Deborah Hamilton

Datos Biográficos

ID4099760
NOMBREDeborah Hamilton
NOMBRESDeborah
APELLIDOHamilton
FIRMAHAMILTON D
AFILIACIONESThe University of Sydney
ORCID0000-0003-0736-2517
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS6
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2003
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H2

  • Barriers to applying to the NDIS for Australians with psychosocial disability

    Open AccessDamian Mellifont, Nicola Hancock et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Social Issues2023

    The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to support Australians living with disability. However, public data evidence the low number of people with psychosocial disability in the Scheme. One reason for these low numbers is that many people with psychosocial disability have still not applied to receive NDIS support. The aim of this review was to analyse and synthesise previously reported barriers preventing people with psychoso…

  • Interdependencies in peer work with people with disability

    Open AccessSue Taylor, Louisa Smith et al.ARTICLEDisability & Society2023Citada por: 1Referencias: 6

    Peer work with people with disability often engages people with lived experience of disability to address social exclusion and isolation experienced by their focus people. This paper discusses findings that are part of a project evaluation wherein peer workers with varied disabilities aimed to support focus people to make community connections for their focus people. Focus people lived in disability group homes in regional New South Wales, Austra…

  • Impeded choice and control within the NDIS

    Open AccessDebra Hamilton, Deborah Hamilton et al.ARTICLEDisability & Society2023Citada por: 3Referencias: 9

    The aim of this study was to explore the choice and control that people with a psychosocial disability (disability related to consequences of mental ill-health) experience as they engaged with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and to understand aspects that impeded their choice and control.NDIS is an Australian, personalised funding, insurance scheme designed to provide supports that enable individuals living with disability to live…

  • Covid-19 and Psychosocial Support Services

    Open AccessAnne Honey, Shifra Waks et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2021Citada por: 2Referencias: 37

    This paper uses secondary analysis to understand how COVID-19 shaped people's experiences with psychosocial support services in Australia. Data are drawn from questionnaires (n = 66) and semi-structured interviews (n = 62), conducted for a national service evaluation, with 121 people living with enduring mental health conditions and using psychosocial support services. Data relating to COVID-19 were inductively coded and analysed using constant c…

  • Class Action Lawsuits and Community Empowerment

    Mary Banach, Debra Hamilton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2003Referencias: 16

    This article describes the results of a qualitative study exploring community members' perceptions of the effects of a class action lawsuit challenging inequitable funding for adequate education initiated by a small city in New Hampshire. The extent to which the community was empowered as a result of the lawsuit and the effects on the community in general, were explored. Although respondents had mixed views about the effects of the lawsuit on the…