Linking homeless children and their families to community health and wellbeing services: Using a Nurse Practitioner model of care to improve child health outcomes
2021 Research Grant

Linking homeless children and their families to community health and wellbeing services: Using a Nurse Practitioner model of care to improve child health outcomes

Chief Investigator: Dr Yvonne Parry Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study Funding Year: 2021 Funding Amount: $90,713 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Current
2020 Research Grant, Individual Project Outcome Reports

Early in life outcomes of children of mothers with child protection system involvement. What factors are protective and what factors predict poorer infant outcomes?

Chief Investigator: Professor Leonie Segal Funding Amount: $99,997 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Child maltreatment in SA is unacceptably high; ~25% of children have some child protection system (CPS)
2020 Research Grant

Social welfare dependency and receipt of welfare benefits following child abuse and neglect: a South Australian linked data study

Chief Investigator: Emmanuel Gnanamanickam (Early Career Researcher) Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community-based study Funding Amount: $40,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Early-life adverse experiences, of
2020 Research Grant

Multimodal storytelling for life: Building literacies and numeracies for agentive futures

Chief Investigator: Kerrie Mackey-Smith Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community-based study Funding Amount: $87,317 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Young children’s literacy and numeracy capabilities
2020 Research Grant

Understanding outcomes in child protection: Exploring a capability approach to change the conversation for Aboriginal families

Chief Investigator: Dr Michelle Jones Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $93,258 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Aboriginal children are over-represented in child protection
2020 Research Grant

Can LEGO® robotics therapy improve the mental health and social skills of adolescents on the autism spectrum? A Phase 1 trial

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Parimala Raghavendra Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $99,277 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Nearly 40%
2020 Research Grant

Early in life outcomes of children of mothers with child protection system involvement. What factors are protective and what factors predict poorer infant outcomes?

Chief Investigator: Professor Leonie Segal Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Amount: $99,997 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Child maltreatment in SA is
2020 Research Grant

Neighbourhood life and social determinants of health for children and young people from refugee backgrounds

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anna Ziersch Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $99,985 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Settling into a