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Boys aged 9-12 years using the services of Anglicare Victoria: A three month population study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Lynda Campbell  and
Margaret Kertesz
Lynda Campbell
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052. Email: [email protected]
Margaret Kertesz
Affiliation:
Anglicare Victoria
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Abstract

This study was conducted in response to the concerns of staff within Anglicare Victoria about the presenting problems of boys aged 9-12 years across the various agency programs and the lack of systematic data about them. Under the umbrella of the Anglicare Victoria/University of Melbourne Social Work Partnership Program, a study was undertaken with the assistance of social work students on placement within the agency. A census-style survey was completed by AV staff members for any boy aged 9, 10, 11 or 12 years in an agency program during a three-month period. Non-identifying survey forms were returned for 203 boys and this article reports the major descriptive information and service implications derived from those returns.

Type
Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 2003 , pp. 22 - 29
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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