These findings could inform policy making to reduce inequities by assisting in policy and service delivery design targeted to community needs. ...

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

The community (or neighbourhood) is seen as a potential point of intervention for improving early childhood development outcomes through place-based approaches targeting all children. Yet there are insufficient robust data to guide policy and practice. Developing community factors for early childhood development is one way to facilitate more informed, evidence-based community action. This paper discusses the methodological learnings from the Kids in Communities Study, an Australian investigation into community-level factors important for early childhood development, including some of the challenges and innovations associated with the measurement and development of indicators. ...

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

This study finds that the EDI shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia and highlights some of the difficulties associated with adapting western instruments for non-western cultures and contexts. ...

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

Identify risk and protective factors for later childhood-onset and adolescent-onset mental health problems, and other adverse social outcomes ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• June 2016

This paper reports on the quality of early childhood education in rural Indonesia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

Comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Community Playgroups across Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• January 2016

Children who enter school with limited proficiency in the language of instruction face a range of challenges in negotiating this new context, yet limited... ...

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

Although children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• January 2013

This chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• January 2013

Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• October 2010