Families and whānau status report : towards measuring the wellbeing of families and whānau - Wellington, N.Z. : Families Commission, 2013
Report  - electronic document (154 p.); PDF
Summary:
This report seeks to explore the practicality of developing and agreeing on a coherent and readily understandable framework for measuring, monitoring and reporting on how well families and whānau are faring...Read more


Youth '12 overview : the health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
Terryann Clark et al.
Auckland, N.Z. : University of Auckland. Adolescent Health Research Group, 2013
Report - electronic document (36 p.); PDF
Summary:
This report presents an overview of findings from Youth'12, the third national health and wellbeing survey of secondary school students in New Zealand. Prevalence tables are available in a separate report....Read more

Journal articles

Health care and female survivors of childhood sexual abuse : health professionals' perspectives
Kim McGregor, Jeny Gautam, Marewa Glover and Shirley Jülich.
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013, 22(6), 761-775
Taylor & Francis, 2013
Summary:
This study explored health professionals' experiences with adult survivors of child sexual abuse in New Zealand. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 13 health professionals... Read abstract
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Offending behaviours of child and adolescent firesetters over a 10-year follow-up
Ian Lambie, Julia Ioane, Isabel Randell and Fred Seymour
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013, online
Wiley & Sons, 2013
Summary:
This research assesses the post-intervention arson recidivism and other offending rates of a group of 182 firesetting children and adolescents referred to the New Zealand Fire Awareness and Intervention Program (FAIP) Involvement with family violence (as a perpetrator, complainant or victim) was associated with more severe offending behaviour...Read abstract
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Dissertations and theses

Experiences of advocacy : Situating experiences of contemporary women's advocates within the feminist movement to end violence against women
Diane Woolson Neville
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Social Practice, Auckland, Unitec New Zealand, 2013
Masters thesis - electronic document (109 p.); PDF
Summary:
This research examines how contemporary women's advocates working with women experiencing intimate partner violence regard their work, the analysis they hold and language they use about the phenomenon of violence against women, and how this contemporary work may be situated in relation to the feminist movement to end violence against women...Read more


Mandatory reporting of suspected child maltreatment in New Zealand Early Childhood Centres
Kathy Kerr
A thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.), 2013
Masters thesis - electronic document (133 p.); PDF
Summary:
The focus of this research is to investigate the discussion regarding the introduction of mandatory reporting through the views on confidence in reporting of current practitioners working in Early Childhood Education Centres in Aotearoa/ New Zealand...Read more


Psychological well-being in maltreated children and caregiver perspectives of support
Sarah Anne Wolstenholme
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), The University of Auckland, 2013
Doctoral thesis - electronic document (159 p.); PDF
Summary:
Understanding the patterns of referral to child protection services can inform decision makers about the services needed for the prevention and treatment of child abuse. This research consisted of three linked studies...Read more


Rock the cradle : end child abuse
Rose Rees-Owen
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Communication Studies (MCS), Auckland, AUT University, 2012
Masters thesis - electronic document (57 p.); PDF
Summary:
This thesis seeks solutions to reduce child abuse. Early intervention and addressing the underlying causes behind child abuse and neglect...Read more


What are the risk factors in the abuse and maltreatment of children with disabilities?
Jenny Wyber
A dissertation submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the the degree of Master of Health Science - 2012
Masters thesis - electronic document (50 p.); PDF
Summary:
This study explores the risk factors in the abuse and maltreatment of children with disabilities. From this study the best practice to support children with disabilities who experience abuse and maltreatment are identified...
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