Addressing the barriers to driver licensing for Aboriginal people in New South Wales and South Australia

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 Abo...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 280 - 286
Main Authors: Clapham, Kathleen, Hunter, Kate, Cullen, Patricia, Helps, Yvonne, Senserrick, Teresa, Byrne, Jake, Harrison, James E., Ivers, Rebecca Q.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier B.V 01.06.2017
Elsevier Limited
Elsevier
Subjects:
Aboriginal
Aboriginal Australians
Access
Adult
Alternative approaches
Area planning & development
Australia
Automobile Driver Examination - statistics & numerical data
Automobile Driving
Barriers
Community
Community service
Costs
Councils
Data analysis
Data collection
driver licensing
Drivers
Drunk driving
Education
Educational opportunities
Employment
Employment interviews
Employment opportunities
Family support
Female
Focus Groups
Funding
Generations
Government agencies
Health services
Humans
Indigenous peoples
Injury prevention
Interagency collaboration
Interest groups
Intergovernmental relations
Interorganizational networks
Interviews
Interviews as Topic
Job hunting
Licenses
Licensing
Literacy
Male
Mentors
Middle Aged
Native peoples
New South Wales
NSW
Occupant injuries
Public health
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative Research
Roads & highways
Social determinants of health
Social participation
Stakeholders
State government
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vehicles
Young Adult
Young adults
New South Wales
Australia
South Australia Australia
New South Wales Australia
Aboriginal
NSW
Australia
SA
driver licensing
ISSN:1326-0200, 1753-6405, 1753-6405
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Summary: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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Bibliography:The authors have stated they have no conflict of interest.
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ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12654