Amy Carol Roslyn Finlay-Jones Bower Giglia AFJ C RC BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA BAppSc Grad Dip Dietetics MPH PhD Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior ...

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To review the effectiveness of oral health education and oral health promotion interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in ensuring optimal gingival health, caries experience and oral health-related quality of life, compared to no interventions or alternative interventions. ...

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• 2020
• November 2020

Rebecca Hayley Hannah Christopher Pavlos Christian Moore Blyth RP HC HC CC PhD, MSFS, BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD Senior Program Manager Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and ...

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In addition to being a source of nutrients for the developing newborn, human milk contains thousands of bioactive compounds, which influence infant health in the short-term as exemplified by its major benefits on infectious disease prevention. Many of the human milk compounds also have the required characteristics to instruct immune development and guide long-term health. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

Results indicate that early childhood education is beneficial for children's early development ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

This snapshot highlights that child under nutrition is a serious public health issue in Northern Laos PDR ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

Alanna Sincovich AS BPsych(Hons), PhD Senior Research Officer 08 6375 6108 Alanna.sincovich@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer @AlannaSincovich Alanna is a Senior Research Officer at the Telethon Kids Institute. Her research takes a ...

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This article examines the relationship between preschool quality and children’s early development in a sample of over 7900 children enrolled in 578 preschools in rural Indonesia. ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

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

This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project, aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students ...

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• 2018
• November 2018

Children with complex needs and severe disability may undergo gastrostomy insertion to support feeding difficulties. Parent education programs are critical components of clinical care pathways but there is little information on parent-reported educational needs. This study describes the collaborative process that yielded a resource to assist parents considering gastrostomy tube placement for their children, and the evaluation of the resource.  ...

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• 2023
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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
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