CHE - COVID-19 Research News

For governments and policy makers, COVID-19 is a chance to address the existing problems for younger Australian workers as youth unemployment is set to peak.

If so, we'd love to hear about your experience during COVID-19.

CovidCampus Project:Student experiences during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Understanding student perceptions of inclusion at the University of Melbourne

Congratulations to Emma Stanford (Indigenous Eye Health Unit, CHE) and her Trachoma Team on their great work in building on the trachoma health promotion messages to include COVID-19 hygiene – “Of course you can wash your hands without washing your face, but you cannot wash your face without washing your hands”.  The new package includes videos, posters school kits and so forth.  It has been very well received and already in use in schools and on TV.  Read more in its April 2020 eBulletin.

A new online exhibition of photos explores the student experience of life and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic By Mia Zentari, Adriana Ridzwan, Holly Chung, Callisha Gregg-Rowan, Rana Islamiah Zahroh and James Tapa, University of Melbourne

The Centre for Health Equity provides international leadership in working across intersecting factors that shape health including gender, Indigeneity, disability, trauma exposure, migration and refugee status, age, sexuality, and socio-economic status. Our world-class researchers develop practical and nuanced solutions to complex structural injustices that create vulnerabilities for at risk populations.

‘One-size-fits-all’ won’t work for COVID-19; research and policy must include intersecting factors like gender, age, indigeneity, disability, geography, socio-economic and refugee status By Professor Olena Hankivsky, University of Melbourne

– Episode 1 - In the Midst of Death there is Life: Recovery from the Apocalypse

We are looking for NDIS participants to interview about how they use and access their plans.

The Australian government has now announced a tailored COVID-19 strategy for people with disability, but it should have come sooner and may not go far enough

The Justice Health Unit’s Dr Kathryn Snow explains the coronavirus modelling that has informed Australia’s pandemic response.

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating major challenges for our residential rental system. The lockdown of businesses has meant an almost overnight loss of jobs or reduced hours for many Australian workers. Many tentants are struggling to pay their rent

Despite the government's efforts to defend employment and the economy, the second line of defence needs to be housing - keeping renters and mortgage holders in their homes.

The Justice Health Unit is supporting WHO in responding to COVID-19 in prisons and other custodial settings

The response to COVID-19 exposes how our acceptance of suffering on the basis of ‘affordability’ costs lives.

People with a disability are susceptible to serious illness or death if they contract COVID-19.

Dr Rosalind McDougall, Senior Lecturer in Health Ethics, Melbourne School of Population and Global HealthDr Linda Sheahan, Honorary Associate, Sydney Health Ethicsrmcdo@unimelb.edu.au

Leading researchers calling for urgent government action to develop a targeted response to COVID-19 for people with disability, their families and the disability service sector.