Web resource:	https://frsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FRSA-Research-Report-Printable.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Strengthening prevention and early intervention services for families into the future
Authors:	Heaton, Adam Hartman, Deborah Field, Karen Jeffery, Ricki Brady, Jackie Ghayour-Minaie, Matin Heerde, Jessica Toumbourou, John W
Keywords:	Families;Social attitudes;Burden of disease;Health;Service provision;Mental health;Policies;Behaviour;Substance abuse
Year:	2017
Notes:	Many of Australia's health and social problems are preventable, and many arise from modifiable risk factors in families and child development. This paper aims to initiate discussion as to how a coordinated strategy to increase family-based prevention and early intervention services could be utilised to prevent eight priority problems: substance abuse, antisocial behaviour and crime, obesity, mental illness, developmental injury such as from foetal alcohol problems or child maltreatment, chronic illness, school failure, and social exclusion. The paper analyses the potential for family and relationship services to contribute to solutions for these key problems and presents recommendations for coordinating strategies to increase family and relationship-based prevention and early intervention services in Australia. It also discusses prevention and early intervention frameworks, how family and relationship services may increase protective factors, the need for advances in intake screening and assessment, the strengths within these services that support this approach, challenges for services taking on a prevention role, and the economic benefits of this approach. Open access
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/20147
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