Our organisation is based on the belief that our children's needs are of the utmost importance.

Evidence highlights that children and adolescents from socio-economically disadvantaged families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities experience poorer health than their less disadvantaged peers. Homeless young people reflect the most disadvantaged group, experiencing the worst physical, emotional and social health outcomes. Australia's current lack of adequate housing, locational disadvantage, unemployment, financial stress, discrimination, and personal problems such as mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence and family breakdown significantly contribute to the difficulties faced by Australia's youth.

A 2002 Supplementary Report entitled Positive outcomes from Integrated Health Promotion identifies that 'the consideration of social and environmental factors alongside biological and medical factors can enhance the effectiveness of health and well-being promotion, and increase the sustainability of the impacts of services and/or programs' and this is what we seek to enhance.

Medical-Legal Network for Children is proud to be an organisational partner of:

Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

Butterfly Eating Disorder Australian National Network