Joanna Schwarzman
Research Fellow | Child & Family Evidence
Dr Joanna Schwarzman project manages AIFS' contribution to the Emerging Minds project, including overseeing evidence reviews and the development of practice resources and undertaking evaluation activities for Emerging Minds.
Joanna’s skills and experience are in program planning, evaluation and bringing people together to generate greater impact for the community. She has developed these working in government and non-government organisations, across health promotion, primary health care, aged care and disability services.
Joanna’s research and professional interests are focused on the generation and use of evidence in Australian health, social and community organisations. This includes evaluation capacity building, evidence-informed decision making and translation of research for use in policy and practice.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
- Master of Public Health, Flinders University
Latest research
Why meaningful participation for children in out-of-home…
This short article aims to raise awareness of the importance of meaningful child participation in the context of out-of-home care (OOHC). It outlines why…
How to support meaningful participation for children in out…
This short article outlines some of the ways practitioners can support children in out-of-home care (OOHC) to meaningfully participate in decisions that affect them…
Individual and family factors associated with child mental…
This short article summarises the research evidence on individual and family factors associated with child mental health and wellbeing.