April 2008

National awards for parenting website

The Centre for Community Child Health has been recognised with four prestigious national awards for online content and education.

The NetGuide Awards recognised the Raising Children Network consortium for Best Parenting Website and Website of the Year from a field of 7,000.

The Australian Media Industry Awards (AMIA) named www.raisingchildren.net.au as Best Non-Profit or Government Website.

And the Raising Children DVD was awarded Best Learning and Education Resource.

www.raisingchildren.net.au, a project in partnership with the Smart Population Foundation and the

Parenting Research Centre, is the leading online resource for reliable, research-based parenting information in Australia.

With an emphasis on both quality assurance and usability, the website has had four million visitors since its launch in 2006.

The Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Royal Children’s Hospital is a key research centre of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

One of the primary goals of the centre is the use of research to inform parents and the broader community about important issues surrounding child development.

The Raising Children Network has proven a fundamental tool in reaching this goal, providing easy to understand, interactive access to essential information for all parents.

The Raising Children DVD is available free to all Australian families on the birth of their baby via the New Parent Pack.