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Smoking cessation and tobacco prevention in Indigenous populations

Harhsani Jayasinghe, Brian Smith, Jeffrey Newchurch, Malcolm Brinn, Antony Veale, Matthew Peters, Adrian Esterman, Kuljit Singh
This article systematically reviews 91 smoking cessation and tobacco prevention studies tailored for Indigenous populations around the world, with a particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia.
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Class size and academic results, with a focus on children from culturally, linguistically and economically disenfranchised communities

This review of 112 papers from 1979-2014 suggests that smaller class sizes in the first four years of school can have an important and lasting impact on student achievement, especially for children from culturally, linguistically and economically disenfranchised communities.
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Dealing with unemployment: what should be the role of labour market programs?

This review presents a summary of evidence on outcomes from active labour market programs. Active labour market programs aim to increase the likelihood of employment for individuals who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment. The focus of this review is on studies of active labour market programs in Australia, supplemented with international evidence. An...
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A review of restorative justice responses to offending

Restorative justice has been enthusiastically embraced in many justice systems as an alternative to incarceration for young adult and Indigenous offenders. But how well does it work?
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