This paper describes the current child mental health policy landscape in Victoria and at a federal level within Australia, to understand the extent to which mental health competence is targeted and families are currently utilised as a key influence. A range of policies aim to promote mental health competence but they could be improved by...

This paper calls for improvements in data availability and linkage in relation to maternal and child health, to enable proactive decisions that promote a healthy start to life. It highlights the unmet need for timely monitoring and reporting of outcomes for Australian children, particularly those born during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommends strategies for improving...

This snapshot explores variations in schools’ readiness to implement a response to intervention (RTI) approach to improving children’s oral language and reading skills. It is a collaboration between the Australian Education Research Organisation and the Centre for Community and Child Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

An evaluation of the benefits of an Australian Nurse home visiting (NHV) program in promoting children’s language and learning, general and mental health, maternal mental health and wellbeing, and parenting and family relationships at child ages 4 and 5 years through a Randomised Control Trial. It concludes that the program promoted longer-term family functioning and...

Integrated community healthcare Hubs may offer a ‘one stop shop’ for service users with complex health and social needs, and more efficiently use service resources. Various policy imperatives exist to implement Hub models of care, however, there is a dearth of research specifically evaluating Hubs targeted at families experiencing adversity.