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.

• We work to support and inform the links between family violence work in research, policy and practice.

Practice

Research

NZFVC

Policy

Funded by the Families Commission

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

298 local, national and international events posted over

3 years

2525 items in electronic & hard copy library

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

6 Issues Papers so far

1,500 - 3,000+ downloads each

5 Data Summaries plus ‘snapshot,’ updated annually (15 total to date)

450 - 1000+ downloads each last year

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

• 3 Summer Students• 3 BHSc Dissertation students• 1 Masters• 1 PhD

London School of Economics, Public Policy Group, 2011London School of Economics, Public Policy Group, 2011. Maximizing the impacts of your research: a handbook for social scientists. London: LSE.

Research

Impact =

Occasion of

Influence

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