Short article Jun 2021
Promoting adequate sleep in young people
This short article outlines the evidence for promoting adequate sleep for young people and what works to support young people and their parents.
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Short article Jun 2021
This short article outlines the evidence for promoting adequate sleep for young people and what works to support young people and their parents.
Short article Jun 2021
This short article describes how physical environments affect young children’s development, implications for local governments, and what they can do.
Short article Aug 2021
This short article explores the effects of excessive screen time on children and young people and how practitioners can support families to reduce it.
Short article Feb 2022
How informal supports can help to buffer negative environments and maximise the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ clients alongside inclusive services.
Short article Dec 2021
This short article introduces gambling harm and how to identify people affected.
Webinar Jul 2021
This webinar explored how a capabilities approach can help young people navigate housing stress and other challenges.
Short article Oct 2020
This article explores how early interventions operate to prevent youth homelessness and outlines the emerging evidence for what works.
Short article Mar 2016
We recently spoke with Professor Sue Dyson about respectful relationships education, and its role in preventing domestic and family violence.
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.
Research report Jul 2020
This first snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in the housing arrangements of Australian families from 1980 to today.