Journal articles

2012

Lordan, G., Jimenez Soto, E., Brown, R. P. C. and Correa-Velez, I. (2012)‘Socio-economic status and health outcomes in a developing country’. Health Economics 21(2): 178-186 

Spaaij, R. (2012) 'Building Social and Cultural Capital among Young People in Disadvantaged Communities: Lessons from a Brazilian Sports-based Intervention Program'. Sport, Education and Society, 17(1): 77-95

2011

Correa-Velez, I., Barnett, A.G., Gifford, S.M. & Sackey, D. (2011) 'Health status and use of health services among recently arrived men with refugee backgrounds: a comparative analysis of urban and regional settlement in South-east Queensland'. Australian Journal of Primary Health 17: 66-71

Correa-Velez, I. and Ryan, J. (in press 2011) ‘Developing a best practice model of refugee maternity care’ Women and Birth. (Available online; doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.01.002)

Kay, T. and Spaaij, R. (in press 2011) ‘The Mediating Effects of Family on Sport in International Development Contexts’. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 46. (Published Online, 3 February 2011, doi:10.1177/1012690210389250) 

McMichael, C., Gifford, S.M. & Correa-Velez, I. (2011) ‘Negotiating family, navigating resettlement: family connectedness amongst resettled youth with refugee backgrounds’. Journal of Youth Studies 14(2):179-195, First published on: 25 August 2010 (iFirst)

Spaaij, R. (in press 2011) ‘Beyond the Playing Field: Experiences of Sport, Social Capital and Integration among Somalis in Australia’. Ethnic and Racial Studies. (Published Online, 11 July 2011, doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.592205)

Wilmsen, B. (2011). 'Family Separation: The Policies, Procedures, and Consequences for Refugee Background Families'. Refugee Survey Quarterly 30(1): 44-64

Wilmsen, B. (2011) 'Progress, Problems and Prospects: Involuntary Resettlement in the People's Republic of China'. China Information: A Journal of Contemporary China Studies 25(2): 139-164

Wilmsen, B., Webber, M., & Duan, Y. (2011) 'Involuntary Rural Resettlement: Resources, Strategies and Outcomes at the Three Gorges Dam'. Journal of Environment and Development, 20(4): 1-26. 

Wilmsen, B., Webber, M. & Yuefang, D. (2011) 'Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China'. Asian Studies Review 35(1), 21-42.

Under Review

Spaaij, R. (under review) ‘Beyond the Playing Field: Experiences of Sport, Social Capital and Integration among Somali Youth with Refugee Backgrounds in Australia’, Ethnic and Racial Studies.

2010

Coffey, G. Kaplan, I. Sampson, R. and Tucci, M. (2010) ‘The meaning and mental health consequences of long-term immigration detention for people seeking asylum’. Social Science & Medicine 70 (12): 2070-2079.

Correa-Velez, I. Gifford, S.M. and Barnett, A.G. (2010) ‘Longing to belong: Social inclusion and wellbeing among youth with refugee backgrounds in the first three years in Melbourne, Australia’. Social Science & Medicine 71(8): 1399-1408

McDonald-Wilmsen, B. and Webber, M. (2010) 'Dams and Displacement: Raising the Standards and Broadening the Research Agenda', Water Alternatives 3(2): 142-161. (Special Edition Sponsored by UNEP.)

McMichael, C. and Gifford, S.M. (2010) ‘Narratives of sexual health risk and protection amongst young people from refugee backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia’. Culture, Health and Sexuality 12(3): 263-277.

Mitchell, J. and Correa-Velez, I. (for the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma – FASSTT) (2010) ‘Community development with survivors of torture and trauma: An evaluation framework’. Community Development Journal 45(1): 90–110.

Neumann, K. and Taylor, S. (2010) ‘Australia, Indonesia, and West Papuan refugees, 1962–2009’. International Relations of the Asia Pacific 10(1):1-31.

Nunn, C. (2010) ‘Spaces to speak: Challenging representations of Sudanese-Australians’. Journal of Intercultural Studies 31(2): 183–198.

Rodriguez-Jimenez, A. and Gifford, S.M. (2010) ‘Finding voice: Learnings and insights from a participatory media project with recently arrived Afghan young me with refugee backgrounds’. Youth Studies Australia 29(2): 33-41.

Sampson, R. and Gifford, S.M. (2010) ‘Place-making, settlement and wellbeing: The therapeutic landscapes of recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds’. Health & Place 16(1): 116–131.

Sawtell, J. Dickson-Swift, V. and Verrinder, G. (2010) ‘“It’s not all tied up with bureaucrats and funding”: Autonomous volunteer participation in the rural resettlement of refugees’. Australian Journal of Social Issues 45(4): 543-558.

Spaaij, R. (2010) ‘Using Recreational Sport for Social Mobility of Urban Youth: Practices, Challenges and Dilemmas’, Sociétés et Jeunesses en Difficulté 9(1): 1-26.

Taylor, S. (2010) ‘The Impact of Australia-PNG Border Management Cooperation on Refugee Protection’ Local-Global: Identity, Security, Community (Special Issue: Beyond Border Control) 8: 76-99

Taylor, S. (2010) ‘Australian Funded Care and Maintenance of Asylum Seekers in Indonesia and PNG: All Care but No Responsibility?’ UNSW Law Journal 33(2): 337-359.

Taylor, S. and Rafferty-Brown, B. (2010) 'Waiting for life to begin: The plight of Asylum Seekers caught by Australia's Indonesian Solution'. International Journal of Refugee Law 22(4): 558-592

2009

Atwell, R., Gifford, S.M. and McDonald-Wilmsen, B. (2009) '’Resettled refugee families and their children’s futures: Coherence, hope and support'. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 40(4): 677-697.

Bisht, T. (2009) 'Development-induced displacement and women: The case of the Tehri dam, India'. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 10(4): 301-317

Correa-Velez, I., & Onsando, G. (2009) 'Educational and occupational outcomes amongst African men from refugee backgrounds living in urban and regional Southeast Queensland'. Australasian Review of African Studies 30(2): 114-127.

McDonald-Wilmsen, B. (2009) 'Methodological Approaches to Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Negotiating Fieldwork Complexities at the Three Gorges Dam, China'. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 10(4): 283-300.

McDonald-Wilmsen, B., Gifford, S.M., Webster, K., Wiseman, J. and Casey, S. (2009) 'Resettling refugees in rural and regional Australia: Learning from recent policy and program initiatives' (PDF 727KB). The Australian Journal of Public Administration, 68(1): 97-111.

McMichael, C. and Gifford, S.M (2009) ‘It is good to know now . . . before it's too late’: Promoting sexual health literacy amongst resettled young people with refugee backgrounds. Sexuality & Culture 13(4): 218-237.

Omar, Y.S. (2009) ‘Integration Experiences and Youth Perspectives: An exploratory study of School-going Somali Youth in Melbourne, Australia and Minneapolis, Minnesota’. Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, 9: 115-136.

Onsando, G., & Billett, S. (2009) 'African students from refugee backgrounds in Australian TAFE institutes: a case for transformative learning goals and processes'. International Journal of Training Research 7(2): 80-94.

Spaaij, R. (2009) 'Sport as a Vehicle for Social Mobility and Regulation of Disadvantaged Urban Youth: Lessons from Rotterdam'. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 44(2): 247-264

Spaaij, R. (2009) 'The Social Impact of Sport: Diversities, Complexities and Contexts'. Sport in Society 12(9): 1101-1109

Spaaij, R. (2009) 'The Glue that Holds the Community Together? Sport and Sustainability in Rural Australia'. Sport in Society 12(9): 1124-1138

Spaaij, R. (2009) 'Personal and Social Change through Sport: Cross-Cutting Themes'. Sport in Society 12(9): 1257-1260

Wilding, R. (2009) 'Refugee youth, social inclusion and ICTs: Can good intentions go bad?'. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 7(2/3): 159-174

2008

Correa-Velez, I., Johnston, V., Kirk, J. and Ferdinand, A. (2008) 'Community-based asylum seekers' use of primary care services in Melbourne', Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6): 344-348.

Duan, Y. and McDonald, B. D. ‘From compensation to development: The application and progress of RwD in China’, Ecological Economy 4: 94-104.

McDonald, B. D., Webber, M. and Duan, Y. ‘Involuntary resettlement as an opportunity for development: The case of the urban resettlers at the Three Gorges Dam in China’, Journal of Refugee Studies 21(1): 82-102.

Jenkinson, K. M., Temple-Smith, M., Lavery, J, Gifford, S. M. and Morgan, M. ‘Dentists’ perspectives on infection control in relation to blood borne viruses’. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 14(1): 5-82.

2007

Correa-Velez, I., Ansari, Z., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K., and Gifford, S.M. (2007) ‘A six-year descriptive analysis of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among people born in refugee-source countries’, Population Health Metrics 5(1): 1-8.

Temple-Smith, M., Stoove, M., Smith, A., O’Brien, M., Mitchell, D., Banwell, C., Bammer, C., Jolley, D., Gifford, S.M. (2007) ‘Gender differences in seeking care for hepatitis C: the Australian experience’, Journal of Substance Use 12(1): 59-70.

Atwell, R.S.J., Correa-Velez, I. and Gifford, S.M. (2007) Ageing out of Place: Health and well-being needs and access to home and aged care services for recently arrived older refugees in Melbourne, Australia (PDF 1.3KB), International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 3(1): 4-14.

Correa-Velez, I. and Gifford S.M. (2007) When the right to be counted doesn't count: The politics and challenges of researching the health of asylum seekers (PDF 95KB), Critical Public Health 17(3): 273-281.

Gifford, S., Bakopanos, C., Kaplan, I., Correa-Velez, I. (2007) Meaning or Measurement? Researching the social contexts of health and settlement among newly-arrived refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia (PDF 486KB), Journal of Refugee Studies, 20(3): 414-440.

Correa-Velez, I., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K. and Gifford, S.M. (2007) 'Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries: an analysis of hospital admissions, Victoria, 1998-2004', Medical Journal of Australia, 186:577-580.

2006

McNevin, A. and Correa-Velez I. (2006) 'Asylum Seekers Living in the Community on Bridging Visa E: Community sector's response to detrimental policies', Australian Journal of Social Issues 41 (1): 125-139.

2005

Correa-Velez, I., Gifford, S.M. and Bice, S. 'Australian health policy on access to medical care for refugees and asylum seekers', The Australia and New Zealand Journal of Health Policy 2:23.

2004

Gifford, S.M. (2004), 'The Refugee Health Research Centre: An Innovative Partnership', Health Issues 78:7-8.

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