Research about children and families
Our research about children and families focuses on the best ways to ensure children have a fair start in life. This includes:
- evaluating existing services and programs
- investigating how to support families to care for their children
- recommending policies that value the wellbeing of children.
See more details about the work of our Research and Policy Centre on the early years.
Research reports include:
Brotherhood of St Laurence 2009, Frankston North Communities for Children local evaluation (PDF file, 578 KB)
Carmelita Davies and Nicole Oke 2007, Connecting with Frankston families: examining service use for families in Frankston North, Karingal and Carrum Downs (PDF file, 198 KB)
Martina Boese, Janet Stanley, Carole Baker and Jody Hughes 2008, The Cottage service for highly disadvantaged children in Fitzroy: a review (PDF file, 320 KB)
Nicole Oke, Janet Stanley and Jacqui Theobald 2007, The inclusive role of playgroups in Greater Dandenong (PDF file, 201 KB)
Janet Stanley, Cassandra Eadie and Carole Baker 2005, Social exclusion in Boroondara: Stage One: Scoping published data on child poverty in Boroondara and Recommendations for Stage Two (PDF file, 222 KB)
Janet Stanley, Chi Wai Ng and Kemran Mestan 2007, Social exclusion in Boroondara: Stage Two: Identifying the issues for children who experience social exclusion in Boroondara (PDF file, 420 KB)
Janet Stanley, Nina Bailey, Helen Ansems, Martina Boese and Jill Webb 2006, Raising children in Greater Dandenong: an initial needs study for the Communities for Children program (PDF file, 153 KB)