Children

Housing is a critical social determinant of children’s health. We aim to identify typologies of children’s housing disadvantage and describe the health inequities they generate.

In this first year, the Uniting Families Report has uncovered a richness in family types that are raising children and…

This analysis indicates that children tend to be healthier and more successful growing up in compact neighborhoods where residents frequently walk and bicycle, drive less at lower speeds, have affordable housing and travel options, are integrated by income and background, and have sufficient parks and greenspace.
Based on a novel approach describing workforce distribution, our analysis of the Greater Sydney statistical area in Australia found that not only is the city unaffordable for the school education workforce, but unobserved characteristics fill the income to cost gap.
We used new data from the 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey–Household Component to provide the first nationally representative estimates of ACEs-related health care utilization and expenditure differences based on direct observation.
This article provides initial exploratory analysis of available linked data. In order to improve FDV research insights, it will be important to expand the coverage of FDV identification in linked national data.
Children now reside in motel rooms intended for seven-day emergency stays for much longer periods of time. Ten key-informant interviews were conducted with service providers supporting children residing in motels in the Waikato region.
This research documents the necessity of including parents and children exiting tertiary services, who are facing homelessness and housing instability, in future policy development.