Youth Research

Carers Australia: Young Carers Program in Crisis

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:05:16 +0000

The national program for Young Carers in Australia is in crisis, according to Carers Australia CEO Joan Hughes.

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20 per cent of children who self-harm 'will do it again'

Mon, 25 May 2009 03:42:08 +0000

Irish medical researchers have found one in five children who deliberately harm themselves do so again despite medical intervention, and 10 per cent of them do so repeatedly. The study stresses parents who express concern about children self-harming are often right and need to be listened to.

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BeyondBlue 'abandons gay youth'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:27 +0000

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald has published claims that Australia's national depression charity has abandoned the gay community and ignored its high rates of suicide, self-harm and mental illness.

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'Girls with a Purpose' program kits available

Mon, 25 May 2009 03:36:24 +0000

Lifehouse Project Inc., a Gold Coast community organisation working with at-risk young women aged 13 to 18 years, has developed a program for those finding adolescence difficult and frightening.

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Views of young people in detention 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:04:25 +0000

Published by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, this report presents the findings from their second survey of young people in Queensland’s youth detention centres.

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Updated alcohol resources

Mon, 18 May 2009 01:10:01 +0000

In March 2009 the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released the Australian Alcohol Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. In response, the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) has updated the alcohol guidelines information in our resources. These updated resources are now available in the new Winter 2009 ADF resource catalogue at http://is.gd/zjLK.

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A picture of Australia's children 2009

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:52:51 +0000

This report by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare delivers the latest information on how, as a nation, we are faring according to key indicators of child health, development and wellbeing. Death rates among children have fallen dramatically, and most children are physically active and meet minimum standards for reading and numeracy.

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UN Toolkit on Youth Development

Fri, 08 May 2009 02:39:46 +0000

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has provided a toolkit for young people to evaluate national youth policy.

Plan could cut indigenous prison numbers

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:47:10 +0000

Aboriginal leader Tom Calma has told The Age newspaper that governments should consider diverting a proportion of their prison budgets to address the causes of crime in indigenous communities.

Mr Calma, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, said the American idea of "justice reinvestment" could be a solution to the over-representation of indigenous people in Australian jails.

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TURNING THE LEADERSHIP CORNER: Special Edition on Innovative Youth Engagement Strategies

Fri, 08 May 2009 02:36:57 +0000

This special edition of the Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families' newsletter Insight intends to frame and illustrate strong currents in both youth development practices and community initiatives that move beyond the gloom cast by current culture on today’s youth.

Australia's approach to juvenile justice must change

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:51:14 +0000

Mission Australia says programs designed to divert young people from offending behaviour and entering juvenile detention can not only be more effective than putting a young person in custody but up to 50 times cheaper to run. Read the article at http://tinyurl.com/nuqcf8.

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The Participation of Children and Young People in Emergencies

Fri, 08 May 2009 02:33:32 +0000

The Participation of Children and Young People in Emergencies captures examples of children's involvement in the tsunami disaster response and recovery phases, as collected by UNICEF and a wide array of partners and UN agencies. While a large portion of the material in this guide refers to the December 2004 tsunami, the guide also includes examples of children's participation in emergencies drawn from elsewhere to show how their actions in the tsunami were not isolated.