doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200005526
Article type: Original Research
1 January 2003
Volume 28 Issue 2
doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200005526
Article type: Original Research
1 January 2003
Volume 28 Issue 2
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Out-of-home care: Building a national research agenda
Judy Cashmore1 
Frank Ainsworth2
Affiliations
1 Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales,, Sydney, judycash@nsw.bigpond.net.au
2 Edith Cowan University, School of International Cultural and Community Studies, Joondalup Campus, Perth, WA 6027
Contributions
Judy Cashmore -
Frank Ainsworth -
Judy Cashmore1
Frank Ainsworth2
Affiliations
1 Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales,, Sydney, judycash@nsw.bigpond.net.au
2 Edith Cowan University, School of International Cultural and Community Studies, Joondalup Campus, Perth, WA 6027
CITATION: Cashmore J., & Ainsworth F. (2003). Out-of-home care: Building a national research agenda. Children Australia, 28(2), 1442. doi.org/10.1017/S1035077200005526
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.