Family Research: Pathways to Policy
Papers from the 5th Australian Family Research Conference 1996 available on the WWW:
- Baker, Maureen. Poverty, ideology and the employability of mothers : a comparison of Canadian and Australian social policies
- Bartholomew, Terry. Challenging assumptions about young people's competence - clearing the pathway to policy?
- Bateman, Gail. Defining families for policy making
- Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark. Satisfaction with housework: explaining the paradox
- Bowes, Jennifer, Chalmers, Denise and Flanagan, Constance. Children's involvement in household work: views of adolescents in six countries
- Burns, Ailsa. Women as economic agents: midlife women planning for successful ageing
- Cowling, Vicki. Meeting the support needs of families with dependent children where the parent has a mental illness
- de Vaus, David. Children's responsibilities to elderly parents
- Eardley, Tony. Tax and social security policies towards families: Australia compared with countries of the European Union
- Eastman, Moira. Family variables, health outcomes and national health strategies
- Funder, Kate. We hold these truths: a national perspective on parental responsibility
- Higgins, Darryl and Mc Cabe, Marita. Familial characteristics as mediators of adjustment in maltreated and non-maltreated families
- Horn, Michael. Families and homelessness - prospects and policies for the 21st century
- Jordan, Peter. Ten years on: the effects of separation and divorce on men
- Knapman, Claudia. Older people in rural communities: rethinking the meaning of family-based care
- McGurk, Harry. Child Care in a Caring Society
- Martin, Carmel and Nisa, Meherun. Meeting the needs of children and families in chronic illness and disease. The context of general practice
- Mason, Jan and Steadman, Bronwyn. The significance of the conceptualisation of childhood for promoting children's contributions to child protection policy
- Millward, Christine. Aspects of grandparenting
- Nicholson, Jan, Halford, Kim and Sanders, Matt. Prevention of family distress in stepfamilies : the StepPrep Project
- Nocella, Luisa. Restorative family services: a new approach to family assistance or mutton dressed up as lamb?
- Peterson, Candida and Brown, Samantha. Adolescents' sibling relationships: conflict, equity and satisfaction
- Robinson, Judi. Research directions of the Family Court of Australia
- Russell, Glenys. Changing meanings - family household work involvement
- Short, Patricia. No-one to turn to: estrangement and need in kinship economies
- Silburn, Sven and Zubrick, Stephen. The WA Child Health Survey: methodology and policy implications
- Skoien, Petra and Berthelsen, DonnaVideo games : parental beliefs and practices
- Stehlik, Dani, Bulis, Helen, Gray, Ian and Lawrence, Geoffrey. Rural families and the impact of the drought of the 1990s
- Strahan, Bradley. Does religion support family relationships? It depends on what kind of religion
- Taylor, Janet. Life chances: longitudinal research in a changing policy context
- Turvey, Karen and Thomson, Cathy. Caregiving and employment 1: Who cares, what's involved? Different caregiving relationships and their impact on caregiver employment
- Vimpani, Graham. How can we improve access to services for families with young children? The need for new models of interagency collaboration
- Watson, Elizabeth and Mears, Jane. 'Stretched lives' : working and caring for frail elderly relatives
- Weston, Ruth. Young people in families with a non-English speaking backgorund
- Wightman, Lee. Barriers to the effective use of research in policy making
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