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Out-of-home care: Building a national research agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Judy Cashmore  and
Frank Ainsworth
Judy Cashmore
Affiliation:
Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales,Sydney, NSW 2031. Email: judycash@nsw.bigpond.net.au
Frank Ainsworth
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University, School of International Cultural and Community Studies, Joondalup Campus, Perth, WA 6027
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Abstract

This article presents the argument for the development of a national research agenda for out-of-home care and what is needed to make this agenda work. The need for a commitment to research, adequate funding and access to reliable data, plus the rapid transfer of research findings, into practice, is outlined. It also reports on the outcomes of a research agenda-building workshop sponsored by the National Child and Family Welfare Research Coalition and held in September 2002. This workshop provided an opportunity to generate a list of research question that researchers, service providers and practitioners saw as significant priorities in a national research agenda.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 28 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Out-of-home care: Building a national research agenda , 2003 , pp. 5 - 13
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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