These results show that a word gap related to maternal education is not apparent up to twelve months of age ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

Energy drinks (EDs) claim to boost mental performance, however, few studies have examined the prospective effects of EDs on mental health. This study examined longitudinal associations between ED use and mental health symptoms in young adults aged 20 years over a 2-year period. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020

It is well established that children’s school readiness is associated with their later academic achievement, but less is known about whether school readiness is also associated with other measures of school success, such as students’ social and emotional wellbeing. While some previous research has shown a link between early social and emotional development and student wellbeing, results are mixed and the strength of these relationships vary depending on whether data is based on child, teachers or parents ratings and which specific student wellbeing outcomes are measured. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• August 2020

The involvement of young people in the development, implementation and evaluation of youth mental health services, policy and research programs is essential to ensure they are appropriate and responsive to the needs of young people. Despite the increasingly central role that youth engagement and participation plays internationally, such activities are rarely described in detail. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

This study explored the extent to which disaggregated support from family, peers, close friendships, teachers, and schools predicted membership into identified, sex-specific trajectories of depressed mood in 3210 Australian adolescents (49% females) based on self-report data collected at four annual time points from school Grade 6 to 9 (ages 10–16). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

This paper describes a teacher-completed measurement of child development status applied in seven communities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and in three... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• July 2014

The aim of this study is to examine whether anaemia of pregnancy is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes and with children's developmental vulnerability. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• September 2014

Our analysis shows that early and late intervention to support household income have equal importance with regards to significance of impact. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• May 2017

Experimental studies show a substantial contribution of early life environment to obesity risk through epigenetic processes. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the domains of the 48-item EDI and the invariance of the measurement models of the domains of the... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• May 2014