Cat Strawa
Senior Research Officer
Child & Family Evidence
Cat develops knowledge translation products for the Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) information exchange and contributes to a range of research projects on child and family wellbeing.
Cat’s skills and experience are in knowledge translation, evidence synthesis, content writing, facilitation and training across the areas of risk management, sociology and human rights. She has worked in government and not-for-profit organisations developing practice resources, stakeholder engagement and training programs to encourage evidence-based decision-making.
Qualifications
- Master of Human Rights, University College London
- Bachelor of Sociology, University of Leeds
Research by Cat Strawa

Effective parenting programs: What does the evidence say?
This paper describes what parenting programs are and what evidence there is for their effectiveness, which populations they can support and when they are effective.
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Father-specific engagement strategies in parenting…
This short article summarises the key findings from a systematic review by Gonzalez and colleagues (2023) on father engagement and attendance in behavioural parent…
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Understanding behaviours of concern for children with…
This practice guide draws on research evidence and practitioner knowledge to provide an overview of approaches to understanding the behaviours of children with…
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