HL3 - Where social, legal & health psychology collide Flashcards
1
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What is the conceptual framework for Australia’s health?
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2
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What do we know about the different types of domestic violence?
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- Family violence:– Between family members– Typically where perpetrator exercises power and control over another– Most commonly intimae partner relationships
- Sexual violence:– Behaviour of sexual nature carried out against a person’s will– Perpetrated by anyone.
- 1 in 6 women have experienced physical or sexual violence by cohabiting partner by 15
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Who is at greatest risk of DV and how might it relate to repeated occurance of abuse?
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- Women, more likely to know perpetrator & occur in home
- Men, more likely to be violence from strangers in public
- Repeated occurrence
- 54% women who’d experienced current partner violence experienced more than 1 incident
- 2014-15: 8 women & 2 men hospitalised each day after assault by partner
- 2012-13/2013-14: 1 woman/week & 1 man/month killed as result of violence from partner
4
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What is the impact of DV on children?
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– Long-term effects on development
– Increased risk of mental health issues
– Increased risk of behavioural issues
– Increased risk of learning difficulties
– 68% of mothers experiencing violence reported children witnessing violence
* 2015-16:
– 45,700 children were subject of child
protection substantiation
– 55,600 were placed in out-of-home care
5
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How is the indigenous community impacted by DV?
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- Family violence within Indigenous communities needs to be understood as both a cause and effect of social disadvantage and intergenerational trauma
- 2014-15:
- 14% of Indigenous women experienced physical violence in past year
- 28% reported cohabiting partner was perpetrator
- Women 32x rate of hospitalisation due to family violence
- Men 23x rate of hospitalisation
- 2015-16: children 7x as likely to be subject of substantiated child abuse/neglect
6
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What is the impact of homelessness on health?
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- Impact on health– Mental health conditions most prevalent– 35% anxiety disorders– 32% depressive disorders
- Groups likely under-represented in these figures:– Indigenous women– Pregnant women– Women with disability– Women experiencing homelessness
7
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What issues are there with registering birth of indigenous children?
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- 1/6 Indigenous children born in QLD do not have a birth certificate– 15-18% of Indigenous births not registered
- Impacts:– Enrolling in school– Government benefits– Medicare– Driver’s licence
8
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What can happen when the police are called in a DV incident?
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- Ms Dhu (22 yr old)
- Police response
- Partner was arrested for breaching violent restraining order
- Ms Dhu had unpaid fines & was arrested
- Incarcerated for 4 days to pay of fines of $3,622
- Later died from injuries sustained in custody
- 1 in 3 women enter prison system to clear fines
- Police response
9
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How do incarceration figures show the systems fail?
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- Indigenous women:– represent 35% of women in QLD prisons in 2015-16– More likely to be subject to breaches of discipline– More likely to be in high security prisons and on safety orders than males– 17.5x more likely to die due to homicide than non-Indigenous
- Indigenous women are least served by the legal system as men perpetrating violence against them are the least likely to be held accountable within the justice system
10
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What legislative change was there to extend care for young people?
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- Victorian government committed to ‘Home Stretch’
- Providing young people with option to remain with carer until age 21
- Extending care allowance support to carers
- Tailored support from specialised workers helping obtain employment, education, training, and life coaching.
- Gradual and supported transition to independent living
- Improve outcomes for young people
- Lower costs to government longer term
- 2009 survey of care leavers:
- 35% were homeless in the first year of leaving care;
- 46% of boys were involved in the juvenile justice system;
- 29% were unemployed;
- 2008 a study by the Care Leavers Australia Network:
- 41% were pregnant during their adolescence;
- 43% – 65% of care leavers have poor mental health outcomes (including depression, Anxiety, PTSD, panic attacks and sleep disorders)
11
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What support was there of aboriginal ownership of community infrastructure and gathering places?
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- Transfer of land and property to Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation
- Cultural Heritage Council
- Preserving cultural heritage
- Manage land and sites of significance
- Provide Wurundjeri people opportunities to connect with culture
12
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What is the solids Sista’s and Brotha’s Aboriginal program?
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- Aims to strong leaders among the Aboriginal community in the Canberra region
- Weekly gatherings
- Healthy safe place for discovering, connecting, sharing and
growing new ideas and knowledge - Core operations are facilitated by local Aboriginal parents
who are volunteers - Transfer traditional knowledge through art, music, dance, and
stories
13
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What is the sisters inside organisation?
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- Community organisation in QLD advocating for human rights of women and girls in prison and their families.
- Provides services to address individual needs– Housing– Income– Health care– Support in community
- Recognise complex factors leading to incarceration
14
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How does life expectancy differ in indigenous people?
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- 2010-12 life expectancy for:– Indigenous males 10.6 yrs lower than non- indigenous– Indigenous females 9.5 yrs lower than non- indigenous
15
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What is the health of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people like in Australia?
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- Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people have:– Higher infant mortality rates– Higher unemployment rates– Lower weekly income than other Australians– More health risk behaviours– Poorer housing circumstances– Less access to education and child and maternal health
- Rates of liver and lung and other smoking related cancers are higher
- Breast, prostate, colorectal and skin cancer are lower (Condon, Barnes, Armstrong, Selva-Nayagam & Elwood, 2005)
- Rates of lung cancer 2/3 times higher in rural Aboriginal communities than for the rest of Queensland (Coory, Thompson & Ganguly, 2000)
- Rates for smoking related cancers as well as for breast and other cancers are increasing (Condon et al., 2005)
- ****************Difficulties in doing research with Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islanders (Torzillo, 1999)****************
- Less participation in cancer screenings
