Papers and presentations - Australian Institute of Family Studies

Staff Papers and Presentations

Recent presentations by AIFS staff are listed below with links to abstracts, the complete paper, or slides from PowerPoint presentations. (Before reading see Disclaimer.)

(See also papers presented at the Institute's 5th, 1996; 6th, 1998; 7th, 2000; 8th, 2003; 9th, 2005 and 10th, 2008 Family Research Conferences).

2008

Smart, D. & Vassallo, S. (2008, August 10-12). Pathways to social and emotional wellbeing: Lessons from a 24-year longitudinal study. Invited paper presented at the Australian Council for Educational Research Conference: Touching the future: Building skills for life and work, Brisbane. PDF 10.5MB
Gray, M. & Hayes, A. (2008, July). Childcare, outcomes for children and socio-economic disadvantage. Paper presented at the Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum, Canberra. PDF 663KB
Baxter, J. (2008, 30 June - 3 July). Is money the main reason mothers return to work after childbearing? A quantitative analysis of reasons for return to work. Paper presented at the 14th biennial conference of the Australian Population Association, Alice Springs. PDF 1.4MB
Baxter, J. & Gray, M. (2008, June 19-21). Parents who don’t use childcare: who provides the care in working couple families with infants? Paper presented at the 17th annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics, Torino, Italy. PDF 2.1MB

2007

Hayes, A. (2007, November). Creating child friendly communities: challenges and contradictions. Address presented to the NAPCAN Annual General Meeting, Lady Gowrie Child Care Centre, North Carlton, Vic. PDF 1.3MB
Gray, M., Qu, L., & Weston, R. (2007, September). Fertility and family policy in Australia. A previous version of this paper was presented to the policy forum 'Facing the Future: Policy Challenges in the Ageing Era', Seoul, Korea, 13-14 September 2006. PDF 929KB
Baxter, J. & Alexander, M. (2007, July). Mothers' work-family strain in single and couple parent families: the role of job characteristics and suports.. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. PDF 467KB
Baxter, J. & Hayes, A. (2007, July). Days of their lives: Developmental implications and correlates of how four year olds spend their time.. Paper presented at the 2007 Australasian Human Development Association Conference, Sydney. PDF 780KB
de Vaus, D., Gray, M., Qu, L., & Stanton, D. (2007, July). Divorce and wellbeing of older Australians. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract and paper
Edwards, B. & Bromfield, L. (2007, July). Neighbourhood influences on young children's emotional and behavioural problems and prosocial behaviour: evidence from an Australian national sample. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract
Edwards, B., Higgins, D. & Zmijewski, N. (2007, July). The social lives of carers. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract
Qu, L., Weston, R. & Parker, R. (2007, July). Financial circumstances of divorced mothers relative to married mothers: Is the gap narrowing? Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract
Smyth, B., Moloney, L., Richardson, N. & Weston, R. (2007, July). Changes in patterns of post-separation parenting over time. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract
Soloff, C. (2007, July). Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children - latest information. Paper presented at the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney. Abstract

2006

Baxter, J. (2006, December). Children's time use in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: Data quality and analytical issues in the 4-year cohort Presentation to ACSPRI Conference, Sydney. PDF 5.2MB
Baxter, J. (2006, December). A day in the life of a 4-year old: the effect of parental employment. Presentation to Australian Population Association Conference, Adelaide. PDF 5.3MB
Baxter, J. (2006, December). Maternal employment in the first twelve months after the birth : the effect of pre-birth job characteristics. Presentation to Australian Population Association Conference, Adelaide. PDF 718KB.
Bromfield, L. & Holzer, P. (2006, December). Child abuse prevention: what works? Presentation to Australian Centre for Child Protection Seminar Series (University of South Australia), Adelaide. PowerPoint 259KB
Bromfield, L. (2006, September). Preventing child abuse and neglect: everyone's responsibility. Paper presented to the Wendouree Rotary Club, Ballarat, Vic. PowerPoint 194KB
Bromfield, L. & Holzer, P. (2006, September). Child protection in Australia. Presentation to the Australian Council of Children and Youth Organisation, Accreditation Network Meeting, Melbourne. PowerPoint 313KB.
Bromfield, L. (2006, August). Child protection and out-of-home care: an update from the National Child Protection Clearinghouse. Presentation to the Community Skills Training Centre, Department for Community Development, Perth. PowerPoint 383KB
Bromfield, L. & Higgins, D. (2006, June). A national approach to child protection: how close are we?. Presentation to the National Child Protection Forum, hosted by the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Melbourne. PowerPoint 232KB
Gray, M., Qu, L. & Weston, R. (2006). Fertility and family policy in Australia. A previous version of this paper was presented to the policy forum 'Facing the Future: Policy Challenges in the Ageing Era', Seoul, Korea, 13-14 September 2006. PDF 929KB
Richardson, N., Smart, D., Vassallo, S. & Sanson. A. (2006, July). The role of environmental characteristics in changing the pathways to adolescent antisocial behaviour of high- and low-risk children. Paper presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Melbourne. (PowerPoint 3.9MB)
Smart, D., Letcher, P., Toumbourou, J., Williams, I. & Sanson, A. (2006, July). The value of longitudinal studies for identifying and explaining developmental trajectories (PDF 6.3MB), by D.Smart, P. Letcher, J. Toumbourou, I. Williams and A. Sanson. Presentation to the 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Melbourne, Vic, 2-6 July 2006. (PPT 1.5MB)
Bromfield, L. & Higgins, D. (2006, May). Ten years of out-of-home care research: evaluating the Australian evidence-base. Paper presented at the Out of Home Care Research Forum, Brisbane. PowerPoint 203KB
Bromfield, L. & Ryan, R. (2006, May). National comparison of entry-level training for statutory child protection workers. Paper presented at the First National Conference for the Australian College for Child and Family Protection Practitioners, Sydney. PowerPoint 253KB
Hayes, A. (2006, March). Early intervention and prevention across life: an Australian perspective. Presentation to the Early Childhood Forum, Melbourne. PDF 2.2MB
Higgins, D., Richardson, N. & Bromfield, L. (2006, February). Australian Indigenous communities and out-of-home care: models of best practice. Presentation to the 10th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Wellington, NZ. PDF 590KB
Bromfield, B., Richardson, N. & Higgins, D. (2006, February). Kinship care: a culturally appropriate practice framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Presentation to the 10th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Wellington, NZ. PDF 724KB
Higgins, D., Richardson, N. & Bromfield, L. (2006, February). Facilitating child abuse prevention research and models of best practice: the role of a national clearinghouse for child protection research. Poster presentation to the 10th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Wellington, NZ. PowerPoint in PDF 1.1MB | Paper MS Word 146KB
Higgins, D. (2006, January). What's all the fuss about child abuse? Schools and child protection. Keynote address at the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia Child Protection Conference, Freemantle, WA. PowerPoint in PDF 594KB
Higgins, D. (2006, January). Child protection: a national overview. Invited address, followed by a roundtable forum on current issues and possibilities for a national framework, convened by the Centre for Vulnerable Children (University of Western Australia) and WA Families and the Ministerial Advisory Council for Child Protection, Perth. PowerPoint in PDF 392KB

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