Update of the first national study of child maltreatment in Australia

Oct 08, 2020 - Oct 08, 2020

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Update of the first national study of child maltreatment in Australia

Oct 8 2020

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This webinar will be hosted by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Tri-Peaks Project.

This webinar will provide an update on progress of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, the first national study to investigate the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in Australia.

It will be presented by Professor Ben Matthews from the Queensland University of Technology, Professor Daryl Higgins from the ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies, and Lisa Thomson from DHHS.

More information is available via the webinar website.(link is external)

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