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Research Impact

Research Impact

ADVOCACY SUBMISSION CITATION

March 2026

The Interim Commissioner for Children and Young People in Tasmania, Australia cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Havighurst et al., 2023) on page 14 of her submitted Discussion Paper to the Secretary of the Department of Justice, Tasmania.

 

Country: Australia

Mother And Child Outdoors
Father and Child

ADVOCACY SUBMISSION CITATION

March 2026

The Interim Commissioner for Children and Young People in Tasmania, Australia cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Havighurst et al., 2023) on page 2 of her submitted letter to the Attorney-General.

 

Country: Australia

ADVOCACY SUBMISSION CITATION

December 2025

Australian Government Department of Social Services published on their engagement website that they received a submission citing two of Dr Doyle’s research papers (Doyle et al., 2023 on page 21 and Havighurst et al., 2023 on page 22).

 

Country: Australia

Mother Carrying Her Daughter
Family Relaxing Together

POLICY CITATION

October 2025

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine cited Dr Doyle's research (Doyle et al., 2023) on page 186 of their Consensus Study Report entitled ‘Early Relational Health: Building Foundations for Child, Family, and Community Well-Being’.

 

Country: USA

POLICY CITATION & CLINICAL GUIDELINES

November 2024

NSW Health cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Havighurst et al., 2023) on pages 3 and 6 in their Practice Guideline (2022-026 v2) policy entitled ‘No Hit Zone’.  

 

Country: Australia

Family Cooking Together
Family Relaxing Together

POLICY CITATION

The Australian Institute of Family Studies cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on pages 34 and 202 of their report commissioned by the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department entitled ‘Family Relationships Services Program Review’.

 

Country: Australia

September 2024

POLICY CITATION

May 2024

The Turkish Ministry of National Education cited Dr Doyle's research (Hurrell, Houwing [Doyle] & Hudson, 2017) on pages 734 and 738 of their document under the heading ‘Emotion Coaching Intervention Program for Refugee Parents and Children: An Action Research’.

 

Country: Turkey

Family Playing Together
Mother Holding Baby

POLICY CITATION

November 2023

The State of Maryland cited Dr Doyle's research (Doyle et al., 2023) on page 97 and 120 of The Gender Framework 2023.

 

Country: USA

POLICY CITATION

November 2023

The Queensland Law Reform Commission cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Havighurst et al., 2023) in their Review of particular criminal defences: Domestic discipline information sheet (Version November 2023) (pages 2 and 11).

 

Country: Australia

Father and Son Play
Smiling Mother And Child

POLICY CITATION

November 2023

The Queensland Law Reform Commission cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Havighurst et al., 2023) on why the laws on corporal punishment should be changed in Australia in their Review of particular criminal defences: Background Paper 1 (pages 11 and 18).

 

Country: Australia

POLICY CITATION

December 2022

VicHealth (Victoria, Australia) cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 29 (with full reference provided on page 49) of 'Evaluating the VicHealth ‘Healthier Masculinities Partnership Grants’: the Human Code – beyond gender expectations in the Macedon Ranges - final report'.

 

Country: Australia

Heart Gesture Moment
Father Teaches Cycling

POLICY CITATION

December 2022

Australian Policy Online (an NGO) cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 49 of their final report entitled ‘Evaluating the VicHealth ‘Healthier Masculinities Partnership Grants’: the Human Code – beyond gender expectations in the Macedon Ranges

 

Country: Australia

POLICY CITATION IN CLINICAL GUIDELINES

July 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a NICE Guideline (NG223) in July 2022 on 'Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education' that cited Dr Doyle's research (Hawes et al., 2021). This research was highlighted in the evidence review.  

 

Country: United Kingdom

Children Reading Outdoors
Family Walking Beach

POLICY CITATION

May 2022

The National Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia (Nacionalni Inštitut za javno zdravje) cited Dr Doyle’s research (Doyle & Klein, 2020) on page 261 of their report entitled ‘Mental health in the postpartum period’ under the title ‘Duševno zdravje v obporodnem obdobju’.

 

Country: Slovenia

Policy citation

April 2022

The National Lottery Community Fund cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 115 and 190 of their 2020 Annual Report, which included an evaluation of Small Steps Big Changes

 

Country: United Kingdom

Father Holding Baby
Father And Son Play

Policy citation

January 2022

The Public Health Agency of Canada cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 1 of 'How to support and include dads'. The Public Health Agency of Canada also issued this in French under title: 'Comment soutenir et inclure les papas?'​

 

Country: Canada

Policy citation

August 2021

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 22 of ‘The knowledge base for children, young people and parents’ participation in child welfare services’ issued under the title ‘Kunnskapsgrunnlaget for barn, unge og foreldres medvirkning i barnevernet’. 

 

Country: Norway

Policy citation

December 2020

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime cited Dr Doyle's team's research (Lechowicz et al., 2019) on page 10 of ‘Differential impacts of the Brazilian Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14): A study into changes in the parenting styles of vulnerable families’. 

 

Country: Austria

©2022 by Dr Fran Doyle

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