Solving the Disability Data Puzzle to Ensure Progress Towards Equity

Labor market entry dynamics and mental health outcomes among young people with and without disability

S Fauser, I Mooi-Reci, M Shields, Z Aitken, A Kavanagh

2026-06-01

Young people with disability face significant barriers to stable employment. Yet, little is known about how early labor market exp..

Addressing the challenges of intellectual disability identification for health policy and research in Australia

H Leonard, K Wong, P Liao, M Khan, Z Aitken, J Bourke, JN Trollor, J Downs, MA O’Donovan, AM Kavanagh, P Srasuebkul

2026-01-01

This article discusses the important issue of the need for a stable definition of intellectual disability in order to allow compar..

Housing affordability and health in people with disability: A scoping review

K Mason, T Durrand, GM Bishop, A Sully, Z Aitken

2026-01-01

Persistent inequities in the social determinants of health contribute to poor health outcomes among people with disability. People..

Monitoring and evaluation of health disparities for people with disability in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

S Walmsley, M Huska, Z Aitken, M Marella, A Kavanagh, K Kamenov, D Barrett, A Devine

2026-01-01

People with disability experience health inequities and mostly live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), because that is w..

Time trends in post-school outcomes for young Australians with intellectual disabilities

S Dimov, M Shields, Z Aitken, AM Kavanagh, H Dickinson, G Sutherland

2026-01-01

Background: Young people with intellectual disabilities experience persistent disadvantages in post-school outcomes. This study ex..

Methods used to construct disability indicators in linked administrative datasets: a systematic scoping review

Z Aitken, S Walmsley, G M Bishop, S Badji, N Fortune

2025-12-01

Background: In this scoping review, we aimed to examine evidence on methods used to construct disability indicators in linked admi..

Adverse childhood experiences and their differential relationships with transdiagnostic mental health outcomes in young adults

Y Chen, Z Aitken, D Hammond, A Thompson, S Marwaha, C Davey, M Berk, P McGorry, A Chanen, B Nelson, A Ratheesh

2025-05-22

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with poor mental health outcomes, which are increasingly conceptualized from a..

Characteristics of geographic environments that support the health and wellbeing of young people with disability: A scoping review

A Alderton, Z Aitken, B Hewitt, E Dearn, H Badland

2025-04-01

Purpose: We aimed to: 1) identify key characteristics of geographic environments relating to the health and wellbeing of young peo..

Gender identity and mental health inequalities 2001-2022: population-level evidence from an Australian cohort study

K Saxby, S Hutchinson Tovar, GM Bishop, I Down, R Spencer, D Petrie, Z Aitken

2025-03-06

Background Trans, non-binary and gender-diverse (TGD) people experience poorer mental health relative to cisgender populations. Ho..