Family safety

Pathways, policies and prevention: better outcomes for western Australian children

Pathways, policies and prevention: better outcomes for western Australian children.

Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system

This project addresses the high over-representations of Indigenous persons with mental health and cognitive disabilities in Australian criminal justice systems.

Enhancing children’s journeys through Out of Home Care: A multi-perspective study

Researchers at The University of Queensland, Life Course Centre, in collaboration with a range of partner organisations, will undertake a three-year study to examine children’s experiences of out-o

Invisible disability: Indigenous women living with traumatic brain injury

Domestic and family violence that leads to traumatic brain injury is a significant disability concern, yet, little is known about the intersection of the two for Indigenous Australian women.

Aboriginal child restoration from out-of-home care: pathways for success

The soaring rates of Indigenous children living in out-of-home care requires an urgent response.

Remote Aboriginal families and carers of children with disabilities

The project intends to explore the challenges that Aboriginal families who have children with disabilities experience when living in remote communities.

Enhancing Mental Health in Aboriginal Children

The poor health, academic, and mental health functioning of Aboriginal children is one of Australia's major public health problems.

An Empirical Model of Aboriginal Mental Health

The poor health, academic, and mental health functioning of Aboriginal children is one of Australia's major public health problems.

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)

The proposed study will be the first of its kind in Australia to test a violence prevention program (Beyond Violence) targeting mental health, substance use and violence among incarcerated female o

“He’s the Number One Thing in My World”: Application of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to Explore Child Car Seat Use in a Regional Community in New South Wales 

We explored the factors influencing the use of age-appropriate car seats in a community with a high proportion of Aboriginal families in regional New South Wales.