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School of Social Sciences

Sandy Gifford - Recent Publications

McMichael, C. & 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 and Culture: Published online DOI 10.1007/s12119-009-9055-0 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/1936-4822)

Sampson, R. and Gifford, S. (forthcoming) "Place-making, settlement and wellbeing: The therapeutic landscapes of recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds", Health & Place. Accepted for publication 9 September 2009.

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

Atwell, R., Gifford, S. M. and McDonald-Wilmsen, B. ’Resettled refugee families and their children’s futures: Coherence, hope and support’. Accepted for publication 13/03/09, Journal of Comparative Family Studies.

Sampson, R. and Gifford, S.M. (forthcoming) ‘Refuge and recovery: The therapeutic landscapes of recently resettled youth with refugee backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia’. Accepted for publication 01/09/2009, Health and Place.

Jenkinson, K.M., Temple-Smith, M., Lavery, J., Gifford, S.M. and Morgan, M. (2008) 'Dentists' perspectives on infection control in relation to blood-borne viruses', Australian Journal Of Primary Health, Australian Institute for Primary Care, 14(1): 82-89.

McDonald, B., Gifford, S., Webster, K. and Wiseman, J. (2008) 'Promoting Rural and Regional Settlement in Rural and Regional Australia: Issues in policy, services and community capacity building', Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Carlton.

Gifford, S.M., Bakopanos, C., Kaplan, I. and Correa-Velez, I. (2007) 'Meaning or measurement: researching the social contexts of health and settlement among newly arrived refugee youth in Melbourne', Australia. Journal of Refugee Studies 20(3):414-440.

Correa-Velez, I., Ansar,i Z., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K. and Gifford, S.M. (2007) 'A six-year descriptive analysis of hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among people born in refugee-source countries'. Population Health Metrics.

Temple-Smith, M., Lavery J., Gifford, S.M., Morgan, M. (2007) 'Dentists’ perspectives on infection control and the risk of occupational exposure to blood borne viruses'. Accepted for publication (28/09/07) Australian Journal of Primary Health Care.

Correa-Velez, I., Zahid, Ansari, 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'. Accepted with revisions Public Health Medicine.

Temple-Smith, Mark Stoové, Anthony Smith, Mary L. O’Brien, Drew Mitchell, Cathy Banwell, Gabriele Bammer, Damien Jolley and Sandra Gifford (2007) 'Gender differences in seeking care for hepatitis C: the Australian experience'. Journal of Substance Use 12 (1): 59-70.

Atwell, R., 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'. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 3(1):4-14.

Correa-Velez, I., Sundararajan, V., Brown, K. and Gifford, S.M. (2007) 'Hospital utilization amongst people born in refugee-source countries: An analysis of six-year hospital admissions in Victoria, Australia'. MJA 186(11):577-580.

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'. Critical Public Health 17(3):273-281.

Temple-Smith, M., Jenkinson, K., Lavery, J., Gifford, S.M. and Morgan, M. (2006) 'Discrimination or discretion? Exploring dentists’ views on treating patients with hepatitis C'. Australian Dental Journal 51(4): 318-323.

Correa-Velez, I., Gifford, S.M. and Bice, S. (2005) 'Australian policy on access to health care for refugees and asylum seekers'. The Australia and New Zealand Journal of Health Policy 2(23): http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/2/1/23

Temple-Smith, M. and Gifford, S.M. (2005) 'Diversity and difference : the cultural shaping of sexual health'. In M. Temple-Smith and S.M. Gifford (eds) Sexual Health: An Australian Perspective. Melbourne: IP Communications, pp.100-110.

Temple-Smith, M. and Gifford, S.M. (eds) (2005) Sexual Health: An Australian Perspective. Melbourne: IP Communications.

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