Family Matters article Oct 2004
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Multiple child care arrangements in Australia
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Family Matters article Sep 2003
Minding the children during school holidays
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Family Matters article May 2003
Continuity of care in the early years?
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Parents' expectations, values and choice of child care
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Family Matters article Apr 2002
Understanding community strengths
This article identifies the concepts of social cohesion and social exclusion as providing two theoretical frameworks whose relevance to Australian policy deserves greater exploration.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
School experiences of the children of lesbian and gay parents
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
The UK Sure Start Program
This article describes the background to the UK's Sure Start early intervention program, looks at what it offers and what it aims to achieve, then reviews the early experience of program implementation to draw out some initial lessons for policy makers who may be thinking of developing similar initiatives.
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Research report Dec 2000
Child care in cultural context
Describes a new study that aims to fill gaps in the research literature concerning the influence of home-child care discontinuities on children.
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Policy and practice paper Apr 2000
Evaluating child abuse prevention programs
Overview of the use and effectiveness of program evaluation in child abuse prevention.
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Research report Jun 1999
The UK looking after children approach in Australia
This report argues that the Looking After Children approach may have measurable benefits for child care services in Australia