Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS
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Professor, Disability & Health @unimelbMSPH @DisabilityHlth Disability advocate. Disabled: MS, mental health conditions. Mum. #DisabilityTwitter
Wurundjeri country, Melbourne
Joined December 2013
RT @ConversationEDU: Factors like age, gender and where you live can make it more likely an applicant will be rejected. @Kavanagh_AM @drhdi….
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Factors like age, gender and where you live can make it more likely an applicant will be rejected.
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RT @mdi_unimelb: 📢Very important new research from @unimelb's Dr @_yi_yang, Peter Summers, @ZoeAitken11 @Kavanagh_AM @gdisney_melb looking….
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RT @iamluismalheiro: Consider these 2 scenarios:. 1. You pick the door with the car (1/3 chance):.• You switch, you lose. 2. You pick a doo….
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Important debate. Check out "Is it ethical for universities to work with weapons manufacturers?" @Eventbrite.
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Inaugural Bill Williams Memorial Debate. “Is it ethical for universities to invest in, or work with, companies that manufacture weapons?"
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So thrilled to be part of this new @nhmrc CRE in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD) . Led by @DennisJPetrie & @drhdickinsonBuilding we will will build on the work we did the CRE in Disability and Health @DisabilityHlth.
Congrats @DennisJPetrie & team who were awarded $3mil to establish the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD), to address the social determinants of health for people with disabilities
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RT @drgeorgethecrip: Lists of ‘eligible supports’ could be a backwards step for the NDIS and people with disability .
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The lists of what should and shouldn’t be covered by the NDIS are currently open for public consultation. But lists can stymie independence.
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The Research Alliance for Youth Disability and Mental Health (RAY) is live. Funded by an @nhmrc we are working with young Australians with disability to find ways to promote mental health and wellbeing by acting on the social determinants of health.
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Hi folk - RAY's website is life. The RAY research program is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Academics from University of Melbourne RMIT Social Equity Research...
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RT @drhdickinson: Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate .
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Our new study is a reminder of how stigma and the stress that comes with it can have long-term consequences for people’s health.
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RT @drgeorgethecrip: NEW EPISODE!.@RosemaryKayess speaks #NDIS bill, #disability rights & accessible housing @bluntshovels @CraigWtweets @S….
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Mine and @drgeorgethecrip @LauraKDavy.@SalRob310 @dmsroy initial reactions government's response to DRC recommendations. ‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response via @ConversationEDU.
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The federal government has only fully accepted 13 recommendations of 172 for which it has primary or shared responsibility with the states.
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RT @drgeorgethecrip: OUT NOW ❗#disability law experts dissect the proposed changes to the #NDIS Act @PIACnews @latrobe .@Graemeinnes.@feeg….
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We cannot pretend we don’t know what is happening in Gaza.
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RT @drgeorgethecrip: NEW🎧podcast on the #NDIS Review.Assessments, navigators, psychosocial support and what happens next? .
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RT @drhdickinson: There is overwhelming gender bias in the NDIS – and the review doesn’t address it via @Conversati….
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Women are under-represented as NDIS participants and over-represented as carers. But the NDIS review ignored them.
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RT @mdi_unimelb: Congratulations to @Jen_Hargrave on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to people with….
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RT @DisabilityHlth: New research! Disability and loneliness in the UK led by Emeritus Professor Eric Emerson. @ZoeAitken11 @JodieBailie1 @b….
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Background Loneliness can have a detrimental impact on health, yet little is known about the association between disability and loneliness. Methods Secondary analysis of three waves of data collected...
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1/2 New study: 39% of participants of Disability Employment Services reported one or more experiences of discrimination whilst seeking employment and 59% reported one or more experiences of discrimination whilst in the workplace .
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