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Journal articles

Meltzer A; Barnes E; Wehbe A, 2024, 'Providing accessible health information for people with disability in a public health crisis: A qualitative study of the experiences of Australian accessible information provider organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic', Disability and Health Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101720

Meltzer A; Loosemore M; Barraket J; Keast R; Powell A; Muir K; Denny-Smith G, 2024, 'The role of social procurement policies and cross-sector partnerships in addressing youth unemployment: A construction industry case study from Australia', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12635

Woolcott G; Loosemore M; Keast R; Metzer A; Alkilani S, 2024, 'Transitioning young people into employment in the Australian construction industry: the trust-building role of project-based intermediaries', Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-04-2023-0421

Malbon E; Meltzer A; Carey G, 2023, 'Comment on 'The NDIS at ten years: designing an equitable scheme for the next decade'', Medical Journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52172

Jiang Z; Meltzer A; Zhang X, 2023, 'Using virtual reality to implement disability studies’ advocacy principles: uncovering the perspectives of people with disability', Disability & Society, 39, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2150601

Meltzer A; Ramia I; Moffatt J; Powell A, 2022, 'Creating relationship-based practice in youth employment services—Converting policy intentions to practical program design', Social Policy and Administration, 56, pp. 1074 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12840

Seivwright A; Kaleveld L; Meltzer A; Atkins M; Varadharajan M; Campbell P; Callis Z; Wilson E, 2022, 'Adaptation among aged care and disability service providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for the future', Frontiers in Health Services, 2, pp. 1037256, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1037256

Meltzer A; Dickinson H; Malbon E; Carey G, 2021, 'Why is lived experience important for market stewardship? A proposed framework for why and how lived experience should be included in stewarding disability markets', Evidence and Policy, 17, pp. 335 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16142714946996

Meltzer A; Muir K, 2021, 'An ecological and systems thinking approach for support to siblings with and without disabilities', Social Theory and Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41285-020-00158-6

Meltzer A, 2021, 'The operation of the social support sector serving siblings of people with disabilities: A cross-country analysis', Social Policy and Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12775

Meltzer A, 2021, 'What is ‘sibling support’? Defining the social support sector serving siblings of people with disability', Social Science & Medicine, pp. 114466 - 114466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114466

Boaden N; Purcal C; Fisher K; Meltzer A, 2020, 'Transition Experience of Families with Young Children in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)', Australian Social Work, 74, pp. 294 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2020.1832549

Meltzer A; Dowse L; Smith L; Dew A, 2020, 'A framework for interconnected benefits of peer support for family members of people with disability', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.130

Meltzer A, 2020, 'Public health crises and the need for accessible information', Medical Journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50827

Meltzer A; Saunders I, 2020, 'Cultivating supportive communities for young people – Mentor pathways into and following a youth mentoring program', Children and Youth Services Review, 110, pp. 104815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104815

Dew A; Collings S; Dowse L; Meltzer A; Smith L, 2019, '‘I don’t feel like I’m in this on my own’: Peer support for mothers of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour', Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 23, pp. 344 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629519843012

Malbon E; Carey G; Meltzer A, 2019, 'Personalisation schemes in social care: Are they growing social and health inequalities?', BMC Public Health, 19, pp. 805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7168-4

Meltzer A; Robinson S; Fisher K, 2019, 'Barriers to finding and maintaining employment for people with intellectual disability in Australia', Social Policy and Administration, 54, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12523

Meltzer A; Davy L, 2019, 'Opportunities to enhance relational wellbeing through the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Implications from research on relationships and a content analysis of NDIS documentation', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12373

Meltzer A; Powell A; Saunders I, 2019, 'Pathways to educational engagement: an exploratory study of outcomes from an Australian school-based youth mentoring program', Journal of Youth Studies, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1634800

Purcal C; Fisher KR; Robinson S; Meltzer A; Bevan N, 2018, 'Co-production in peer support group research with disabled people', Area, 51, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/area.12441

Meltzer A, 2018, 'Embodying and enacting disability as siblings: Experiencing disability in relationships between young adult siblings with and without disabilities', Disability and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2018.1481016

Meltzer A; Kayess R; Bates S, 2018, 'Perspectives of people with intellectual disability about open, sheltered and social enterprise employment: Implications for expanding employment choice through social enterprises', Social Enterprise Journal, 14, pp. 225 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-06-2017-0034

Meltzer A, 2017, 'Comparative life experiences: Young adult siblings with and without disabilities’ different understandings of their respective life experiences during young adulthood', Families, Relationships and Societies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/096278917X15015139344438

Meltzer A, 2017, '‘I couldn’t just entirely be her sister’: The relational and social policy implications of care between young adult siblings with and without disabilities', Journal of Youth Studies, 20, pp. 1013 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2017.1287889

Meltzer A; Kramer J, 2016, 'Siblinghood through disability studies perspectives: Diversifying discourse and knowledge about siblings with and without disabilities', Disability & Society, 31, pp. 17 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2015.1127212

Meltzer A; Muir K; Craig L, 2016, 'Being trusted: The perspectives of trusted adults about engaging with young people', Children and Youth Services Review, 63, pp. 58 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.010

Meltzer A; Muir K; Craig L, 2016, 'The role of trusted adults in young people's social and economic lives', Youth and Society, 50, pp. 575 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X16637610


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