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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

Diagnosis of chronic disease in a child can result in unresolved grief (UG) in parents. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of psychological insight-oriented therapy (IOT) as a treatment for UG compared to disease related education in parents of children with cystic fibrosis. Sequence of delivery, first IOT then disease related education (or vice versa) was also examined, to let all participants experience both interventions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

We found no evidence of gender-specific effects for the outcomes of academic achievement, educational expectations or educational attainment in adulthood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• August 2017

To compare meal-time glycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus managed with multiple daily injections vs. insulin pump therapy, using self-monitoring blood glucose, following diabetes education. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

Previous research has demonstrated wellbeing benefits for positive education programmes (PEPs) facilitated by clinicians or experts or outside the school context. The current study explored the effects of a Year 10 PEP led by teachers trained in positive education and embedded within the Australian secondary school context. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

This paper presents qualitative findings focusing on the scope and role of outreach in supporting family engagement in the Tasmanian early childhood services ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• June 2020

Daily physical activity is critical during the early years of life for facilitating children's health and development. A large proportion of preschool children do not achieve the recommended 3 h of daily physical activity. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to intervene to increase physical activity. There is a significant need for ECEC specific physical activity policy, including clearer guidelines on the amount of physical activity children should do during care, and strategies for implementation of these guidelines. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022

Francis Glenn Steve Sarah Mitrou Pearson Zubrick Johnson FG G SR SJ BEc BA (Education) PhD Candidate FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD BA, PostGradDip; PhD ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

Policy interventions to increase physical activity in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are effective in increasing physical activity among young children. However, a large proportion of ECEC services do not have nor implement a physical activity policy. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• April 2023