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Literature Reviews

  •  Date published Title  Description
    November, 2012

    Sustained home visiting for vulnerable families and children: A literature review of effective programs
    (PDF 495 KB)

    Paper author: Myfanwy McDonald, Tim Moore and Sharon Goldfeld
    One of two literature reviews prepared for the Australian Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) to inform the development of an Australian sustained nurse home visiting program to improve outcomes for vulnerable families and children - see the right@home project in the A-Z Projects section of this website for further details.
    July, 2012 Primary Schools as Community Hubs Toolkit (PDF 425 KB) Paper author: Sujitha Sanjeevan, Myfanwy McDonald and Tim Moore
    One of two literature reviews prepared for The Scanlon Foundation to scope the concept of a toolkit to support the development of primary school community hubs.
    May, 2012     Primary Schools as Community Hubs Toolkit (PDF 357 KB)

    Paper author: Myfanwy McDonald and Tim Moore. 
    One of two literature reviews prepared for The Scanlon Foundation to scope the concept of a toolkit to support the development of primary school community hubs.

    May, 2012     Sustained home visiting for vulnerable families and children: A literature review of effective processes and strategies
    (PDF 1.53 MB)
    Paper author: Tim Moore, Myfanwy McDonald, Sujitha Sanjeevan and Anna Price
    One of two literature reviews prepared for the Australian Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) to inform the development of an Australian sustained nurse home visiting program to improve outcomes for vulnerable families and children - see the right@home project in the A-Z Projects section of this website for further details.
    July, 2011    Place-based Approaches to Child and Family Services
    (PDF 788 KB)
      

    Paper author: Tim Moore and Rebecca Fry
    A literature review written with the funded support of Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

    December, 2011

    DEECD Early Childhood Intervention Reform Project: Revised Literature Review
    (PDF 1 MB)

    Paper author: Tim Moore
    A literature review written for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

    October, 2011

    Children's Ground Project
    (PDF 900 KB)

    Paper author: Tim Moore, Rebecca Fry, Jennifer Lorains, Julie Green and Liza Hopkins

    Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workforce Relations by the Centre for Community Child Health in collaboration with The Royal Children's Hospital Education Institute.

    Visit the Children's Ground Project page for more information on this project.
    July, 2008

    National Children's Vision Screening Project Literature Review
    (PDF 474 KB)

    The National Children's Vision Screening Project has been funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to inform future policy by determining the effectiveness of vision screening for children aged from birth to 16 years in Australia.

    This literature review was commissioned to evaluate screening programs designed to detect vision conditions such as diminished visual acuity, amblyopia, strabismus or squint, refractive error, cataracts and glaucoma.

    June, 2004 Parenting Information Project

    Under the Government's Stronger Families and Communities Strategy, $10 million was committed to the Parenting Information Project to explore the evidence base on parenting.

    Visit the Parenting Information Project page for more information on this project.

    March, 2004

    Let's Read Literature Review
    (PDF 460 KB)

    Executive Summary
    (PDF 212 KB)

    Key Findings
    (PDF 80 KB)

    Let's Read is a program to promote reading with young children (0-5 years).

    A literature review was undertaken to examine the evidence for the importance of reading with young children and to determine what should be included in a program.

    Visit the Let's Read page for more information on this project.

    April, 2003

    The Early Years: Refocusing Community-based Services: A Literature Review

    Academic Version
    (PDF 434 KB)

    Plain English version
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    PDF 322 KB)

    The rationale for this project is based on the research and practice evidence that suggests the lack of coordination of relevant services at a local level make it difficult for families.  To provide optimal, safe and nurturing environments that young children need to establish a favourable developmental trajectory that leads to good outcomes, families require integrated support.

    During the very successful Phase One of this project, a comprehensive literature review was undertaken.  This literature review has been published in both academic and plain English versions.

    Visit the Early Years: Refocusing Community-based Services page for more informaion on this project.
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