This study tested a new program for helping smokers with severe mental illness to reduce their tobacco use, together with determining the feasibility of such research in community mental health settings in Australia. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

Exposure to racial discrimination in Aboriginal children increased the risk for a spectrum of interrelated factors linked to negative mental health ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

The longitudinal analyses found no evidence of increased (or decreased) long-term risk of ear infections in subsequent waves associated with attending a child care centre ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

The potential for human-computer interaction to have a substantial impact on adults is well documented. However, its potential importance prior to birth has rarely been reported. Parental use of smartphones and tablet computers could influence the relationship between parent and baby during pregnancy (prenatal attachment) and thus child development. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

Quick facts Congenital CMV occurs in ½ to 1% of the approximately 300,000 babies born in Australia every year –around 3,000 cases every year. About ...

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• 2022
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Using a dataset of Australian children, we have the opportunity to not only investigate the transfer of educational resources across 3 generations in Australia. ...

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• 2018
• March 2018

Understanding variations in risk profiles among persistently non-attending children will inform the development of absence interventions. ...

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• 2018
• February 2018

Aims, sample design, development of survey content, field procedures and final questionnaires of the Young Minds Matter study ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

Overweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys. ...

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• 2017
• July 2017

Children of mothers with alcohol use disorders are at risk of not meeting minimum educational benchmarks in numeracy and literacy, with the risk highest among Indigenous children. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017