Family Matters article Jun 2015
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Assessing the effectiveness of school-based sexual abuse prevention programs
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.
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Welfare conditionality as a child protection tool
This article summarises a recent research study into the use and effectiveness of “Child Protection Income Management” in the Northern Territory.
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Family Matters article Mar 2016
Marriage and relationship education
Family Matters article about research findings on marriage and relationship education
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Family Matters article Oct 2009
Overview: Hard times
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.
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Family Matters article Apr 2017
Conference Keynote. Two-generation programs:
Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan looks at the potential of two-generation programs to benefit families.
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Family Matters article Apr 2017
Conference Keynote. What can early interventions really achieve, and how will we know?
Professor John Lynch considers evidence-based policy-making from the perspective of an epidemiologist.
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Family Matters article Apr 2017
Insights from the Department of Social Services' Families Group
This article highlights some of the ways the Department is collecting and using data to improve service design and delivery.
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Family Matters article Apr 2017
Institute seminars
Wrap up of Institute seminars for the year.
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Family Matters article May 2018
Who supports equal rights for same-sex couples?
This article investigates how public support for the rights of same-sex couples has changed in Australia over the last 10 years, with a comparison of 2005 and 2015 data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.