Marginalised families
Report
Enhanced Maternal and Child Health program performance
This report reviews the Enhanced Maternal and Child Health Service (EMCH) in Victoria. It assesses whether EMCH is achieving its intended outcomes of reaching families with the greatest need. It recommends improvements in data collection to enable the performance of the program to be assessed and ensure it is reaching families in greatest need.
Report
Housing issues for people with disability, older people and carers in NSW
This paper highlights the current and longstanding housing issues that adversely affect older people, people with disability and carers in NSW. It discusses the barriers to accessible, affordable and well-located housing for these cohorts and identifies key actions that are needed.
Report
Community strengthening evidence review
The Department of Communities and Justice (NSW) commissioned the Centre for Social Impact to conduct this evidence review, which examines what community engagement or community development theories, practices and activities have been found to contribute to community wellbeing for vulnerable children, young people and families.
Guide
How the experiences and circumstances of culturally and linguistically diverse children and families influence child mental health
This paper explores how the experiences of children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds can affect child mental health. It looks specifically at the experiences of parents and children who migrated to Australia for non-humanitarian reasons, such as work, education or family.
Journal article
Integrated Child and Family Hub models for detecting and responding to family adversity
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.