Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH)
A founding member of the Raising Children Network
The Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) works with, and for, families and supports and empowers communities to continually improve the health and wellbeing of children.
The Centre is at the forefront of Australian research into early childhood development and behaviour. A major focus of the Centre is to synthesise, translate and disseminate the latest research so that it informs public policy, service delivery and professional practice.
Professor Frank Oberklaid, a paediatrician and an internationally renowned researcher, author, lecturer and consultant, leads a team of over 90 staff from a range of disciplines including paediatrics, psychology, education, early childhood, public health and communications. Frank chairs the steering committee for the Raising Children Network website and sits on the scientific advisory board.
June McLoughlin is the director of Policy and Service Development at the Centre and has been instrumental in the development of the Raising Children Network. June is a well-respected national expert on child health and education, family support and early intervention, and sits on a number of state and national government and non-government committees and boards concerned with these issues.
Kate Naish, Daniel Strachan and Kirsty Brown are the project officers responsible for bringing you the Raising Children Network website.
CCCH is based at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and is a key research centre of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute an academic centre of the University of Melbourne.
- Last reviewed16-05-2006
