Conference papers - 5th Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Conference 1996

Family Research: Pathways to Policy

Papers from the 5th Australian Family Research Conference 1996 available on the WWW:

Baker, Maureen. Poverty, ideology and the employability of mothers : a comparison of Canadian and Australian social policies
Bartholomew, Terry. Challenging assumptions about young people's competence - clearing the pathway to policy?
Bateman, Gail. Defining families for policy making
Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark. Satisfaction with housework: explaining the paradox
Bowes, Jennifer, Chalmers, Denise and Flanagan, Constance. Children's involvement in household work: views of adolescents in six countries
Burns, Ailsa. Women as economic agents: midlife women planning for successful ageing
Cowling, Vicki. Meeting the support needs of families with dependent children where the parent has a mental illness
de Vaus, David. Children's responsibilities to elderly parents
Eardley, Tony. Tax and social security policies towards families: Australia compared with countries of the European Union
Eastman, Moira. Family variables, health outcomes and national health strategies
Funder, Kate. We hold these truths: a national perspective on parental responsibility
Higgins, Darryl and Mc Cabe, Marita. Familial characteristics as mediators of adjustment in maltreated and non-maltreated families
Horn, Michael. Families and homelessness - prospects and policies for the 21st century
Jordan, Peter. Ten years on: the effects of separation and divorce on men
Knapman, Claudia. Older people in rural communities: rethinking the meaning of family-based care
McGurk, Harry. Child Care in a Caring Society
Martin, Carmel and Nisa, Meherun. Meeting the needs of children and families in chronic illness and disease. The context of general practice
Mason, Jan and Steadman, Bronwyn. The significance of the conceptualisation of childhood for promoting children's contributions to child protection policy
Millward, Christine. Aspects of grandparenting
Nicholson, Jan, Halford, Kim and Sanders, Matt. Prevention of family distress in stepfamilies : the StepPrep Project
Nocella, Luisa. Restorative family services: a new approach to family assistance or mutton dressed up as lamb?
Peterson, Candida and Brown, Samantha. Adolescents' sibling relationships: conflict, equity and satisfaction
Robinson, Judi. Research directions of the Family Court of Australia
Russell, Glenys. Changing meanings - family household work involvement
Short, Patricia. No-one to turn to: estrangement and need in kinship economies
Silburn, Sven and Zubrick, Stephen. The WA Child Health Survey: methodology and policy implications
Skoien, Petra and Berthelsen, DonnaVideo games : parental beliefs and practices
Stehlik, Dani, Bulis, Helen, Gray, Ian and Lawrence, Geoffrey. Rural families and the impact of the drought of the 1990s
Strahan, Bradley. Does religion support family relationships? It depends on what kind of religion
Taylor, Janet. Life chances: longitudinal research in a changing policy context
Turvey, Karen and Thomson, Cathy. Caregiving and employment 1: Who cares, what's involved? Different caregiving relationships and their impact on caregiver employment
Vimpani, Graham. How can we improve access to services for families with young children? The need for new models of interagency collaboration
Watson, Elizabeth and Mears, Jane. 'Stretched lives' : working and caring for frail elderly relatives
Weston, Ruth. Young people in families with a non-English speaking backgorund
Wightman, Lee. Barriers to the effective use of research in policy making

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