Family Matters article Jan 2008
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Promoting healthy stepfamilies
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Strengthening Aboriginal family functioning: What works and why?
Insights into the protective effects and risks that influence forms of functioning among Aboriginal families.
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Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
Family issues in suicide postvention
Looking at "postvention"for families - activities that can assist those bereaved by suicide to cope with what has occurred.
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Practice guide May 2008
Working with Indigenous survivors of sexual assault
This Wrap includes the historical and contemporary aspects of sexual assault as they impact on Indigenous people
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2008
Family relationships and mental illness: Impacts and service responses
A brief overview of mental health problems and causes, and the impact of mental health problems on family relationships and dynamics.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2008
Housing stress and the mental health and wellbeing of families
Explores the relationship between housing affordability, housing stress, and mental health and wellbeing.
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Policy and practice paper Sep 2008
Improving outcomes for children living in families with parental substance misuse: What do we know and what should we do
An overview of the research literature on the outcomes of children raised in families with multiple problems including parental substance misuse.
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Submission Feb 2009
Inquiry into Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
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Family Matters article Mar 2009
A half-hearted defence of the CDEP scheme
This paper updates the Office of Evaluation and Audit 1997 report that evaluated the The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme developed as a response to the perceived social threat of "sit-down money" to Indigenous communities in the 1970s.
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Family Matters article Jun 2009
Relationships with step-parents in the life stories of young adults of divorce
Family Matters article on young adults of divorce and relationships with step-parents