Mother’s and Young Peoples’ Study

Policy and Evidence Briefs

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Policy Briefs

Evidence Briefs

Call to Actions

Policy Brief #1
Maternal Depression

This policy brief summarises preliminary findings from the Maternal Health Study: an Australian longitudinal study of over 1500 firs time mothers. Almost one in three women in the study reported depressive symptoms between pregnancy and four years postpartum.

Policy Brief #3
Young People’s Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Policy Brief #5
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mothers’ Mental Health and Wellbeing

Evidence Brief #1
Intimate Partner Violence in the First Decade of Motherhood: Implications for the Health Sector

Call to Action #1
Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Trauma and Family Violence

Current approaches to prevention of family violence, early intervention and crisis support are failing to safeguard the longer-term mental health and wellbeing of women, children and young people impacted by family violence.

Policy Brief #2
Health Consequences of Family Violence

This policy brief summarises preliminary findings from the Maternal Health Study: an Australian longitudinal study of over 1500 first time mothers and their firstborn children. One in five mothers experienced emotional and/or physical abuse by an intimate partner in the year after having a baby. This translates to 14,000 Victorian families a year affected by family violence in the course of a child’s first year of life.

Policy Brief #4
Young People’s Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic