Social Work in Rural Australia

Contributors

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1 Understanding rurality: A conceptual framework - Jane Maidment

PART II: RURALITY, TOPOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONS

2 Making a living in diverse rural and remote communities - Uschi Bay

3 Collaborating within and across interprofessional teams - Liz Beddoe and Mollie Burley

PART III: FIELDS OF PRACTICE IN RURAL SETINGS

4 Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns - Uschi Bay with Yvonne Jenkins

5 Developing new approaches to mental health in farm settings - Jane Maidment

6 Employing and supporting young people's belonging in rural towns - Lesley Chenoweth

7 Caregiving in small rural and regional towns - Wendy Bowles

8 Dealing with violence: Families living in rural settlements - Robyn Mason

9 Analysing criminalisation in rural community contexts - David McCallum

10 Integrating migrants and refugees in rural settings - Linda Briskman

11 Governing homelands in desert Australia - Uschi Bay

12 Engaging with sea-change and tree-change families over time - Sarah Wendt

13 Facilitating intergenerational dialogue: Ageing in rural places - Jeni Warburton and Suzanne Hodgkin

14 Addressing the effects of climate change on rural communities - Margaret Alston

PART IV: FUTURE AGENDA FOR SOCIAL WORK

15 Rural practice: An agenda for the future - Jane Maidment and Uschi Bay

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