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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally responsive practice, multicultural, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

This study explores Aboriginal community-led approaches to child reunification in New South Wales. The research found that successful reunification requires culturally grounded, holistic support tailored to statutory orders.

Childhood experiences of DV and its association with mental disorders and health risk behaviours

domestic and family violence, mental health
2025

Examine associations between four different forms of childhood EDV (physical violence, threats of harm, property damage and intimidation or control) and four mental disorders and six health risk behaviours.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health at Age 50 Years

child maltreatment

In this cohort study of ACEs and health conditions at age 50 years, the findings suggest that while broad-spectrum interventions remain important to ameliorate the influence of ACEs, a targeted approach that considers the types of ACEs may address specific vulnerabilities, particularly poor mental health and severe pain.

Children who Cause Harm Are People Too: A Participatory Action Research Project To Understand Families help-seeking for child-to-parent Violence, and the (un)helpful Responses

adolescent violence
2025

The purpose of this research was to work directly with children instigating child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse due to explosive and harmful impulsive, and parents experiencing such harms, to understand their help-seeking practices and experiences.

With courage: South Australia’s vision beyond violence

criminal justice system, FVSV prevention
2025

This report presents 136 recommendations for prevention, crisis response, justice reform, and victim support. It calls for a dedicated ministerial portfolio, advisory networks, and a five-year strategy.

Intimate Partner Violence: Fact Sheet for young people

FVSV, young people
2025

This fact sheet informs young people about what intimate partner violence is and what it can look like, as well as where to seek support if experiencing or using intimate partner violence.

MARAM Risk Factors

FVSV, MARAM
2025

Outlining risk factors for adult and child victims stemming from perpetrator behaviours, emphasising serious threats like controlling behaviours, weapon access, threats, violence, and isolation, while highlighting risks unique to adult victims and children. Certain factors indicate heightened danger of fatal outcomes.

Young men’s media landscaping report

adolescent violence
2025

This research from Movember Institute maps young men’s digital ecosystems: what they do online, the content that engages them, and emerging trends shaping their health, wellbeing, and relationships. The findings offer practical insights for supporting young men online and offline.

Understanding the Mediating Effect of Child Abuse and Poor Mental Health on the Use of Adolescent Family Violence: Findings From an Australian Study

adolescent violence, CEDV, child maltreatment, FVSV
2025

This article presents findings from a secondary analysis of data from the Adolescent Family Violence in Australia (AFVA) study—the first national study of the nature, prevalence and impacts of AFV in Australia. The AFVA study involved an online survey of 5021 young people aged 16–20.

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