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. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Despite the rates of low Apgar scores being higher in public patients, the rates of special care admission were lower. ...

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• 2013
• May 2013

Fiona Carrington Rebecca Stanley Shepherd Glauert FJ CCJ RA FAA FASSA MSc MD FFPHM FAFPHM FRACP FRANZCOG HonDSc HonDUniv HonFRACGP HonMD HonFRCPCH HonLLB (honoris causa) PhD BPsych (Hons) PhD Patron Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research ...

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Our results indicate that an increase in the prelabour caesarean delivery rate for private patients in private hospitals has been driving the increase in the... ...

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• 2013
• May 2013

We investigated whether the risk of adverse infant outcomes after assisted deliveries was different for mothers admitted as public or private patients for... ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

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. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

Jenefer Timo Carol Sarra Helen Vanessa Blackwell Lassmann Bower Jamieson Leonard Fear JM T C SE HM VF BSc with First Class Honours, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FAA BSc (Hons) MSc PhD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA BSc (Hons) MSc PhD MBChB MPH BSc (Hons), ...

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Yael Jacinta Penelope Keely Bep Amy Helen Claire Perry Freeman Strauss Bebbington Uink Finlay-Jones Milroy McIlroy YP JF PS KB BU AFJ HM CM BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BScs, MPH BA, MPH, PhD MClinPsych/PhD BPsych(Hons.), MAppPsy(Clinical), PhD ...

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Modern societies are challenged by "wicked problems" - by definition, those that are difficult to define, multi-casual and hard to treat. ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

We suggest that 37 weeks' gestation may not be the optimal cutoff for defining perinatal risk as it applies to behavioural development. ...

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• 2013
• April 2013

Hayley Andrea Emma Phoebe Liz Gina Christian Nathan Adams George Wenden Trapp HC AN EA P LW GT BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BHlthSc (hons), PhD BExSc, MPH BSc(Neuro), MPH BHlthSc MPH BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD Program Head, Healthy Behaviours ...

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Marked increases in maternal age and primiparous births were observed. A four-fold increase in the rates of pre-existing medical complications over time... ...

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• 2013
• August 2013