Ellen Yasmin Rosemary Harvey Harman-Smith Cahill EH YHS RC BSocWk(Hons) BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD EdD, MEd, BEd(Hons) Senior Project Coordinator Head, Early Years Systems Evidence; Head, Tenders Support Unit Principal Research Fellow (08) 6375 6117 ...

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A significant number of children attend Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). ECEC is an important environment and behaviour setting for young children. Time spent outdoors is positively associated with children's physical activity levels, yet increased time spent physically active outdoors may expose young children to traffic-related air pollution, particularly in ECEC centres located in high traffic areas. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

This snapshot describes demographic information of the 7,520 children in the baseline sample, including where and how they live. ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

The provision of shade, particularly through natural forms such as tree canopy, is an important sun protection strategy and enabler of outdoor time ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to support improvements in the physical activity of young children. This umbrella review gathered and synthesised systematic review evidence of the effectiveness of interventions in the ECEC setting on the physical activity levels of children aged 0–6. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

This paper supports the practice of food sharing in Early Childhood Education and Care settings and calls for them to become embedded in everyday operations ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

Adaptations for scale-up are ubiquitous but are rarely described in detail. Adaptations may be a key reason for the "scale-up penalty" which is when there is a reduction in intervention effect size following scale-up. The Play Active intervention consists of a physical activity policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, with accompanying implementation support strategies. ...

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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 ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

The PLAYCE Study instruments provide reliable measures of early childhood education and care physical activity environments ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

This paper presents evidence on the cost-effectiveness of early childhood education pathways in rural Indonesia ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

Many children do not accumulate sufficient physical activity for good health and development at early childhood education and care (ECEC). This study examined the association between ECEC organizational readiness and implementation fidelity of an ECEC-specific physical activity policy intervention. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. ...

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• 2013
• August 2013