HIDDEN IN THE MARGINS: THE LIVES AND TRAJECTORIES OF YOUNG CARERS

Grant number: DE200100607

Abstract

This project aims to examine the social, educational, economic and health-related experiences of young informal carers. One of the most unrecognised groups in Australian society, young carers are likely to experience enduring effects of their caring role across many domains. This project is particularly critical in light of the NDIS roll-out. It expects to improve understanding of young carers by developing and applying innovative analytic models that will lead to quantification of the determinants and consequences of being a young carer in Australia. This will identify ways to best support young carers, and in doing so, will inform the implementation of programs and policies that will deliv..

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Young carers in the COVID-19 pandemic: risks for mental health.

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AJ Scovelle, T King, M Shields, A O'Neil, T Lallukka, B Hewitt, A Milner

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether gender was an effect modifier of the relationship between three psychosocial job ..

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Tania King, Francisco Perales, Ankur Singh, Lyle Gurrin, Bradley Crammond

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OBJECTIVE: This study sought to assess the extent to which gender attitudes are associated with mental health among Australian men..

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Role of social support in the relationship between financial hardship and multimorbidity-a causal mediation analysis.

Ankur Singh, Diana Contreras Suarez, Emily You, Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo, Tania King

2021-07-13

BACKGROUND: Social disadvantage is a key determinant of multimorbidity. Pathways through which social disadvantage leads to multim..

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Does disability modify the relationship between labour force status and psychological distress among young people?

Marissa Shields, Stefanie Dimov, Tania L King, Allison Milner, Anne Kavanagh, Matthew J Spittal, George Disney

2021-06-01

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between labour force status, including young people who were unemployed and having problems ..

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Why Gender Equality Is Good for Men's Health and Why This Matters Now.

Tania L King, Karla Elliott

2021-06-01

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How do employment conditions and psychosocial workplace exposures impact the mental health of young workers? A systematic review

M Shields, S Dimov, A Kavanagh, A Milner, MJ Spittal, TL King

2021-04-17

PURPOSE: To assess the quality of the research about how employment conditions and psychosocial workplace exposures impact the men..

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Gender stereotypes and biases in early childhood: A systematic review

Tania L King, Anna J Scovelle, Anneke Meehl, Allison J Milner, Naomi Priest

2021-03-31

This review aimed to synthesise studies examining the presence of gender stereotypes and biases expressed by young children aged 3..

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COVID-19 and suicide risk in the construction sector: preparing for a perfect storm

Tania L King, Anthony D Lamontagne

2021-02-18

AIMS: Worldwide, construction industries are considered to be key economic pillars of the societies they serve, and construction w..

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Associations between Individual-level and Area-level social disadvantage and oral health behaviours in Australian adolescents

Nadia Kaunein, Ankur Singh, Tania King

2020-12-01

Background Oral health behaviours are significant determinants of oral health. There is evidence that socioeconomic position influ..

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Gendered associations between household labour force participation and mental health using 17 waves of Australian cohort data

Tania L King, Yamna Taouk, Anthony D LaMontagne, Humaira Maheen, Anne M Kavanagh

2020-11-05

PURPOSE: There is some evidence that employed women report more time pressure and work-life penalties than employed men and other ..

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Health Literacy in Male-Dominated Occupations.

Allison Milner, Marissa Shields, Anna J Scovelle, Georgina Sutherland, Tania L King

2020-09-01

Low levels of health literacy are associated with poorer health outcomes. Both individual- and social-level factors have been iden..

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