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        Predicting and preventing child removals and optimising the child protection system for Aboriginal children in partnership with Aboriginal communities and health services

        Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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        Reading and numeracy attainment of children reported to child protection services: A population record linkage study controlling for other adversities

        A cross-agency response to supporting educational attainment for all children reported to child protection services is required ...

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        Investigation of care experiences and support associated with positive educational outcomes: evidence for improving educational trajectories for children in care

        Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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        Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia

        Infants (<1 year old) are the age group in Australia with the highest rate of involvement with child protection. Many jurisdictions across Australia and internationally are implementing policies focused on prenatal planning and targeted support.This study investigates Australian trends in prenatal and infant child protection notifications, substantiations and out-of-home care; and the extent of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants. ...

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        Infants entering care: developmental needs and care trajectories

        Melissa O'Donnell M BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child maltreatment and linked cross-jurisdictional data. Associate Professor Melissa O'Donnell holds an ...

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        Adolescent education outcomes and maltreatment: The role of pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance

        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. ...

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        Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries

        We explored trends in six developed countries in three types of indicators of child maltreatment for children younger than 11 years. ...

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        What factors contribute to positive early childhood health and development in Australian Aboriginal children? Protocol for a population-based cohort study

        Empirical evidence identifying the key drivers of positive early childhood development in Aboriginal children, and supportive features of local communities... ...

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        Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries

        We explored trends in six developed countries in three types of indicators of child maltreatment for children younger than 11 years,... ...

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        Infant removals: The need to address the over-representation of Aboriginal infants and community concerns of another ‘stolen generation’

        The disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infant removals needs to be seen as a priority requiring urgent action to prevent further intergenerational trauma ...

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        Primary school teacher outcomes from online professional development for physical literacy: A randomised controlled trial

        Primary (or elementary) school teachers are often relied upon to provide children with opportunities for physical literacy development; however, many of these teachers feel they lack the skills to effectively promote or ‘teach’ physical literacy. ...

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        A sport-based mental health intervention for children at risk of mental illness

        Aaron Timothy Bonnie James Ben Simpson Budden Furzer Dimmock Jackson AS TB BF JD BJ BSc (Hons) BSc PhD BA/BSc (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons); BComm; PhD BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Candidate Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research ...

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