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    Place-based collective impact: an Australian response to childhood vulnerability

    Edition no. 30, July 2018

    Childhood vulnerability is a complex problem, particularly in communities with high levels of disadvantage. This edition of Policy Brief explores a unique Australian response to addressing childhood vulnerability – a place-based collective impact approach.

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    About Policy Brief

    The Policy Brief series aims to stimulate informed debate about issues that affect children's health, development and wellbeing. Each issue draws on current research and evidence-informed practice and explores:

    • why the issue is important
    • what the research tells us
    • what the implications of the research are
    • considerations for policy and practice.

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    Policy Brief is authored by experts in the field of early childhood and produced by the Centre for Community Child Health. 

    Please forward enquiries or feedback to: publications.ccch@rch.org.au

    The first Policy Brief "Early childhood and the lifecourse" was launched on 28 February 2006. The establishment of Policy Brief was made possible by Bhp billiton. 

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