Our vision is to enhance opportunities for all children to thrive.
We are building evidence about what makes a difference for children – in families, schools, communities, services and society to build on the known social determinants of health. We are focusing our research and knowledge translation efforts on:
We contribute by: generating new knowledge, influencing policy and service delivery, building workforce capacity and developing and evaluating community based solutions. We achieve this through key strategic partnerships with government, service providers and community. We are committed to excellence in the generation, translation and sharing of knowledge.
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Celebrating 10 Years
On Wednesday 31st October, The Jack Brockhoff Child Health & Wellbeing Program celebrated its 10 year anniversary.
The Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program is part of the legacy of Sir Jack Brockhoff who, through his generosity, established The Jack Brockhoff Foundation. The Foundation’s purpose is to provide philanthropic support to organisations whose activities are designed to have a positive and enduring impact on the health and wellbeing of communities.
The Foundation awarded the Jack Brockhoff Centennial Grant to the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program in 2008 for a 10 year funding period from 2009-2018, making a substantial contribution to long term human resource investment and enabling development of novel and important ways of working to promote child health and wellbeing.
History
The foundation of the Program commenced in 1995, and has been based on the principle of collaboration in Australia and internationally. Since then, we have formed strong practice-research partnerships across a wide variety of sectors and disciplines, including government, education, community health, dental health, disability, emergency management, social welfare and childcare.
In 2008, the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program was the grateful recipient of the Jack Brockhoff Centenary gift. This gift has made a significant contribution to building long term human resource investment in our program and enabled substantial developments to novel and important ways of working.
Upholding a Legacy
The team at the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program were extremely saddened by the passing of it's founding Director, Professor Elizabeth Waters in September 2015. Committed to justice, equity, and human rights, Liz and her team worked in partnership with a wide range of policymakers, practitioners, communities, families and children, with the deliberate intent to generate relevant, useful evidence and apply evidence to decision making and practice. Thanks to her vision and leadership, the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program will continue her legacy of generating and promoting the best quality evidence for child public health.
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Trauma and resilience
Trauma and adversity affect many children, families and communities, making it crucial to understand how to amplify resilience.
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Migration and social cohesion
Research to support inclusion and wellbeing is vital in the context of Increasing migration flows and associated public debate, which have profound implications for social cohesion in Australia and internationally.
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Changing lifestyles and healthy futures
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Previous Projects
Take a look at previous projects conducted by the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program from 2008-2019.
Child Insight Series
Made with researchers at the Jack Brockhoff Child and Wellbeing Program at the University of Melbourne, this video gives insight in to the lives of children and factors that affect their lives.
We have formed strong practice-research partnerships across a wide variety of sectors, disciplines, including government, education, community health, dental health, disability, emergency management, social welfare and childcare.
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Donate
The Elizabeth Waters Memorial Travel Scholarship was established by Liz’s friends and family to honour the life of our late founding Director.
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Partners and Supporters
We are appreciative of the opportunities provided through our collaborations with partners within, and/or financial support provided by, the following groups and institutions.
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Capacity Building
Design and Data Visualisation for Knowledge Translation - 1 Day Short Course
Directors
- Professor Lisa Gibbs
Director
- Dr Karen Block
Associate Director
- Associate Professor Eva Alisic
Associate Director
Academic Staff
- Lauren Carpenter
Research Fellow
- Greg Ireton
Research Fellow
- Katitza Marinkovic
Research Fellow
- Robyn Molyneaux
Research Fellow
- Hannah Morrice
Research Fellow
- Phoebe Quinn
Research Fellow
- Elena Swift
Research Fellow
- Mira Vasileva
Research Fellow
- Dana Young
Research Fellow
Professional Staff
- Alana Pirrone
Design and Communications Coordinator
Higher Degree
- Kate Brady
PhD Candidate
- Lauren Carpenter
PhD Candidate
- Dr Bradley Christian
PhD Candidate
- Meg Chin
PhD Candidate
- Greg Ireton
PhD Candidate
- Connie Kellett
PhD Candidate
- Lauren Kosta
PhD Candidate
- Katitza Marinkovic
PhD Candidate
- Farnaz Shahimi
PhD Candidate
- Claire Sullivan
PhD Candidate
- Elena Swift
PhD Candidate
- Dana Young
PhD Candidate
Honorary Staff
| Dr Rebecca Armstrong | National Disability Insurance Agency |
| Professor Rona Campbell | University of Bristol |
| Andrew Coghlan | Australian Red Cross |
| Dr Simon Crouch | University of Melbourne |
| Dr Elise Davis | Mind Australia |
| Dr Kim-Michelle Gilson | Royal Children's Hospital |
| Professor Mark Gussy | University of Lincoln |
| Dr Martin Hall | North Richmond Community Health |
| Dr Ashrafalsadat Hosseini | Foundation House |
| Greg Ireton | University of Melbourne |
| Shae Johnson | Drummond Street Services |
| Dr Kirsty Jones | University of Melbourne |
| Professor Colin MacDougall | Flinders University |
| Professor Laurence Moore | University of Glasgow |
| John Richardson | Australian Red Cross |
| Dr Michael Smith | Barwon Health |