Supporting parental and carer-couple relationships Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This Issues Paper outlines parental and carer-couple relationships in New Zealand. It then examines the challenges facing these relationship types, approaches to providing support and examples…
Hapū Ora: Wellbeing in the early stages of life Last Publication Date: 08 Nov 2013 The aim of this project was to identify Māori life course research priorities, with a specific focus on wellbeing at the early stage of life, hapū…
Early Effects of 20 Hours ECE Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2013 20 Hours ECE is an education policy aimed at increasing participation in teacher-led services and eligible kōhanga reo by reducing the cost barrier to families. 20…
Effectiveness of Relationship Education Programmes in Schools for Years 7–13 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2013 International evidence reviews have indicated that school-based relationship violence prevention programmes are one of the few strategies with proven evidence for preventing intimate partner violence. The Social…
Current thinking on primary prevention of violence against women Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2013 Increasing the safety of women, so they live without fear of violence, is a priority for the Ministry. The focus of primary prevention is on stopping…
Evaluation of Family Group Conferences - Practices and Outcomes (2014) Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2013 Child, Youth and Family partnered with Te Awatea Violence Research Centre at the University of Canterbury to look at the effectiveness of FGCs and what practices…
Child immunisation: Reports by parents and caregivers: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 The Ministry of Health recommends and subsidises a number of vaccinations to immunise New Zealand children against communicable diseases such as tetanus, polio, and measles (Ministry…
Parents’, families and whānau contributions to education success Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013 This paper looks at the impact parents, caregivers, families and whānau can have on children and young people’s learning and education success, and provides a rationale…
ECE Participation Programme Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013 The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Participation Programme was set up in 2010, and focuses on increasing ECE participation in areas where children are not participating in…
Formative Evaluation of the Mothers with Babies Units Last Publication Date: 30 Jun 2013 This is the final report of a three-phased formative evaluation of the Mothers with Babies (MWB) units, undertaken for the Department of Corrections (the Department) from…
