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Achieving Better Mental Health For Maltreated Children: Translating Population Data Into Policy
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$522,706.00
Summary
This project uses linked population data to determine (a) the earliest indicators of risk of harm, and (b) mental health outcomes and health-care costs associated with children receiving child protection services, in partnership with the NSW department of Family and Community Services. The findings will ensure timely and effective responses to the most vulnerable children to mitigate adverse mental health and other outcomes associated with early life adversity.
BETTER MAN Project: Tailored Early Online Intervention For Men Using Intimate Partner Violence
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$506,202.00
Summary
Domestic violence damages the health of families, particularly women and children. We aim to make all families safer by generating new knowledge from a world-first trial of a healthy relationship website (BETTER MAN). This website assists men to identify their use of abuse and violence early and motivate them to seek help. We will tailor their help-seeking response to their individual experiences. We will have the safety, health, and well-being of women and children as our focus in this work.
Healing The Past By Nurturing The Future: Learning How To Identify And Support Indigenous Parents Who Have Experienced Complex Childhood Trauma
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,193,719.00
Summary
Complex childhood trauma causes profound and long-lasting effects on physical, social and emotional wellbeing, which can be triggered during the transition to parenthood and impede the capacity of parents to nurture their children. The transition offers a unique opportunity for healing and preventing intergenerational transmission of trauma. This project co-designs and evaluates acceptability and feasibility of screening and support for Indigenous parents experiencing complex trauma.
Alcohol causes more harm to others, including families and children, than tobacco and other drugs. Alcohol’s harm to others (AHTO) costs Australia around $20 billion per year and the WHO has prioritised AHTO in its 2011 Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol. This ECF will enable international, national and local research studies that aim to: improve knowledge of alcohol-related harm to children (ARHC) - analysing survey and official data; and inform alcohol policy in reducing ARHC.
Health And Social Consequences Of Child Abuse And Neglect: An Analysis Using South Australian Linked Data
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$684,447.00
Summary
Child maltreatment can result in a range of poor health, social and economic outcomes. Current surveys tell us little about the size of these impacts for young people especially for those with the worst outcomes—death, homelessness, hospitalisation, incarceration. This study will use data from hospitals, child protection and other services to explore the impacts of maltreatment on young people in SA and related costs to government, to inform policy to improve outcomes for this vulnerable group.
Child maltreatment is a significant public health issue. This research will identify child, family and community risk factors which increase vulnerability to child maltreatment. Mental health outcomes for these children will be investigated, including the increased risk that children with disabilities have in experiencing maltreatment. International comparisons of trends will be conducted for maltreatment-related hospital admissions. These findings will inform child maltreatment surveillance, pr ....Child maltreatment is a significant public health issue. This research will identify child, family and community risk factors which increase vulnerability to child maltreatment. Mental health outcomes for these children will be investigated, including the increased risk that children with disabilities have in experiencing maltreatment. International comparisons of trends will be conducted for maltreatment-related hospital admissions. These findings will inform child maltreatment surveillance, prevention and intervention strategies.Read moreRead less
Building Best Practice In Child Protection At The Intersection Of Child Protection And Adult Mental Health Services
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$294,590.00
Summary
This research is an investigation of child protection practices with families where at least one parent has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness (affective or non-affective psychosis), and where child abuse or neglect has been substantiated or children are at risk of significant harm. It is specifically concerned to understand processes of interagency collaboration between workers in state government child protection and mental health service systems. The research has several aims. These ....This research is an investigation of child protection practices with families where at least one parent has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness (affective or non-affective psychosis), and where child abuse or neglect has been substantiated or children are at risk of significant harm. It is specifically concerned to understand processes of interagency collaboration between workers in state government child protection and mental health service systems. The research has several aims. These are, first, to identify and examine the current practices of child protection and mental health workers where protective concerns have been identified in relation to children whose parent-s have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Practice will be examined at the assessment, child protection follow-up and post-order phases. Second, to identify and examine any barriers to effective collaboration between child protection and mental health organisations; and third, to develop inductively derived descriptions of 'best practice' in relation to these cases. The research will be conducted in four stages, including a survey of child protection and mental health workers, tracking of cases through the child protection system, in-depth interviews with child protection workers, mental health workers and parents, and group discussions with highly experienced child protection and mental health workers. The expected outcomes of the study are: the development of child protection practice guidelines for working with families where children have been harmed or at risk of harm by a parent who has a mental illness, including practice guidelines for interagency collaboration in this field; and identification of supervisional, training, administrative and policy responses to this issue.Read moreRead less
Speech Pathology Intervention For Young Offenders With Language Impairment
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$107,182.00
Summary
Male young offenders are at high risk of undetected oral language impairments. This study will assess language impaired young offenders, and evaluate the efficacy of speech pathology intervention to improve oral language skills. The study will also evaluate whether this intervention can enhance other interventions and rehabilitation, and reduce the chances of reoffending, through the development of prosocial behaviours and characteristics.
Improving The Developmental Outcomes Of Northern Territory Children: A Datalinkage Study To Inform Policy And Practice In Health, Family Services And Education
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$952,358.00
Summary
The project uses linked de-identified administrative data sets to study the developmental trajectories of NT children. It investigates the complex interplay of life circumstances including health status, early developmental assessments and demographic data - both individual and community level - all of which influence outcomes including school attendance, performance and retention.
The Development, Assessment And Treatment Of Early Indicators Of Psychopathy In Children
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$271,130.00
Summary
2.7 Significance - Lay description Conduct problems and antisocial behaviour cost Australian society millions of dollars every year directly through the mental health and criminal justice systems, indirectly through their association with substance abuse and other mental health problems, and associated disruptions to health, relationships, and personal and occupational functioning. Remediation is not effective once a chronic pattern has been established. Recently, research has shown that early s ....2.7 Significance - Lay description Conduct problems and antisocial behaviour cost Australian society millions of dollars every year directly through the mental health and criminal justice systems, indirectly through their association with substance abuse and other mental health problems, and associated disruptions to health, relationships, and personal and occupational functioning. Remediation is not effective once a chronic pattern has been established. Recently, research has shown that early signs of psychopathy in children predict chronic antisocial behaviour and lack of responsiveness to traditional treatments. The current research uses a combination of experimental, longitudinal, and treatment outcome studies to examine: the effectiveness with which early signs of a callous-unemotional temperamental style, hypothesised to be an early indicator of psychopathy, can be measured in children, causal factors and correlates of callous-unemotional traits, whether such traits pose a risk for chronic antisocial behaviour, the effects of callous-unemotional traits on responsiveness to traditional family-school based treatments, and the effectiveness of an innovative method for treating it in the early years. The project leads directly to a range of clinical assessment and treatment strategies for children at risk for chronic antisocial behaviour. The project has the potential to substantially improve the effectiveness of current treatment approaches to conduct problems in children that focus on family and school management.Read moreRead less