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Children's geographies research contributes to the intent of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by comprehending children as cogent agents in the telling and creation of their lives. Voices of asylum-seeking and refugee children are under-represented in the research literature. Hence, reference to their needs in relevant national and international policy contexts is inadequately informed. A meta ethnography synthesised self-reported needs and experiences of 288 child refugees and asylum-seekers across eight interview-based studies, each of which included at least one child aged 13 or younger. The guiding question for the study is: How do children describe their experiences within the systems designed to support refugee and asylum-seekers? Results indicate that refugee and asylum-seeker children can and must speak for themselves. Adults and services must listen to ensure policies and services are adequately informed by children's perspectives and needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To describe the economic and cost considerations of mobile X‐ray services (MXS) in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), according to stakeholders (involved in residents' healthcare), residents living in RACFs and informal carers (ICs) of residents. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 residents and 27 ICs recruited from six RACFs across metropolitan Adelaide (South Australia, Australia), and 22 stakeholders, on their perspectives of using MXS in RACFs. Data relating to economic and cost considerations were extracted and analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Residents' mean age was 85 years, 60% were women and 40% had experienced an MXS in the last 12 months. Most ICs were daughters (70%) and wives (11%) and 30% had a family member who had experienced an MXS in the last 12 months. Stakeholders included RACF staff, GPs, a hospital avoidance program clinician, paramedics, emergency department clinicians, MXS radiographers and manager, and a radiologist. Four themes were presented: (1) business considerations, where private providers found it necessary to charge residents a co‐payment to deliver MXS; (2) cost and payment process as a potential barrier to using MXS, with varied willingness and ability to pay for an MXS co‐payment, and equity concerns; (3) overcoming cost and payment barriers, with staff and consumers sometimes using strategies to overcome cost barriers; and (4) perceived cost benefits of MXS to the healthcare system, residents and ICs. Conclusions: Mobile X‐ray services providers charge residents an upfront co‐payment for business viability, which can be a barrier to some residents wishing to access MXS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Change in music therapy is often modeled linearly. In linear analysis, change is represented as the difference between the scores recorded before and after treatment, where changes in the input are proportional to the output. However, changes in complex systems are often not linear and depend on time. We propose Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) as a means to overcome the shortcomings of linear analysis and enrich the study of change in music therapy. This article aims to introduce and critically discuss the applications of DST in music therapy, focusing on its theoretical and methodological aspects. DST offers a meta-framework to model nonlinear change in music therapy, considering time as continuous. The application of DST can further enhance the understanding of how music therapy works, the shape of the change, and how the relevant therapeutic processes within music therapy support therapeutic change. An introduction to DST theory is provided along with its history, implications, assessment methods, statistical analyses, mathematical modeling, and implementation examples in music therapy research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]