Journal article
The critical role of lived experience reporting guidelines to improve research with young disabled people
Social and public health research should involve the people it will affect. This article finds that while engagement with disabled young people in research is getting better, the reporting of their involvement is not. Essential reporting criteria are proposed to promote research quality by fostering accountability and reproducibility.
Journal article
Inequalities in cancer mortality between people with and without disability
Cancer is a major contributor to the mortality gap between people with and without disability. Using nationally linked data, this study concluded that people with disability had higher mortality overall and for specific cancers. Effort should prioritise interventions that work for people with disability across the cancer control pathway.
Journal article
Trends in disability-related inequalities in housing affordability in Australia, 2003 to 2022
Housing affordability is an important social determinant of health and living in unaffordable housing reinforces systemic health inequalities for people with disability. This study examined trends in housing affordability inequalities between people with and without disability. It concludes without targeted, structural reforms, people with disability will continue to experience both housing and health inequalities for...
Report
A comparison of the characteristics of people with disability in Australia according to whether they received National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding
This study examines 18.1 million Australians under 65 potentially eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It highlights widespread disability support needs across diverse areas of life. The information is important for the planning of foundational supports delivered by all levels of government and across different service sectors.
Report
Employment and mental health of people with disability: summary of research findings from the CRE-DH
This research review comprehensively examines and summarises the findings of research on employment and mental health among people with disability and generates a series of policy recommendations.