The Children's Diabetes Centre (CDC) at the Telethon Kids Institute is seeking applications from enthusiastic and ambitious early-career researchers ...

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Public health weight-loss interventions seem to be based on an outdated understanding of the science. ...

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• 2013
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This study provides evidence that continued participation in playgroups is associated with better outcomes for children from disadvantaged families. ...

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• 2012
• January 2012

Francis Steve Mitrou Zubrick FG SR BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community ...

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Limited research exists on the pathways through which physical activity influences cognitive development in the early years. This study examined the direct and indirect relationships between physical activity, self-regulation, and cognitive school readiness in preschool children. ...

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In view of the mounting death toll of COVID-19 worldwide and the complicating circumstances that commonly accompany such losses, we studied the grief experiences of 209 adult mourners who lost a loved one to coronavirus with a focus on self-blaming emotions and unresolved issues with the deceased. ...

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The present study investigated the relations among maternal attachment status, mother-child emotion talk, child emotion understanding, and conduct problems... ...

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• 2013
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Helen Alix Milroy Woolard HM AW MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP BPsych (Hons), PhD Honorary Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1823 Alix.woolard@ ...

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Yael Penelope Helen Holly Perry Strauss Morgan Moss YP PS HM HM BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD BA (Hons), Doctor of Psychology BEd ...

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We examined the moderating effects of parent perceptions of the neighbourhood environment on associations between objectively measured neighbourhood environment attributes and physical activity among pre-schoolers. The number of neighbourhood parks was positively associated with pre-schooler energetic play when parents had above average perceptions of access to services. ...

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• 2023
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