Parenting Council Research Clearinghouse: Library "C"
Characteristics associated with the early identification of complex Family Court custody cases
Author:
Helena Barwick, Alison Gray, Roger Macky
Date:
2003
Publisher:
Department for Courts
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
The Family Court deals with a proportion of complex custody cases which are of long duration and involve a lot of interaction with the Family Court. The Department for Courts has commissioned this research to investigate whether these complex Family Court custody cases can be identified early through particular characteristics or criteria. The research, which was qualitative in design, gathered data through interviews and group discussions with individuals. It focused on characteristics or criteria that the Court can be expected to have or to obtain information about. Informants for this report include Family Court Judges, Court staff, CYF lawyers, family law practitioners, and specialist report writers. The research also included a brief a literature review.
Gerard Cotterell, Martin Von Randow, Stephen McTaggart, Tamasailau Sua'ali'i-sauni, Daniel Patrick and Peter Davis
Date:
2009
Publisher:
Families Commission
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
This publication comprises two reports - Changing Pacific household composition and wellbeing 1981–2006 and A qualitative snapshot of household composition, wellbeing, parenting and economic decision-making among Pacific families in Auckland, 2008.
These reports were funded by the Families Commission's Pacific Families Now and in the Future project. Report one was produced by Gerard Cotterell, Martin von Randow, Stephen McTaggart, Tamasailau Sua'ali'i-sauni, Daniel Patrick and Peter Davis. Report two was produced by Tamasailau Sua'ali'i-sauni, Stephen McTaggart and Martin von Randow.
Changing Roles: The pleasures and pressures of being a grandparent in New Zealand
Authors:
Anne Kerslake Hendricks with UMR Research
Date:
2010
Publisher:
Families Commission
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
Most grandparents are faring well, but a small number are struggling – in particular grandparents raising grandchildren – according to new research.
Changing Roles – The pleasures and pressures of being a grandparent in New Zealand, paints an intricate picture of grandparents’ lives, views, and needs.
Grandparents are as varied and diverse in their identities and family structures as are families themselves - therefore their needs are changing in many ways. For example, not all grandparents are older people. Some first become grandparents in their 30s. Grandparents may be juggling paid work and caregiving responsibilities, as well as other interests and commitments.
Māori grandparents are thriving, although they may have multiple demands on their time; they love their role despite the pressures. Māori, Samoan and Korean grandparents spoke about their responsibility and desire to share language skills, cultural traditions and beliefs with their grandchildren. NZ European/Pakeha grandparents also told us about the many different ways in which they are involved in their grandchildren's lives.
Childbirth Education: Antenatal education and Transitions of Maternity Care in New Zealand
Authors:
Sarah Dwyer
Date:
2009
Publisher:
Families Commission
Location:
Wellington
Abstract:
This project provided data relevant to the quality and availability of antenatal education in New Zealand and the transitions of care between LMC and CBE and between LMC and Well Child services. Data were collected from many sources using several methods: key informant interviews; phone calls to DHBs; focus groups and some individual interviews with women; a brief questionnaire given out in maternity facilities to women who had just given birth; a brief questionnaire distributed to CBE providers; extracting data from the Plunket database; and a literature review.
Children at increased risk of death from maltreatment and strategies for prevention
Authors:
Dr Patrick Kelly, Pat Tuohy, Jan Egan, Gordon McFadyen and Nicola Atwool
Date:
July 2006
Publisher:
Ministry of Social Development
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
Recent research into child homicide has highlighted the need for us to better understand the care and safety needs of children, and to strengthen co-ordinated systems of response. This report is in two sections. Section One seeks to identify factors from the research literature associated with an increased risk of fatal child maltreatment. Indicators associated with an increased risk are provided and existing data sets are reviewed. Section Two looks at ways in which the research can inform responses to vulnerable children.
Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families (VUW)
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
The discipline of developmental psychology can be characterised as the efforts to understand change in individuals from conception and throughout the lifespan. Impinging on individual change, and happening at an historically rapid rate, is change in the crucible of early individual development - the family.
Children in Families Supported by Main Benefits: An Update
Authors:
Moira Wilson and Daniel Soughtton
Date:
2009
Publisher:
Ministry of Social Development - Social Policy Journal of New Zealand
Location:
New Zealand
Abstract:
This paper updates an earlier analysis that examined children's likelihood of being included in a benefit at different ages. We find that up until 2007, children born between 2000 and 2007 were less likely to be included as a dependent child in a main benefit than children born in the 1990s at all ages. The proportion included in a benefit at birth or very soon after fell from around 25% of children born in the 1990s to 20% of children born in 2005 and 2006 and 18% of children born in 2007. Although contact with the benefit system fell, as many as one in five children turning 15 in 2008 are estimated to have been supported by a main benefit for a total of seven or more of their first 14 years of life. An estimated one in ten spent a total of 11 or more of their first 14 years supported by a main benefit.
Consequences of Teenage Parenthood: Pathways that minimise the long-term negative impacts of teenage childbearing
Author:
Ann Berrington, Ian Diamond, Roger Ingham, Jim Stevenson with Riccardo Borgoni, M. Isabel Cobos Hernández and Peter W.F. Smith
Date:
Nov 2005
Publisher:
Department of Education and Skills / University of Southampton
Location:
Britain
Abstract:
This research aimed to assess over the medium to long-term the consequences of teenage births for mothers, fathers and children; and to use the results of these analyses to identify pathways by which the negative impacts of teenage childbearing could potentially be minimised.
Continuity of care in the early years? Multiple and changeable child care arrangements
Authors:
Bowes, J., Wise, S., Harrison, L., Sanson, A., Ungerer, J., Watson, J., and Simpson, T.
Date:
2003
Publisher:
Family Matters Journal no.64 Autumn: 30-35
Location:
Australia
Abstract:
Continuity of care is seen as an important aspect of quality child care for children in the early years of life. Yet previous studies suggest that up to a third of Australian children in their first three years attend two or more care settings a week. A new study shows that use of multiple child care arrangements, and changes in care arrangements are relatively common. What are the implications for the quality of care experienced by children?
