Publication list

Making progress: the health, development and wellbeing of Australia's children and young people

Ensuring that children get the best possible start in life is a key priority for the Australian Government. This report delivers the latest and most reliable information on how, as a nation, we are faring according to key statistical indicators of child and youth health, development and wellbeing. The report covers children and young people aged 0-19 years, and includes indicators for the entire 0-19 year age range as well as indicators for three different stages of development: 1) infancy and early childhood; 2) school age childhood; and 3) adolescence. Information is presented on important issues such as mental health, disability, risk factors for chronic disease, mortality, education, homelessness, crime, jobless families and family economic situation. Particular attention is given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth, and to how Australia compares internationally. This is an essential resource for policy makers, researchers, practitioners and anyone interested in the progress of Australia's children and youth.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 24 September 2008; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 835 8; AIHW cat. no. PHE 104; 44pp.; $30.00

Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07

Juvenile justice series no. 4

Juvenile justice in Australia 2006-07 is the fourth report on young people in juvenile justice supervision in Australia. It includes information on the characteristics of young people in community-based supervision and detention in 2006-07 and the type and length of supervision they experience, as well as patterns of supervision over time and analyses of trends. The report provides data from the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS), which is based on the experience of the young person within supervision rather than on legal orders and contains data from 2000-01. The JJ NMDS was developed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 27 August 2008; ISSN 1833-3230; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 823 5; AIHW cat. no. JUV 4; $29.00

Hospitalised farm injury among children and young people, Australia 2000-01 to 2004-05

NISU briefing no. 12

Over the five-year period 2000-01 to 2004-05, a total of at least 3,926 children and young people were hospitalised as the result of injuries sustained on farms. This briefing focuses on these cases.

Authored by Kreisfield R.

Published 22 July 2008; ISSN 1833-024X; AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 106; INTERNET ONLY

Technical paper on operational definitions and data issues for key national indicators of children's health, development and wellbeing

AIHW Working paper

This technical paper specifies the operational definitions and primary data sources for the key national indicators of children's health, development and wellbeing. It identifies the best currently available data sources for the key national indicators as identified by the AIHW, in conjunction with the National Child Information Advisory Group. It comments on data gaps and limitations, particularly inconsistencies between indicator (ideal) definitions and existing data definitions.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 30 June 2008; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 805 1; AIHW cat. no. WP 59; 100pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Injury among young Australians

AIHW bulletin no. 60

'Injury among young Australians' provides comprehensive information on injury incidence, hospitalisations and deaths among young people in Australia. It presents the most up-to-date available data, as well as trend data, on major causes of injury for this population group, including transport accidents, intentional self-harm and suicide, assault and accidental poisoning. Information is presented for these and other causes by age and sex, Indigenous status, remoteness of residence and socioeconomic status, in order to provide a comprehensive overview of injury among young Australians. This bulletin will be relevant to anyone interested in gaining an insight into the patterns of morbidity and mortality among young people due to injury.

Authored by Eldridge D.

Published 4 June 2008; ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 779 5; AIHW cat. no. AUS 102; 48pp.; $10.00

Key national indicators of children's health, development and wellbeing: indicator framework for 'A picture of Australia's children 2009'

AIHW bulletin no. 58

This bulletin previews the reporting framework and key national indicators that will be the basis of the report, 'A picture of Australia's children 2009', scheduled for release in 2009. This bulletin also contains the Headline Indicators for Children's Health, Development and Wellbeing. The indicators cover a broad range of areas of children's health, development and wellbeing, including: morbidity, disability, mortality, health risk and protective factors, early learning and education, the influences of family, neighbourhood and community factors, safety and security, economic and social influences, and measures of system performance.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 1 April 2008; ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 764 1; AIHW cat. no. AUS 100; 28pp.; $10.00

Adoptions Australia 2006-07

Child welfare series no. 44

'Adoptions Australia 2006-07', the 17th report in the series, presents the latest data on adoptions of Australian children and children from overseas, and highlights important trends in adoptions over the last three decades. Data are presented on all finalised adoptions recorded by the state and territory departments responsible for adoption, for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, including information on adopted children, adoptive families and birth mothers. The report also provides data on the number of requests for information and the number of contact and information vetoes lodged by parties to an adoption.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 21 February 2008; ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 754 2; AIHW cat. no. CWS 32; 84pp.; $25.00

Child protection Australia 2006-07

Child welfare series no. 43

Child protection Australia 2006-07 provides comprehensive information on state and territory child protection and support services. The report contains data for 2006-07, as well as trend data on child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations, children on care and protection orders and children in out-of-home care. Detailed information on the characteristics of children in the child protection system is presented, specifically data on their age, sex and Indigenous status. In addition, for child protection substantiations, data on the family type and the source of notification are also included. For children on care and protection orders there are data on types of orders and living arrangements, and for children in out-of-home care there are data on types of placements and length of time in out-of-home care.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 23 January 2008; ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 751 1; AIHW cat. no. CWS 31; 116pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06

Juvenile justice series no. 3

Juvenile justice in Australia 2005-06 provides data from the Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) developed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators (AJJA). The Juvenile Justice NMDS includes information on all young people in juvenile justice supervision in Australia, both in the community and in detention. It is based on the experience of the young person within supervision, while making it somewhat different to other criminal justice collections that focus on legal orders. This is the third report on the collection and presents data for 2005-06, as well as analyses of trends in community-based supervision and detention over the six years since 2000-01 when the collection began. It includes data on the characteristics of the young people under supervision such as age, sex and Indigenous status, and their patterns of supervision over time.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 10 August 2007; ISSN 1833-3230; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 709 2; AIHW cat. no. JUV 3; 146pp.; $27.00

Educational outcomes of children on guardianship or custody orders: a pilot study

Child welfare series no. 42

This report provides a snapshot of the academic performance, as assessed by literacy and numeracy test scores, of children on guardianship or custody orders in 2003. The educational performance of these children are compared with all children sitting these tests, and differences in academic performance between particular subgroups of children on guardianship/custody orders are also examined. This pilot project involved interdepartmental linkage (education and community services departments) of administrative data across multiple jurisdictions-the first Australian study in this field to have done so.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 14 June 2007; ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 679 8; AIHW cat. no. CWS 30; 54pp.; $24.00