By Professor Elizabeth Aureen Fernandez

Edited Books

Fernandez EA, (ed.), 2009, Children Australia, Children Australia, Victoria

Fernandez EA; Heycox KS; Hughes LP; Wilkinson M, (eds.), 1998, Women Participating in Global Change, International Association of Schools of Social Work, Hong Kong

Journal articles

Iwuagwu AO; Fernandez E; Cheong Poon AW, 2026, 'Understanding formal caregivers’ perspectives and experiences on supporting older African Australian migrants: A qualitative inquiry', Geriatric Nursing, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104147

Aadam B; Poon AWC; Fernandez E; Chami B, 2026, 'Listening in mental health: Practitioner listening practices in clinical mental health care settings', The British Journal of Social Work, pp. bcag142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag142

Saar-Heiman Y; Brandon M; Correia F; Delgado P; Fernandez E; McNamara P; Wing-Ka Lo J; Reimer D; Spath R; Thoburn J; Lili Xia L; Canali C, 2026, 'Serving families living in poverty: A cross-national exploration of challenges and enabling conditions in child welfare practice', Children and Youth Services Review, 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109021

Johnson-Motoyama M; Fernandez E; Merritt D, 2026, 'Envisioning new approaches to child welfare and social care for marginalized children and families', Children and Youth Services Review, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108921

Iwuagwu AO; Fernandez E; Poon AWC, 2026, '‘We Prefer our Children To Care for Us Under One Roof’: Perceptions and Use of Aged Care Services among African Migrant Older Adults in Australia', Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02778-y

Cornefert PA; Clapton G; Fernandez E; Lee JS, 2026, 'Australian fathers and the adoption of their biological child: disenfranchisement, impact and life-long consequences', Children and Youth Services Review, 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108616

Iwuagwu AO; Fernandez E; Poon AWC, 2025, '‘More blessing than burden’ African family carers’ beliefs and experiences caring for their older relatives in New South Wales, Australia', BMC Nursing, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03884-2

Hu N; Gelaw YA; Katz I; Fernandez E; Falster K; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Stephensen J; Hotton P; Zwi K; Lingam R, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “Developmental trajectories of socio-emotional outcomes of children and young people in out-of-home care – Insights from data of Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)” [Child Abuse & Neglect Volume 149, 2024, 149:106196] (Child Abuse & Neglect (2024) 149, (S0145213423001771), (10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106196))', Child Abuse and Neglect, 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107661

Iwuagwu AO; Poon AWC; Fernandez E, 2025, 'Experiences of Caregiving and Service use Among Ethnic Migrant Older Adults and Their Caregivers in Western Countries: A Scoping Review', Journal of Population Ageing, 18, pp. 171 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12062-024-09474-5

Kasherwa A; Lennette C; Fernandez E, 2025, 'Adverse childhood experiences, social networks and help-seeking experiences of African-background refugee children: Towards a refugee children’s Network-Episode Model', Children and Youth Services Review, 170

Kasherwa A; Fernandez E; Lenette C, 2024, '“This is not why we brought our children here!”: Tensions and challenges in responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences in African-background refugee families', Child Abuse and Neglect, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107101

Hu N; Gelaw YA; Katz I; Fernandez E; Falster K; Hanly M; Newton BJ; Stephensen J; Hotton P; Zwi K; Lingam R, 2024, 'Developmental trajectories of socio-emotional outcomes of children and young people in out-of-home care – Insights from data of Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)', Child Abuse and Neglect, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106196

Aadam B; Poon AWC; Fernandez E; Chami B, 2024, 'Listening in Mental Health Clinical Practice', British Journal of Social Work, 54, pp. 246 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad193

Kasherwa A; Fernandez E; Lenette C, 2024, '“This is not why we brought our children here!”: Tensions and challenges in responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences in African-background refugee families', Child Abuse and Neglect

Iwuagwu A; Poon A; Fernandez E, 2024, 'A scoping review of barriers to accessing aged care services for older adults from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia.', BMC Geriatrics

Fernandez E, 2024, 'Remembering Dr Frank Ainsworth.', Children Australia

Sun CX; Daniel P; Bradshaw G; Shi H; Loi M; Chew N; Parackal S; Tsui V; Liang Y; Koptyra M; Adjumain S; Sun C; Chong WC; Fernando D; Drinkwater C; Tourchi M; Habarakada D; Sooraj D; Carvalho D; Storm PB; Baubet V; Sayles LC; Fernandez E; Nguyen T; Pörksen M; Doan A; Crombie DE; Panday M; Zhukova N; Dun MD; Ludlow LE; Day B; Stringer BW; Neeman N; Rubens JA; Raabe EH; Vinci M; Tyrrell V; Fletcher JI; Ekert PG; Dumevska B; Ziegler DS; Tsoli M; Syed Sulaiman NF; Loh AHP; Low SYY; Sweet-Cordero EA; Monje M; Resnick A; Jones C; Downie P; Williams B; Rosenbluh J; Gough D; Cain JE; Firestein R, 2023, 'Generation and multi-dimensional profiling of a childhood cancer cell line atlas defines new therapeutic opportunities', Cancer Cell, 41, pp. 660 - 677.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2023.03.007

Kor K; Fernandez E; Spangaro J, 2023, 'Placement Matching of Children and Young People within Out-of-Home Residential Care: A Qualitative Analysis', Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/7431351

Aadam B; Poon A; Fernandez E, 2023, 'Listening in Mental Health Clinical Practice.', The British Journal of Social Work

Browne-Yung K; O’Neil D; Walker R; Corlis M; Smyth A; Putsey P; Laver KE; Fernandez E; Cations M, 2022, 'Perspectives of professionals on the safety and accessibility of aged care for Care Leavers and Forgotten Australians', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41, pp. 42 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12948

Kor K; Fernandez E; Spangaro J, 2021, 'Practitioners’ experience of implementing therapeutic residential care: A multi-perspective study', Children and Youth Services Review, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106301

Browne-Yung K; O’Neil D; Walker R; Smyth A; Putsey P; Corlis M; Laver KE; Fernandez E; Cations M, 2021, '‘I’d rather die in the middle of a street’: Perceptions and expectations of aged care among Forgotten Australians', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, pp. 168 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12851

Kor K; Fernandez E; Spangaro J, 2021, 'Interpretative phenomenological analysis of young people's lived experiences of therapeutic residential care', Child and Family Social Work, 26, pp. 89 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12792

Kor K; Fernandez E; Spangaro J, 2021, 'Relationship-Based Practice in Therapeutic Residential care: A Double-Edged Sword', British Journal of Social Work, 00, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab018

Cations M; Laver KE; Walker R; Smyth A; Fernandez E; Corlis M, 2020, 'The case for trauma-informed aged care', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 35, pp. 425 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.5247

Fernandez E, 2019, 'Poverta infantile nel contesto australiano', Studi Zancan Politiche e servizi alle persone, maggio/agosto no 3-4 2019, pp. 31 - 37, https://shop.fondazionezancan.it/media/free-content/4224/SZ3-4_2019TUTTOsito.pdf

Fernandez E, 2019, 'Understanding child poverty and its impact on educational outcomes in the Australian context: Strategies to address disadvantage', Studi Zancan Politiche e servizi alle persone, pp. 31 - 37, https://shop.fondazionezancan.it/media/free-content/4227/SZ%203-4%202019%20Special%20issue.pdf

Fernandez E, 2019, 'Working towards better education for children in care: longitudinal analysis of the educational outcomes of a cohort of children in care in Australia', Oxford Review of Education, 45, pp. 481 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2019.1612345

Fernandez EA; Lee J-S; McNamara P, 2018, 'Uprooted from Everything that Attaches You:Long-Term Outcomes of Former Child Migrants in Care in the Twentieth Century in Australia', British Journal of Social Work, 49, pp. 523 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy070

Lindsey D; Fernandez E; Franke TM; Johnson-Motoyama M; Klein S; Merritt DH; Shlonsky A, 2018, 'Long Term Harm to Immigrant Infants and Children', Children and Youth Services Review, 91, pp. iii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.019

Fernandez E; Delfabbro P; Ramia IO; Kovacs S, 2018, 'Children Returning from Care: The Challenging Circumstances of Parents in Poverty', Special Issue, Children and Youth Services Review, 97, pp. 100 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.008

Fernandez E; Lee JS; Foote W; Blunden H; McNamara P; Kovacs S; Cornefert P-A, 2017, '‘There's More to be Done; “Sorry” is Just a Word’: Legacies of Out-of-Home Care in the 20th Century', Children Australia, 42, pp. 176 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2017.29

Fernandez EA, 2017, 'Adults damaged as children in care', Precedent, pp. 48 - 53, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=20180093;res=AGISPT

Fernandez E, 2017, 'Pathways to protection and permanency: Getting it right for children, young people and families', Developing Practice: the child youth and family work journal, pp. 2 - 12, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=405856137981575;res=IELAPA

Delfabbro P; Fernandez E; McCormick J; Ketter L, 2015, 'An Analysis of Reunification from Out-of-Home Care in Three Australian States', Child Indicators Research, 8, pp. 359 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-014-9238-6

Fernandez E, 2014, 'Child protection and vulnerable families: Trends and issues in the australian context', Social Sciences, 3, pp. 785 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci3040785

Fernandez EA; Atwool N, 2013, 'Child protection and out of home care: Policy, practice and research connections Australia and New Zealand', Intervencion Psicosocial, 22, pp. 164 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.5093/in2013a21

Fernandez E; Lee JS, 2013, 'Accomplishing family reunification for children in care: An Australian study', Children and Youth Services Review, 35, pp. 1374 - 1384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.05.006

Fernandez EA, 2013, 'Reunification in a complete entry cohort: A longitudinal study of children entering out of home care in Tasmania, Australia', Children and Youth Services Review, 35, pp. 1592 - 1600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.012

Fernandez EA, 2012, 'Evidence based-practice: sfidé e opportunità', Politiche e servizi alle persone, 2, pp. 47 - 56, http://www.fondazionezancan.it/en/pubblicazioni/studi_zancan

Fernandez E; Lee JS, 2011, 'Returning children in care to their families: Factors associated with the speed of reunification', Child Indicators Research, 4, pp. 749 - 765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-011-9121-7

Ezell M; Spath R; Zeira A; Canali C; Fernandez EA; Thoburn JT; Vecchiato T, 2011, 'An international classification system for child welfare programs', Children and Youth Services Review, 33, pp. 1847 - 1854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.05.003

Fernandez EA, 2011, 'Child inclusive research, policy and practcie', Children and Youth Services Review, 33, pp. 487 - 489

Fernandez EA, 2011, 'Conceptualizing Indicators for Children in Diverse Contexts and Particular Circuimstances, Challenges and Constraints', Child Indicators Research, 4, http://www.springerlink.com/content/0570271r16333g2h/fulltext.pdf

Fernandez EA, 2011, 'Ricerca Child inclusive: indicazioni da uno studio longitudinale australiano', Politiche e servizi, 1, pp. 22 - 38, http://assemblealegislativa.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wcm/biblioteca/monitor/newsletter/numeri/indice2011/n11/novita/sic.htm

Fernandez EA, 2010, 'Child Inclusive Policy, Practice and Research', Children and Youth Services Review, Advance access, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.013

Fernandez EA, 2009, 'Children`s wellbeing in care: Evidence from a longitudinal study of outcomes', Children and Youth Services Review, 31, pp. 1092 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.07.010

Fernandez EA, 2009, 'Editorial', Children Australia, 34, pp. 2 - 3

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