Brendan
Churchill

For all his rhetoric about the need to ensure the prosperity of future generations, Joe Hockey's first budget will not redress the issues of intergenerational inequity.

The White Paper, The Road Home, brought a renewed interest in outreach with its explicit objective ‘‘to offer supported accommodation to all rough sleepers who need it’. Outreach came as part of the Housing First approach along with some influence on the UK Rough Sleepers Initiative that has had a demonstrable impact on street homelessness. The research was conceived to investigate outreach practice in Australia, but also to include a field visit to New York, where a major outreach program has been in place for some years.

Authored by: R Eccleston, B Churchill

Politicians should look beyond the 'likes', tweets and shameless selfies and engage with Gen Y voters in a more meaningful way

Social Research Methods, fourth edition, is an introductory text for undergraduate social research students. This new edition aims to inspire and continue students’ engagement with social research by presenting the requisite introductory skills within a framework of exciting, up-to-date, relevant Australian and New Zealand research.

While centre-based workers are able to show only their professional persona when they meet clients, outreach workers require a level of openness and authenticity in order to be able to operate effectively within the street subculture. The report suggests that for outreach to be successful, practitioners must navigate several layers of context, including relevant policies, the organisational structure of local service agencies, the local and community context in which outreach is practiced, and the immediate or situational context in which the client lives.

Social Research Methods, fourth edition, is an introductory text for undergraduate social research students. This new edition aims to inspire and continue students’ engagement with social research by presenting the requisite introductory skills within a framework of exciting, up-to-date, relevant Australian and New Zealand research.

Authored by: B Churchill, N Jackson

This report reviews and assesses the growing scholarly literature examining the relationship between health inequalities and ’place’. This literature suggests specific socio-economic, cultural and environmental factors at the community level may undermine the effectiveness of policy programs which would otherwise be successful indifferent contexts.

Authored by: MM Walter, NL Asquith, B Henry, B Churchill