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Care Leavers Into Parenthood: Support Needs and Effective Practice Approaches Through Transitions From Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is significant local and international evidence to show that young people transitioning from care have children by age 21 at far higher rates than the general youth population. Intergenerational child protection involvement is also far higher for this group.
Jade Purtell, Sarah Morris
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The Right to Cultural Connection for Children in Out‐of‐Home Care: Does Australian Policy and Practice Adequately Support Cultural Identity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Development of cultural identity is understood to be central to well‐being; however, it is not always prioritised for children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). This paper examines current policy and practice designed to support the cultural identity and connection of non‐Indigenous culturally and linguistically diverse children (CALD) in OOHC, who ...
Rebekah Grace, Megan Mitchell, Amy Conley Wright, Kathy Karatasas, Fay Hadley, Jioji Ravulo, Stacy Blythe, Adaora Ezekwem‐Obi, Manjula Waniganayake   +8 more
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
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Hub and Spokes in Intellectual Disability Mental Health Support

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The distribution of specialist health services is usually uneven by location due to limited resources, which is a problem for people with complex needs. In this context, how can a hub and spoke model offer appropriate services for people with intellectual disability and mental health needs?
Christiane Purcal, Karen R. Fisher, Janelle Weise, Peri O'Shea, Julian Trollor   +4 more
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Relationships and Identity: An Ethnographic Study With Young People in South‐East Queensland Who Had Left Out‐Of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Young people who transition to adulthood while transitioning from out‐of‐home care, like their peers not in care may face several challenges in early adulthood. These include, high housing costs, fixed (often low) incomes, limited access to jobs and further education, developing and consolidating personal relationships and pressures from ...
Madonna Boman
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A Scoping Review of Access and Engagement With Mental Health Services by Young People From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) young people encounter unique circumstances, which can lead to high levels of distress. However, an up‐to‐date comprehensive literature review synthesising knowledge concerning mental health issues faced by CALD young people is lacking.
Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Prasheela Karan, Maria Cassaniti, Anthony B. Zwi, Ilan Katz   +4 more
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‘Playing the Game’: How Aboriginal Families Navigate Child Protection Systems to Restore Their Children Home From Out‐Of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reunification, or restoration of children from Out‐of‐Home Care (OOHC) is very rare. Using evidence generated from the New South Wales‐based Aboriginal‐led research Bring them home, keep them home, this paper examines and celebrates the resistance and resourcefulness of 20 Aboriginal families who navigated a child protection system designed to
B. J. Newton, Kimberly Chiswell, Caitlin Parker, Neika Tong, Shantelle Common   +4 more
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Adolescents [PDF]

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2013
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Examining the Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Young Australians’ School‐Level Education

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian policy and practice increasingly acknowledges the need to respond to children as victim‐survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV) in their own right. As part of this, and in recognition that schools often have the most consistent contact with young people experiencing DFV, there is mounting recognition of the role education ...
Rebecca Stewart, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Steven Roberts   +2 more
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Opportunities in Middle Childhood: Multiple System Involvement During Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence in Northern Territory, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Middle childhood offers a crucial window to identify and support children at risk of adverse outcomes in adolescence. This retrospective cohort study examined how data from multiple systems could identify children with the greatest need for support during middle childhood and early adolescence. Using individual level linked records from health,
Vincent Yaofeng He, Jenny Williams, Steven Roche, Tamika Williams, Steven Guthridge   +4 more
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