Screen time guidelines recommend no screens under two years due to the potential negative impacts on development. While current reports suggest many children exceed this, research relies on parent reports of their children's screen exposure. We objectively assess screen exposure during the first two years and how it differs by maternal education and gender. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

Early first sexual intercourse (FSI) is a risk factor for unplanned abstract teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection, and adverse social, emotional... ...

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• 2015
• February 2015

We investigated the relationship between autistic-like traits in early childhood and age at menarche in typically developing girls. ...

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• 2011
• August 2011

Interparental conflict (IPC) has the potential to adversely affect children's social, emotional, and behavioural functioning. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between both the severity and chronicity of IPC across early and middle childhood and children's emotional-behavioural functioning at 10-11 years. Specifically, we aimed to: (1) identify distinct trajectories of IPC spanning 10-11 years since birth of the study child as reported by mothers, and (2) examine the emotional-behavioural functioning of children exposed to the identified IPC trajectories. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

Long-standing health inequalities in Australian society that were exposed by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic were described as "fault lines" in a recent call to action by a consortium of philanthropic organizations. With asthma a major contributor to childhood disease burden, studies of its spatial epidemiology can provide valuable insights into the emergence of health inequalities early in life. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

Epidemiologic associations between viral lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and asthma in later childhood are well known ...

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• 2010
• June 2010

Child Protection & Removal Related Projects Reports Child Protection Research Translation Activities 2018 (PDF) Principles and Practice ...

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This chapter considers the role of different forms of psychosocial adversity as risk factors for compromised language and literacy development in childhood and adolescence. Language skills play a central role in the development of prosocial interpersonal skills as well as promoting academic success through the transition to literacy. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Early life feeding practices have an influence on motor development outcomes into late childhood and adolescence independent of sociodemographic factors ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Improving Development and Learning of Children in Western Australia ...

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