Practice guide Aug 2021
Data sources in needs assessments
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This resource is a guide for those who are planning a needs assessment and want to identify and assess possible data sources.
Practice guide Aug 2021
This resource is a guide for those who are planning a needs assessment and want to identify and assess possible data sources.
Short article Mar 2021
This short article describes how to incorporate research into decision making based on practice-relevant questions.
Short article Mar 2021
This short article describes ways in which organisations can support their practitioners to use an evidence-informed approach to practice.
Short article Apr 2021
This short article explores the difference between collaboration, community engagement and co-design to help you plan the best approach.
Webinar Nov 2021
This webinar explored ways in which data from research and practice can inform services’ therapeutic responses to child sexual abuse.
Webinar Mar 2022
This webinar explore how research evidence can be used to support decision making in programs and practice in the child, family and community welfare sector.
Webinar May 2022
This webinar looked at engaging men and promoting social connectedness to support their mental health.
Media release Dec 2020
Using findings from the first wave of the Families in Australia Survey, this article looks at support in families and social networks during COVID.
Media release Jun 2021
Despite relaxed COVID restrictions in most parts of the country, more Australians are taking up the option to work from home, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Media release Jul 2021
New research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows one in five Australian women changed their plans of having children because of COVID-19, and one in seven women indicated that COVID-19 likely impacted on when they would have children, with the majority of this cohort (92%) choosing to delay having children.