Opportunities for improved mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people lie in improving the capability of primary healthcare services to identify mental healthcare needs and respond in timely and appropriate ways. ...

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To advance active transport, robust policy-relevant evidence is needed to understand how to change behaviour and to support decision-making by policy makers and practitioners. Currently, however, priority research questions that are most critical for advancing active transport have not been identified. ...

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Hayley Francis Rosemary Karen Natasha Kevin Andrea Sarah Ha Helen Jon Phoebe Christian Mitrou Cahill Lombardi Pearce Runions Nathan Johnson Nguyen ...

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Previous studies showed that unfavourable weather conditions discourage physical activity. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable weather conditions have a differential impact on physical activity in children compared with adults. ...

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Increased numbers of preterm births, higher incidence of respiratory disease and death, and more children in hospitals are some of the stark health outcomes the world is facing from the impacts of extreme climate change.  ...

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Professor Ashleigh Lin was nominated for the Mid-Career Scientist of the Year. ...

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Regular physical activity provides children with health and developmental benefits. This study investigated if active play and walking with the family dog was associated with better social-emotional development in young children. ...

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Hayley Christian HC BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader ...

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We must celebrate success and hope through a process of mapping and building recovery capital in the justice context at an individual and institutional level ...

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