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(1) COMMUNITIES AS SYSTEMS

(1) COMMUNITIES AS SYSTEMS. APPROACH – PARSIMONY, THEORETICAL SOUNDNESS, PRACTICAL UTILITY. (2) APPLICATIONS. 1. LOCALITIES OF CUMULATIVE DISADVANTAGE 2. BLEND COMMUNITY FUNCTIONING AND SPECIFIC PROBLEM INDICATORS (MILDURA) 3. INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL INCLUSION INDICATORS. (3) THE INDICATORS.

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(1) COMMUNITIES AS SYSTEMS

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  1. (1) COMMUNITIES AS SYSTEMS APPROACH – PARSIMONY, THEORETICAL SOUNDNESS, PRACTICAL UTILITY

  2. (2) APPLICATIONS • 1. LOCALITIES OF CUMULATIVE DISADVANTAGE • 2. BLEND COMMUNITY FUNCTIONING AND SPECIFIC PROBLEM INDICATORS (MILDURA) • 3. INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL INCLUSION INDICATORS

  3. (3) THE INDICATORS • (1) SOCIAL DISTRESS: low family income, rental stress, home purchase stress, lone person households. • (2) HEALTH: low birth-weight, childhood injuries, immunisation, disability / sickness support, life expectancy, psychiatric patients: hospital / community, suicide. • (3) COMMUNITY SAFETY: child maltreatment, criminal convictions, imprisonment, domestic violence. • (4) ECONOMIC: unskilled workers, unemployment, long-term unemployment, dependency ratio, low mean taxable income, limited computer use / internet access. • (5) EDUCATION: non-attendance at preschool, incomplete education, early school leaving, post-schooling qualifications.

  4. (4) VISUAL REPRESENTATION

  5. (5)RECURRING CHARACTERISTICS • deficient education and training • deficient labour market credentials • indifferent health and disabilities • low individual and family income • engagement in crime, and • where these characteristics are concentrated, confirmed child maltreatment.

  6. (6) 3% MOST DISADVANTAGED • WESTERN AUSTRALIA (5) • Prison admissions x 15.0 • Long term unemployment x 5.5 • Disability/sickness support x 4.75 • QUEENSLAND (14) • Child maltreatment x 3.0 • Prison admissions x 3.0 • NSW (20) • Child maltreatment x 4.5 • Prison admissions x 3.5 • VICTORIA (22) • Yr 12 incomplete x 3.0 • SOUTH AUSTRALIA (4) • Child maltreatment x 3.75 • Long term unemployment x 3.2

  7. (7) BLENDING SYSTEM/PROBLEM INDICATORS • “THE MOST LIVEABLE, PEOPLE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA” • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOVERNANCE TEAM • TWO ILLUSTRATIONS : • CRIME; • PSYCHIATRIC ADMISSIONS

  8. (8) Criminal conviction rates (CORRECTIONS, VIC)

  9. (9) RATE PER 1000 PSYCHIATRIC ADMISSIONS (2006/07)

  10. (10) IMPORTANT CLUSTERS OF COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES • Integration of people, groups and community organisations • Maintaining direction, energy and motivation • Substance and style of decision making, and • Resource generation and allocation.

  11. (11) INTEGRATION • STRENGTHENING: • Sentiment of attachment to the local area • Consciousness of communal unity • Participation in community affairs • Spirit of mutual help and co-operation within the community • Working relationship between organisations in the community • Formation of alliances and partnerships between local organisations, and • Degree of trust between the people and organisations of the community.

  12. (12) ATTACHMENT

  13. (13) NEIGHBOURING AND MUTUAL SUPPORT

  14. (14) SUBSTANCE, STYLE OF DECISION MAKING

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