New resources
Books, reports and other items
Here are some of the books, reports, and other resources added to the NZFVC library this month. Use the "read more" links to go to the NZFVC Library to read the full summary and request or download the item. Please contact us if any links are broken.
Data summary: family violence deaths by New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. Data summary 1, May 2012
Auckland, N.Z. : New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012. Summary: This data summary is one of three produced by the NZFVC in May 2012. This data summary is a collation of publicly available information about family violence deaths... Read more
Data summary: violence against women by New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. Data summary 2, May 2012 Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012.
Summary: This data summary is a collation of publicly available information about violence against women, including offences, hospital discharges, Protection Orders and Breaches of Protection Orders and Women's Refuge service use... Read more
Data summary: children and youth affected by family violence
by New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse
Data summary 3, May 2012
Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012.
Summary: This data summary is a collation of publicly available information about the effect of family violence on children and youth. Data are presented about deaths and crime relating to children in New Zealand. For the current purpose, children are defined as those aged 14 years and under and youth as those aged 15-24 years... Read more
Pacific Conceptul Framework to address family violence in New Zealand. The following 9 documents relate to this framework:
Nga vaka o kāiga tapu: a Pacific Conceptual Framework to address family violence in New Zealand
Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012.
Summary: Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu or The Pacific Conceptual Framework is a cultural framework for addressing family violence in seven Pacific communities in New Zealand. It is informed by, and aligned with, seven ethnic specific cultural frameworks on addressing family violence. A literature review has been produced as a guide for policy writers... Read more
Falevitu: a literature review on culture and family violence in seven Pacific communities in New Zealand
by Peteru, Maiava Carmel.
Wellington: N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Familiess, Ministry of Social Development, 2012.
Summary: This literature review is one of eight key documents that informed the development of Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu: A Pacific Conceptual Framework to address family violence in New Zealand... Read more
Turanga Māori: a Cook Islands Conceptual Framework transforming family violence - restoring wellbeing
Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012.
Summary: This document was developed by the Cook Islands Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Cook Islands practitioners and service providers... Read more
Vuvale Doka Sautu: a cultural framework for addressing violence in Fijian families in New Zealand Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012.
Summary: This document was developed by the Fijian Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Fijian practitioners and service providers ... Read more
Koe Fakatupuolamoui he tou Magafaoa Niue: a Niuean Conceptual Framework for addressing family violence Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012. Summary: This document was developed by the Niuean Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Niuean practitioners and service providers... Read more
O le tōfā mamao: a Samoan Conceptual Framework for addressing family violence Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012. Summary: This document was developed by the Sāmoan Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Sāmoan practitioners and service providers... Read more
Kāiga Māopoopo: a Tokelau Conceptual Framework for addressing family violence Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012. Summary: This document was developed by the Tokelau Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Tokelauan practitioners and service providers...Read more
Fofola e fala kae talanoa e kāinga: a Tongan Conceptual Framework for the prevention and intervention in family violence in New Zealand - Fāmili lelei Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012. Summary: This document was developed by the Tongan Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Tongan practitioners and service providers... Read more
Toku fou tiale: a Tuvalu Conceptual Framework for addressing family violence Wellington, N.Z.: Taskforce for Action on Violence within Families, Ministry of Social Development, 2012 .
Summary: This document was developed by the Tuvalu Working Group to assist with the development of a training programme for Tuvaluan practitioners and service providers... Read more
Pediatric abusive head trauma: recommended definitions for public health surveillance and research by Parks, Sharyn E ; Annest, Joseph L ; Hill, Holly A ; Karch, Debra L . Atlanda, Ga.: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012. Summary: This US document was developed to improve the quality and consistency of data on abusive head trauma in children. The publication provides a definition of abusive head trauma ... Read more
Peer support: reframing the journey from lived experience of domestic violence by Campbell, Lesley. [Christchurch, N.Z.: Christchurch Women's Refuge], 2012.
Summary: The Christchurch Women's Refuge commissioned the Te Awatea Violence Research Centre, University of Canterbury, to assemble an evidence-base to inform the design, development and implementation of systematic models of specialist peer support respectively for men and women with 'lived experience' of family/whānau violence... Read more
Police Safety Orders formative evaluation: summary report by Kingi, Venezia ; Roguski, Michael ; Mossman, Elaine. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Police, 2011. Summary: On 1 July 2010 Police Safety Orders (PSOs) were introduced as an additional option for police officers when dealing with family violence incidents. This formative evaluation has provided encouraging preliminary findings on the implementation of this initiative... Read more
Tools to support multi-agency collaboration by Murphy, Clare ; Fanslow, Janet L . Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012. Summary: Collaboration and coordination are key to effective responses to family violence, however they are intricate and challenging in practice. This list of articles, reports, and tools was collated during the development of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse Issues Paper, "Building collaborations to eliminate family violence: facilitators, barriers and good practice"...
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Victorian Family Violence Database Volume 5: eleven year trend analysis 1999 - 2010
by Victims Support Agency
Melbourne, Vic.: Department of Justice, 2012.
Summary: This Volume 5 report provides evidence-based trend analysis of state-wide, comprehensive, cross sector family violence incidents reported in Victoria from 1999-2010. The Database is the only project of its kind in Australia and a unique source of patterns and trends in family violence reporting ... Read more
Conference presentations
The Australian Homicide Project: key findings on intimate partner homicide by Mazerolle, Paul ; Eriksson, Li ; Johnson, Holly ; Wortley, Richard. Presented at the Intimate Partner Violence and Homicide Symposium, Brisbane, Qld., 3 May 2012. Summary: This presentation reports initial findings from the first major study of intimate partner homicide in Australia... Read more
Family violence and primary care: the introduction of routine enquiry in New Zealand by Clark, Faye P . Presented at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, 29 - 31 March 2012. Summary: New Zealand's primary care practitioners i.e. family doctors, general practice nurses, midwives, community well child nurses, family planning practitioners, are now providing women with routine inquiry on an annual basis, as part of normal consultations. Women report favorably on face-to-face questioning...Read more
The "Healthy Jewish Families Project:": Faith and culture as tools for abuse prevention, health promotion and healing by Tucker, Naomi S .Shalom Bayit Presented at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, 29 - 31 March 2012. Summary: This project is presenteds as a model that can be adapted to any faith or cultural group to shift that population's normative views of health (individual and community) to include domestic violence prevention...
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Monitoring health system response to family violence: External or self-audit? by Koziol-McLain, Jane ; Gear, Claire . Presented at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence, San Francisco, 29 - 31 March 2012 .
Summary: The New Zealand Violence Intervention Programme Evaluation has conducted six cycles of external audits. During the last audit cycle, District Health Boards (DHBs) were asked to complete a self audit...
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Journal articles
Use the links to read the article abstract or the full article if available. These articles are not held in the NZFVC Library collection, but may be obtained through your local library.
Drinking concordance and relationship satisfaction in New Zealand couples by Meiklejohn, Jessica ; Connor, Jennie ; Kypri, Kypros . In: Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2012, online Summary: This study examined the alcohol consumption patterns in New Zealand couples and the associations of these patterns with time spent drinking together and the level of satisfaction with the relationship...
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Interpersonal trauma exposure and cognitive development in children to age 8 years: a longitudinal study
by Enlow, Michelle Bosquet ; Egeland, Byron ; Blood, Emily A ; Wright, Robert O ; Wright, Rosalind J. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2012, online Summary: In this study, 206 children participating in a longitudinal study were assessed prospectively for exposure to interpersonal trauma (IPT) including physical or emotional abuse or neglect, sexual abuse, witnessing maternal partner violence, between birth and 64 months... Read article abstract
Medical assessment for child sexual abuse: a post-code lottery by Everitt, Rose ; Reed, Peter ; Kelly, Patrick. In: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2011, online Summary: This article describes the number of children and young people in New Zealand who receive amedical assessment for sexual abuse, the proportion of those where there is concern about sexual abuse who receive such assessments and the way in which assessment services are structured... Read article abstract
Screening women for intimate partner violence: a systematic review to update the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation by Nelson, Heidi D ; Bougatsos, Christina ; Blazina, Ian. In: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2012, 156(11) Summary: This article reviews new evidence on the effectiveness of screening and interventions for women in health care settings in reducing intimate partner violence and related health outcomes... Read article
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