@article{ref1,
title="Addressing the barriers to driver licensing for Aboriginal people in New South Wales and South Australia",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Clapham, Kathleen and Hunter, Kate and Cullen, Patricia and Helps, Yvonne and Senserrick, Teresa M. and Byrne, Jake and Harrison, James E. and Ivers, Rebecca Q.",
volume="41",
number="3",
pages="280-286",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Low rates of driver licensing have been linked to increased risk of transport-related injury, and reduced access to health services, employment and educational opportunities in the Aboriginal population. This paper reports on how barriers to obtaining a driver licence are being addressed in four Aboriginal communities in New South Wales and South Australia. <br><br>METHODS: Qualitative data were collected over a four-month period in 2013. Interviews with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal stakeholders (n=31) and 11 focus groups with Aboriginal participants (n=46) were analysed thematically using a framework approach. <br><br>RESULTS: Factors facilitating licensing included: family support, professional lessons, alternative testing and programs that assist with literacy, fines management, financial assistance and access to a supervising driver. Stakeholders recommended raising awareness of existing services and funding community-based service provision to promote access to licensing. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Facilitating licence participation requires systemic change and long-term investment to ensure interagency collaboration, service use and sustainability of relevant programs, including job search agencies. Implications for public health: The disadvantage faced by Aboriginal people in driver licensing is a fundamental barrier to participation and a social determinant of health. Understanding the factors that promote licensing is crucial to improving access for under-serviced populations; recommendations provide pragmatic solutions to address licensing disadvantage.<br><br>© 2017 The Authors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1326-0200",
doi="10.1111/1753-6405.12654",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12654"
}