Staff Papers and presentations

Recent presentations by AIFS staff are listed below with links to abstracts, the complete paper, or slides from powerpoint presentations.

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2009

Baxter, J. & Smith, J. (2009, 3-4 December). The time use of infants. Are the days of breastfed infants (PDF 338 KB). Paper presented at the 2nd LSAC Research Conference, Melbourne.
Baxter, J., Qu, L. & Weston, R. (2009, 29 September - 2 October). Family structure, quality of the co-parental relationship, post-separation parenting and children’s emotional wellbeing. Paper presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco.
Baxter, J. (2009, 23-25 September). Poster: The time use of infants - Are the days of breastfed infants different to not-breastfed infants? (PDF 318 KB). Presented at the International Association for Time Use Research conference, Lueneburg, Germany.
Baxter, J. (2009, 23-25 September). Too much spare time? - Presentation (PDF 510 KB) (Too much spare time? - Paper (PDF 381 KB)). Paper presented at the 31st Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Lueneburg, Germany.
Baxter, J., Renda, J. and Gray, M. (2009, 8-10 July). International work-family policies: What do they mean for Australia? (PDF 1.9 MB). Paper presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
Baxter, J. and Gray, M. (2009, 16 June). Parents who don’t use childcare: Who provides the care in working couple families with infants? (PDF 1.5 MB). Paper presented at the New Zealand Families Commission Research Seminar, Wellington NZ.
Bromfield, L. (2009, November). Cumulative harm workshop: The effects of chronic child maltreatment (PDF 1.2MB) | (Word 96KB) Workshop held for the WA Department for Child Protection, Perth, November 2009.
Bromfield, L. (2009, 7 and 8 July). Recognising cumulative harm in Australian child protection policy and practice: Progress to date (PDF 816 KB). Paper presented Australasian Human Development Association Conference, Adelaide (7 July) and at Families SA, Adelaide (8 July).
Bromfield, L. (2009, 24 June). Specialist Practice Guides: Getting research into practice in family services, child protection and out-of-home care (PDF 1.2 MB). Paper presented at the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Resilient Families need Resilient Workers Symposium, Melbourne.
Bromfield, L. (2009, 23 June). Cumulative harm: Recognising the effects of chronic child maltreatment (PDF 1.08 MB). (Workshop outline (PDF 163 KB)). Workshop presentation for the Queensland Child Safety Services Senior Practitioner Forum, Queensland.
Bromfield, L. (2009, 29 March). Child protection in Australia: Challenges, reforms and the National Child Protection framework (PDF 1.4 MB). Paper presented at the Australian Foster Care Conference.
de Vaus, D., Gray, M., Qu, L., and Stanton D. (2009, 8 July). The effect of relationship breakdown on income and social exclusion (conference paper) (PDF 2.0 MB). Presentation (PDF 1.5 MB). Paper presented at Australian Social Policy Conference: An Inclusive Society? Practicalities and Possibilities, Sydney.
Edwards, B., Wise, S., Gray, M., Hayes, A., Katz, I., Mission, S., Patulny, R. and Muir, K. (2009, 10 July). The Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) study of the impact of Communities for Children (PDF 1.0 MB). Paper presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.
Edwards, B., Gray, M., and Hunter, B. (2009, 10 July). The impact of drought on mental health and alcohol use (PDF 6.5 MB). Presentation at the Australian Social Policy Conference: An Inclusive Society? Practicalities and Possibilities, Sydney.
Edwards, B. (2009, 29 May). Strategies for measuring the outcomes of the Communities for Children program (PDF 515 KB). Paper presented at the ARACY Seminar, Melbourne.
Gray, M. (2009, 10 June). The economic crisis and the wellbeing of families (PDF 601 KB). Paper presented at the Melbourne Institute Public Economics Forum Work, Family and the Economic Crisis, Canberra.
Hayes, A. (2009, 26 November). Australian relationship dynamics, vulnerability and resilience: New insights from current research (PDF 724 KB). Paper presented at the 2nd Family Relationship Services Australia National Conference, Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2009, 19 November). Relationship dynamics in Australia: Insights into family form and functioning (PDF 444 KB). Paper presented at the Annual General Meeting of Relationships Australia (NSW), Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2009, 17 November). The great divide? Exploring the dynamics of family and child wellbeing in Australia (PDF 808 KB). Paper presented at the AIHW Australia’s welfare 2009 Conference, Canberra.
Hayes, A. (2009, 24 September). Progressing the social inclusion agenda: Insights from new data on readiness to learn and the impacts of community interventions (PDF 621 KB). Paper presented at the “Brown Bag” Seminar Series 2009, Social Inclusion Unit, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra.
Hayes, A. (2009, 8 September). Child Abuse and Neglect in Australia: Impacts, Risks and Responses (PDF 5.7 MB). Paper presented at the NAPCAN Event for National Child Protection Week, Canberra.
Hayes, A. (2009, 5 September). Sustaining, supporting and strengthening families: Children’s services in complex, changing and challenging times (PDF 2.5 MB). Paper presented at the ACT Children’s Services Conference Growing Together 09, Canberra.
Hayes, A. (2009, 31 August). Social Inclusion: Strengthening the policy agenda (PDF 7.3 MB). Paper presented at the Centre for Public Policy Seminar, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Hayes, A. (2009, 28 August). Marriage and Relationship Education: A lifecourse perspective (PDF 678 KB). Paper presented at the Marriage & Relationship Education National Conference 2009, Melbourne.
Hayes, A. (2009, 26 August). Transitions, locations and social addresses: Insights from Australian longitudinal and research evaluation (PDF 652 KB). Paper presented to Australian Social Inclusion Board, Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2009, 29-31 July). The law, legal aid and access to justice: Strengthening the social inclusion discourse (PDF 5.7 MB). Paper presented at the National Legal Aid Best Practice Conference Partnerships for Justice, Cairns.
Hayes, A. (2009, 2 April). Social Inclusion: Possible impacts and probable residues of the "Great Recession." (PDF 1.0 MB). Paper presented at the ACOSS National Conference 2009, Sydney.
Hayes, A. (2009, 27 February). The social and economic determinants of child wellbeing: An Australian perspective on an international issue (PDF 1.3 MB). Paper presented at the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Current Research and Action on the Wellbeing of Familes and Children in Australia Roundtable.
Higgins, D. (2009, 27 October). The impact of care and the needs of carers: National data on families caring for a person with a disability (PDF 1.8 MB). Paper presented at the 2009 National Respite Conference, Adelaide.
Higgins, D. (2009, 2 June). Managing the risk of sexual assault and other forms of child maltreatment in organisations (PDF 374 KB). Paper presented at the LegalWise Seminar, Sydney.
Higgins, D. & Kaspiew, R. (2009, 18 March). "Mind the gap..." Protecting children in family law cases (PDF 3.0 MB). Paper presented at the National Forum on Women's Safety and the Law, Melbourne.
Higgins. D. J., Yuksel, C., Yilmaz, F., and Wise, S. (2009, February 16). Community Hubs get it together for Australia’s children (PDF 5.5 MB). NIFTeY/CCCH Conference (National Investment for the Early Years / Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne). Melbourne.
Kaspiew, R., Higgins, D. and Bromfield, L. (2009, November). Watch this space: policy developments in inter-jurisdictional responses to family violence and child abuse (PDF 1.56 MB). Presentation to the Family Court of Australia Registrars, Melbourne.
Lamont, A. (2009, 22-24 May). Parental intellectual disability and child protection: Key issues (PDF 262 KB). Presentation to the Australian College of Child and Family Protection Practitioners 2009 National Conference, Brisbane.
Moloney, L., Smyth, B., Weston, R., Richardson, N., Qu, L. and Gray, M. (2009, 13 March). Allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children’s proceedings: A pre-reform exploratory study (PDF 4.9 MB). Paper presented at the Victoria Legal Aid: Independent Children’s Lawyer seminar, Melbourne.
Parker, R. (2009, 24-26 November). Building evidence-informed practice: A beginner’s guide to evaluation (PDF 658 KB). Paper presented at the FRSA conference, Sydney.
Parker, R. (2009, 28 August). Information sources about Australian families (PDF 425 KB). Paper presented at the Lecture to John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne.
Price-Robertson, R., Smart, D., Bromfield, L. and Vassallo, S. (2009, 16-18 November). Comparing impacts of positive parent-child relationships and maltreatment on psychosocial outcomes: Findings from a representative sample of Victorian young people (PDF 2.98MB). Paper presented at the APCCAN conference, Perth.
Quadara, A., Bromfield, L., and Hayes, A. (2009, 8 April). Child abuse, neglect and sexual assault: Prevalence, characteristics and responses (PDF 439 KB). Paper presented at NSW Health Child Abuse and Sexual Assault (Adult and Child) Forensic and Medical (CASAFAM) Symposium, Sydney.
Renda, J. and Baxter, J. (2009, 16-17 July). Stability of Lone Mothers’ employment: Using HILDA calendar data to examine work transitions (PDF 472 KB). Paper presented at the HILDA Survey Research Conference, Melbourne.
Robinson, E., Rodgers, B. & Butterworth, P. (2009, 24-26 November). Family relationships and mental illness: Impacts and service responses (PDF 1.2 MB). Paper presented at the FRSA conference, Sydney.
Robinson, E. (2009, 24-26 November). Embedding research in practice: Research within Family Relationship Centres in Australia (PDF 849 KB). Paper presented at the FRSA conference, Sydney.
Robinson, E. (2009, 26 August). Issues pertinent to the health and wellbeing of families (PDF 756 KB). Paper presented at the National Employment Services Association Conference, Sydney.
Smart, D., Sanson, A., Baxter, J., Edwards, B., and Hayes, A. (2009, 2 July). Home to school transitions for financially disadvantaged children (PDF 3.0 MB). Presentation at the AIFS seminar Findings from Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Melbourne.
Taylor, M., Edwards, B., and Fiorini, M. (2009, 8 July). Does it matter at what age children start school in Australia? (PDF 696 KB) Paper presented at the Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney.