The Prevention and Early Intervention Network (PEIN) brings together evidence-based practice, advocacy and research organisations seeking to improve outcomes for children, young people and families and to promote quality, evidence-based / evidence-informed practice in prevention and early intervention.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have a detrimental impact on health and wellbeing throughout life. The World Health Organisation (WHO 2011) identifies ACEs as a major public health priority and estimate that 250 million children globally fail to reach their potential due to early childhood adversity.

April 2017 1. Introduction The Children’s Rights Alliance1 and the Prevention and Early Intervention Network2 welcome the opening of a national discussion on the role of Community Nursing and Midwifery, and are delighted to have the opportunity to make a submission to...

The foundations of a healthy adult life are laid in early childhood   1. Introduction Prevention is defined as ‘providing a protective layer of support to stop problems from arising in the first place or from getting worse’; early intervention is defined as...

Watch below to see some of our media interviews, or check out our youtube channels PEIN and Hands Up For Children to follow our work. Five "Champions" of Prevention and Early Intervention speak about their experience of the need to provide a protective layer of...

  Introduction Influencing policy and practice is a core objective of the PEIN. In working to achieve this, the PEIN has made a number of submissions to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs over the past months and years, advocating for a central place...

Introduction General Principles for organisations/ programmes preparing for wind down, and /or deciding which programme elements to replicate in different locations... The full document is available from the downloads section below. Wind Down or Replication Principles...

    Introduction This short paper, published in April 2014, outlines the value or intervening early, and some concrete steps that need to be taken to ensure that child and family services achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families in...