Research

Tresillian is committed to supporting, undertaking, and disseminating research that increases the child and family health evidence base.

Research at Tresillian has two main areas of focus:

1. Children from birth to age three and their families, including aspects of parenting, parent-child relationships, and perinatal, infant, and early childhood mental health; and
2. Child and family health service delivery.

To enquire about current research projects or opportunities for research partnerships, please email Tresillian’s research manager on TFCC-Governance-and-RiskUnit@health.nsw.gov.au.

To enquire about Tresillian conferences, please email TFCC-Education@health.nsw.gov.au.

View some of our recent publications

Tresillian’s research efforts have made a substantial contribution to advancing knowledge in child and family health. Explore some of our recent publications here:

2023 - Residential parenting services: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1415

2023 - Mother and child sleep and mothers’ depression: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.14005

2022 – Adapting child and family health services to diverse settings: https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14052

2021 – Clinician engagement in quality: https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000287

2021 – Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2021.08.003

2021 – Learning and support for nurses on bottle-feeding: https://doi.org/10.1177/13674935211007321

2021 – Evaluation of Circle of Security Parenting (COSP): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01932-4