Practice guide Aug 2020
How to review the evidence
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This short resource provides guidance and links to additional information to step you through a basic literature review.
Practice guide Aug 2020
This short resource provides guidance and links to additional information to step you through a basic literature review.
Practice guide Jan 2021
This short resource defines program evaluation in the context of child and family support services for those who are new to evaluation.
Webinar Feb 2016
This webinar addressed some of the challenges of implementing evidence-based programs within diverse community settings and client groups.
Webinar Mar 2017
This webinar discussed ways to measure the outcomes of programs for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and communities.
Journal article Feb 2018
This article describes the cohort profile of the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) study.
Journal article Aug 2018
The article outlines the main characteristics of the study and provides an overview of the measures available and their potential uses.
Commissioned report Nov 2017
This report examines the association between family, neighbourhood and school level disadvantage and children’s cognitive and social outcomes.
Family Matters article Dec 2014
This article examines the drivers of behaviour in consuming sugar-sweetened beverages for Indigenous children.
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
This article reviews progress to date and some of the benefits and challenges faced by a panel of experts commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services to help service providers to deliver evidence-based programs and practices in the family support sector.