Spirituality
The Solution
AIHS
Access, Interaction and Human Systems
Strengthening system integrity in higher-risk contexts
Targeted midstream prevention initiative
The Challenge
In some system contexts, the consequences of poor design, weak accountability, or exclusionary practices are more severe. Where power imbalances are high and safeguards are weak, people face heightened exposure to harm, exclusion, and victimisation.
These risks are not caused by individual behaviour. They arise when systems fail to act with integrity, clarity, and care — allowing harm to occur or go unchallenged.
Without targeted intervention, these failures can escalate harm, undermine trust, and embed injustice within institutional processes.
Our Approach
AIHS works midstream, focusing on system integrity where the risk of harm or exclusion is highest.
The initiative places responsibility on institutions — strengthening accountability, ethical design, and oversight to reduce the risk of victimisation within system interactions.
This is prevention through integrity: ensuring systems act early, fairly, and responsibly before harm escalates.
What this Work Involves
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Examining system design and decision-making in higher-risk contexts
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Identifying points where exclusion, misuse of power, or harm may occur
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Supporting stronger accountability, ethical standards, and oversight
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Advising organisations on integrity-led, prevention-focused practice
AIHS does not provide safeguarding services, victim support, or enforcement activity.
Why This Matters
Where systems lack integrity, people are more likely to experience harm, exclusion, or victimisation — often without clear routes to challenge or redress.
By strengthening system accountability and ethical design, AIHS reduces preventable harm and protects dignity and wellbeing in high-risk contexts.
Prevention here means stopping harm at source — by improving systems, not blaming individuals.
How this Fits the Prevention Ecosystem
AIHS is a standalone midstream initiative within AFF Missions SCIO’s integrated prevention model.
Alongside AoIn, it strengthens how systems operate in practice, complementing upstream initiatives (THiMO and BuSE) that address the conditions shaping wellbeing.
AIHS’s impact is experienced within community settings, where trust in systems, fairness, and safety are essential to participation and wellbeing.