Youth Studies Australia articles from June 2004

Youth Studies Australia archives from June 2004

Did you know?
June 1, 2004... We have probably all heard by now that males and females differ greatly in the amount of alcohol they tan consume and still remain within the legal blood alcohol limit for driving. But did you know that Australian research found no gender...

Snapshot of 12-24s.(Aspects)(statistical report on young people)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A study commissioned by the Foundation for Young Australians (a not-for-profit organisation) gives a statistical snapshot of the nation's 3.5 million young people aged between 12 and 24. The report Profile of Young Australians, edited by youth...

Children's well-being.(Aspects)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Australian government has initiated an annual national report which is to trace the development, health and well-being of children aged up to 14. Experts met in March to complete a set of indicators and the first report is to be published...

SMS bullying.(Bullying & violence)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Under new disciplinary procedures proposed for government schools in New South Wales, verbal abuse through SMS and email could become grounds for student suspension. The new 40-page policy document, Procedures for the suspension and expulsion...

Grandparents raising children.(Child abuse & protection)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, a report from the National Seniors Program of the Council on the Ageing, considers several problems facing grandparents who, for one reason or another, find themselves bringing up their children's children....

ACT child-death reviews.(Child abuse & protection)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... An interdepartmental team has been set up to investigate all child deaths in the Australian Capital Territory. The ACT Health Minister, Simon Corbell, said the child-death review team would identify patterns and make recommendations to improve...

Problems in SA.(Child abuse & protection)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The South Australian child protection unit failed to investigate 25% of abuse cases reported between 1991 and 2003, according to an independent study. The consultancy report, by Health Outcomes International, on workload demands [acing the...

Sport and alcohol.(Drugs)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Alcohol abuse in hundreds of sporting clubs in Western Australia will be curbed by a program to be introduced there next year. The Good Sports Program, set up by the Australian Drug Foundation and already operating in Victoria, aims to change...

Ecstasy rise.(Drugs)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A study by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, focusing on 14-19-year-olds and 20-29-year-olds, round that 5% of the younger group bad used ecstasy recently and that the drug had expanded beyond its traditional users in the...

New cannabis laws in WA.(Drugs)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Under new legislation which came into effect in Western Australia on 22 March, people aged over 18 years caught with less than 30 grams of cannabis or with cannabis-smoking implements can, at the discretion of a police officer, be given the...

Costs.(Families)(costs of raising children)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Echoing claims made by the Australian Council of Social Service, the report from the Foundation for Young Australians (details are in 'Aspects', above) said there was a shortfall between government support for families and the real costs of...

Marriage less popular.(Families)(report by the Australian Bureau of Stastics)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In Measures of Australia's Progress, the Australian Bureau of Statistics' second assessment of whether life has improved, particularly in the last ten years, the Bureau notes that marriage has become less popular. Between 1993 and 2002, the...

A new etiquette.(Families)
June 1, 2004... Professor Carol Smart, Professor of Sociology at Leeds University in the UK and a keynote speaker at a families conference in Brisbane, said 'we are witnessing a new kind of etiquette' associated with divorce and separation. People are thinking...

Parents' self-esteem.(Families)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Concerns of Australian Parents is the title of a report issued by the Australian Childhood Foundation as part of a national campaign to promote the message 'Every child is important'. The report is based on a recent survey undertaken in...

Concern in SA.(Gambling)(increasing student gambling)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In South Australia, one in six students in Years 10-12 play games such as Keno or buy 'scratchie' tickets. Dr Paul Delfabbro, a psychologist from Adelaide University, surveyed more than 500 upper-school students to reach his calculation,...

'Kiddie speed'.(Health & safety)(prescriptions of dexamphetamine for children)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Prescriptions for the amphetamine-based drug dexamphetamine, known as 'kiddie speed', have increased by 2,400% in the past decade. One million scripts were filled for low-income families alone in the past five years. A quarter of a million...

New drug for ADHD.(Health & safety)(Strattera)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A new type of medication, sold as Strattera, has been launched for children suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders. Strattera is unlike other medicines in that it contains no amphetamine or methylphenidate, which are both...

Obesity and diabetes.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A senior lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at the University of Newcastle, Clare Collins, says studies are indicating that the prevalence of overweight and obese children in Australia has increased to between 25% and 30%. Dr Michael...

Anti-depressants.(Health & safety)
June 1, 2004... International health authorities recommend that children and young people on anti-depressant medication should be closely monitored for suicidal thoughts. As the anti-depressant drugs have hot been conclusively clinically tested in young...

Mental health and pregnancy.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In response to figures suggesting that one in five Australian teenage girls become pregnant at least once, a psychology PhD student at Flinders University, Lauren Miller-Lewis, has looked at why some young women are more likely than others to...

Grim forecast.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Children are at risk of having a lower life expectancy than their parents for the first time in the history of Western Australia, one of the state's most respected health experts has warned. Professor D'Arcy Holman, head of the University of...

Young people and GPs.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In New South Wales, health services and GPs are developing more youth-friendly programs after recent studies showed that NSW teenagers were reluctant to consult doctors. The Northern Rivers Division of General Practice, for example, offers...

Private-sector help in housing.(Housing & homelessness)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Brotherhood of St Laurence has released a report suggesting that private sector investment may be a key to making housing more affordable to young people and low-income earners. The report's author, Sally Jope, says there is a critical...

Financial literacy.(Incomes & expenditures)(teaching students financial issues)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Australian Government is promoting an education initiative aiming to improve the population's financial literacy. The Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan, said the initiative was to shape school children into 'financially savvy teenagers and...

Students struggle.(Incomes & expenditures)
June 1, 2004... The Salvation Army in Melbourne reports growing demand from young people for food parcels and food vouchers. The organisation isn't sure what proportion are university students, but believes they are part of the growing demand. The extent of...

'There needs to be both help and hassle'.(Indigenous youth)(welfare system)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In a feature article criticising unconditional welfare payments to young Indigenous people, Noel Pearson, director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, wrote (in part): 'We can keep talking about welfare reform, but the time...

Redfern riot.(Indigenous youth)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... On 15 February, 17-year-old TJ Hickey died when he was thrown from his bike and impaled on a fente railing in Redfern, Sydney. Consequent anger and confusion in Redfern, born of a suspicion that the police had been chasing him at the time, led...

Getting kids active.(Media)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... ABC TV has been screening a new program called 'Active Kidz', which aims to have children working out in five-minute segments. The daily program is presented by two young physical fitness instructors and aimed at upper-primary children. It is a...

Post-school ideas.(Motivation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A study into children's plans for work or further study, conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research on behalf of the Smith Family (a national charity group), finds that students are most likely to tune in and take control of...

Constitutional convention.(Participation)(students to discuss political issues)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Year 11 and Year 12 students from across the country met in Canberra in March to discuss Australia's constitution and governments. The annual National Schools Constitutional Convention brings together senior students to discuss political issues...

Senate inquiry.(Poverty)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The report to the Senate from an inquiry by its Community Affairs References Committee into the causes of poverty ran to 450 pages and made 97 recommendations for government action. It called for a new Australian Government department to be...

Body piercing.(Risk-taking)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Although body piercing is becoming more accepted by adults, it is still a useful marker of risk-taking behaviour in adolescents. A survey of 4,000 adolescents, reported in the Journal of Adolescent Health, showed that those with piercings other...

Income support.(Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... In a new study, 3,000 16-year-olds will be tracked over five years in an effort to find out why children from welfare-dependent families become more likely than others to rely on income support as adults. Researchers at the Australian National...

More child care.(Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... As more women return to work, and the average working day gets longer, more Australian children are being placed in child care. According to the Australian Census of Childcare Services, an estimated 732,100 children attended child tare in 2002....

Anti-violence campaign withdrawn.(Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Australian Government cancelled an advertising campaign that was designed to assist young people in, or at risk of, violent relationships. The campaign bad been aimed at 16-24-year-olds and was prompted in part by government research...

Disadvantaged areas.(Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... A study by Professor Tony Vinson of the University of NSW applied 14 indicators of disadvantage to postcodes across New South Wales. Professor Vinson's report, Community Adversity and Resilience, revealed the neediest postcodes for government...

Sexual variety.(Sexuality)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... According to the Third National Survey of Secondary Students and Sexual Health, released last year, about 37% of students in Year 10 report having had oral sex, while only 25% report having had vaginal sex. 'For people born before 1971, oral...

Safety for gay students.(Sexuality)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... As a growing number of school students come out as gay, schools in Western Australia are having to think about providing a safe environment. Graham Brown, from the WA Centre for Health Promotions, at Curtin University, said that on one hand...

Sport's links to sexual violence.(Sport & leisure)
June 1, 2004... In a feature article, Dr Michael Flood, a research fellow at the Australia Institute, quoted disturbing findings from a national survey of 5,000 young people aged between 12 and 20. One in six male respondents agreed with statements such as,...

Some progress.(Suicide)(youth suicide statistics )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The report Measures of Australia's Progress, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (details are in 'Families', above), notes that youth suicide in Australia is at its lowest since 1984 (West Australian, 22/4/04, p.3).

Radio and video.(Technology)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Salvation Army has launched an internet radio station to provide training opportunities for young people who are homeless or in other difficulties. The station, at http://www.streetradio.net, is based at the Salvation Army's Oasis youth...

Students as bystanders to sexual coercion: how would they react and why?(Peer Review)
June 1, 2004... More than half of 200 Year 8 and 9 students who watched a video showing a girl being sexually coerced by a boy in the presence of student bystanders reported that such events occurred regularly at their Australian school. When asked how they...

Duty of care, harm reduction & young people in care: an effective approach to working with volatile substance users.(Peer Review)
June 1, 2004... Duty of care and harm minimisation are often portrayed as being incompatible. This is particularly so [n the context of young people who are the subject of court orders and in residential care who engage in volatile substance inhalation. This...

Binge-drinking in female university students: a theory of planned behaviour perspective.(Peer Review)
June 1, 2004... Researchers have noticed a disturbing increase in alcohol consumption by young women in Australia.Although they are affected more than young men by the same amount of alcohol, the current research found that young female university students are...

Mapping the terrain: youth service provision.(Peer Review)
June 1, 2004... Service provision for young people can be improved by using a variety of frameworks to analyse existing services. These frameworks consider not only the types and roles of services but also the needs of young people, their social location and...

First you have to see them: youth-friendly practice in mental health work.(Peer Review)(Australia's Youthlink program)
June 1, 2004... Youth-friendly approaches to mental health work require stepping outside of common practice in mental health services. This paper takes a practice-based focus to what it means to "see" young people experiencing mental health concerns, set...

13 days & counting: a mutual support model for young, homeless women in crisis.(Programs & Practice)
June 1, 2004... An innovative program in rural Victoria matches young homeless women with older homeless women and provides them with a range of support services. The result is more stability in the accomodation setting, mutual benefit and satisfaction for...

Green Corps--helping rural youth look after Australia's environment.
June 1, 2004... Green Corps provides a great opportunity for young people in rural and remote areas to get involved in environmental projects. With 85% of projects located in rural and remote areas across Australia, Green Corps is a great way for rural youth...

Auseinetter.
June 1, 2004... Auseinetter Nos. 19 & 20, 2003 & 2004, Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health, ISSN 1329 8720. Although the November 2003 issue of Auseinetter does not contain feature stories...

SANE News.(articles focusing on mental illness and web services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... SANE News n.29, Autumn 2004, SANE Australia, ISSN 1328 2255, 8pp. Two articles in this edition of SANE News focus on young people who have a parent with a mental illness. There has been a proliferation of programs targeting these young...

Link magazine: Examining issues from disability perspectives.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Link magazine: Examining issues from disability perspectives v.13, n.1 2004, imprint design, ISSN 1447 2023, 48pp. This is a memorable issue of Link magazine for several reasons. The first is a sad reason. The previous editor of the...

Kids help line.
June 1, 2004... Kids help line April 2004, BoysTown, 6pp. Self-injury, emotional and behavioural management, and young adult callers to Kids Help Line (KHL) are the topical issues highlighted in the latest edition of the newsletter Kids help line. The...

If you want to know what we think, just ask us!
June 1, 2004... If you want to know what we think, just ask us! K. Abbott, Youthsafe, 2004, 28pp. Although published by Youthsafe, a not-for-profit organisation committed to preventing serious injury in young people, the content of this publication is...

Promoting young people's mental health and well-being through participation in economic activities: Key learnings and promising practices.
June 1, 2004... Promoting young people's mental health and well-being through participation in economic activities: Key learnings and promising practices Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Mental Health Promotion Plan 1999-2002, October 1999. In...

Secondary students and sexual health 2002.
June 1, 2004... Secondary students and sexual health 2002 A. Smith, P. Agius, S. Dyson, A. Mitchell & M. Pitts, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University, Monograph Series No.47, 2003. The results of the 3rd National...

Don't ask, don't tell. Hidden in the crowd: the need for documenting links between sexuality and suicidal behaviours among young people.
June 1, 2004... Don't ask, don't tell. Hidden in the crowd: The need for documenting links between sexuality and suicidal behaviours among young people S. Dyson, A. Mitchell, A. Smith, G. Dowsett, M. Pitts & L. Hillier, Australian Research Centre in Sex,...

'... doing something': Young people and social actors.
June 1, 2004... '... doing something': Young people and social actors K. Eden, & D. Roker, National Youth Agency, 2002, ISBN: 0 86155 270 9, RRP 6.50 [pounds sterling], 65pp. This book reports on a research project in England conducted by the Trust...

Australia's young people: Their health and well-being 2003.
June 1, 2004... Australia's young people: Their health and well-being 2003 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, 2003, ISBN 1740241827, AIHW Cat. No. PHE 50, RRP$40.00, 404pp. This is the second national report on the health and...

The over-scheduled child: Avoiding the hyper-parenting trap.
June 1, 2004... The over-scheduled child:Avoiding the hyper-parenting trap A. Rosenfeld & N. Wise, St Martin's Griffin, 2000, ISBN 0312263392, 263pp. In general terms, Australia may not have gone down the path of hyper-parenting and over-scheduling of...

Young people in rural areas of Europe.
June 1, 2004... Young people in rural areas of Europe Eds B. Jentsch & M. Shucksmith, Ashgate, 2004, ISBN 0754634787, 334pp., 50.00 [pounds sterling] Labour markets are not the only important dimension of social inclusion but they are the primary...

Emotional health and well-being: a practical guide for schools.
June 1, 2004... Emotional health and well-being: A practical guide for schools H. Cowie, C. Boardman, J. Dawkins & D. Jennifer, Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0761943552, 228pp. The UK government has made the mental health of young people a...

Disrupted adolescents in foster care: the role of the adolescent-carer relationship in placement stability.(Adoption, guardianship)
June 1, 2004... Disrupted adolescents in foster care: the role of the adolescent-carer relationship in placement stability R. Gilbertson & J.G. Barber, developing practice, n.9, Autumn, 2004, pp.19-28. The reasons for successful permanent placement...

New leaving care initiatives in Victoria.(Adoption, guardianship)
June 1, 2004... New leaving care initiatives in Victoria P. Mendes, developing practice, n.9, Autumn, 2004. The Victorian Government's Youth Homelessness Action Plan includes funding for the development of independent living skills programs for young...

Therapeutic fostercare for antisocial youth: the Youth Horizons Trust Program.(At-risk youth)
June 1, 2004... Therapeutic fostercare for antisocial youth: The Youth Horizons Trust Program J. Harris, developing practice, n.8, Summer, 2003, pp.37-43. The Youth Horizons Trust (YHT) is a non-profit organisation established in New Zealand to...

Disrupted adolescents in foster care: their perspectives on placement breakdown.(At-risk youth)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Disrupted adolescents in foster care: Their perspectives on placement breakdown R. Gilbertson & J, Barber, Children Australia, v.28, n.4, 2003, pp.25-30. The reasons for placement breakdown are rarely considered from the point of view...

Adolescent girls' perceptions of goodness and badness and the role of will in their behavioural decisions.(Behaviour & development)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Adolescent girls' perceptions of goodness and badness and the role of will in their behavioural decisions A.K. Nelson & E. Schaler Buchholz, Adolescence, v.38, n.151,2003, pp.421-40. To examine how adolescent girls understand the...

Bullying and victimisation: prevalence and relationship to gender, grade level, ethnicity, self-esteem, and depression.(Bullying & violence)
June 1, 2004... Bullying and victimisation: Prevalence and relationship to gender, grade level, ethnicity, self-esteem, and depression D. Seals & J. Young, Adolescence, v.38, n.152, 2003, pp.735-47. Three instruments were used to collect data from 454...

Evaluation of an individualized treatment program for adolescent shoplifters.(Crime and justice)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Evaluation of an individualized treatment program for adolescent shoplifters T.M. Kelley, D.B. Kennedy & R.J. Homant, Adolescence, v.38, n.152 2003, pp.725-33. A group of 286 juvenile shoplifters aged between 9 and 18 years (mean age...

The relationship between the living arrangements of university students and their identity development.(Development)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The relationship between the living arrangements of university students and their identity development M. Jordyn & M. Byrd, Adolescence, v.38, n.150, 2003, pp.267-78. One part of the development of an adult identity is the process of...

Students with a disability in higher education.(Disability)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Students with a disability in higher education P. Camela, Access, Jan/Feb, 2004, pp.18-23. Between 1996 and 2002, the number of students with disabilities accessing higher education in Australia more than doubled. However, the...

Drugs and youth cultures: is Australia experiencing the 'normalization' of adolescent drug use?(Drugs & alcohol)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Drugs and youth cultures: Is Australia experiencing the 'normalization' of adolescent drug use? C. Duff, Journal of Youth Studies, v.6, n.4, 2003, pp.433-46. According to researchers, such as Howard Parker, drug use among young people...

Social work, young people and substance abuse.(Drugs & alcohol)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Social work, young people and substance abuse K. Catchlove & S. Amiatu, Victorian Social Work, v.12, n.3, p.3. The authors are social workers at the Youth Substance Abuse Service in Victoria. They suggest that social work practice that...

The scope for state intervention in young people's learning and training.(Employment & training)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The scope for state intervention in young people's learning and training E. Smith, Journal of Education and Work, v.16, n.4, 2003, pp.385-406. Research into tire experiences of 11 young Australians who commenced their first full-time...

Older and younger workers' conceptions of work and learning at work: a challenge to emerging work practices.(Employment & training)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Older and younger workers' conceptions of work and learning at work: A challenge to emerging work practices H. Pillay, G. Boulton-Lewis, L. Wilss & S. Rhodes, Journal of Education and Work, v.16, n.4, 2003, pp.427-44. The views of 39...

Children living with domestic violence: research foundations for early intervention.(Families)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Children living with domestic violence: Research foundations for early intervention J. McIntosh, Journal of Family Studies, v.9, n.2, 2003, pp.219-34. In this review of 'the evidence about the developmental impact on children of living...

The success of Caucasian mothers in guiding adolescents.(Families)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The success of Caucasian mothers in guiding adolescents P.S. Strom, D. Van Marche, T.E. Beckert, R.D. Strom, S.K. Strom & D.L Griswold, Adolescence, v.38, n.151, 2003, pp. 501-18. The assets and limitations of mothers as parents of 10-...

Harm reduction for the prevention of youth gambling problems: lessons learned from adolescent high-risk behavior prevention programs.(Gambling)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Harm reduction for the prevention of youth gambling problems: Lessons learned from adolescent high-risk behavior prevention programs L.M. Dickson, J.L. Derevensky & R. Gupta, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.19, n.2, 2004, pp.233-63. ...

Massage therapy improves mood and behaviour of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.(Health)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Massage therapy improves mood and behaviour of students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder S. Khilnani, T. Field, M. Hernandez-Reif & S. Schanberg, Adolescence, v.38, n.152, 2003, pp.623-38. A group of 30 students, aged...

in a transitional living facility: an exploratory study of support networks and attachment patterns.(Homelessness)
June 1, 2004... Adolescent mothers in a transitional living facility: An exploratory study of support networks and attachment patterns A.E. Schwartz, R.G. McRoy & A.C. Downs, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.19, n.1, 2004, pp.63-84. Attachment...

A work in progress: Juvenile in/justice and Indigenous kids.(Indigenous youth)
June 1, 2004... A work in progress: Juvenile in/justice and Indigenous kids T. Westmore, Indigenous Law Bulletin, v.5, n.27, 2003, pp.5-6. This review of the National Indigenous Juvenile Justice Conference 2003 highlights the continuing issues in the...

Posttraumatic growth among adolescents.(Mental health)
June 1, 2004... Posttraumatic growth among adolescents J.E. Milam, A. Ritt-Olson & J.B. Unger, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.19, n.2, 2004, pp.192-204. The phenomenon of the construing of benefits from traumatic events has been termed...

Adolescent search for birthparents: who moves forward?(Mental health)
June 1, 2004... Adolescent search for birthparents: Who moves forward? G. Miller Wrobel, H.D. Grotevant & R.G. McRoy, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.19, n.1, 2004, pp.132-51. Until the 1980s, in the USA, searching for birthparents was considered to...

Traversing time and gender: Australian young people's participation.(Participation)
June 1, 2004... Traversing time and gender: Australian young people's participation A. Vromen, Journal of Youth Studies, v.6, n.3, 2003, pp.277-94. A survey of 287 Australians aged between 18 and 34 looked at the differences in life course transitions...

Youth Affairs Peak Organisations.
June 1, 2004... Government Australian Government Youth Bureau (Policy and Promotions Branch) Department of Family & Community Services Box 7788, Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610 Ph: (02) 6212 9117 Fax: (02) 6212 9577 Email:...