Children
Alternative labels
Childhood
Conference paper
Are master-planned new urbanist suburbs a 'solution' for sustainable travel to schools? Comparing children's travel in select Australian primary schools
This paper focuses on the results from 250 children that completed travel diaries to assess children's travel behaviour in Australian cities.
Conference paper
Children's cycling for transport in selected Australian urban environments: model shares and determinations of significance
This paper uses CATCH/iMATCH project data to explore parental and child perceptions towards their social and built environment reports on itsvrelationship with cycling take-up and usage.
Thesis
An investigation of Pasefika access to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service within Counties Manukau District Health Board - the influence of health beliefs and attitudes
Pasefika rates of access to Counties Manukau District Health Board’s (CMDHB) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are below the 3% per annum expectation set by the Ministry of Health. CMDHB established a Pasefika specific CAMHS in 2008, Vaka Toa (VT). Our clinical experience is: self-referral by Pasefika is unusual; often when introducing the...
Report
Parents in the child protection system
This report documents the experiences of 47 parents who have been involved with Tasmania’s Child Protection Service. It also covers the experiences of over 140 frontline workers employed by 40 different non-government services (NGOs) that have provided support to these parents. In addition, the research involved speaking with 16 child protection staff from across the...
Report
A necessary engagement: an international review of parent and family engagement in child protection
This report provides a review of international and national models of engagement, support and advocacy for parents who have contact with child protection systems. How statutory child protection systems engage with parents ultimately affects the outcomes for children, including safety, permanency and wellbeing. While social work practices that emphasise people’s self-determination and strengths are recognised...