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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• 2020
• September 2020

We found no evidence of gender-specific effects for the outcomes of academic achievement, educational expectations or educational attainment in adulthood. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• August 2017

This study investigated patterns of universal health and education service use from birth through Kindergarten (age 4 years) and estimated associations between cumulative risk and service use patterns, and between service use patterns and children's developmental vulnerability in the Preparatory Year (age 5 years). ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• June 2022

To compare meal-time glycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus managed with multiple daily injections vs. insulin pump therapy, using self-monitoring blood glucose, following diabetes education. ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

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

Previous research has demonstrated wellbeing benefits for positive education programmes (PEPs) facilitated by clinicians or experts or outside the school context. The current study explored the effects of a Year 10 PEP led by teachers trained in positive education and embedded within the Australian secondary school context. ...

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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 ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• June 2020

Francis Glenn Steve Sarah Mitrou Pearson Zubrick Johnson FG G SR SJ BEc BA (Education) PhD Candidate FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Director of ...

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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. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• April 2023

Francis Sarah Mitrou Johnson FG SJ BEc BA, PostGradDip; PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1499 francis.mitrou@telethonkids.org.au Sarah.Johnson@ ...

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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. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013