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Early Childhood Resources for Professionals
Australian Websites
- Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Established in February 1980 under the Australian Family Law Act 1975, the AIFS conducts research and disseminates findings on the topic of family wellbeing.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) The AIHW is Australia’s national agency for health and welfare information and statistics. AIHW titles of interest include Australia's Mothers and Babies, Indigenous Mothers and their Babies, A Picture of Australia's Children, Making Progress: The Health, Development and Wellbeing of Australia’s Children and Young People.
- Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) Founded in 2001, ARACY is an Australian organisation working to prevent and address the major problems affecting Australia’s children and young people. ARACY has a comprehensive library of resources available for downloading. Membership of ARACY is free. Individuals are able to subscribe to the ARACY newsletter and occasional email communications.
- Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) Located at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, the CCCH is a research centre of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and an academic centre of the University of Melbourne. A range of resources is available on their website including Community Paediatric Review, a quarterly publication for community child health nurses and other professionals.
- Child & Family Health Nurses Association (NSW) Inc. (CAFHNA) CAFHNA provide communication to members through papers, articles and journals.
- Closing the Gap Clearinghouse Provides access to a collection of information on what works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.
- Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) CFCA is an information exchange for professionals working in the child, family and community welfare sectors. It is hosted by AIFS and is an amalgamation of three AIFS clearinghouses: Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia, National Child Protection Clearinghouse and Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse. .
- Family Partnership Training Australia (FPTA Inc) The FPTA is an Australian association that works collaboratively to make the Family Partnership Training Program available.
- Maternity Information Matrix (MIM) A collection of metadata for maternal and perinatal data.
- National Child Protection Clearinghouse (NCPC) The NCPC collects, produces and disseminates information on the latest developments in child abuse prevention, child protection and associated violence.
- National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY) NIFTeY is an Australian organisation that advocates for investment in the formative years of a child’s life and provides information on child health, development and wellbeing. NIFTey provide a list service reporting on the latest developments in early childhood.
International Websites
- Centre on the Developing Child (Harvard University) The Center on the Developing Child produces, translates, and applies knowledge on healthy child development with the vision of improving life outcomes for children in the USA and throughout the world.
- Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) An evidence-based community health program developed in the USA by Professor David Olds. Provides links to the published research from the NFP trials. An adapted version of this program is being implemented in Australia – the Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program (ANFPP), which aims to provide further support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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- Last Updated on 06 August 2014
