Category: Evaluation
Stop It Now!
Abstract: Stop It Now! is an early intervention program that operates in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and ...
DICE: Disrupting child sexual exploitation
Abstract: The DICE project builds upon the work of Power to Kids as well as other multiagency initiatives such as ...
KODY. An all-of-family response to co-occurring substance use and domestic violence: protocol for a quasi-experimental intervention trial.
Abstract: This study aims to build on the existing evidence by trialling the KODY program which addresses harmful substance use ...
Power to Kids: Process & Outcomes Evaluation
Abstract: The Power to Kids program seeks to strengthen prevention and early intervention efforts in response to sexual exploitation, harmful ...
“Never waste a crisis”: Domestic and family violence policy and practice initiatives in response to COVID-19 (DAHLIA-19)
Abstract: This report describes the activities undertaken in 2020-21 by the University of Melbourne with Kids First and Odyssey Across ...
The KODY Project: Report on the development of an all-of-family intervention at the intersections of DFV and AOD (2021)
Abstract: This report describes the activities undertaken in 2020-21 by the University of Melbourne with Kids First and Odyssey House ...
KODY: Researching an all-of-family program in family violence & substance misuse
The KODY research project (Kids First (Caring Dads) and Odyssey House Victoria (Kids in Focus) surrounds the innovative KODY intervention ...
Practice-led research: Developing communities of practice to drive research and practice change in the domestic and family violence arena (2020)
Conducting practice research with migrants and refugees is a complex exercise, involving multiple agendas, diverse actors and varied intercultural relationships ...
Diemer, K., Humphreys, C., Fogden, L., Gallant, D., Spiteri-Staines, A., Bornemisza, A., & Vercoe, E. (2020). Caring Dads Program: Helping fathers value their children (Research report, 02/2020). Melbourne, VIC.
Abstract: In Australia, there are few services helping men who have used violence that specifically focus on improving parenting practices ...
Kertesz, M., Humphreys, C., Ovenden, G., Spiteri-Staines, A. (2020) Women who use force: Final Report. Volume 1 – Executive Summary, Positive Shift Program, Evaluation of Positive Shift, and Practice Framework. Melbourne: University of Melbourne
Abstract: This is the final report (3 volumes) of a research program that has developed the Australian knowledge base about ...