Strong evidence supports our current understandings of student bullying behaviours and ways schools can prevent and respond effectively to bullying behaviour. In the late 1990’s, however, little was understood about the most effective ways to reduce bullying in Australian schools. In response to schools’ need for evidence-informed action, a pipeline of research called Friendly Schools was initiated in 1999 which for the past twenty years, has provided robust whole-school evidence-based knowledge and skills to support policy makers, school staff and other practitioners working in schools and families across Australia. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Social emotional development is imperative to young children's long-term psychological and physical health. Physical activity (PA) may be important for young children's social emotional development. The association between preschooler PA duration and intensity and social emotional development was investigated. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Social disconnectedness and isolation are risk factors for poor mental health. Community-based friendship group interventions have been designed to increase an individual's social capital and consequently their mental wellbeing. Structured and unstructured friendship groups reflect two distinct approaches to friendship group interventions. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

Carrington Fiona Shepherd Stanley CCJ FJ PhD FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) Honorary Research Associate Patron 08 6319 1176 contact@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Research ...

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This report provides the technical details for the methodology calculated to determine "how big" a difference in the AEDI results between 2009 and 2012 is... ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) is the Australian national research network established to support improvements to health, the Australian health system, and the environment in response to the unfolding climate crisis. The HEAL Network comprises researchers, community members and organisations, policymakers, practitioners, service providers, and other stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and sectors. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

Interventions to promote breakfast consumption are a popular strategy to address early life inequalities. It is important to understand the epidemiology of children and adolescents who skip breakfast so that interventions and policy can be appropriately considered. ...

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• 2022
• April 2022

A significant proportion of trans and gender diverse (TGD) young people report membership of the gaming community and resultant benefits to wellbeing. To date their experiences and needs regarding a key feature of games, the avatar, are largely unexplored, despite increasing interest in the therapeutic role of avatars in the general population. The aim of this study was to better understand the role of the avatar in gaming, its impact on TGD young people's mental health, and their unique needs regarding avatar design. ...

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• 2020
• November 2020

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

Research on the consequences of breakfast skipping among students tends to focus on academic outcomes, rather than student wellbeing or engagement at school. This study investigated the association between breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional aspects of school engagement. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

Alix Helen Lisa Nicole Woolard Milroy McGivern Wickens AW HM LM NW BPsych (Hons), PhD MBBS; FRANZCP; CATCAP BA (Hons 1, Psych) BHlthSc (Hons) Senior Research Fellow Honorary Research Fellow PhD Candidate & Research Assistant Program Coordinator 08 ...

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It is well known that children of parents with mental illness are at greater risk of mental illness themselves. ...

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• 2013
• November 2013