This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with daily meteorological data. ...

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Brad Carrington Fiona Farrant Shepherd Stanley BM CCJ FJ BSc (Hons), PhD PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP ...

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Researchers will track the progress of 12,000 children from birth to age five to identify what services are valuable to families to support the health and wellb ...

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Daily physical activity is critical during the early years of life for facilitating children's health and development. A large proportion of preschool children do not achieve the recommended 3 h of daily physical activity. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to intervene to increase physical activity. There is a significant need for ECEC specific physical activity policy, including clearer guidelines on the amount of physical activity children should do during care, and strategies for implementation of these guidelines. ...

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Thousands of children born in Papua New Guinea (PNG) no longer face a future cut short by severe pneumonia, thanks to the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination as part of the country’s National Immunisation Program. ...

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The current study sought to increase our understanding of the factors involved in the early vocabulary development of Australian Indigenous children. ...

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Embrace @ Telethon Kids Institute's Dr Alix Woolard is hosting our new podcast, Embracing the Mind ...

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In 2014, the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases put out a first call for seed funding proposals. Five applicants were successful, ...

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A widespread G2P[4] rotavirus epidemic in rural and remote Australia provided an opportunity to evaluate the performance of Rotarix and RotaTeq rotavirus vaccines, ten years after their incorporation into Australia's National Immunisation Program. ...

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