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

Alanna Mary Tess Yasmin Sincovich Brushe Gregory Harman-Smith AS MB TG YHS BPsych(Hons), PhD BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BSc (Hons), PhD (Psychology) BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD Senior Research Officer Senior Research Officer Senior Research ...

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It is well established that children’s school readiness is associated with their later academic achievement, but less is known about whether school readiness is also associated with other measures of school success, such as students’ social and emotional wellbeing. While some previous research has shown a link between early social and emotional development and student wellbeing, results are mixed and the strength of these relationships vary depending on whether data is based on child, teachers or parents ratings and which specific student wellbeing outcomes are measured. ...

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• 2020
• August 2020

Yasmin Sandra Mary Alanna Harman-Smith Van Diermen Brushe Sincovich YHS SVD MB AS BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BPsych(Hons), PhD Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Community Engagement ...

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Tobias Strunk TS MD, PhD, FRACP Head, Neonatal Health tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a Consultant Neonatologist with a clinical research focus on infection and inflammation in newborn ...

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Alanna Mary Zara Honey Neida Tess Sincovich Brushe Boulton Rahmanian Sechague Monroy Gregory AS MB ZB HR NSM TG BPsych(Hons), PhD BPsych(Hons), PhD (Public Health) BPsych (Hons) BSc (Human Physiology), MPH, MPhil (Medical Science) BDS, MPH BSc (Hons ...

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Wellbeing and mental health are fundamental rights of children and adolescents essential for sustainable development. Understanding the epidemiology of child and adolescent wellbeing is essential to informing population health approaches to improving wellbeing and preventing mental illness. ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

To understand the prevalence of children and adolescents’ electronic device use (EDU) in the hour before bed and identify sociodemographic groups that are at increased risk of problematic use. ...

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• 2022
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This study explored mental health profiles in Australian school students using indicators of well-being (i.e., optimism, life satisfaction, and happiness) and psychological distress (i.e., sadness and worries). The sample included 75,757 students (ages 8-18 years) who completed the 2019 South Australian Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

This study aimed to address the acceptance of mHealth applications for a dental screening app that facilitates patient information entry and captures dental photos remotely to assist in caries diagnosis in preschool children in Australia. ...

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• 2023
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The social media application TikTok allows users to view and upload short-form videos. Recent evidence suggests it has significant potential for both industry and health promoters to influence public health behaviours. This protocol describes a standardised, replicable process for investigations that can be tailored to various areas of research interest, allowing comparison of content and features across public health topics. ...

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• 2023
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Probiotic supplementation in the neonatal period results in improved gut colonisation with probiotic bacteria in the short term. There is limited information on the long-term sustainability of this colonisation.  ...

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• 2023
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