Practice guide Jun 2012
Asking women about intimate partner sexual violence
Aims to provide current information to those working in health care settings about how to approach the discussion of intimate partner sexual violence
Practice guide Jun 2012
Aims to provide current information to those working in health care settings about how to approach the discussion of intimate partner sexual violence
Family Matters article Jun 2006
This article provides an overview of a survey of Indigenous Australians, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and describes the key measures of family and community in the survey.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Specific programs that assess and train Indigenous general and kinship carers are profiled
Short article May 2019
This discussion article explores Relationship Australia's service response to the ageing of Australia's population.
Family Matters article Apr 1998
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, and in particular covers in this issue, youth suicide prevention, sibling relationships and parental divorce, adolescent health, child protection, indigenous families and domestic violence.
Family Matters article Jun 1997
The column provides a snapshot of family research and policy issues from a range of research perspectives and geographic locations around Australia, this issue featuring reports from our corresponding consultants describing research that falls under the broad sub-headings of indigenous families and children and adolescents.
Media release Aug 2015
Australian mothers hold high educational expectations for their children, according to new research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article Sep 2004
An update is provided about the Australian Temperament Project (ATP), which commenced in 1983 with a cohort of children aged four-eight months, and has collected thirteen waves of data by mail surveys over the first 20 years of life.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2007
Presents participants’ views on main barriers and incentives that influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ decision to become a carer
Family Matters article Nov 1990
A number of key statistics on Australian children and adolescents are presented in this paper, including facts on the child population, smoking, suicide, school retention, birth rates and death rates.