Policy and practice paper Jun 1996
Child maltreatment and family structure
Discussion Paper 1 Produced by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 1996
Discussion Paper 1 Produced by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
Family Matters article Sep 1996
Family Matters article Apr 1997
This article discusses the trend for more of those women who have children to stay in, or return to, the workforce after the birth of a child or during the early child raising years, and in parallel, the trending decline among young women in the workforce who have the care of dependent children.
Family Matters article Jun 1997
The author reports on what happens to the children of Australia's growing non-English speaking migrant population that has been particularly disadvantaged in terms of access to information and participation in the broader community.
Family Matters article Sep 1997
There have been some concerns that Australian teenage exnuptial births are rising and this article looks at the latest trends in this area. Although the rate has been increasing, it has not been growing as fast as the rate of increase of exnuptial births to older women.
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.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1998
Overview of parent education and the effectiveness of parent education interventions in the prevention of child maltreatment.
Family Matters article Sep 1998
Research report Jan 2000
Findings from the final stage of the Australian component of the Parenting-21 study are presented around two key themes
Research report Dec 2000
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.