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The human rights roadmap: 40 ways to operationalise human rights in Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing system

mental health, policy

This Mental Health Victoria and Castan Centre for Human Rights joint report offers a legislative framework of human rights and the promotion of good mental health and well-being within Victorian services.

Urban Indigenous homelessness: much more than housing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally responsive practice, housing and homelessness

This Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute report examines the causes, cultural contextual meanings and safe responses to homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This report has recommendations for future research and action for service providers.

Healing Trauma and Loss and Increasing Social Connections: Transitions from Care and Early Parenting

out-of-home care (OOHC), trauma-informed practice, young people

This Monash University research article engages qualitative data from service practitioners to help identify factors that can lead out-of-home care leavers to become parents before age 21. Some key themes included feelings of loss and isolation and poor sex education with implications for service practitioners.

Patterns of homelessness and housing instability and the relationship with mental health disorders among young people transitioning from out-of-home care: Retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data

housing and homelessness, out-of-home care (OOHC)

This research article uses multiple government departments' data investigating the relationship between out-of-home care leavers and homelessness. This report recommends a multidisciplinary, holistic and collaborative approach to housing pathways for the care-leaving population.

Youth Work Matters Social Return on Investment Study

collective impact, evaluation

This Youth Affairs Council Victoria and Deloitte Access Economics report collaboratively gathered insights into the monetary and social impacts of youth work programs in Victoria. This report strengthens the evidence of the collective impact of youth work programs in Victoria.

‘Mental health shapes my life’: COVID-19 and kids’ wellbeing 2022

children and young people, client voice, health and wellbeing

This Australian Human Rights Commission report gathered survey data from children, young people and carers and their experiences of COVID-19 and impact on their health and mental well-being; and offers recommendations for policy responses.

The voices of children and young people in out-of-home care 2021

client voice, out-of-home care (OOHC), policy

This New South Wales Office of the Advocate of Children and Young People report investigates the experiences of children and young people in the out-of-home-care system, with OOHC system improvement recommendations grounded in the lived experience of OOHC children and young people.

Child to parent violence and aggression: Reviewing the research

adolescent violence
2023

This report synthesises the findings of a scoping review that resulted in 162 peer-reviewed articles on CPVA, as well as an analysis of statistical information on parents or siblings of youth violence in Canada between 2009 and 2021.

The Role of Situational Factors in Child-to-Parent Abuse: Implications for Assessment, Management, and Intervention

adolescent violence
2023

Content analysis was used to conduct an inductive thematic analysis of police narratives to identify and quantify the occurrence of situational factors among Australian young people (10–24 years) reported to police for using violence toward a parent. Implications for risk assessment, management, and intervention are discussed.

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