Research Publications

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Communal disadvantage

Community Adversity and Resilience
- 2004
- Tony Vinson
Community Adversity and Resilience follows on from Unequal in Life (1999), by measuring the concentrations of disadvantage according to postcode areas in New South Wales and Victoria. It proposes that certain innate characteristics be promoted to build greater cohesion rather than social exclusion.

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Youth issues

Engaging Art
- 2003
- Martin Thiele, Sally Marsden
Engaging Art examines the role of the arts as a framework for socially reengaging highly marginalised young people.

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Communal disadvantage

Unequal in Health
- 2001
- Tony Vinson
Access to comprehensive health services is one of the most important needs of Australians who experience social disadvantage. This report maps how effectively access to health services is occurring in populations of the most disadvantaged postcodes in New South Wales and Victoria.

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Communal disadvantage

Unequal in Life
- 1999
- Tony Vinson
Unequal in Life investigates the distribution of social disadvantage in Victorian and New South Wales by postcode.

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