Family Matters article Dec 2013
Workplace support, breastfeeding and health
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
This paper aims to identify best-practice strategies for breastfeeding support in the Australian workplace.
Practice guide Apr 2014
Helem Yumba Central Queensland Healing Centre is a community organisation in Rockhampton, Queensland, which offers support and counselling services
Commissioned report Dec 2013
Reviews evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes across a range of key social and economic health and welllbeing.
Resource sheet Jan 2017
This page contains selected web resources relating to family violence.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Family Matters article Nov 2016
This article addresses criticisms of the Family Law DOORS (FL-DOORS) whole-of-family risk screening tool designed for use across the family law sector, following on from an earlier evaluation study by the Australian Institute for Family Studies that claimed only limited take-up of the tool, and presents new evidence on current use of and research with the FL-DOORS, referring to data from over 7,200 cases.
Short article Aug 2017
Adolescent family violence has detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of families, and is surrounded by stigma and shame.
Practice guide Dec 2013
This fact sheet reviews the evidence on what works, what doesn't, and what further research is needed.
Short article Mar 2017
This article explores the links between gender equality and violence against women, using the situation in Nordic countries as an example.
Webinar Jul 2017
This webinar explored options for working with families where fathers who use violence continue to have extensive contact with children.