative Study Protocol
Authors: Fitts Michelle S. , Cullen Jennifer , Kingston Gail , Johnson Yasmin , Wills Elaine , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

Globally, there is growing recognition of the connection between violence and head injuries. At present, little qualitative research exists around how surviving this experience impacts everyday life for women, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. This project aims to explore the nature and context of these women’s lives including living with the injury and to identify their needs and priorities during recovery. This 3-year exploratory project is being conducted across three Australian jurisdictions (Queensland, Northern Territory, and New South Wales). Qualitative interviews and discussion groups will be conducted with four key groups: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (aged 18+) who have acquired a head injury through family violence; their family members and/or carers; and hospital staff as well as government and non-government service providers who work with women who have experienced family violence. Nominated staff within community-based service providers will support the promotion of the project to women who have acquired a head injury through family violence. Hospital staff and service providers will be recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. Transcripts and fieldnotes will be analysed using narrative and descriptive phenomenological approaches. Reflection and research knowledge exchange and translation will be undertaken through service provider workshops.
Intersectionality’s contestations – deepening engagement within the field
Authors: Ned Lieketseng , Motimele Mapheyeledi , Puar Jasbir , Mohamed Kharnita , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

In Disability and the Problem of Lazy Intersectionality, Watermeyer and Swartz attempt to address the growing incorporation of intersectionality within the field of disability studies. Yet, Watermeyer and Swartz’s critique feeds into the very issues they seek to refute, including through centring disability above the interlocking systems of power that intersectionality necessitates. In this paper, we engage with their core arguments, illustrating their critical limitations. We conclude by suggesting that only foregrounding disability, as the authors propose, legitimises the non-reflexive co-optation of Black politicised epistemic strategies of justice for global disability scholars and lends other categories of analysis to erasure.
‘What Kind of Development Are We Talking About?’ A Virtual Roundtable with Tsitsi Chataika, Nilika Mehrotra, Karen Soldatic and Kateřina Kolářová
Authors: Chataika Tsitsi , Mehrotra Nilika , Soldatić Karen , Kolářová Kateřina
Published: December 2024

This roundtable seeks to discuss the ways in which the notion of development is informed by normative devaluations of disabled and racialised lives. The participants come together as scholars who are engaging with disability in and from very different geo-political locations and positionalities. We discuss the ways in which ideologies of development seep into epistemologies of disability, transnational disability policies, formations of politicised communities of disabled people and their political alliances with other marginalised groups.
‘Out of the Shadows’: War-affected Women with Disabilities in Sri Lanka: Final Report
Authors: Soldatić Karen , Samararatne Dinesha , Perera Binendri
Published: December 2024

Over recent years disability has become a core concern of global, national and local development initiatives. Global development donors are increasingly targeting this area for investment as it is now well recognised that disability inclusion is integral to securing processes of community peace-building for long-term sustainable social cohesion.1 A growing body of scholarly research and development practice initiatives have emerged in the area in response to this new agenda.2 Despite these efforts, women with disabilities remain the most marginalised from both the nascent scholarly research and the social policy and practice of disability inclusion.3 Women with disabilities are also the most vulnerable group in post-war and post-conflict situations, experiencing the highest levels of gender-related violence, abject poverty, stigmatisation and exclusion.4 There is an urgent need to understand the impact of long-term war and conflict on women with disabilities, and particularly under transitional arrangements with the end of armed conflict. There is almost no research that examines the day to day lives of women with disabilities within post-war or post-conflict contexts. Nor is there any substantive research that documents their subjective experiences of transitional governance, policy and programming, and how they are included and/or excluded from a society emerging from protracted armed conflict. This report, drawing upon disability-inclusive methodologies of co-creation, development and engagement, maps the lived experiences of women with disabilities living within the war-affected areas of Sri Lanka. ‘War affected’ is defined in this work to include women from areas where sustained hostilities took place, that is the Northern and Eastern provinces; women from the ‘border-villages’ of the primary areas where hostilities took place; women from a community expelled from the Northern and Eastern provinces and living in Puttalam, as long-term internally displaced persons; women from the Southern Province; and women from the Malayaha community.
‘Hard Yakka’: Living With a Disability in the West Kimberley
Authors: Soldatić Karen , Spurway Kim , Meekosha Helen
Published: December 2024

This report investigates the lived experiences of Aboriginal people with disabilities living in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia, covered by the local government shires of Broome and Derby–West Kimberley. The major population centres in the West Kimberley are the towns of Broome, Derby and Fitzroy Crossing. Both local government areas have low populations scattered across vast areas with poor infrastructure and under-developed built environments, which make travel and daily living especially challenging. The town of Broome is located 2,230 kilometres north of Perth; Derby is 2,383 kilometres and Fitzroy Crossing more than 2,500 kilometres to the north-east (Shire of Broome, 2014; Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, 2014). Broome Shire has a resident population of 15,857 people living in an area covering 56,000 square kilometres (Shire of Broome, 2014). Derby–West Kimberley has 8,941 inhabitants living in an area of 118,560 square kilometres (Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, 2014). The region has a large Aboriginal population. Between one-third and one-half of the population is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin (Shire of Broome, 2014; Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, 2014). There are over 100 Aboriginal communities of various population sizes throughout the region and nearly 100 properties servicing the pastoral industry. The West Kimberley has a diverse economy, with mining, tourism, agriculture and pearling, all of which are major contributors to the economic output of the area. Geographically, the region has very diverse terrain and geographical features from arid desert areas, gorges and river valleys to long pristine coastlines, highly developed coastal resorts and beaches, in addition to extensive rainforest areas and cave systems (Shire of Broome, 2014; Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, 2014). Both Shires have significant transportation challenges during the cyclone season, between November and April each year. The ‘great wet’ leads to road closures with the majority of roads being unsealed, gravel or unformed (Shire of Broome, 2014; Shire of Derby–West Kimberley, 2014). This makes travel impossible without access to off-road or four-wheel drive vehicles, further isolating remote communities and restricting access to health, education and other services, including disability support services.
(Re)Claiming Health: The Human Rights of Young LGBTIQ+ Indigenous People in Australia
Authors: Briskman Linda , Sullivan Corrinne T. , Spurway Kim , Leha John , Trewlynn William , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

The human rights of both LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous peoples are far from realized. When conjoined, intersecting identities reveal how racism and queer phobia affect well-being, negating the right to health and resulting in devastating impacts on people’s social, cultural, and emotional well-being. This paper documents the lived experiences of a sample of young gender- and sexuality-diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from a research project conducted in New South Wales, Australia. Their perspectives reveal how, for this cohort, discrimination and privation is manifest at the family, community, and institutional levels. This paper informs an understanding of human rights as experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+-identified peoples, where racism and queer phobia are evident in the spheres of education, employment, and service provision. Adopting a critical human rights stance, our analysis illustrates how settler colonialism manifests through the processes and outcomes of settler colonial institutions and structures.

“These are structural colonial problems that aren’t gonna be fixed by services.”

—survey participant
The Routledge International Handbook of Disability and Global Health
Authors: Ned Lieketseng , Velarde Minerva Rivas , Singh Satendra , Swartz Leslie , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

This handbook will raise awareness about the importance of health and well-being of people with disabilities in the context of the global development agenda: Leaving No-one Behind.

There has been a growing discussion on how people with disabilities should be included in the global health landscape. An estimated one billion people have some form of disability, 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income settings. People with disabilities are more likely to be poor, with restricted access to health and social services, education, rehabilitation and employment. Despite this, people with disabilities are often overlooked in global health and development efforts. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that unless systematically planned for and included in policies and programmes, people with disabilities remain at an increased risk of being adversely affected in times of humanitarian crisis and emergency disasters.

Divided into eight sections:

Disability and Health Frameworks

Health Justice, Rights and Bioethics

Gendering Disability Health

Disability and Global Mental Health

Disability and Access to Healthcare, Including Workforce Development

Crises and Health

Technology and Digital Health

Disability, Ageing and Dementia Care

This handbook covers the full range of topics pertaining to disability and global health including inclusive health; access to rehabilitation; global mental health and disability; medical training and disability; community based inclusive development for improving health and rehabilitation; maternal health and sexual reproduction; preventive care and health promotion for people with disabilities; health, disability and indigenous knowledges; bioethics and human rights; data protection; and health in the global south.

It will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals working in the fields of disability studies, health studies, nursing, medicine, allied health, development studies and sociology.
Traumatic brain injury as a result of violence for Indigenous women: The importance of appropriate monitoring systems, screening and models of care
Authors: Fitts Michelle , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

Violence against Indigenous women is a global challenge that few governments have taken effective action to address domestically, regionally and internationally. Governments in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada and the United States have developed frameworks for addressing the broader family violence epidemic experienced by women and their children in all cultural groups. As a result of this increased and sustained policy attention, one area that is now receiving greater recognition is the impact of violence-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) on women. TBI is a common injury arising from the repeated and frequent incidence of family violence. Longstanding empirical evidence demonstrates that Indigenous women in Australia, and its sister settler colonial states of Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada and the United States, experience higher rates of family violence resulting in TBI. Unfortunately, this is not unique to settler colonial societies, and increasingly, Indigenous research in the area of gender-based violence suggests that TBI from family violence is highly prevalent for Indigenous women globally. This chapter provides a timely opportunity to reflect on what is known about TBI related to family violence for Indigenous women in Australia and to consider knowledge areas that warrant further attention and their applicability to Indigenous women in Australia and sister settler colonial states, including Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
Who’s disabled, Babe? Carving out a good life among the normal and everyday
Authors: Errington Helen , Soldatić Karen , Smith Louisa
Published: December 2024

This chapter draws upon the life narrative of Helen, an elderly disability feminist activist, to traverse normative notions of the good life that have been central to Western political liberalism and its ableist ideal of human flourishing. Helen’s life narrative reveals the differing modalities of reflexive experimentation that become a vital strategy to reimage and practice notions of the good life. Helen’s embodied practices of everyday life are illustrative of the diffuse ways in which disability enables the reimaging of inclusive forms of liberal citizenship
"The way you make me feel” : shame and the neoliberal governance of disability welfare subjectivities in Australia and the UK
Authors: Soldatić Karen , Morgan Hannah
Published: December 2024

There has been a growing global statistical panic surrounding ‘disability’ over recent years. This disability anxiety has been couched around a discourse of unsustainability as governments use a particular set of disability statistics to argue that they can no longer afford disability welfare that is, one of fiscal doom and gloom, “looming in the horizon”(Woodward, 2009, p. 197). Such concerns have been occurring across most OECD countries, and these statistical discourses of disability fiscal panic have become normalised with the onset of austerity measures since the financial crash in late 2007. Global policy institutionssuch as the OECD, World Bank and the IMF have situated disability within economic discourses of global restructuring (Grover & Soldatic, 2013). Disability is thus now central to eco-nomic debates pertaining to the future ‘health’ of the nation that dominates debates of welfare retraction that aim to move people off welfare and into the world of work (Soldatic, 2013).
“Life just keeps throwing lemons”: the lived experience of food insecurity among Aboriginal people with disabilities in the West Kimberley
Authors: Spurway Kim , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

This paper reports findings of a qualitative study conducted in collaboration with Aboriginal people with disabilities and their carers residing in the rural and remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, specifically the impact of chronic food insecurity on their daily lives. Nutritious food is important to maintaining health, particularly for Aboriginal people with disabilities who are at the greatest risk of a range of chronic health conditions, illnesses and secondary disability. In the remote areas of the West Kimberley, the high cost of living, including food expenses and the generally low incomes of residents mean that food insecurity is common. A large portion of the population living in remote and rural areas of the Kimberley is Aboriginal, and chronic illness and disability are twice as likely among this group. Lack of access to nutritious food has a cyclical interaction with disability, resulting in secondary impairments and ill health, which leads to greater economic exclusion and further food insecurity. Participants in this research consistently reported that they coped with food insecurity by fishing and crabbing on their traditional lands, “in country”. This link between land sovereignty, food sovereignty and food security for Aboriginal Australians has echoes with global food sovereignty movements.
'At What Cost?': Indigenous Australians' Experiences of Applying for Disability Income Support (Disability Support Pension)
Authors: Soldatić Karen , Fitts Michelle
Published: December 2024

The Disability Support Pension (DSP) is the primary income support payment by Australians living with a disability of workforce age, but are not attached to the labour market in a significant manner. The Disability Support Pension has been a central component of the Australian social security system. Since the early 2000s, the Australian Government has put in place a series of changes to the DSP eligibility criteria and the assessment process. Despite major changes, there has been limited attention of the implications persons with disabilities, and even less for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with disability. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience approximately twice the rate of disability as non-Indigenous Australians. This report examines the impact to Indigenous Australians in the community applying for the DSP and service providers who ensure they have appropriate support and access to apply for the DSP. This report draws directly on data from interviews and focus groups conducted in four jurisdictions across Australia between March 2017 and September 2018 with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who self-identify as living with disability and have applied or are in the process of applying for the DSP. The data from community members is augmented with interviews and focus groups with medical practitioners and non-medical service providers who have high levels of contact with these community members as well as representatives from Local Government. A number of recommendations to improve the current process are outlined.
New forms of disability activism: who on earth are the Bolshy Divas?
Authors: Soldatić Karen , Love Terence
Published: December 2024

A self-described disability feminist collective is seeking to unmask disability discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation in Australia. Their personal identities, however, remain a mystery.
Conceptual and methodological issues in research with disabled youth in the Global South: towards decolonial futures in pandemic times
Authors: Nguyen Xuan-Thuy , Soldatić Karen , Dyer Hannah
Published: December 2024

This chapter engages with conceptual and methodological complicities and complexities that may arise when working with young, disabled people in the Global South in a pandemic context. Drawing on intersectional and decolonial research in disability studies, we ask: What conceptual, epistemological, and methodological challenges do researchers encounter when learning with and from disabled youth who have both experiences of exclusion and rich insights into how to build decolonial alliances? What scholarly work has been produced in these contexts, and how does such knowledge reflect colonial and ableist logics of power which have been exclusive of young, disabled children and youth? How can adult researchers create participatory, community-engaged, and decolonial spaces for disabled youth and children in the Global South to transform existing power relations? This chapter will contextualize research with disabled youth impacted by the pandemic, highlighting intersectional and structural forces that shape these young people’s positions, with attention to disability, queerness, racism, and gender. We further argue for addressing this epistemic injustice by connecting decolonial alliances between decolonial disability studies and Southern youth epistemologies as ways of re-imagining disabled youth’s futures.
Disability in the Global South: The Critical Handbook
Authors: Grech Shaun , Soldatić Karen
Published: December 2024

This first-of-its kind volume spans the breadth of disability research and practice specifically focusing on the global South. Established and emerging scholars alongside advocates adopt a critical and interdisciplinary stance to probe, challenge and shift common held social understandings of disability in established discourses, epistemologies and practices, including those in prominent areas such as global health, disability studies and international development. Motivated by decolonizing approaches, contributors carefully weave the lived and embodied experiences of disabled people, families and communities through contextual, cultural, spatial, racial, economic, identity and geopolitical complexities and heterogeneities.

Dispatches from Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Venezuela among many others spotlight the complex uncertainties of modern geopolitics of coloniality; emergent forms of governance including neoliberal globalization, war and conflicts; the interstices ofgender, race, ethnicity, space and religion; structural barriers to redistribution and realization of rights; and processes of disability representation. This handbook examines in rigorous depth, established practices and discourses in disability including those on development, rights, policies and practices, opening a space for critical debate on hegemonic and often unquestioned terrains.

Highlights of the coverage include:

Critical issues in conceptualizing disability across cultures, time and space

The challenges of disability models, metrics and statistics

Disability, poverty and livelihoods in urban and rural contexts

Disability interstices with migration, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality

Disability, religion and customary societies and practice

The UNCRPD, disability rights orientations and instrumentalities

Redistributive systems including budgeting, cash transfer systems and programming.

Global South–North partnerships: intercultural methodologies in disability research.

This much awaited handbook provides students, academics, practitioners and policymakers with an authoritative framework for critical thinking and debate about disability, while pushing theoretical and practical frontiers in unprecedented ways.