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What factors influence children’s and young people’s health and wellbeing? How can prevention and intervention strategies assist more effectively?
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Webinar Nov 2015
What factors influence children’s and young people’s health and wellbeing? How can prevention and intervention strategies assist more effectively?
Research report Jul 1980
Stresses the social context of child rearing and challenges some standard assumptions concerning family arrangements for the pre-school child
Family Matters article Jun 2007
This article introduces the 'Families Caring for a Person with a Disability Study', a collaborative project between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, describing its aims and methodology, and presents initial findings on the social lives of carers.
Practice guide Mar 2014
This Research Summary demonstrates that female sex offending, although a serious issue, makes up a very small percentage of all sex offences
Research report Jul 2005
This report works towards producing an evidence base concerning the efficacy of early childhood interventions in Australia
Policy and practice paper Apr 2006
This paper investigates the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention programs.
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This article reports on a recent analysis of a large-scale survey in which lower odds of divorce were found to be associated with participation in a pre-marriage education program.
Family Matters article Dec 1993
This article on child development examines the nature of true intelligence, the elements of the growth of competence and how we might better stimulate the development of a child's many intelligences.
Family Matters article Sep 1999
This article outlines the government's objectives and achievements in family policy and reveals that future directions for family policy will focus on prevention and early intervention with a view to strengthening families.
Research report Apr 1985
This report to respondents is based on data collected in the first survey of the Institute's Children in Families Project (CIF)