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Research Unit

Last Updated Nov 2008

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Department for Families and Communities
GPO Box 292
Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 8413 8176
Email: research@dfc.sa.gov.au

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Research publications

Last Updated Feb 2010

 Below is a list of completed research publications.

Ageing

2007 Understanding non-metropolitan housing pathways of older people in South Australia and Northern Ireland: Implications for policy and service delivery

 

 Research Report 501KB

2006 Factors that Make Housing More Suitable for Older People

Bulletin 203KB

Research Report 1.3MB

2006 Housing Assistance Budgets and an Ageing Population

Bulletin 319K

Research Report 473KB

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

2006 Emerging Housing Needs of Indigenous South Australians

 

Bulletin 204KB

Research Report 1.5MB

2001 Moving Yarns - Aboriginal Youth Homelessness in Metro Adelaide

 

Conference paper 152KB

Research Report 390KB

Communities

2007 Indicators of Community Strength

 

Maps:

Metropolitan Community Strengths Survey

State Community Strengths Survey

Research Report 3.4MB

2007 Engaging with Older Volunteers

 

 

 Research Report 965KB

Disability

2008 Resource Allocation Methodology Project (RAMP)

 

Copies of the final report are available by contacting: 

Russell Brown 
Manager, Service Contracting and Development, 
Disability Services Commission 
(08) 9426 9600 www.disability.wa.gov.au/dsc.html

2007 On the same level as anybody else: Supported Accommodation Demonstration Projects in South Australia

Bulletin 151KB

 

2007 Profile of Community Mental Health Clients in South Australia

 

Research Report 512KB

2006 Housing People with Complex Needs

Bulletin 202KB

Research Report 346KB

2003 It’s No Palace - Boarding Houses: the sector, its clientele and its future

 

Research Report 1.03MB

2003 Somewhere to call home

 

Research Report 1.6MB

Families

2009 Working with Refugee Families

Bulletin 721KB

Research Report 765KB

2008 Parental substance misuse and children's entry into Alternative Care in South Australia

Bulletin

Research Review

 Research Report (813KB)

2008 Contact with the South Australian child protection system

 

Research Report

2007 Certainty for Children in Care

Research Bulletin - Infants

Placement history and social background of infants

Children with Multiple Care and Protection Orders

Children with Stable Placement Histories in South Australian Out-of-Home Care

2005 A roof to start off with: Young, homeless, pregnant and parenting in Adelaide

 

Research Report 311KB

2001 It’s Not a Fairy Tale: Unplanned Teenage Pregnancies and the Support Needs of Young Mothers in SA

 

Research Report - Part A: Research Study Dec 2001 

Research Report - Part B: Review of Literature Nov 2001

Research Report - Part C: Statistics Oct 2001

Gambling

2005 Population Gambling Trends in SA 2001-04: A Secondary Analysis of Health Monitor Survey Data

 

Research Report 514KB

2005 Safe as Houses? An exploration of the link between gambling and homelessness

 

Research Report 302KB

2001 Gambling Patterns of South Australians and Associated Health Indicators

 

Research Report 473KB

Homelessness

Inner City Rough Sleeper Street Count

Summary of the Inner City Rough Sleeper Street Count August 2009

Summary of the Inner City Rough Sleeper Street Count May 2009

Inner City Survey August 2007

Inner City Survey June 2007

Inner City Rough Sleeper Street Count August 2009

Inner City rough Sleeper Street Count May 2009

Counting the Homeless in Adelaide August 2008

Inner City Homeless Count May 2008 Report

Inner City Homeless Count August 2007

Inner City Homeless Count June 2007

Riverland Rough Sleeper Count   Riverland Rough Sleeper Count November 2009

2006 Getting Out and Staying Out: Pathways to independent living

Bulletin 209KB

Research Report 624KB

2005 A roof to start off with: Young, homeless, pregnant and parenting in Adelaide

 

Research Report 311KB

2005 Safe as Houses? An exploration of the link between gambling and homelessness

 

Research Report 302KB

2001 Moving Yarns - Aboriginal Youth Homelessness in Metro Adelaide

Conference paper 152KB

Research Report 390KB

2001 Family Homelessness Discussion Paper

 

Research Report 487KB

Housing

2009 Living in caravan parks in South Australia Bulletin 195KB Research Report 1.7MB

2009 Scoping the Opportunities for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) to Contribute to the Supply of Affordable Housing

 

Research Report 364KB

2007 On the same level as anybody else: Supported Accommodation Demonstration Projects in South Australia

Bulletin 151KB

 

2007 Understanding non-metropolitan housing pathways of older people in South Australia and Northern Ireland: Implications for policy and service delivery

  Research Report 501KB

2006 Affordable Medium Density Housing Solutions for Adelaide

Bulletin 208KB

Research Report 1.4MB

2006 Emerging Housing Needs of Indigenous Australians

Bulletin 204KB

Research Report 1.5MB

2006 Factors that Make Housing More Suitable for Older People

Bulletin 203KB

Research Report 1.3MB

2006 Housing Assistance Budgets and an Ageing Population

Bulletin 319K

Research Report 473KB

2006 Housing People with Complex Needs

Bulletin 202KB

Research Report 346KB

2006 Labour Force Benefits of Community Housing

Bulletin 243KB

Research Report 343KB

2006 No easy solution: Housing options for low income South Australians

Bulletin 249KB

Research Report 660KB

2006 Paying Off the Landlords House: Entering and sustaining home ownership among South Australians on low income

Bulletin 199KB

Research Report 529KB

2006 The Impact of Targeting Housing Assistance

Bulletin 206KB

Research Report 674KB

2004 Housing Options for Low Income South Australians

 

Research Report 608KB

2004 Urban Regeneration Evaluation discussion paper

 

Research Report 446KB

2003 It’s No Palace - Boarding Houses: the sector, its clientele and its future

 

Research Report 1MB

2003 Somewhere to call home

 

Research Report 1.6MB

Strategic publications

Strategic Research Agenda 2010 - 2013

2008 DFC Research Report