Revisiting data for more positive change Next chapter for major study A quarter of a century later, it’s hoped the power of those reports will again ...

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Children with ADHD are disadvantaged from an early age in key areas of learning, and this risk increased with reduction in gestational age at birth ...

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• 2020
• July 2020

WA researchers awarded $9.7 million for ground-breaking child health studies ...

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• 2009
• February

Leading child health advocate Professor Fiona Stanley AC has described results from the first Australian survey using the Early Development Index as alarming. ...

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• 2003
• November

Children of parents who have been hospitalised with psychiatric disorders are at risk for poor school readiness ...

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• 2019
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The prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents in Australia, and the severity and impact of those mental disorders ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

According to the Young Minds Matter study, mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by approximately one in seven or 560,000 young people in Australia. These disorders can often have a significant impact on children’s learning and development and on family life. ...

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Asha Glenn Marianne Bowen Pearson Mullane AC G MM BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM BA (Education) PhD Candidate BSc (OT) Head, Healthy Skin and ARF ...

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Liz Tim Carol Davis Jones Bower EA TW C MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research ...

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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose the greatest threat to human health globally. The dramatic rise in early onset NCDs - such as childhood obesity, the allergy epidemic and an increasing burden of mental ill health in children and youth - reflect the profound early impact of modern environments on developing systems. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020