Children
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Childhood
Report
Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline
This report examines the types of COVID-19-related concerns that children and young people aged 5 to 25 years raised with Kids Helpline counsellors between January and the end of April 2020.
Working paper
Household density and children’s wellbeing in Australia: are children’s homes too empty?
This paper looks at physical health, mental health and cognitive outcomes for Australian children and adolescents conditional upon measures of occupant density of their family homes using three longitudinal datasets: the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey; the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children; and the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
Guide
Relationships and sexuality education
These two guides have been designed to help schools adopt a whole-school approach to strengthening their programmes in relationships and sexuality education. They incorporate the latest research on relationships, gender, sexuality, and wellbeing. They also take into account the cultural and social changes and the related interagency work to prevent violence. They also reflect Aotearoa...
Report
Children with offending behaviour
This report considers the statutory response to children aged 10 to 13 years whose offending causes serious concern for their wellbeing. This has led Police to refer them to an Oranga Tamariki Youth Justice Coordinator for a Family Group Conference (FGC) in accordance with section 14 (1) (e) of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (the...
Report
Worlds of influence: understanding what shapes child well-being in rich countries
Evidence from 41 OECD and EU countries gives us insight into the factors that affect child well-being in rich countries. This report reveals children’s experiences against the backdrop of their country’s policies and social, educational, economic and environmental contexts, and ranks countries on both the outcomes and conditions for child well-being, applying a multi-level framework...