What is a Clearinghouse anyway?
AP Janet Fanslow, AP Robyn Dixon, Dr Pauline
Gulliver, Ms Nicola Paton, Ms Gay Richards
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse
• New Zealand’s national
centre for family and
whānau violence
research and
information.
Practice
• We work to support and
inform the links between
family violence work in
research, policy and
practice.
NZFVC
Research
Funded by the Families Commission
Policy
Disseminating information
Information provided on family violence
statistics, primary prevention, child abuse, IPV,
elder abuse, perpetrator programmes and
sexual violence.
• 641 information requests
• 765 registered library borrowers
• 34 newsletters emailed to 2870 people
525 news stories between October 2011 and
June 2014
2525 items in electronic & hard copy library
298 local, national and
international events posted over
3 years
Over 70,000 unique visitors to the website in 3 years.
Approx 100-250 visits per weekday
400-450 visits on newsletter days
Generating Research
• 5 journal articles + 3 in press
• Letters in JAMA and The Lancet
• Report – Family violence indicators: Can
administrative data sets be used to
measure trends in family violence in New
Zealand?
• Chapter in A restorative approach to
family violence
5 Data Summaries plus ‘snapshot,’
updated annually (15 total to date)
450 - 1000+ downloads each last year
6 Issues Papers so far
1,500 - 3,000+ downloads each
Kanohi ki te Kanohi
• 383 Community engagements
• 5 Seminars
• 2 Conferences
– Strengthening systems to eliminate family violence,
2012
– Children, child maltreatment and intimate partner
violence, 2013
Students
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3 Summer Students
3 BHSc Dissertation students
1 Masters
1 PhD
London School of Economics, Public Policy Group, 2011. Maximizing the
impactsLondon
of yourSchool
research:
a handbookPublic
for social
scientists.
London: LSE.
of Economics,
Policy
Group, 2011
UoA Strategic Objectives 2013-2020
• High quality research that benefits society
(Objective 9 & 10)
• Strong partnerships with key organisations
and communities (Objective 12)
• A public university of global standing (Objective 19)
• Able students, successful graduates and alumni
(Objective 4, 6 & 7)
• Accomplished and well supported staff (Objectives 1-3)
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse
www.nzfvc.org.nz