Supported accommodation and services reach 110,000 Australian adults
More than 110,000 adults as well as their accompanying children
were provided with emergency accommodation and related support
services in 1997-98, according to a report released today by the
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The health and wellbeing of Australia's children
The Monitor is published approximately three times annually providing a clearinghouse for information about developments in injury surveillance and prevention.
Adoptions Australia 1997-98
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions reported to State and Territory community services departments during that year, and all children legally available for adoption at 30 June 1998. It also provides information on the number of requests made for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents and other relatives.
Adoption numbers continue to fall
The number of children adopted in Australia fell by almost 20
per cent during 1997-98, according to a report published today by
the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Australia's children 1998: their health and wellbeing
This report includes information on important diseases and injuries, major risk factors and wider determinants of health and wellbeing. Separate sections are presented on the health status of particular priority groups (Indigenous children, children living in rural and remote locations, overseas-born children, and children from socioeconomically disadvantaged groups). International comparisons are included.
Injury leading cause of children's deaths
Injury is the leading cause of death for children under 15
according to Australia's Children: Their Health and Wellbeing
1998 to be released on Thursday by the Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare. Motor vehicle accidents, drowning and
pedestrian accidents are the major causes of childhood injury
deaths and boys have a higher death rate than girls.
Juvenile justice and youth welfare: a scoping study
Provides information on key elements of juvenile justice and relevant aspects of welfare programs in Australia. The report identifies issues in the relationship between juvenile justice and youth welfare and summarises the services provided in this area by government agencies. It also describes the main juvenile justice data collections. The report will be particularly useful to juvenile justice policy makers, service providers, planners and research workers in this field.
Trends in long day care services for children in Australia 1991-95
Presents an overview of the changes occurring from 1991 to 1995 in the provision and use of long day care services in Australia, and additional information about these services in 1995. Data for this overview have come mainly from censuses conducted by the Children's Services Program (CSP) of the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services, which provides the funding for these services. Current until 1 November 1999.
Child protection Australia 1996-97
National data on child abuse and neglect, children on care and protection orders and children in out of home care are brought together for the first time in Child Protection Australia 1996-97. This new source provides more comprehensive information at the national level on children who come into contact with State and Territory community services departments for protective reasons.
Latest child abuse and neglect statistics released
The latest data on three areas of child protection services -
child abuse and neglect; children on care and protection orders;
and children in out of home care - are contained in Child
Protection Australia 1996-97, to be released by the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare on Friday.
Adoptions Australia 1996-97
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory community services departments for the period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions reported to state and Territory community services departments during that year, and all children legally available for adoption at 30 June 1997. It also provides information on the number of requests made for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by adopted persons, adoptive parents, birth parents and other relatives.
Adoptions continue at a low level
The number of children adopted in Australia during 1996-97
increased despite an overall decline in the number of adoptions
since the late 1960s.
The Child Dental Health Survey Australia 1994
Describes the state of oral health in Australia's school-age children from the Child Dental Health Survey in 1994 and shows a significant reduction in the average burden of dental decay in this population group since 1977.
The Child Dental Health Survey Australia 1995
Presents the results of the Child Dental Health Survey for 1995, and highlights the continued reduction in the average burden of dental decay among Australia's school-age children.
Australia's welfare 1997: services and assistance
The 1997 edition of Australia's Welfare describes the provision of welfare services in Australia and contains comprehensive information about: welfare expenditure, children's and family services, child protection, housing assistance, crisis accommodation and support services, aged care services and disability services. It also features a special chapter on families and welfare services.
Children on care and protection orders Australia 1995-96
Presents statistics on children on care and protection orders based on data provided by state and territory welfare departments for the year 1 July to 30 June the following year.
Children on care and protection orders - 1995-96 data released
At 30 June 1996 there were 13,241 children on care and
protection orders in Australia, according to a report to be
released on Friday by the AIHW. Children on Care and Protection
Orders Australia 1995-96 shows that 8,744 of these children
were on guardianship orders, which involve the transfer of legal
guardianship of a child to a State or Territory community services
department. The number and types of non-guardianship care and
protection orders vary from State to State, but do not involve the
transfer of legal guardianship of a child.
Batteries swallowed by young children
This is a web only publication, available from the NISU website.
Adoptions Australia 1995-96
Presents adoption statistics provided by State and Territory welfare departments for the period 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996. These statistics cover all finalised adoptions notified to State and Territory community services departments, and all children legally available for adoption during that year.
Child abuse and neglect Australia 1995-96
Presents statistics on notifications of child abuse and neglect made to State and Territory community service departments in the 1995-96 financial year.
More overseas adopted
In 1995-96 for the first time more overseas-born children (274)
than Australian-born children (217) were adopted by non-relatives,
according to Adoptions Australia 1995-96, released by the
AIHW. The greatest number of overseas-born children were from South
Korea (94), followed by Colombia (40), the Philippines (22), and
India (20). Three-quarters of the total adoptions in Australia were
by non-relatives.
Large growth in outside school hours care
Government-funded places in outside school hours care have
increased nine-fold since 1982, according to a report released
today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Child abuse and neglect data released
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released its
latest data on child abuse and neglect notifications made to State
and Territory community service departments.
Congenital malformations Australia 1993-1994
This report contains national data on congenital malformations, and comprises data collected in State and Territory perinatal data systems, by birth defects registers and from hospitals on the number of children with malformations diagnosed early in life.
Lead in Australian children: report on the National survey of lead in children
Reports on the findings of the National Survey of Lead in Children, which was conducted by the AIHW in February and March 1995. Its detailed statistical analysis examines the roles of the many factors associated with high blood lead levels in pre-school children.