Organisation
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
Owning Institution:
Report
Growing up in the Torres Strait region: a report from the Footprints in Time trials
The following report documents the growing up stories provided by people in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area during the trial phase of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. The trial is designed to assist the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) develop a national ‘Footprints in Time’ Longitudinal...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander views on research in their communities
This paper is based on the minutes taken during extensive consultations with urban, regional and remote Indigenous communities across Australia during 2003-04 for Footprints in Time - the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.
Literature review
The 'growing up' of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a literature review
This literature review was commissioned as part of Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, to consolidate what is already known about Indigenous children, and to highlight what information is missing
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Exploring the economic and social value of present patterns of volunteering in Australia
In this report, the authors examine the policy relevance and economic significance of the volunteering sector. They present a case for an expanded definition of volunteering, encompassing activities performed outside formal organisations.
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Evaluation of fixing houses for better health projects
Fixing Houses for Better Health projects target the improvement of houses and household living conditions in remote and rural Indigenous communities, using a method knowing as 'housing for health', which recognises the connection between a series of healthy living practices and the quality and condition of housing. This paper is an evaluation of the projects...