Media release Nov 2019
One good friend can make teens more resilient
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A national study of 16-17 year-olds has found that having even one good friend can make all the difference when it comes to adolescents’ resilience.
Media release Nov 2019
A national study of 16-17 year-olds has found that having even one good friend can make all the difference when it comes to adolescents’ resilience.
Media release Jun 2020
Young people make up a significant proportion of individuals engaging in unwanted or harmful sexual behaviours against children.
Media release Sep 2020
Despite making up more than three quarters of deaths by suicide in Australia, a quarter of men say they would not seek help from anyone for mental health concerns, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Media release Oct 2020
Young adult men are drinking alcohol at riskier levels than older men, and adolescent males are carrying early drinking habits with them into adulthood, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Family Matters article Jun 2015
Building on the growing consensus that communities are best served by a public health approach to child protection, this article demonstrates that it is possible to identify family environments at a population level that could be the subject of public health interventions.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
Commissioner and Justice Jennifer Coate describes the aims and work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Family Matters article May 2018
Article about improving the lives of infants, children and families
Family Matters article May 2018
This article sets out how the prevention of child maltreatment can be enhanced by a multi-level population-based approach in providing evidence- based parenting and family support.
Webinar Jun 2020
A Families in Focus webinar. This webinar discussed SNAICC’s work in policy development and advocacy to help more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.