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2024, 'Making the most of a captive audience: Do specialist teams in custodial settings offer a way to assist people to access the NDIS?', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.379
,2024, 'Family member and service provider experiences and perspectives of a digital surveillance and service navigation approach in multicultural context: a qualitative study in identifying the barriers and enablers to Watch Me Grow-Electronic (WMG-E) program with a culturally diverse community', BMC health services research, 24, pp. 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11397-y
,2024, 'What can we learn from disability policy to advance our understanding of how to operationalise intersectionality in Australian policy frameworks?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12648
,2024, 'Unveiling Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure in China: An Ecological Exploration of Survivors’ Experiences', Children, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children11060688
,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
,2024, 'Restoration from out-of-home care for Aboriginal children: Evidence from the pathways of care longitudinal study and experiences of parents and children', Child Abuse and Neglect, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106058
,2024, 'Social inclusion, social innovation, and urban governance', Urban Governance, 4, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2024.01.004
,2024, 'Restoring Children From Out-of-Home Care: Insights From an Aboriginal-Led Community Forum', Child and Family Social Work, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13174
,2024, 'The importance of supporting evolving capacity: The need to support young people with cognitive impairment in out-of-home-care', Children and Youth Services Review, 156, pp. 107315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107315
,2024, 'The remote work of child protection professionals during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis', Child Abuse and Neglect, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106759
,2024, 'Children dually involved with statutory child protection and juvenile justice in Australia: A developmental cascade framework', Children and Youth Services Review, 161, pp. 107645 - 107645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107645
,2023, 'Out-of-home care characteristics associated with childhood educational underachievement, mental disorder, and police contacts in an Australian population sample', Child Abuse and Neglect, 139, pp. 106120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106120
,2023, 'COVID-19: Impact on children living in out-of-home care and their carers', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 58, pp. 90 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.244
,2023, 'Child protective services and out-of-home Care for Children during COVID-19: A scoping review and thematic analysis', Child Abuse and Neglect, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106540
,2023, 'Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place-based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study', Australian Journal of Public Administration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12621
,2023, 'Profiles of Resilience from Early to Middle Childhood among Children Known to Child Protection Services', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52, pp. 533 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1969652
,2023, 'The built environment and early childhood development: qualitative evidence from disadvantaged Australian communities', Children's Geographies, 21, pp. 330 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2022.2059651
,2023, 'The global impact of COVID-19 on child protection professionals: A scoping review and thematic analysis', Child Abuse and Neglect, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106347
,2023, 'Outcomes for children with disability in out-of-home care: Evidence from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study in Australia', Child Abuse and Neglect, 143, pp. 106246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106246
,2022, 'Child protective services during COVID-19 and doubly marginalized children: International perspectives', Child Abuse and Neglect, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105634
,2022, 'Utility of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in children and young people attending clinical and healthcare settings: a systematic review', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060395
,2022, 'One year into COVID-19: What have we learned about child maltreatment reports and child protective service responses?', Child Abuse and Neglect, 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105473
,2022, 'Waiting for redress: Child sexual abuse survivors' experiences of Australia's National Redress Scheme', Child Abuse and Neglect, 129, pp. 105657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105657
,2021, '“Watch Me Grow- Electronic (WMG-E)” surveillance approach to identify and address child development, parental mental health, and psychosocial needs: study protocol', BMC Health Services Research, 21, pp. 1240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07243-0
,2021, 'Protecting Sexually Abused Children with Intellectual Disability in the Emerging Child Protection System in China: a Case Study', International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 4, pp. 517 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42448-021-00096-4
,2021, 'The challenge of Defining Child Sexual Abuse in the Developing Child Protection System in China', International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 4, pp. 401 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42448-021-00088-4
,2021, 'Children’s Behavioral Agency within Families in the Context of Migration: A Systematic Review', Adolescent Research Review, 7, pp. 1 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40894-021-00175-0
,2021, 'Findings from the Kids in Communities Study (KiCS): A mixed methods study examining community-level influences on early childhood development', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256431
,2021, 'Child maltreatment reports and Child Protection Service responses during COVID-19: Knowledge exchange among Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Israel, and South Africa', Child Abuse and Neglect, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105078
,2021, 'Child protection services for children with special healthcare needs: A population record linkage study', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56, pp. 223 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.145
,2021, 'How many Australian veterans are homeless? Reporting prevalence findings and method from a national study', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56, pp. 114 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.123
,2021, 'Mobile digital divide and older people’s access to ‘Internet plus social work’: implications from the COVID-19 help-seeking cases', Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 31, pp. 52 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1850332
,2021, 'The effectiveness of place-based interventions in improving development, health and wellbeing outcomes in children aged 0–6 years living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in high-income countries – A systematic review', Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2021.100064
,2021, 'Victims/Survivors’ Perceptions of Helpful Institutional Responses to Incidents of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse', Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 30, pp. 56 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2020.1801932
,2020, 'Transitions between socio-emotional and cognitive vulnerability profiles from early to middle childhood: a population study using multi-agency administrative records', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29, pp. 1659 - 1670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01475-x
,2020, 'Contingent Kinship: the flows and futures of adoption in the United States', ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES, 43, pp. 2476 - 2477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2020.1715459
,2020, 'Costs for physical and mental health hospitalizations in the first 13 years of life among children engaged with Child Protection Services', Child Abuse and Neglect, 99, pp. 104280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104280
,2020, 'Mental disorders in children known to child protection services during early childhood', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 22 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50392
,2019, 'Typologies of Child Protection Systems: An International Approach', Child Abuse Review, 28, pp. 381 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/car.2596
,2019, 'Creating community indicators for early childhood development: challenges and innovations from the kids in communities study', Cities and Health, 3, pp. 68 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1596525
,2019, 'Inter-agency indicators of out-of-home-care placement by age 13–14 years: A population record linkage study', Child Abuse and Neglect, 93, pp. 91 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.04.013
,2019, 'Local housing characteristics associated with early childhood development outcomes in Australian disadvantaged communities', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, pp. 1719, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101719
,2019, 'Inter-country adoption in Australia: Examining the factors that drive the practice and implications for policy reform', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54, pp. 76 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.49
,2019, 'Pathways of Children Reported for Domestic and Family Violence to Australian Child Protection', Australian Social Work, 72, pp. 461 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2019.1624795
,2018, 'Proposing a Model of Service Delivery for Victims/Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) from Ethnic Minority Communities in Australia', Journal of Social Service Research, 44, pp. 730 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2018.1479338
,2018, 'Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection: Practitioners' perspectives', Child and Family Social Work, 24, pp. 50 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12580
,2018, 'Newspaper coverage of childhood immunisation in Australia: a lens into conflicts within public health', Critical Public Health, 28, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1446510
,2018, 'Preventing child sexual abuse (CSA) in ethnic minority communities: A literature review and suggestions for practice in Australia', Children and Youth Services Review, 85, pp. 174 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.028
,2017, 'Barriers to disclosing child sexual abuse (CSA) in ethnic minority communities: A review of the literature and implications for practice in Australia', Children and Youth Services Review, 83, pp. 302 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.11.011
,2017, 'How aware of child sexual abuse (CSA) are ethnic minority communities? A literature review and suggestions for raising awareness in Australia', Children and Youth Services Review, 81, pp. 246 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.08.015
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