We have also been engaged with and excited by the attempts to adopt a public health approach to the care and protection of children as described throughout this book ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

A Telethon Kids Institute researcher whose PhD studies highlighted the link between screen time exposure and toddlers’ language development has been named a finalist in South Australia’s Science Excellence and Innovation Awards. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2024
• July

Melissa Fiona O'Donnell Stanley M FJ BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP ...

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Mental health concerns present significant challenges for Australian youth. Arts organizations play a key role in promoting preventative mental health strate-gies through enhancing the social and emotional well-being (SEWB) of youth. However, little is known about how the arts promote SEWB and the processes and contexts through which this occurs.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project, aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students ...

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• 2018
• November 2018

The Food and Nutrition Research Team conducts innovative and multidisciplinary research to better understand how the environments within which children live, play and go to school influence the types of foods they eat and their risk of overweight and obesity. ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Healthy Behaviours and Environments Program

Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child ...

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To retrospectively assess a cohort of mothers for characteristics of injuries that they have suffered as a result of family and domestic violence (FDV) and which have required admission to a hospital during both the intrapartum and postpartum periods. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

World perspectives in child abuse population level cross-jurisdictional data: Broadening the monitoring and surveillance of child abuse and neglect. ...

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• 2010
• January 2010

With increasing demands for health, disability and education services, innovative approaches can help distribute limited resources according to need. Despite an increased focus on support needs within the clinical pathway and policy landscape, the body of research knowledge on this topic is at a relatively early stage. However, there appears to be a sense of unmet support needs and dissatisfaction with the provision of required support following an autism diagnosis amongst caregivers of young people on the spectrum. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022