Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity
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The Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity is a national centre for research on the social determinants of health and wellbeing, and health equity. It builds on the reputation of Flinders University for conducting policy and practice-relevant research. The Southgate Institute’s research focus is on what can be done about the underlying factors that determine the distribution of health and wellbeing outcomes, with a particular emphasis on labour markets, social exclusion, housing, structure of suburban environments; economic social and structural determinants of risky and unhealthy behaviours; and social cultural and economic barriers to health and other related service use. The Southgate Institute aims to attract significant external research income, host and facilitate high profile researchers to visit South Australia and Flinders University, build a multi-disciplinary network of researchers at Flinders University with diverse research interests relating to health, society and equity; engage with policy makers and conduct policy relevant research; and encourage the development of early career researchers. SACHRU has been part of the Southgate Institute for a number of years, and will cease to exist at the end of 2013.
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Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity - Collected Works
This collection incorporates publications produced by the South Australian Community Health Research Unit (SACHRU).
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Ideas, actors and institutions: lessons from South Australian Health in All Policies on what encourages other sectors’ involvement
(BioMed Central, 2017-10-16)Background This paper examines the extent to which actors from sectors other than health engaged with the South Australian Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative, determines why they were prepared to do so and explains ... -
Editorial: Public Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Promotion, and Interventions Which Focus on the Social Determinants of Mental Health
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What is the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a fiveyear longitudinal realist case study in South Australia
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-03-28)Background Since the WHO’s Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC) there has been debate about the advisability of adopting comprehensive or selective PHC. Proponents of the latter argue that a more selective ... -
Change management in an environment of ongoing primary health care system reform: A case study of Australian primary health care services
(Wiley, 2017-03-22)Introduction/Background Globally, health reforms continue to be high on the health policy agenda to respond to the increasing health care costs and managing the emerging complex health conditions. Many countries have ... -
Case Study of an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Service in Australia: Universal, Rights-Based, Publicly Funded Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Action
(2016-12-02)Universal health coverage provides a framework to achieve health services coverage but does not articulate the model of care desired. Comprehensive primary health care includes promotive, preventive, curative, and ... -
Power and glory: applying participatory action research in public health
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Southgate digital equity tool
(Flinders University, 2016)The Southgate Digital Equity Tool has been developed to assist policy makers and practitioners in making informed decisions about the way they engage consumers in services and programs in the digital era. Initially developed ... -
Addressing social determinants of health inequities through settings: a rapid review
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Changing settings to be more supportive of health and healthy choices is an optimum way to improve population health and health inequities. This paper uses the World Health Organisation’s (1998) definition of settings ... -
Medicare Local-Local Health Network partnerships in South Australia: lessons for Primary Health Networks
(Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, 2015-09-07)Objectives: To examine the partnerships in population health planning between Medicare Locals (MLs) and Local Health Networks (LHNs) in South Australia, and the factors that facilitated or constrained collaborations, to ... -
'What is the Meaning of ‘Social Mix’? Shifting perspectives in planning and implementing public housing estate redevelopment
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-08-24)This paper unravels a variety of perspectives about the concept of social mix, drawing on a case study of the implementation of a redevelopment project in Melbourne. The first part provides a theoretical overview of two ... -
Analysis of breastfeeding policies and practices in childcare centres in Adelaide, South Australia
(Springer Verlag, 2011-09-25)Breastfeeding policies and practices were analysed in childcare settings in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. Childcare centres were purposively selected based on their geographical location, type and ... -
Vicious cycles: digital technologies and determinants of health in Australia
(Oxford University Press, 2012-11)The use of digital technologies continues to bring rapid changes to personal and institutional forms of communication and information. Digital technologies are becoming increasingly important as ways to gain access to most ... -
Why planned attended homebirth should be more widely supported in Australia
(Wiley, 2008-10-22)This article argues that the continuing reluctance on the part of professional and bureaucratic bodies in Australia to provide for and support planned attended homebirth for low-risk women is unfounded according to the ... -
Overview of ICTs and health
(Centre for Community Informatics, Research, Development and Training (Canada), 2013-11-28)Community informatics links economic and social development efforts at the community level with emerging opportunities in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In recent years in public health there has been ... -
‘They think I’m really cool and nice’: The impact of Internet support on the social networks and loneliness of young people with disabilities.
(Telecommunications Society of Australia and Swinburne University, 2013-05)Today, young people use the Internet for social networking, learning and recreation. Young people with disabilities have fewer friends and reduced social networks. The aim was to investigate the effectiveness of one-on-one ... -
Evaluating complex community-based health promotion: Addressing the challenges
(Elsevier, 2014-08)Community-based health promotion is poorly theorised and lacks an agreed evidence-base. This paper examines characteristics of community-based health promotion and the challenges they present to evaluation. A review of ... -
Cultural respect strategies in Australian Aboriginal primary health care services: beyond education and training of practitioners
(John Wiley and Sons, 2014-08)Objective. There is little literature on health service level strategies for culturally respectful care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. We conducted two case studies: , one Aboriginal community ... -
Developing a good practice model to evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities
(BioMed Central, 2014-05)Background: This paper describes the development of a model of Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) applicable to the Australian context. CPHC holds promise as an effective model of health system organization able to ... -
Social determinants in an Australian urban region: A 'complexity' lens
(Oxford University Press, 2014-08)Area-based strategies have been widely employed in efforts to improve population health and take action on social determinants of health (SDH) and health inequities; including in urban areas where many of the social, ...
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