Commissioned report Mar 2020
Health service use among children at risk of social‑emotional problems
This research brief investigates children’s use of health care services, the use of health and support services and children’s unmet service needs.
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Commissioned report Mar 2020
This research brief investigates children’s use of health care services, the use of health and support services and children’s unmet service needs.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2016
Informs on the evidence and use of e-mental health support and treatment options and ways these may be developed in the future.
Journal article Sep 2018
This article analyses the mental health profiles of different groups of offenders from adolescence to early adulthood.
Journal article Jun 2020
This study examines associations between conformity to masculine norms and suicidal ideation in a sample of adolescents.
Commissioned report Nov 2017
This report examines the association between family, neighbourhood and school level disadvantage and children’s cognitive and social outcomes.
Commissioned report Nov 2017
The Cradle to Kinder program is an early intervention program designed to address the needs of vulnerable children and families.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
This article highlights the importance of systematic reviews for research synthesis, with the strength of this approach demonstrated through the authors’ recent Cochrane review into the effectiveness of school-based programs for the prevention of child sexual abuse.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
This article summarises a recent research study into the use and effectiveness of “Child Protection Income Management” in the Northern Territory.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan looks at the potential of two-generation programs to benefit families.