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Child Abuse Prevention Issues

Discussion papers

Issues Papers

• Therapeutic residential care in Australia: Taking stock and looking forward (No. 35, 2011)
  Sara McLean, Rhys Price-Robertson and Elly Robinson
• Child protection and family law… Joining the dots (No. 34, 2011)
  Daryl Higgins and Rae Kaspiew
• Issues for the safety and wellbeing of children in families with multiple and complex problems: The co-occurrence of domestic violence, parental substance misuse, and mental health problems (No. 33, 2010)
  Leah Bromfield, Alister Lamont, Robyn Parker and Briony Horsfall
• Are social marketing campaigns effective in preventing child abuse and neglect? (No. 32, 2010)
  Briony Horsfall, Leah Bromfield and Myfanwy McDonald
• Parental intellectual disability and child protection: Key issues (No. 31, 2009)
  Alister Lamont and Leah Bromfield
• A stitch in time saves nine: Preventing and responding to the abuse and neglect of infants (No. 30, 2009)
  Brigid Jordan and Robyn Sketchley
• Improving outcomes for children living in families with parental substance misuse: What do we know and what should we do (No. 29, 2008)
  Sharon Dawe, Paul Harnett and Sally Frye
• Developing a road map for research: Identifying the priorities for a national child protection research agenda (No. 28, 2008)
  Leah Bromfield and Fiona Arney
• Family group conferencing in Australia 15 years on (No. 27, 2008)
  Nathan Harris
• 'Getting the big picture': A synopsis and critique of Australian out-of-home care research (No. 26, 2007)
  Leah Bromfield and Alexandra Osborn
• Child maltreatment in organisations: Risk factors and strategies for prevention (No. 25, 2006)
  Mel Irenyi, Leah Bromfield, Lorraine Beyer and Daryl Higgins
• The effectiveness of parent education and home visiting child maltreatment prevention programs (No. 24, 2006)
  Prue Holzer, Jenny Higgins, Leah Bromfield, Nick Richardson and Daryl Higgins
• A new name for Munchausen Syndrome by proxy: Defining fabricated or induced illness by carers (No. 23, 2005)
  Ellen Fish, Leah Bromfield and Daryl Higgins
• National comparison of child protection systems (No. 22, 2005)
  Leah Bromfield and Daryl Higgins
• Redefining fatal child neglect (No. 21, 2004)
  Ruth Lawrence and Penelope Irvine
• Child welfare approaches for Indigenous communities: International perspectives (No. 20, 2004)
  Terri Libesman
• Child abuse and neglect in Indigenous Australian communities (No. 19, 2003)
  Janet Stanley, Adam Tomison and Julian Pocock
• Accessibility issues in child abuse prevention services (No. 18, 2003)
  Janet Stanley and Katie Kovacs
• Preventing child abuse: Changes to family support in the 21st century (No. 17, 2002)
  Adam Tomison
• The role of mass media in facilitating community education and child abuse prevention strategies (No. 16, 2002)
  Bernadette Saunders and Chris Goddard
• Child abuse and the internet (No. 15, 2001)
  Janet Stanley
• Child abuse and the media (No. 14, 2001)
  Chris Goddard and Bernadette Saunders
• Exploring family violence: Links between child maltreatment and domestic violence (No. 13, 2000)
  Adam Tomison
• Evaluating child abuse prevention programs (No. 12, 2000)
  Adam Tomison
• Community-based approaches in preventing child maltreatment (No. 11, 1999)
  Adam Tomison
• Valuing parent education: A cornerstone of child abuse prevention (No. 10, 1998)
  Adam Tomison
• Long-term effects of child sexual abuse (No. 9, 1998)
  (For a more recent review of the literature, see ACSSA Wrap No.1)
  Paul Mullen and Jillian Fleming
• Emotional abuse: The hidden form of maltreatment (No. 8, 1997)
  Adam Tomison and Joe Tucci
• Child maltreatment and disability (No. 7, 1996)
  Adam Tomison
• Intergenerational transmission of maltreatment (No. 6, 1996)
  Adam Tomison
• Update on child sexual abuse (No. 5, 1995)
  Adam Tomison
• Spotlight on child neglect (No. 4, 1995)
  Adam Tomison
• Child abuse prevention: A perspective on parent enhancement programs from the United States (No. 3, 1994)
  Marianne James
• Domestic violence as a form of child abuse: Identification and prevention (No. 2, 1994)
  Marianne James
• Child abuse and neglect: Incidence and prevention (No. 1, 1994)
  Marianne James

Discussion Papers (1996)

• Child maltreatment and mental disorder
  Adam Tomison
• Child maltreatment and substance abuse
  Adam Tomison
• Child maltreatment and family structure
  Adam Tomison