Children, youth and families
New releases
Adoptions Australia 2008-09 (5 February 2010)
Child protection Australia 2008-09 (21 January 2010)
Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check Initiative: update on results from the Child Health Check and follow-up data collections (4 December 2009)
AIHW Access no. 26: 2009 (13 November 2009)
Juvenile justice in Australia 2007-08 (4 November 2009)
The AIHW works on a range of statistical reporting, data development and data collection focused on children, youth and families. This area is shared between two units.
The Child Youth and Families unit, who are responsible for:
- Child health, development and wellbeing - including the publishing of A Picture of Australia's Children and Making Progress, along with maintaining headline indicators of children's health and wellbeing.
- Youth health and wellbeing
The Child and Youth Welfare unit, who are responsible for:
- Child protection - including the annual collection and publication of data on child protection notifications, children on care and protection orders, and intensive family support services.
- Adoptions - including the annual collection and publication of data on adoptions of Australian children, and intercountry adoptions.
- Children's services - Child care and preschools.
- Juvenile Justice - including the annual collection and publication of data from the Juvenile Justice national minimum data set (JJ NMDS).
These units also contribute towards the Institute's biennial reports to Parliament (Australia's Health and Australia's Welfare) which include an authoritative and comprehensive summary of issues related to children, young people and families.
Recent reports and other information related to these units can be viewed via the links to the left.
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