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When it comes to child protection, the words we use make a huge difference.

Our recent paper published in Health & Social Care in the Community looked into what parents go through when they try to get help for...

Our new manuscript published in Nurse Education Today highlights essential qualities needed by the health and welfare workforce to enact...

In our most recent project, our research team explored priorities for providing non-judgemental therapeutic care for mothers who are...

Despite nurses' and midwives' best intentions, their attempts to prevent and respond to child maltreatment in Australia are hampered by...

Preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect requires seamless collaboration from all professionals who work with children and...

Our multi-disciplinary research team based at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and the University of Newcastle are exploring...

Policies are essential to inform effective prevention and response to child abuse and neglect. However, the way that problems are...

Our newly published paper explored how nurses’ and midwives’ roles are defined in Australia policies for children's protection, health,...

I was very excited to share my research poster at the Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses Australia’s (MCaFHNA) biennial conference...

Our first publication from the Safeguarding Project was published online today in The Australian Journal of Social Issues. This...

Are children still seen and not heard? Sadly, there are examples embedded throughout Western society demonstrating that children and...

I was recently invited to speak about our research in the most recent podcast episode by the Association of Child Protection...

The safeguarding project explores how nurses and midwives keep children safe from abuse and neglect through a public health approach....

Data analysis for the Safeguarding Project is now well underway! We are looking at all the findings which clearly show the diverse and...

We have nearly completed collecting responses for Round Two of the Safeguarding Project Delphi survey. If you participated in Round One,...

We have commenced data analysis of the first round Safeguarding Project's Delphi study survey. A big thank you to everyone who has...

Registered nurses and midwives invited to participate in research for the Safeguarding Project What is the purpose of this study? This...

I’d like to welcome Julian who is an associate investigator on the Safeguarding Project. Julian is Professor of Nursing at Charles Sturt...

I’d like to introduce Professor Alison Hutton (Ally) who is an associate investigator on Safeguarding Project. Ally currently works at...