LibGuides: Library Resource Guides: #3 Social justice and activism

Books available from the ANMF (Vic Branch) Library

Check the title links to check availability and place a hold.

The activists' handbook: a step-by-step guide to participatory democracy by Aidan Ricketts
Call Number: MAIN 303.4 RIC 2012
The change makers: 25 leaders in their own words by Shaun Carney
Call Number: MAIN 303.34 CAR 2019
Dignity in a teacup: true stories of courage and sacrifice from Christmas Island by Christine Cummins
Call Number: MAIN 323.6310994 CUM 2019
Shut It Down by Lisa Fithian
Call Number: MAIN 303.61 FIT 2019
From sit-Ins to #revolutions by Olivia Guntarik & Victoria Grieve-Williams
Call Number: MAIN 303.4 GUN 2020
No shortcuts by Jane F. McAlevey
Call Number: MAIN 303.4 McA 2018
Rules for revolutionaries by Becky Bond & Zack Exley
Call Number: 303.484 BON 2016
The fights of my life by Greg Combet
Call Number: MAIN 324.29407 COM 2014
Say hello by Carly Findlay
Call Number: 823.4 FIN 2019

Little books on big ideas: available from the ANMF (Vic Branch) Library

On fairness by Sally McManus (2019)

On Disruption by Katharine Murphy (2018)

On Violence by Natasha Stott Despoja (2019)

ANMF social justice policies

ANMF Strategic Plan: 2018-2023
'As a trade union and the professional organisation upholding the code of conduct for nurses and midwives, the ANMF has a responsibility to campaign for a just and democratic society beyond just the workplace, but also nationally and globally.

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The ANMF will work with members to create greater public awareness and understanding of labour rights as a key component of a functioning democracy and an equitable and sustainable economy. [The union will do this by participating] in activities which support social justice, equality and humanitarian treatment for all to promote a fair society and healthy communities' - ANMF Strategic Plan 2018-2023
ANMF Reconciliation Action Plan

Relevant articles (open-access)

"Examining our privileges and oppressions: incorporating an intersectionality paradigm into nursing" by Van Herk, Kimberley A., Dawn Smith, and Caroline Andrew.
Publication Date: 2011
Article from Nursing inquiry (Vol. 18, No. 1)
"Inequities in health and healthcare viewed through the ethical lens of critical social justice: Contextual knowledge for the global priorities ahead" by Anderson, Joan M., et al.
Publication Date: 2009
Article from Advances in Nursing Science (Vol. 32, No. 4)
"Social justice: a concept analysis" by Buettner‐Schmidt, Kelly, and Marie L. Lobo.
Publication Date: 2012
Article from Journal of Advanced Nursing (Vol. 68. No. 4)
"Teaching social justice in undergraduate nursing education: an integrative review"" by Annette Elliott and Maryanne Sandberg
Publication Date: 2021
Article from Journal of nursing education (Vol. 60, No. 10)

Relevant articles (subscription required)

"Factors affecting nurses’ impact on social justice in the health system" by Fariba Hosseinzadegan, Madineh Jasemi, NS Hosein Habibzadeh
Publication Date: 2020
Article from Nursing ethics (Vol. 28 No. 1)
"Social justice education in nursing: An integrative review of teaching and learning approaches and students' and educators' experiences" by Sharoon Shahzad, Ahtisham Younas and Parveen ALI
Publication Date: 2022
Article from Nurse education today (Vol. 111, No. 105272)

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Podcasts

How nurses can lead the fight to save our climate
Podcast from Nursing Review (15 November 2021)
The rich history of Indigenous nurses as carers and activists
Podcast from Life Matters (ABC RN, 8 March 2018)
Ged Kearney, nurse, former ANMF Federal Secretary & Victorian Branch President, President of the ACTU and current Federal MP on nursing and politics
Podcast from Nursing Review (14 February 2018)
How nurses can meaningfully influence health policy
Podcast from Transforming Nursing (US, 15 June 2018)

Union activism

Read about programs run by Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) that include a placement to learn more about ANMF (Vic Branch), activism and social justice

Union summer (and union winter)

Social justice topics

Resources to inform and inspire social justice in healthcare environments as carer, colleague and advocate.

People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse

Treatment of asylum seekers and refugees

ANMF has a policy [PDF] for supporting the right for people seeking asylum in Australia to be humanely treated, regardless of how they entered Australia or country of origin.

Discrimination: a health hazard for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in Australia by Anna Ziersch, Clemence Due & Moira Walsh (2020)
Article from BMC Public Health 108

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Research has shown that discrimination is harmful to health, but there is relatively little known about discrimination experienced by people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds in resettlement countries and associated health effects. This qualitative-focused mixed methods paper reports on discrimination experienced by refugees and asylum seekers, responses to discrimination, and impacts on health.
Milestones in the journey: the story of refugees becoming registered nurses in Australia by Harrison Ng Chok, Peter Lewis, Judy Mannix, Cathy Dickson &Lesley Wilkes (2021)
Article from Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(11), 4525-4536.

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The nuanced stories of RNs with refugee backgrounds in this study move beyond trauma and struggle and demonstrate the important journey this particular group of health professionals undertake. Increasing the contextual knowledge of the complex lives of former refugees turned nursing professionals will raise public awareness of the diversity of life experiences of RNs working in Australia.
Racism, healthcare access and health equity for people seeking asylum by Suzanne Willey, Kath Desmyth & Mandy Truong (2022)
Article from Nursing Inquiry, 29(1), e12440.

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People seeking asylum are at risk of receiving poorer quality healthcare due, in part, to racist and discriminatory attitudes, behaviours and policies in the health system.
Who is a refugee? by UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency (2022)
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ANMJ articles

Health access and equity for First Peoples

The National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025 by Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (2020)
A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black lives matter Geia, L., Baird, K., Bail, K., Barclay, L., Bennett, J., Best, O., ... & Wynne, R. (2020).
Article from Contemporary nurse, 56(4), 297-308.
“Bridging two worlds?”: towards cultural safety within schools of nursing in Australian universities by Samantha Petric, Bethne Hart and Janine Mohamed (2021)
Article from Nurse Education Today, In press 105176

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Measuring effectiveness of cultural safety education in First Peoples health in university and health service settings by Roianne West, Jessica E. Armao, Debra K. Creedy, Vicki Saunders & Fiona Rowe Minnis (2022)
Article from Contemporary Nurse, published online 20 Jan 2022:1-18
Appropriate terminology for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – it’s complicated
Published 16 Jun 2021 on IndigenousX by Luke Pearson.
A guide to writing and speaking about Indigenous People in Australia
Macquarie University Department of Indigenous Studies has developed this guide (2021) to assist with the appropriate ways to write and speak about Indigenous people in Australia
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Survivors of family violence