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Sandra M. Gifford is affiliated with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Their research work primarily intersects social sciences and psychology, with a specific focus on migration-related issues. The main fields of study include Social Sciences and Psychology, while subfields cover Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Education, General Health Professions, and Information Systems.

The research topics addressed by Sandra M. Gifford center largely on migration and associated social factors. Key themes in their work are:

  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
  • Socioeconomic Development in Asia
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • ICT Impact and Policies

Recent publications by Sandra M. Gifford include the following:

  • "Good starts for recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds: promoting wellbeing in the first three years of settlement in Melbourne, Australia" (2024), published in Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gifford encompass:

  • Ignacio Correa-Velez
  • Iris Levin
  • Peter Newton
  • Christian Nygaard
  • Christine Horn

Publications appear in a variety of venues, with multiple papers in Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). Other notable publication venues include:

  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Information Technology for Development
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Sandra M. Gifford has also contributed to book publications. One such work is titled Migration and Urban Transitions in Australia, published by Springer International Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Longing to belong: social inclusion and wellbeing among youth with refugee backgrounds in the first three years in Melbourne, Australia.

    Ignacio Correa-Velez;Sandra M. Gifford;Adrian G. Barnett

  • The Sources of Stress Experienced by Professional Australian Footballers

    Andrew J. Noblet;Sandra M. Gifford

  • Place-making, settlement and well-being: the therapeutic landscapes of recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds

    Robyn Sampson;Sandra M. Gifford

  • The Meaning of Lumps: A Case Study of the Ambiguities of Risk

    Sandra M. Gifford

  • 'He hath the French pox': stigma, social value and social exclusion.

    Daniel D. Reidpath;Kit Y. Chan;Sandra M. Gifford;Pascale Allotey

  • Working Invisibly: Health Workers Talk About Capacity-Building in Health Promotion

    Penelope Hawe;Lesley King;Michelle Noort;Sandra M. Gifford

  • Trying to keep a balance: the meaning of health and diabetes in an urban aboriginal community.

    Samantha J Thompson;Sandra M Gifford

  • Negotiating Family, Navigating Resettlement: Family Connectedness amongst Resettled Youth with Refugee Backgrounds Living in Melbourne, Australia.

    Cecia McMichael;Sandra Gifford;Ignacio Correa-Velez

  • Safe sex or safe love: competing discourses?

    Doreen Rosenthal;S. Gifford;S. Moore

  • The persistence of predictors of wellbeing among refugee youth eight years after resettlement in Melbourne, Australia.

    Ignacio Correa-Velez;Sandra M. Gifford;Celia McMichael

  • Meaning or Measurement? Researching the Social Contexts of Health and Settlement among Newly-arrived Refugee Youth in Melbourne, Australia

    Sandra M. Gifford;Christine Bakopanos;Ida Kaplan;Ignacio Correa-Velez

  • Working for a Better Life: Longitudinal Evidence on the Predictors of Employment Among Recently Arrived Refugee Migrant Men Living in Australia

    Ignacio Correa-Velez;Adrian G. Barnett;Sandra Gifford

  • The Social and Cultural Context of Risk and Prevention: Food and Physical Activity in an Urban Aboriginal Community

    Samantha J. Thompson;Sandra M. Gifford;Lisa Thorpe

  • Resettled Refugee Families and Their Children’s Futures: Coherence, Hope and Support♦

    Rebecca Atwell;Sandra M. Gifford;Brooke McDonald-Wilmsen

  • Digital escapes? ICTs, settlement and belonging among Karen Youth in Melbourne, Australia

    Sandra M. Gifford;Raelene Wilding

  • The impact of injecting drug use status on hepatitis C-related referral and treatment

    M.A. Stoové;S.M. Gifford;G.J. Dore

  • Narratives of sexual health risk and protection amongst young people from refugee backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia.

    Celia Elizabeth. McMichael;Sandra Margaret. Gifford

  • 'It is good to know now ... before it's too late': promoting sexual health literacy amongst resettled young people with refugee backgrounds

    Celia Elizabeth. McMichael;Sandra Margaret. Gifford

  • Anthropology and Epidemiology

    Craig R. Janes;Ron Stall;Sandra M. Gifford

  • Mediating the family imaginary: young people negotiating absence in transnational refugee families

    Z. O. E. Robertson;Raelene Wilding;Sandra Gifford

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriele Bammer
Gabriele Bammer Australian National University
Mark Stoove
Mark Stoove Burnet Institute
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Daniel D. Reidpath
Daniel D. Reidpath Monash University
Pascale Allotey
Pascale Allotey United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility
Penelope Hawe
Penelope Hawe University of Sydney
Lesley King
Lesley King University of Sydney
Gregory J. Dore
Gregory J. Dore University of New South Wales
Doreen Rosenthal
Doreen Rosenthal University of Melbourne
Susan M. Moore
Susan M. Moore Swinburne University of Technology

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