Policy and practice paper Apr 1999
Community-based approaches in preventing child maltreatment
Review of theoretical constructs relating to child abuse prevention, health promotion strategies and the development of healthy communities.
Policy and practice paper Apr 1999
Review of theoretical constructs relating to child abuse prevention, health promotion strategies and the development of healthy communities.
Family Matters article Jun 1999
This article discusses community-based approaches to preventing child maltreatment.
Family Matters article Jun 1999
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?
Family Matters article Sep 1999
In this paper, the author criticises and evaluates Lawrence Mead's 'Welfare reform and the family', and offers a British perspective on welfare dependency and economic opportunity.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article provides an overview of papers presented, and of debate around reform of the welfare and social security systems at the forefront of political debate in many western nations, including Australia.
Family Matters article Mar 2000
Policy and practice paper Apr 2000
Overview of the use and effectiveness of program evaluation in child abuse prevention.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2000
Exploration of the relationship between child maltreatment (especially child sexual abuse) and the experience or witnessing of domestic violence.
Family Matters article Jun 2000
This paper considers what welfare means in America, the background problem of poverty, how and why work requirements have become progressively more demanding, and consequences to date of welfare reform.