Preventing child abuse and neglect: findings from an Australian audit of prevention programs - Publication

Preventing child abuse and neglect:
findings from an Australian audit of prevention programs

Adam M. Tomison and Liz Poole

National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2000, Melbourne, ISBN 0 642 39483 0

In 1999, the National Child Protection Clearinghouse, with the support of the National Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, and the State and Territory government departments, undertook a National Audit of Child Abuse Prevention Programs operating across Australia. This report provides a description of the audit process, an overview of current Commonwealth and State/Territory policy and initiatives, and a detailed analysis of the 1814 programs collected for the Audit. For more detailed information about the individual programs, the database from the Audit is available for searching.

The full report can be downloaded in PDF* format (710 KB), or in sections as detailed below.

Contents (32 KB)
Title page, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Authors (92 KB)
Executive summary (63 KB)
Introduction, The Audit process (63 KB)
Child abuse prevention: a national overview (102 KB)
Overview of the programs (138 KB)
Community education programs (67 KB)
Personal safety or protective behaviours programs (67 KB)
Family support programs (68 KB)
Child-focused programs (62 KB)
Child and family centres (45 KB)
Offender programs (49 KB)
Special populations (95 KB)
Program evaluations (72 KB)
General discussion (67 KB)
References (63 KB)
Appendix 1: The child abuse prevention programs database (24 KB)
Index 1: Service providers and child abuse prevention programs included in the Audit by geographical location (113 KB)
Index 2: Child abuse prevention: type of program and geographical location (112 KB)

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