Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
The Centre does so by informing, promoting and supporting the actions of individuals, communities, services and governments through state-wide leadership in research, professional development, education and community engagement.
QCDFVR staff initiate, undertake and collaborate on innovative and interdisciplinary research and publications to create and share knowledge in this field.
The Centre is committed to undertaking applied research that supports the development of policy and practice in the field of domestic and family violence prevention with a particular, though not exclusive, focus on issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and rural and regional communities.
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Domestic and family violence is a major health and welfare issue in Australia.
It occurs across all ages, and all socioeconomic and demographic groups, but it predominantly affects women and their children.
CQUniversity’s Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, funded by the Queensland Government, contributes to the prevention of domestic and family violence against women and their children, and it does this by informing policy with government, it promotes and supports the actions of individuals, communities and services.
It shows state-wide leadership in research, and it also undertakes professional development, education and community engagement.
Based in Mackay, our Centre’s research function is to initiate, undertake and collaborate on innovative and interdisciplinary research and publications.
And we do this in order to reduce the deficits in domestic and family violence, knowledge and literature, in what is a changing landscape.
And our evidence-based research is driven by the community, and is for the community in Queensland.
Our Centre is committed to undertaking applied research that makes a difference.
That has a social impact.
It supports the development of policy and practice in the field of domestic and family violence prevention, and I should add that we have a particular, though not exclusive focus, on issues for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and our rural and regional communities in Queensland.
And we're very proud of that.
