A picture of Australia's children, 2009
By: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Contributors: Eldridge, Deanna.; Macdonald, Malcolm.; Edwards, Simon.; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781740249294
Subjects: Children -- Australia -- Statistics; Children -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Statistics; Health status indicators -- Australia
Description: This report provides updated data on how Australia's children are faring. Based around a framework of key national indicators of child health, development and wellbeing, including the Children's Headline Indicators, the report seeks to answer: How healthy are Australia's children? How well are we promoting healthy child development? What factors can affect children adversely? What kind of families and communities do Australia's children live in? How safe and secure are Australia's children? How well is the system performing in delivering quality health, development and wellbeing actions to Australia's children? The report finds that though most children are faring well, there is room for improvement, in particular for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and children in remote areas, and in the areas of diabetes, obesity, assault, and homelessness. Data are supplied from numerous sources, and are current to 2002-2007, as available, and include mortality, disability, breastfeeding, dental health, physical activity, nutrition, early childhood education, transition to school, literacy and numeracy, social and emotional development, teenage births, birth weight, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, family functioning, family economic situation, parental health, non-parental care, neighbourhood safety, social capital, injuries, bullying, child abuse, violence, crime, homelessness, immunisation and screening, child care, and child protection.
Notes: "AIHW Cat. No. PHE 112"

"The primary authors of this report were Deanna Eldridge, Malcolm MacDonald and Simon Edwards."--P. vi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206)
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Summary. Key findings ; Key national indicators of child health, development and wellbeing: quick reference guide; title: Part I Background; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Children in Australia: demographic overview; title: 3. Australian families; title: Part II How healthy are Australia's children?; title: 4. Mortality; title: 5. Chronic conditions; title: 6. Disability; title: 7. Congenital anomalies; title: 8. Mental health; title: Part III How well are we promoting healthy child development?; title: 9. Breastfeeding; title: 10. Dental health; title: 11. Physical activity and nutrition; title: 12. Early learning; title: Part IV How well are Australia's children learning and developing?; title: 13. Attendance at early childhood education programs; title: 14. Transition to primary school; title: 15. Attendance at primary school; title: 16. Literacy and numeracy; title: 17. Social and emotional development; title: Part V What factors can affect children adversely?; title: 18. Teenage births; title: 19. Smoking in pregnancy; title: 20. Alcohol use in pregnancy; title: 21. Birthweight; title: 22. Overweight and obesity; title: 23. Environmental tobacco smoke in the home; title: 24. Tobacco use; title: 25. Alcohol misuse; title: Part VI What kind of families and communities do Australia's children live in?; title: 26. Family functioning; title: 27. Family economic situation; title: 28. Children in non-parental care; title: 29. Parental health status; title: 30. Neighbourhood safety; title: 31. Social capital; title: Part VII How safe and secure are Australia's children?; title: 32. Injuries; title: 33. School relationships and bullying; title: 34. Child abuse and neglect; title: 35. Children as victims of violence; title: 36. Homelessness; title: 37. Children and crime; title: Part VIII How well is the system performing in delivering quality health, development and wellbeing actions to Australia's children?; title: 38. Neonatal hearing screening; title: 39. Childhood immunisation; title: 40. Survival for leukaemia; title: 41. Quality child care; title: 42. Child protection resubstantiations; title: Part IX Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; title: 43. Health and wellbeing of Indigenous children; title: Part X Children's Headline Indicators; title: 44. Headline Indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing; title: Part XI data gaps and developments; title: 45. Data gaps; title: 46. New data developments relevant to children; title: Appendixes.