Kim Usher

TL;DR: In many countries, including Australia, there has already seen an increase in demand for domestic violence services and reports of increased risk for children not attending schools, a pattern similar to previous episodes of social isolation associated with epidemics and pandemics.

TL;DR: The issues related to the occurrence of fear, panic, and discrimination, analyse the causes of these phenomena, and identify practical solutions for addressing mental health issuesrelated to this pandemic for both public and healthcare professionals are discussed.

TL;DR: Modern quarantine strategies have been imposed globally in an attempt to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 infection including short- to medium-term lockdowns, voluntary home curfew, restriction on the assembly of groups of people, cancellation of planned social and public events, closure of mass transit systems, and other travel restrictions.

TL;DR: It is argued that case study offers, as yet, under-explored and under-utilised potential as a bridge across the traditional research paradigms and has broad research application and epistemological, ontological and methodological flexibility.

TL;DR: This paper argues for the importance of Indigenous research methods and Indigenous method(ology), within collaborative respectful partnerships with non- Indigenous researchers, and the inclusion of Aboriginal storytelling or yarning from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait perspective within Indigenous and non-Indigenous research paradigms.